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Lots of Living for Little Money
By DEAN H. ROBINSON
The home for this week is only 35’ x 29’, square in shape, .and with a. full basement. All of these features add up to lots of living . for the least amount of money. The exterior has been designed of brick veneer but the house lends itself equally well to cinder block h g R or frame construction. uu. BEDROOM Let's walk through the protected front door and look at many of the Big House features contained inside. First, there is a vestibule and coat closet. Next, a large living room with picture: window and open - planned dining ell. “The kitchen opens directly into this area and. is compact and efficiently planned. Two windows furnish light and the service entrance opens on the basement ‘ Dees °p LIVING ROOM BEDROOM Across the living room a door 110° x 18-6" H-9" x 100° opens into a square hall which in a —————— RE turn leads to three bedrooms and a bath. Two of these bedrooms have cross ventilation and all of ot them have closét space. The mas- ¢ 172 FLOOR PLAN
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\reciie in the summer,
When Europeans talk ahout, Brownish water coming from America, they talk about plumb- {the faucet means that the tank ing. Ne lor the pipes are rusting and will
plumbing in their homes for Use of nen-corrodi materials
will prevent discoloréd water, granted. Consequently it becomes doh loud knock in a pipe can
defective and annoying. {be eliminatéd by extending the Ways to cure these plumbing pipe a foot or two above the fauaches and pains are reported in cet. This capped section which a recent survey by the Southwest hever fills with water acts as an Research Institute. jalr ‘cushion which minimizes the Hot water faucets which take effect of abrupt pressures, several minutes to warm up will| This *hot only reduces thé posspurt hot water at the first turn sibility of noise‘but adds to the of the handle it the water lines ihe of the EE ——
ter bedroom, in fact, has one for|recreation room, hobby shop, and; Mrs. and another for Mr. {lots of storage space.
The stairs leading to the base-| Although not pretentious, this ment go straight down,. whichilittle home has a world of happy saves a lot of steps for the busy living between its four walls and, housewife. There is room down best of all, it should be very eco-, here for a heater room, laundry, nomical to build and maintain.
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Construction Costs Rise
‘More Slowly, Paper Says || our Liskt Fixtures
NEW YORK, Nov. 24—The rise th i h that t are in hearly 20 i e magazine shows that mate- / in construction costs sparked bY rials are down 0.9 per cent, due to MARBAR HOMES
bol ie la drop in the price of lumber, | because we offer
Though costs will continue up. | while labor costs are up 3.3 to $ BEAUTY—VALUE
ward for the next six to nine!Per cent. g _months, because of wage. in-|. Contractor bid price. naexeol]| —PESIGN. a crease, the increase will be limited show that second-quarter prices! : to five percent, the magazine says. this year were 4 per cent above! ? *
The five percent limit includes fourth-quarter prices of 1950. | only wages and prices and does| * The magazine's construction! y. 3 9 not include effects on construction ¢ost index on a 20 cities average | It CRY 1 omer’s for gelling prices or losses in produc-|(1913-100) for last month is ; ’ tivity due to shortages, substi- 546.51, an increase from 531.93 in| Lig ht Fixtures and tutes, emergency speedups and January. The average monthly || Fire p lace Accesspecial conditions on individual index for last year was 509. 37.| . jobs. {This compares with 477.02 in 1949 | sorties.
In its 1951 Supplemental Report 8nd 460.72 in 1948, on ER rio ot ths maga-| Building cost index for October | zine says that price and cost con- is 30%. 43, an {nerense from 392.99 trols have been more effective on i} January. Last year's monthly
average was 37547. In 1949 it material prices than on wage rates. [was 351.79 and in" 1948, 344.51;
The construction cost index is Engineering. New- Record cost based on price movements in} indexes have gone up 1.3 to 1.8/structural steel, portland cement, |
YOU _CAN PAY YOUR DOWN PAYMENT IN INSTALLMENTS
3h 30 3
J rengslown
per cent since the January 26 {lumber and common labor. |
% Automatic Oil Furnace
182 of this type home already built ..
