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Steel Plays Vital HOME DECORATION EXTENDS INTO THE BACKYARD, with the development of multicolored translucent plastic panels. Used for patio roofs, as shown above, or for fences and other home improvements, the striped panels come in colors compatible with house paint exterior trim. They fit in with many siding materials, including brick, steel and stucco, and with architectural styles from Polynesian Modern to traditional Cape Cod. Filon-Stripes panels from Filon Division, Vistron Corporation. Check Your YOUR HOUSE PLANS SHOULD INCLUDE OURS The best plan to protect that new home of yours is a State Farm Homeowners Policy... the low-cost package of protection that provides broader coverage for your home and belongings and for you, in case of lawsuits. So call me today and find out how you can Krotect your new ome from the ground up! STATE (FARM INSURANCE Ail Dennis Conway 3315 W. Elm Street Phone 385-7111 • * P 649.1 STATE FARM FIRE AND CASUALTY COMPANY HOME OFFICE: BLOOMINGTON. ILLINOIS Heating System If you're in doubt about your present heating system, you can find out if you are being shortchanged by asking yourself the following six questions: 1. Are there drafts or cold spots in any room of the house? 2. Must I constantly adjust the thermostat to keep the tempera-, ture level tolerable throughout the house? 3. Is it difficult to maintain different temperatures in every room of the house? 4. Is frequent cleaning necessary because grime, oily film or soot accumulates on the furniture, drapes, walls and other surfaces? 5. Do I have frequent repair bills due to furnace adjustments or breakdowns? The variety and plentitude of efficient and beautiful new automatic ranges owe their existence to a machine most people have never heard of, much less seen -- the .continuous steel-sheet mill. Developed by the American steel industry during the 1920s, the continuous sheet mill spews out a ribbon of steel faster than a mile a minute. Much of this ribbon will wind up in the kitchens of America in the form of ranges. Before the mill was developed, sheet-steel production was a slow, expensive process. Smooth curves and rounded corners were virtually impossible. Substitute materials were too bulky, and just not rugged enough, to stand up to highspeed manufacturing and a lifetime of trouble-free operation. It is no exaggeration to say that modern ranges would be virtually impossible without the continuous steel - sheet mill. A typical range is 95 per cent steel. Ranges (like automo- Role in Ranges NON-STICK Teflon® panels slip right out of Norge range oven for easy washing at sink. biles) must be produced in high volume. Costs go down as production goes up. And highvolume production means that ranges can be sold at a price Citatum IjattLi (Uraftrii METAL CRAFT by SCHROEDER Weather Vanes FOR GRACIOUS SPRING LIVING I * Mail Boxes Outdoor Patio & Stands Furniture ^House Numbering :Ten-0-( Schroeder Metalcraft Inc. 1705 South Rfe. 31 McHenry, Illinois Phone 815 -385-0950 consumers can afford. A recent improvement in cold-rolled steel sheets permits durable porcelain enamel to be applied in one coat instead of two. Continuous sheets are not the whole story of steel in ranges. Better and more economical steels are under constant development at research centers, such as U.S. Steel's laboratory at Monroeville, near Pittsburgh. U. S. Steel application development specialists work constantly with manufacturers to reduce cqsts and improve product design and manufacture. The durability and reliability of the new ranges are greater than ever because special forms of carbon steel, as well as stainless steel, are used where heat and corrosion are problems. Porcelain enamel on steel, chromed steel and stainless steel assure that the new ranges will keep their good looks during their long lives. Juvenile Furniture Is Designed to Help You Make Playroom Space Playroom space for youngsters is a daily problem for mothers. Furniture designers, aware of this plight, have introduced juvenile furniture designed to make both mothers and children happy. One way to organize playroom space when there doesn't seem to be an inch to spare is through the use of furniture in a child's room where a play area can be arranged that is attractive and full of function. Local furniture dealers have an abundant store of juvenile furniture that can be used in a child's bedroom with plenty of room left for a sizeable play area. The room can be a private haven for a child and friends by day and a place to rest that weary head at night. Here is a suggestion that might make a bedroom into a double purpose room. Beds take up the most space and selecting bunk or trundle type beds will add floor area for playing. Sun Inspires New Heating For Home Does the sun warm the air around us? Answer, no -- we do! And that's one reason why, come fall and winter, people may feel chilly even when the furnace is going. The sun shines down on people and the earth without warming intervening air. Objects are warmed first, then they warm the air. Radiation is the answer. Heat flows from warm to colder surfaces--thus, loss of body heat in cold weather may be due to radiation of warmth to chillier objects. One new idea based on solar radiation principles is overhead heating. Ceiling- mounted electric panels radiate heat from above. Located near doors and windows where heat loss is greatest, the panels reduce body heat loss. Everything in the room is warmed directly by the rays -- a chair, a table, the floor, the walls, an adult, a child. Then the air warms. Electric radiant heating panels have no moving parts, may be positioned on or in the ceiling and may be painted to match. Thermostats can be installed for each room.