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About Herald and news. (Klamath Falls, Or.) 1942-current | View Entire Issue (March 12, 1961)
HERALD AND NEW!, Klamam Pallt, OreOM Stmdav, March It INI Paw THE HOUSE OF THE WEEK Filet Mignon Comfort On Hamburger Budget By DAVID L. BOWEN Designing a house so that it t tuill 0iva n lif.timp of comfort' and anticinale the needs of a fam ily is no easy task under any conditions. Just as a housewife discovers in planning the family meals, the smaller the budget the more ditli- cult the job. Anybody can cook appetizing meals with steak every menu; the challenge comes when the piece de resistance must be hamburger nvat. For" the architect, devising 0 plan for an efficient and comfort' able three-bedroom home inside 1,000 sq. ft. of space is parallel to tlie housewife's problem of serving interesting meals or hamburger budget. And just as tlie housewife splurges now and tlien on n good cut of beef. Architect Derick B. Kipp fudged a bit on his space budget House of the Week B-54 to push tlie total to 1,030 sq. ft. But inside this spartan limita lion he managed to include over sized closcls in each of the three bedrooms, a private half-balli for tlie master bedroom, a well pro portioned living room with fire place, a coat closet' at the en trance vestibule, and comfortable' dining space in the kitchen. "Area comfort is' stressed in this plan," Architect Kipp ex plains. "Large rooms In every living 7one have been worked out with sufficient hall space to sep arate areas, but without wasting! I I V A MAXIMUM MINIMUM: There ar only 1,030 sq. ft. of space in this three bedroom home, but Architect Der ick B. Kipp included a lot of extras usually found only in any space, wan a central vesti bule. even a modest home such as this one can count on the ad vantages of good circulation which leaves the living room free of un necessary traffic." As an economy bonus, the ex terior walls form a simple rec tangle and plumbing is eoncen trated in a single wall. Width of house alone is 37 8 . Breezeway and garage add 26'8". Depth is 27'4". Tlie living room is planned with good wall space and one big front window for easy furniture arrange ment. It has a fine proportion that makes it easy to decorate. Send this coupon for your STUDY PLAN YOU CAN GET a study plan for The House of The Week by filling in your name and address on the ooupon on this page and sending it with 50 cents to this newspaper. This study plan shows each floor of the house together with each of the four elevations, front, rear and sides of the house. It is scaled at Vs-inch per foot. It includes a guide on "How to Get Your House Built." You can take this study plan to your bank or other mortgage lender and to your builder and get rough estimates on the cost of construction in this area as well as an idea of the cost in relation in your budget. With this information you will know whether you will want to proceed with construction by order ing working blueprints direct from the architect and asking for bids for the work. STUDY PLAN ORDER COUPON J Building Editor: J Enclosed is 50 cents. Please send me a copy of the study plan of The Houtu of The Week B-54 I (pleaM ftfint) I Nam '. Street I City SH The curse of many a small house the main door opening directl; into the living room is avoided with a small entry vestibule. For formal dining, the long wall on the kitchen side of the living room can be used most efficiently for setting up a buffet. For small er or informal parties, tlie ,area at the front of the kitchen, with two handsome windows to brighten it, makes a pleasant dining area The kitchen is unusually large for an economy home. Arrange-i ment of oven, range, sink, dish washer, counters and refrigerator long generous "L" should make most housewives cheer. There's even a broom closet. Be cause of the size of the room work and storage counters and cabinets do not intrude on the decor pattern which the home. maker chooses for tlie dining section. An attached breezeway, opening into the kitchen, is a good spot tor outdoor living in the summer. Some families may want to en close this area later for a family room, or screen or glass it in as a permanent porch. B-54's basement has a recrea tion room all the way across tlie back with its own bar, a con venient lavatory, and a party kitchen: sink, refrigerator and storage shelves. There's a hobby room next to tlie furnace room In addition to these entertaining and recreation bonuses, Mother has a laundry and sewing center completely set off from the other areas. Each of the children's bedrooms has a minimum of 6' of closet, and the master closet is over 8' wide. A linen closet in the bed room hall and a coat closet in the vestibule add to the storage ca pacity. Access to attic storage is shown in the bedroom hall and there's still more space in the ga rage. larger houses. Among them: big closets, I Vi baths, en trance vestibule, family kitchen. i KOWTM M M't" U'M Si if I SWIM 0 1M t n l crura , 63 a . 1 t, 37'& M I Tln V '"" I- ... 11Ii I 10'10 Hfj 13'U i c - , r.-'i ri cL.itii . ',,Ag SITH -I :i-v . -I hoi-jio'isiUH tntaoM cmoe lj . w r v,;r til i ' "I "cn :'- I V ,t FLOOR PLAN: Unusual arrangement of entrance vesti bule and stairwell are keys to the good circulation in this economy home with luxury extras. B-54 Statistics Thtf small Iioum offers three bedrooms and 1 Yt baths in a first floor total of 1.030 sq. ft. of living space. Plans for development of basement include another lavatory, recreation room, hobby room ond sewing cen ter and laundry. . Width of the house itself is 37. 8". Breezeway and garage add 26' to the width, making total 63' 8". Either or both could be eliminated or left out of original con struction. Depth is 27' 4". I3i. nSttf m N 4 fall ' ' l-4 ' ' 1 r. rr ' - ' . :.J I III til M ;E5T2 Si X"-- O VvvTSCS '" HTTrrTti-ffijL4y Children Die In The Congo By Hundreds WASHINGTON fUPI-The Rev. Archie Graber would like you to know that while you are eating dinner tonight, eight children will die of starvation in the Congo. If this information disturbs you, several thousand miles away, you can imagine how it affects the Rev. Mr. Graber, who is a Proles lant missionary in the Congo's war-torn Bakwanga Province. He doesn't read about starving children. He watches them die, at the rate of 200 a day, and helps to bury their bloated little black bodies. - In a world hardened to the spectacle of human suffering, it' has not been easy for the Rev. Mr. Graber and other mission aries to communicate their sense of shock and horror to the well fed Christians of Europe and America. Rul tha mnccna f. 11.. t Coffee is.EI Salvador's mojoriten ttlrouau and .he .wh,5 , export ana its experts are going all out in a campaign to convince the world that coffee isn't just fcr drinking. Vou can eat it, too. Here's a recipe they recom mendcoffee nut cake: S beaten eggs, 1 teaspoon va nilla, cup molasses, tea spoon salt, ft cup cornmeal, 1 cup shipped nuts (or to taste, (4 cup double-concentrated coffee. COZY CORNER: This artist's view shows tection of the 17 by 13-foot living room which is highlighted by fireplace and large front windows. El Salvador Says Coffee For Eating SAN SALVADOR, El Salvador (AP) Ever eat coffee pie? Or a coffee cookie? Or coffee nut cake? tablespoons flour, 2 tablespoons meuea putter. Heat oven to 375 ae grees F., mix eggs, molasses, cornmeal, coffee concentrate, but ter. salt and vanilla. Mix well. Add nuts and flour. Bake 40 to 4S minutes or until firm. Put in icebox to cool. Serve with whipped cream, berves seven. organized compassion are begin ning to move. Under the leadership of tlie World Council of Churches, a "Congo Protestant Relief Agen cy" has been established as a channel through which private in dividuals can supplement United Nations efforts to feed the hun gry, shelter the homeless and care for the sick in the Congo. The World CouncO has called on its member churches to raise at least $1 million for the Congo relief program. The money will be used for shipments of food and medicine, to be distributed by the 800 Protestant missionar ies who are still at their posts in tlie turbulent Africa country.
