Decatur Daily Democrat, Volume 57, Number 100, Decatur, Adams County, 28 April 1959 — Page 2

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Small Home Air Conditioned By Unit in Basement Window / JlL\/ / 'sHhi \ j •SmMNTIAL ’ ,t-~ V JSr.W«won« Fans circulate cooled air to rooms above.

Improved ways of using window air-conditioners are being found to overcome the objections of home owners who think the cooling units are unsightly and don’t do a complete enough job. Qne of the newest systems has just been developed by a Battle Creek, Mieh., firm. It involves putting the units out of the way in basement windows and adding a little extra air-circulating equipment. The result: better appearance and a completely airconditioned house, not just a couple of rooms. The air-conditioners discharge cooled air into the basement Small, inexpensive fans then force it through short lengths of duct into the rooms above. For an average-size house that is well insulated, two air-condi-

Remodeling 'Smart' Investment For TV Announcer Dick Stark

“One of the smartest things I’ve ever done,” says Dick Stark, nationally-known television announcer, “was to buy that old house and remodel it.” “That old house” was a 160-year-old tumbledown farm home ■ on ten acres in Sag Harbor, L. 1., N. ¥., purchased for $6,000 by Stark and his magazine fashion editor wife, Jane Troxel Stark, in 1949. Today, as the photographs show, remodeling has changed mrv cTiMc the old house DICK STARK g luxuriQug Colonial-style home which the Starks occupy the year around. He estimates the house and land now are worth more than $60,000. "When Jane and I first saw the house," Stark recalls, "we were dubious. The property at one time had been used as a town dump, and the house seemed to be rotting away. “But we liked the location, and a closer examination of the house showed its beams and timbers were in sound structural condition. We bought it and went to work." Stark, a student architect at the time, laid out all the plans and specifications himself, and did a lot of the actual labor. Basically, the remodeling consisted of adding an entire new wing (left portion of “after” photo) to the old house, and rearranging partitions. Today the new wing downstairs has a large living room, a study, bedroom, and bath. Upstairs is the master bedroom and bath, with two more bedrooms • in the old portion. Downstairs

Kitchens Their Specialty The unprecedented home owner interest in modern kitchens has resulted in the appearance of a new expert in the home construction and remodeling field. The newcomer is the kitchen specialist, who provides complete service from planning to installation. • —.... _'J' "T?" 2 ' '‘ " u.n You can scrub ibis Rat sent with Scouring Rrwder and a Brush 18 lovely colors for ceilings, walls and woodwork. » MT |k oiNGCon jß'wr ,c « Kohne DRUG STORE

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tinning units are sufficient. Even one will sometimes do the trick. An air conditioning contractor should be consulted to make * sure cooling capacity is matched to a particular home’s needs. The insulation is necessary to keep cooling requirements low enough to be handled by the window units. If six inches of mineral wool is installed in the ceiling and three inches or more : in the walls, most summer heat will be kept out naturally. An ' added benefit is that winter heat will be retained. The Battle Creek manufac--1 turer says his system is especial- ■ ly well suited for houses with [ hot-water heating, which do not have heating ducts that can be converted to summer cooling. : Air circulation also keeps base- • ments drv.

/ IAB . 4 W >i ;V'< Amazing transformation from tumble-down shack, below, to handsome, comfortable home above was made by television announcer Dick Stark in remodeling 160-year-old farm home for his personal residence en Long Island, New York.

the old country kitchen was divided into a compact, modern kitchen and dining room. Stark, now a graduate architect, credits modern building materials and careful planning with making the remodeling a success. As an example, he cites the roof of asphalt shingles. “These not only add color and charm, but are giving us excellent protection, from the fierce weather we get here near the ocean.” “Inside,” he adds, “we used gypsum board for the walls, and you can’t tell they aren’t finished with the finest plaster. Stock French doors of ponderosa pine between the living and dining rooms add to the authentic Colonial charm of the house, as do the early American-style panel doors and wood windows." Another important specification Stark insisted on was thick mineral wool insulation in the walls and ceilings. The mineral

