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Daily Times-Gazette, 28 Mar 1953, p. 13

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THE DAILY TIMES-GAZETTE, Saturday, March 28, 1953 48 Build, Repair, Remodel Your Home HY ? "¥, o Remodelling House Is ~ Simplified By Planning Repairing or remodeling a home | remodelling project with incom- is bound to involve some muss plete plans. To start to build a fire- | so the more planning you |place in your living room on De- ar ae a Porosect. the |cember 20, for example, is going more you can keep disorder at a to mean that Santa Claus undoubt- minimum and get the work done|edly will have to stumble over on schedule. bricks and mortar. The typical modernizing job| 2. Get estimates on all work comprises two phases -- the plan- to be done and on all materials to ning and the actual work. Here are (be used. Carelessness on these some pointers on organizing each points may put you in the position Ee ake your plans carefully |vesterday's budget. Prices seem to and then give yourself time to|change faster than cash on hand. think them over. Never rush into a! 3. Use quality materials where \ SS aS -- IT CAN BE YOURS! That home you've always dreamt about . . . the one with 3 bedrooms, walk-in closets . . . 2 baths . . . and >xtra size kitchen can be yours. The entire staff of the Oshawa Wood Products Limited will help you. We've plan books, can recommend an Architectural Service, give you free estimates, etc. Stop in--talk over your plans with Mr. Myers this week YOUR SATISFACTION IS OUR SUCCESS JSHAWA WOOD PRODUCTS 34 Simcoe St. S. OSHAWA Dial 5-4443 of trying to do today's work on] TERRACE COMPLEMENTS GARDEN-VIEW STYLING PLAN NO. W-383 The clever use of horizontal and vertical siding in conjunction with brick provides a distinctive appearance for this ranch home. Combining the dining area with the living room permits the use of a living area which runs the entire depth of the house. The large terrace is a 'living as you like!" feature that adds to the comfort of this beautiful home. Data: Living Area, Plan1 and 2--1,075 sq. ft.; Cubage, Plan 1-- 15,050 cu. ft.; Plan 2--20,695 cu. ft. For further details' and blue- prints write to the Harry Loder Company, Revillon Building, Ed- monton, Alberta. | quality counts. Labor is a major {item on any remodeling project |and labor costs on shoddy mate- |rials amount to the same as for | quality materials. Such standard |items as clay tile for baths and {kitchens may cost a little more | but promise a lifetime of service. 4. The same goes for workman- | ship. Skilled craftsmanship is more TORONTO -- Designed to en- courage still more Canadians to own their own homes and to ele- vate our present standard of liv- ing, the National Home Show spon- sored by the Toronto Metropolitan Home Builders Association, will be held in the Automotive Building here from April 10 to 18. This year's Home Show promises to be an outstanding springtime ex- hibition featuring all the products and services that go into the con- struction of a house and the equip- ment and services which trans- fers that house into a home. More than 170 of.Canada's lead- ing manufacturers, distributors and retailers of building products, as well as furniture companies, paint companies, electrical firms and numerous other industries closely allied with home - building and home ownership, will partici- pate in the 1953 show, This is the fourth year that the residential building industry has promoted a Home Show of interest to the Canadian public, particular- ly home owners and prospective home owners and there will be a variety of features and attractions for the thousands expected to at- tend. ' Daily, during the Show, gardeni- as will be presented to the first 300 lady visitors. In addition, hun- dreds of visitors will receive beau- tiful roses as they pass through Bridal Hair Dress Wearing a Crown The Coronation theme, so in- fluential in Spring millinery : de- sign, is also strongly reflected in bridal headdresses. Pearls and rhinestones mounted in rigid set- tings shaped like royal crowns, or heavily starched lace in the shape of a regal headdress and studded and outlined with pearls are some of the styles which this season's brides may wear when they are the queen for the day. The first Canadian prohibition of intoxicating liquors was during the war of 1812, | economical than an inexperienced | |dub. The only thing permanent | about a blotched job is disappoint- | ment, | 5. Don't change your mind or |your plans after work has started. | Changes cost money and