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Barrie Examiner, 15 Aug 1959, p. 12

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refinish the top of it The ven Neat and um can threebat room home of cedar shakes and brick construction boasts afull basement with plenty of room for recreation Large closets are found in the sleeping areas and the idtchen futures cheer ful work area with corner sink under window The large liv ingklining comb ation is well lighted by the large picture window and includes fireplace at one end There is guest closet in the separate entry hall which is made private by an at tractive trellis partition This home invites seoond glance same floor plan is available for solid brick or brick veneer con struction but with onecar at tached garage in place of breeze Will The Building Editor The Barrie Examiner Banfa Ontario Enclosed please find fie Plans entitled 71 LOW Ctl HOMES FOR CAN ADIANS Please make remittance payable to no Barrie Examiner Name Ls Addreu Standard Buildera blueprints costing $975 set may be ob tained for this design No 295 For further information write to for which send me Book of one FIRST no so By ROGER wnrrMAN SEWING RADIATOR QUESTION We have two flat house of five rooms each hot water heat with reserve tank in the attic Would it be all right to shut off any of the rod iators in any room without in terfering with heath rooms ANSWER Individual radiators can be closed off if valve is turned tighily without interfer ing with heating system PAPERING QUESTION We have casein paint on our ceiling over wall paper Do we have to size it be fore papering it again Will this help the paper stick better as we notice some places where the paper comes loose ANSWER Dont recommend putting new paper over present wallpaper covering since it is coming loose in places All loos ened paper should be torn off best method would be to remove present paper entirely sand paper scams Surface should be cleaned of all traces of grease and grime then coating of glue size applied When the sizing is dry rapaper BEFINISHING ansr QUESTION have Walnut cedar chest and would like to ear at the hottomof the chest has been badly chipped Is there any way to removethe veneer ANSWER To remove veneer remove the varnish down to hare wood Then apply cloths dampened with hot water When the water has penetrated through the veneer and softened the glue the sheet canbe lifted off with putty knife you wish to place thi there isa thin plas tic veneerrlike sheet with wood grain that could be ce merited over the wood core after the veneer has been rem ved souno ansoizanve one fipglgfinglgoN Iant finishing the ms in home burcapb Cod way or material to beused in laying the floors in order to less en the noise to the rooms be low be the best for promoting silence overhead Re ntlythere has been intr sounddeadening paint which might be considered for 15 Were any particular urns HOME finishing the Ceiling below TILE OVER CONCRETE QUESTION We plan to put asphalt tile on our concrete basement floor ltwas painted with rubber base paint four years ago will it be necessary to remove the paint first How can the paint be removed ANSWER Since rubber hose paint was used you can go aheadand put down the tile With oil base paint its usually recommended to remove it first because some of the adhesives usedcan act adversely on the solvents in the paint causing it to soften YELLOWED SPACE HEATER QUESTION have White gas space heater about three years old The white enamel has turned yellow Can it be painted would like to keep this space heater if possible ANSWERdeore paint sug gest cleaning surface with one of excellent porcelaincleaning pre parations now available at many houseware and hardware stores The surface can be painted af ter first dulling present surface With steel wool with any good quality stove enamel following label instructions CEMENT CRACKS IN HOUSE QUESTION In our severi month old home we note several apparent defects which our builder says are beyond his con trol several hairline cracks in the block foundation small hairlineV cracks in basement floor andipatio sizeable separv shop where front walk meets the porcbix We are fairly rea sonable nod do not want to make ISSUE nonnal situati What doryou think °n ANSWER Most new construc tion requ six months to year to ettle frequentlycauses era rninor nature in plaster and con crete this is not serious How ev be surethere water seepagethrough the cracks lf floor uscksiare wide and num our may be weak and not overtwo has QUESTIONS IVE BEEN asxro By LEE WMON How do go