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THE DAILY TIMES-GAZETTE, Saturday, November 20, 1954 First Aid To The Ailing House TS ON CEILING QUE TION: Our ceiling is pain- d while but there are a few bots the size of a quarter. We afled "the ceiling then coated it ith .a. rubber base wall paint, but e =discoloration is till there. I : tand this was caused by a ghball that splashed. ANSWER: Try coating the dis- blgeation with a coat of thin shel- pethen apply the paint. If not] ceesful, the spots will have to it out and re-plastered. WCKLED FLOORBOARDS QUESTION: After a heavy rain ie floor in my bedroom buckled | P spots. What can I do to straigh- | h the floor? | ANSWER: It is likely that the ekling is caused by having the! orboards laid so tightly that] fere is no room for expansion | en the wood abosrbed moisture | pm the air. In such case it is essary to re-lay the flooring. | are wondering if these vines can) harm the house in any way. | ANSWER: 1 don't belieye that any damage will be caused, other than the possibility that the ivy co- vered wall may become a little damper and colder than the others. | If the brick is sound, it will be im- pervious. However, if the mortar is slightly sandy, the ivy might, in| time, pull some of it out. CREOSOTE CAUSES PAINT TO PEEL QUESTION: About five years ago we bought a small cottage and the | exterior siding walls were all of | used lumber in good condition. | They had been treated with creo- sote and I have never been able to. make paint stick to the surface. | Could you tell me of any base coat I could apply so that paint would stick? ANSWER: I suggest that you put on a material known as stain seal- er, which is made to do this type of job. Full instructions are on the | with a mildew-proofing prepara- further absorption of moisture. CLEANING WOODWORK QUESTION: I have varnished an waxed woodwork throughout my home. What is the best method of Slaning it without spoiling the fin- ish? ANSWER: I suggest using a wax hase liquid cleaner, the kind used for wood doors and on sale at most stores carrying housewares. The results should be completely satisfactory. CONCRETE GARAGE FLOOR QUESTION: Last summer 1 had a concrete foundation laid for a garage, 5 inches thick, 14 feet wide and 20 feet long. This has now cracked in half all across the wid- th. What caused this, and do you think it would be safe to build a garage on this foundation? ANSWER: Evidently the earth was not well tamped before the con- crete was laid, and the ground set- on the other hand, the room is| r an unexcavated area (no base- | ent) dampnes from the ground] plow may be the cause. The rem- | Hy in this case is to provide plen- of ventilation on the underside the floor. i ISTERING PAINT IQUESTION: Two years ago we d a new front proch put on. Since en it dees nothing but develop isters after each painting. When p apply another coat of paint the me, thing happens. I am wonder- g if this condition is caused by label. { tled underneath afterward. If no { further cracks have developed, I MUSTY CHEST QUESION: We recently purch- ased an old wood chest. We have refinished the outside but find the inside of the drawers have a very | musty odor. Clothes stored in the chest absorb the odor. Is there anything on the market that will cover up or stop the odor? ; ANSWER: Wash all the surfaces IN THE HOME wood. I would also like to ow if anything can be done to | WORKSHOP op the blistering. ANSWER: Blistering is usually | used by an accumplatiol of Mok 12 DuTcH re under the paint film. is | J V4 ill happen if paint is applied | --nv @ Por > hen the wood is wet, also if there | A FURNITURE: an insufficient amount of ventil- POTTERY. GIFTS liemon. the underside of the porch. PATTERN 262 RD) pn to providing sufficient Y (- DUTCH Ration, cover the ground with "aperproof paper and overlap | b ix inches, then seal the lap | n asphalt roof cement. All| present paint, should be re- "down to the bare wood and of time must be allowed for AA je to dry out thoroughly be- fE Hpplying paint. DPGH CONCRETE TERRACE 1 STION: I have a concrete (face that is exposed to sun and ~The surface is rather rough ty. If I use the ready-mis- With RUTH WYETH SPEAR These so-called Dutch designs were selected as typical of the g Ext wide variety of hearts, flowers, gement that comes in bags and | fruits, and hex symbols used by @-red coloring would it stick to | the early Dutch settlers in Penn- concrete? Or, is there a|sylvania. The twelve designs on hy which I could make these | the pattern are correct size for