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1951 Glamour

Expect 100,000 to See Ideal Midwest Design

10-Day Exposition to Have Special Hostesses,

Queen-for-a-Day Show on Network By OPAL CROCKETT THE HOOSIER HOUSE beautiful opens today at the 1951 Home Show. The welcome mat goes out after opening ceremonies at 4:30 p. m. in the mall in front of the house in the State Fair Grounds Manufacturers Building. The Midwest Town & Country display house was finished a day ahead of a 17day deadline by Ben Olsen Jr. It was designed by Ewing| Miller, Terre Haute, and furnished in 48 hours by Ayres’. citement of a Hollywood preIt's a house with a comfortable, miere, the show will open with

casual personality, inside and out.|,..4i0 star-studded ceremonies. It's a continuous house with, Jack Bailey, who has the Queen semiconfined spaces — a house for a Day program on MBS, will with exposed roof joists, house of MC the show. He'll introduce two warm, earthy coloring. Indianapolis queens named at his It's a Hoosier “house, built of national broadcast from the Indiana limestone, redwood, brick Murat Theater and dignitaries inand glass. cluding Mayor and Mrs. Bayt. It will be a center of attraction! Flanking the platform will be opening day, Sunday, on Indi-'a court of honor formed by nine

anapolis Day, and every day of the 10-day exhibition. Colorful Ceremonies With all the splendor and ex-

Home Show Day by Day FRIDAY—Opening Ceremonies, 4:30 p.m. Annual Home Show Banquet, 6:30 p. m.,, Athenaeum. SATURDAY~—Indiana Chapter of Producers Council, Inc., eon, Women's building. SUNDAY~—Indianapolis Day. MONDAY—Electric League Day. 4 TUESDAY—Breakfast, 10 a. m., and Ayres’ style show, sponsored by Central West District of the Garden Club of Indiana. WEDNESDAY—Construction League Day. THURSDAY—Indianapolis Real Estate Board luncheon for wives, husbands, friends. FRIDAY, APR. 27—Marion County Residential Builders, Inc., Day. SATURDAY,. SUNDAY, APR. 28-29-—State Days.

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Home Opens To Thousands At Fair Grounds

girls chosen by Home Show spon-i Architects; Marilyn Abrams, In- band will lead processions over will show the latest inventions

Model House Built For Luxury Living

and innovations for homes, inside and out.

Annual Banquet

Hard-working Home Show directors and officials will shed re-

|soring organizations. dianapolis Construction League; the show grounds. | They are: Sue Ann Dillehay, Pe rom; Indianapolis Electric p,q er high school and college 743 N. Emerson Ave, : classes will be escorted by Home

sponsor, {Indianapolis Home Builders AsJack. will describe the “model Show hostesses—Mrs. Robert. W.

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Hostesses on Hand

|dianapolis Real Estate Board; house and conduct a tour through Fackler, 395¢ N. Tacoma Ave.; sponsibilities of weeks of planCarol Warrick, Indiana Pro-'it. Ayres’ hostesses, Mrs. Leona Mrs. Ruth Faucett, 3256 N. Park ping and go to the Athenaeum! ducers’ Council; Sally Lyman, Knight and Mrs. Mary Dallas, Ave, and Mrs. Philip Seitz and for the annual Home Show ban-

Garden Club of Central West In- will greet guests. The hostesses Mrs.-Frank Wemhoff of the Mea- quet at 6:30 o'clock tonight. It's’ diana; Nancy Lee Downs, Indi- and Ayres’ attendants will be on dowbrook Apartments. They sponsored this year by Marion anapolis Landscape Association; hand in the house every day of were instructed by Miss Helen County Residential Builders, Inc. Gretchen Graves, Marion County the show. Boston, Home Show secretary. W. P. Atkinson, president of {Residential Builders, Inc.; Carolyn. From the house, Jack (in jeep), Crowds will be led past the the National Association of Home

,| Compton, Indiana Society of and the Broad Ripple High School scores of booths where suppliers Builders, will tell of his develop- | DISPLAY BOOTHS | DISPLAY BOOTHS | ; lo 3 r— pi eam a—— ESN Es Epi EEE | I oT DISPLAYS BOOTHS . =. - isan] ois oa ea : | [ HOME SHOW PLANS = | oh [mm a | | Ed | om ® ad oe o See WAN ru rl G O Q DISPLAY ENTRANCE ARDENS i o | : 7 = = | GARDEN us 4 1 TABLES PLANTING | DOXES + pr mE i aman EEL ay tS Ee | DISPLAY . BOOTHS . \ DISPLAY BOOTHS miss av BOOTHS 3 a ” = a, A 3 THIS IS ii-% PATH TO B%116R LIVING—A hundred thousand Hoosiers will make the circuit in the pit of the Manufacturers building at the Home Show opening Joday, é . §

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ment of Midwest City, Okla. at “Not one squabble,” said Ben the banquet. He'll be joined on Olsen, builder. the program by A. Naughton Vacation in Europe Lane of St. Louis, president of the, Miss Benson checked her plane National Producers Council, Inc. ticket for a vacation in Europe.

Both men will be special guests py ic. gpirited officials went back at Home Show ceremonies. Mr. regular careers

Lane will speak tomorrow at Mr. Olsen took. a “breather” —

luncheon meeting of the Indiana but not for long. He will. have Producers #* the show grounds. sl three'd to di tle th “Greatest home show in the J ays swan .

United States.” promised Frank model house when the show closes

Cantwel He's been’ managing Apr. 29. On the fourth day he will director Indianapolis Home start reconstructing it on a large h i he first one, held 26 corner lot purchased at Meridian Shows sihve'the Hills and 73d St. years ago. | Open house will be held upon Praises Co-operation completion and Marion County Everyone co-operated, com- Residential Builders, Inc., will ac-

mented Miss Dorothy Benson, who [on bids for sis purchase. ol ’ r. an rs am Vo redecorated for Ayres’. cently bought and moved into last Mr. and Mrs. Ewing Miller went year's Home Show model house. to work planning a dream house| Rebuilt after the 1950 Stiver ¢ their own, very like the model [Anniversary exhibition, the house wl on y stands at 201 W. 73d St. close ouse they designe [to the site for this year’s Richard Bishop, architecturalitts new owner is affiliated advisor, and Richard Lennox,|Allied Electroplating, Ine, = Home Show president, took time| The house, of modern design, | with long roof-lines, was to admire the results of their di- |from the State Fair Grounds to rections. 'the 73d St. address and Anianed

H. Williamson Stewart, Home recently.

The 1951 Meridian Construetion

Show program and publicity | built the 1950 house. Hugh chairman, and Albert Thompson, | |Bremerman was the designer.” ceremonial chairman, took time to| The very first house (1922) was relax. given away in an essay

on the me, “Why All was in readiness for the own a Moin \

exhibition after hard work of | Mrs. Paul g3 Dennys dozens of officials and es ue 2 High School members, won the home.

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