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Newspaper
Decatur Daily
Location
Decatur, Alabama, United States of America
Date
Jun 25, 1957
Page
7
The House of the Week presents design HW-58 a flexible vacation home by architect Herman York offering a basic plan plus two alternates for added bedrooms and a carport. It emphasizes indoor outdoor flow a growing space and strong resale value with features like an outdoor terrace sliding doors a shared chimney and convenient swimmer entry to a shower room.
The HW-58 study plan helps you get estimates on the basic and two alternate vacation house plans from your contractor. These estimates guide choosing a plan that fits current family needs, especially with children, where an alternate plan may be preferred.
Architect York offers a spacious storage area usable for luggage or sleeping when basic plan is used without extra bedrooms. Plans include private hall access to lavatory and shower, convertible furniture for leisure room sleeping, and optional carport or garage. Alternate plans add one or two bedrooms with cross ventilation and large closets, front elevation changes, and a central furnace option for year round use. Redwood siding with white asphalt shingles is recommended, durable near lakes and beaches.
A reader from Decatur requests a copy of the study plan for The House of The Week Design HW-58. The note includes name street city state and 35 cents enclosed.
Daily records show multiple property transfers and divorce court filings plus several civil suits. Transfers include Decatur Land Co to Arthur Hargitt Jr for 12700 dollars and others among Edmundson Johnson and Miller Holloway.
The Mexican ambassador to Venezuela Dr Salvador Martinez de Alva will teach in Ohio State University's five week Summer program on Latin America starting June 18. He has previously served as ambassador to Guatemala Nicaragua Ecuador and Venezuela and acted as charge d affaires in Rome.
The passage promotes a modern economical vacation home designed for high humidity periods. It recommends natural finish wood paneling for interior walls and presents the idea as an ideal retreat to escape summer heat.
Ninety four percent say they hope to marry in the future. About eighty percent of girls express a wish to be like their mothers when they grow up.
H R Eves reported to officers that a thief stole two bee hives loaded with bees and honey valued at 120 dollars in Dallas Texas.
University of Michigan Survey Research Center interviewed 1,925 girls aged 11 to 19 in 66 counties. At the request of the Girl Scouts, only three percent said they want to be housewives.
The subject served as head of Mexico's permanent delegation to the League of Nations and as counsellor to the Mexican Embassy in London, with prior diplomatic postings in Japan Costa Rica Uruguay and Honduras.
In 1638 John Harvard donated 400 books to the college that bears his name, marking the founding gift of the first American library.
Robert Lawrence, an American, serves as the conductor of the government sponsored Presidential Philharmonic Orchestra in Turkey.
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