wares look like red tile? use in tracing onto cupboard doors, ANSWER: Limeproof cement co- | wall panels and other large spaces. | mean be added to the packaged | There are also designs for small mixtures. But to make a| spaces such as chair backs, draw- b of this, the present sur-| er fronts and box tops. These are | ould have to be thoroughly | all authentic and the pattern gives | ed with a hammer and cold | step by step details for the selec-| cleaned and made wet. The to come down over the rim? | think we should have put the tub in first and then the half-inch wall- | board over the rim. Should we try | feast one inch thick. Detail- | ar mation on the complete pro- ld@re-can be obtained in pamph. | form from the Portland Cem- | feAsh., 33 W. Grand Avenue, | » Ill. A simpler and less | plored mixture would have to | Rtion and use of paints. No special | skill is needed as all outlines are traced directly to the surface to be decorated. This pattern may be ordered separately at 35 cents The number is 262. It is included | in the packet of Painting Pat- terns for Leisure-Time Artists at think you would be safe in pro- ceeding with the rest of the ga- rage. WHITE CEMENT BETWEEN TILES . QUESTION: Is there anything that I could use to whiten the ce- nent between the tiles in the bath- | I ! | oom? ANSWER: Scrubbing the sur-| faces of the tile with a scratchless | scouring powder, then rinsing with | a strong solution of Javelle water may whiten the cement if it is not badly discolored. Should this fail, scrape out the old cement and | brush out all loose particles. Wet | the inner surfaces with water and | then file the joints with white port- | land cement mixed with water to | a thick creamy consistency. Wipe | off all cement smears while they | are still wet. . | INSTALLATION OF A BATHTUB | QUESTION, -- Some time ago | I purchased an unfinished home. | To finish the bathroom, we bought | |a steel tub with a rim around the back and sides. The rim is | about one inch high and does fit flush with the wall. Our problem is how do we install plastic wall tile | to take out the tub and cut the wallboard to fit over the rim? ANSWER -- You have made the mistake of putting up the wall- board before the installation of the | tub. To eliminate the job of remov- ing the tub and resetting it, you could put another sheet of wall- board over the existing one. It would not be wise to apply the tile over the present set-up. CREOSOTE BLEEDS THROUGH FENCE PAINT QUESTION: I applied creosote on the bottom of fence posts be- fore putting them into the ground. I did all the posts at the same | time. After erecting the fence we have one section of the posts with | creosote above the ground. Three 1! WOOD SCREWS Handy Plywood Book Stand Is Made In Evening Just the thing for students is! this desk book trough to keep re-| ! ference volumes within easy reach | | and easy to locate. Beauty of this handsome book holder is that it can be quickly assembled in an evening with parts cut from a panel of % inch fir plywood. Dimensions of the | trough can be tailored to fit the desk on which it will be placed. Natural grain of the fir ply- wood can be retained with a variety of wipe-down stains or by applying a blond finish with a wipe-down white. undercoat and shellac or varnish final coat. It can be painted to match or con-| trast the desk or walls of the] room if the plywood is first given | a good primer undercoat. i Ends of the trough are best] attached with screws and gluing! will provide additional strength. | Doweled hand-grips attached to| either end are optional. However finished, anyone en-| gaged in reference work, any | university or high school student | or any businessman, will find the | book trough a constant aid as well as an attractive addition to den, study or office. | Officials Deny AnyRedsOn | Commission | OTTAWA (CP) -- Canadian of- ficials today hotly denied Britain and Canada have proposed that | Communists be included on any supervisory commission for Kor- | ean elections. | A dispatch from Seoul Thursday | | contained this paragraph "Britain and Canada have pro-| posed a compromise formula in the UN assembly (for Korean elec- | tions). It would involve a mixed | supervisory commission, including | Communists, for elections through- {out Korea." | The dispatch said 20,000 Koreans | swarmed into the Seoul city sta-| | dium to demonstrate against a | ""British-Canadian election plan" | for unifying Korea. | Officials said Canada's position is- unchanged from that outlined in the Commons May 