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Newspaper
Middletown Journal
Location
Middletown, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Apr 28, 1952
Page
13
AP Real Estate Editor notes converting unfinished attic space is cheaper and simpler than adding a wing, cites cost, structural checks, headroom planning, and insulation choices, and outlines practical steps from joist strength to wallboard installation for attic remodeling.
Ordinance 2815 declares an emergency to proceed with upgrading Magee Avenue and Dorset Drive in Middletown. Plans call for combined storm and sanitary sewers, new water mains, grading, bituminous surface, sidewalks, curbs and gutters, with costs assessed over ten years. No damages yet adjudicated. contract to be awarded to lowest bidder.
The Agawam design fits seven bedrooms into a compact 30 by 24 foot footprint with a two story overhang. A 60 foot lot and 10 foot 6 inch by 10 foot garage attach to the garri son style home featuring a large 23 by 11 foot 4 inch living room, dining room, breakfast nook, and a U shaped work counter in the kitchen.
Columbus report from the Independent Petroleum Association of America shows an estimated 4.4 percent increase in oil demand for 1952. The committee of about 40 000 independent producers, drilling roughly 75 percent of wildcat wells, urges moderately higher operations over the next 12 months as they opened their mid year meeting.
Steubenville report says Homer Jones of Colliers West Virginia broke an ankle while trying to escape. He was jailed on a burglary charge, sawed out window bars with a smuggled hacksaw Friday night, and dropped 20 feet to the ground. He later surfaced at Ohio Valley Hospital where staff identified him from a sheriff’s description.
A Middletown Journal feature details a two arm house layout with stairs between the door to the living room and the hall, a U shaped hall at the second floor, two left side bedrooms and a front master with a bright dressing room. The plan notes two large closets and multiple windows, plus an offer to obtain full plans and specifications by writing to the Home Building Editor.
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