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Newspaper
The Chronicle Telegram
Location
Elyria, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Jul 09, 1935
Page
5
The decline of front porches in American homes reflects a shift to smaller lots, privacy, and back living spaces. Living rooms or sun porches often occupy back or side positions, with garages and front entryways sometimes integrated to reduce driveway costs. Landscaping and hedges can create secluded backyards with gardens, pools, or terraces, and architects are advised to consult experts to plan updates effectively.
In yards, builders favor masonry, concrete, wood, wire, or wrought fences to enclose spaces. Rear yards gain focus as homes emphasize outdoor beauty and privacy. Ivy, rambling roses, or flowering vines decorate fences. Skilled landscape architects optimize small areas and storage while lenders back modernization credits via FHA approved institutions. The sun belongs to a system with 3 089 million state.
Builders increasingly add sun drenched porches roofs and terraces with low parapets to capture health giving rays. Sun traps face southeast or southwest to suit morning or afternoon sun and may include cots benches and privacy lattices. England long used sun baths and the practice grows in the United States.
Builders study the relation of wallpaper to built in furnishings to harmonize period rooms. Methods include flush shelf edges, color coordinated painting, and three paneling options from real wood to wallpaper simulating wood grain. Washable papers offer rapid, affordable updates for apartments and public spaces while maintaining design harmony.
Fragmentary OCR notes describe repairs with a 12500 set for a 4 aA toned carpet near an adjoining wall and arch area.
A simple method creates a cool storage under a porch floor by excavating a six by six foot area beneath the concrete. Natural clay floor helps keep vegetables and foodstuffs fresh through winter. Use bins and shelves for cans. ensure steel supports and a concealed access from the house.
Home builders often plant a row of trees to shield the house from the street, seeking privacy and yard appeal. Choose tree types and spacing based on desired effect and budget, avoiding close planting of quick growers like willows and poplars to prevent root damage to plumbing and mains. keep trees at least 59 feet from the house.
The article advises placing exterior lights along walkways, especially from the street to the entrance, to aid pedestrians at night. It suggests lighting for winding flagstone paths and recommends a light to illuminate the house number from the street.
A sunroom should link the house and the garden with living room comfort and garden beauty. Prioritize maximum sunlight and seamless fit within the architectural plan while considering adjacent houses for optimal privacy.
Durable fire resistant wall boards now in use in public buildings and industrial plants. Suitable for offices machine shops garages and private homes. They come in natural color texture and can be painted or grained to achieve desired architectural effects for walls window casings and base boards.
A short, unreadable OCR fragment lists color names and hues such as blue, sage, dark red, cream, and dark blue. It appears to describe color samples or a palette, with stray numbers and references that are not clearly connected to a readable event or subject. The text lacks identifiable people, places, dates, or concrete actions.
A structural note states that Serene will provide du y to the joist supports, aiming to reduce flexing and prevent uneven faces from developing. The article discusses the importance of proper support to maintain stability and alignment in the framework.
Leora Drusendal presided as West Ridge 4-H Club elected junior and senior delegates to attend the 4-H Camp Gras. Alternates named include Donna Ma Negworthy Francis Crobin, Patricia Fow and Jennyronne McCauley, with Lois Eldred and Jessie McCauley among alternates. Members showcased sewing and table setting demonstrations.
The article lists junior delegates for Camp Crag from July 21 to 25 and senior delegates July 24 to 27. Carlisle Grange held a regular meeting at their hall with routine business and a forthcoming program. Various brief notes cover visits, the Brown family reunion, dinners, and outings at Cascade Park with members from Elyria Oberlin Lorain and Cleveland, plus a picnic hosted by Mr. and Mrs. J H Penfound for their son William’s family.
Assistant Professor of Household Arts at Teachers College Columbia outlines sizes 14 through 38 for a cotton dress pattern. The ad requests 15 cents by mail with name address and size, offering a Summer Fashion Book for ten cents and a combined book and pattern for twenty five cents. Send orders to Pattern Department 200 Fifth Ave New York N Y.
Miss Helan Mageley of Elyria and Stanley Brown were quietly married in Chicago on Wednesday. They will reside in Chicago. Other notes mention Mr. and Mrs. H. M. Tapper and Mr. and Mrs. G. B. Hall visiting in Mansfield on the Fourth and Rev. E. J. Bond calling on Mr. and Mrs. Charles Schaible in Elyria.
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