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Wins Fortune, Fame Want a “dream house”? So did Mr. Blandings. It made him rich.| 38 “Mr. Blandings” is really Eric} Hodgins, author of the best seller “Mr. Blandings Builds His Dream House” and he knows what it means-and costs to build a coun\try home in these days of mounting building costs and scarcity o building materials. . About two years ago the publisher- gave Mr. Hodgins a check for $25.000 when a book club took over his book. : Begin Run ‘Home owners; renters, architects, builders, realtors and others began a run on bookstores for the book which poked good-na-fured fun at the home building industry.

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