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THE READING TIMES, READING, SATURDAY MORNING, OCTOBER 2T, 1939 REAL ESTATE VALUES INCREASING BUILD OR BUY NOW Eighteen Special Kitchen Cabinets Solve Storage Problems It the average kitchen cabinet is; of steel, it has a smooth work sur not sufficient in size and range of service to care for all kitchen equipment and functions, there are many special cabinets which may be installed to share some of its burden. Like new kitchen cabinets, these special cabinets may be added to the kitchen with funds obtain eble from qualified lending institutions under the Modernization Credit Plan of the Federal Housing Administration. One useful cabinet now being manufactured is designed for the storage of vegetables. The front of the three drawer type bins is louvered for air circulation. Made Easy Way To Make Plaster Patches The lath streaks that often mar a kalsomined or plastered ceiling are due to variations in the temperature penetration of the plaster directly beneath the lath and that filling the cracks between the lath.

The wood has a definite insulating effect. This temperature variation causes a difference in moisture condensation, and this causes a variation in the dust accumulation from the air in the room, hence the pattern showing the shape of the lath and often that of the supporting wood joists. Cleaning off the dust, of course, removes the pattern. Such streaks will not appear on a ceiling with a plaster base of furred metal lath. FURNACES DON'T HEAT ace Household heating plants do not rious materials when subjected to heat human bodies, but only slow extremely low temperatures for down their loss of heat to the air long periods.

and to colder objects around them, This almost inconceivable tem usually outside walls and top floor i perature of minus 370 degrees is ceilings. Because insulation, when 402 degrees below freezing, and 280 Installed in such walls and ceilings, degrees lower than the lowest na llterally raises their temperatures tural air temperature ever recorded during cold winter months, it slows that of 90 degrees below at Verk down the occupants' bodily heat hovan.sk, in north central Siberia, losses, and increases comfort. For i xo maintain such extreme tem that reason, a person standing near an uninsulated wall will feel less comfortable than one standing near an insulated wall. Frozen water pipes should never be thawed with blow torches or other open flames. They should be thrawed with hot water, which though slower, Is far safer than a blow torch.

uneil camneis 01 varying neignis effectively take care of linen storage, while soiled linen hampers, which operate on the drawer principle, offer a permanent solution to a temporary storage problem. Implement cabinets, available in all heights and sizes, provide space for mops, brooms, soaps, and other cleaning materials, while shallow "step" shelves may be installed high on the wall to take care of canned and bottled goods. Bread bins and bulk storage bins, the latter for sugar, coffee, form small cabinets, while "dead corner" cabinets are made to fit into inaccessible corners for general storage. Streaks On Ceiling Are Easily Avoided Plaster of paris is used by most householders for patching plastering. However, it sets so quickly that often it is difficult to make a smooth patch.

Wood fibered gypsum plaster will be found equally as satisfactory and is much easier to work. A large patch over wood lath Is more easily made by first covering the area with metal lath nailed and wired to the wood lath. This is particularly true of ceiling patches. COLDER THAN SIBERIA An experimental chamber in which are produced temperatures as low as 370 degrees below zero, Fahrenheit, has recently been constructed to test the behavior of va peratures in the chamber, it has been eoniDletelv wrapned with a blanket of mineral wool insulation, 12 feet thick. This blanket, 40 times thicker than the insulation usually installed in the side walls and top floor ceilings of ordinary dwellings, practically eliminates the passage of outside heat through the walls of the chamber.

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Convenient Budget Plan available. GREENFIELDS BUILDING CORPORATION DIVISION OF BRIGHT COMPANY DIAL 6131 READING, PA. Bathroom Planning Divided Into 3 Steps, Bureau Says Fixtures, Designs And Color Schemes Should Be Studied There are three steps in planning the modern bathroom, according to the Plumbing and Heating Industries Bureau. These are the arrangement of the fixtures and piping system, the choice of architectural and decorative designs, and the se lection of the color scheme that suits the personal preferences of the owner. The first and basic step in planning the bathroom is to obtain a satisfactory floor layout.

This involves the most convenient placing of fixtures with relation to the doors, windows and radiator. In planning the layout, it is well to keep in mind that it is inadvisable to have the bathtub under a window because of the possibility of drafts and that the lavatory is the most beautiful and most graceful of the plumbing fixtures, and if possible should be so placed that it is the fixture that can be seen if the bathroom door is left open. The more room you have for your bathroom, the more opportunity you have to include additional fixtures, such as a shower cabinet and dental lavatory, storage space for towels and bathroom accessories, and the dressing table. The hidden piping which brings fresh water and removes wastes is an important part of your plumbing installation, and the efficiency of your bathroom depends on the proper planning and installation of the piping. To insure thus efficiency, obtain the services of a qualified plumbing contractor, whose business it is to know about bacterial infection, the action of siphons, and the flow of liquids, as well as Pipe sizes and installation.