about tak ing faucet apart to fix leok lcnnnot see how to remove the handle Not every faucet tap is made the some way but lien ally they are more or less like the illustration Here you will notice that the handle is fasten ed to the stem by means of ser rations and heldin place by screw on top Sometimes in makeia heater looking job this screw is concealed by cap or disc pressed into recess in the handle This is probably why you couldnt find the holding craw It is under this cap Once removed you can undo the screw and remove the handle If you notice there is nut un der the handle this should be slackened before trying to re move the handle When the handle has been re moved unscrew the cap nut but dont pull it off the shaft The whole shaft can be remov ed by turning it counter clock Wise 0n the bottom end of the shaft you will find washer it is removed by undoing the centre holding brasst screw For about 25c you can buy bag of assorted washers Select the right size and replace How ever before reassembling the faucet examine the seat against which the washer makes con tact If pitted it should be re cut as pitted seat will soon wear away the new washer and the leak will start again special inexpensive seat cutting toolis available for this pur erete cellar floors should be at least four inches thick Cracks should be filled with cement over dampened surfaces new patching concrete containing la tex excellent Where the walk meets the porch the crack should be kept tightly sealed to prevent water and moisture enterin Cracis Me of inch or less in width can be filled with asphalt roofing cement or acaullring compound applied with cooking gun be sure surfaces are dry Wider cracks should be ed with oakum or jute with roofing cement valtcr brushing out all loose particles being sure sur faces aro dry wtLi WINE ALWI ELECTRIC Actress Perhaps Thirteen Roles roaonro CPIScottish sci ress Lennon Milne said here that she laughed when Scottish author ul am after nearly one successful performanseaacrosl Scotland Miss Milne opens that playThe Heart is liiglilaIidon Augll at Stratford 0nt again portraying all is roles Ber octet Position voice faddlvexpressionAbut mostim portant what goes on in my mind aays the actrss wife of author Moray McLaren The comedymiller written by Kemp fairs series of character sketchesol the type made famous by Ruth Draper Iand knits them into an absorbing plot Miss Milne has tdway conversa tiouwith horse in one scene and portrays as many as five persons on stage at one time The twol hour show is really an act of concentration she says Onc also has tremen dous feeling of responsibility to wards the audience of the special stage convention called genuine dramch ex perience by London critic after the piays Edinburgh Fes tival debut Miss Milne says it is the simplest form of act ingllcr all for it is howchii dren play Now am the teacher nowvl am the child UNEéolpgiSts To TourCanada UNITED NATIONS NY AP The United Nations announced Friday that 15 Asian geologists and mining engineers will visit lead and zinc uranium and ni ckel mines and oil and gas wells on tour across Canada next month The UNs bureau of technical nssisianoes operations and its economic commission for Asia arid the Far East are sponsoring the tourto show the group mod ern techniques The visitors will he govern ment officials from British Bor noe Nationalist Chinan Hong Kong lndia lndonesia Iran Japan South Korea Malaya the Philippines and Thailand They Will reach San Francisco todny and make five week tour of the United States on an itinerary previously announced REACH CANADA SEPT 19 They will arrive in Vancouver Sept 19 from Butte Mont and gradually move eastward They will go Sept 26 to Suds bury and on the followingtwo days will visit the International Nickel Companys mining opera tion producing about oil per cent of the worlds nickclf On Sept 29 they will inspnci the Rio Tinto uranium mining operation said to be North Amer icas largest at Elliot linke On Oct nd they Will visit the dcpnrtiilbnt of mines and technical surveys in Ottawa They willcome here to draw up report hbfora icavmg for home Oct 10 use You may even be able rent one from your local hard ware store If the toolis not immediately available assemble the faucet anyway but figure to recut the seat at the first avail able opportunity because the life of the new washer wont be very great if the seat is bad Inci dentaliy before tightening the cap nut make sure tbcsbaft is screwed right down so that the washer is in contact with the seat If water leaks around the cap nut slide