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Newspaper
The Chronicle Telegram
Location
Elyria, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Oct 04, 1952
Page
2
The Covington features six bedrooms and ample storage with three closets and a large garage. Its exterior blends fieldstone and shingles with optional plain masonry or clapboards, while landscaping and a front entry hall offer practical and decorative touches. The living room centers on a three-window bay and a prominent fireplace, with archways guiding to a sunlit wing room.
Blueprints available for The Covington house with a living room dining room kitchen and garage layout. Features include a right wall dining area arch from living room two bedrooms a Gen library option large closets and a full basement plan marketed by the Home Building Editor of the Elyria Chronicle Telegram.
The jalousie or Venetian window grows popular beyond the South as builders in the East and elsewhere adopt it for new construction and remodeling. Its adjustable horizontal louvers offer controlled ventilation, sun protection, and ample light, with a stylish finish for modern or period interiors, including framing a picture window.
A paint cup attachment shaped like a half large rubber ball fits over the brush handle to catch dripping paint and keep hands and floors clean. The text also notes asbestos cement patches for cracks in boiler and pipe insulation, with slight dampening before application.
The Chronicle Telegram advertises a bedroom set project using five patterns with no cabinet making skill required. Patterns cost 25 cents each or five for one dollar and twin beds may use pattern 303 with any spring. Also notes rubber stair mats can be brightened with clear wax or floor wax and simple place mats can be made with fringe edging.
An economical layout ensures the greatest portion of floor area is usable. Excess unusable space reduces desirability, making oversized halls wasteful unless they justify access and flow. the text notes high costs and inefficiency in overly large layouts, with a local Kentucky incident referenced in the fragment.
A Tile Council study notes American homes shrink from about 1180 to 980 square feet in ten years. Open layouts, continuous floors, and no partitions maximize space use. Designers favor durable clay tile, privacy via wedges and fences, and washable surfaces to boost indoor outdoor living and ease of maintenance.
The article describes open living spaces in new homes, removing walls to create large combined living dining and kitchen areas. It suggests color schemes like white or pale robin's egg blue with blue ceilings and Genoa green tile, plus furnishings of rush, wicker, reed or wrought iron. Kentile flooring supports flowing spaces, with plant focal points and moisture resistant surfaces for indoor gardens.
A compact thirteen inch high chest notes its fit for kitchen use with wall or shelf placement. It includes pattern 275 cutting guides and pasted drawer labels priced 25e. Bedford Hills New York mentions refrigerators as cabinet like installations and integrated room layouts. Brown exterior trim and shutter color ideas contrast with light walls. A court cost note shows youths fined 1550 totaling 31550, a misread said.
N A Hewitt of Onto Screw Products helps Tony Kandare, a visually impaired man with a guide dog, gain steady work in plastic assembly and brass fittings. Tony, who has been self supporting since 21, now works full time and reports reduced fear of unemployment. Hewitt recently hired a second visually handicapped worker, Lucifer Ryan, for the same role.
Cpl. Robert A. Grega of the Marine Corps is on a 30 day furlough with his wife Mary Jane Smith of Grafton. Afterward he will be stationed at Camp Pendleton California. Grega enlisted August 1 1950, trained at Parris Island and served at Camp Lejeune.
Merchant Marine examination dates for U S Coast Guard commissions have been moved from February 23 24 25 1953 to February 24 25 26 1953 by the Commandant Washington D C and Coast Guard Headquarters in Washington.
Memphis salesmen Tenny Joe Padawer carries ice cold drinks in a plastic bag on his rounds to cool off customers who get hot under the cellar during visits.
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