Indianapolis Times, Indianapolis, Marion County, 11 December 1949 — Page 51

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At Housing Shortage in Fresh Air’ Ditic

‘Small Houses Have Dozens Are Now Many Conveniences Being Constructed --

| The economy home, built on the! Toontrary to the small hofiie praclowest price range, is fast ehip-/ tice in designing, has a full baseping away. the «ity's housing ment with a steel furnace, launshortage. |dry ‘faucets, got hot water heater It is” small by necessity but. {and recreation ared. amazingly complete with many! ) | ~All ceilings are insulated with goriveniences not found in larger, {rock wool and all windows are | weather-stripped. Storm doors) go with the house, | The average lot in the develop-| ment is about 50 feet wide with la generous 140 foot. depth. And| side drives, sodding “and land-| scaping are included. The Graves idea is to provide ° {a home package complete and; ready to move into. | w Color treatment of the exterior {of a small house is importa | Easy fo own, easy to five in, this compact, functional economy |The house on display hes 8 m ilt for wage-earner's wallet {blend shingle roof and utters 21: House Project home, bu 9 {of vermiflion red with white One of the most respected there are gleaming white steel the soothing tones of pine panel- eight-inch * weather, rding. builders who moved quickly into cabinets, highlighted with aling on three walls with western) “Women are surprised in these the small housé field was A. H. M.|cherry bright rose ‘composition motifs on the fourth. {small houses 4s they open closet Graves, Inc, which has a project/ work top, | The bath is done with walls of | doors in. Ahe living . room for of 21 houses going up in the 3200{ The kitchen walls are a gay delicate peach enamel and the guests, each bedroom and one for block on N, Tacoma Ave, light canary with a floor of com- Same green marble-designed 1ino-|jjnen”in the hall. They are unThe secret of the small home plimentary green marble-designed eum used in the kitchen. usually - large - for the economy is design and decoration. ‘The linoleum. The floors are medium dark home. | Graves homes, thoughtfully cen-| One bedroom has a color motif hardwood throughout the betise, These houses are sold as they ceived to use every inch of space of ruddy pink and the paper on laid over sub-flooring. pe go up. Graves attendants show for comfortable living, are taste- the second bedroom reproduces The Graves econprfy home, visitors through fully planned, simple -in lines, With big home material specitica- §jx-Room House Sold in Forest Manor ions. The Graves company with 25 years experience in home construction developed Brockton and Sylvan Estates. This backlog of experience was poured into the designing and construction of the present economy home project. In the Tacoma Ave. development there is variety. Each house is a little different in some regpect from its neighbors. It may be done with paint, trim or roofing, or all three. - The street itself is wel developed. It has hard bituminous sur» face with sewer, cement wadks | and curbs, and is only two blocks| to a city park, school, Shopping| 2 center and transpoptation. The living roont, heart of anys

fresh air areas where a family] can have a garden and plenty of play space for children. The economy home is the tast-| § est moving item on the home! market today. It is being built by| the dozens by highly organized! construction crews to sell at BE small down payments, no larger than for a good automobile, with monthly payments in the easy, rent range.

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Conveniently to the Jert of the When Struck by Car ‘OF to-Washine ton. To Attend Meeting living room is_the SAH dinette; Five-year-old Sandra Kay a Three Marian College students. with “Space saving > 0d in Dearing, daughter of Mrs. Geneva - Thirty-nine young Hoosier vege- will take ‘part in a regional-coun close glass doo {Deating, 807 Coffey St. was tak. table farmers. yesterday I€ft In-'ci} meeting of the National Fed-

is done in a pastoral scenic paper 'dianapolis by special bus, bound eration of Catholic College Studelicately toned in green, ren to General Hospital yesterday Bg u

beige above the chair rail.

Coffey and McCarty Sts. Growers convention in Washing- payton, 0. th - Wives of Buyers head lop the ton; D.C.. Dec. 12-18. Representing the local school

Police said she was hit by an| kitchen. In the Graves house now| All will compete for honors at! be Mary Haugh, regional sec-| cross at the intersection. She suf- contests. n apt all Bon Terre

being shown on N. Tacoma Ave. automobile driven by Campbell the convention after having won| EE _______|Sanford King, 42, of 439 W. New i rips in county and state vege-| THE fered cuts below the chin and pp,ce included in the delega- GOP Club | to Discuss | possible jaw and internal injuries. {;, were: IN . atiol William Krgeckeners. Janet Shafter Wi: woe 8 Ie Ee

Martha Dousdebes, delegates.

