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Newspaper
Berkshire Eagle
Location
Pittsfield, Massachusetts, United States of America
Date
Nov 09, 1963
Page
5
Jason Apartments at 157 177 Jason Street opens to the public today and Monday for inspection of two newly completed buildings containing 16 rental units. Representatives of the Baward B Karam Agency will show the units from 1 to 4 pm with two more buildings planned.
Winter planning helps save time and money on home improvements. Lester Lytton of the Flexalum division of Bridgeport Brass Co advises sketching ideas and researching costs now to lock in prices, easing spring implementation for projects like patios and aluminum-covered decks. Early start avoids delays from warm months and allows shrubs and plantings to proceed on schedule.
A reader asks for an economical plan to store books after a year of unwanted book club shipments. The House Doctor suggests two-shelf bookcases from a single plywood sheet, with back, legs, and nails, plus optional finishes and sizing tweaks to fit two units per sheet.
Washington reports that during housing seminars across five cities under the National Association of Home Builders and House & Garden, women expressed a longing for an old fashioned family kitchen with a walk in pantry and a large entry hall. Preferences varied by region but many favor rear outdoor living space, an island counter, and a master bedroom with a living room like retreat.
Kalman's Berkshire Wallpap er & Paint Co at 439 North St has been named Pratt & Lambert area distributor. Pratt & Lambert, in business 115 years, runs factories and warehouses in over 18 US and Canadian cities. Kalman's, in the same location 44 years, was founded in 1919 by Nathan E. Kalman and now run by Seymour C. Kalman and Marvin L. Weiss. The franchise aims to grow services in industrial and institutional paints.
F W Dodge Corp reports September contracts for future construction in Massachusetts at 79.99 million dollars, down 13 percent from a year earlier. Nonresidential at 39.81 million up 78 percent, residential 31.85 million down 44 percent, nonbuilding at 8.41 million down 34 percent. Nine month total 767.9 million, 216 percent above 1962.
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