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Newspaper
Athens Messenger
Location
Athens, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Feb 27, 1935
Page
25
The Federal Housing Administration offers insured modernization loans to farmers to repair and improve farm properties and install permanently affixed equipment. Loans up to 2000 per property may fund wells ponds pumps fences and home upgrades with seasonal or annual repayments after harvest.
The J. J. Sisler Co. Store at 48 South Court Street adds about 200 square feet to floor space for customer convenience. A large dressing compartment for ladies and redesigned shelving along room sides accompany new dress cases. Brown wood finish, white walls and ceiling, and globe lights were added.
A New York map describes a method of decorating rooms using luminous paint. When illuminated with ultraviolet light the walls display a brilliantly colored mural effect, making the room appear transformed and radiant.
Roadside stands offer farmers a profitable way to sell eggs vegetables fruit honey and berries. Sanitary well displayed stands with eye catching colors attract customers and protect goods. towns near metropolitan areas see growing use. Modernization loans up to $2 000 through banks under FHA rules aid building or upgrading stands.
Dr. C. H. Creed reports extensive upgrades at Athens State Hospital over the last year including painting of hallways and main building towers, clearing under a dining room, added bathrooms and rewiring, removal of partitions, and new foundations and drains at barns. Additional roof work and new building foundations were completed with more work planned depending on legislative funds.
The text describes a modern bathroom with silvery gray walls, deeper shade bands, light yellow ceiling, ivory tiling, yellow moire shower curtain, and a black floor. Shelves edges are painted in a warm rust-henna tone. An alternate color scheme includes oyster white chartreuse and cel blue.
New York decorators favor doors painted in bold contrasting colors or shades of the room. They often single color doors or accent moldings and sometimes stencil or collage panels. Scrap-book style doors with pasted magazine images are protected with shellac for dust resistance.
Copper screens are said to not stain surfaces beneath them if the screens are coated with varnish or paint. The claim emphasizes protective surface treatment to prevent color transfer and tarnish on underlying materials.
A carload of 108 pound capacity refrigerators arrived for Athens Ice Storage Company. Under a rental plan, the units will be leased yearly until rental payments equal the cost, after which ownership transfers to the renter. The units boast baked enamel finish and an attractive design.
Painting the edges of storm windows and doors along with flat surfaces protects them from deterioration by slowing moisture absorption that causes swelling and sticking. Moisture resistant paints are usually preferred for this purpose.
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