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Newspaper
Parowan Times
Location
Parowan, Utah, United States of America
Date
May 28, 1948
Page
3
The house undergoes a complete renovation with harless stucco, forty four lapboards, a sharper angled roof, and asphalt shingles. The redesign, featured by Better Homes and Gardens in Remodeling Ideas, harmonizes the bungalow with neighboring two story homes, complemented by a Williamsburg fence lamppost.
Agricultural engineers advise that a new farm building should return a fixed portion of its cost each year. For an $800 laying house, 64 dollars per year covers expenses and marks a self paying investment. A 6,000 dollar barn should yield 480 dollars annually, cutting labor, boosting production, and reducing maintenance with modern materials like weather resistant asphalt roofing.
A rough note describes attaching awnings to brooder houses to protect chickens. Proposals include covering with weatherproof roofing, matching the brooder house, and securing the awning about half a foot from the building. Asphalt rail roofing suggested instead of shingles. folding sections allow downing near walls and trees as needed.
Striking timber workers in Pennsylvania West Virginia and Maryland won a wage raise demand but refuse to return to work until customers of their firms agreed to pay 20 percent more for timber. They doubt the companies can raise wages until prices rise as well.
New York architect Blanner urges a shift to compact, economical elementary schools with intimate design. He argues small, modular buildings suit modern needs, emphasizing flexible spaces, better lighting, durable materials, fire resistant shingles, and modern equipment for multi use and advanced educational services.
Radiators, often unattractive, can be made less conspicuous by painting them the same color as the wall behind. Do not paint while hot and wait for the paint to dry before turning on the heat.
Fewer than 20 percent of the people in the United States are engaged in agricultural production. The note highlights a decline in farm labor share amid shifting economic activity and rural demographics.
Editor notes the fifth in six articles on Utah smelting traces progress over 45 years, highlighting Utah as the world's largest mining and smelting center. It covers improvements in bag houses, roasting furnaces, sintering, and reverberatory copper work, and notes ore flows from the West and abroad to Utah for processing.
American 4-H Clubs pursue the 1948 theme Creating better homes today for more responsible citizenship tomorrow. Boys and girls enhance farmsteads with flower gardens trees shrubs lawns drives outdoor furniture fireplaces fences and removal of old outbuildings. Mrs. Charles R. Walgreen funds awards including medals for county winners and gold watches for top achievers.
Eight national winners will receive educational trips to the Chicago 4 H Club Congress next November. Last year's state winner in Utah was Beth Bunker of Delta. County medal winners in 1917 were Cathrine Chantry Carbon Burke Heaton Kane Neda Cowan Utah and Maxine Bowler Washington. Complete information regarding this activity will be supplied by county extension agents.
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