The Fresno Bee du lieu suivant : Fresno, California • 57

DEVELOPMENT 4 5 1 Recreation Room Can Be Second pmg Room A recreation room need not be a room It can be second living room if the materials and furnishings are chosen with this goal in mind An informal decor can be established in the room by installing wood grain paneling which has distinctive random grooves to accent the high fidelity tone Practical as well as decorative the paneling has a permanent plastic surface which resists hard wear abrasions and stains In line with the second living room idea an inexpensive carpeting instead of tile can be chosen for the recreation room The hi fi and television sets can be located in the new recreation room so the living room is available for serious conversation or entertaining Comfortable furnishings are a of course in any recreation room regardless of its decorative theme Furniture with washable coverings is easy to maintain Soft Water Will Pay For Itself In Most Homes Anyone who watches television has seen numerous demonstrations of how this soap or that soap gets your body clothes and dishes cleaner than product can But what if you try all these products and still have dingy looking dishes and clothes and that not quite clean feeling after bathing? The problem more than likely is hard water and you are one of the great majority of persons cursed you feeL with this problem Ask any housewife using soft water what the switch has meant in terms of less housework cleaner dishes and clothes and tastier food and drinks All it takes is a home water softener The most obvious signs of hard water are bathtub rings (some of this soap scum also remains on your body even after after rinsing and toweling) gray dingy clothes and dishes and dull looking silverware Just as important hard water costs more than soft water The cost is not for the water itself advises the Plumbing-Hcating-Cooling Information Bureau but for the damage hard water can do your whole plumbing system 5 Denver Trucking Line Acquires Bay Area Firm DENVER Rlngsby Thick Lines Inc a Denver headquartered Interstate trucking firm has completed negotiations for the purchase of Converse Trucking Service Inc a Berkeley motor common carrier with operating authority between San Francisco and Portland Ore and intermediate points In announcing the purchase Gail Crawford Rlngsby executive vice president and general manager and a former Fresnan said the interstate commerce commission has given Rlngsby temporary authority to operate and manage the California trucking firm Purchase price for authority and equipment of the Converse operation which last year grossed $1948822 was set at $732175 The Converse purchase is the latest In a series of major truck line acquisitions by Ringsby Other trucking operations purchased by Ringsby In recent months Include the Fortier Transportation Company of Fresno Arizona Pacific Tank Lines of Compton Calif and Colonial Pacific Trucking of Storm Lake Iowa The firm also has acquired nationwide bulk commodity transport operations by means of special ICC authority and the purchase of smaller tank lines Will Open Radio Station The Rev Irving Pen-berthy the pastor for 14 years of the Cedar Avenue Baptist Church today announced construction will start soon on a new radio station KIRV a dear channel AM station He is the president and sole owner of the new organized Penberthy Broadcasting Company The transmitter and studio will be on a five acre site at Hughes and Church Avenues The station will operate with 500 watts of power at 1510 kilocycles daytime only The Rev Penberthy said the Station will specialize in religious programs of local and national interest There also will be local and national news educational features and classical music National news will be furnished by United Press International It is planned to have the station on the air in the summer Elbert Dean is the consulting engineer-The Rev Penberthy is presently heard every Sunday night at 7:30 o'clock on KMJ He plana to continue his pastoral relationship with his church Fresnans Make Properly Switch Mr and Mrs Henry Baron-ian have exchanged a 96 acre ranch at 55 East Mountain View Avenue for a seven unit apartment court at 17G1 North Fruit Avenue The exchange was made with Hawkins The ranch is valued at $75000 and the apartment court at $95000 Bob Robinson Of the