Indianapolis Times, Indianapolis, Marion County, 17 April 1941 — Page 30

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Exhibit Provides a Visual History of Hoosier Life

Exposition Shows Annual Growth; Becomes Symbol Of Construction Industry Here.

World events, enormous in their entirety, have stained :

the pages of history in the past two decades. Unpredictabl

events have changed the order of our living, altered our

economy, and warped our futu

I'es.

Yet through chaos and peace, boom times and depres- ||

sion depths, our people have fought to preserve the home— | ES

the support for any civilization. For Indianapolis during those 20 years the Home Show |

has symbolized that fight. As,

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THURSDAY, APRIL 17, 19411

20 Years

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Valentino dies. . . . Queen Marie of | § : v _ |Rumania visits the United States.| has changed. But, unlike his-|. A committee of architects

: ’ erects a rambling type house for| tory, its changes have been i “pone “show. . . . 2. B. Hunt| -_—" >H—H——irri—

for the good—progress and acts as president

has history, the Home Show

growth, . Let’s look back on those 20 years. 1922 Prince of Wales tours the U. S.... Crystal radio sets are selling. . . . Mussolini becomes a dictator. . . .. The first Home Show is a five-room dwelling built by the Indianapolis Real Estate Board.

1923— President Harding dies. . . .|

Calvin Colidge moves into the White . . Merritt Harrison designs combination

House. . a brick and stucco house for the Home Show of which J. Frank Cantwell is president. 1924 Lenin dies. . . . Victor Herpert dies. . . . 10 millionth Ford off the line. . . . Teapot Dome scandal.

Elliott Hadley creates a Medi-

third Home Show. . .. E. L. Cothrell is its president. 1925 Dr. Freud read and discussed. . . . Bryan and Darrow battle in monkey trial French Chateau influence felt in the Home Show with a8 house designed by J. Lloyd Allen with Frank E. Gates, president.

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1927 —Lindbergh who flies to Paris not choose to run

is Lone Eagle

. . » Model T Ford . Columbia Broadcasting System formed. . . . Electric iceboxes make midnight raiding a pleasure. . . . M. M. Miller is president of the Home Show featuring the brick house designed by Richard E. S 1928 Stocks soar. . . . Amelia Earhart flies the Atlantic. . . . Two chickens in every pot and Hoover wins the election. . . . Talkies heard and marveled at. . . . Merritt Harrison designs Colonial show. Mr. Miller is still show presi- | dent. 1929—Now bread comes sliced. . . . | Every e playing markets. . . {Stocks crash Depression. . . . {Hitler is only a little noise in Germany.

terpiece of the home Show. Bridges is show president.

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1930—The Empire State Building Burns and Edward James are archi- circles world in three days, 19 hours. house built

is completed. . financial institutions still folding up. . . . Wally Simpson meet; Prince of Wales. . R. W. Miller designs Colonial home for the Home Show with E. Kirk | McKinney president.

1926 Hurricane on the Florida/ 1931_Savings and loan assoclaeast coast. . . . National Broadcast-|tions celebrate 100 years of opera-| barring auto death is 60 years. . . .

ing Co. organized. . « Rudoiph

tion. , . » An

| . R. W. Miller creates an porn in terranean type stucco house for the English Studio type house as cen-/ Austria and Dillinger of Indiana |. . «+ Hitler goes into Austria. .

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home designed by Frederick Wallick

. » » Coolidge does | js featured at the Home Show of|Show.

which A. H. M. Graves is president.

| 1932—Wages dropping and fewer

| jobs create more panic. . Lindbergh baby kidnaped. ... Every{thing from drought to dew blamed ‘on Hoover. . . . Roosevelt is elected. R. W. Miller builds a house outside |Home Show. Dan LeGore is presi{dent and local garden clubs participate in show for first time. 1933—Bank holidays. . . . Our first

fireside chat. . . . 3.2 beer sold. .