The second step in planning the bathroom Is to make up your mind regarding lighting effects, architectural details and accessories. The choice of wall and floor materials is included in this step, and the wide range in both material and price makes this a fascinating part of bathroom planning. The walls and floors should, of course, be waterproof, easy to clean, and unaffected by household acids. The floors should be non slip and pleasant to the touch. Tile is available in a cost range from genuine ceramic tile down to low cast boardtile which Is applied easily and quickly.

Glass as a wall covering, while expensive, adds a luxuriously distinctive note to the bathroom, and may be obtained in clear crystal, mirror backed or opaque, in many colors and patterns. Such items as decalcomanias on doors or walls, mirrors on shutters which open Inside, glass shelves across windows for bathroom accessories, clothes hamper on the door and a full length mirror somewhere in the bathroom, are inexpensive yet add immeasurably to the comfort and conveniece of the family using the bathroom. A medicine cabinet with integral light brackets which offer indirect lighting to its mirrored door, is a bathroom indispensable. The third step is the selection of the color harmony best suited to your taste. Many people prefer white plumbing fixtures because there Is no end to the color possibilities of floors, walLs, ceiling, towels or curtains to be used.

If colored fixtures, which come in a wide variety of shades, are to be used the color accents should be planned to harmonize with them. If your bathroom faces north, you will want bright sunny colors to make it more cheerful in the dull northern light; if it faces south, cool greens or blues are more suitable. At any rate, in choosing your color harmony let it fit your personality, and let it be one that you yourself will like and enjoy. Good Basemen Is Worth All Thai If Costs Now that heating plants are neatly compact, and laundry tubs are not needed with the dimlinutive new style washers, there is added argument in favor of a ground floor service room for such facilities, thus dispensing with a basement. Unquestionably, such an arrangement will save many tiring trips down and up stairs.

However, the construction economy may be a bit disappointing. The house must still have a foundation and, in regions subject to severe freezing, its depth should be within a few feet of that required for a basement. A service room complicates the first floor arrangement and appreciably Increases the cost of the house by enlarging its area. A good basement is worth the difference in cast. The compactness of the modern home leaves hardly any other place for children to romp, or for a recreation room.

A basement is far more desirable and handier than an attic for such purposes. Waterproofing will protect most any basement from excessive dampness, and forced ventilation is easily added if window area Is inadequate. A ceiling and walls of plaster on metal lath make a basement room as attractive as any other in the house and remarkably fire resistive. Solid partitions, only two inches thick, constructed of plaster on metal lath supported by slender steel channels, will be found thoroughly impervious to dusty fumes from the heating plant and odorous vapors from the laundry. Such partitions are specially suitable for basement use since they are thoroughly fireproof and will withstand much rough use, such as when used to enclose space used for fuel storage.

rEXj3E ujfas iH "31 i I j0f iiiiiniiiii i 'nil mi" itf ifr imir i ir i i v. i i in i mi it, ij I up I I stJ 1 Home With The clean cut lines of this home and the many advantages offered In its simple design are being recognized more each day by purchasers of small homes. There is nothing startling about the house, but it is an excellent example of how an attractive and comfortable three bedroom home ran be built at low cost under the insured mortgage system of the Federal Housing Administration. The property was valued by FHA appraisers at $6,200, and the home was built with the aid of a mortgage of $4,900 insured by FHA. Monthly payment, inrluding interest, principal, and mortgage insurance, amounts to $.15.31.

f) Real R. W. Doty. to Peoples Tr. Wyomtssing 100 Howard F.

and Evada L. Gar man to Jaxon W. and Margaret J. White, Laureldale Nom. Home Owners Loan Corp.

to Pete and Angelina. Scomavacchl, West Reading 1,600 Hannah M. and John W. Alla mong and Anna SchaefTer et Hamburg 500 Acme Paper Board Co. to John U.

Reber, Bern Twp 8K Lottie Boblnskl to Rutsell R. and Bessie E. Palm, 421 and 425 Park Ave 5.000 Mary D. Sarge to Nicholas Sarge, Farvlew Nom. Harriet E.

O. Shanaman et al. to Edith M. Tulley, 2 3 1227 N. 9th 200 Win.

E. Deem to LaRue D. Bloom, S. E. Side Lancaster Ave Nom.

Same to Same, Cumru Twp Nom. Elizabeth A. Habel and husband to Robert D. and Estella Brown. Muhlenberg Twp Nom.

