Decatur Daily Democrat, Volume 61, Number 295, Decatur, Adams County, 16 December 1963 — Page 2

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- ■ ♦ pi fl fi’-'V I' *DON’T6ET CAUGHT SHORT RIGHT NOW is FI.EX-O-GLASS time! So fix yourself some low-cost, draft-stopping storm windows with Warp’s FLEX-O-GLASS. It s easy! Just cut with shears — tack over screens or frames —and you're fixed for the whole winter. Saves up to 40% on fuel. Warp's crys-tal-clear FLEX-O-GLASS lasts for years at a fraction the cost of glass. Only 87c a square yard at your local hardware or lumber dealer. ARNOLD Lumber Co., Inc. Winchester Street at the 3? Erie R. R. Crossing “Your Complete Builders' Supply Department Store” ” Open Fri. Nights 'til 9 P. M.

KEEPS OUT COLD, HOLDS IN HEAT, nM . Saves up t040%0n fuel HIT 91 Mm V OOc l >" J usl Cut and Tack On ■ jljl ** \ HSUIrUn I [rtrcrcr trn | oy»3HI ?.**•<«» W.u, s«»rm Doon a »4 Perth and I'MIOBy Caray* Urn P aw **ry 0«d V«««t Sinks. Vetelet s*•««> IntUswres H., H.rw Wi«4*ws -WE HAVE GENUINE FLEX-O-GLASS-Decatur - Kocher Lumber, Inc. 111 W. Jefferson St. Phone 3-3131 BUILDINGS CONSTRUCTED WITH DECATUR READY-MIX CONCRETE •STURDY 4 • ECONOMICAL TOBUILD • MAINTENANCE COST IS LOW DECATUR READY-MIX CORP. PHONE 3-2561 E. Oak & Fornax Sts. Decatur, Ind.

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\ln a CORNER . . . Compact Sewing Center H bßm K B mKF: B 'MWWIa O'Wtggat.sawn B 9 Br* ! w?fß9 SHHeF w •* -v ■ i .j?vScWw&g* This compact sewing center is both functional and eyecatching—a real contribution to any home where space is at a • premium. Set apart from the rest of the room by Masonite wood-grained paneling in honeytone cherry, the space features a bracketed work shelf, a wall-hung sewing basket, a framed white Peg-Board for spools of thread and other accessories, a sewing machine on a table that can be used also for a desk, and other accessories that give character to a corner.

Bench-Railings When you design a wood deck, add built-rn benches to serve as ihe railing. Slant the bench back and tie-on •cushions for real lounging comfort. Use Douglas fir lumber for benches as well as deck.

Nature Aids Prolific Trees America’s most remarkable renewable resource is her forests and nearly all of her regions are growing timber to support what is now the third largest industry. which employs 1,500,000 men and women. And the most spectacular tim-ber-growing region in the country is the West Coast region, a wedge-shaped slice extending from the Canadian border south to San Francisco. This rain-blest strip of valley and mountain runs 800 miles long, but never, more thai\ 150 miles inland from the Pacific beaches. In this evergreen belt, the Douglas fir is the reigning monarch This prolific species alone furnishes more than 27 per cent of the nation’s softwood lumber, and nearly all of its construction plywood. More than ten billion board feet of Douglas fir goes into lumber each year—so per cent more than the runner-up , species, southern pine. The Douglas fir and its near • relatives, the west coast hemlock, •western red cedar and Sitka spruce, produce more than one-’ third of the nation's lumber, yet* they require only about 7.2 per cent of U. S. timber land. The West Coast timberlands are confined to only 35 million acres of America's total of 486 million acres of commercial forest land. And this same wedge is so riich in timber it also contains the principal source of redwood. a narrow belt mainly on the California coast, which produces nearly one billion feet of redwood lumber a year. Favored Ceiling Architects favor wood decking for exposed ceilings in homes, churches, schoools and commercial buildings. Wood offers excellent 'insulation value, strength and beauty. Not Turtles Tqrtles are not the world's oldest living things. Some trees, like the giant redwoods of California live for 2,000 years and more. Some Douglas fir trees, which supply nearly half the nation’s softwood lumber, are 1 over 1,000 years old.

