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THIS COMPACT PLAN has the living-dining area adjacent to the carport and opening with glass doors on the screen porch at the back The plumbing is back to back, for cost saving. The kitchen has access from bedrooms, without crossing the living space. It also has a dining area A separate utility room is placed at the back of the garage. Closets on the bedroom walls provide soundproofing Two bedrooms have cross ventilation Plan HA779R contains 1,040 square feet.

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Remodeling Possibilities Exhibited

By VIVIAN BROWN AP Newsfeatures Writer Many summer cottages are being winterized with a view to income possibilities and retirement living. In going through a house show one is made aware of the possibilities that exist today for cutting costs in remodeling an old home. The materials and equipment seen may have been around awhile, but we are often unaware that such things exist. A recent show in Miami provided many ideas that could further the plans of amateurs who would winterize their second homes, whether they do it themselves or hire a professional. For example, the bathroom has become almost a packaged deal with tubs, showers, vanities, floors and walls preassembled in one form or another. Unit bath and shower arrangements are an enormous assist.

A fiber glass bath unit has a built-in, shoulder-height soap dish, towel bar and chrome fittings. It or the individual shower is available with a finished top. If the do-it-yourselfer is a plumber, he merely measures and installs. If not, he hires someone to do it. In any event it is less costly than putting in an installation from scratch in an old house. To finish off the bathroom walls, there are panel systems of plastic “surrounds” to be used around the wall of the tub. Another product intended for that purpose resembles marble and may be cut easily to use over the entire bathroom area if one can afford it. Even ceramic tile has become easier to use with big sheets of pregrouted glazed tile that can be installed directly over a properly sealed dryway. Tile “surrounds” for showers have been sized to fit the most popular units, and there are

By ANDY LANG AP Newsfeatures Q. About a year ago I put down vinyl asbestos tile in our recreation room. I now am thinking about installing the same kind of tile as wainscoting four feet up the wall. My wife says she wonders whether floor tile will hold properly on a wall. Will it? A. Yes, but you must use the proper adhesive. You need what is called a hard-setting adhesive, such as that used when installing cove base. When you buy the tile, the manufacturer’s instructions advise you exactly what kind of adhesive to use. When putting tile on a wall, spread only enough adhesive to handle six to eight tiles at a time. Position the tiles carefully, press firmly in place and roll with a hand roller of the kind used to secure wallpaper seams.

as tongue-and-groove lumber. It is generally agreed that the t o n g u e-and-groove design makes an even tighter joint than shiplap, but it costs more. Q. We would like to paint the aluminum mesh in our screens. Is any primer needed? A. Zinc chromate is the recommended primer before painting the mesh. First clean the mesh with turpentine or mineral spirits to remove all dirt and grime.

Q. I see advertisements for shiplap lumber and dressed-and-matched lumber. My dictionary says that shiplap is “wooden sheathing in which the boards are rabbeted so that the edges of each board lap over the edges of adjacent boards to make a tight joint,” but I can’t find any definition of the other kind. A. Both shiplap and dressed-and-matched lumber are designed to make tight-fitting joints. The shiplap has lapped edges as explained in the dictionary. Dressed-and-matched lumber has a tongue on one side and a groove on the other. You probably already know it

Q. I have a set of instructions for putting down a brick walk. It says all bricks should be thoroughly wet before they are put in place. Can you tell me why this is necessary? A. I assume this is for a brick walkway in which mortar will be placed between the bricks. Unless the bricks are soaked completely, either by leaving them in water for a half hour or more or by running a garden hose over them for 10 or 15 minutes, they will soak up the water in the mortar. If the bricks are themselves saturated, they will be unable to absorb any of the water from the mortar. For the same reason, the walkway should be hosed down a couple of times a day for several days after the project is completed.

