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pony wasnt looking for neat two bedroom home in which the kitchen has main billing The well proportioned living room has fireplace with brick trim large picture win dows with bottom vents for good air circulation and plastered archway into hall Bedrooms and bath with double size linen closet are across back of the house Extra linen closet is in short hall near kitchen Kitchen faces street with popular corner sink excel lent wlndow treatment spacious eating area and good traffic circulation which make this cheerful easy to work in room Access to basement stairs is from kitchen and side entrance Laundry facilities will be locat cd in basement Fruit room is under stairs Standard Builders Blueprints The Building Editor The Barrie Examiner Barrie Ontario Enclosed please find Plans entitled LOW ADIANS Please make Barrie Examiner FIRST AID FOR THE HOME ROGER WHITMAN ERODED LINOLEUM QUESTION The inlaid lino leum on our bathroom floor is old badly worn and watererod ed We would like to replace it with durable covering of another type What type of tiles would you suggest What is the best way to remove the present linoleum ANSWER suggest putting down vinyl tile which gives long service as well as being highly moistureresistant and resistant to grease and acids It is avail able in large variety of colors and patterns Less expen sive and also waterresistont is asphalt tile Both kinds re quire little care and are easy to clean Best way to remove the present linoleum with min imum damage to flooring und erneath is to have profession al do the job If the linoleum is adhering tightly it may be unnecessary to remove it before laying the new covering con sult your floor covering dealer And he sure to follow manufac turers instructions carefully for laying the tile BLEACH HARDWOOD FLOOR QUESTION Our usually well mannered cat left puddle on our hardwood floor It was dis covered after the area had turn ed quite dark almost blank tried to neutralize with soda solution then used steel wool to eradicate the spot about three inches in diameter Can wood such as this be bleached with what and what proportions Nothing have done improves the ap pearaoce ANSWER To the bare wood remove finish it necessary in stained area apply bleach ing solution of one ounce of oxalic acid Ellison to one qu art water lowing to remain about an hour then rinsing off with clear water Repeat if stain remains Allow wood to dry thoroughly then finish area to match rest of floor surface DRIFTIVODD CRACKS QUESTION have several large pieces of driftwood Im going to convert into lamp bas es Is there any way to pre vent cracks developing in the driftwood ANSWER Yes the wood is usually due to dry house heat causing the wood to dry out After removing all dust and cleaning the surface thoroughly apply several soak ing coats of pure fresh white shellac thinned halfandhalf with denatured alcohol SOILED BRICK PORCH FLOOR QUESTION Our porch floor is brick and needs cleaning badly it has been scnrhbed several times each summer with soap or detergent but the bricks do not look clean It is an outside porch with roof and copper screens What to do with the bricks ANSWER Masonry and stone cleaning preparations available Cracking of at masonry supplies dealers and some large hardware stores follow label directions for use 0r scrub with stilt brush or fine steel wool and mec hanics hand soap containing sand followed by ample rins ing with clear water to remove all trace of the cleaner 0r scrub with strong hot solu tion of trisodium phosphate fol lowed by ample rinsing with strong hot solution of trisod ium phosphate followed by am ple rinsing with clear water DRAFTY WINDOWS QUESTION Is there any kind of Weatherstripping available for casement windows The case ments in our living room are quite drafty in the winter ANSWER Yes special case ment Weatherstripping is avail able in kit form narrow strips of foam to he applied to the casement edges or to be appli ed by proiessionals to elimin ate drafts available some large hardware and metal windmv dealers Consult classified tele phone directory under Windows Metal BRONZE STATUETTE recently received gift of fine bronze statuette How is bronze cleaned Answer Bronze should usual ly be only dusted When clean ing is necessary wash with mild soapsuds or hot vinegar or hot buttermilk Then rinse immediately with clear water to remove all trace of the clean er and wipe dry with soft clean cloth To brighten the bronze sur face Rub with dry roltenstone or whiting rinse off all powder and Wipe dry WHITE GROUTING DISCOLOR QUESTION Ve recently had plastic tile put on the walls around our tub White grouting was used between tiles and the manufacturersinstructions were carefully followed In few days the grouting developed pink spot which are not disap pearing What could cause this discoloration and can it be re moved ANSWER The only reason can suggest for the cause of the discoloration is some for eign matter in the container or on the trowel used for the grout ing that affected th BAYCITY UPHOLSTERING ANTIQUE AND MODERN Beautiful Samples Free Iktimates FREE PICKUP AND DELIVERY PHONE PA 87413 BARRIE Upholsterlog Is our BusinessNot Just Sideline 65 Bradford St costing $975 set are obtain able in Canada for this Design No Ontario residents add per cent Sales Tax for which send me Book of COST HOMES FOR CAN remittance payable to The applying household chlorine bleach tn the spots use small brush or cottontipped applic ator If not