Indianapolis Times, Volume 43, Number 251, Indianapolis, Marion County, 27 February 1932 — Page 12
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MODEL HOME OF 1932 TO BE OPEHEDSUNDAY Complete in Every Detail, Dwelling Is Marvel of Beauty, Comfort. Preparations were being completed today for formal opening Sunday of the 1932 model home, 5240 Cornelius avenue. The home, complete in every detail, was constructed under supervision of the Indianapolis Home Builders’ Association as the forerunner of the eleventh annual realtors’ home complete exposition, April 2 to 10, at the state fairground. Thousands of persons are expected to inspect the house Sunday. It will be open for inspection until and during the exposition. The house Is located near the Butler stadium. This is the first year the model home has been built on its permanent site. In previous years it has been made the centerpiece of the exposition in the pit of the Manufacturers’ building at the fairground, then reconstructed on its permanent site. Gardens Replace House This year the space which formerly housed the model home in the show will be filled with formal and informal gardens, being laid under direction of Lawrence F. Sheridan, landscape architect. The 1932 model home embodies all the charming features of the sturdy, rugged homes of the early Cape Cod cottage type, modified to meet present day demands for comfort. It contains six rooms, living room, dining room, breakfast nook, kitchen and lavatory, all downstairs, and three bedrooms and a bath upstairs. A full basement contains, besides the furnace and its appliances, a social room with a fireplace and a dutch oven. The social room is paneled and closely resembles the old Cape Cod kitchens.
Woodwork of Pine, Enameled Downstairs woodwork is of white pine enameled, as are the upstairs rooms. Floors, both upstairs and downstairs, are of oak, in random widths. Walls are papered in a mottled pattern. Exterior of the home is of wood and whitewashed brick, with a garrage attached to the rear of the house. The roof is of slate. The house, which will be given away during the home complete exposition, was designed by Ralph L. Miller, architect. Carl W. Lindemann was the contractor, and the work was under general supervision of a committee composed of Walter Stace, chairman; Frank F. Woolling, Frank E. Gates, William Lowe Rice and Lindemann. Supervising the entire exposition Js a committee composed of Robert Allison, chairman; Albert E. Uhl, vice-chairman; Dan W. LeGore, realty board president and show treasurer; Emerson W. Chaille, M. M. Miller, J. Frank Cantwell, show director, and Lawrence G. Holmes, realty board executive secretary.
Influence Is Wide During the eleven years of their existence, the home complete expositions have become a recognized factor of Indianapolis’ community life, Allison said, and have a decided influence on the stability and progress of Indianapolis, through encouraging the idea of home ownership. “We are convinced,” he said, “that our home -hows have contributed very materially in raising this city to the highest rank in number of homes owned by the residents.” Ticket sales for the show will be carried on by teams organized in the realty board and co-operating groups, with prizes offered for sales records. Lee Mac Allister is chairman, aided by Frank F. Woolling and William Pruitt. Albershardt Heads Group J. H. Albershardt heads the committee to plan and install the realty bond’s exhibition at the exposition. Other lembers are H. E. (Ostrom, A. J. Quigley, W. T. Clifford, Ted Brown, Sydney Romer, T. N. Meredith and A1 Evans. Gavin L. Payne heads the garden committee, assisted by Merritt Harrison. Charles C. Binkley, E. E. Brodbeck, C. B. Durham, Bowman Elder, William L. Elder, F. D. Leete and Lawrence Welch. Employed personnel of the exposition includes Charles Reed, decorator; B. L. Byrket, floor manager; Will Leonard, gate attendant; Miss Lotys Benning, publicity assistant, and an office staff composed of Robert Boyer and Misses Dona Dudley, Elsie Owens and Virginia Lett.
GIANT CANAL PLANNED Mammoth Project Will Link Moscow and Volga Rivers. By United Press MOSCOW, Feb. 27.—Work on a canal connecting the Moscow and Volga rivers will start soon, the trust in charge of the undertaking has announced. It will be one of the world’s outstanding engineering feats, intended to make the Moscow river, now a shallow, muddy stream, naivgable for sea-going vessels. The Soviet capital thus will become a port. The canal will be three times as long as the Panama canal. Plans call for its completion in four years.