it back on the shaft and wind few turns of well waxed string clockwise around the shaft Tighten the nut and the leak should cease Address any queriesrc build ing to Leewilson Berkeley St Toronto out orxcare of this newspaper For reply is stamped selfaddressed envelope must be enclosed An Examiner Want as Man wish mu fix his ink bygettingsogasmnglesat Budget Delicit Record High omwa co riuiedeni government had budget deficit of $609316 in the fiscal year ended but March at highest em recorded in peacetime and the fourth since the Second World War thatithe government has gone intotho red The aiu of the deficit an nounced Friday by Finance blin isterFleming in final account ing for the rose 59 year was shapedout of revenues of 754722sos and ndltures hitlt flag an alltime heir of 03953 Previous record spending was $32215355 it the war year of 194344 In hisbudget speechrApril lifr Fleming forecast deficit higher by $9000 atsé17oo1ooo The previous high for peace time deficit was $399425N in 191920 The alltime record de ficit 82558277115 occurred in the war year of 1W5 amenity JOHN YATES If local history founded upon the lives of its individu als then llledonte has wistfully turned the closing leaf of very interesting chapter the life of John Yatcs whose death occurred recently in To ronto Johns early pionem home was on the farm now owned by John Barr Like many in the neighborhood it know privation factor which per dc vcloped the strong ntivo characteristics of thls country lad To augment the family in come John hired out among the neighbors two of these be ing his uncles Thompson and George Miller But even at the turn of the century the city looked more attractive to him than the stony furrows of lifednnte tilll sides so John kind to ioron arriving with only twentyfive cents in his pocket Being an enterprising chap beworked himself into the retail business first by peddling garden pro duce in basketnand as busi ness expanded he bought him self wheel barrow Jolris genial personality was bound to make itself felt and in due time be rented grocery store on Queen Street for twelve dollars month At this time in nearby rooming house lived Carrie Collins pretty seamstress from Kinca dine Friendship flowered into romance and in 1908 John and Carrie were mar ried The grocery business went well but something was amiss Two people raised in two of Ontarios st picturesque spots living out their lives on city street John in his inimi table way sold his wife te Hills of Horne Leaving her behind in the city he returned to Medonte and built oneroamed honie on the property his father had given him near thc old Glou cester road This road was at one time the main thorough fare betweenthe Penetang road and the village of Coldwater CousinJoc Fowler whose boy hood paralleled so closely that ofjolin recalled how busy the rqadonce was with its taverns its blacksmith shop and the OConner shoemaker where one could have pair of boots halfsoled for forty cents while one waited On his return to Medonte Johnrfocussed his efforts on berry growing He was an ex perimcnter atheart ever test ing new varieties until he found one which could withstand the slow transportation cunuiA tions of the times For many summers afamiliar sight in and about Carley at traintimegwas John driving his Maudie and singlebuggy loaded to capacity with berry crates bound for northern points via CPR Selfexpression was Johns second nature and his amazing swornch hives cnop Lasts Cmp losses duriiig harvest season on the prairies through natural hazards andmechanig cal operations can be reduced appreciably oy the proper use of the swathcr Timing of the swathcr operation is the most versatility drew him into many activities in his early years John came from musical fam ily libsgrandfather bent out the hymns with tuning fork in the log schoolhouse which served as Hobarts first church and school during the period around lBSD His sister Hon nnh predeceased was the first organist when lililier Church now known as Hobart Church installed its first organ in1890 John found expression not only through the organ but the vio lin as well 30 learn that back inifhe 1880s the spoiling match kept funny newcon Hobart and Carley communities at high ebb This intercommunity coin petition was inspired by teacher Mr Campbell and the spelling champion of the day was George Miller acousin of John who wontto Vancouver to live Programs were planned around the spelling match whichbioughtforth some very unusual talent Hora John had ample scope for his wit his love of music and poetry as well as dramatic