York St. when she attempted 10 tape growing and demonstration Her condition was described as poris Ann Dreher. Beglah roey. Phyl- ‘How to Win an Election’ WALLPAPER | “fair.” [iis Swalis, and Miss Mi geser.l “How to Win an Election” will |

THE INDIANAPOLIS TIMES

Fi Economy Home Gradually Chips Away

(GI's, Bes Receive Two - Yule Gifts

Plans Designed To Speed Acceptance Of Mortgage Loans

Veterans and mortgage brokers received two Christmas gifts {early this year. ; Both gifts are designed to j3heed acceptange” and processing

Square Shape Cuts Down Cost

GI 4 per cént mortgage loans. THIS WEEK'S home is a A 1 pep-€ent service charge on gma); so-called ranch-style with the o Sal amount of the loan

ed this week by The

mes. This was the latest move| ‘Ito attract lenders back into the|

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Maximum Veteran Pays Veterans’ Administration ofcials further clarified this initiating fee yesterday. They explained the maximum veterans will pay for processing will be

a great deal of personal appeal. Because it is almost square, it should be very economical to build, yet it includes many features seldom found in a house this small. The architect has

designed the exterior to be of brick veneer with an occasional touch of horizontal and vertical

$50. The first “gift” was announced | Oct. 25 by VA national headquar- | ters. Designed to stir the jelled|

woul siding to give the home more pretentious appearance. * The front door is protected by an overhanging roof and one attractive feature is the

Small Ranch Style House Very Ap

bie Dine

This attractive six-room house in Forest Manor was erroneously listed last Sunday for $14,000. home, is light &nd airy. There is| Built by the M. & S. Construction Co., the house was sold for considerably more than $14,000 and was |ny-May provision, VA officials ample wall” space for individual financed without GI.FHA assistance as stated by the source of the information. The Times regrets | nere said.

{brought a sharp upward trend in

FOS; after she was struck by a car at.for the National Junior Vegetable jents today at the University of |gramatic fraternity at Indiana

|retary, and Carol Mortlock and|

credit system, Federal National Mortgage Association (FannyMay) began purchasing all’ GI mortgages financed by private lending institutions from that date, From Apr. 30, 1948, until this year, lenders had to hold half the! {mortgages they financed. The| other half could be sold to Fanny-| May. This plan blocked money for|

|GI mortgages, major lenders said.! living room is a picture window 2 ; | Buyer Guaranteed Loans | iy French door leading out Additional set .....iivvniinisrnniininnees 2.50 en BENE Ine ; | Institutions set aside a certain| on to a suggested terrace, The ’ : portion of their funds for the GI| other walls, except for the fire- Plan books (26 small homes) ....iisveeress 100 program. Once the GI quota was| place, are also almost entirely - |filled, lenders were stymied when| windows which give this room {other veterans wanted to borrow. an exceedingly light and airy With the restriction lifted, lend-{ appearance. lers can turn over their money in The kitchen is to the right of loans to GI's, VA said. Fanny-! the entrance hall and is very May buys all guaranteed veteran, compact and conveniently de- ; ci EE (loans. signed. There is even room for Address S44 LST TITERS ES LERSITITETIVINLLLLARR ES ERRRRASIS EELS Before 1048 there was no Fan. g small table or this fixture : could be hinged and folded against the wall when not in - - already! yge. There is work space on — both “sides of the sink, which {the ex-serviceman-loan field here, ig directly under a double win" IVA stated yesterday, (LMS) dow looking { toward the front ] Fo | ofthe house. There it even a

[Fraternity to “Initiate | %efvice bar back of the sink

which makes this convenient to . Six Pledges Thursday | the dining space across from Alpha Psi Omega, national

outdoor planting box under the bathroom window. You enter this door into a hallway which leads directly through the house and the living-room area, which is unusually pretentious and not cluttered considering the small- . ” ness of the house. There is a } . - natural fireplace to the left of : ‘ this room with book shelves and storage space on both sides. The entire back wall of the

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the service entrance. n » ” . THE STAIRS leading to the basement go directly outside without any turns, making it convenient “to carry laundry and other bulky items from

Central College, will initiate six {Pledges at 7:15 p.m. Thursday in Kephart Memorial Auditorium, Pledges, are Miss Joyce Porter and Miss Jacqueline Duffy, both

lof Indianapolis; Larry George, this area. The basement is ex- | Hammond; Robert Noblitt,| cavated under the entire house Noblesville; Donald Dow, Eilk-| and and has ample room for a

hart, and John Trinkle, Danville,

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