VETS ANSWER TO HOUSING PROBLEM
'Nothing Down,
$39 a Month'
(Editor's Note: This is the second part of the article
on how Painesville, Ohio, veterans are getting homes tt pre
war prices. This article is offered as a matter of public in
terest and information for veterans.)
(Reproduced with full permission (ranted to the Capital Journal by tbt
Amertean Lealon Macailne and the author Darrell Hutf of Sonoma, Calif.)
By DARRELL HUFF
In the Painesville project, the story of the Smiths is not at all
unusual.
In the rest of the hundred houses along Hawthorne Drive and
nn Linden, you can "knock on
any door" and find a similar
story.
Across the street, from the
Smiths and down a few doors
ore the Chases Norman and
Annamae and their daughters
Sandy and Beth. After 30
months overseas, Norman Chase
came home to an all-too-famil-inr
housine sequence: a period
in a temporary housing project
while finishing college, tnen
long-range commuting to a job,
and finally camping with rela
tives in limited space.
Then came the sweat-equity
Soon the Chases moved
in and began to do just what
their neighbors were doing
T.hr.v Dainted walls and cup-
hnarns. DUt in Hl&uiaiiuu
shelves and closet poles and as
phalt tile and linoleum.
If all this sounds like an im
possible schedule for a man with
a job, Norman Chase could ar
iriie with vou. During all this
strenuous building program he's
been holding down a 0D ana
studvine law on the side.
Chase estimates they spent
hetween four and five hundred
dollars completing their home
and adding many things not
included in any new house. He
figures they saved a thousand
dollars bv doing the worn mem
selves. By doing so he believes
thev added at least two tnou
sand dollars to the value of
their home.
Half of the hundred Paines
ville houses are bigger than
those of the Smiths and the
Chases. These are story-and-a
half houses for larger families,
with two bedrooms down and
space upstairs that the buyer
can finish into two or even
three additional bedrooms as he
needs them.
When- all costs are in, these
houses with their potential five
bedrooms will cost their buyers
around $7,900. In finished con
dition they will equal houses
selling for $11,000 to $13,000.
Now that the Smiths and the
Chases and all the other veter
an-families in the first 50 houses
have pretty will finished their
amateur carpentry and painting
and landscaping, it is possible
to tell just what they are get
ting for their money and their
sweat.
That sweat, of course, would
be hard to measure, but none
of the families seem to be com
plaining about It or reluctant to
shed it.
"There may be one or two
exceptions," Banker Templeton
says, "but it is my observation
that the boys' homes are com
pleted. Some of them hired
people to do part of the work,
but most of them did it all them
selves." On the cost side, the project
has worked out rather better
than anyone except Temileton
expected.
Purchase price was conserva
tivley set at $6,400 on some f
the houses and $6,500 on the
rest. Just before Christmas,
1948, with all costs in,- rebates
were calculated and each pur
chaser learned that his mort
gage had been reduced by a
substantial $966.31.
Most buyers made no down
payment, except a little less
than $50 to cover G.I. appraisal,
fees, and title work. The mort
gage calls for $39 a month, and
the property tax is currently
running $6 a month. The mort
gages were set for 20 years,
but the rebate knocks several
years off that.
All in all, it was a welcome
piece of Christmas news for
families already pleased with
their housing bargains.
So what the Smiths and the
Chases and the other veterans
are paying is between $5,600
and $6,000, depending upon how
elaborately they have finished
their houses.
What they are getting is a
full-sized two - bedroom house,
26 feet square plus attached ga
rage and utility room. The bed
rooms, the bath, the kitchen,
and the closets all are of" fair?
ly generous size by today's
standards. The lot is 60 by
200 feet. The arrangement and
construction are conventional
but, thanks to painstaking at
tention by an architect, superi
or to what most low-cost houses
offer, including many costing up
to twice as much. Water pipes
are copper throughout. The
house is panel heat by an oil
furnace that circulates hot
water through pipes cast in the
floor slab. Don Smiths fuel
Dm lor the first winter was
$110. The workmanship all
through the house is superior-
much better, both Smith and
Chase enjoy pointing out than
that on more expensive houses
near by.
The Smiths and their neigh
bors think that a hundred vet
erans well housed at something
approaching prewar costs is an
important story, and they think
it is a good thing for a man and
woman to put some of their own
perspiration into making
home.
Harry Templeton agrees, but
he hopes that the Painesville
project will mean more than
that. He and the architect and
the real-estate man and the
builder hope that it will be re
garded as a "pilot plant," that
their experiment will be
peated over and over again in
other communities to show what
free enterprise can accomplish
when it recognizes its responsi
blities.
"Sweat equity?" Don Smith
says. "Yes sweat and slivers
backaches and blisters. But it
got us a home instead of just
a place in which to survive."
That goes for ninety-nine oth
ers besides the Smiths. It could
go for thousands and thousands
more.
(THE END)
Air Feeder-Line
Asks Oregon Run
San Francisco, Aug. 4 (U.R)
John H. Connelly, president of
Southwest Airlines, was on rec
ord today as favoring South
west's expansion into Califor
nia's San Joaquin valley and in
to hte Oregon-Washington area
as far north as Bellingham near
the Canadian border.
The feeder-line president tes
tified at a civil aeronautics
board hearing Tuesday The
CAB has recommended that
Southwest should be granted a
five-year extension of its tempo
rary certificate to serve a route
between Santa Barbara and
Klamath Falls, Ore., and the
suspension of United Airlines
service for five years in the
same area.