successful the die colored grouting will have to be replaced or covered with more Scrape out the discolored cement with beer can opener or other sharp instru meat and brushout all the by use powder Wet the inner sur faces and pack the joints with prepared grouting Wipe off all cement smears with damp cloth immediately hardened grouting is difficult to remove ROOF SHINGLES BUCKLE QUESTION Our house is on ly two years old with crawl in type attic space The roof shingles have been buckling What causes this and how can it be eliminated ANSWER If the roof shingl esvare asphalt this can be caused by the swelling and shrinking of the wood sheathing underneath due to lnsufficient air circulation and ventilation in the attic space Installing vent ilating louvers or larger ones high up in each gable of the roof of size to provide at least one square foot of open ing for each 300 square feet of attic floor area should elim inate the buckling If the roof is wood shingle one the shin gles may have been laid up too tightly or he of poor grade WATER SPOTS SHOWER QUESTION We have hard water in our shower and the plastic tile gets spotted How can clean the tile ANSWER quick stain re mover for floor tile can be us ed to remove this type of water spotting easily following direct ions on the container Or use paste made of scratchless scour ing powder and kerosene rub bing on the tile surface and al lowing to dry then rinse off with plenty of warm water Be careful of the fire haz ard while using the kerosene and keep the room well ventil ated How about considering the insgdlation of Matersoftening uni lemongrass BARRIE ELECTRIC morons HORIHD REA LAND All MOTOR SALES SERVICE PAR2206 530WEN That Mexican Ice Mine Was Really Quite Find MONTREAL CP Hill promoter of good many memorable mining enterprises recalls that the Mexican ice mine was quite find in the not Rio Grande Valley Fniit and vegetable growers abounded in the valley but ice was as scarce as orange groves in Alaska The Mexican Penuoo Oil Com to when it sank its first well in the ollrrich Tamplco field in 1922 Therefore its roughnecks were taken abacksome ran when snow and ice suddenly sprayed from the well into the loodegreo air Cnramba find the gringo cn ginrers drilled through to St beria Theyd actually lrlllcdlnto pocket of carbon dioxide ex plained Mr Mills who was there It turned to fee when it hit the air There was moun tain of dry ice in no time The developers coolly as sessed the worth of their prod uct to Rio Grande growers found way to remove the gas odor and soon were selling ice from the worlds first commer cial field Bondy lilillsl Canadian ox perlencea have been less un usual but more thrilling since be come here in 1934 He and Addison McKay color ful mining figure who died in 1949 were attracted from New York by the promising wilds of northern Quebec and Labrador They were among the first to promote and develop the rich Chlbougamau copper and tin gava iron ore finds The Newfoundland govem mcnt granted them the first Labrador mining concession in 1935 Newfoundland then Brit lsh colony had to get the kings signature on it it was probably one of the few documents Edward Vlll signed notes lllr Mills The king later abdicated after short reign STUCK PIN IN MAP Mr Mills tried to gel the British the concession in 1939 It would have cost $60000000 then to build railway and shipping fa cilities he said Britain didnt invest though and the Labrador concession was later sold Iron Ore Com pany of Canada Limited has since spent $250000000 to de velop it Mr Mills and Mr McKay stumbled on to Chlbougamau in 1932 Looking for fresh fields to conquer they stuck pin in map of northern Quebec and sent an engineer there to do some nrosaectins Every week hed sendback request bag of rocks and for more money says Mr Mills Finally McKay went up to find him in Val dor bar paying prospectors to dig up rocks for some millionaire in New York The engineer was fired but the venture wasnt total loss local prospector Car penter told Mr McKay about promising finds near Amos 320 miles northwest of Montreal He was hired and soon staked government to develop 300 claims in remote but =cop perrich country railway was built there in 1956 and several companies now are mining cop per gold and silver in the Chi bougnmau field The Virginia born Mills youthful 62 is director of 19 companies and president of it They keep him dabbling in ev erything from gold to natural Why not make the most of these shutin and weekends by adding value comfort THE BARRIE EXAMINER FRIDAY MARCH lBB gar from Cape Breton to the Arctic He is president of Baker Talc Limited which sells soapstone from its Highwater Que mine to the Eskimos to be used in their popular primitive can logs Arctic soapstone has too many impurities The lame rnLno produces tale that is being of invisibility CANT SEE IT The fineness is measured in microns explains lr blills One micron equals the wave length of light When you get beyond that you cant see it It doesnt reflect light cve re refincd to the point For Better lined ours to fire microns HOME BUILDING winter evenings and beauty to your homel We have everything you need from tools to com pleie instructions for dozens of easy interior improvements it our showrooms todayl Whether youre planning sim ple shelf or maior job such as recreation room in your basement wellgladly give your proiect our closest atten lion LOOK To us FOR THE KIND or FRIENDLY EXPERT SERVICE THAT HAS BUILT OUR 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