Housewives! Beginning next Saturday, The Times will publish, on its model home pages, a series of three articles by Helen Ready, stylist of the William H. Block Company, entitled, “A Lady of Fashion Looks at the Home Complete.” Miss Ready’s feature is a story of her visit to the Homebuilders’ model house, which opens Sunday. See next Saturday’s Times for Miss Ready’s first article.
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SSO Contest Prize Awarded toJ.F. Glore
Attractive poster used in advertising the Realtors’ Home Complete Exposition, April 2 to 10, was chosen through a contest conducted by the realty board. First prize, SSO in cash, was awarded to James F. Glore, 132 South Emerson avenue. Second prize, a radio, was won by Charles F. Glore, 132 South Emerson avenue. Third and fourth prizes of $25 and $lO were awarded to Maurice Gardner of John Herron art school, and Wilbur Meese, 705 Century building. Committee conducting the contest was composed of Norman Metzger, chairman; George Healey, H. E. Berry and Joe Rand Beckett. Judges were Herman P. Lieber, Randolph L. Coats, Paul R. Ritchie, Miss Effie Long, Lee Williams and Oakley Richey.
FURNISHINGS IN HOME ARE OF LATESTDESIGN Equipment Is Last Word in Modern Style and Quality. All the latest improvement in equipment and furnishings have been included in construction of the 1932 model home, 5240 Cornelius avenue, which will be opened Sunday.
Rigjd requirements were set for all materials, and the Indianapolis Home Builders’ Association’s committee, which supervised construction, made many rejections, in an attempt to select products of the standard demanded. Many concerns are represented. Materials used in the basement are from the Building Supply Dealers’ Institute and the American Aggregates Corporation, the furnace from the Peerless Furnace Company, and fuel from the MuesingMerrick Coal Company. Wiring Done by Crump Electric wiring was done by John B. Crump, Inc., insulation by the R. S. Foster Lumber Company, and an electric gas lighter was furnished by the Precision Machine Company. The floors, laid by Earl J. Morrison, are from the Arkansas Floor Company, Pine Bluff, Ark. Lumber and mill work were supplied by the Adams-Rogers Company, Anderson-Davidson Lumber Company, Brannum Keene Lumber Company, Brookside Lumber Company, Burnet-Binford Lumber Company, Capitol Lumber Company, Carter Lee Lumber Company, Forbes Hubbard Lumber Company, R. S. Foster Lumber Company, Hubbard Scearce Lumber Company, Otis Kirtley Lumber Company, Nickel Plate Lumber Company, Indianapolis Lumber Company, A. E. Van-
Natta Lumber Company and the doors and windows by the Allen A. Wilkinson Lumber Company. Tile was furnished by the U. S. Encaustic Tile Works, a stoker by the Silent Great Western Stokers Company. The plumbing fixtures, installed by John D. McAra, were obtained from the Plumbers’ Supply Company. The Miller Hardware Company and the Vonnegut Company supplied the hardware for the house, while the ornamental iron came from the Indiana Ornamental Iron and Wire Works. Glass from Pittsburgh Paint and glass came from the Pittsburgh Plate Glass Company, and Charles A. Bradbum did the painting. Roofing, sheet metal, stone and kitchen tile were supplied by Ralph R. Reeder & Sons, the screens by the Rolscreen Company. The wood shingles are from the Weatherbest Stained Shingle Company of North Tonawanda, N. Y., the weatherstrips and calking from the Hamilton Weatherstrip Company. Wall paper, secured from the Pan American Wall Paper and Paint Company, was hung by Dallas Smith. The Puritan Engineering Corporation furnished a water softener, the Ilg Electric Ventilating Company a ventilating fan. The furniture is from the L. B. Mosiman Company, the drapes, shades and rugs from the William H. Block Company. Electrical fixtures were supplied by Goldstein Brothers, „ a medicine cabinet by Gardner & Welch. Public utilities are being furnished by the Indianapolis Power and Light Company and the Indiana Bell Telephone Company; insurance is being handled by Harvey B. Martin. Landscaping is being done under direction of Alex Tuschinsky, of the Hillside Landscape and Nurseries Company.
HOUSES TAKE VOYAGE SEATTLE, Feb. 27.—C. C. Casad, Bremerton (Wash.) city engineer! owned two vacant lots in Bremerton. In Seattle he owned two large houses on ground that had been ordered vacated. Between Bremerton and Seattle is ten miles of water. Engineer Casad hired a barge, had the two houses placed on it! and set out across Puget Sound with the queer cargo. The houses are now on the Bremerton lots.
