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Friday 12 April 1963, Good Friday, 102nd day - 263 days to come

At Gimbel's saw: LAST ONE IN: - A simple "Nim" game with pencil and paper. 

                     [DIAGRAM OF SQUARES ARRANGED IN
                      A STACK 4 ROWS HIGH WITH 7 AT BOTTOM,
                     THEN 5, THEN 3, THEN 1 AT THE TOP]

SKIX : - Combination game set - 6 games - by Emenee.

THE NURSES : - by Ideal. 4 concentric squares to be trvesed - representing the four years of nursing school.

At Macy's saw: HAUL THE FREIGHT : - by Bar-Zim (tied in with Yale transport). Board with paths leaving New York & traveling to various cities in U.S. Eastern part of country shaded gray - remainder white. There are some 30 - 40 destination cities and there is a spinner with a number for each. Players spin to get their destination. If spin a number taken already take the next in clockwise order. There is a reward connected with each destination. In addition there are spaces for drawing luck cards (more lost than won - I believe) to win or lose money. There are also spaces (including destination cities other than the one headed for) which allow purchase of stock at par value. At the end of the game the stock is worth double par value. If must sell to raise money - sell at half price. There is a limited number of stocks for mov and when they are gone you can try to buy shares you are entitled to from another player at a mutually agreesble price.

Each time you land on a stock purchase space may buy 1 - 10 shares.