Indianapolis Times, Indianapolis, Marion County, 4 April 1941 — Page 22

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* Landscaping

Work on the Al Wurster House Featured on this Page.

POTTENGER NURSERY

BUSINESS DRIFT CAN BE STOPPED

‘Moves to Outlying Districts Halted by Modernizing,

AL WURSTER, BLDR. SELECTED

For the House Featured on This Page

OVERHEAD DOOR SALES

OF INDIANAPOLIS

17 E. 16th St. RI-2087

Magazine Says. Times Special NEW YORK, April 4—United ac- | tion by property owners can halt] and even reverse a decentralization | movement of business tenants from downtown areas, the Architectural Forum magazine reports, Citing the success of the Down-| town Property Owners’ Association | of Oakland, Cal, the magazine de-

WURSTER, Bldr., Selected

* U.S. G. ROOFING &

Red Top Insulating Glass Wool

FENDER

BUILDING & SUPP 1809 CORNELL

clares this organization has “writ- | ten a case history worth study by every other city in the U. 8.” | “Weakened by depression, tically every community in the country has been attacked by the infectious decentralization germ,” | the Forum points out. “However, before the Oakland downtown business district had wilted beyond the

prac-

AL WURSTER HOME

at 5774 N. New Jersey St.

featured on this page

c Nh

ALABAMA VERMONT

| possibility of revival, the Property | Owners’ Association was organized | with a war chest of $150,000 to combat the plague. “Today, due largely to the energetic activities of this Association, 34 once forbidding buildings {have been efficiently remodeled tol I attract attention and business; assessed valuations on Association members’ properties have been al- | most halved as an aid to modern- | ization; $6.20 per $1000 of valua-

5774 N.

| tion has been lopped off the city and county tax rate; local business relations have been put on an amicable basis; six parking lots are operated by the Association to at-| tract shoppers and thin out traffic; | finally, a whirlwind promotional | and advertising program has re- | focused local attention on down-|

AL WURSTER

BUILDER OF TODAY'S FEATURED HOUSE SELECTED

New ¥Burge Colonial” WALLPAPERS

FURNISHED BY

BETHARDS

DISTRIBUTORS OF DEVOE PAINTS

415 MASS. AVE. RI-1517

* Linoleum Floors

Linowall-Cabinetops in the Al Wurster House Featured on This Page { Furnished and Laid by | UNITED RUG AND LINOLEUM CO.

| (||| 139 W. Washington LI-5313

See us for new 1541 designs in floor covering and quality installations.

Hin

BUYING A HOME? | 4]

| town Oakland and has brought new family, original and colorful wall-|

| business tenants. : papers, and more than the usual | “Tax experts found that city and |,,ymper of windows make the allutr Totes in distr s could. he Colonial stone and frame “home at ou ying usiness districts cou e577 paid With merely one. ar two |g Ny NeW Jersey St. distinctive ' months’ property rental while some | The h Toons s design and buiit sections of the downtown area were , ; Rr : forced to dump as much as six by Albert H. Wurster. It has been months’ rent into the public till, sold and will not be open for inspecthe article said. tion. : “The reason Was : The first floor consists of a large outlying properties paid tax on|l1viDg room, across the front to the comparatively recent assessments, entrance's left with a dining room while downtown levies were based and combination kitchen and breakon assessments as antiquated as the fast nook in the back half of the buildings themselves. house. “The result was that co-operative public officials, realizing that the Association's program would stabilize valuations and boost business to the benefit of the tax rolls, heeded the recommendations, and have louvres at reduced tax assessments on the Metal venetian blinds painted properties of Association members ©f-White, and brass Colonial light- |

to the tune of 46 per cent.” ing fixtures. Both the down and upa" di, stairs halls have beige Colonial wall-

HOME COSTS CLIMB paper in a gray diagonal scenic pat-| AT SLOWER RATE

A wide fireplace at the south end| the living room has red brick y mn facing and a white enamel Colonial W ASHINGYOX, April 4 —Home ane, In the room's west wall are on oy ified bo wn built-in bookshelves. Thegliving room : Av: Sync itis # oree paper is in a new soft pink design the upsurge diminished somewhat, with an overall stripe carrying a Federal Home Loan Bank Board light Empire wreath re economists re e y a EX ‘ot The DD aored 00RY: hr to! An arch leads to the dining room y which has a built-in corner china January was 1.1 per cent compared cabinet. French doorways open onto with a rise of 1.7 per cent between | p : November and December. Most of

that the new

Four Bedrooms

Upstairs are four bedrooms and a! bath. Standard throughout are white |

Look for up-to-date telephone wiring arrangements: wires concealed end protected in an inexpensive conduit inside the wall, For details, call the Indiena Bell Telephone Company @nd ask for “Architects’ end

Builders’ Service.”

