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20 The Newi-Review, Rojeburg, Ore Wed., June 13, 1956 THIS HANDSOME "build-it yourself" buffet constructed of inexpensive plywood with hondy drawers and sliding pegboard front, serves to set off your bast glassware. The buffet can serve as an ex cellent room divider. What's The Inventory On Electrical Power In Your Home? Is The Wiring Up-To-Date? Are Appliances Working At Peak Capacity SECTIONAL SOFA VERSATILE A sectional sofa is a good invest ment for a family who moves often and who must be prepared to cope with different sizes and shapes of Jiving rooms. Even for the family who stays put, the many arrange ments possible of the sectional is valuable feature. Each time vou touch a light ine and wall lighting units, table switch or start an appliance, you ' lamps and pin-up lamps normally connected to your existing elec trical circuits . . . and many, many appliances. - Some of the many appliances now in use in modern homes, each of which employs valuable watt age, are shown here . . How many of these do you have in your nomc today? sun lamp? DaKer, bottle warmer, broiler-rotisserie? Clock, coffee maker, corn popper? Deep fat fryer, electric blanket, portable fan? Roaster, food blend er, hair dryer? Steam or dry iron? And there are heating pads, iron ers, mixers, portable heaters, radios, record players, refrigera tors, sandwich grills, toasters, waf fle irons, sewing machines shavers, T.V. sets, vacuum clean ers, waxer-polisners, and many others. Just think how many of these you may use at one and the same timel You can recognize the symptoms of overloaded circuits when you see your lights "blink" when the refrigerator or other appliance buv and use electricity. Jt is sent to your home by way of power lines bunt, owned and maintained by the particular organization which supplies electricity in your community. You have your own electrical or ganization, too. This is the wiring system in your home which car rier the Dower you "buv." It is vour responsibility to see that it serves you well. Homeowners installing new bath rooms provide ' for pipes large enough to carry plenty ot water yet purchase and use additional electrical equipment without a sin gle thought as to whether the electrical system in the home have the capacity to carry the "full load." Houses built during the last 20 years (and of course, those built earlier, rarely have the full bene fit of adequate electrical wiring and generally' are lacking the power to take care of today's home appliances. In addition to your home's ceil- starts, when fuses blow when Beautiful Custom-Built Cabinets are Our Specialty You will find our Retail Store a Complete Head quarters for Your Home Repair Needs. Come in and let us assist you. PMC PAIOT. THE WORLD'S FINEST Inferior and Exterior Paint CITY LUMBER & BUILDERS SUPPLY COMPANY irons, toasters and other small appliances are slow in heating up, when motors seem sluggish . . . yes, when too many appliances draw from the same circuit, you can only draw a "trickle ' of elec trical power from them. Remember, you pay for elec tricity according to the length of time you use it ... if appliances are slowed down, they must work and a half" for an overloaded wir ing system when your bill is due. wnetner you are planning to build or buy a new home, buying ' an oiaer one, or remodeling the one you live in check the wiring needs first. A reliable electrical contractor can tell you quickly the capacities of existing wiring. Adequate wiring in your home can help you secure a better mort gage ... is a wise investment in safety . . . and in the long run an economy move . . . saving you extra money each year on your utility bills. But, DON'T FOOL WITH ELEC TRICITY YOURSELF! You may be burned more ways than one. MORE BATHROOM ROOM Dividing your bathroom into sev eral compartments is an inexpen sive way tc double its utility. AU that is necessary is to enclose the toilet in one compartment and the bathtub in another says the Plumb ing Fixture Manufacturers' Associ ation. Addition of twin lavatories equipped with countertops and cabinets plus sufficiently large mirrors are other essentials in get ting the most out of the bathroom. Lovely Roses In Your Garden You, too, can grow good roses, if you plant those which are recom mended for your area. Here are six rules for growing roses: 1. BUY No. 1 plants. 2. PLANT in rich soil. 3. FEED once a month. 4. KEEP SOIL moist but not soggy (water container-grown plants daily.) 5. MULCH with peat moss (in sandy soil or heavy clay). 6. CONTROL disease and in sects. Most home owners rnmnlnin about having too little storage spacel A good thing to remember when you are building, or remodel ing, your home is to provide for about one and one-half times as much storage space as you think you will need. ONE OF THE SIMPLEST "do-it-yourself" jobs about tha house is the installation of tile. Here a modern home maker cleans off the excess mastic after she has com pleted setting her bathroom wall with smart, durable, easy-to-clean tile. r . , SsVu WHEN USED DAILY, fine sil ver such as these distinctive pieces need little care. Pol ishing once a month will keep them gleaming for a lifetime of proud usage. KEEP BATHROOM WARM Ventilating the bathroom by opening a window can cause chilly, winter bathing. Also, stepping from a warm bath or shower into a cold air draft can cause severe colds. To keep the bathroom com fortable and prevent condensation simply install a dehumidifier or ventilating fan, advises the Plumbing Fixture Manufacturers' Association. v fOKFRCl HEATING ISTIMATE CALL ROSEBURG'S MOST DEPENDABLE DEALER TOZER'S SHEET METAL You want a good, dependable furnace Co keep your hous warm on leu money. That's why to many thousands of home owners choose the efficient new Montag Comfortflo gentle, even heat all through your home. And Comfortflo uses up to 40 lest fuel, tool Only Menu lull Cemfertfla. TOZER'S SHEET METAL 806 S. E. Pine St. R oseburg Phone ORchard 3-4266 Up 3005 N.E. Diamond Lake Blvd. Phone OR 3-5248 Mf4mht keetmf since 11(0
