Town Players Plan Set Changes With Scale Models
Town Players use intricate scale models to plan for the three to six scene changes needed in The Lion in Winter set on Berkshire Museum stage. George Morrison, GE sales engineer and eight year member, designed 12th century castle interiors with papier mache stone, dyed draperies, and lighting to create multiple environments.
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Town Players
Chinon
France
Chinon Castle
Henry IV
England
Henry
George Morrison
Morrison
Berkshire Museum
Ates
Auburn (Ala.) University
General Electric
Librizzi
Henry II
King's Castle
School Building Transformed Into Nine Apartments
Norman Kalberer of Rhode Island converted a vacant 2.1 acre school on a main street into nine apartments and added a swimming pool, parking, and four single family town houses. The former tax exempt site is now on the tax rolls and fully leased a month after completion.
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Norman Kalberer
Rhode Islands
YWCA
Kalberer
Save Steps With Handy Wash Center
The article extols placing a laundry area near living spaces to reduce hauling distances. It notes traditional units rely on upstairs retrieval and suggests a convenient, adjacent utility space in homes, even in one story houses, for easier washing and drying workflow.
Homes Improve with Modern Techniques in New Housing
Modern homes showcase better materials, durable asphalt shingles, built-in utilities, and soundproof doors. Emphasis on quality stems from new manufacturing, with self-sealing, fire resistant and wind resistant shingles.
Lumber Industry Joins Home Builders In Plea to Congress
Members of the forest products industry from across the nation joined more than 1,700 home builders and allied groups in an action program urging Congress and the administration to expand credit flow into the housing mortgage market. An emergency meeting earlier this month organized by the National Association of Home Builders aimed to pressure for a housing crisis turnaround.
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Washington, D.C
Congress
Administration
National Association of Home Builders For Home and Apartment Builders
Executive Branch
Congressional
Executive Department
James R- Turnbull
National Forest Products Association
Senate Banking Committee
Turnbull
Dual Purpose Bookshelves for Easy Moving and Style
A practical woodworking pattern outlines dual purpose chairside bookshelves with 10 inch end boards and V shaped shelves. Details cover modules, materials, assembly, handles, and possible decorative cutouts while offering color pairing ideas and finishing tips.
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Betty L. Shippey
Newell
H. B. Foster, Inc
Bridge St. Great Barrington
Zlaan
North St
Carr Hardware CO
Dial
Call Henry Vin Berkshire Roofing & Insulation
Scusson
Plainfield
Cummington
Bay
MFG. Co., Inc
Aluminum
Citron
Crane Ave
By Armstrong
Childs & Bishop
Armstrong
Sturbridge
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