J. Harry Miles MEMBER OF THE INDIANAPOLIS HOME BUILDERS ASSOCIATION * GENERAL CONTRACTING BUSINESS 419 LEMCKE BLDG. ; LI. 4987
SHOW HAS HAD GREAT GROWTH IH TENYEARS Modest Start Made in 1922; Exposition Now Is on Lavish Scale. First home show in Indianapolis was held in 1922, when a few men concerned with developing interest in home ownership arranged an exhibit of building and manufacturing concerns in the Manufacturers’ building at the fairgrounds. Patterning after the ancient guilds, which pooled their interests and brought all their products to one place for display and disposal, they planned to exhibit only the i materials which would go into a complete, modern home. As their plans developed, they decided to include an example of the finished product. They took a daring step and built a complete little home right in the middle of the ! Manufacturers’ building. It was , small and unpretentious—a typical | American cottage—but it proved a ! most effective centerpiece for the | show. Interest Is Aroused Interest in the new project was widespread. Many buildings and manufacturing concerns exhibited their products in attractive booths. More than 67,000 people visited the show, and Mrs. P. C. Denny was awarded the little model house, completely furnished, for her five reasons for owning one’s home in Indianapolis.” The first show, directed by J. Frank Cantwell, had 145 exhibits, and covered 25,000 square feet. It was considered successful enough to warrant making the Home Complete Exposition, an annua! affair. In 1923 the show again was in the Manufacturers’ building, and had increased in every respect. The house, an English type, was larger and more elaborate, the attendance increased about 10,000, and many new exhibitors displayed their products along with those who had exhibited the previous year.
Million-Dollar Show in 1924 The third show, in 1924, was known as “the million dollar show.” The centerpiece was an attractive Mediterranean studio type house, surrounded by an exhibit covering 36,000 square feet, viewed by 90,000 people. The 1925 exposition featured the house that budget built—a modern replica of a French chateau. Exhibits covered 40,000 square feet, and more thffh 96,000 visitors attended. Each year the show has increased considerably in size. The houses have become more pretentious, the number of exhibitors has increased, and about 10,000 more people have visited the show annually. In 1926 the exhibits covered 42,000 square feet, and were grouped around a model home of Spanish architecture. The 1927 show, which 100,000 people viewed, was built around a lYench rural home.
On Ambitious Scale The 1928 model home, an American modernized colonial, the largest house ever erected in the Manufacturers’ building, was sixty-four feet wide and so high it was necessary to cut holes in the roof to permit passage of the steel beams supporting the roof of the building. Another innovation was the laying off space of a full city lot surrounding the house for landscaping. As the shows progressed, they became virtually a clearing house for building and furnishing ideas. In 1929 there were 185 exhibits and a house of English studio type. The 1930 show covered a larger expanse and centered around an early American house. Last year’s show, containing 200 exhibits, displayed a model home of Germantown Colonial design. This year’s show will be the epitome of all previous exhibits. It will contain all the noteworthy features of the first ten shows, in addition to many important innovations. The house will not be erected as the centerpiece of the show this year. For the first time in the history of the home show, the model home has been built on its permanent location, 5240 Cornelius avenue. The space in the pit of the Manufacturer’s building which it formerly occupied will be filled with formal and informal gardens. Each year the model house has been duplicated from three to fifteen times. The 1930 model house was duplicated twenty times—four in Indianapolis, and the rest throughout the state.
BRITISH MINT IS BUSY Large Coinage Orders Are Received from Other Countries. By United Press LONDON, Feb. 27.—One of the busiest places in Great Britain this year will be the mint. '' Arrangements have just been completed for coining 32,500,000 silver pieces for Yugo-Slavia. This order, coupled with a large order for coinage for Rumania, will, it is estimated, keep the mint working at almost full capacity for eight months. The nominal value of the pieces will be 20 dinars and 10 dinars respectively (approximately 50 cents and 25 cents American money at the present rate of exchange). They are being struck in what is known as British quaternary alloy, and will be the first silver coins issued in Yugo-Slavia since the war.
The Ultra Distinctive McKinney locks on the Cape Cod Colonial Home Were Furnished by Vonnegut’s DISCRIMINATING home builders will find these on display in our Builders’ Hdwe. Dept., third floor. Vonnegut’s 120 E. Wash. St.
