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Newspaper
Muscatine Journal
Location
Muscatine, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Aug 08, 1972
Page
5
A homemaker outlines quick room upgrades to brighten a family room. She suggests a garden corner with brick outlines, stones, and varied plants, plus water features, bright color schemes, and repurposed furniture. Emphasizes practical, affordable ideas using containers, fabric, rugs, and varied seating for a lively, child-friendly space.
Bloomington Best 4 H club held Achievement Day at Spangler Chapel with roll call What I Brought to the Achievement Show A record book workshop will be at Mrs Meyns Aug 17 1 30 pm The club hosts 4 H building Aug 13 2 to 5 baked goods Aug 10 clothing entries Aug 8 Entries at Mrs Meyns night before entry day Senior presentation Party Flowers by Marcia Meyn and Mary Ann Gaeta Family night Sept 21 Weed Park potluck bring own table service
Andy Lang explains basic home plaster patching techniques for living room cracks and holes. He covers powder versus ready mixes, layering repairs, undercutting large gaps, dampening prep work, two stage fills, and priming before repainting. He also notes when to delay repairs until cracks stop spreading and mentions his book Practical Home Repairs.
Home repair guidance discusses using plastic resin glue for mahogany joints to avoid staining. It covers setting times and clamping duration, ceiling tile cleaning with vacuum and alcohol, plaster wall drying tests via historic match method, and creating decorative trowel marks on stucco with careful smoothing.
Mr. and Mrs. Louis Rathjen of Columbus Junction announce the birth of son Chad Michael on July 29 at Henry County Memorial Hospital Mount Pleasant. Grandparents are Thomas Rathjen and Louis Rathjen, Columbus Junction, and Mrs Tris Sullivan Baldwin Park Calif. Great-grandparents listed include residents of Washington Lake Side Ariz Columbus Junction and Muscatine. W F W Auxiliary plans Aug 8 meeting at post home with Mrs Sherry Holmes host.
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