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Gadabout 1 1 House 0 " psww' WOOD SHINGLES, board and ranch house. 3 Bedrooms Away From House Traffic By JOHN O.B. WALLACE What coiuUtutei an ideal family house? For on aniwer, study the design of this unusual, front-to-back split level ranch home with readily adaptable facilities for grandparents. It has eight rooms, including three bedrooms, arranged on three different levels in such a way that the activities of a busy family pre sent no home traffic problems. The center ball provides excel lent "circulation," yet does not create a corridor effect which often spoils tbt first impression of a house. Farsnal Room It has a formal living room, set against a backdrop of an overhead balcony and an off-center fireplace faced with roman brick, plus an informal living room or playroom which opens through sliding glass panel doors onto a rear terrace. The balcony, on the aame upper level as the bedrooms, is no thor oughfare for getting from a bed room to a bath-room because .the master bedroom has the effect of a auite with a private bath-room and en the other side the other two bedrooms have a separate bath and closeti a part of their area.'- Privacy far Parents .Thus, a problem which exists in many split level ranch houses has been overcome in this plan by Architect Alfred H. Ryder and the I THE HOUSE of the WEEK A Quality Plan Se letted AP Ncwafeainras QaetUoa What makes our aza leas and camellias bloom, now? Is there any way to stop them? It Is too rainy to fully enjoy them, and if they bloom now they will not be good when one can get out and enjoy them. F. 0. '.JUawer The mild 'winter has brought on the unseasonal bloom of flowers this year. There is nothing that will stop them, once they start to open. Should we get cold weather this will hold them back for a while, providing they have not shed their winter bud sheaths. Bloom buds set in full but generally stay firmly closed until proper spring blooming time. QaetUoa Our shrimp plant has become awfully leggy and doesn't seem to look well any more. What can one do to bring it back into bloom, or is It like the poinsettia no good now until next Christmas? Is - there some other name (or Shrimp plant? I don't like this one, but I am very fond of the Inserting Dowels Wooden dowels are sometimes difficult to insert because of trapped liquid glue or air which gets csught in s pocket at the bottom of the hole. To avoid this, sand or file a flat spot along one side of the dowel before tapping it into position. This will permit air and excess glue to escape free ly at the top. Cutting the dowel a fraction of an Inch shorter than the depth of the bole will also help. Sanding Tips When using a sanding disk In an electric drill always hold the tool : so that the disk Is at about a 30 degree angle to the surface. Press it Just hard enough so that a little less than halt the disk touches Ibe surface .at sM time. Grandparents Welcomed ome, aid of the Week battea and brick veneer contrast THE MAIN LIVING levels of ' 4 nca . . MHHBaBMMHMaaaBBBaHMaaHBBHMHBBM "' mi ' ' '' 1 i ' I KOIIOOM 1 CCMOON NtTDI KOftOOM I w a ir Frit iv 7" a iro" I o.H.M r i ii L J , 14a- a 1l'0 I ' ' Jl I " f- ' ; not shown, includes aa Informal living room or playroom, room. separation of bedrooms on oppo site sides of the bouse gives the parents the utmost in privacy. Ryder, who studied at New York's Pratt Institute has this to say about his plan: "The living room can have a spread of ever 21 feet from one end to the other, and yet the guest or family member coming in the front door does not need to cross the living room to gs to any other room on the first, second or even third level - t-vfbe vista from4bo front of thefvtth a4rop-ot 4ho. backvt - living room takes ia the balcony at the back, for a distance that is almost II (set Ia addition, H is unnecessary to cross any other room because the dining room, the Send this coupon for your STUDY PLAN YOU CAN GET a study plsn for The House of The Week by filling in the coupon and aending it with 35 cents to this newspaper. This study plan shows each floor together with each of the four elevations, front rear and sides of the house. It is scaled at -tnch per foot It includes a guide on "How to Get Your Bouse Built" ' , You can take this study plan to your bank or other mortgage lender and to your builder and get rough estimates oa cost With this Information you will know whether you want to proceed with conatruciioa by order ing working blueprints direct from the architect and asking tor bids. - Answer s to Garden