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Newspaper
Troy Record
Location
Troy, New York, United States of America
Date
Apr 29, 1950
Page
17
The article argues windows should be decorative and part of architecture not just for function. It outlines three considerations for placement and design: framing exterior scenes, maximizing interior light and cheer, and orientation to prevailing winds for seasonal comfort.
Treasury asks Congress for wholesale changes in customs procedures. Proposed shift to spirit gallonage base for Scotch export tax would lower duty on each fifth by about 21 cents, while value of foreign mail order shipments duty free rises to $10. Officials say rates unchanged, revenue impact around $20 million yearly, focusing on administration, not classification. Also tips on room decor with wall to wall carpet enlarging small spaces.
A reader seeks color guidance for living rooms bathrooms and bedrooms including wall hues draperies rugs and furniture. Suggestions cover wall colors like yellows pinks and beiges and accessories such as striped shower curtains and floral upholstery with emphasis on coordinating white woodwork and vintaged furnishings.
A NEA feature advises turning small closets into efficient storage through shoe shelves built along side walls a lowered main shelf two-tier storage and a corner chest for personal items. It suggests lighting improvements cedar lining for moth protection wiring hints and sliding doors for tight spaces.
Clayton Hillman improves at home as District 9 School plans a Tuesday meeting. Mrs. Harry Weir hosts the Silver Cross Society. Hugh Loan and Angelo Posting visit Hoosick Falls friends. Posting family moves into Mrs. Scheffler’s downstairs apartment. A charity card party supports the Community Chat. Russell couple attend funeral in area after Thomas McDermott’s death. Women’s Republican Club of Hoosick Falls sponsors a card party at Community Hall.
A homeowner outlines a redecorating idea. Keep the shag rug white, dye the walls red, paint the furniture white, and add airplane-motif stencils to wallpaper. Propose red and white striped draperies for a bold finish.
The notice lists residents including Milton De Freeet at home with pneumonia and Cyon Phithpa convalescing, plus colleagues and relatives such as Mr and Mrs Arthur Sifer of Bardére Lake and Mr and Mrs Norman Crain. It notes hospitalizations at Samarzian Howpling Yrop and mentions Norman Crain and David caring for Mrs Oral's relatives. A marriage between Jane Ellen Pyare of Reneselaer and Henry William Bellinger at Defresetsille is planned at the Blowing Game Reformed Church Saturday.
The Last Dare of Pompei will be shown at 7 and 9 pm by the Wert minter Frijowship of Woodside at the Venti Se Prehrierian chapel. Norris Lake Tennessee reports unusually many wall-eyed fish, a rare water feature. Bamburgh Scotland's population is listed as 300,000.
Stillwater residents attended a New York State Council for Early Childhood Education conference in Syracuse on April 2 and 23. Ryan, a junior from Potterdam State Teachers College, led eight students and holds multiple club memberships including Kappa fraternity and the Association for Childhood Education, where he serves as president.
Regular monthly business meeting at the home of Mrs. Margaret Russell. President Mrs Dorothy Chase presides over the bank news. A food sale raised 40.11 for a society charity. A public card party at Community Hall features pitch, pinoche, catasta and bridge with prizes and an exhibit of Home Bureau crafts. Cochairs include Mrs Ray Hogan and Mrs C J Hillman. A separate note suggests small panes may improve large windows with decorative glass. Roland Winckel, 43, of 14 12214 Street was bitten on the left eye by a dog at 122nd Street and Fourth Avenue and taken to Leonard Hospital. Police and Humane Society were notified.
Hoosick resident Mex Ayers was granted right to sue in Supreme Court over the death of her 10 year old son Charles Ayers on Aug 1 1949. The action targets Henry Sheldon and Robert L Sheldon of Petersburg NY for a truck incident on the Petersburg North Pownal highway. The boy died at Putnam Memorial Hospital in Bennington VT. Mount Rainier and Point Success are listed as high peaks in Washington.
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