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IMtv (ASCU«Cujiii Sul MoWorajileDailcm Graff of Waterloo co*ls lire Anna Pals House with primer. Ihe Butler Historical Sociirt# is warklrc lo repair the he me trcm lire ouisiric liisl lo show the community process.Historical group restores house from outside inBy JESSICA MILLERCarter Sal Wrt/.r_Outside, progress edge along.Volunteers scrape away layers of paint dating back to the earty 1900iLyle Grapp of Waterloo seals windows and applies whue primer to the Anna Pals House A large sign gtvs thanks for a offered to the Dirtier Historical Society, enabling volunteeis to paint the historic home.Only the dormers of the Sears mail-order home—a Craftsman lOti — remain tn a flaking gray and pink. And soon they will he replaced by white primer'We're been getting axnpli ments all over town. said Deh Bochmann. prcsidimt of the Butler County Historical Socl wyThe society purchas'd die house :n 2D00 to house its future museum. The group wants to restore the Ironic to how It might hare looked In 1912 wlien Peter Pals assembled tlie home for his mother, Anna. IVtcr Pals married In 1913 and needed more room in his own home, which was acroffi the yardBut because the society is low on funds, members decided to start by putting on a new roof.Once finished, the home will be used to display Victorian ora living arrangements. Tiuough the windows ons cm sr- the society's other facilities, the Butler County 1 bill of Fame and an old-fashioned schoolhwise.Doth buildings are so crowded tlint displays are difficult. A museum on the fairgrounds also has filled in.Displaying P«*xl items In the home would allow for better uso of the other buildings normally ojmn by appointment onlyRestoration i»es slowly as money and volunteers filter in. Bochmann recmlted her parents. Lyle and Darlene Grapp ofTo donateSend tlcftMions to the Anna Pals House, ere oi th9 duller County Hisldita! Socsty. P.O. Box 219 V?, Alcoa SO602.O! tall Deb Bac’iiram a! (319) 26/-26S!.Waterloo, as part or her small lain ting crewWe've always done things for our children, and we Mill do, said Dai law Grapfi poir.tbrush In hand.Girl Scouts hare chipped in with tlie garden. Thrivent Set-vlccs also scr.t a volunteir. Paint Iowa BcmitUul, a pirlnership of Keep fowa Beautiful and Dia-mend Vogel Paint, contributed the paint.Boclimann’s husband. Mny-nard, woiks on the home as health allows.Anri Anna Puls' greatgrund-son, IXiryl Pals of Shell Rcrk. comes to AUism to fix up the home.Daryl Pals doesn't remember wha* the Ixxnc looked like He never met his ereat-gtandmoth-w, who died In 192-1.'I knew Uncle Peter Tin re-pouru! tag some of his nails once in awhile. It’s tan to do.” Pals said.Peter Pals and his brothers wore carpenters. Peter built 18 homes in Allison Bochmann doesn't know why IV,or chose to order a homo from S?ars when he could have built a house for his mother cn his own. Older-ing tlie Immes from Sears,though, would haw reduced cxinstr.iclion time by 4b percent.With IViryl Pals and the help of clliers, tlie society hopes to complete the home’s eMertor Before winter.Society members seek old storm windows to complete die home from the outside.Tlie main tiling ire need is some volunteeis who can coine over and help, ' ca.i Judi Pop pen, the gioup’s treasurer.Inside, Anna Pals' home needs work before tlie society can use the home.Poppcn hopes to Itold a Christmas opes: house in Delimiter 2006 with tlie house decorated for an old-time Christmas.Jeata? Mtikr can be (Oiiiaacd at (313) 291-1531 or }mica. in illefifeuxfiwrierovnMETRO / NE IOWA MONDAY. SEPTEMBER 27,2CN PAGE B3
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