[Chicago opens Century of Progress. | home for,

. . 18th Amendment repealed. Crop control begun. , . . Leslie Ayres [builds ultra-modern home of ma{sonry with Walter E. Evans presi- { dent. 1934 —Droughts and dust make [trouble in West. . . . Quintuplets Canada. . . . Dollfuss of

|slain. . . . CCC camps blossom. , . America awaits prosperity. . Lee

tects for the Home Show with Mr. Evans again president. 1935—Social Security Bill signed. | Amateur hours begin. . . . WPA {shovels produce first WPA jokes. . « « Will Rogers dies in Alaska. . . « statistics say life expectancy

| » ] 2 {by Leslie Ayres dominates the Home ice starts. . «

and floods.

Thanksgiving Day Ted C. Brown is president.|changed to spread out Churistings & ; {buy “is Pope dies. . . . Ger1936 — Hitler into Rhineland, buying. . . . the |Ethiopia to Italy, Spain in Civil Man France and England Sa |War. . . . Roosevelt re-elected. . . .|:.: : Poland meets death. . . . ne China Clipper makes first flight. . . .| With the ng ge fhotie Love story of the ages When new | Orapes ot Wrabi® =ie ot the . Carl C. Weiland is president of the

serves as president of the Home 2° . : Show. George Caleb Wright of| 1940—Japan still bombing China. Pierre & Wright builds “The Elec- Italy gets in war. . . . France falls. tric Home,” a two-story masonry yw Countries invaded and fall. . . . house. |Conscription bill passes. First to landscaping. Today, trees and 1937—Roosevelt has trouble with | year of war ends with war spread-|ghyuhs are shipped to Indianapolis nine old men. . . . Ohio River floods|ing. . . . U. S. builds defense. . . ./fyom all parts of the nation and . . . John D. Rockefeller Leslie Ayres and Frederick Wallick | gardens are an important feature dies. . . Hindenberg explodes. . . ./are architects for the Home Show's | to the home complete exposition. |everyone has a candid camera, , « .|three houses. Merritt Harrison is _ Mr. Cantwell interested some Jitterbugs are born. . . . Richard E.|named president. s : | Bishop designs unit for Home Show.| hus the Home Show has been| Women of the Indianapolis Garden |J. Ralph Fenstermaker is president.|, visual history of Hoosier home Clubs in planting gardens (with the 1938 New England has hurricane. life, and the building industry of help of he Polk Boa pg J i , | Indianapolis and Indiana. As our . 4 Jat Sak ‘git Sunhont Panay. state we City progressed so did the | garden clubs handle the advance * “|Home Show. The first show was | sale of tickets and 10 of the groups Howard Hughes en-!centered about a small portable create gardens which beautiful the bv the Real Estate| Manufacturer's Building. . . . Corrigan flies “wrong way.” . .. Board. It was awarded as a prize| One of the objectives of the show Czechoslovakia dies. a replica for the best essay on “Why I Should has been to educate the general ‘of an old Williamsburg home is de- own a Home in Indianapolis” and public in better construction so that signed by William E. Perry, Boston was won by Mrs. Paul C. Denny, a|they may demand this from con|architect, for the Home Show. |gshortridge High Schol teacher. The| tractors. This objective’s success |Chatles E. Wagner is named Show | house still stands on E. 13th St./can be measured by the many president. near Emerson Ave. changes in business methods, mer1939—_Two Progress Fairs In| During the first 10 years of the chandising and the quality of archi-

| Munich. .

English type brick|“The Personality House” designed America. « » « Atlantic Clipper serv-(Show little consideration was given|tecture in those two decades.

Screen Can Keep LET AIR CIRCULATE

Spouting Clean

A common maintenance cost which claims a place on almost every home owner's budget Is that of cleaning out downspouts and gutters which have become clogged with leaves an debris. A wire screen, of either galvanized steel or copper, can be fitted over the top of the gutter to keep out leaves or trash, yet interfering in no way with the flow of water. A specially designed screen of reinforced one-quarter-inch wire mesh which can be snapped into place is now available. This device eliminates the use of nalls, screws and rivets.

FOR A GOOD BLAZE

To avoid a smoky, smoldering blaze lay logs in a fireplace so thak air can circulate between them, Put the largest log in back and roll it forward when it is burning brightly, replacing it with another, Pile smaller logs in front with small sticks sandwiched between. If logs are perfectly smocth and straight, hold them apart with small Plecen of wood. n Ignite the wood by placing a waq of excelsior or a lightly wadded piece of newspaper where the flames will pass up through the piled wood.