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Newspaper
Middletown Journal
Location
Middletown, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Apr 21, 1952
Page
8
Art Diver of Midlertown Lumber Company announces a new book for home planners titled Planning Your Individual Home. The full color volume aims to aid families in designing and building homes suited to their living standards, illustrating modern designs and material options for remodeling or new construction.
Finishing a basement adds usable space, may boost home value, and extends house life by reducing dampness. It outlines painting and sealing options for walls, concrete prep, and coatings, plus ceiling ideas to improve efficiency, fire resistance, and comfort. It covers wall framing, ventilation, and decorative finishes for a practical, period-appropriate basement upgrade.
Home builder guides through every phase from selecting the homesite to occupancy. Four pages in color focus on kitchens. Visitors are invited to explore the book and its suggested ideas and actual home designs. The circulating library facilities are offered for the whole family to enjoy and learn.
The Alton home plan presents a 70 by 30 foot house with shutters and paneled windows, a large living room with a fireplace, a dining room with a terrace, an L shaped kitchen with a breakfast nook, and two budget friendly bedrooms with ample closets. It notes a cellar under the living room and offers complete plans from the Home Building Editor, Middletown Ohio, with pricing. A separate legal notice announces Parking Meter Bid proposals from Middletown City for 120 meters over six months, with bond, contract, and bid procedure details.
Martha I. Duerr of Middletown Ohio appointed executrix of the Harry W. Duerr estate in Butler County with four months for creditors to file claims. Dorothy Mae Allen of Middletown Ohio named as nother estate executrix for Raymond F. Allen Sr. deceased of Lemon Township with creditors required to file claims by April 1952.
John M. Hightower, AP international affairs reporter, won the eighth Raymond Clapper Memorial Award for meritorious work in 1951. The $500 prize, chosen by five editors, honors fair, painstaking reporting and public enlightenment.
Meetings listed for Monday and Tuesday include Civic Symphony at 7 30 p m in the Senior High School Music Room Executive Committee of American Legion 218 at 7 30 p m at the Legion Home Civitan and Rotary Clubs at noon Manchester Hotel Middletown Sertoma Club 6 30 p m Manchester Hotel North Middletown Fire Association 7 p m North Middletown Fire House Mayfield Fire Department 7 30 p m Sheffield St Fire House Miami Chapter Ohio Society of Professional Engineers 7 30 p m Cincinnati Gas and Electric Building Clayton and Marietta Sts Battery A 180 AAA Infantry 7 45 p m LeSourdsville Armory F O E Lodge 8 p m hall SPEBSQSA 8 p m American Legion Home American Citizens Club 7 30 p m 30 South Broad St Central PTO 6 15 p m covered dish supper meeting 7 30 p m
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