My mom would blow this horn at dinner time, and we were all supposed to come home. I was the homebody and loved just playing with my toys, but my brothers played outside all day long.
When my mom needed a break from the four of us, she would give me 50 cents and the 4 of us would walk down a 4 lane divided highway well over 2 miles there and back. 50 cents could buy a bunch of candy and the walk got us out and away for quite a while. Can you imagine now sending a 12 year old girl with a 10 year old boy, a 6 year old girl, and a 3 year old that far? I think someone would call social services