John T. Lorch, counsel for
UAL, closely questioned Con
nelly on Southwest's projected
expansion. Connelly admitted
his company appealed to CAB
for expansion to, Arizona and
Nevada, but had been turned
down. He said Southwest could
attain self - sufficiency on its
route 76, Santa Barbara to Kla
math Falls if the federal govern
ment gave more aid for its mail
service.
Connelly proposed the exclu
sion of United and Western Air
line from valley points with the
exception of Fresno and Bakers
field. He stated that Fresno "as
a large city" was of great im
portance to UAL, while other
San Joaquin points were ter
ribly" important to Southwest.
United presently serves five
cities covered in its route 76
Monterey, Salinas, Santa Bar
bara, Eureka and Bed Bluff.
Medford, Ore., and Salem, Ore..
both are involved in the West
coast air lines case.
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if '-pj MTiiMiapppM frnrmf
Four Generations Mrs.
F. X. Aldrich, 640 Marion
street, poses with the three
other generations of her fam
ily and is holding the newest
arrival, Dianne Grossbeck, Al
bany. Standing are the moth
er of the baby, Mrs. Leona
Grossbeck, Albany, her grand
daughter and a son, Edward
Foltz, Scio.
Would Advance
Basin Program
Washington, Aug. 4 W) West
ern senators declared today the
program of the army engineers
and reclamation bureau for de
velopment of the Columbia river
basin should be placed before
congress at the earliest possible
time.
Senators Cain (R., Wash.) and
Chaves (D., N. M.) voiced this
view as rmy Secretary Gordon
Gray was testifying before the
senate public works committee
in support of the proposed
Columbia Valley administration
Cain drew from Gray the
word that the coordinated pro
gram now is before the budget
bureau. Even though the pro
gram has not been officially sent
to congress, Cain and Senator
Magnuson (D., Wash.) have in-"
troduced bills to authorize the
construction it proposes.
"I hope whoever is responsi
ble for the coordinated report,
will get it here quickly as pos
sible," Cain said. "It is imper
ative from a national defense
standpoint that we get action on
the report."
Chavez, chairman of the com
mittee, seconded Cain's idea.
Chavez told reporters later
that he expects his committee
will hold hearings on the CVA
bill in the Columbia basin re
gion in September. He said he
could not attend but other mem
bers would go to the northwest.
Chavez plans to go to Europe
with the senate appropriations
committee.
The public works committee
has asked the senate rules com
mittee for $50,000 to carry on
its activities. Of this, $20,000
would be used for the hearings
in the northwest.
Gray repeated before the com
mittee the testimony he had
given Monday before the house
public works committee in favor
of the CVA bill.
He was followed by H. B. Mc
Coy, director of the office of
domestic commerce of the com
merce department, McCoy testi
fied a CVA would aid develop
ment of the Columbia basin and
described his department's activ
ities in the region.
Transferring Pupils
Approved by Election
Unionvale The special school
election held at the Grand Island
and Unionvale rural schol houses
carried. There were 12 voters at
tending at Grand Island and 36
at Unionvale.
The patrons voted to exchange
and transport students of both
schools next term affording bet
ter instructions without hiring
more teachers. Two teachers for
each school with segregation of
grades from and Including first
to eight grades.
When planning a color scheme
for the exterior of your house.
remember that clashing colors
in the immediate surroundings
can detract greatly from the at
tractive effect you wish to
achieve.
Capital Journal, Salem, Ore., Thursday, August 4, 194913
Pageant Presented
By Monmouth Pupils
Monmouth A large crowd of
parents and friends attended a
pageant presented by students
from the elementary summer
school Tuesday evening in the
grove of the Oregon College of
Education.
The theme was "Beautiful
Oregon" and was cleverly work-:
ed out in readings songs, skits
and folk dancing. Live mules,
covered wagons, and a school
bus, was used to illustrate travel
of the children.
This pageant marked the clos-
Jaycees Keep
Charter Open
Woodburn The regular
meeting of the Woodburn Jun
ior Chamber of Commerce was
held at the library building with
William E. Dunn, Jr., presiding.
State officers present were Ted
Lovelace of Albany, stale vice
president, and Bob Upson of Sa
lem. Charter night has been post
poned until September 14 on ac
count of the state convention
which will be held September
9, 10 and 11 at John Day. The
charter will be kept open until
that date. There is now a total
of 21 members and several more
are expected to join.
The group voted to support
and assist the North Marion
county fair board in the work
of the fair to be held in Wood
burn Sept 23 and 24, and Mel
vin Bilyeu was appointed chair
man for this project. Numerous
other projects were discussed.
During the program hour a
sound motion picture on farm
machinery was presented by
Stewart Popp.
Refreshments were served by
President Dunn and Charles B.
Cornwell, secretary.
July Construction
Continues Brisk
Albany July construction
permits at Albany set no recofd
in themselves but their total,
$74,984, was sufficient to put
the year's total thus far well
over the $1 million mark and
assure an all-time high record
for the year.
Topping the list of July's per
mits was that issued to Don Foot,
contractor, and John D. Stokes,
architect, for the Kampfer
Brothers supermarket which is
now under construction on U. S.
highway 99 between Vine and
Calapooia streets. Framework
for this building whose estimat
ed cost as stated in the permit
is $38,000, has been erected and
wall siding is being applied.
The 7-month total for Albany
is $1,061,482, records reveal.
Salvatierra, Mexico, recently
celebrated its 300th birthday
with a series of fiestas, which
were attended by government
officials.
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Tells Past, Present and Future.
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surrounding community.
Interest in horseracing is re
viving in Bombay, India, and at
a recent sale 54 blooded two-year-olds
brought S180,000,the
highest bid being $13,500 for a
bay colt.
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