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Newspaper
The Daily Mail
Location
Hagerstown, Maryland, United States of America
Date
Dec 10, 1956
Page
14
A one story house named The Columbus features five rooms including two bedrooms, nine closets, and a 210 by 21 feet layout with 28 000 cubic feet. It has stone and clapboard sidewalls, a modern front door opening to a hallway, and a dining porch that can be closed in.
The notice promotes Columbus Complete home plans with price tiers for two to seven rooms and urges readers to request plans from Home of the Week Inc. It describes an L shaped living space with French doors, glass blocks, and an enclosed porch option, plus a U shaped kitchen, dining porch, and a central hallway leading to bedrooms, bath, and laundry.
End grain screws have less holding power due to split fibers. Drill through at right angles to grain and insert a rounded wood plug so the screw bites into the core through the plug. Also suggests building louvered screening fences for privacy using cedar or Douglas fir on fall weekends.
Professor Carnahan after 27 years at Syracuse University retires from teaching and works in a basement shop with his wife to perfect an old hot air engine redesigned as a gas powered unit. Coleman Company in Wichita is backing him to develop a home air conditioning power plant using external combustion and absorption or gas motor concepts.
Owners of older homes can modernize baths to boost value and comfort. Include a large medicine cabinet with lighting, water resistant floors and walls, proper heating to prevent colds, and consider compartmentalizing the bathroom to allow simultaneous use. A full bath is desirable in homes with multiple bedrooms.
Homeowners nationwide can access a new ready mixed lightweight gypsum plaster for remodeling and new construction. It requires only water, is lighter and easier to handle than sanded plaster, offers greater fire resistance, and eliminates the need to mix sand or other aggregates. Sand oversanding hazards are avoided and cleanup is simplified with no sand leftover after completion.
The National Cotton Council reports that terry cloth, long used for towels, is expanding into auto seat covers shorts chaise lounges curtains pot holders couch covers and aprons. Casual living boosts demand as terry appears in men s and women s and children shorts jackets and shirts with new dress and coat designs emphasizing ease of care and economy. One manufacturer calls cotton terry cloth a true miracle fiber, closer than any fabric to that definition.
Weather-stripping for all windows and doors could cut a typical home's heating bill by about 20 percent each winter and may pay for itself in the first season. The product, from Bridge-1 part Fabrics Co., is similar to automotive seals and refrigerator gaskets. Hang draperies after installing a window cornice.
A homemaker advises simple steps to paint wrought iron furniture by cleaning rust with steel wool and applying exterior enamel. Another tip suggests rub beeswax on a nail to ease driving into hardwood, with Tinseerl oil as an alternative aid.
An article on remodeling older two or three story houses highlights adding a kitchen update, closing in a porch, creating a recreation area, and installing an extra bathroom. Seven of ten homes need new bathrooms, better lighting, ventilation, and more storage per Plumbing Fixture Manufacturers Association. An unused closet or pantry can house an extra sanitary facility, with a powder room near recreation space aiding entertaining.
The text explains why paint may not dry properly due to surfaces being dirty or greasy. It advises wiping surfaces with turpentine or a paint cleaning solution to ensure proper adherence before painting.
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