Everything for Beautifying Yard and Garden

Lawn Seed, Fertilizers Pruning Shears & Saws Garden Tools, Fencing Lawn Rollers, Trellis

120 E. Washington St.

® 38th and Illinois Sts, TA. 3321, | ® 42nd and College. HU. 1397. @ Broad Ripple, 802 E. 63rd. BR. @ Irvington, 5609 E. Wash, IR, ® East 10th at LaSalle. CH. ® Fntn, Sq., 1116 Prospect, DR. ® 2123 W. Wash, St. BE. 2321,

| | | i 5464, | W221 | 2321, 3976.

VONNEGUT'S]|

a screened porch. The dining room the January increase was attributed Paper has a gray background against | to higher labor costs.

(which are broad stripes of inter- 1 | In the 12 months beginning In Vavell Bowers Big Jegves, iid oluise | January, 1940, the cost of building reeh 5 Yl ol ang. Sou a standard house jumped 6.8 per gr r d Row He char rail iv a plain | cent with the rise in labor costs bhe- gray dado. ing double that of building ma- | terials,

Colorful Kitchen | The kitchen is particularly attrac(tive, finished in chocolate, rfaquama- : : : {rine and canary, with which the ceil- | | Nursery walls, finished with wall-| ing and sidewalls are painted. Ca{Paper 25 painted plaster, take a nary, too, is the background color for great deal of abuse from toy wagons. the preakfast nook paper with its (tricycles and the kicks and scuffs pattern of birds and flowers in! of children. A tempered pressed prown. orange and gray. The breakwood wainscoting extending up the fact nook seats are upholstered in 'wall to chair height will absorb such |,oiamarine leather cushions. punishment without marring and| “pe chocolate linoleum surfaces will give the room decorative dis- ip ed AAR on the white built-in cabinets tinction, whether left in its natural match the border of the floor cov

brown color or painted. : : e p ering, which has center blocks in a marbelized effect.

HINT FOR THE NURSERY

HEATING AT SHEET METAL WORK §

For the Al Wurster House

0. 6. MERRILL

1122 W. 35th St. WA-932

yc Electrical

WORK

FOR THE AL WURSTER FEATURED HOUSE

THOMAS A. HINES 2056 E. 46th St. HU-1631

x PLU MBING

IN THE AL WURSTER HOUSE FEATURED ON THIS PAGE

L.. E. ISLEY

5414 BROADWAY BR-1769

Fireplace in Recreation Room

A back hallway (containing =a Icloset and the basement door) leads both to a powder room and a breezeway connecting the garage. The powder room has paintesl upper walls and ceiling of canary. The lower walls are in gray and Rembrandt blue glass. The linoleum floor |is terra cotta colored. | A laundry and furnace (gas) room are combined in the basement and there is a recreation room in yellow

sow EVERITT'S LAWN SEED

Free of noxious weeds, 39¢ 1b., $1.00, 10 Ibs. $3.00, Shady 1b., Ibs., $2.78.

3 Ihs, mix, 60c > FERTILIZERS ~Sacco—Vigore * 100 Ih. $3.50 & $1.00

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15 N.Ala.S¢ Ry. 1539

EXCAVATING & ROUGH GRADING ON THE AL WURSTER HOUSE

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116 N. Delaware St.

FORNER | BLDG.& SAV.ASSN,

THIS FEATURED HOME —DESIGNED BY— Alden Meranda

ARCHITECT 824-25 BOARD OF TRADE BLDG.

For the Small Home

to the Large Power Plant

Muesing-Merrick Coal Co.

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surnet@D BINFORD LUMBER CO.

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House yo Keeps While Houted WHITER!