(For either of Andy Lang’s booklets, “Wood Finishing in the Home” or “Guide to Roofing Selection,” send 30 cents and a long, stamped, self-ad-dressed envelope to Know-How, P.O. Box 477, Huntington, N.Y. 11743. Be sure to specify which booklet you want.)

sheets of 36 ceramic tiles measuring two feet by two feet. Experienced do-it-yourselfers may also attempt to lay mosaic floor tiles which come in handy, two feet by two feet strips. New marble-like vanity tops include basins and backsplashes in the molded units, making installation easy. Of acrylic or composition marble, these are shaped into forms that slide easily into vanities which are available in a variety of styles — Spanish, early American, French Provincial, molded louvered — in a number of sizes. Expandable rods and adjustable shelves and shoeracks of preformed plastic are available for easy-does-it closet fittings. Adding wiring to rooms is made simpler, too, with baseboard systems that make it unnecessary to gouge out the walls. These are installed in cut-lengths with covers and end panels and resemble baseboard heating units. Plug-in heating installations are also worth investigating for use in remodeled homes. Prefabricated fireplaces can provide extra heat wherever a flue can be projected. And you need not build these into walls or use heavy footings even though they may offer as much charm as the more expensive masonry in-wall installations. Designs are available for islands, ends of rooms, sides, corners and even the entranceway of a house with colorful or black and white hoods. To get more mileage out of a small room, one space multiplier includes desk, night table and bed that come out of a wall of bookcases. As for a shortage of kitchen cabinets, there are surfacemounted storage panels that can provide space for groceries and other things. Mini-appliances — refrigerator, washers, dryers — may be used in small areas that heretofore couldn’t take the full-size units. Trash compactors are conveniences that may outweigh the expense, especially for older people who must cart their garbage to a dump in some areas. One company shows a new unit that exerts a 3,000-pound pressure in anticipation of 1980 when the average person’s trash may rise from five pounds to an estimated 12 pounds, they say. In any event it compacts the garbage into a small space requiring fewer trips to the garbage can or dump. For people in climates where doors warp and shrink there are bifold and other styled doors of steel. Some of structured polymer (plastic) in biford, half-louvered, full-lou-vered and sculptured designs resemble wood, and although the window shutters and doors of the material are factory finished black or white.

Accident Psychologist Studies ( Why’ Of Highway Traffic Deaths

Bainbridge News

MANSFIELD, Ohio (AP) — Dr. Vicki Cohen is an experimental psychologist who investigates traffic accidents. The dark-haired 26-year-old is a member of the accident investigation team of The Highway Safety Foundation, a nonprofit organization based here. She is also professor at California State University, Hayward, teaching what she terms “the whole schmear” of beginning psychology “As a psychologist, I’m involved in classic definitions of group behavior, memory and so on. But closer to highway safe•ty. I'm studying the philosophy of man-machine engineering,” Dr. Cohen said. Tiny, wearing black-rimmed glasses and hoop earrings under her short curly hair, Dr. Cohen might be a student herself. But she spends her time pursuing traffic accidents rather than with books. “We used to study all the things that affect muscle power — diet, nutrients, sleep. Now we're interested in man s control of tne automobile as a machine, how he processes information from the environment and uses it for better control. Dr. Cohen thinks man does a tremendous job of driving every day in what she calls a “rotten” highway system. • At tne foundation, we deal

in real life problems. The thing about deaths in automobile accidents is that they’re spaced. If, for example Galveston, Tex., was wiped out overnight, we’d all be disturbed and angry. But we lose that many people in automobile accidents and no one cares or notices. “We have an automobile accident death almost every 10 minutes. It's horiffic," she added. Dr. Cohen says we have the same options available in highway safety as in aircraft safety. but have so far failed tc take advantage of them. She says poor visibility and bad use of signs makes driving more difficult. “We re limited in what we can do to improve the system. We must bring it up to match man’s capabilities to make driving easier. There are several philosophies of improvement,” Dr. Cohen added, “and that’s where the accident investigators come in.” A traffic engineer, a mechanic and a behavioral scientist are members of the team ready to go to the accident scene, along with a member of the state highway patrol, a photographer and a paramedic. “At the foundation we have several police radios going all the time. When we hear a call

Consumer Specialist Challenges Traditional Business Practices

NEW YORK (AP) — Bette Clemens is a consumer advocate in the heart of big business.

