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18TH COHAWA TOMES, Seder, Deemer 30,196 IN THE HOME HOME OF THE WEEK WORKSHOP va EXTENSION TABLE | CHAIR PATTERN 224 ; : ; By RUTH W. SPEARS PGS DIB ML Zak 248 ag eer MAKE YOUR OWN dining een. See set. Pattern 225 for an Exten- Shi ' i sion Table and 224 for Chairs in Two Sizes require common hand or power tools. The table} top may be of plywood or} colored plastic panel material) to match the chair covering. The table and chair patterns are 50c. each, Both are includ- ed in the Quick and Easy Furniture Packet No. 13 for $1.75. Send orders to The Home Workshop Dept., The Times, Oshawa. FJ peste. j \ CS GARAGE =F BRELWAVE9 KITCHEN BLD RM. cLt BED RM. 20.0. 27-0" 10-5120" 14-8'0 17-0" 9.0 «1Z0p_} 13-6410.10° l DINING 63.7.7 Arvttere « Or. s: 5 6. Z er re LIVING 193.127" ei teem e ee ty NO--432 House 1309 SQ.FT. Goroge 491 SQ.FT. ' f 1} HOME DESIGN NO. 432/# master bedroom with twin) titled "Home Planning Guide"',| sew. closets and its own lavaotry, price .50c. This book contains Because of its convenient side| njus two other good sized bed-|over 50 selected designs, in- entrance, this one storey house|ro99ms and convenient bath cluding 1 storey, 1% storey, 2 is very adaptable for building) Standard Builders' blueprints) storey, and split level, plus use- , on a sloping lot. This is a/costing $9.75 a set are obtain-| fyl information on building, in- frame house but the lower por- able in Canada for this design| terior decorating and landscap- | tion must of necessity be brick, No, 432 (Ontario residents add ing. Order your copy today. block or stone. The lower por-'3 per cent saies tax). Also included in this design tion beneath the bedrooms could; Now availazle at this news- book is complete price _ list, be used for 7 Pivbiceg oie r00M paper office (or from address order form, and full information | STENCILING or even an additional bedroom. y ew = x en- w to order blueprints. Wire the li also sloves' to below) a new desing book en- on ho' i PATTERN 298 the back, an outside entrance Ai RE RES sie opening on to a terrace or patio) The Building Editor, } AN OLD ART that is now could easily be arranged. On Oshawa Times, popular again is stenciling tin the other hand if the lot also Oshawa, Ontario, ware and furniture in gold on sloped to the front, the garage| a black background. Pattern could probably be located in [-] Enclosed please find 50c, for which send me Book 298, which gives more than a this area. This would gevomg of Plans entitled "HOME PLANNING GUIDE" dozen different authentic old the present garage and breeze- ' 3 R stencil designs, an outline of way eat allow for building on| Mail requests 10c extra. (Please make remittance terials needed and clear a 55 foot lot. Note the extra} payable to The Oshawa Times). directions, is 50c. This pattern large kitchen convenient to} : also is in the Painting Pat- dining area, basement and side | vas ° terns for Home_ Decorators door. Living room includes a} Packet No. 35 -- a tremendous fireplace and protected en bargain for $1.75. trance. Sleeping wing features \ Send-orders to The Home Workshop Dept., The Times, FIRST AID TO THE AILING HOUSE PLASTER BLISTERS Jers be treated to prevent futurejhome, as well as floors, walls, } QUESTION:. The plaster on/'®tting? ats | our entrance hallway walls de-| ANSWER: Paint the lower) ANSWER: An excellent man- #| veloped blisters which appear end of each stringer liberally|ual of this.kind is "How to Clean foamy at first, burst, and: re- with clear wood preservative,|Everything" by Alma C. Moore, main very crusty. What .do you| Creosote or tar. Resting each|published by Simon and Schus- suggest? We have a two-storey| Stringer on a concrete block set|ter; your local book store can house, finished attic and base-|in the ground will retard rot-jeasily get it for you if it isn't || ment, wood siding, oil-fired|ting. If possible, use cypress orjin stock. Some national shelter | fl a -- steam heat. California. redwood for the|magazines also publish general i 6 PATTERN ANSWER: The blistering is|resistant to rotting, Rolted con ne oe ES 8 probably caused by lime that) ditions of present stringers in- CEILING TOO HIGH was not sufficiently slaked. Slak-| gicates rep] t | THIS BLANKET CHEST, of ing continues with moisture ab > *Pacement- { QUESTION: We have just' pine or cedar, has a remov- sorbed from the air, and will casTER DAMAGE |purchased a very old house/abie top tray for storing lin- eventually be complete; the Ey |which we are redecorating in-|ens It is a copy of an old plaster, of course, will be pow-- QUESTION: A large heavy/side ourselves. It is in excellent dower chest later. called a dery and softened. Best remedy|sofa, with casters made slight|condition and has been welllnope chest. Pattern 397, which would be to replace the plaster.