ERLE EL DU PONT PAINT SERVICE STORE

249 W. Washington St. {RLY ALBERT WURSTER

ing room over the garage is papered in | Hoosier Athletic Club Monday evea | stripes. The master bedroom paper Huse, League president. is in a satin stripe of pale pink. |

woedwork, hardwood floors, heating | hands,”

the base of the walls (lV? and an | clothes.”

and shower walls are in rose-tan glass { blocks with dubonnet

New Jersey 3h

Colorful Wallpaper. Lore Windows, Are Attractive DINNER SET MONDAY

A room for each member of the ceiling and rust walls, with fireplace. gstate Board Bowling League will

On the front stairway lower landis a guest closet. The maid's!

vellow floral design with silver

Three walls of the bov's bedroom

have paper in a new red, white and | the Fox-Hunt Alleys, blue stripe, the other wall is done Will be a lin a nautical design (clipper ships, ropes, and ship's wheels) against a man. Monday's awards will be made blue background. One of this room's oD two closets is cedar-lined.

The baby's room has a charming nursery paper. Over a pink back-

ground are printed toys, dolls, figu[rines, | white letters

and sentences in reading, ‘soft voices are the best,” “smiles make everybody happy,” “we all like clean “is your hair combed nice“it’s nice to hang up your |

soldiers,

The bathroom has a cadet blue] floor and powder blue upper walls ceiling. The built-in tub and

trim. Set in below the window is a dressing table. |

HERE'S YOUR BEST BASE FOR* STUCCO

Concrete, brick and hard burned clay tile form excellent bases for resurfacing with stucco. However, metal lath is essential in frame construction as a wood base swells and shrinks should moisture penetrate,

jeracking stucco being the inevitable

result. Spread the first and second coats about, inch in thickness. The | depth of the final coat is primarily dependent upon the finish texture. With lime added to facilitate handling, stucco composed of 1 part Portland cement to 3 parts sand is commonly specified for recoating. For style as well as to prevent

Imoisure penetration, seal the stucco with pure white lead paint follow- |

ing a few weeks’ weathering to season the lime-cement mixture. Apply a priming coat of 3 parts (by volume) soft paste white lead and 5 parts of an equal mixture of raw

linseed oil and lead mixing or lead

reducing oil. Finish off with two coats

parts of lead mixing or lead reducing oil tinted as required with, paste colors- in- “Oil,

FENCE

for

EVERY PURPOSE

Call LI-8531 for Free Estimating Service on Material Only or

Erection Complete Easy Payments II Desired

THE INDIANAPOLIS TIMES

North Side Home Is All-Colonial

. A room for everybody.

{are being

or 3| (parts soft paste white lead and 4]

FRIDAY, APRIL 4, 1941

(Garden mg— |

‘Going to Plant Vegetables? How Many Can You Use?

| | | Before planting a vegetable garden| garden for five can be financed for [you must take into consideration|about $10. | the cepacity of your family to con- | A dozen tomato plants, trainad sume and the amount you wish to|on stakes, take a space eight by 12 | preserve. feet. The crop should be 50 to 75 # | On the whole you should choose pounds. Four rows of string beaus | only those vegetables which are | will produce two bushels. After the most perishable and those of which bean crop, beets or carrots planted [te flavor is improved by home| there will yield 75 to 100 pounds | growing. | Lettuce may be followed by a row | Among those are|of a dozen cabbage plants or more | peas, beans, corn, | beets or carrots. |lettuce and other salad greens, A 1000 square-foot .area can pro|spinach, swiss chard. cucumbers, [duce vegetables worth $60 to $75 ‘squash and celery. A few tomato | for the plot for five, Many flower plants will supply the average lovers can combine a cutting garden | family. ean a vegetable garden and have { ha Soil Must Be Rich beauty and utility in the same Patch.

Vegetables grow in many types of |

|soil, but please remember that the TWO- SLOPE ROOF |s0il must be rich in humus and IS MOST COMMON

food as well as easily crumbled and well-drained. A late and wet Most common of all roofs is the (gable, or two-slope roof. In prin-

spring will postpone plowing and! a gable roof resembles a

planting if you choose a low spot from which the water cannot escape. | | ciple, Plenty of sun, good seed and con- playing card bent in the middle. stant cultivation will assure splendid| The angle that the roof makes results. Enrich your soil with well- may vary from the very slightest | rotted manure or good compost. pitch to almost a vertical one, Cali- | Use, if possible, a fertilizer with an fornia ranch houses usually have | organic base. {very slight roofs, while Normandy Turning over a piece of sod land farmhouses have roofs that soar entail difficulty unless it can high into the air. thoroughly plowed, disked and A number of different roofing harrowed. As a rule only coarse materials may be used on gable vegetables like potatoes and corn roofs. The most widely used roofshould be grown on such land the ing, however, due to its colorfulness and fire-resistance, is the asphalt shingle.