Berks County Tr. Co. to Frank R. and Mary W. GUmore, 700 Lehigh Nom.

John A. Eberly and wife to Good will and Helen M. MacFadyen. Shllllngton 4.500 Walter Johnson and wife to Lulgi and Jennie Cuccaro. Blrdsboro 1.000 Peoples Tr.

Co. Tr. to John Berdlc. 1312 Kenney S00 Laura B. Anderson to Robert H.

and Helen J. Gingrich, 559 Perry Nom. Berks County Tr. to Ed. R.

and Annie L. Hartman, Muhlenberg Twp 5,600 Laura S. Blhman, to Clinton F. Earl, 23 25 N. 16.000 Irvin J.

Tobias to Jos. R. and Katie Sokol. 634 Laurel 1.950 Sarah F. Wlest to Samuel G.

Wlest et Cumru Twp Nom. Cleveland Yeakley and wife to Irvin L. Bressler. Bethel 1.300 Same to Edith OarU, Same Nom. John J.

Helfrlch and wife to Chas. R. Spang et Exeter Twp 2.000 Henry D. Dietrich et to Reading Police Home Same 4.300 John Englebach to Kate C. Hinkle, Rear 629 S.

18'2 Nom. Isaac F. Messner to Clarence E. and Verna M. Shoup.

Sinking Spring 900 Federal Land Bank. Baltimore, to Atlas Mineral Products Longswamp Twp 3,000 Maude I. Hepler to Trs. Washington Camp 163, P. O.

S. of 219 Rose Nom. Hnn D. Dietrich et to LeRoy Klapp. Exeter Twp.

Nom. John Kefler and wife to Walter and Dorothy Kefler, Spring Twp 225 Benjamin F. Brusstar. to Stewart J. and Evelyn D.

Scholl. 4,000 Wm. H. AnEstaUt and wife to Lawrence M. Miller.

Boyertown Nom. Lawrence M. Miller and wife to Ida Angstadt. Same Nom. Elwood W.

LefTler tnd wife to Wilbur T. and Jeanette E. Lefller, Spring Twp 100 Same to Thomas S. and Minnie E. Lefller.

Same 25 Geo. E. Henry and wife to Wm. S. and Helen Q.

Lenhart, 817 Green St Nom. Edwin Z. Ruth and wife to Dorothy L. Fichthorn. Marion Twp.

2.000 Martin B. Deysher and wife to Adolph H. and Eleanor Kretz, 1313 N. 10th 3.0C9 Adolph H. Kretz and wife to Martin P.

and Clarlbel M. Dey sher, 1203 Perklomen Ave 5.600 Harry B. Beard et al. to Robert L. and Anna E.

Moser, Robeson Twp 525 Lillian M. McLean and husband to H. F. Dunn, Rec, 152 W. Oley Nom.

Carmela Capellupo to Vlncenzo and Antonio Capellupo, 240 Mifflin Nom. Geo. W. Oaks and wife to Jacob H. and Catherine M.

Kramer, 634 Tulpehocken 2.400 Calvin H. Edgan and wife to D. John and Stella K. Bair, Bern Twp 300 D. John Bair and wife to Herman H.

and Mabel C. Zerbe. 100 Chas. D. Bender, to Wm.

H. and Mary I. Rlggs, Penn Twp 200 Reading Lodge No. 9. F.

O. to Luther H. and Elvenla B. Helser. 1151 Robeson Nom.

Irvin F. Impink and wife to Byron W. Whitman. E. S.

Ken horst Blvd U. Nom. Anna K. Mast to Emma W. Mast.

1137 N. 13th Nom. Clavton I. Miller, to Adele Walton, 521 Blvgaman 1,600 Frank B. and Mary S.

Gabriel to Harry E. and Minnie I. Seller. Earl Twp Nom. New Home Sav.

Si L. Asso. to Frank A. Dlstaslo, 18th Ward. Nom.

Blanche R. Dietrich to Paul F. and Ellen E. Nagle, 520 S. 19th Nom.

Isaac H. Mohn to Jessie E. Rels lnger, 134 Rose Nom. Mahlon M. and Harriett S.

Schtldt to Warren L. and Cynthia C. Gauker, 1011 Birch. Nom. Harry N.

and Annie E. Miller to Harvey and Estella Bohn, Mohnton Nom. Chas. Kulp and wife to Arthur and Emma A. Kulp.

455 Birch Nom. Clarence Fetter and wife to Amos fetter, Ruscombmanor Twp. 35 Wide Appeal Estate Transfers Alois Mayer and wife to Jesse A. and Laura F. Asponta, 310 N.