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HOfTIC erS ° nne l Committees: (Zpwernl dan w. le gore KJVIIVIUI j F CANTWELL Or . EMERSON W. CHAILLE 11 o*lo ROBERT ALLISON ALBERT UHL Chairman LAWRENCE G. HOLMES T T j j . H. E. OSTROM Who S Booth w. J T. Sssd TED BROWN J. H. ALBERSHARDT SYDNEY ROMER _ __ Chairman T. N. MEREDITH Who AL EVANS WM. PRUITT Ticket FRANK WOOLLING CLYDE PIKE LEO MCALLISTER T ’ E ' Chairman DAN W - LE GORE ROBERT L. MASON GrKsg) Railrlin n frank f. woollinc u ujiiujuoy frank e. gates WALTER STACE CARL LINDEMANN Chairman WILLIAM LOW RICE (Indianapolis Home Builders Association) DAN W. LAWRENCE V. SHERIDAN LE GORE MERRITT HARRISON i CHARLES C. BINKLEY (j rdVCienS EDGAR E. BRODBECK PRESIDENT C. B. DURHAM INDIANAPOLIS GAVIN L. PAYNE BOWMAN ELDER Chairman WILLIAM L. ELDER REAL f and leete ESTATE LAWRENCE WELCH BOARD POSt 6V HANEY BERRY Contest JOE RAND BECKETT GEN. GEORGE HEALEY NORMAN METZGER DAN W. LE GORE _ Chairman RAYMOND FRANKE KENNETH FRY H. E. REDDING , . , R. L. WILLIAMSON M iniature ralph hueber J. HARRY ~ , 7 TT WAYNE TEMPLE , TTT -ce Model Home w. t. CLIFFORD MILES LOWELL NUSSBAUM r’rwfvQf RAY DURHAM L/omesL E x nxcolai PRESIDENT LEE C. HUEY INDIANAPOLIS E> SPICKELMIER MARION HINKLE HOME Chairman i x j. PETERS WALTER S. GIBSON BUILDERS’ DAN W. LE GORE ASSOCIATION J. RAY MONAGHAN
SCIENTIST IS KNIGHTED King of Italy Pays High Honor to Retired Instrument Maker. PASADENA, Cal., Feb. 27.—Clement Jacomini. expert Mount Wilson observatory instrument maker, has been knighted by King Victor of Italy for his contributions to science. A native of Italy, he has been made a cavalier in the order of the crown, the highest of the degrees of knighthood. The honor was re-
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ceived by Jacomini on the eve of his retirement under the pension rules of the Carnegie Institution of Washington, for which he has worked twenty-seven years. During his service he constructed many instruments of refinement and delicacy for research in astronomy, physics and surveying. His recent work has been the refinement of apparatus for ruling optical gratings. He recently produced a grating with approximately 91,000 lines per inch.
Pupils Seek Miniature Home Prizes
ONE of the most attractive features of the realtors’ home complete exposition each year is the section containing entries in the miniature model house contest. The miniature models are built by high school pupils competing for substantial prizes. First prize this year will be a one-week trip to Washington, D. C., with expenses paid by The Times, which is sponsoring the contest. Many pupils of high schools in Indianapolis and other cities have started work on models, and others are expected to begin work soon. Design and construction of the house is left entirely to the imag-
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ination and ingenuity of the pupil, no standard plans being specified. The little houses are built to scale, with one-fourth inch equalling one foot. Each will have a living room, dining room, breakfast nook, kitchen, three bedrooms, two baths and necessary halls. Houses may be one or two stories in height. The contest is being directed by a committee composed of Ernest C. Spickelmier, chairman; T. J. Peters, Walter S. Gibson, Raymond Franke, Kenneth P. Fry, H. E. Redding, R. L. Williamson, Ralph E. Hueber, Wayne Temple, W. T. Clifford, R. W. Durham, E. J. Nicolai, L. C.
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Huey and Marion Hinkle. J. Ray Monaghan is advising architect. JOBLESS HUNT WILDCAT Vy United Press AUGUSTA. Me., Feb. 27.—An increase from $lO to S2O in the bounty paid by the state on wildcats has proved a boon to many jobless men. From July 1 to Dec. 1 a year ago, with the bounty at $lO, only seventy-eight wildcats were killed. During the corresponding period of 1931, with the bounty at S2O a total of 320 were killed. December-and January usually see the greatest number of wildcat hides, and it is estimated as much as $1,500 weekly will be paid out during this period.