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r New for the Home: Decorated Baths Bi i’ I i >. matched by coordinated accessories. Pictured is one of six Rheem “Fashionette” designs, “Victorian Garden” — “deep pink, heavenly blue and yellow flower bouquet in a delicate pink border, on a white background.” Copyrighted designs appear on wash basins, gold and porcelain faucet sets, closet seats and closet tank lids. Motifs are repeated on towels, shower curtains, window drapes and curtains, ceramic cabinet hardware, wallpaper, wall tile, floor tile, ceramic towel bars, soap dishes, and glass holders. The trend toward “American traditional” furnishings in the home promises to be speeded by a new concept of decorated bathroom fixtures and matching accessories. •* ' Rheem Manufacturing Company’s Home Products Division, Chi-

cago, has announced wash basins and other bathroom fixtures decorated with six “Fashionette” designs created by Ellen McCluskey, noted New York designer. She said, “These are exquisite, dainty designs in delicate pastel shades that will en- ’ able bathroom fixtures to set a tasteful key for expression of a coordinated theme.” William S. Goodfellow, Rheem division vice president, said: “Decorated bathroom fixtures will be available for the first time from a leading fixtures manufacturer producing for vbl--1 ume distribution. As a result, they will cost little more than plain white plumbing ware. Also, the homemaker will be able to obtain matching accessories. “This program makes it possible to achieve tasteful elegance in decorating the bathroom at reasonable prices — either in building a new home or remodeling an existing bathroom. And surveys show that

Building Congress Delegates Want Homes with Basements

Should, we’have a basement in our new home? The answer from Mrs. U. S. A. is overwhelmingly in favor of homes with basements. Tn a recent national conference of housewives on housing, three fourths of the delegates from all • , parts of the nation voted for basements. Only those in warmer i f climates, where basements are . not customary, did not follow the trend. We need storage space,” the ’ basement supporters said. “We need a place for our children to < play in the winter. You get more i space for less money.” “A basement,” these ladies re-, port, "is where you store baby , things when not in use and all the other things you’ can't bear to • throw away.” .. ~ • I A bonus for the basement reports many a housewife, is a better floor to walk on. Instead of the hard-as-rock concrete slab so common in basementless homes, you have a wood joist , floor which is so easy on the feet. There is a certain resilience! and give to a wood floor, the ladies report, which takes up much of ' the shock of walking and at the end pf the day a housewife is not nearly so tired as the one • who has to walk- on concrete. , Basements keep a home warm- ! er, builders report. and there is 1 less chance for moisture to accu--mulate.. The ladies listed a good many points -in favor of basements, such as providing a place for the : laundry where- it is cool in sum- I a workroom for the man I *f the house, a place for storage 1 of children's skiS and other 1

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homemakers consider the bathroom second only to the kitchen as most important." Rheem calls its “Fashionette” designs Grecian Gold, Victorian Garden, Paris Violet, Tulip "■’'Time, Misty Rose and Gold Moderne. Accessories with matching designs include ceramic wall tile and related products, made by Wentzel Tile Company, Trenton, N.J.; vinyl floor tile, Robbins Floor Products, Tuscumbia, Ala.; towels, Callaway Mills Company, La Grange, Georgia; wallpaper, Imperial' Wallpaper Mill, Inc., Cleveland, Ohio; shower curtains, window drapes and curtains, Para Man- " ufacturing Company, InC;, New York City; and door pulls, Amerock Corporation, Rockford, 111. ' The bathroom fixtures are ob- ! tainable from plumbing contractors. Accessories are avail•able at leading department stores and specialty shops.

bulky sports gear, extra room for a bedroom or a playroom, a shelter against tornadoes. From a construction stand-' point, basements with wood joist framing provide ideal space for future enlarging, because you can easily apply ceilings' to the exposed joists. A joist framed floor is an interesting installation w hen viewed from below; and you get an excellent demonstration of why the wood floor will give ever so slightly when you walk on it st and thus east the strain in your legs. The joists are braced so that the weight on one spot is taken up by several joists on either side, thus providing strength without immobility. . Two' of the better known species of lumber used throughout the nation for framing, lumber — Douglas fir and west coast hemlock — come from Oregon, Washington and California. These two species are available at every town in the nation and account* for more than half of all framing lumber used In home construction. They are immensely strong and an ordinary joist floor built of 2xlo or 2x12 fir or hemlgck joists will withstand great loads. The vast majority of housewives want basements and they want wood floors, not cold jailhouse slabs, they stated at the building congress. Patios and Decks If you wish a, free copy of a patio and deck building plans booklet, write -West Coast Lumbermen’s Association, PR 62, 1410 S.W. Morrison Street, Portland 5, Oregon.

