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Newspaper
Decatur Daily
Location
Decatur, Alabama, United States of America
Date
May 20, 1958
Page
11
An architect designs a ranch style residence for the House of The Week featuring built in gadgets from water controls to an automatic garage door. The home emphasizes living comfort with movable appliances, optional activity core, and an auxiliary generator for emergencies.
Design X-6 features seven rooms with three bedrooms a family room living room dining room and kitchen. It includes three baths a mud room full basement and no breakfast area. Total living area 1 736 square feet plus 41 square foot garage and 216 square foot rear porch. Overall dimensions 32 feet 8 inches by 80 feet on a 100 by 100 foot lot recommended.
The article details electric power enabled amenities including rheostatic lighting Shoji screens that double as drapes, built in desk nooks, a serving window to a rear porch, two surface cooking units, liquid soap dispensers in baths and kitchen, sliding glass fireplace screens, telephone jacks in main rooms, a residential fire alarm, electric garbage disposal, continuous outlet strips, and a hall unit with heater fan and hair dryer.
The Salvation Army reports four million recruits serving across its missions around the world, reflecting vast global support and organized charitable outreach.
The reader submits 35 cents and asks for a copy of the study plan for The House of The Week, Design X-6, with name address and city state printed for mailing.
The plan includes heated walkways for snow removal in cold areas and a roof of marble chip to reflect heat in summer. An optional activity core sits between the master and family rooms with four adaptable sections. the family room can become a fourth bedroom with shutter doors. Additional devices include a central vacuum, ceiling lighting, a hi fi center, and an electric counter unit in the kitchen.
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