European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - September 18, 1980, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Daily Jas Fiath a -. Inflation chills allot suf Vivier at Calabasas High school . Area families have been meeting to play softball. By Pamela q. Hollie new York times altered by inflation and the recession Many american families curtailed i hair spending on vacation trips and other summer pleasures this year. Parents and children have found thai they had to rely More on each other for entertainment and companionship with mixed results. For some it has been a reaffirmation of the family Saun id David Caplovitz professor of sociology at the City in varsity of new York. For others in has been  in spot checks across the country some Middle income americans said that their families had drawn closer Ai a result of economic necessity. But others said that the need to make sacrifices in the vacation months had caused stress. Caplovitz who has written a Book about inflation s Impact on the family entitled making ends meet said it is not just the poor who have had to adjust. This year the Middle class has Felt the  in s Tough said George Ratcliff a purchasing agent for Lillon industries in Woodland Hills Calif. We used to take the boat out twice a month. Now i can t afford to take it out of the  Jane Frances Smith Mother of four who lives in a suburb of Washington d.c., said in years past both sons and one daughter have gone to Camp and the other daughter has attended iwo to la acc week music workshops. We also managed a week together camping. This year we could Only afford to Send one child to Camp. The music workshops were sacrificed As was the camping . Eugene Young a partner in Solomon Claybaugh &. Young architects inc. Of Kansas City mo., said we re going to fewer movies because of the Money and Sitters. We feel guilty if we spend the  he Laid he and hit wife Mary Ellen wanted to Send their 8-Ycar-old son to Camp. Instead he played at Home and went to the neighbourhood Pool Young said. I doubt if our family staying at Home has brought us closer together. We made noises that it has but it just in t  la rolling Meadows 111., Marvin Hammond a police sergeant whose family of he lives on $21,000 year said we sacrificed our nights out to buy the kids athletic equipment to keep them occupied at  for the first of perhaps Many years to come families have had to become More resourceful about their sum Mer fun. The Money just in t there for toys movies or dinner out said Chet Downey an Atlanta truck Driver. This summer i taught my ton to play horseshoes just like my dad taught  be been talking about conserving Money so much lately the kids now think we re poor said Ann Larson an editor at rebook Magazine. This summer the family look advantage of As Many free events in new York City u possible. To top off the summer the larsons spent labor Day at the Beach. But this year we shared a Bouse for the first time to Cut Down on expenses said mrs. Larson. We figured that we d give up some privacy to still have a spot on the  another new York couple to and Bruce Freeman who live with their two sons on the West Side of manhat Tan eliminated their payday treat of going out to Din Ner. They did not go to a Broadway play this summer and skipped their usual two weeks at Cape cod. Instead thursday september 18. 1980 they spent the summer gardening in a vacant lot. Many families said that the Money they do have is being spent on gardening Toots or paint brushes rather than stereos records or books. Our family painted the House this summer said Betsy shimmery of Rockville md., a Mother of five who is a partner with her husband in the computer workshop inc., a retail store. We would probably have hired someone else to do in in the past but not with today s  in Santa Monica a so Barb of  Angeles Char Lene h. Eberhart executive director of the family sences Agency Sal to More stable families Are trying to get out More go to picnics or take advantage of City Parks. But families who Are mutable Are feeling fear. These tensions can definitely cause alienation in  during the hot weather that affected much of the country this summer togetherness was uncomfortable for Many families and for some it was unbearable the National Center on child abuse and neglect a Federal Agency did Early indications were that the incidence of child abuse had increased nationwide. In those families which Are prone to child abuse we saw a very High increase in serious injuries said Carole Bowdry program director for the Texas department of human resources child abuse program. In Texas where the temperature was above 100 degrees for Many weeks cases of child abuse Rose roughly 35 percent in june and july from the like period a year ago she said. In other cases the pressures have strengthened family relationships. Because things Are getting More expensive people Are sticking a lot closer to their families said Gaye Vaterlaus of Phoenix. She and her husband Richard and their two Young sons vacationed at the Home of a relative. We stayed with our families and bought a Freezer with our vacation Money she said. We look fur family things to do because of our attitude not just became of the Money said Jean a Mela a High school Counselor in Kansas City to. We feel it s important to Foster family  family reunions have also Rhode a comeback. The Dawson got together in Detroit for the first time As did the Challe Lees in Spokane and the woodys in Boston. And Bob and Alice Back who live near Columbus ind., became cheerful organizers of family reunions this sum Mer. I m from a big family and when we get together we usually play volleyball or softball and the kids play together said1 mrs. Back. It makes for an enjoyable  for 13-year-old Elizabeth Brown the summer has been 18 weeks of family fun. The Brown family the Johnsons the Myers the pages the Kricks and a dozen other families have been meeting at Calabasas High school in a suburb of los Angeles to play slow Pilch softball on wednesday evenings sunday afternoons and most holidays. I had a great time she said. A Maytag Sefl Tao ban Audi m one huge family,1 said Jas Tecc Brown Ett Awta s or Traer. I had t played she ugh school Brt in s so much fun we re going to play my  these games have brought families together said Dorothy Johnson wife of the Umpire and Mother of a Center fielder. Families need to play  the stars and stripes Page 13