28 by Ex- | ternal Affairs Minister Pearson. He | | said at that time: | { should be fair and free, they should { be supervised by an international agency agreed on, if possible, by Simple Changes May Do Much | the Mediterranean, "To ensure that such elections |; For Older Home Putting a modern look on an old home doesn't always require | expensive remodeling. Refreshing use of colors, some furniture rearranging and a little carpentry to improve awkward architetural features can go a long way in brightening up your home. A first rule to remember is GUELPH (CP) -- An official of St. Stanislaus Jesuit Novitiate to- day criticized red tape which he said prevented getting firefighting equipment in time to save the 41- year - old institution destroyed Thursday night in a $200,000 blaze. Rev. Robert McDougall, bursar, was in charge at the novitiate in | suburban Guelph township when | the supper-hour fire broke out in the district landmark. The blaze drove 85 students and priests from to follow a long range plan so that your initial remodeling can be in- | tegrated with future improve- ments. Concentrate on those areas that come in for heavy use by family and friends. One of these, the entrance hall, is often over- looked. Not only does the hall withstand rugged use in all sea- sons, but it's the room that gives | the visitor his first, important im- | pression of the home. It should be bright and cheer- | ful, with the floor surfaced in a really durable material, weather- proof as well as handsome. Color can be added by hanging curtains in lively tones, by wallpapering, or simply by putting a good paint- ing on the wall. If any member of the family has a hobby display, put it on wall shelves. It will pique the interest of callers. The kitchen and the bathroom, of coures, need special attention in old homes. Check the arrange- ment of range, refrigerator and sink in the kitchen. Are they near each other? If not, it's more prac- tical to draw them together by connecting counter space Bathrooms can be improved greatly by partitioning off differ- ent sections for multiple use. Be- cause oversized, compartmental- ization is often more practical than installing an additional bath. Task Force Has A-Weapons | ISTANBUL, Turkey (AP)--Vice! Admiral Thomas S. Combs, comn- meander of the U. S. 6th Fleet in said today it would be 'a good assumption' that | his powerful task force carries atomic weapons on board Combs told @ Turkish-American the dinner table and out of the building. The city of Guelph serves the township with one truck in case lof a fire. Father McDougall said today: "I told them we need more Red Tape Kept Fire Reels From Call To Big Blaze equipment. They told me could do nothing more, telepho the Kitchener fire department and was advised they could not send any equipment unless the Guelph department asked for it. CALLED LAWYER "I then jelephoned a Guelph law- yer who got in touch with Mayor Harry Worton and some time after the fire started, a second truck arrived. But it was too late then." Fire department officials said to- day they could do nothing more than they did because of "rules and regulations." No one was injured in the blaze, believed to have started in wiring in a carpentry shop in the base- ment. Chamber Scores U.S. Tariffs | ber of the Ontario executive coun- cil of the Canadian Chamber of Commerce Thursday criticized United States' trade policies as "highly protective" in some in- stances and uncertain in others. | J. Douglas Gibson of Toronto {told directors of the United States |and Canadian Chambers of Com- merce that U. S. tariffs "cancel out or more than cancel out the natural advantages (which Can- ada) may have." Were it not for American pro- | tection policies Canada might well develop her paper, wood products and chemicals industries "consid- erably further." J. T. Bryden of Toronto, vice- chairman of the Canadian cham- ber's executive council, said the major problems ahead for Canada | are stiffer competition at home | and abroad in manufactures, a de- cline in farm income and a rise in unemployment. Canadian industry depends heav- ily upon the state of the United States economy, Bryden said. A prolonged period of slackness in the U. S. would have "an increas- ingly important effect" on Cana- dian business. Canada's confidence in the fu- ture rested upon growing domestic markets due to population growth, expanding productivity and rapid development of its natural re- sources Nearly 50 Canadians attended luncheon group that 6th Fleet, | (ho meeting, led by