High Fencing Gives Privacy Do you have a corner lot with your house exposed to the prying eyes of every passerby? Then here is the ideal solution. Convert your property into a courtyard, with high, solid board fences going right to the property line. This is a style made famous by the Spaniards and brought to* the New World in the fifteenth century. With attractive fences, you can make a world of your own, private from the casual stroller. You will find that every foot of your land is available for gardens when you enclose your lot with estate-type fences. These fences may be solid boards, to give maximum privacy, but you can also use a louvered fence with the slanted boards set so that nd one can see in. Board-on-board fences also give maximum privacy without the feeling of being isolated. Fence posts should be 4x4 inch cedar, with the portion intended for sinking in the ground treated. Your cross rails or top and bottom rails can be Douglas fir and generally either 2x4s or 2x6s are sufficient. Fir boards are adequate for any design one may select. These fences can be stained or painted, but many householders are finding the most charming fence is one where the wood has been untreated and left to weather to a lovely, soft, natural grey color. Douglas Fir Has Strength, Looks America’s Tavorite species of tree for lumber is not any of the pines or cedars, spruces, maples, birches, oaks or redwood, however famed these may be. It’s the Douglas fir grown on the west coast, within 150 miles of the Pacific ocean in Oregon, Washington and northern California. . The towering, straightstemmed Doliglas fir provides more than 27 per cent—nine billion board feet each year —of the nation’s softwood lumber. This is 50 per cent more tharf the second lumber tree, southern pine. Nam,ed for'a Scottish naturalist who explored the far western forests, Douglas fir also is the raw material for nine-tenths of the country’s softwood plywood —some nine billion square feet of panels a year that go mainly into homes and buildings. Douglas fir 1 lumber is one of * those rarities. It has great - strength*, which makes it a much sought after lumber for framing and for use where stoutness is needed. “ • < It is also one of the country’s most beautiful woods and it is widely used for paneling, furniture and for sash and door where-lovely grain and texture and its soft natural colorings can be utilized. Nature’s Miracle Nature’s miracle substance has to be wood, one scientist exclaimed recently. No other natural material can do all the things that wood can do. It can be sawed, bored, nailed, turned, planed, painted, treated, stained, and it will not rust. If a dresser drawer- bottom has splintered or is broken, replace it with Masonite Presdword, a splinter-free snag-proof hardboard. More than 300 furniture manufacturers use it. -iwO I I in —i® Hr DON T CAUGHT With Your F-O-GDOWN •Warp’s FLEX-0-GLASS, that is. Cover rill openings N (doors, windows, porches) let in cold winter drafts. Just’ cut Warp’. FLEX-O-GLASS with shears, tack over screens or frames for low-cost winter protection. Warp's genuine, Crystal-clear FLEX-O-GLASS lasts for years at a fraction " the cost of glass. Only 87< a square yard at your local hardware ot lumber dealer.

