Popular Home Offers Buyers Speed In The Construction
A planned popular type flat roof modern home emphasizes quick build with FHA or Veterans loans. On a 936 square foot footprint, it sits on a concrete slab with minimal hall space and a dual furnace for centralized heating. Horizontal siding or stucco exterior, glass doors, and a flexible kitchen area are noted. A 43 foot lot width, 8 by 10 foot driveway, and 936 square feet are specified. Building blueprints No 720, with floor plans and elevations, are offered for $10 per set when ordered through the paper.
Begonia Society to Meet in Alameda County
Members of the Southern Alameda County branch of the American Begonia Society and their families will meet at Award High School at 7 p.m. Thursday for the annual Yale festivities. A turkey dinner will precede the installation of a new officer slate. A program of entertainment, games, cards, and a gift exchange is being planned by Mrs. Fred Roberts and Mrs. Floyd Sluter.
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Beonia Society
Award High School
Yale
Fred Roberts
Floyd Sluter
Eight Billion Spending Set for Home Modernization
American homeowners are expected to spend a record eight billion dollars on home modernization in 1955, with about one fifth for siding and roofing. Major improvements include heating plumbing, bathrooms, garages, basement rec rooms, and attic finishing. National Home Improvement Month is promoted in March by the Insulating Siding Association and roofing and siding contractors. Factors include aging not farm homes, rising incomes, and liberalized FHA V A open end financing. Pride in home ownership remains high across economic levels.
Wreath Crafting Tips For A Merrier Christmas
A festive guide explains how to transform greens into wreaths and decorations. It covers using a stake and containers, creating topiary from available materials, swag accents with magnolia and laurel, snowflake glitter, and kid friendly ideas like sugar plum trees.
Basket Of Gold For Your Garden Planting Alyssum Saxatile
Alyssum Saxatile is praised as a valuable perennial for borders and rock gardens. It forms a bright golden yellow bloom like a basket of gold, tolerates heat, wind, and shallow soil, and requires little care after establishment. It pairs well with Forget-Me-Not Dianthus Beatrix and white or pastel companions.
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Esther Reed
Dusty Miller
Marguerite
California
Time for the Wife to Start Hinting About Her Yule Gift
CARL ANGELI notes that during Christmas wives often hint what their husbands want, with men sometimes desiring tools or plants. He recalls past failures to receive items like woodworking tools and gardening gear, while praising practical gifts such as a new hammer and specimen plants for gardeners and new homeowners embarking on landscaping.
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Carl Angeli
A Christmas Gift That Never Arrives in One Day
Dorothy Bayliss describes a year long gift idea a subscription to a garden magazine. The piece promotes giving a magazine subscription as a lasting delight, noting monthly covers offer dreamlike garden images and practical advice for amateur gardeners. It highlights garden clubs nationwide and the magazine’s role in attracting new gardeners to clubs.
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Dorothy Bayliss
Tate
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A’ Street
Lockhaven
San Leanoro
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Thea Lyal Nickals
Florist
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Hesperia
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