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TIMES HOME OF THE WEEK THE HOME 'WORKSHOP 'FOR BETTER HEALTH <q THE OSHAWA TIMES, Saturday, December 12, 1959 13 more than 6,000,000 persons with | | SHADOW-BOX CUPBOARD HOME DESIGN NO. 366 ... ... Now here is a home framed with cedar shakes and suitable for a 50 foot lot. Laid out for the MOST in privacy, you will notice a spacious living room with a large picture window set in a bay. The bay window treatment is really a treat, since it floods the room with extra daylight. There is a kit- chen-nook combination with a snack bar and the bath boasts a built-in vanity. Both bed- rooms have large closets with sliding doors. Stairs to base- ment are convenient from kit- chen. Size of rooms: kitchen, 10 x 9: nook 8 x 9; bedroom, 2, 12 x 11; living 18 x 12; bed room, 1, 9 x 12. Standard Builders' blueprints costingy $9.75 a set may be obtained for this Design No. 366, For further information write to: Building Page Editor, The Times, Osh- 29.8 fen Fl TPE By RUTH W, SPEARS A shadow box cupboard, over a chest or a table, gives the effect of an important piece of furniture. Pattern 264, which has an actual-size guide for the scalloped front and | shows a simple assembly me- | thod, will be mailed for 30 cents, Address orders fo The | Home Workshop Dept., The { Times, Oshawa. Jo store these articles in the| | ANSWER: As the attic is vent- led, I assume it is nioisture-free; {in which case, attic storage would [be safe, RE MoV ING LINOLEUM PASTE QUESTION: 1 want to remove lan enameled wall-covering with [felt base and replace it with |all tile. What can 1 use to take ithe old lineleum paste off so as {to have a clear plaster wall? ANSWER: If this is a water- solubic paste, moisten with water and scrape off with a putty knife when softened. Otherwise, use | a family affair. There is no bet- ; HERMAN N. BUNDESEN, =| Don't be unduly , the increase in paralytic of the country. jections are administered, fective in preventing paralyti Making decorations should be polio. ter way to kindle a real holiday spirit. Pattern 321, which shows how to make wreaths of greens | and gives actual-size guides for a plywood Christmas card tree and a sled centre piece for table or mantel, is 40 cents. Address orders to The Home Workshop Dept., The Times, | Oshawa. a year after the third, this effectiveness NEW VACCINES J Besides, there are new va cines coming. Scientists {working on three different A ithat at lea this is throughly dry, rub with paste wax or paraffin.' A special | "stick" preparation for making | surfaces easy-sliding is also ef. fective; available at housewares | and hardware dealers. In seve cases, it may be necessary first to sandpaper, or even use plane, to fedyce the warped sections. AVAILABLE Barristers & Solicitors 130 KING ST. E. DIAL RA 8-6246 BLAMES SWANS DUNGENESS, England (CP)-- The electricity board of this Kent seaport is Jooking for swans that cause power failures. They fly into the overhead cables, short- | circuiting the lines. New Vaccines On Way To Wage War On Polio alarmed by polio cases this year in some parts The Salk vaccine does work. When three properly-spaced in- the vaccine is about 90 per cent ef- And the fourth injection, which we now recommend about increases are| live {Virus vaccines and chances are st one of them will be i a MORTGAGE LOANS Jones '& Greer with the people than with the] medical product. Instead of asking: "Why isn't the vaccine 100 per cent effec- tive?"" we should ask: "Why won't everyone itor Maybe most of them will, if] vaccines now under study are! perfected. One drug firm has just about peéifected a new process for manufacturing polio vaccine us- ing purified viruses. It appears that such a process will lead to a more efficient and a better stan- dardized vaccine. Three types of live virus vac- cines already have been given) field trials in different parts of the world. NEAR-PERFECT RECORD One of them has, been given tol} |an almost perfect safety record. So why hasn't it been Heensed here? Well, we Xaow it is safe to those to whom it has been given, but the virus it contains can spread. And there are some who fear that, as the virus spreads, it may become stronger and develop into a danger for persons coming' into contact with the vaccinated individual. SOLUTION NEAR Such problems, I'm sure, will be solved"in the near future. take wf MD licensed for polio use here within the next year or two. PA Nationally, there were about twice as many paralytic polio cases this year as were reported last year. Why? REASONS FOR INCREASE Well, for one thing, they oc- curred chiefly among persons who had not had the first rhree prop- erly-spaced injections of the vac- cine. Many of them did