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Show Thursday, August 22, Sun Chronicle 1371 Pi i Ff I d One man remembered sliding down a hillside friends, not on shiny new sleds, but on collapsed packing boxes His eyes sparkled as he recalled the excitement of this snow-covere- with experience. Others remembered sandbox villages, dirt towns and highways, pretend play under tents (merely blankets hung from tree limbs or thrown over clotheslines, or, when Mother was aw ay, over frontroom furniture.) They remembered. Tree houses; a hideaway in the willows; a leanto behind the garage or barn. Makebelteve parades with newspaper hats and a band playing lustily with willow whistles, comb flutes and tin can drums for instruments. Circus parades with cats dressed in tee shirts, and wild dogs and mad chickens caged in cardboard boxes. I remembered original plays in the barn loft an old quilt or vidUd Ciit- turn, crat costumes, floppy lioLa, olu paiitS, loog d, ched with string at the waist to keep us from tripping and high heeled shots. I remembered corncob dolls and hollyhock dolls doll houses we created from packing boxes and furnished with beds, couches, chairs, tables and stoves fashioned from empty spools, jar lids and bottle caps. Entire families lived in our houses. We hand selected them from old catalogs, with a snip of our scissors whenever we wished we added family members and friends, bad men and enemies to suit the vagaries of our imagination. Our people talked and walked. They got sick and recovered. They went lo school and church. They married, had babies. They did not what some toy manufacturer designed them to do, but what our imaginations dictated. Tney were our creations We lived in them. I remembered trips to lands. A plank across a stream was my ship, the moving water the power that propelled me to wherever my imagination told me to go. I remembered mud pies and a little cemetery under the current bushes where we tearfully buried dead birds in matchbox caskets. The only toy I remembered was a doll. I dont really remember the doll. I only remember that my brother performed surgery on her. He had to find out what made her talk. There is a lesson to be learned from this experiment : A child needs to be free to create his own play. Too much television and too many complicated toys stifle this need and send him into adulthood with the attitude that he musst be con- far-awa- y The United States District Court has approved a landmark settlement. As a result, nearly twenty-fiv- e million dollars is waiting to be claimed. You're entitled to your share. Between 1954 and 1966, several major drug companies allegedly overcharged consumers for commonly prescribed antibiotics. Almost everyone used these drugs to treat flu, ear infections, respiratory infections, acne, cystic fibrosis, strep throat, and many other common physical ailments. As a result of a court approved settlement of a class action suit, consumers are now entitled to receive their money back. If you haven't already, you'll soon receive a claim 2S , l!!7 1 P C.U1 participated in a fascinating experiment involving 40 adults. We were asked to spend fifteen minutes m a quiet, dark room, and, with eyes closed, delve into our memory banks for our most joyful childhood play experiences. Everyone of us recalled make believe or active play experiences with playmates, no with toys, but using whatever materials or props we happened to find close at hand. Equipment such as skates, bicycies, sieos, etc., weie sometimes necessary accessories for the remembered activities, but it was the activity, never the toy that was remembered. Recently Wednesday, August Clearfield Courier by Vi Judge r tinor) fitly on Such an attitude could easily lead to the disastrous artificial stimulants drugs, illicit sex and alcohol. I hope some of the following educational and creative play ideas will fill some need in your children. Certainly they should save you money. Watch for more next week. And please share your own ideas with us. Well all profit thereby. Yours, Vi Dear Vi: On rainy days, give restless kiddies a bottle full of a red, white, pinto limas, etc., mixed. variety of dried beans Theyll spend a long time sorting them and they may play games with them. Our preschoolers enjoy dropping beans into a narrow-necke- d bottle, or lining beans up in rows of alternating colors. Sometimes 1 supply white paste and let the kiddies paste bean designs on construction paper. They love it. Sylvia Adams, Roy, Utah H partly buried one half iri the sand and filled it with water. Now the children have a circular canal lor their boats In fact, they have two. The idea was o successful Daddy added the other half. Sandy P Midway, Utah circular troughs Have you a creative play or other useful idea to share? Send it to: IT MAKES CENTS, care of this newspaper. $2 for each suggestion used. Summer Sunset Salad Dear Vi: When you're painting outdoors, let your children have