Indianapolis Times, Indianapolis, Marion County, 13 September 1952 — Page 21

Thompsen Co. Holds Open Hous

SATURDAY, SEPT. 13, 1952

A a Fo s %e

New Heating - ™= System Proved | In Test Here !

HO RII BERR OS wk ONS SR SE SN

A new system of perimeter distribution of warm air to outside | (walls through 4-inch prefabri-| cated round ducts has been rigid-

THE INDIANAPOLIS TIMES ._ : : J

QUALITY EE

d § > Q = nN =

by National Warm Air and Air ||| Conditioning Association and the

ly tested and proved successfully i | | University of Illinois. 1

BUILDING

The amazing growth in pepu-

larity of this system is due to

its improved heating performance which, according to the association, results in ‘“tempera- || ture differences of only 2 degrees ||| or less between floor and ceiling.” Becoming interested in these! ||iit |improvements, an Indianapolis ||| builder, Mr. H. C. Ostrom ofl} ” Raa ER ; ps {Home Building Corp. decided toil NORTHEAST SIDE—Twenty more homes are planned in this addition at 2500 E. 57th St., Build- ast 4 hipaselt 8 ls own home I er Albert Thompson announces. fAve. housing project. | { © Tested in Home i oe | T 1 Replacing his stoker-fired grav- . | 10p own lity furnace with a Janitrol Win-| ! {ter Air Conditioner using the 4-|i| Washington, 1. C, leads the eh duct system, he found/

" J A fawigs Were not conscious of heating National Savings and Loan 3t all in our home with this new League. The citizens of the perimeter system.” He has speci- | nation’s capital have $452 per fied this same system in his new

Audubon Homes project { - -. Fri ig invested in these institu The new, low-yelocity method

is also adaptable to basementiess

! 7 {homes in either attic or crawl Ohio Tops States {space applications, as well as in homes with basements. | Ohio is first among the states, According to H. C. Gammon| : (having per capita funds in sav- Heating Co. installers, by bal- : Ings and loan associations. There ancing the controls for Continu{1s $257 a person invested in these gus Air Circiulation (also advog institutions in the Buckeye State cated by the National Warm Air || (according to the National Sav-|Asgociation) the resident is || |ings and Loan League in Wash-|gssured warm, draftless floors lington, D. C. | throughout.

pret WES,

TWO-BEDROOM MODERN—This Thompson built home at | i E 57th St, sells for $15,350, It is open throughout the Parade ° omes.

Albert E. Thompson & Co. will transportation, and schools, has | hold two model homes open dur-jcity gas, water, electricity and] ing Parade of Homes week in mail services, and is convenient! their new addition at 2500 E. 57th to modern shopping areas. St. Another 20 similar homes will, Other features of the homes in-| be built there this fall. clude hardwood flooring, steel] The homes eome in two, three beam construction, full basements | and four-bedroom models and are which are waterproofed, auto-. approved for either FHA or GI matic oil heat, a 30-gallon water, home loans. Prices range from heater and aluminum combination | $15,350 to $18,000. sash and screens. | The model homes open to the public are located at 2520 and 2531 E. 57th St.

Here’s Real Progress |

As every section of homes is| The Point Four Program con-| completed, the builders make a templates both financial ald and complete survey of the new home technical assistance to underdeowners to determine all possible) Veloped areas abroad. Under the ways of improving the home they technical aid program, the Egyp-! build. Their pianziag shows in the tians who have lived in mud huts homes. % {since the days of their Pharaoh’ rulers are now learning from| : Americans new know-how meth-| - Sales prices include landseaping ods in mud hut construction. and shrubbery, concrete streets, | { curbing and sidewalks, a cement! . of Xe i block garage with graveled side Bricks for Building drive, thermopane picture window,| Seventy per cent of all con-| modernfold closet doors, wood-{struction in the U. 8. is masonry’ burning fireplace, double sinks building, a lot eof it brick, says and Fofmica topped kitchen cab-]Industrial Distribution publica-| inets. 3 ition. About 8 billion bricks were The addition is close to good /produced in 1951.

All Landscaped

Sr —

MONEY SAVER—This new heating plant, wing 4-inch prefabricated ducts saves about 25 per cent of the cost of the average | automatic heating plant installation, experts say.

() lwdhitten i /i bth peal Coin nado Pope gf fudlinags wh

LOUIE MOLLER Vice Pres. and Gen. Mgr.

oak floori

» : ® 3 Million bits EAT F8 SLi a

ENJOY THE

Best in Ventilation

7 = lo _ - = u Re —— a = =~ -

® !/4 Million feet of Bruce pre-finished

® 3000 Squares of Asphalt Shingles ® /, Million ft. of insulation board

MATERIAL

Serving Home Builders 45 Years

DISTRIBUTORS FOR THESE NATIONALLY KNOWN PRODUCTS ACT

| | Aefna Mefal Door Frames ON |

Building a home?

AMINUM WINDOWS ""Ashfone” - Bloominglon Limesfone (o. HAAR

FOR "Haydite” Building Unis of LOWEST COST HOMESL Majestic Building Specialties PER-FIT

ALUMINUM

Master Builders Specialties DOUBLE HUNG WINDOWS

Sta-Dri Masonry. Paint L. Sonneborn Sons, Inc., Specialties French Lick Sandstone

BRAZIL CLAY FACE BRICK BROOKLYN FACE BRICK BELDEN FACE BRICK HANLEY FACE BRICK LOS RANCHOS FACE BRICK WESTERN FACE BRICK

*The Worlds Finest Windows®

Phone. BR ondway 2424 oe Phone IR vington 1192

1100 Kast 32nd St. iis * 105 S. Denny St.

73rd and Keystone Ave.

ACME BUILDING MATERIALS were used

throughout the construction of the 260 Beautiful Homes in the Attractive Hawthorn Manor development on the north east side.

Great quantities of materials were used in this one project

DTT

; - ETE IN ~ in part: "8 oN

alone... we list them

feet of lumber

ACME OFFICE BUILDING

This attractive setting of the Acme office is located ot

260 HOMES with 2 and 3 BEDROOMS in Hawthorn Manor

This attractive northeast side development was built by the ABC CONSTRUCTION CORPORATION . .. and many, many happy families are now living in them and enjoying the outstanding features that have made these homes such bargains . ..

There are concrete streets, curbing, sewers, sidewalks, landscaping, shrubs and trees throughout the area. The homes have oil furnaces, automatic water heaters, Youngstown Kitchens, food waste disposers, picture windows and Bruce pre-finished floors. These homes ‘were built by | |

ABC CONSTRUCTION CORP.

5245 N. WINTHROP AVE. GL. 2248

® $26,000 Worth of builders hardware including medicine cabinets

@® All Youngstown Kitchens; food waste disposers, and Bendix automatic Washers furnished by Radio Equipment through Acme Building Materials

® Over !/3 Million feet of 1/3" dry wall

The above volume of building materials represents 25% of the building materials furnished by Acme Building Materials, Inc., to the many residential builders of Indianapolis. The planing mill alone coy= ers 5,000 square feet of floor space,

MIGHTY UP TIRE ICT

5245 WINTHROP GL.

5245 Winthrop Ave.

so MS Vay fh HL SS O55

EE . Bi $7 > 3

ACME YARD AND MILL Tl This view shows only a port of the vast plant where 2

Acme building materials are handled. - Ba by B ’