0r— — t Household Scrapbook By Roberta Lee 0 —o* ‘ Care of Furs Fur garments, while they’re j hair on one side, are actually leather side, or hide, is kept in should be treated as such. The leather sid, or hide, is kept in condition originally by the '’’’oils which the animal who inhabits the pelt secretes. If the oils are dried out by time, dry storage, or cleaning, the thing to do is replenish them. Glycerin, or even neats-foot oil, rubbed sparingly — very sparingly — into the back of the hide will do the trick. Sock Repair If bobby socks — or men’s socks — feel uncomfortable, it may be due to loose threads and little knots inside. Turn these socks inside out and trim them. Flour Sifter Your flour sifter will stay clean and rust-fr.ee longer if you’ll keep it,-when .not in use, inside an old cast-off pot or in a large paper bag. Stuck Glass Stopper If a glass stopper is stuck in its bottle, don’t force it. Tap it gently with the stopper out of another bottle. If no other stopper is unstuck for the job, pour a few drops of glycerin around the top of the stuck stopper. It may take a few minutes, hours or days to soak through — depicting upon how badly stuck the stopper is — but eventually it will enable you to withdraw the stubborn stopper with' ease. Chipped Furniture To repair a chipped table or refrigerator, lay a small piece ot appropriately-colored crayon on the spot, cover with cellophane, and then press gently with an iron set at rayon heat. When cool, remove the cellophane. Auto Dents Automobile door and body panels that have been sprung in may often be restored to shape with a plumber’s rubber suction cup. Dip the cup in water and attach firmly at the deepest part of the dent, forcing as much air as possible from the cup. Then grip the handle firmly, and jerk. One operation will usually be sufficient to restore the section to its original contour. Enameled Woodwork To clean enameled woodwork, mix one cup of kerosene, one cup of vinegar, and a half-cup of water in a battle. Shake thoroughly, apply to the woodwork with a soft clpth, and follow up with a dry-cloth polishing. Tarnished Silverware If your silver is somewhat tarnished looking, place it in potato water for awhile, and you’ll find it looking much better when dried. Watch Crystal Repair Plastic watch crystals that become loose through wear can be fitted tightly by applying colorless fingernail polish around the adge of the .crystal. As many coa edge of the crystal. As many edats as necessary to increase the diameter of the crystal are used. Care should be taken to k e ep ’ the polish from the surface of the crystal. After the last coat has dried, the .edge is sanded lightly for a smooth fit. Washable Wallpaper When cleaning washable wallpaper, make a heavy suds of warm water and mild soap, and apply with a clean cloth. Don’t let the suds remain on the paper too long before rinsing off with a damp cloth. GENERAL ELECTRIC GAS FURNACE SAVES I MONEY THREE WAYS ■■ LOW-LOW . !■ F/RSF | ■ COST/ 2 LOW - LOW OPERATING COST! | LOW-LOW ■ FINANCING I COSTI | GET A FREE HOME I HEATING SURVtY TODAYAshbauchers’ Tin Shop Established 1915 116 N. Ist St. Decatur Phone 3-2615

MONDAY, DECEMBER 16, 1963

iSIthI IsilOWJ. MI Q. We’d like to install a large picture window. How can we avoid higher heating bills and a cold area near the window? A. Use a wood window with double-glazing (insulating glass). The layer of air between the two sheets of glass is effective insulation, and the wood itself is a good insulating material, too. A bonus feature of wood windows is that condensation problems are virtually eliminated. Windows made of ponderosa pine are widely available in many sizes and styles. • • • ! Q. What about self-sealing wind-resistant asphalt shingles—do they really work? A. Definitely. Just be sure to ask for asphalt shingles that have been approved for wind resistance by Underwriters’ Laboratories. UL-labeled shingles which have met rigid specifications for materials and have passed severe wind tunnel tests have helped save many homes from serious damage in hurri-cane-belt states. • • * Q. Why does an electric heating system require more insulation than oil or gas? A. It doesn’t. It’s just that the electric heat industry has caught on to the value of insulating to recommended standards and is making a point of telling their customers about it. Mineral wool insulation, with an installed resistance to heat loss of R-19 or R-24 in ceilings, R-ll in walls and R-13 in floors over unheated spaces, meets the latest standards for electrically heated homes. It works exactly the same in homes with other types of heating systems, adding yearround comfort and lowering heating and air-conditioning bills. Noise Costly Doctors agree that a high level of noise causes fatigue. Because wood absorbs harsh noises it makes an ideal wall paneling in the home or office. Free Plans Do you want new ideas on fence plans? Write for free fence booklet to PR 63, West Coast Lumbermen’s Association, Portland 5, Oregon. TOP IN QUALITY! LOW IN COST! Y O s READYMIX CONCRETE CALL 3-3114 10% Discount * ON ALL READYMIX CONCRETE YOST GRAVEL READYMIX - INC. R. R. 1, DECATUR