Indianapolis Times, Indianapolis, Marion County, 14 April 1939 — Page 23

“rRDAY. APRIL HE aE THE INDIANAPOLIS TIMES More Than Half of Show's Opening-Night MCHGAN FHA * Visitors Pass T hrough All- Indiana Home CHIEF TO SPEAK

Awears at t April 2 21 Luncheon Which Will Highlight | “Builders’ Day.”

Governor Just Another ‘Looker’ After Opening; Some Are Flattered, Some Aren’t, at Own Voices

Low and Rambling Ranch Several Booths Inchpiste as Crowd Swarms Through Doors; Alibi House ‘Hints of Early ards Prove Where You Were.

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FTER participating in the opening ceremonies, the daughters of directors and officers of the Home Show, acte ing as hostesses, gathered around a pen of tiny ducklings. Most misplaced or lost children also

FTER officially opening the Home Show Governor Townsend strolled through the exhibits almost unnoticed. He was Just an-

Raymond M. Foley, Michigan di- Other “looker.” i rector of the Federal Housing Ad-| > ou a . ® 2 = | ministration, will be the principal An hour after the doors opened at 6:30 p. m. painters and work|speaker at the Indianapolis Home men still were putting the finishing touches on the Show in general. | Builders Association luncheon April! Several booths were incomplete at “show time.” {21 at the Home Show. ar rm. #

the Eig goood As in years past more persons SITORS trickled in rather | Could be found at that booth. | mittee, announced today that Mr. Crowded around the “demon- than arriving in bunches. rr | Foley would speak at the luncheon, strations” than at booths which Most of them headed for the An insurance company booth {which 1s to highlight “Home Build- | were displays only. The most model home and gardens im- was passing out “alibi cards” | novel booth was that of the In- mediately and didn’t mind wait- stamped by a time clock to show

ers’ Day” at the exhibition. med] Mr. Foley has served as director| diana Bell Telephone Co. There ing in the long queue to get in. where and when waywards had you can speak into a handset ® 2 = been.

of the Michigan FHA since 1934. Before then he was public relations di-| phone and a few seconds later By quitting time nearly all of hear your voice reproduced. A the children carried or dragged

‘rector for the state of Michigan and | {also a newspaperman specializing in| few persons seemed startled to large Mickey Mouse balloons which were being given away

housing and industrial stories. “hear themselves as others hear The Home Builders Association is| them” for the first time. Some with the purchase of a box of {one of nine civic and business or-| disappointed, others popcorn. Another booth was {ganizations sponsoring the show. giving roses with ice cream.

Of the thousands of visitors who attended the opening of the Home Show last night. more than half of them went through the AllIndiana model home, officials es- | timated today. i Annually, they said. the model | home attracts more people than ! any other one exhibit. { This year’s home, designed by | Frederick O. Wallick and built by Forest B. Kellogg, is a low, ram- | bling “ranch-house” type which is becoming popular in the West. The design was selected, accord- | ing to Mr. Wallick, as one which would most nearly typify the Indiana homes of other days and vet be modern in every detail.

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Townsend bought three redwood burls. The burls, when placed in water, sprout lacey fern-like foliage he said, so he was taking them home to his daughters and his wife.

Governor

seemed flattered.

Limestone Used

The home is built of brick with a foundation and. front and rear gables of Indiana single story has two bedrooms. a

den. a living room, dining room, | kitchen with a dining alcove. two

baths and garden terrace or porch which can be screened in summer and glass enclosed In winter. Approach to the home is by a

per canopy is cut to represent fur- |

lv represent Indiana

rows and seed. Windows are in white trim with dark green shutters even to the doorway. Mr. Kellogg said this, while not rare, was an unusual feature. The door wood of the lilvng room, ic ural oak. A small ivory doorbell button rings two-toned chimes in the reception hall. The roof is in flint-coated black shingles and is topped by a bell tower in white with a copper canopy.

