Old House Remodelling Stresses Preserving Period Charm
Roy W. Baker, a preservation expert with the Society for the Preservation of New England Antiquities, argues against modernizing old houses. He describes restoring Wayside Inn and emphasizes maintaining period features, using hands on methods and traditional materials to keep Longfellow era authenticity. Baker notes clues like beams, nails, and room layouts reveal age. He oversees about 200 houses annually and offers guidance through preservation groups nationwide.
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Roy W. Baker
Society For the Preservation of New England Antiquities
Baker
Wayside Inn
South
Sudbury
Mass
Longfellow
Antrim
N. H
Edith
Preservation Society
Fortune pans American TV. calls for pay TV competition
Fortune magazine criticizes the American television industry for mediocrity, noting loss of creative talent and dominance by West Coast film packagers. It warns of a brutal economic cycle leading to shoddy programs and shrinking audiences, suggesting pay TV as a potential remedy. In Indianapolis, Donald G. Martindale 20, held an organ recital when police arrested him as the church, Maywood Methodist, was closed.
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Charles Mercer
NEW York
Fortune Magazine
Fortune
Boot Hill
Hollywood
Indianapolis
Donald G. Martindale
Maywood Methodist Church
Automations spread as recession eases production
AP reports business accelerates automation to cut labor needs and curb inflation. New devices from National Rejectors Inc and Fairbanks Morse plus Rockwell Pullman-Standard and Republic Steel enable vending machines that give change, auto batching, 1152 color choices, heavy seam welding, electrostatic enameling, and more, boosting output with fewer workers.
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New York
National Rejectors Inc
St. Louis
Fairbanks, Morse & Co
Rockwell Mfg. Co
Pullman-Standard
Republic Steel
West Virginia In The Civil War Colonel Washington Killed
Features the 1861 death of Colonel John Augustine Washington near Elkwater during a reconnoitering attack on Union forces led by General Reynolds. Details involve General Lee's staff, the Weiler incident, lootings of Washington’s gear, and the return of his body to Charles Town for burial at Zion Churchyard.
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Boyd B. Stutler
W. Va. Historical Society
Robert E. Lee
Randolph County
John Augustine Washington
Elwater Bridge
Washington
Lee
John Letcher
Virginia
Tygarts Valley
George Washington
Mount Vernon
Colonel Washington
Blakely
Charles Town
Jefferson County
Letcher
Louise Washington
Isaiah B. McDonald
J. J. Reynolds
Oliver P. Morton
Indiana
Times
McDonald
John ‘A. Washington
John J. Weiler
17Th Indiana Volunteer Infantry
Whitley County
Weiler
John A. Washington
Fitzhugh
W. H. F. Lee
Norton
Mount Vernon Ladies Association
Waveland
Fauquier County
Valley Mountain
Mingo
Walter Taylor
Appomattox
Elkwater and
Cheat
Cheat Mountain
Rooney) Lee
Elkwater
Reynolds
17Th
Indiana Volunteer Infantry
Elkwater Road
Elkwater Bridge
Rooney Lee
Calvary
Army of Virginia
G. D. Wagner
15Th Indiana Infantry
J. Warren Keifer
3Rd
Ohio Infantry
Simon Cameron
Birney
Johnson
George
Milo S. Hascall
George L. Rose
W. E. Starks
Lousiana
Zion Churchyard
Col
CSA
Elwater
Glamor Queens and Hollywood Kings Dominate Film World
A list crowns Ingrid Bergman Deborah Kerr Doris Day Marilyn Monroe Ava Gardner Kim Novak Susan Hayward Jean Simmons Audrey Hepburn and Elizabeth Taylor as top film queens while Marion Brando Gary Cooper Tony Curtis Kirk Douglas Clark Gable Cary Grant and others head the kings. The piece analyzes why female stars have declined since 1932 with longer careers and better male roles and studios shrinking opening paths for women in Hollywood.
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Hollywood
Movie World Today
Ingrid Bergman
Deborah Kerr
Doris Day
Marilyn Monroe
Ava Gardner
Kim Novak
Susan Hayward
Jean Simmons
Audrey Hepburn
Elizabeth Taylor
Marion Brando
Gary Cooper
Tony Curtis
Kirk Douglas
Clark Gable
Cary Grant
William Holden
Burt Lancaster
Gregory Peck
Frank Sinatra
James Stewart
John Wayne
Brigitte Bardot
Bardot
Motion Picture Herald
Marie Dressler
Janet Gaynor
Joan Crawford
Greta Garbo
Norma Shearer
House of the Week picks X-2A personality plan home
A three level ranch style X-2A residence by Rudolph A. Matern is showcased as a flexible personality house. It features a 400 square foot living area, four bedrooms, two Hollywood baths, a balconied kitchen, extensive storage, and a select plan area that permits many configurations from office to family room or even a rental unit.
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Rudolph A. Matern
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