comedy As matter of course dun ing his maturing years he took his place on school and church boards and in other rural en deavors John hadan amazing mega cry and as his hair became more and more silveredhis writings found their way into daily and weekly papers in the form of colourful local events past and present Four years ago when this great mind was stricken and his speech he came difficult it was then that the community realized the im pact of his afflicition There are those who like to the dying moments of the Ho hart Christmas concert with the gusto of stampeder and put ting on performance which did old Santa proud Others will remember the co lay the minister and John would rise to the dignity of the hour and come forth with message which showedamaung insight and understandig of the Bible remember him bursting in on There areihpse too who will remember how be put his hand in his pocket and helped them through times of difficulty or how he gave tangible ncour agement when they were at the botto of the ladder the children will remem her his close kinship to nature On school hikes or otherwise it was always apleasure if their Man Trap and throughMr Yates woods Thye loved his old house surrounded as it was with an element of surprise They reacted to his kind jovial Burton tintingLOANS loans hrsanger purchase home nilding and remodelling needs in town or coup you own your own lot yoncan flnnnoe alibi part of yonrininher needs providedyonuean nieeLtbe monthly payments which are ofte in than the wit yo us now pnyf gt Denls Shearrls new Finance Plan is specially designed to help you build out of toinwithont reroureeto norm Loans to Servicemena Specialty Deninaheard Tinia Payment Plan Annie Iced to supplement amailinortgnge Come Denis Sheard Ltd of Palnswick miles South of Barrie for all your building needs and have the advantage ofnthefr expert advisory service courteous quality materials with qulck delivery together wl bth ereditarrangement tn the building trade command anemones no poisons baron nun wonir fsUPPtiizs Shenrd Lirl atientio casions when storinywould de route led them down over the imp tajnt consideration Swathing atudics over five year period at the SW Cur rent Experinwn al Farm ln dicate tbatxbarley may be cut at kernel moisture of in per cent and wheat at 35 per cent without signifth losa of ty and soon his collectionof Indian diggings would be ex porha gt they might he showed tote speak at on vrens housefivhich peren nially took up housekeeping in saucepan which hung on the outer wall of his berry house lfcrhrris too they might no tice her vyingneigbbor who iiuu taken possession of Mrs Yateslclotbmpin bag hanging at the end of the clothes line children acquireda new appre ciation of the great world of nature through his eyes His burial service was held in the little Hobart Church the church built by his far bcars As the organ sounded out Psalm 121 Unto the hills so fittineg chosen to many of us the lnwnrd eye caught glimpse of John stretching his band as he was wont to do toward the beautiful hills which encircle bls beloved valley and of which again he was to becoine part Tbcpalibcarera were sons of his early associates Herb Gib son Michael Frawley Ingram AmosJames Barr Boyd Mil ler and William Miller To his wife and sonMorris and grandchildren to the mine munity whose history has been so enriched by his long full life ofBs years his memory is beautiful heritage Ibusbei weight or larley kernels fondled to per cent moisture content from nine to 11 days beforethe crop was ready for straight combining Wheat roach moisture seven before it could be safely straight combined The swathv ed grain was ready for com bining four to six days after cutting Thus the advantage of gaining week or so dug ing harvest season is obvious Also early harvcst conditions during which time the grain can be swathcd are usually more favorable than later pn ln the season YEARS Monthly Payments as Low as 562 Safe Clean Effith on on GAS near The Famous Gan wooo ino McClARY Health Systems Installed and Guaranteed to 72 at 10 below zero Snow and Ice Meltinx Cooiing Ventilating Eavrstroughing Etc call saxrons Sheet Metal and Beating on 84010 in mm No Obligation Electrical Installation imd Service lounicy Wormssnip 7Quality Materials Parry Electric in bani1mm at Phone Blirll ra um SERVICE AND SATISFACTION GUARANTEED remind PAr 646007 nation itching Tarn mow iA 82670 acesr suitosns omea dwunde tZou sown in MENTSFitQM sisas All nines completely aadrgraded storms auwlei

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