NOW

The Weather Is Perfect for Planting. We Have a Very Fine Selection. of More

Than 50 Varieties. Grade

To Fill Any Need

Trees

recommended beets, carrots

Rose Bushes

10,000 Large Field Grown

Plants o| Priced 4 oe $10 To Sell

Before Buying Elsewhere Compare Our Values

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will be

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Prepafe only as much ground as you know you can care for, It takes real labor to care properly for a vegetable garden. Although you might not want to he that ambitious, for a real garden to supply fresh and preserved veg-| etanles (except potatoes) for genre) round use, the space necessary

A. TERMS di CUSTOM BUILT BY THE

ACE

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o FREE ESTIMATES ® H,

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about 1000 square feet for each Wh Portable Pens—Kennel Panels

son of more than 12 years. Esti-| FREE ESTIMATES

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Brick, Stone, Concrete Construction— Tuckpointing—Damp Proofing , Residence and Commercial 41210 N. CAPITOL HU-1609

(ning. Presiding will be Frank P, Five of the 10 teams will fight it out for first place honors tonight af There also sweepstakes event for which Thomas Kercheval is chair-

both an individual and team basis with and without handicaps. The Board's directors also will present a trophy for the sponsor of the winning team. Because of bowling interest among the local realtors, plans now made to increase the league size from 10 to 12 teams. | Chairman of Monday's dinner is | Forrest M. Knight.

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Now 1s the Time to Spray Your Trees and Shrubbery

HELPS FOR CRAF TSMEN Home craftsmen now colorful plastics to the media which they work. It is now (sible to get a kit, containing materials, full instructions, supplies and tools for working the material together with large full-size patterns for such objects as rings, bracelets, ash trays, lamps, boxes, etc. Phenolic plastics, harder than wood but softer than brass, are used.

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SALE

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50 VARIETIES OF SPECIMEN EVERGREENS TO SELECT FROM

AND DRIVE THRU OUR NURS-

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ERY ANY TIME

A. Wiegand's Sons Co.

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IT COSTS LESS

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6 FT. ARBORVITAE VALUE $6.00

Good Lumber and Fine Millwork

In the Al Wursier House FEATURED ON THIS PAGE

Furnished By

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W. 30th ST.

~ BEAUTIFY Your LAWN--SHRUBBERY and FLOWERS with

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100-Lb. Bag

$150

Wallman Mushroom Co. 2333 RANSDELL DR-4462

TA-3315

1401

HOME OWNERSHI could Se so Las

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ACME WALLPAPER, INC. 337-39 Mass. Ave.

FREE CITY-WIDE DELIVERY

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C. E. GRIENER COMPANY RG

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ENN ECR E Gp ale

This is the PROPER SEASON

to select

We have most of the good varieties. Drive out fo the Nursery or call COunty 2361. Buy your planty from) & 5 responsible 4 grower

* who «values your eon tinued patronage.

The RIGHT PLANT in the RIGHT PLAGE"

Our Experts Will Advise You Drive Out or Phone

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Builder of

Today's Featured House Selected

STANDARD

210 S. Capitol Ave,

SNL _ SUPPLY COMPANY

PLUMBING FIXTURES and a SUNBEAM GAS FURNACE Furnished By

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NORTHDALE ADDITION A Complete

This beautiful, well-restricted comLine of Building

munity offers homesites, most reason=Material & Crushed Stone

able prices. Low taxes; city water; | 1002 E. 42nd St. HU-1338 |

electricity; gas GOOD USED LUMBER

Joseph R. Ryan, Developer Free From Nails

. . . . Anti-Mite Engineering Co. TERMITE SPECIALISTS (Termite Proofing Exclusively) ANTI-MITE IS ODORLESS CLEAN and NON-INFLAMMABLE Guaranteed

3521 .E. N. Y.

BETHLEHEM COAL, INC.

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2914 PARIS AVE. TA-2914

MASTER

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en 8ashes = Doors — Bricks

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Insurance Corporation 28 South Illinois St.

~ | GEO. J. EGENOLF,

MACHINIST (81/, W. South LI-6212

heat

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