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vi zzzzzr 3grA WwW6T? AVI 3l il RESERVBV Certified Watchmaker Horohgical Imtitute of America. Wathington, D. C. 4th Floor, State Life 15 E. Washington St.

LI. 5213 Pcx III ill) WJfi I railer in ler's size. With 2-year-old daughter Maywin, Mr. and Mrs. Walter Bergin are permanent residents of Little Eagle Village, Indianapolis.

Neighbor children romp in front yard of Mr. and Mrs. Walter Moulton's permanent National Camp, East Washington Street. The built-on living room doubles the tra NE OF every 145 residents of the Unit- States lives in a trailer, according to the frailer Coach Manufacturers' Association. insons or on iniDuise.

nut a number in- reasing each year never hang a license plctte on the streamlined boxes they call home. Popped up on concrete blocks, or protected -nam jttom ground frosts by a masonry foundation, railers now provide an estimated 10,000 In- fiama families with a reasonably comfortable 'bape from an acute housing shortage. I Indianapolis dealers estimate they sell roro 4,000 to 5,000 new and used house trail- Here is a new and more beautiful 'rg each year. Consequently, a dozen sizeable and what some regard as perfection in a living room: sitting anywhere in it, you can reach everything magazine rack (high on the wall), radio, window blinds, door. Others, a little crowded, double the trailer's size by building another room on it.

Nearly every trailer dweller fences himself in, either with fancy pickets or chicken wire. Geraniums bloomed last summer in window boxes, marigolds made the fence rows gay, and morning glories twined over trellises at numerous front gates. Hoosiers live in trailers for the same reason they once lived in houses. Some adopted the trailer as superior to the house when the first trailers made their appearance nearly 20 years ago. Some are renters sold out of their homes during the war or the day before yesterday.

Some owned their homes, could riot resist tempting offers, sold and bought a trailer. Some are war veterans who prefer the independence and variety of a trailer park to the hateful barracks offered them as a home for their families. But the housing problem, ironically, does not end in a trailer dealer's showroom. Trailer parks, too, are crowded, and some have waiting lists of from 25 to 75' applicants for any vacancies that turn up. tarks around the Hoosier capital, and some mailer ones, offer the homesteader on wheels (7fdmhal place to park and plenty of company for an rent of $3.50 a month, often includ-ng utilities except gas, always laundry and oilet facilities, and in one case, paved streets RADIO-PHONOGRAPH COMBINATION wfe a ess "Srmanently named, along with this terse to stay put: "If you're camping, love on." At Flanner and Buchanan the family may enter and leave by a private driveway.

Selection of a casket is made in our private display rooms. Private apartment-like reposing rooms are available where friends may pay their respects. In the chapels, too, the same gracious privacy is afforded. Relatives there have private rooms where they may observe the service, yet remain unobserved. The beautiful walnut cabinet encloses the finest 7-tube radio and 169S0 THE HOOSIER trailer dweller buys his oiling hearthstone for $1,500 to $3,000.

In a railer about 25 feet long he has a bedroom. phonograph both true to the quality standard made famous by Admiral. Convenient Terms: $16.95 Down, $10 Per Month kitchen' with sink, stove, refrigerator and abinets, a linen closet and a clothes closet, A 27-foot trailer with addition is home for the C. C. Riehardsons.

With two children, they've lived at Hoosier Trailer Camp for last 18 months. 1 i I 'Alio Available In Dark Mahogany at 79.50 or Blonde of We Hove a Complete Line of Fine Admiral Kodiot From J) 7.95 VICTOR IS OPEN TOMORROW, MONDAY and each day. Mon. through Sat. 9:30 A.

P. M. I FREE-STATEWIDE DELIVERY You can order by mail with absolute assurance of complete satisfaction. I I I I i Iff A mm iTOjnnnimjnn -j HJfhfmtm I t' 11 p.v HUCRIIKAT MIBIBIANIT. -i 231 7.

ST. freeboee U. JKJ 0pete SfeftAoese i Trellis of mc4 rg glories, picket fence, shady awning what more, ask the Wallace Olivers, A trailer is a welcome haven from endless "No Vacancy" signs to Mrs, Philip Clevenger, a war veteran's wife, could any coi( want? Mrs. Oliver's flowers won her a box of candy in camp's garden contest. NOVEMBER 7.

1947 ii THE INDIANAPOLIS STAR MAGAZINE 10.