Old Gray Barn Transforms into Modern Country Home
Leslie S Land and wife convert an early 1900s Southampton farm building into a two story two section home after 18 months. The former barn houses a main living area library dining room guest rooms and kitchen on the first floor while the silo is now a circular breakfast nook and a second floor hosts two guest rooms a living room and a master suite with balcony. Window design uses stock ponderosa pine with circular cathedrals and eight pane casements throughout creating a light airy interior with sloping ceilings wide terraces and a fairy tale ambience furnished with European antiques Colonial chintz and modern pieces.
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Leslie S. Land
Southampton
N.Y
Shakespearean Starling Invasion Linked to Bard Buff
An AP report traces the North American starling spread to Central Park in the 1890s. The bird was imported from England by Eugene Scheifflin, a drug maker and Shakespeare enthusiast, who sought to fill America with birds named in Shakespeare.
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North America
Central Park
England
Eugene Scheifflin
Scheifflin
America
Property Brief Explained for Buyers and Realtors
A property brief describes a home and its surroundings with photos floor plans and detailed room sizes features school nearby and landscaping notes. It includes heating plumbing roofing financial data and local amenities while highlighting property management and investment services offered by Harold Rosenberg Agency.
Charming Court Easy to Care For Landscaping Ideas
The article promotes low maintenance natural looking landscaping that adds value to homes. It emphasizes structures like decks terraces and privacy screens, using weathered fir and glass panels to create openness. A shallow pond or dry stream, combined with dense planting and containers, reduces upkeep while enhancing seclusion.
Sucking Out Coins Gets Youth a Year
CHICAGO AP Robert Green 17 was sentenced to a year in prison after a CTA detective testified he watched the youth jam a subway turnstile then place his lips on the coin slot and suck the coins out He collected 16 quarters before his arrest Thursday night.
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Chicago
Robert Green
Chicago Transit Authority
Green
Letts Boy Scouts Return From Camp Letts
The Boy Scouts of troop 54 attended Camp Eastman in Nauvoo Illinois last week. Several scouts earned merit badges and one was inducted into the Order of the Arrow. Attending scouts include Bob Zwoland Ernie Ford Bruce Thomas Melvin Thomas Bill Collins Ron Collins David Cruel Jim Lowe Bill Thompson Rollin Swailes Rodney Swailes Randy Swailes Don Wood Crave Hines Keith Kis Max Schultz Bill Deikman Bob Call. Adults were James Thompson Dean Collins Lloyd Crumly and Roy Werner. Three scouts attended advanced leadership training and a side trip to the Hamilton covered bridge museum. Visit Chicago party included Mrs Orville Maker Tommie Donald Dennis Brian and Miss Faye Wykert.
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Boy Scouts of
Troop 54
Camp Eastman
Nauvoo
Max Schultz
Bill Deikman
Bob Call
James Thompson
Dean Collins
Lloyd Crumly
Roy Werner
Letis
David Cruell
Bill Collins
Keith Eis
Hamiton
Chicago
Orville Maker
Tommie
Donald
Dennis
Brian
Mark
John Detten
Emden
Faye Wykert
Notable stops in a regional tour and conference
The group visited Jarred Rock Brookfield Zoo Museum of Science and Industry and O'Hare Airport. Bambit Hogs Mr. Orville Meekes David and Dennis attend and exhibit at the National Hampshire Type Conference in Columbus Ohio this week.
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Jarred Rock
Brookfield Zoo
Museum of Science and Industry
O'Hare
Orville Meekes
David
Dennis
Columbus
Ohio
Ist World War Pilots To Meet
World War I Army pilots who trained at Payne Field near West Point Mississippi will hold a two day reunion next month. A historic marker will mark the old field site once used as an advance pursuit aviation training center from 1913 to 1920. Antique WWI planes will fly by followed by jets from Columbus Air Force Base. Veterans will tour the Columbus base to view Strategic Air Command operations.
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West Point
Miss
Payne Field
Columbus Air Force Base
Army
Columbus
Strategic Air Command
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Jamaica
House Beautiful
Clyde Lucas Aatome
New York
William Shakespeare
Harold Rosenberg
Harold Rosenberg Agency
Harold Rosen
Berg Agency
2Nd St
4Ome News
Charming Court
Alfred D. Oppelt
Mulberry
Dial
Letts
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Roth Lumber CO
Grandview
Tom Chelf
Iowa Electric
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