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Decatur Daily

Location

Decatur, Alabama, United States of America

Date

Jun 24, 1958

Page

7

House of the Week builds luxury ranch on budget

The X-11 plan offers six rooms including three bedrooms in 1069 sq ft with an optional basement adding two rooms and a workshop. Features include a dropped living room with cathedral ceiling a balconied dining room and a circular rear patio. Finishing the basement could add an adult recreation room and a children's play area for about 1500 dollars.

Herman H. York

Pleasant countryside humor and vignettes blend in Decatur read

A collage of brief scenes and jokes unfolds from a Decatur daily page. Dialogues touch on rain soaked taxi rides, grain quinine advice, a Peace Conference quip, a Texas railroad tale, Switzerland postcard chatter, and a California Penal Code line, ending with sisters living together.

Statistics Design X 11 Fits On 60 by 100 Lot

The design measures 45 feet by 36 feet 1 inch with a 1,069 square foot main level living area excluding the car port. It includes a living room dining room kitchen three bedrooms and a bath. An optional basement adds a children's playroom an adult recreation room a workshop and storage.

Statistics

House basement reconfiguration and rear patio details

The plan describes converting the basement into a large multiuse space for special occasions with a re opened front living room and rear kitchen. A lavatory connects two recreation areas with separate access from the children's play room. Exterior features include vertical siding, brick veneer, a rear patio and walk of flagstone or colored concrete.

Glove Loss Divides Womankind into Two Classes

A wry tale contrasts careless women who lose their gloves with careful ones who lose only one. A cautious businessman, famed for sticking to evident facts, begins a journey that tests his rules and reveals human foibles.

Government Prepares Public For Huge 10 Billion Deficit

Sylvia Porter notes Washington officials warn of a 10 billion plus deficit for the year starting July 1 and a prior year deficit around 3 billion. Officials say revised figures will show larger deficits, aiming to prepare the public and deter further spending.

Sylvia Porter Washington Erget Stans Budget Bureau Uncle Sam Congress Anderson Congressional Quarterly

News fragment quotes shuffled ages and tea in Ohio

An elderly survivor endures bad news with humor noting tea will be easier to prepare. A crowded streetcar scene shows a stout woman seeking fare from a jacket pocket as a man complains about suspenders. Carrie and Harriett discuss a gossiping woman and a spinning brazil nut observed by George L. Eberly in Massillon Ohio.

Madrid Street of Knifemakers Cooks Tender Roasts

In Madrid the Street of Knifemakers hosts eateries that avoid knives. Cooks prepare meats until extremely tender and waiters carve roasts with the side of a plate.

Madrid Spain

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