the feeling of helping without the intolerable mess. Give them pails of water and old paintbrushes. They can paint tree trunks, fences, steps, sidewalks, the garage floor, house foundation, or driveway. It will keep them busy and out of your hair for a long time. Anne Oliver, Sandy, Utah Dear box Vi : My husband made the neatest addition to our sandfor nothing. He cut an old tire in two so that it made two form from the State Attory General. Take time to read it.Then fill it out. It's simple. Return the form to the claims office. If you used the drugs, you'll get money back. No written proof of purchase is necessary on total purchases less than $150. Operation MoneyBack means more than money. Pinwheel (lank steaks, marinated in teriyaki sauce, and delicately molded Sunset Salad makes a meal to savor outdoors on a summer evening The menu, created in the test kitchens of La Choy Food Products, also includes frozen egg roll appetizers, cooked on a charcoal grill until they're golden brown , . . to be enjoyed while the steaks broil. Marinate the steaks at least 3 hours before cooking. The success of Operation Money Backwill help determine the future of consumer rights for generations to come. So stake your claim. There's more than money at stake. TERIYAKI GINGER MARINADE Yield: La Choy Teriyaki Sauce dry red wine tablespoon salad oil cup cup V2 1 Cup 1 V2 clove garlic, crushed teaspoons chopped fresh 1 2 teaspoons grated fresh ginger root or Vi teaspoon ground ginger Dash freshly ground black pepper parsley pd Combine ingredients; mix well. Place 6 pmwheel steaks in a flat china or enamel dish, pour marinade over them. Refrigerate for at least three hours, turning steaks occasionally. uirnnm on a spa nonlfB SUNSET SALAD Yield: 6 Servings 2 cups tomato juice 1 Vi 1 1 1 teaspoon La Choy Soy Sauce 2 tablespoons lemon juice V2 cup chopped La Choy Water Chestnuts Vi cup thinly sliced celery Cup chopped green pepper 1 bay leaf teaspoon salt small onion, chopped tablespoon unflavored gelatin Idblespoon Cold Wetter Combine tomato juice, bay leaf, salt, and onion. Boil five minutes. Soften gela'in in cold water for five minutes. Strain tomato juice mixture and pour over gelatin; stir until gelatin is dissolved. Add soy sauce and lemon juice. Chill until partially set Fold in water chestnuts, celery, and green pepper. Turn the mixture into a mold and chill until firm. Unmold on crisp salad greens. one-qua- rt yH 4 tSCtrlK . - - w. A If you are Summer Spa among the many people spending a late Summer vacation at home this year, don't fritter away the time with nothing to show for it. Why not make this the most beautiful vacation of your life, by turning your own home into a beauty spa3 You can remake yourself from head to toe without enrolling in an expensive beauty course. All you need is the will to succeed, and a copy o( "The Make Yourself Over Plan, a Signet porket book by Dolly Reed Wageman. Your figure is the most fundamental part ol the total Begin at the beginning. Step on your scales. Make a not0 of the weight in a small notebook Keep track ol your weight floor without bending knees and figure changes each or moving feet, ry to bring week as vou follow this knees together by tensing leg muscles. Hold for a beauty spa routine. Now put on a swim suit, Count of five and relax. The other half ot your figand look at yourself critih mirror. ure makeover depends on cally in a diet. Starvation and fad diets are out. You must have a diet that supplies all basic nutrients so that you can cut calories without cutting down on your energy. Here it is. Slender diet food from Carnation is a method of weight control that gives you one fourth of the Recommended Daily Allowance of all nutrients with every serving. fashion image. . full-lengt- well-balance- d rvt Mix rr? L- - r I sbs&U 4 mini-mea- they do at the most luxurious It you have swimming pool, on your figure too. The back access to a vou can work in the water stroke reallv and back, and will help lirm the flahbv underside of the1 upper arm when done properly. Put a snap into each kick of the breast slrok0 or the side stroke to help firm thighs. For special attention to this area, u.s an exercise swimmers use to strength' n thigh muscles. Stand with toot wide apart, (iels on stretches this newspaper a Space for this advertisement wjb dunated as public service by packet p spas.) - a waist of instant Slender with 6 oz. nonfat milk for a 164 calorie treat, or drink it right from a chilled pull-tocan for a 223 l. calorie Substitute this for one or more of your usual Summer meals throughout the day. At dinnertime, eat a regular meal with the family. Just keep vour own portions down, and eliminate second helpings. No erne will even realize you're dieting. They'll simply start telling you how great you look' For .1 copy of The Make Yourself Over Plan," send name and address plus vl.tio to I he f ashion Office, 0133 Nor 111 HoII wood, Drive, fall form a lM 604. |