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She is director of consumer affairs for the Council of Better Business Bureaus, Inc. (CBBB),in Washington, D.C. I visit national corporations, work with consumer groups and try to establish new programs and consumer councils in cities across the nation,” the pretty blonde said in an interview here. “And I make speeches, always. I try to explain some of the things business must do to restore consumer confidence,” Miss Clemens added. Before she joined the CBBB, Miss Clemens was director of the Pennsylvania Bureau of Consumer Protection. She sees the new job as a challenge, and is proud of pilot projects initiated this year. “We hired consumer specialists in seven cities to administer new programs and set up councils to work with businesses. We put out a consumer buying guide, newsletters, do voluntary shopping surveys and work with telephone canvassing. We try to get businesses and consumers involved,” she added. Arbitration is a new method being used in 52 Better Business Bureau cities throughout the nation. “It started in the Ixmg Island bureau,” Miss Clemens said. “The builder of three carports went into arbitration after the structures collapsed in the first snow. There was no way to prove fraud, so the bureau tried arbitration. It worked. We ask businesses now to precommit to arbitration through either the bureau or an outsider. We give them a symbol we’ve developed to use in nonpermanent advertising after they agree to arbitrate.” Miss Clemens said most complaints from consumers today are about automobiles. They are, she says, the second most expensive thing most people buy, so that’s natural. “But the biggest fraud on consumers is diet scheme dis-

honesty.” she added. "The post office has just taken action against one man who sold a bathing solution for $19.95 a gallon. He said four drops in bath water once a week would cause customers to lose 48 pounds in a month. “When I received the complaint, I called the woman to ask her if she had really believed the scheme would work. She told me When you’re fat, you'll try anything.' And there are many people trying to be slim, young and beautiful. They agree with her. “When the post office first checked the box number to which requests for the diet scheme were to be mailed, they discovered that $9,000 a day was going into the box. They filed an injunction, put a hold on the mail. When the judge ruled it was fraud, the mail was stamped FRAUD' and returned to the senders,” she said. Miss Clemens says consumers should remember to write the company to ask for documentation of advertising claims before they buy. “There's no device, for example, to make you lose weight. No cream or liquid will make fat disappear. You must cut calories, exercise and eat a balanced diet,” she added. Miss Clemens says consumers also need to learn the cost of credit, shopping for it as they would for anything else. One way in which the CBBB is helping consumers is with mobile vans in neighborhoods. In Washington, D.C., for example, a van works in the inner city showing films and discussing consumer education. The van operator takes complaints and returns them to the main office to be processed. And it tells people what the Better Business Bureaus are all about. “There are shoppers and there are buyers,” Miss Clemens said. One of our goals is teaching people the difference, saving them money by differentiating between what they want and what they really need.”

ANTENNA SYSTEMS lA)OK BACK FROM SPACE MOUNTAIN VIEW, Calif. (AP) _ GTE Sylvania Inc. has announced completion of an electrical design of antenna systems that, from space, might probe the earth and other planets in search of oil, mineral deposits and water. The antenna systems were used in the Apollo 17 mission. They participated in the lunar sounder experiment which probed approximately threequarters of a mile below the moon’s surface.

involving serious injury accident and property damage, the team goes,” she added.

They check for mechanical defects, problems with the accident environment such as poor lighting or bad signs, and they talk to the people involved. The paramedical person can assess injuries and consult a medical computer bank, and look at the way the ambulance service cares for the injured persons.

Mrs. Glenn Michael and Mrs. Vesta Mitchell attended the funeral of their cousin, Lois Blue Wilson, at Indianapolis W ednesday afternoon. John McMurtry of Florida spent the holidays here with his mother, Juanita McMurtry and Maryln. Mrs. Olga Hibbs of Lebanon was the guest over the weekend of Mr. and M rs. Gene Gooch. Mrs. Ruby Games, her mother, and her daughters attended the wedding of Mrs. Games’ granddaughter, Cindy Frederick, and Paul Walker in the Christian Church at Jamestown Saturday evening.