Questions plant Itself. W. T. Answer We don't think you'd like the 'other name any better: Veloperone guttata. This ia a per ennial, which grows-to about II inches tall. To prevent Ita leggy ness pinch out tips of new shoots. Or if you wish, start new plants from cuttings each year. The plant, needs regular waterings, an all-purpose - soil mixture, good drainage and plenty of sunlight to make k continue to bloom and grow welL , A Question Three of us teachers are planning a trip into Arizona sometime in late spring or early New Type Walls For Family Room Wsnt to be different? Do you want an idea for walls in your family room that will be the envy of your friends? Then have a look at the white speck Douglas fir paneling- A freak ot nature made tiny white specks In some old growth fir . trees when a fungus infested a few trees. You can put stain or paint on the boards and rub this off quickly to give the desired color or tint But the secret is in the final finish when- you put color in the tiny pockets. You can have gold, sil ver, black, white or any color. Just brush your color pigments SOIL SAMPLINi And Laboratory Work , New Underwey for Sprint , . FERTILIZERS ..-,,, (Spreaders Available) . ' : ' Get Your Orders in larly Phena IM 2-0737 New OREGON SOIL CLINIC Ml 8. Charch St, Salem den By picaslagljr tha exterior ef the house are shown la this floor plan. The terrace level. kitchen, the down stairway and the up stairway can all be reached from the front passage directly. Pepolar Aaaerleaa Fealare "The house as a whole has a ranch look and wilr fit into almost any neighborhood. But the sepa ration Into levels Is a popular fea ture all aver the country that makes nVhavr even a wider ap peal. Also, this home can be built oa a level lot and at is equally excellent tor a hillside property LUk A. - On the lower level at the rear. the bouse has the playroom or informal living room, XI feet by 17 feet S niches, a bobby room and a laundry room. The Oregon Statesman Salem, Oregon . Building Editor: , ' . Enclosed Is 19 cents. Please, send me a copy of the study plan for The Bouse, of the Week.' Design HW-M w NAME , STREET , CITY i ... summer. Parents of two of us are planning to go down in earlier spring. Caa you give Us Just a little idea of when it is beat to go and now best to see the Indiana? Could you tell us anything about what hotels or motor courts to stay at? How to get reservations? D.EJI- Aaswer See separate article on this ease. Travel a cents caa let reservations at the hotels, and at some motor courts. Drop me a self -addressed envelope and I'll send you a list for that area. Qaestlea How can one hasten composting? Someone said to putUggct wajting now until Uter in onto the board, filling all tiny pockets, then wipe off. The color will remain in the pockets but will come right off the panel boards. The result is sa amazing antiqutsh wall. To Repair Hammer Head To tighten a hammer handle ae curely in the socket rub the top end of the wooden handle where it comes through the head with a mixture of glycerin and water. Thia win swell the wood, and keep it swollen, so that (he . head is held on tightly Indefinitely, LilIU t. Madien this elfhtreoa ipUt level a hobby room and a laundry needed, the laundry room with ta two exposures could easily be adapted to a comfortable bedroom and the lower level lavatory could be converted into a full bathroom. Adding this third; lower-level bathroom, ' the architect says. would be particularly practical for an older member of the fam ily, giving complete privacy, es pecially aioce too play room is adjacent ana might, double as a senior living room' w- - - -. In this butanes, the hobby room could accommodate the laundry witn ease, unking it with the plumbing above lor the master bathroom. This would be eco (Please Print) STATE r. on ammonia. Someone else ad vised hot water. We have a .small compost heap started last year and art very eager to make it com post B.M. Aaawer There are activating materials for this purpose sold on the, market under various trade names. Any garden store should tan won. , a www . Qaestlea When should we mulch our rose bods?' We didn't mulch last fall and would like to have the mulch on for spring. O. F. Aaawer Actually a mulch can be put on moat any time, but I the spring, after the rose bed has been worked down and the bushes pruned. Then put on a good mulch, and after this add to it a little each spring and each fall. You Today's BIGGEST BUY in BUILDING BOARD fosy re Work feiy fo Polnf Calendar Of Events Feb. S alem Garden Club, Wo man's Clubhouse, Cottage