Win a Motorola 16CK1!

[Daave]

Originally Posted by leadlike

The contest is very similar to those that are featured in the book and movie "The Prize Winner of Defiance, Ohio". It is a true story of a mother who, having little money and a large family to care for, entered every high-stakes jingle contest there was from the early 50s until they went out of style in the mid 60s:

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Pri...Defiance,_Ohio

Typically, if she won something like the Motorola, it would have been sold for cash.

Hah that movie was filmed here in Ontario only a short jog from me up the road.

[jwharris]

Originally Posted by N2IXK

Anyone else notice that FAB was recommended for washing both your laundry and your dishes?

Its pretty much the same as putting Borax in your laundry and your dishwasher. I make most of my own cleaning products and recipes online usually call for the same ingredients for laundry detergent and dish soap. All of the new products out there just have a bunch of harmful chemicals that aren't any better than using homemade or natural products. The companies are just really good at convincing you that you NEED them to get any results.

[edison64]

Originally Posted by old_tv_nut

I didn't inlcude the other three sides because they don't mention the contest; but here they are. By the way, the correct dimensions are about 8.5x6x2.2 inches.

Thanks Old TV Nut... I will post a pix of the finished box..

[reeferman]

Oops. Answered my own question

[veg-o-matic]

Originally Posted by ChrisW6ATV

That is a cool item! I also find it interesting that in 1954, an 8.5x6" box of detergent was called "large". These days, that would be the tiny box you buy at 7-11 in an emergency.

I hear "Fab jingle", and I am reminded (after decades, still not forgotten) of their newer one:
"Oh Fab
I'm glad
They put
Enzyme-action borax
In you!"

I think I am missing a line before or after "enzyme action", though.

First it was just borax, then lemon-freshened borax, 'til it crescendoed at

"Oh, Fab
I'm glad
There's active-enzyme, lemon-freshened borax
In you!"

One more additive, and I think they would have had to change the jingle

veg

[ChrisW6ATV]

"Lemon-freshened", that's the line. Thanks!