Bob Robinson Company represented the Ba-ronians Hawkins was represented by Lee Priest of the Gene Tarrish Real Estate Company Strip For Safety Here Is a tip to make cellar stairs safer Paint a two inch stripe on the edge of each tread with white paint or a light color whirh contrasts with the rest of the area This will make the edges more visible and reduce the likelihood that you will miss a step and stumble o' Males Job Easier Your paint dealer has a number of gadgets which will make your next paint job easier Ask him about edging rollers which let you paint the corner of a wall without getting any on the adjacent wail There are metal shields which do the same Job lie also carriers inexpensive plastic drop cloths disposable paint buckets In which to mix paints new brush cleaners and many other products of American Ingenuity Browse around tho next time you visit your paint dealer Here Now! A new light fixture that brings exotic oriental elegance to contemporary deCOrS aaa Now on display rTTfrTVTTS i it Ml N-ST FtlSNO Call your focal ofect'ical contractor or deafer iri NOTICE? CRAFTSMEN I TRADESMEN IH Tka CAT ANSWERING SERVICE Tit Tatar Man Call FNOOaiEO ST BOTH IABO a manaqemfnt Hawr AM la a EM Man Fit tat AM la II PM AMS arena Cl t-MJi ivi i Hot Water Will Prevent Drain Clogs Did you know that just by flushing hot water down your kitchen and bathroom drains each day you usually can prevent clogging? There are many simple steps a person can take to avoid plumbing trouble throughout the house Barring age a good plumbing system installed by a competent plumbing contractor will give trouble only when the householder forgets or is unaware the system should get the same consideration and simple maintenance he gives his automobile An authoritative booklet titled Plumbing Care And Repair is available for 10 cents It contains a wealth of tips on how to prevent plumbing trouble and what to do if something does go wrong Write to the Plumbing-Heating Cooling Information Bureau 35 East Wacker Drive Chicago 1 IU The booklet covers 20 categories everything from drains fittings and water closets to thawing and preventing frozen pipes noises in the plumbing system and draining the plumbing in a vacant house A few included suggestions: Use a a plunger to clear simple clogged drain lines And periodically check the trap below sinks and lavatories for any potentially dogging materials If the water closet tank fills too much or not enough try bending the rod attached to the metal tank float upward or downward An uneven shower spray can probably be remedied by removing the face of the shower head cleaning Its back surface and freeing tho hole with a roars needle MARION LUMBER CO Since 1935 COMMITS STOCK FOR THE CONTRACTOR ft MANOTMAN lilldtri' Hardware Sables Lacks a Flamblaf Sapp Ilea a Electrical Materials a Feaclay a Pelet a Kaetty Plea a Herdweed a Paaellaf a Mill Wark a SkeetRack a Plyweed a Pleer la a Meldias a Satk A Dear a Rila Dry a Maiaalta limber a Plaa a Fewer Fir Taels a Readies a Head Teals OPEN SATURDAY TILL asr IERMS-N0 DOWN Up to 5 Tears to fay DELIVERY SERVICE CALL CL 5-0421 gout new Mcicn desetm (he facet ovens tenge ops venfreting foods (o (It gout budget 3 for This Price of I TO SI frtffe I toot misr oro WMti ot(04 I MM KM ft 4 i tax: i-t- I A 5511 i DISTRIBUTING CO Inc 1504 Maple cl s-sm lalatis Mcll-lay aaj OUaO aa Maple la talrrifiald Ell Chetfrr A FA Milt THE FEDERAL AID THAT'S REALLY NEEDED IS AID TO THE TAXPAYER paapf It la pe-far llimtkii by mW-mL tmI yea I pay iLab Lilli by YOUR M'fdaaUL Tie Amarkaa laipe ba pays it tka bl't bH laJ a a b'ybar taa ka mail at rti paa-pi be baaaL'I ftpatH lay at O' ed may ba-a patted he petal abate latat lH SatrJ aa emb'l'e ibaal laa be aa ptaytat eat Ybe pfafa mbtriy l-b ft bal tb yaata Ibat (art Iba tiV ays bais tfltl la aa'b tarty yean tb Amatlcaa laa payar bH baaa vl bit a'd-aataad deHart a If ever bt cauatry tbe tratld lyp'cal Amarica It leMfbt tram cbildbaad that aral at t'anra year aaty taciifity la la tyaad latt yaa aamt aa aaa at yaa yea aia yawr maaay tea pUatar ar ta-a far tacarify ar y'a la da ceatat at yaa pVta aa liadaatt bat baaa ra pUtad la laa maay pfacat by Pay a bl I cal or IE ya ad Fat a-a Tb Si 11 p-ntatat LEO JARVIS CO Year lJf cad-nl lataaat Afl Sarrat Yaa Ftl CawpU'a lataaaca Jarr! 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