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Social Background Listed By Leaders

Better living and home ownership walk hand-in-hand toward making the family a more cohesive force in the development of a

community.

This was emphasized today by the Parade of Homes leaders’

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These reasons are:

_THE INDIANAPOLIS TIMES

Cite 20 Good Reasons Home Nears Completion—Another In Early Construction Stage For Home Ownership of oH ob

Financial Independence, Security, Peac of Min,

SATURDAY, SEPT. 9, 1950

Home Builders Founded in 1921

Lee Huey, Sr., Elected First President

“The Indianapolis Home Build{ers Asso. is one of the oldest of lits kind in Indiana,” stated Mr,

|elected its first president. There

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ONE: Financial independence. | wishes with no restrictions or in-

More people have started on the terférence from landlord. road to financial independence SIXTEEN: Savings. Statistics

through home ownership than in. Wy that one can occupy and any other way. pay for a home at approximately, Provides Security the same cost as he can rent an TWO: Security. In times of apartment of comparable home| stress, the home is always some- Size. When he has completed paything to fall back upon. ments, he lives in the owned home THREE: A cash equity. A well-| much more cheaply than in bought home is as good as a sav- rented quarters.

a SEVENTEEN: Beautiful fur- Colorado St. Project Under Way

FOUR: Credit. Home owners niture and draperies can be pur- : can: open charge accounts, have chased because they fit into the

; : decorative theme of the house greater stability with lenders; have a basis for credit. , me meine creating ‘life FIVE: Peace of mind, based on . ’ ne Knowledge that provision has, FICHTEEN. Xo restrictions on been made for your Tay ) a SIX: Social background for ® basis for being refused shelter your children. in a home owned by occupants. : NINETEEN: Pets, The home| Play Site for Children owner can have as many pets as| SEVEN: Play place for your he wishes, both indoors and out, | children. And this comes without without landlord permission, criticism from the landlord. TWENTY: Possible income. The| EIGHT: Development of re- Jot might be utilized financially, | sponsibility. Home owners feel such as building a garage and, more responsiblity for growth -ef renting a portion of it for car neighborhoods, schools, city. shelter. NINE: Interest in civic and iii ————— municipal affairs. Ownership brings a share in the pra ion Home- -Buying operating the eity. TEN: Chance for individual x- Sggles Increase pression. Exterior and interior of . Js the home cap:be made to reflect in s shelter Reslcers, the charcter of the occ ts. ve pulled a quick reverse in; S Saseter'sd the occupants, (have pulied 5 quick reverse in Bricks Give Home a . Sturdy Face ment. Making neighbors and for a touchdown in the ownership, friends whose friendships exist Same. for years beyond longevity of Ten years ago about 60 per cent » hearth and home site. of the pation s families were rent- 3 Healthful Exercise ers and 40 per cent owned their

own homes. But now the ratio’s| TWELVE: Habits of thrift. reversed, 60-40 in favor of the o THIRTEEN: Healthful exer- home owner. That's according to!} cise. Pride of possession inspires figures from the National Assowork around the home and gar- ciation of Home Builders. | den, healthful for indoor people.! The tremendous burst of build-| FOURTEEN: Character devel- ing is one factor causing the fast, opment. Responsibilities of meet- turnabout. And that's coupled ing emergencies and financial{with better designed homes and, payments and in keeping up the easier terms in buying. home develop business acumen; Home builders are keeping the| and character. home within the reach of Ameri-| FIFTEEN; Independence, Other/can wage earners by more effi-| than financial freedom, the home cient operation and the use of | owner can order his life as he/mass production methods.

Since then the organization has grown with the city. Now there are 45 active members building {homes in Indianapolis and Marion | County.” The organization is a non-profit one formed to promote closer — associations, and through them, ideas and knowhow

Home at 62 N. Pasadena St., in early conshruation stages.

This three-bedroom home, 9200 Kerrwood Ave., nears completion,

| Industry. oe? aE at ad § I : i * " | It has built up a fund for re- : pa . ? ; : 3 | search and promotion and has sponsored -educational programs {along building lines. Sponsors Home Show “One of the Home Builders’ main activities in its early days,” Mr. Hinkle continued, ‘“was the sponsorship of the Indianapolis {Home Show., Today we have a representative on its board and many of our members have built the Model Homes.” These homes are usually torn down after each show and rebuilt by the same builder on the outside. “At present,” he concluded, “the home builders are co-operating in the sponsorship of the ‘Parade of Homes'.” Other officers in the organization in addition to Mr. Hinkle are: J. Harry Miles Jr., vice-president; tween 13th and 16th Sts. on joe Rentsch, secretary; Everett Ritter Ave. and will include 20 yqj1oway, treasurer, and Walter

Two-bedroom, 1027 N. Ritter Ave., keyed to the housewife. Homes between 10th and 13th | project is part of the annual | | Sts. on Ritter Ave, are keyed Parade of Homes display which | to the housewife, | opens next week. The project, | more homes.- Stace, historian. The homes feature a space | in the making will include 20 | The houses will all be stone cet ———————————— saver in the kitchen in the form | two and three-bedroom houses | faced, with white wood sidings LARGEST OF PINES of a breakfast bar—a long col- ranging between $11,900 and | and back. They are built on lots Sugar Pine trees are the largest orful table of glass brick with | $15,000. 50 by 130 feet to 60 by 135 feet of the pines, occasionally reacha mica-top work surface, Another part of the project, | and include a wood or cement ing a height of 250 feet and a This Indianapolis Homes [nc. | not yet undertaken, will lie be- | block garage. diameter of 12 feet.

Two- badigem ranch type house at 3826 E. 42d St. is now

| getting its brick face.

CURTIS WOODWORK

WILL “MAKE” YOUR HOME—

A beautiful entrance to “set-off” your new home—a stairway that will grace your home through the years—china closets. to make your dining room more attractive—kitchen cabinets that will cut housework—and—

AN ENTIRE FAMILY OF CURTIS SILEN TITE WINDOW UNITS

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... Ihe Parade of Homes Follows the American Way

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out draft, air leakage or to be lived in by free people. exposed hardware. Each plot of ground a piece of a free land. .-. to have and to hold . . . to call your own with none to wrest it! from you, " | Each front door a guarantee of security and’ privacy, . + « guarded not by an Iron Curtain, but by a "portal doubly-reinforced with the Constitution and the Bill of Rights. | - Each window awaiting new draperies that need never be

drawn to hide a ceaseless dread of crashing rifle butts in’

SILENTITE PICTURE WINDOW

SILENTITE WINDOWS

o's « will not stick or bind—

+ + « will not rattle or creak— * the dead of night. > Have: no weights ar pulleys | Each home a fireside from which you can depart and to get out of order. | return without pass or permission. | The Parade of Homes is Freedom on the march along a : iy : for straight and solid path from which our feet should never SILENTITE 7 SILENTITE = wander . . . THE AMERIGAN Way. BASEMENT SASH and ROTOVENT | : 00. ¢ "o + « Operates only from the i ; « «+ a full circle window : 4 insides’ imoy be opened BUILDING INDUSTRIES, INC. for. halls, “lavatories, yesti- | T Parade of Homes, oy TS to any degree . . . cannot bules and attics... may be | dia a |b) AL Sil LJ "rattle or vibrate . . . com- Ts used with any architectural | <0 \) ; £0 A pletely -stripped. Wholesale. Distributors style. 3 * - ¢ & AY LR PR & (4 poss : MITE RALLY i ith WOODWORK — - HARDWOOD FLOORING — - PLYWOOD — LUMBER — BUILDERS’ SUPPLIES Led l . : 053 CM

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