your con- | tractor has to pass the cost on to | Jou Patient planning can avoid S. 6. Clean everything out of the room or space to be done over. You can't expect the workmen to know what value you place on your | china, pictures or furniture, and you will be paying them for their time. 7. Close off other rooms to pre- vent the spread of dust and dirt Place shoe wiping mats to pre- vent grit from: being tracic | through the house. If the workmen don't clean up at the end of a day, do it yourself to prevent accidents, especially if there are children in the house. CALL US FOR FREE ESTIMATES DIAL 3-7651 CURRAN & BRIGGS READY-MIX LIMITED BE kant SWITCHED This mon HAS NOT switched from Ernie Cay Lumber. Noturally not. Our customers stick with us tighter thon © size ten foot in a size eight shoe! We have the high quality merchandise, low prices ond ample stocks which make for pleasant and profitable shopping. Try wus. Whether your order ls a corload or something the Missus con carry in her hondbag, you get the fastest, friendliest service you ever experi enced. There's nothing viens with our cured, economically-priced lumber, either, | 600) 853 01 2 SN O10 TN Oy 4 O B 53 ALBERT STREET DIAL 5-0122 OSHAWA National Home Show To Encourage Home-Building Retarding | the exhibit of the sponsoring or- | ganization. A cooking school, with actual demonstrations of culinary art by international authorities, | will be presented at regular inter-- |vals and there will be a clinic on interior decorating, talks and dem- onstations on selecting pictures and the proper technique of hang- ing pictures in any room. There will be a unique home workshop in operation, an out- standing exhibit of antique furni- ture, films and other novel and in- teresting exhibits and attractions. Another highlight will be the presentation to some visitor of two complimentary tickets to the Coro- nation of Her Majesty, Queen Eliz- abeth, in London, England, next June. | Grant Smedor of Toronto is gen- {eral manager of the Show while {Bert Grant, Jr., also of Toronto, is chairman of the sponsoring asso- ciation's executive committee. Art 'Frills' Development REGINA (CP)--Kenneth Loch- head, art director at Regina Col- |lege, says the development of art |in Saskatchewan is being held back by an attitude that art is a "frill." The Ottawa-born artist says too {many people regard art as some- | thing for {while it is really for everyone to {enjoy and take part in. He contends'that school teachers who are required to teach art in| | Saskatchewan's schools are at least | partly responsible for the poor | {grounding many have im the sub-| ject. Because of the conception that | art is a frill, many are unable to | think of it as a part of everyday living. Sport is closely linked with | everyday life, he says, "and sport | needs without questioning the qual- {is an art, too. | "Few can apply art to the prac- {tical development of our society | | and can look at it with the idea of | recognizing that art in:painting is | | similar to art in living." | | Mr. Lochhead says he is trying | {to create a different attitude to- {wards art in his classes at. the | college. "I attempt to break some {of the students' preconceived | {ideas." He says many students lack what he terms the 'critical faculty' -- the power to question whether an | idea or a thing is good or bad. They accept the "mass-produced" | |article as part of their material the talented few only, | EVERYTHING IN WOODWORKING ® Ooors ® Windows @ Frames $ Sashes @ Kitchen Cobinets @ Word. robes, ete Oshawa Woodwork 233 SECOND AVE. DIAL 3-290) ity of the article. Mr. Lochhead says many of his own students lack this faculty be- cause they have not had enough preliminary training, Most, how- fren, know what they like or dis- e. y Want to buy, sell or trade? 3 Classified Ad and the deal is made. ONTARIO FLOOR SANDERS OLD FLOORS REFINISHED ---------------- WalL AND FLOOR TILE SUPPLIED AND LAID DIAL 3.7251 | | | HICKORY ST. AJAX LUMBER CO. WHITBY SEPTIC SIMPLEST AND MOST « PRE-CAST o INSTALL YOUR SEPTIC TANK ANY SIZE FROM 300 GALLONS UP TANKS ECONOMICAL WAY TO Complete with radius We also make PRE-CAST CONCRETE SIDEWALKS bend and approaches BROOKLIN BROOKLIN, ONT. MANUFACTURED, DELIVERED AND INSTALLED BY PRODUCTS CONCRETE TELEPHONE 155 using i MODEL OPC-75 DELCO-HEAT Conditionair Oil-Fired in your home BETTER HEATING for BETTER LIVING DELCO-HEAT is the name to re- member for every type of auto- matic home heating equipment . for warm air -- hot water or steam systems. 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