4th St Nom. Harold W. Reber and wife to Ellen R. Frey. 1525 Moss Nom.

AMen Statifler to Cha. B. and Carrie M. Miller, Washington Twp Nom. Irene A.

Kissinger to Robert S. and Yeranonhl Najarlan, Ml. Penn Nom. Mrs. Kate Wendt to John R.

and Clara I. Ullrich. Wyomisstng 3,800 Berks County Tr. to Calvin and Kate Rothenberger, 411 W. Windsor 2.500 Same to Long Vallev Rug Longswamp Twp 20,000 Home Owners Loan Corp.

to Brooke A. Heck, 530 N. 13th 2.700 L. itelle Shr.dell to Edward and Veronica Kllnikowskl, 513 15ih Nom. Kate A.

Haa to Geo. and Edna M. Oaks. 518 Nom. Carl and Selma Hamayer to Harry W.

and Annie I. Lutz. Muhlenberg Twp Parker Albert Realty Co. to Carl and Eelma Hafrmayer, Same Emma Mest to Geo. Y.

and Mary F. Guldln. Colebrookdale Gerald J. Buckley and wife to Alexander C. Koch.

1019 100 200 4.500 Nom. Jan Swlderskl et al. to R. W. Fire Hazards Cut By Boiler Water Level Protector That every automatically fireJ boiler should be protected against the hazards of low water is the ad vice onerea Dy tne iumoing ana Heating Industries Bureau in con nection with National Fire Preven tion Week.

October 8 14. Devices are available which auto matically cut off the fuel supply when the water level in the boiler drops to a dangerously low level. Such safety devices operate with equal efficiency with either gas, or solid fuels. Systems for the heating of the domestic hot water supply for the bathroom, kitchen, and laundry should be protected with a pies sure and temperature relief valve. Such a device not only protects the occupants of the house against the danger of explosion due to excessive pressure, but also protects meters and plumbing fixtures against the backing up ol high tern perature water.

A new midget sprinkler system for the small home has recently ben perfected which gives to the higher combustion efficiency of the residence the same automatic pro I boiler. Because of the increasing detection against fire enjoyed by the mand for heating equipment espe commercial and industrial struc cially adapted for the requirements ture. of the small home, manufacturers The best protection against fire have introduced new types of all hazards in connection with heat 1 fuel steam and hot water boilers ing and plumbing is to take the precaution of having all such work done by reputable contractors who employ experienced men. With the multiplicity of automatic devices and the growing complexity of the heating and plumbing installation, experience and technical skill are necessary for trouble free performance of the equipment as well as protection against fire hazards. NO GRATE SHAKING There's no dusty, noisy grate to wake the household when the home is equipped with a modern stoker for the simple son that stokers don't have grates.

The fire rests on a self replenishing column of coal, and not on grates. Greater efficiency is obtained, because the coal is heated gradually as it approaches the fire, and the gieon gases are distilled off and forced through the Arched. FROM THE CHINESE A Chinese statesman, T'sai Lun, in 103 A. was the first to make a felt from rags similar to that now used as a reinforcing base in asphalt shingles. In addition to rags, he also used bark, hemp and old fish nets.

The resulting product was remarkably strong and long lived. The only insulation ever to receive a fire rating by the National Bureau of Standards is mineral wool, ths most widely used form of bait or fill insulation in the world, rea First Floor Plan Second Floor Plan Doty. 939 Laurel 10 Peter Lvszvganlcz et al. to Same, 611 Minor 10 Sofia Weber to Same. 622 S.

10th 10 Norman R. Miller. to Jos. J. and Margaret E.

Krezdorn, Spring Twp 1.800 John M. Fleisner to Mary E. and Howard I. Balthaser. West Leesport Nom.

Mav Helwig. to H. Harold Kersrlner. 911 Cherry 1.700 Leona Fronhelser to Philip R. Grubb, Bovertown Nom.

Wm. E. Wail, to Laura V. Ulrlch Sell. 727 Pear 2.600 Andrew P.

Miller and wife to John W. L. and Marian E. Starr. Hamburg 550 Elizabeth Stark to Mary L.

Stark, i 715 Mos Nom. Geo. A. Gaul. to Stanley i F.

and Gladys Behrle. 824 MadUon Ave 2.500 Mabry B. Bender to Wm. J. and Dorothy E.

Hoy, Center 450 i David S. Rchrbach Eat. to Viola I H. Rohrbach, Bally 490 Alberta A. Dclaney and husband i to Anna L.

Velth. 1055 Moss Nom. I Carolyn T. Noecker to Catherine E. SchaefTer.