not have even one injection. , Even though the vaccine isn't perfect, the trouble lies more 7 ic c- IRON FIREMAN CUSTOM WEIS Oil FURNACE Install Your New Appliances We'll = your appliances ready for tip-top service by making plumbing connections expertly. Call us olso for re- il pairs when necessary, | prices are right LORNE GOODMAN Plumbing & Heating 758 Mary St. -- RA 5.1044 UP TO § YEARS TO PAY METY PLUMBING CO. LTD. | 23 - CELINA RA 5-3279 I |solvent recommended by manu- |facturer of paste and fine steel | wool awa. NOW available (from ad dress below) a new and enlarged 1960 Book of House Designs entitled "A New Se- lection of Low Cost HOMES for CANADIANS", price $1.00. Contains 114 designs including 1 storey, 1% storey, 2 storey, and split level homes, plus much useful information on building terms and require ments. Also included is full in- formation on how to obtain in- expensive blueprints for these designs. Order your copy NOW. FIRST AID TO THE AILING HOUSE By ROGER C. WHITMAN REPLACING ASPHALT TILES sold; pA your County Road Com- the stains on the concrete, try QUESTION: My kitchen floor [missioner may be able to help the following: Dissolve one part is covered with asphalt tile. Nine | YOU. For concrete surfaces the! sodium citrate in six parts of squares are badly worn and {following treatment is fairly ef- water and six parts of commer- cracked. How can I replace fective for sealing; either brush cial grycerin. Mix some of this them? on, or apply with garden spray- with emough powered whiting to The Building Editor, Oshawa Times, Oshawa, Outarlo, | SLIDING PANELS STICK | QUESTION: The lower sections |of wooden book cases in the liv-| ing room are designed for storage and have sliding panels. These stick and are a nuisance to slide |sometimes. Is there any way to {get the mto move easilly? ANSWER: Coat the lower sec- {tions of the panels, and the {grooves in which they slide, with] | pure, fresh, white shellac. When Enclosed please find $1.00 for which send me Book of House Designs entitled "A New Selection of Low Cost Homes For Canadians." (Please make remittagce payable te The Oshawa Times.) Thais Christmas... ive modern electric appliances Modern electric appliances give lasting servies Name Address pe [04 y 7 POOR HEATING AND "SOLID COMFORT® JUST WON'T Mi 50 NOW I$ THE TIME D MEND AND FIX" ler, a warm solution of equal form a paste and spread in a ANSWER: The faulty tiles can paris of boiled linseed ofl and/thick layer over the stains on the be pried up after first placing turpentine, (Be careful of fire cement. When dry, replace with seevral pounds of dry ice on|hazard and warm this by plac- fresh paste or moisten with the them for about 10 to 15 minutes; ling container with solution in remaining liquid. A week or more| this will cause the adhesive very hot water for about 20/may be necessary for complete Siciouts to Beroitie brittle minutes.) After this has dried removal of the spots enou pry up with a putty for eight hours, apply a second knife, While prying up one area, |cont J ATTIC STORAGE brush the dry ice to next area UESTION ESTION: 1 to be removed. Be sure to wear VINYL OVER APHALT 9 Lve 1s. 8 row house with an 'unheated, vented We're storing my sister's| rubber gloves while handling the] QUESTION: We have asphalt dry ice. Manuf' rer's instruc. tle over a concrete slab floor. attic. tions should b ved in rela i we cover this with vinyl wedding presents (linens, lamps ing with new tiles, which are iile? |electrical appli : y .-¥ i ppliances, etc.) in an available from your tile dealer. | ANSWER: Vinyl tile can be puti, oq oom we now want to : {over asphalt. T suggest you write GREASE PROTECTION ito a well-known mavufacturer for convert into a den. Would it be QUESTION: We plan to have|an instruction booklet a new driveway put down later RUST STAINS-- this year. Is there any way to| treat the surface of blacktop or QUESTION: How ean 1 remove! + |rust stains from a cement porch? concrete to reduce staining b; | Al t sh Tinoleam. il and grease from cars? 50 Tust stains on ou oa ANSWER: Rust - removing ANSWER: To prevent this kind | preparations are widely available of staining there is a liquid |in housewares, and hardwares' dressing for black top which is |stores, as well as variety stores. mopped on. It is generally avail- | Follow label instructions careful able where asphalt products are ly. For 2 home-made remedy for, ANAAAAAAPPPIIPPOPIPPIPN Announcing... A NEW and pleasure because they re so easy to use, Py EEDY << REPAl IE ouct 9% . THOMPSON LumiNG ~ HEATING || so inexpensive to operate. There's such a wonderful variety that you'll be able to please everyone on your Christmas list. 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