The Hillsdale Daily News from Hillsdale, Michigan • Page 30

X- Sv A. 8 wm OUTERSPACE LURES young and old. A put-up, play-in model of the Space 1999 Eagle Transporter offers many hours of imaginary interplanetary travels. Assembled it is 50-inches long, slurdy enough to sit in and light enough to pick up for travels. SNOOPY FANS can go to the drive-in movie with their favorite from the Peanuts strip.

Snoopy Drive-In Theatre has films of adventures with his friends with cassette and film that needs no threading or rewinding. REAL LIFE toys keep the imaginative young mind busy. Here material handling set has fork lift, van truck and trailer, flatbed with two cargo containers and scrap ladle truck. All are designed by Tonka Toys for action such as fork lift blade raising and lowering. Reading blood drive goes over quota READING A quota of 125 pints of blood was surpassed recently by the Reading Blood Drive.

The effort collected 141 pints of blood. Mrs. Ruth Drake and Mrs. Margaret Owens. Reading, were general chairmen.

Mrs. Marge St. John, Camden, and Mrs. Pat Traxler, Montgomery, assisted. Dr.

Acus, Dr. Mattson and Dr. Alipit, Hillsdale donated time to the program. RETIREMENT of the reasons we re in business. Regular or tax-deferred life insurance and annuity plans and Keogh self-employed retirement programs can put your future together today.

Check the facts with Charlie Foster or FARM BUREAU INSURANCE A a Noble Bertaion 335 Carleton Road, Hillsdale Ph. 437-2458 or 437-7619 rii i Doug Miller FARM BUREAU INSURANCE GROUP Farm Bureau Mutual Farm Bureau Lift Community Service insurance Community Service Acceptance Real-life items make best buys By Betty Bergman Levin NEW YORK (NEA) Before you buy one more gift for a child, stop and think. What are you buying and why? Is it to please the child or please the parent? Is it for immediate gratification or long-term en- chrichment? At one time or another we all find ourselves selecting gifts to fit these situations. With a few simple guidelines you can satisfy need the the and yours. Safety, age, maturity and level of dexterity are important considerations.

For example, remember that the younger and smaller the child, the larger the game and puzzle pieces ought to be. While many battery- operated toys are amusing at first, the novelty quickly wears off and the child becomes a bored observer. Regardless of what you select, be sure that it does own thing. Young people love real-life items as much as they love life and nothing more disappointing than to get a seemingly super gift like a walkie-talkie on which you hear or a watch that really keep time. Avoid such frustrating finds as double-runner training skates and fake typewriters.

Youngsters will learn to fall, stand and skate on one blade in about the time it takes them to stay upright on two. Thrift and pawn shops are excellent sources for picking up a real If rather count on your unagination than on your money, scrounge attics, cellars, closets and the neighborhood wallpaper store for discards. Fill a large carton with plastic lids, wallpaper samples, foam packing material, scraps of fabric, glue, markers and ribbons. Voila! A Rccycle Box! Kids will entertain themselves for hours. Sometimes it takes courage to give such a child- oriented gift, but go ahead and be your own person.

hard to go wrong with the personalization of anything from notepads to luggage. A delighted seven- year-old recently got a football shirt complete with her name and projected college year (91). Many monogrammed gifts can be used from childhood on up- such as key chains, long scarves, leather or silver bookmarks, pins and tie-tacks. If planning to give a certificate or invitation, attach to the envelope a mini-toy that serves as a clue. And if an out-of-town aunt who invites a child to visit during vacation, be prepared to fulfill the commitment.

Kids take these gifts seriously. Gift selection becomes a particularly challenging task when the gift is for your own child. use gift-giving as a way to allay your own guilt feelings or to manipulate your children. Most of all, for your children or theirs, give with no strings attached. Here are some quickie suggestions by age: Up to 20 months: Purchased or homemade banks with a little change in them to rattle and a lot of room for future deposits; mobiles and music boxes to enhance an environment.

20 months to 3 years: Wooden pull toys, sorting boxes, recordings with happy songs and soothing voices, cloth books and cardboard building blocks. 3 to 5 years: Large puzzles, hand puppets, colorful wall calendar to mark off days, growth charts, vinyl smocks for messy projects and tub toys. 5 to 8 years: Construction sets, bulletin-blackboards, no-cook cookbooks, foreign stamps and coins, small easy-care plants, roller skates, anthology of stories and poems. 8 to 12 years: A small aquarium, a globe, competitive board games, tennis racquet and balls, travel kit with grooming aids, contemporary posters. 12 to 15 years: Mini-calculator, collegiate dictionary, sleeping bag, apron, jigsaw puzzle for mounting, silver dollars, share of stock.

15 and up: Subscription to a special interest or future vocation publication, over-night suitcase, thesaurus, gift certificate for two to a local restaurant, super-sized beach towel, binoculars or opera glasses. DOLLS have changed. This year male and female dolls are more anatomically correct. Here little mother is dressing baby brother Tender Love. Open Evenings 'til 9:00 p.m.

'til Christmas except Nov. 27th and Dec. 4th FREE CHRISTMAS GIFT WRAP Lay-Aways Welcome STILL IN THE RING Mohammed Ali through his doll comes with the opponents you select, black or white. Doll is about 1 Cl and set with ring and accessories is about $20. Something For Everyone For Christmas HALLMARK Party Goods Collector Ornaments Albums Desk Sets Toys FRAGRANCES Charlie Heaven Sent Jontue White Shoulders assumi Wind Song After Five Babe Cachet Love Avian ce Musk Madam Jovan Chanel No.

5 RAZORS ALL SALE PRICED Norelco, Remington, Schick, Sunbeam, Gillette Fanny Farmer CANDY Sanders GIFTS Come, See Giant Size CANDLES Rings Necklaces JEWELRY Earrings Bisque Pieces CHINA Ceramics Flower Pots, Mugs PLATES TOILETRIES Chanel, Yardley, Love Faberge, Prince Matchabelli Helena Rubenstein Coty, Revlon, Max Factor, Soaps, Hand Lotions.