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Show Page 38—-THE HERALD, Provo, Utah, Wednesday. January 16, 1980 FUNNY BUSINESS Tell Me Why The First Books by Roger Bollen CAPTAIN EASY NOW,DADDY: 7 BOSH: MR6.VAN FURD TRAPPED MAYBE Youve ME ON THE WAY HOME...usT TO HAD A HARD DAY RANT ABOUT THAT BOY RISKING AT THE OFFICE-- LIFE BUT THAT'S NO AND LIMB IN THE TIGER PEN! By Crooks & Lawrence y WHAT DOES THE “w THE POINT |S-OLD BusyBopy \A SHE COULD Have Do... SITAT THE WITH HER OPERA GLASSES?! REASON TO BE 50 HARD OH,DEAR! WHY DOT FEEL SO THE TOWN COUNCIL 4 WINDOW ALL DAY T's ON MY NECK! La 4 By A. LEOKUM Books as we know them didn’t appear until the Middle Ages. The nearest thing to them wererolls of papyrus. Sheets of papyrus were Tee together to form long rolls. The Romans called them ‘‘volumen,’’ from which we get our word ‘‘volume.”’ About the middleof the fifth century, parchment and vellum had replaced papyrus. Parchment is made from the By Frank Hill WHAT WE NEED IS A RLESS,TWO-FISTED, RSTONWITH NERVES PROBLEM !S ALL THE MEN WITH THOSE QUALIFICATIONS| THIS TERRITORY. OUTLAWS. WANCY skins of sheep and goats and vellum is made from calfskin. Sheets of this material, with writing on one side, were cut to uniform size and bound together at one side with leather tongs. They were ‘‘books’’ in 2 way. In the Middle Ages books were first made that resemble our printed books of today. Four pieces of vellum were folded in such a way so that each piece formed two leaves. These pieces were then placed inside one another so there was a group of eight leaves, which is called ‘a section.” ‘These sections were sent to a scribe to write the book. He took them apart and wrote a single page at a time. Vellum wasthick enough so there could be writing on both sides. The next step was to send the finished sections to the binder. He sewed the Sections through the back fold with cords. Wooden covers were made the ends were laced through holes in the boardsto bind together the sections and the covers. Then a large piece of leather was glued over the back of the sections and the wooden sides. Most of these books were Bibles, sermons, and other religious books. (Win four “Tell Me ”” books, 1,500 questions answered. Illustrated. Send your questions, name, age and address to “TELL ME WHY”in care of this newspaper. Include zip code. In case of duplicate questions the author will decide the . Today's winner: Lewis Dursi, 7, Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada.) er Ommaas wetang Ue FRANK ANDERNEST By MISTAKE You HAvE BEEN CONNECTED TO THE CORRECT GOvERNMENT | DEPARTMENT ON THE FIRST By Alfred Andriola YOU CANTGOIN THERE, LT. DRAKE ! GOT NO RIGHT- IT HAVE A SEARCH WARRANT FROM A JUDGE! BUT I'VE CHANGED MY MIND’... LET'S GO FIND THE HIT-AND-RUN ORIVER, SAMPSON / FUN TIME The Chuckle Box Sue: My brother got a pearl from an © 1080 United Feature Syndicate, inc oyster. Jane: That’s nothing, my sister got a diamond outof an old crab. By Al Vermeer Customer: What's this in my soup? Waiter: I can’t say, sir. I don’t know one insect from another. (OLD PAINT, Y * WHAT CAN I SAY? Win a Tell me Why Book for Writing About “IF I WERE A TEACHER” y oe IC Ate WELL,IF IT ISN'T THE SWEETEST GIRL IN 7 TOWN Chadd What changes would you make in class if you were a teacher? Write a letter aboutthis and you may win Tell MeWhyBook.Entries must be addressed ‘‘Teacher,” Tell Me Why,care of this newspaper, and give your name, THOSE FLASH FLOODS SURE COME ON FAST! age, address. Answer to yesterday's puzzle box: 59 years old. There was no year zero, which is why the answer 60 years would be wrong. This Day In History THAT MAKES THE 51ST TIME THAT RABBIT HAS JUMPED MY CLAIM TODAY. THIS ISN'T A MAN,VEL! IT'S SOME KINDA MECHANICAL CONTRAPTION! 3 BULLETIN Today is Wednesday, Jan.16, the 16th day of 1980 with 850 to follow. The moon is almost into its new phase. The morning stars are Mercury, Mars, Jupiter and Saturn. The evening star is Venus. Those born on this date are under the sign of Capricorn. Famed Americandesigner and woodcarver Samuel Mclatire was born Jan. 16, 1757. On this day in history: By Dave Graue IT WAS HARDLY THE KIND OF 'HING THEY'D POST ON THE By United Press International In 1833, the Pendleton Act went into effect, providing for creation of the USS. Civil Service Comrnission. In 1920, the United States wentlegally “dry " as prohibition of alcoholic beverages becameeffective under the 18th Amendmentto the Constitution.It was repeaied in 1933. In 1942, screenstar Carole Lombard, her mother, and 20 other people were killed in a commercial airliner crash near Las Vegas, Nev. Miss Lombard wasthe wife of actor Clark Gable. In 1974, the White House denied President Nixon personally made any erasures in the so-called ‘Watergate BOARD, RANDY(6 ASANG BIGKID: CONSIDERS HIMSELF QUITE A LADY- KILLER { RON! STEVE ROPER AND MIKE NOMAD ‘A COMPRESSOR THEY USE TO CIRCULATE WATER IN THE LOBSTER HECK a 1$ IT? IK~JUNO RIGGED A HOSE TO tapes.” A thought for the day: Ernest Hemingway said, ‘‘As you getolder, it HN Ww! NO WONDER HE WASN'T MUCH OF A is harder to have heroes, butit is sort of necessary.”’ KISSER! KANSASCITY, Mo. (UPI) — Nearly 90 percentof all American households have givenatleast one partyin the past year, fora totalof 527 million bashes b the end of November. A study by Hallmark, which manufacturers disposable paper tablecloths and other party goods, Indicates one-third ay the households gave two-thitds of the parties. The average household gave seven parties in the 12-monti period covered by the report. i ‘ : 1 i' e SRY, FACED WITH A CRISIS, THE MAN OF CHARACTER FALLS BACK DPON HINSELF.I THANK You. wTH ay HANDS WHILE Tia PEKING, |