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Newspaper
Middletown Journal
Location
Middletown, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Nov 11, 1957
Page
8
Andrew C. Jong outlines practical uses and cautions for aluminum paint. He covers its suitability on metal and wood surfaces, priming advantages, interior brightening, and farm applications, while warning against using it as a rust primer and avoiding whitewash adhesion issues.
A Better Homes & Gardens article explains baseboard strip wiring as a safer alternative to cluttered extension cords and octopus outlets. It describes fixed and continuous outlet strips mounted along baseboards and counters, notes they do not increase circuit capacity, and advises electrician review of service entrance and wiring before installation.
A seven room split level ranch on a 75 foot plot features a sunken family room and vestibule to cut costs. Designed by Herman H. York and HW-738, the plan shows a 54 by 50 foot 10 inch footprint with a basement recreation room, laundry, rear terrace, and potential two car garage. Ohio Department of Highways notice mixed in describes a separate bridge project in Butler County with bid details and wage requirements.
OKLAHOMA CITY Oklahoma begins Pride is Oklahoma Week on the 50th state birthday celebration. Officials trumpet state virtues during events running through Saturday including a presidential telecast with President Eisenhower overnight visit and a national broadcast.
The front area offers flexible furniture layouts with a main wing housing living, dining, and kitchen. A hall connects bedrooms and bath while bedrooms gain sliding-door closets. The sunken vestibule admits light via a four-pane window and a decorative two by six trellis marks the entry.
Notice of appointment for Carrie B. Hudson estate lists Raymond B. Hudson of Middletown Ohio as duly appointed executor. Creditors must file claims within four months with the fiduciary. Probate judge Harry P. Walsh.
A simple arithmetic method to detect a haunted house by wiring faults. List all appliances, estimate watts for each, multiply volts by amperes on the main switch to total needed power, compare to supply. If short, call an electrician or utility to upgrade wiring and fix phantom outages.
A reader lists common home appliances with wattage totals and then explains how a 1930s two wire 30 amp service limits total safe power. The piece describes the main switch, fuse box, meter placement, and the need for three conductors to meet modern power demands.
Builders today know how to make basements light and airy. A house with a basement doubles the space of a one story house at a cost of only 10 to 15 per cent greater than for a house built on a slab.
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