“We do only 50 to 100 cases a year in detail. It leads us to some general hypotheses about the cause of accidents." she said. In files containing more than 1,800 accident cases, the foundation checks and counterchecks causes of accidents. They confirm that use of seat belts cuts deaths They support advanced driving training, including skid school, to help drivers keep up to date. They express concern with errors in signals, speed controls or highway markings. Their research indicated that tire tread of one eighth inch ik the minimum safe depth, rather than the federal standard of one sixteenth. Accidents caused by unsafe tires often occur, the foundation adds. Changes are being urged. Vision standards also need standardization across the country, Dr. Cohen added. Color vision, depth perception and peripheral vision are often key factors in accidents. “We talked with people in the traffic courts, those involved in accidents and those who weren’t, but all cited for some violation. On that basis and on the basis of vision testing, we found that poor eyesight was often a cause of accidents. The British-born psychologist says that some day highways will be completely automated with man just an observer. But, she adds, he’ll still have to monitor a set of questions and keep his eye on the machinery.

Mrs. Edith Allen was hostess Saturday evening to the Birthday Bridge Club. All 12 members were present to enjoy a dessert and fivegamesof bridge. Mrs. Bernice Lukenbill entered the Putnam County Hospital Monday for observation and treatment. Memorial Day weekend guests of Mr. and Mrs. Jay Baire and family were Mr. and Mrs. A.R Rowley and Ron, Mr. and Mrs. Richard Niemeth and Stacy, all ofWisconsin, Mr. and Mrs. C.A. Rowley, Mr. and Mrs. Howard Yockers, Mr. and Mrs. Steve Hastings, Mr. and Mrs. N.E. Anderson, Norma and Karl Anderson, and Arlon Meyers, all of Kansas, and Mr. and Mrs. Ed Bokay of Topeka, Kansas. They all attended the “500” on Monday. Miss Laura Himes of Columbus, Ohio, was the guest of her grandfather, Howard Hostetler, last Thursday and Friday. Laura’s parents, Dr. and Mrs. Frank Himes, came on Saturday and on Sunday they all traveled to Bloomington to attend the wedding of David Hostetler and Rebecca Liell, which was performed on the lawn of the bride's parents. Davis is the son of Mr. and Mrs. Sam Hostetler of Roachdale. Mrs. Dolby Collings has received word of the serious illness of her niece, Pauline Ellesberry, of Terre Haute. Mr. Collings visited her Sunday in the nursing home in Terre Haute. Mr. and Mrs. Robert Blaydes and Mr. and Mrs. Elmo Purcell are on a three-week’s vacation

and are visiting the Purcells’ daughter. Dr. and Mrs. Bill Houser and baby, in Spokane, Wash. M r. and M rs. Emery Roe have returned from a two weeks visit with his brother and family in Tucson, Arizona. Tuscon, A big vote of thanks goes to theCentral National Bank of Greencastle for the nice gifts they leftat the Mother-Daughter Banquet last week for each one present. They were appreciated very much, note Boyd Garrison, the son of M r. and Mrs. Wilson Garrison of Bainbridge has accepted a position with the Virginia State University and Polytechnical Institute of Blacksburg, Va„ as an agricultural research technician. Boyd graduated from North Putnam with the class of 1973 in May. Mr. and Mrs. Bill Garrison of Danville, 111., and Mrs. Sam Bella of Kankakee, 111., were guests in the Wilson Garrison home Friday. In the evening. Rev. and Mrs. Charley Dodd and children of Shannondale, Ind., were callers. M r. and M rs. Wilson Garrison and Becky spent the weekend in Kankakee, 111., with their son, Robertand his family. Mrs. Carrie Miller, Mrs. Betty Minnick, Mrs. Jackie Fowler, and Mrs. Pat Houser all went to St. Louis, Mo., on May 29, to attend the DeMolay International Sweetheart Pageant held at the Scottish Rite Cathedral. Brenda Brann, the daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Donald Brann of Bradenton, Fla., was one of the Sweet hearts in the pageant. She was in a group of 16 finalists, ranging in age from 16 to 20. Each girl competed in sports wear appearance and formal and a talent competition. The new Miss DeMolay International Sweetheart for 1973 was awarded to Miss Utah. Brenda was accompanied by 20 DeMolay boys and parents, all of Florida. Brenda is the granddaughter of Mrs. Miller and the niece of Mrs. Minnick and Mrs. Houser. Mr. and Mrs. Dennis O’Hair and Kenneth Ray Houser and Donna Malayer attended the “500” over Memorial Day weekend.

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