freeze. Breaking down these costs = a — =
A Dusty Home v4 Can Be Powder Keg
The old bogey of the housewife, dust, can be very dangerous if it is not disposed of properly. Many women have been injured and their homes damaged by dust explosions and the fires | that sometimes follow. But housewives can avoid such a haz-| ard with a single precaution, says) T. L. Osborn Jr., vice president of | National Retailers Mutual Insur-| ance Co. In getting rid of any dusty sub] stance such as sweepings from a
vacuum cleaner or carpet sweeper » —or ofd flour—be Sertais to wrap! Wenther. Boul s advised. | \ it up tightly in paper, he advised. | £0 MBINATION STORM WINDOWS : * Two-Pane Panels | y/ 7)
TOLEDO—A ‘new type of panel |. window which can be installed as Fuel St a single unit or to form a win-| QU
dow-wall is expected by Libby-Owens-Ford architectural con-| sultants. to start a new trend I for using Thermopane insulating 1 STOPS MEAT LOSS glass for all windows in a home, |
not just the “show window.” | 2 SEALS OUT COLD AIR, DIRT a
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Here's where the New Homes are located
73 More of these homes will be constructed on S. Sheridan Ave., and on S. Catherwood located in Irvington — 2 blocks east of Arlington —4 blocks south of Washington. 27 Will be located in the 200 block on S. Grant and S. Gladstone just north of Brookville Road.
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| All These Features Included! 1 Kigakens Are Completely Equipped With
%_Combination Aluminum Storm _ Automatic Hot Water Heater . ~~ Stevens and Son, Windows and Sereens ©. 4 gjrch Flush Panel Doors - Rice. “Robert % Brick Construction % Tile Bath . py what Pie always * 2 Blocks to School and Bus * Laundry Facifities wanted—a bright tiled . % Dinette ; ; luminum Windows ath room.” : % Hardwood Floors Po X omit | Steel Kitchen Mr, George ¥. Sweet % Full Basement : Cabinets re % Social Room Area % All City. Utilities
% Paved Streets and Curbs
VISIT THE MODEL HOMES TODAY, 6019 IVANHOE, 338 S. WEBSTER, 10 AM. TO 6 P. M.
- Marbar Homes. Inc.
836 E. 46th St. (Broad Ripple) . OFFICE Open Sania 10. A. M. to 6 P. M. No Telephone Calls, Please; First Come, First Served
‘WE COMPLIMENT THE FOLLOWING CONTRACTORS
Insulation Hardwood Floors Electrical Fixtures L. C. Cassidy & Sons Carl Johnson Romer Electric Co. 3704 W. Washington St. 4902 Norwaldo 106 S. Meridian Heating Equipment : Storm Windows Blocks, Building Materials - Curry's Premier Heating : Midwest Material & Supply Corp. - F. J. Schuster Coal Co. 208 N. Davidson 715 Ft. Wayne Ave. 824 E. Troy Ave. ; Plumbing Plumbing Supplies ; Inside Trim Davenport Bros. ; Natl. Plumbing & Heating Supply Co. Ten Point Trim Corp. ~~ 604-W. North 320-26 N. Capitol Ave. ~ P. O. Box 394 I ? Finish Hardware Gutters, Downspouts Tile Baths 11+ Ferrell Hardware Co., Inc. : Prichard & Dison Sheet Metal Co. Thompsan-Des: Ine. 716 W. 52nd St. - 2901 W. Michigan St. 1305 N. Pennsylvania +4 Floor Covering Youngstown Kitchens : Lath and Building’ Tai J Leo Friedman Radio Equipment Co. Lb Veling Co., Inc. oy
ber Co. was named first vice {1951 ‘annual meetings held No. president. | vember 10-15 at the St. Francis __ The elections highlighted “the | Hotel, San Francisco.
Lumber Group
SAN FRANOISCO — Lumber 2% IN THE FOLLOWING PROPERTIES Imanyfacturers of the nation-élect-| : ‘
Manufacturers Association this
week, Qt
Mr. Veach, president of “the
Architects & Builders
Guaranty Insurance
Baldwin Block {Hardwood Corporation of Amerb. < Big Four Kahn |ca, Asheville, North Carolina, was S Circle 1 Roi I unanimously chosen to direct the |. \'¢ ircle Tower ooseve association for the coming year. ; S Consolidated Stewart Bloc Mr. Corydon Wagner; vice presi- > Doctors Terminal
dent and treaturer of, the St. Paul and Tacoma Lumber Co., Tacoma, Wash.,, became chairman of the board of directors. Ralph’ R.| Macartney, Klamath -Falls, Ore.,| manager of the Klamath Falls Branch of the Wey erhaeuser ‘Tim-|
Farm Bureau Insurance Underwriters
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