Street. Feb. 44 -Floral and Nursery men's Short Course, OSC. Feb. t-Mareh t Azalea and Camellia Show. Park District, Chicago. Ill, ' Feb. tl-a North Willamette Valley Horticultural Society meet ing, Gresham Grange Hall. March 1-7 Annual Garden Synv posium, 1st session, at Colonial Williamsburg, Va. March U-14 Annual Garden Symposium, 2nd session at Colon ial Williamsburg, Va. March M-a-Spring Home and Garden Festival, New Orleans, La, March tt-JS-Washington, D. C. annual Cherry Blossom Festival. April 11 ML Angel annual Prim rose show, Mt. Angel Legion Hall April lVMay 14 Tulip Tim ia Holland. April zn Multnomah County Spring Show, Gresham. Jm 17 Satan Rs Show. 0 Jane 74 Vancouver, Wash.. Rose Show. Jaae 74-Corvallia Rose Show. Jaae IMS-Portland Rose Fes tival. Juae zl-8 Olympia, Wash., Rose Show. July J-J-St. Paul Rodeo. Aag. zs-Scpi. Oregon State Flower Show and Fair, Salem. Carpet Tags Bring About Confusion Here is a story Dorris Conner of the American Institute of Dec orators tells: njriguing names given to col ors awev lurnismngs lasctnate many people. But sometimes they result in confusion. a will if dick. uanicuuriv I . i : l i t. : attractive broadloora carpeting appeared on the market. To me H was just a number although I referred to it as dust color, Later I found it in three homes where I had been called for con - SUIiailOnS. Tt - .1 k-j from Sweden. Everything for herl uuc ui wun uicuu un cvuic home had to be Swedish too. or she wasn't interested. On her floor was the same 'dust' rug I had never succeeded in selling. " 'I hunted a long time before I found that rug,' she said proudly. Wben I told a aalesman he needn't a how me anything not'tral part of the state, to its more Swedish, he brought this out. It iWj., Shortly after this, another client asked me to come to her home, formally furnished with cignteentn Century mahogany. And there on the floor was my 'dust' rug again. " 'It's an antique cafe-au-lait" she told me. "The third borne where I found the rug waa informally furnished in modern. This lady, too. ut me eyeing the rug. "Isn't It lovelyr she gleamed. 'If s a modern beige shag-tuft' "Perhaps decorators are remiss If they do not conjure up appeal ing names. On the other hand, wouldn't It be simpler to stick to names all can understand? It would certainly help in answer ing readers who write for ad vice." I And The .Statesman editor of this page heartily agrees with the last statement especially. Garden Club Plans Spring Shows, Events Mrs. Lue A. Lucas was installed as president of the Salem Camel lia and Rhododendron Society at a recent meeting, other new ot fleers are Mrs. E. L. Merrell, vice president; Mrs. E. L. Powell, secretary; Mrs. Carl Miller, treas urer, and Walter Barkus director. George Candeaux was installing oiucer. Mrs. Lucas announced the com mittee chairmen to serve during tne year: rrogram, E. c. Mcel roy; refreshments, Mrs. A. Touchie; receptionist, Mrs. R. C. Blaxall; membership, Charles Baker; illnesses, Mrs. Rex Peffer; publicity, - E. C. McElroy; show. Harold DeVries. L. N. Simon was appointed dele- Jlate to the Salem Garden Council and Mrs. Harold devries a repre sentative for the Spring Garden Show. The executive board will meet Feb. 7 at the borne of Mr. and Mrs. Carl Miller at 7:30 p.m., and the next meeting of the club will be a no-host dinner Feb. 25 at the YMCA. can use compost well-rotted ma-(be nures, or shredded tree bark now available in some spots. The professional builder is quick to spot better quality and greater economy in the building ma- terial he buys. Hundreds have selected Chapwood for sheathing, underpayment, wall board, cabinet work and other uses. They find it works well and paints well. They like its strength and lightness and the durable, water-resistant qualities of ita fibre clad surfaces . . . and above all its sensational 5 low price. ,Aa ikWiifiV !' ,l IP I. t h it il lil Site Statesman. ' it .,,.'4 t'. . IK, V )'. ; is W VZ "f f i .