427 W. Greenwich Nom. Chas. R. Settler and wife to Karl A.

worsinger. uos in. lum worn. Better Heating Marks New Era For Small Home America's small homes are entering a new era. Home financing is ppeirr safpr nnrl less costlv.

Small car lanned i built, compact, and effectively insulated. Keeping pace with rapid develop ments on small home planning and Brp imr0rtflnt chances! ln heating. Modern radiators, for example, are more compact, requiring little floor space. In fact, concealed types now inl0 tne wall wnere they are (V, Cllllill UUkr Ul kilt nj Being so well insulated, the modern house requires less heat. Therefore, a smaller and more economical steam or hot water boiler will take care of its heating requirements.

Corresponding reductions in the finn tinnr? vn iroc nnrl fiff lvi era i troduce" furtner economies in ths original cost of the plant. Operating costs are lower for small homes today because of the that not only heat the house but provide domestic hot water as well. The all purpose small home type of boiler is suitable for use with coal, coke, gas or oil and can be easily converted from one type of flrinc tn another. I ONE FIRE ALL WINTER Autumn's first trip to the basement for building furnace fire No. 1 of the heating season holds no peril for the modern householdet.

The man who has a coal stoker nPr.d hwild onlv one fire all winter pojnt Iron Fireman engineers. The Linker fire, once lighted, does not g0 out until the following spring. A small pilot fire keeps the fuel bed "alive" when the thermostat is not calling for heat. SHINGLES LIKE FISH SCALES Roof shingles should lie like fish scales flat and smooth if they are to shed water. Shingles that are warped, curled, split or otherwise worn, need replacing.

They are warning signals that the roof, if it hasn't already started to leak, is about ready to do so. FHA FAVORS INSULATION Unqualified approval of complete house insulation was given recently by Thomas G. Grace, New York State director of the Federal Hous ing Administration, who said that he would like to see full insulation on every property on which it ln sures the mortgage. Bathroom Accident Ratio Low, Safety Council Study Shows Household Mishaps On Stairs, Steps Top Accident List Fewer fatal and non fatal accidents occur in bathrooms than almost any other rooms in the house, the National Safety Council reports In the 1939 edition of "Accident Pacts," a statistical yearbook. The council analyzed 4.600 home accidents in Chicago.

The study disclosed the following rating of the various rooms in the house respect to the number of accidents: Stairs and steps 23 Yard 19" Kitchen 18'fc Living room 9 Porch 1r'r Bedroom 7 Basement Other rooms, including dining room, bathroom, pantry, vestibule, and hallway The findings of the National Safety Council check with a study of accidents made by the Metropolitan Life Insurance Company which indicated that the bathroom accounts for less than one half of one percent of household accidents. As a means of still further reducing the number of accidents in bathrooms, the Plumbing and Heating Industries Bureau suggests the replacement of high tubs on legs with the modern low streamlined baths only 16 inches from floor to rim; the replacement of china faucets with metal handles; and the installation of grabbars over the tub, particularly if there is a shower. Don't improvements to Your Home! There is no need for you to save enough for the entire job in cash before you go ahead. You can have the work completed before paying a cent, and then pay for it out of income in convenient monthly installments while you are enjoying the comforts and benefits of your modernized home. Just tell us what improvements you want to make and we'll take care of all the details of securing costs and of arranging the financing Ask Us to Explain lloic Easy It Is to Modernize, Repair and Paint hen Yon Use Our Monthly Payment Plan LUMBER 4th and Spruce Branch: Boyertown.

Phone 133 Fstimales Let Us Finance Your YOU'LL XEVER KSOIT' THE OLD PLACE AFTER YOU ill1 I If DIAL 4 1196 When used 41 1 straight gravity beater, thit new Quaker combines the advantages of circulating and a radiant heater in or, model. At slight eitra cost, it can also quipped with forced circulation bring 'rig you all the advantages of this latest development in oil heaters. See it today! DAVE GEIGER 668 Schuylkill Ave. Delay YARDS, Inc. Reading.

Phone 3 4121 Fre Deliveries Hiiildinii and Repairs CLEAN UP! PAINT UP! FIX UP! DO YOU NEED A new roof painting, exterior or interior a new water heater Plumbing and fixtures additional rooms new foundations electrical repairs a new furnace plastering new garage or any other you nerd money to help the good uork along, ask about a FH.i Loan at any of our four convenient locations: 35 43 NORTH SIXTH STREET FIFTH AND PENN STREETS NINTH AND SPRING STREETS LANCASTER AVE. and NOBLE ST. BERKS COUNTY TRUST COMPANY.