|dents and dark areas in the|kept. But we find the ceilings gives material list ~actialaise Or wait until the blistering stops|floor. We are now having the|in the downstairs room seem too cutting guides and directions, is then brush off all loose particles /floor refinished completely andjhigh. How can an amateur 59. 'There is even a guide fot and smooth on another finish'want to prevent this type of|make them seem lower? making the big aceatall ake coat of plaster. jdamage if possible. ANSWER: Painting the ceil-| joints: This pattern also is one i | ANSWER: A wide assortment|ings a darker shade, rather than of four in the Simple Furniture REPOINTING BRICK STOOP 11 styies, sizes and kinds of cups|the ceiling color for a short dis-| Project Packet No. 62, for $1.75, QUESTION: My brick -stoopjor rests to be placed under the| 'ance down the wall surfaces, in needs repointing at several/casters or chair legs is avail-|@ Uniform width band around places. What mortar mix is\able at variety, hardware and|the top of the walls, makes the recommended for this? housewares stores. These distri-/ Ceiling seem lower in the room. Be : ANSWER: Use a mix of one bute the weight of furniture over| : \ i ee part portland cement; three|@ Slightly wider area, decreas:/SOLID BRASS HARDWARE | NOTED GUEST parts clean, coarse sand, and|ing the possibility of dents from! QUESTION: I must purchase} Jimmy Durante makes his one fifth as much hydrated lime|Concentrated pressure at one|brass hardware for refinishing |first guest appearance on the as cement. Dig out loose mortar) Point. an expensive cabinet. How can|Ed Sullivan show Jan. 7, on in the joints for at least half'an \I be sure it will be a solid brass'\CS TV from Hollywood. inch, vsing a cold chisel, beer/ METAL DOWELS SOURCE and not plated? eer --- can opener or old screw driver. QUESTION: Where can I fir ANSWER: The best way to! . | as N: % nd : s y to pep cg eg poor sang source for metal dowels about|P¢ sure is to purchase from a IT'S DIXON'S waters ih te th tar| tiree-eights inches or % inch in reliable hardware dealer and For the BEST in FUEL end er; en apply e mortar) diameter? I want to use them|uy the products of a reputable Heating Equipment with a pointed mason's trowel.!j, making a divider manufacturer; the container P Latex patching cement can also f é usually indicates the material DELCO be used for small areas; this is) ANSWER: Suggest consulting finich and type. A magnet will| ol wererencaprens available at many a and| the solaee Tatetat tone ra not be attracted to solid brass,||-313 Albert St. RA 3-4663 masonry supplies dealers. Mi r Metal specialities , ill cli . rad si and 'Dowels and Dowel Pins." a to brass plating K ROTTED STRINGERS é z : |HOUSEHOLD CARE TOO wy wo QUESTION: The stringers of THICK VARNISH the wood steps of my vacation} QUESTION: Is there a book, QUESTION: I have some top Douglas L. Gower bungalow have rotted; they rest/of guidance for the benefit of the quality varnish in a partly-used directly on the ground. How average householder on the care can that has been stored in thé @ REALTOR @ should the Teplacement | string-|and upkeep of furniture in the |cellar for quite a while. It was|| For all your Real Estate- Needs tightly covered, but thickened] PHONE RA 8-4651 anyway. Can this be thinned so bd 4 that it could be used? QUEEN S PARK "gm ANSWER: The 'ir contained) @am\in the empty part of the can has Si sts gr a, partly oxidized the lin- ba eee s il d I doubt if yar-| i i ign Icant Year i Inish onal be used with bod lanl McLaughlin Heating ! } Address orders to The Home Workshop Dept., The Times, Oshawa. : jcess. However, try adding a! for D . @e little turpentine to thin the var-. « FUEL OIL e STOVE OIL Tawing 0 ose we jnish. Be resigned to discarding © Prompt Delivery 104 King W. RA 3-348] By DON O'HEARN A GIVES LIFE FORMULA © sell the things we make. RAGUSA, Sicily (AP)--G TORONTO -- Good-bye 1961, No more is it the curb bit. gio Rinrone, Mee see ier you were quite a year. Quite a Now it is the whip. southern Sicilian: area any year : Wc have found that we may brated his 102nd birthday Thirs- IF IT'S RUGS... CALL We didn't have armed insur-|not be able to keep on building|/ day and gave this formula for rection in the province, famine those buildings -- we have to|his lengthy life: 'Eat every-|| NU-WAY or pestilence. 