-! -;3 ' .i MattaalNslMiaBVab This is the time of the year days and climbing comes Into his own. Weekend And both areas filled with this particular brand of folk. These snow from the side of Mt. Hood. Time for Arizona Visit Depends Upon Interests The tail-end of winter in the Wil lamette Valley frequently sends a lot ot loll vacationing into tne ' southland. All too often there s 'only one destination: Palm Springs, j Calif . While this is lovely, there ! are other places, too. l A variation Into the scenic Indian raiintn of Arirnna hmiM h r. j u: it - M come U)ti, uter ja the iprin. and before it is too warm there are added attractions in this south land. In Arizona, summer heat does shift the focus of tourist interest from the desert areas in the ceo- temperate uplands. These form a semi-circle around Phoenix, start- ine at Prescott on the north, the j Globe copper area to the east, and the Tucson district to the south. D4 Ranch Capital In Wickenburg, the dude ranch capital of the world, visiting is nice n early spring. During the warmer summer months, the principal re sorts in this area close down, but around Tucson, the dude ranches are year-round operations. With altitudes up to 12,000 feet, much of northern Arizona ia closed down ia dead winter, opening up for spring and summer. Northern Arizona has a Main Street running right across it from east to west in U. S. M, a main transcontinen tal highway. Dotted along it are Winslow, Flagstaff and Williams, all with good assortments of motels and other tourist, facilities, open all year. Don't go to Phoenix, however, without going to Scottsburg. just 12 miles north and one of the most delightful (and expensive if you plan to stay) spots you can think of. Plas Graad Caayea Of course, Arizona's piece de resistance is Grand Canyon, best visited in late spring, summer or early fall. 'The main approach to the Canyon's south rim is through Williams, 60 miles to the south or from Oregon via Boulder City. On the rim at Canyon Village, is a complete array of tourist facili ties including El Tovar Hotel, the adjacent Bright Angel Lodge, a cabin camp and trailer areas. 'all operated by the Fred Harvey com pany, the south rim concessionaire of Grand Canyon National Park The Grand Canyon Inn and its surrounding 20 acreage, the only privately owned tract in the huge park, was bought by a New York concern about a year ago, the Golden Crown Mining Corporation, which is working at uranium oper ations on the canyon rim. But the hotel will continue to operate as usual. The Harvey company also runs the Phantom ranch at the bottom of the mile-deep canyon. There are both one-day and overnight trips to the canyon bottom by mule-back, on routes ranging from 12 to 19 miles round trip The north rim of the canyon can reached by a circuitous 200-mile route northward from Flagstaff, but can be best reached on the p-.-Jvi'-VWi ' il ill Minn i ir J Salem, Ore., Sun., Feb 2, '58 Snow Lovers Explore Mt Hood - .5 i ; when now eorera the mountains and the lover of the cold north via Kanab. Utah. Grand Canyon Lodge on the north rim is operated by the Union Pacific Rail road in conjunction with its con cessions at Zion and Bryce Canyon. Iadiaa Festivals While Indians are found offering- i their rugs, jewelry, baskets and pottery at the various resorts the tourist sees them best by visiting the 'reservations or attending their festivals. The reservations of New Mexico's II pueblo tribes are not far off main highways up and down the state. Most of the reservation of the Navajoa, the cation's largest In dian tribe, is In Arizona. It covert 25.000 square miles, so even the Navajo population of more than 75,000 is largely lost in its fastness. If one is planning a summer va cation, and can pick his own time, and ia interested in Indians. Just r PABCO CRAFTSMAN LATEX PAINT LOOK WHAT WE'VE Covers In No matter what surface you are painting over you'll find it easier with Craftsman Latex paint . . . Spreads easily and quickly without brush or lap marks. Dries in 20 minutes No unpleasant painty odors Gallon does average) room No brush or lap marks Clean up tools with water Use roller, brush or sprayer ASPHALT FLOOR TILE as Low as 6c Ea. WHEN YOU THINK OF PAINT, THINK OF Patco (Sec. IV)-2l Hoodoo and the ML Hood - hikers are enjoying a view recall that the annual Indian pow wow at Flagstaff, Ariz, usually telle ; . early July and the famous snake (lances on the Ilopi reserva tion, aa enclave In the midst of the Navajo preserve in Arizona, comes in August. The exact date of the snake dance is not set until medicine mea make their calculations from the moon a fortnight befort. Usually it comes in the last two weeks ia August White Sands ia near Alamocorde and Trinity, thedesert site where tne first Atomic bomb in history was detonated in 1945. And remember that half the fun of any trip is in the planning, and much of the enjoyment of too trip wnen u cornea u time is limited is having a well planned trip. It is never too early to be sin the plans. RENT-A-TOOL Do It f enrself, It's Cheaper - Serviag Sale Sine '4 HOWSER IROS. lit! Senth 12th St . GOT! Look Ahead... 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