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Newspaper
Cedar Rapids Gazette
Location
Cedar Rapids, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Oct 02, 1955
Page
10
House of the Week featuring design T-500, a growing home from two to three bedrooms. Describes expansive kitchen with built in features, family room merge, pass through server, bow bay windows, sliding glass doors to a garden porch, and garage with insulated walls.
Send 35 cents and your name and address to receive a study plan detailing each floor and four elevations of The House of The Week. The plan is scaled and includes a guide How To Get Your House Built. Use it for bank estimates and bids from builders.
Mr and Mrs Harland Bushnell bought United Rent–Alls at 850 Third Avenue SW from John Ricci and Walter Arnold. Len Gauger Agency arranged the sale. Miles and Company handled two other local sales including Otto P Webert at 2255 Fourteenth Avenue Marion. Other deals include Sejichas residence to Kenneth Meyers and Speth residence to Gladys Bencke via Miles and Company with Kenneth E Crooks.
Mr and Mrs George Kranz sold their 3025 Oakland Road NE home to Mr and Mrs William A Carle formerly of 1517 Sixth Street SW. They have purchased the house at 902 eighteenth Street SW from its previous owner.
An odd note asserts that an extra shower, like an extra lavatory, speeds the flow of traffic through the bathroom during rush periods when many people want to clean up at once.
The article explains tough maintenance issues for heavy road building equipment exposed to weather and dirt. It notes industrial coatings from paint firms designed for durability, applied by air or electrostatic spraying and baked with infrared heat to cut maintenance. Insulating varnish for electrical appliances provides high resistance to electricity.
Ames readers get tips from June Brown Iowa State College on lamp shade fabrics from traditional silk to parchment and plastic coatings. The guide notes silk blends and textured pleats, plastic laminated shades for easy cleaning, parchment backed fabrics, and outdoor friendly woven straw and wood slat shades with seasonal price drops.
NEA service warns homeowners to safeguard structures against wind events with emphasis on shutters, roof securing, and reinforced doors. Practical steps include inspecting gutters, securing loose items, and checking fasteners to prevent damage and loss.
The article urges homeowners to reinforce roofs with asphalt cement, check roof leaks and flashing, repair chimneys, gutters, and downspouts, and ensure windstorm coverage. It lists steps like trimming dead limbs, securing roof antennas, tightening shutters, and having emergency lighting and roofing paper ready for shingles dislodgement.
The National Warm Air Heating and Air Conditioning Association warns against oversized or undersized furnaces. Proper sizing relies on precise heat loss calculations for each room and window, using Manual 3 for measuring losses. Manuals and installation guidelines are available publicly from the association in Cleveland Ohio.
Mr and Mrs Marvin Caldwell of 1265 Second Avenue SE purchased the residence at 910 Thirty-sixth Street NE from Mr and Mrs Robert Geuther. Possession set for October 10. Sale handled by the Hal Haines Company. The Geuthers plan to move to Washington D C.
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