'earn how to meet Germans and/ thing, and drink everything." : But we certainly had more Japanese, Swedes and English-| POISONE es Wallte- Wall. Broadionm than we usually bargain for inman at the game of manufac- on wpb ll by FOOD | || Carpets -- Stair Runners, ete. any '12 months. turing and find the places and (AP)--Ei age S ERR A 171 Mary St RA 8-4681 WERE SMUG? Pee te Reedle OGt WAT AT Lor gal soem subleten In January of 1961, we were| A Year ago we were on top| 726, Dride Fecomn SUR ELE 'y 61, of the world. We s poisoning Thursday at a quite a smug province. it re till are, but wedding banquet. Authorities We had seen 18 years of '"'pro-/" 'S setting crowded, : h blamed spoiled cream in the gress'. We had spent 12 years | DIFF ERENT BABY banquet. cakes | D. W. WILSON LTD. under a man whose main job) We have a changed govern- on REALTOR onde to he us on the rails,' ment, a young government, with, Ed Wynn, veteran of stage,| - ~ nod rom ws away ithe promise of spirit and drive. movies and radio still seen in| OSHAWA SHOPPING CENTRE Pe urseives, an ' who had| We have a renewed opposition television performances, was RA 5-6588 what amounted to reverence for|--4 iberals- who have come to|born in Philadelphia in 1886 a the kindly if firm way in which life, and CCF'ers who have! 3 - he aad run us. ; changed their name. Our concerns were building| We have changed sociall "~ "~~ 7" "7F 3 3-37-37 =-=----=-- roads, building schools, building} 1 odes--Sunday movies, night OUR GUARANTEE hospitals, building hydro plants. |™° th soit: ok | Building--and giving grants to] F2cing, le ee tt of govern: All "DUMONT" Aluminum Products ore guaranteed to be municipalities so they could|™ent betting offices. free from defects in material and workmanship. They are build buildings and services. We have a changed status-- guaranteed for @ lifetime by the seller and by the manufoe- NOW CHANGE jwe have had to put on a sales turer against rust, corrosion, pitting, warping and other de- 'Yoday "progress" has been|{ax and got down in the ruck| | terioration, arising from natural causes ond conditions, repiaced by "change". with most of the rest of Canada. | We are still building. But now| Yes, Ontario, we are quite a| it is the economy. different baby than we were just IN COLOR TOO! We have had a real scare in|965 days ago. | unemployment. We have been! An era has ended. We are in| THAT' DUMONT doused in a cold bath of a com-|a new day. There are new chal- sad Le ee Ae mca market. enges 333 SIMCOE ST. S. PHONE 728-1651 We have found we have to| Anda it's good isn't it? We are figit,in faraway places. Fight |realiy alive,again! : ---- ee eee eee ee ee es es ee! #T. E ATO N CQuire0 Am't Rec'dor Acct No. =--\ y7oire26 AFTON OF 60008 ary. STOMER'S Cun ATURE----------_| ROSS ST- OR ISTRICT. SALES NO. Yi] _@_ ene en naman EATON'S OF CANADA Out of the old and into the new... at a saving! Women's Street and Dress Shoes. .Please,no telephone or mail orders Fine fashion footwear ... reduced from regular stock. Slender high and illusion heels, in calf, patent and suede leather . . . also some walking shoes with cuban heels. Wide variety of col- ours, including black and brown, Sizes 5 to 10, narrow and medium widths, but not-im every size, colour and style. : @ EATON Opportunity Day Special, go Cowie &.95 EATON'S MALL LEVEL, DEPT. 238 Outstanding special value / PAINT ROLLERS, TRAYS Good quality mohair rollers; regular size, for which refills are readily available. Trays ¢on- structed with slope; paint stays in one end; bottom is ridged for removing excess paint from roller. : EATON Opportunity Day Special, set .99 EATON'S LOWER LEVEL, DEPT. 275 PHONE 725-7373