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Show Wednesday, August 21, 1985 Venial ExjKeSj 13 I I t ' " s V ' 1 hi ' h II )H f h ipil i-pmv M: fvu 1 , , jr- 1 - V , sk lii&iJWJ - S0ME LUNCH B0XES from the eary 1950's with PP up drinking spouts that prevent spill- I1 4Mr4v1SO I f-:-. . style thermos bottles have now been replaced 2.79 ACTION AND ADVENTURE are depicted on the nies, movie fame and a popular restaurant are outside of these new lunch boxes. Characters all hits with the kids. The trends of the times from television, comic books, the Sunday fun- can be found in the pictures on.lunch boxes. What's for lunch? By Mrl Young . Exprtit Socify Editor Ask any kid what his favorite kind of sandwich is and ninety times out of a hundred you may hear, "peanut butter". This was a fact revealed after talking talk-ing with a random sampling of students headed back to school in Uintah District. These students and their mothers were among those looking at new lunch boxes at local stores. The size and shape of lunch boxes has evolved over the years. Some of the newer versions are made of plastic and have a one piece thermos that has a easy snap top which provides a drinking drink-ing spout right from the lid. This is a far cry from the days when lunches arrived at school In little lit-tle tin buckets that were used to store honey. The thermos of that day was a fruit jar with a screw on lid that pro bably contained milk more often than any other beverage. Some remember packing a lunch box that looked, "just like dad's". This was a metal round top, box that had a wire to hold in the thermos bottle bot-tle and had a square bottom just the size of a sandwich. They came in a choice of black or silver. Characteristic of this particular style of box were rust in the corners where drops of liquid gathered and an outside out-side decor of dents and scratches ' from everyday use. Suddenly someone came up with the idea that lunch tasted better in a box decorated with a super hero. Kids would just naturally want to pack a box that they could identify with, and it became a prestigious move to display a lunch box bearing Superman, Mickey Mouse and a multitude of other characters. The lunch box manufacturers capitalized on this idea and began to ml i ." 'mmM' i A ' i ' if - ' ' J ' " v v v f ft i. ' f f f , ' J- ' ii ' vj U'tit YEAf? OLD E??ra""9 KccH. a A:h cf" 5'; 0-M.ovsff -rer.faty School. sKcs ly-th br a t e red sr:,"e. If a styJet ti r af1 w-.lh ls-r ert 'e, i1-? -i produce them with a passion. Now the lunch boxes were changed to look more like a box. The square creations crea-tions were made of metal, painted bright colors and decorated with comic book, funny paper, radio, and later, television characters. The thermos bottle was placed in one corner of the box, leaving room for just the right amount of lunch for a kid. As we all know, things are never left as they are and the lunch box was to undergo more overhaul. They have become even more durable and interesting in-teresting in the past few years. They are now mainly made of plastic materials. Out one thing has remained remain-ed constant, they are still decorated with hcros and heroines and objects of kid type worship. Gone is Archie and Veronica, Mighty Mouse, Zorro, Porky Pig, Barbie and Bat Masicrson. Now we see Masters of the Universe, Miss Piggy, Cabbage Patch Kids, and Smurfs, to name a few, The pictures on these lunch boxes reflect the history of our times, They tell itorirs from western history, rock and roll, and post wars to space exploration. They reveal styles, jokes, games and event of our limes present and past. They aUd tell a little about the character of those who own them. A bc?y who carries a lunch box with Krrmil the fnsg on it, couldn't be ail bad. Even the rtl hrmn tag h.i gmte fey the waytule. Now. handy rwable plasUe tag with atl MH l ! (:! n and pictures sre fifwlmg the m.itkrl. Kids hti buy their drinks W milk at ithrtol have taken S likiiig t( these lit lie beauliri brcstf-- Ifcry fit U 'lcr in a tMtkftatk, What'i iniifle the lumh mn, hal t4 t ha need liomrwhsl. I'ai-r-g tsrr enample ha ms le hi d iM-kt iM-kt r nee in the pwlafU !hnl n p WM, tJeswtl CWties in crl. hrii-H xap, and fniritiy fcag. tTi anil miirf f.m ffffiKis sre in variety farkj of w serving bag. Swsne el 11ms kisis favntile. t-.mpff t ill remain l?eer in Uvfif - tiaffd lrlsigihfi. Orares4 ' bftna9i - arr-e. cam t'uks, t a 'sins ?et y,U ftam i if- 1o f'Vr,u irtrr!-' I e-affl a (PTt faHoT,fe? that twn r-i 1-1 1 ',;n-ijr ',;n-ijr J ?r-S t o ! -T r firs'-rf (re.-rte, t fs'-'it t :" j. I- sc- I1" V ('imr.jifnl!' fc- ptJ"i"1 t r m..---- i I .-a ' ' " " r -. xs w , ; t Lfm,&, ,n - j '. 1 Ml A NEW ADDITION to the lunch packing business are these durable replacements for the "brown bag". This selection of illustrated il-lustrated plastic bags can be found at Smiths in Vernal. 1 ft T - I I r- 1 S, -M , X J'. - - I J 1 1 i j j . -v . , ( . LiH2?I:- . - 'VJ fRUITS, VtOETABLES mi other good things it til te r,rr?tcr one tavor:e fet a fftajfCity Of the df e being pi cparcd for lunch boi treats, The old younger set, Sland&y, a peanut butter and jelly iafidch, is Oft th? XvA e.f ' Hals' ilems rr I una jtamtakVs Iwiiw ihey rnali lh lurth tui slip, b1nty4 tnd fvompmo hrt-sj rt fall ejft. W'ho0 mhr-al fcrai as nol $ favjtip i;hf, niJ HHk ol Uieir land- itbf- rnaJe l.Ke half list h is fi eik J s5 N M t-n tra ' rg g aj: -'V, triS (f Jral fray I v la . t IhfJCi 4 (Krir Itmth br)ie !tst Wn a4kd in l t f 0 1 and dftct' tnird lobe f arhape. 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