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»ls‘epub-iinnerppingt* sugar ple of f themit prb-be obtaining States-t yearS into ns, in-, whent. How takes, mucheresenta-tland,dativeountyd to-ce A. nd a rneet-louthdis-i and aturee D.the eket, obie, jme; * of lem-fcteessasms s„€SE5 ScraP ShlPTwo Story Doll House GiveNot To BePreview Of Postwar HornMoored HereCommissiFalmouth Grocer Builds Model WithReplies To HaleElectric Lights For Little Daughter' ■■■ ■ ■ . »lake many another family, Mr. and Mrs. Albert O. Larsen, Falmouth, wanted to biuld their ownhome in the glorious postwar world but priorities, shortages and costs being what they are, the Larsen’s have temporarily settled for a two-story doll house, replete with elec-££ !lg^tmfU. fieId stoile fireplace and inches-high furniture.Proprietor of M. C. Perry's Market on the Middle Hoad at Falmouth Corner, Larsen had a yen for building, a daughter with a yen tor a doll house and a wife with vast determination.fgee?» me on’M Larsen saidgood-naturedly, until I finally got? +this do11 house—and n ’ 1 couldn’t stop.”* °/ a months spare-timeth- J a *wo~foot hiSh doll house,ri^?i*rKfarV/ of neihbors and the £ lt;°f slx-year-old Ann, wide-build heiress of her daddy's urge toThe miniature dwelling standsproudly in the Larsen’s living room m their apartment over the storeSwnin f,Jp of a hghtswitch H-rooms furnished with scale-model furniture.n **Wr can fc Ann away from at, Larsen said musingly. “Sheu *?e f ork3ng on it one day in the back shop downstairs and she’swith it ever since.** The unique doll house is builtLarin7 °f ‘‘h°jhe-grown’' materials, Larsen revealed.lide *Wn«Ung, string-f™' olapboarding, all are madecrat,nS- Floors are cov-f^d with scraps of linoleum savedhomi ?x/n0rS °f the Larsen's ownis are PaPered with sim-S .wrpto wallpaper, and astone fireplace built of smallconcrete, nestles cosily against the living room wall.Windows are cellophane and the r0°m fl00r 18 covered with a La?sen°me gFe6n rUg hooked by Mrs.cftnihT k?h^d found hlmself ffi,h-d °n5 in the miniatureirrn his w*fe becameklSJiwr « ^ the enthusiasm shefnSSiS? *? ?? m* and herself°3» P covers ^r toyeasy fhairs, curtains forWhin £ sPrealt;3s for beds.Hnn r house neared eomple-H°^'Tarsen shingled the roof withfhP ^fn?aper squares and Paneledtttl «nHhrS?m TWith wood carved QhnnrS? „ rs* Larsen went on a shopping foray in Portland storesand came up with some new minia-Press Herald Bureau, Tho Washington, Jan. 14.The Maritime Commission will not S^iJsh additional locations for scrap Sl i? *, Chairman W. W. Smith told Representative Robert Hale of Maine today. Hale sought scrap ships for Portland Harbor mooring.Nearly all the vessels to’be sold for scrapping, and which ar® located within the continental United States, aretrated in the reserve fleets, Smith said.When vessels are removed from the service and made available for eventual sale or other disposition by the'whirh^?!h* il iSi not usuaI1y knownf .the vessels are to be scrapped.?Srv Uhlps are.Put in the reserve fleets because it is less expensive thancommercial docks and moorings.Because of the current shortage ofscrap steel, demand for ships for!!S?PKS?5 exceeds supply. Smith said, ana there have been numerous bidsn™lt;LeS^eCeiV?dito date by the Maritime Commission for scrap vessels compare favorably with current market prices for the metal. The geographical distribution of bidders throughout the Country has been £ide *ouSh to indicate that present locations of ships to be scrapped does^iiTP?fLUndue hardship on pros-Vi? bidders. It is, of course, obvi-some bidders and scrapping f,?™?^hments are more convenientlylocated than others. Smith said.' ture plastic furniture for the six-room “dwelling.”Larsen’s craftsmanship has developed fast since he began two years ago to turn a hand to repair work, his grocery store. Afterbuilding several store fixtures and counters, he turned his tools towards home furnishing.Pointing out an ironing board bjnh i°r his daughter, Larsen admitted he worked without drawingsor plans,“This would have cost five dol-m,t?wn* but I just dug up a piece of board here and there and2T?.them together,” he said.Still to be built is the Larsen’s£2 po?twari ho»»e. And from the lively glint in-Larsen’s eye as he;°Dk's .^th modest pride at the little doll house, scarce lumber, plumbing fixtures, labor and furnishingsn°t lonS keep the Falmouth grocer from moving into a larger edition of the luxurious doll house.
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Portland Press Herald
Portland, Maine, US
Wed, Jan 15, 1947
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