Fully Air-Conditioned

The home is entirely winter airconditioned and thoroughly insulated. Wiring is arranged so as to provide enough outlets for any possible needs, Mr. Kellogg said. The terrace or “loggia.” which opens off the living and dining

rooms overlooks the series of gar- |

executed bY | chenille.

dens planned and local garden clubs. When the home is actually built the terrace is to open onto a “Kitchen garden.” The loggia is furnished in reed furniture in an oak finish upholstered summer-fabricated pillows. Interior furnishings of the home were planned by C. F. McKelvy. head of the decorating department of Banner-Whitehill, who furnished the house The reception hall and both hallways leading to the den ta the right of the entrance and te the dining room are papered in blue and white vertical and the entranceway itself has a Pompeian red ceiling

Ceilings Are White

All other ceilings except that of the kitchen, which is canary vellow, are white, to aid in the indirect lighting which is used throughout.

The rectangular shaped living

room has a large paned window |

limestone. A |

itself. like the | in nat- |

stripe paper |

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directly opposite the marble fireplace. natural finished bleached oak and furniture is of British ocak and upholstered in blue and green tweed. Basic element in the wallpapers

“Swedish modern.” Livingroom draperies are cotton crash in a blue and green pattern to harmonize with the furnishings. To the right of fireplace is a builtin bookcase. The lamps as in the other rooms, are modern brass. To the left of the living room is the blue and red bedroom. Wallpaper is a red on white spiraled figcure. The carpet draperies and bedspreads are of blue cotton crash. British oak is used for the beds and a single chair is blue leather of the same shade as the carpet and drapes. One wall has a disappearing sliding panel behind which is a clothes closet. Chartreuse and green is the color scheme in the guest bedroom. The walls are papered in chartreuse Swedish paper harmonizing with the trim of the bedspread and drapes. which are of cotton The carpet matches the wallpaper. To the right of entranceway is the den. A mahogany semi-circu-lar desk with a tan leather top holds books in the base. A sofa is of bleached oak upholstered in gray tweed to match the egg-shell drapes of spun rayon. The venetian blinds are of oak as in the rest of the house except the kiichen where they are lacquered in white to match the fixtures. Other den furniture is of bleached mahogany and bleached cak. upholstered in turquoise frieze. A coffee table set before the sofa is in bleached oak Two white doors conceal an in-a-door bed for the use of an extra guest. The dining room is with a table. six chairs, and a server of waxed

paper is white Swedish with a green. burgundy and pink

i before the All-Indiana was opened at the Home Show, a thousand peopie had gathered at the walk waiting to get in.

Walls and doors are of |

y Governor opening

“ranch house”

After

green cloth. This room also has oak venetian blinds. Except for the bleached oak table and chairs with red leather seats, set in the dining alcove, all fixtures in the Kitchen are in white enamel. All wall space is utilized by cabinets, drawers and extra working space. Electric throughout. . the kitchen broiler, electric stove and refrigerator. Floor covering is a blue marbleized linoleum with a one-inch border in yellow to match the canary ceiling. The bath is in light brown marble with indirect ceiling light and tube lighting on each side of the plate-glass mirror. Feature of the bath are telescoping shower curtains which fold flat against the walls. Adequate closet space is vided in each room and a outside coat closet is set just inside the front door. Two doors in the reception hall are a closet and a stairway to the theoretical upstairs. When the home is rebuilt by Mr. Kellogg, following the

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formed a line to see the home

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Times Photo. unlocked the door, officially they pressed forward and

Home Show, at 6470 N. Chestnut Ave. it will have a maid's room upstairs and a basement with twocar garage beneath the master bedroom.

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LOGANSPORT. April

14. —More than 100 American Legion Auxiliary, members representing the 32 cities!

and towns in the Second Corgressional District convened in Logans-

past president, presided. Among guests were Mrs. Huckleberry of Salem. dent! and Mrs. Esther of Lafayette, district president.

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