No Problem With Prefinished Cabinets < Ease of upkeep is one of the major advantages of pfefinished faei tory-engineered wood kitchen cab- ■ inets, homemakers find. The units, which feature mirror-smooth surfaces and scientifically applied finishes, usually can be kept beautiful indefinitely by appliation of a | clean-and-wax preparation about once a year. The choice of cabinet finishes includes a range of natural tones, which vary with the wood species, plus a number of attractive decorator colors. MORTGAGE FOR FUTURE An open-end mortgage allows the home owner to borrow more money for repairs, additions, and improvements in the future without refinancing. Norway Ships fee To Darkest Africa Modern Norwegians are going to l)e one up on the ancient Romans who hauled snow from mountain-tops to chill drinks in their marble palaces. The Norwegians are shipping a threeton block Os ice by truck from the Arctic' Circle to French Equatorial Africa. Their purpose is to demonstrate the heat-barring quality of mineral wool, with which the ’ ice will be wrapped before shipment. This is the same product used to insulate houses —in America as well as Europe. Used in adequate thickness, • preferably three Inches in walls and six inches in ceilings, min-. eral wool does an efficient job of keeping heat out of a house during the summer and in it during the winter. Comfort is improved, and fuel bills are re-.-duced considerably.

• •* "< ■’ d'” * xj' HI ■ , >■■■*? JS - mi*- v ■ M •■WW 1— ..... ~■—— A SMALL HOUSE HANNING tUHAU DESIGN NO. S-49S Cl ||| jW Ifl| H■ ■ |~~IDESIGN B-498. This iw ij.r~|]a I I economical room ar-J-WPaTo 111 a J aeonoom u rangement featured U r' EfclU good circulation and t-r 'j ■■ ■ U generous size. A | e !I let" ’ I 9 Pleasant dihing ▼ U.JEAUXuLrih* -r-w ■*—J J can be enjoyed in the „ I kitchen-dinette with acI — - ■ aronoom 0 cess to aU rooms | fl ex U means of the small i U _ Il connecting hall. ■J | The exceptionally J large bedrooms include -.ts~ i w r- floor to ceiling wardL—r ? M robe type closets and n „,'i ’"iH.Z* ot/ione *9e one W all having high \ | sg'o „ windows to allow an1 I ™ • other bed wall. The hall linen closet has an access door from the bedroom. The side entrance leads directly to the full basement. Minimum plumbing is required with the kitchen and bathroom adjoined. Although a simple rectangle in shape, the exterior has a feeling of distinction with a touch of modern achieved through the skillful use of readily available standard materials. Floor area is 864 square feet, cubage Is 15,984 cubic feet. For further information about DESIGN B-498, write the Small House Planning Bureau, St. Cloud, Minn. In Canada, the Small House Planning Bureau of Canada, St. John, New Brunswick. ■a . o - - -■-- ■ ' —ii nii 1 ■—,

1 ._a 1 Bfcrl wool helps keep the house more comfortable through the severe Long Island winters, and saves considerably on fuel. Stark's success at remodeling was no surprise to his friends. Among them he is known as “the man who does everything well." Illustrative of this is the fact that Stark today works actively as an architect in addition to his TV and radio appearances, and in his “spare time” owns and operates a booming dealership in foreign cars in Bridgehampton, L. 1., N. Y.

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Planting Os Trees Highest In History Planting of forest trees throughout the country has reached an all-time high, with plantings under the soil bank conservation reserve making a substantial contribution to the total, according to information received by chairman James Garboden of the Adams county agricultural stabilization and conservation committee. A department of agriculture report shows that 1,568,708 acres of trees were planted during the fiscal year 1958. This is double the 1953 total, triple the plantings in 1950, and nearly 10 times the acreage planted in 1930. f In the soil bank, farmers contracted to plant trees on approximately 10 per cent of the more than 10,000,000 acres of cropland placed in the conservation reserve through 1958. Tree planting is the second most popular conservation use for which warmers have contracted under the program. , Soil bank land on which trees are to be planted must be taken out of crop production and put under contract for 10 years. During the contract period materials resulting from good forest management practices can be used or sold from the treeland. However, the harvesting of Christmas trees and other ornamentals is prohibited by the contract All the land scheduled for tree planting has not been planted since the production for forest tree seedlings is not yet adequate to meet the demand created by the conservation reserve. Farmers in Georgia led all others by contracting to plant 329,155 acres of trees under the program. South Carolina farmers, with the second highest acreage, contracted 165,628 acres. In total U.S. tree planting for fiscal 1958, Florida is in first place, followed by Georgia, Mississippi and Alabama. TRIPLE-DUTY FOB LAWNS A new lawn preparation now on the market kills crab grass seeds before they can germinate, kills most lawn insects, and fertilizes the soil, all in a single application.

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