G. S. Thorvald- built around aircraft carriers, has a 'tremendous potential' in atomic weapons. He said 'we are ready to go at any time . . . the whistle blows." When a reporter asked if, from these statements it could be as-| sumed the fleet carries atomic | weapons on board, Combs replied he couldn't go into details but "putting two and two together would be a good assumption." son of Winnipeg, president of the Canadian Chamber of Commerce. The outlook for Canada-U. S. trade and economic development was given a thorouhg review. FAMOUS VENTURE The Richard Wagner musical festival at Bayreuth was organized in 1876 by Wagner and King Louis of Bavaria. Asphalt Shingies Shelving the Geneva conference but accept-'; {able to the United Nations "In order to ensure maximum ob- Doors, Plywoods WASHINGTON (CP) -- A mem- | British Protest Seizure Of Fleet LONDON (AP) -- Britain told Peru today she would claim com- pensation for any damage suffered by the Lima government's seizure of the Onassis whaling fleet. The fleet is insured by Lloyds of London for $15,000,000 and the in- surance companies called on the British government to protest Doorway & Porch Proiedion | hel | with genuine LIFETIME 4 © ECONOMICAL © DURABLE ® COLOURFUL ® LAST FOR A LIFETIME == For Further Information and Free Estimates -- Dial 5-4632 KoolVent - Nash 94 BRUCE ST. DIAL 5-4632 nmre>un against seizure. youll say boy! oh boy! oh boy! here is a Sylvaply remodelling project that's a spacemaker for any home. The little-used spare bedroom PpProcedure would be to paint | $1.50 postpaid. gor with a rubber base floor Address orders to the Home eX ou could take some of the | Workshop Department, The Times- [Els off the surface by rub-| Gazette, Oshawa. p@eaath a coarse abrasive stone. | tion. You can purchase this in . % | the housewares section of depart INGER FROM IVY? | ment and hardware stores. When GESTION: We bought a large the wood is 'dry, coat it with a lak-house and one side is com- good brand of 'pure fresh shellac. teh covered with ivy. Now we This will seal the wood against ERNAL BOY i = Like Old Warhorse Going To Battle "Churchill, At 80, Still Capable "By FRASER WIGHTON {the public scene GIVES PUBLIC A SHOW can be a den. Designed for daily use, it converts to a guest bedroom whenever required. To make your room easy to live in, plan on | building -in plenty of useful storage space with self-framing Sylvaply. 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See your local lumber dealer-- he'll Every Man His Own Doctor TORONTO (CP) -- Nova Scotia- born Cyrus Stephen Eaton, who merged steel empires and became a multi-millionaire, says his recipe for success is "do what you like | doing." | ATERIALS \ t 5. ONDON (Reuters)--When Sir| The thing which sometimes mston Churchill celebrates his | Strikes the onlooker in parliament NW birthday Nov. 30, he will be |I8 how absurdly little Churchill has "first British prime minister of changed in essentials since the h.20th 'century to reach octoge- days before the First World War fan status still in office. when he was a member of Parlia- he last man to do so was Wil- | ment for this correspondent's home kn Ewart Gladstone, the liberal [town of Dundee, and was already tesman, who was 84 when he |2 successful minister. ally resigned the post in 1894. | REMAINS QUICK-WITTED [ hithough Churchill evidently in-| Time has dealt gently with the The eternal boy in Churchill lon" found one of its expressions in a passion for funny hats. He has quietened down on hats nowadays, although he is prone from time to time to emerge in an ugly type of headgear which is a cross between a derby and a top hat, and makes {him look like the stern father in a Victorian play. His current preoccupation is hearing aids. i He caused a stir . "to continue at the head of | cherubic countenance, the dimples | and the baby-pink complexion, as|when he first entered the House well as with the quick wit which |of Commons with a battery-oper- his former Scottish constituents re- | ated aid with a tiny ear attach- member so well, ment and a cord. The Scots will never forget his| Soon he switched over to a par- rueful comment when, in 1922, he | ticularly up-to-date type of self- lost the Dundee seat, not to a Con- | contained ear-trumpet, glistening servative or a Socialist, but to a|with chromium, which he seemed thorough-going prohibitionist. | to treat more as a conductor's ba- Churchill had had an operation | ton than as a deafness aid. Often, airs for the time being, few of friends think he aims at beat- k Gladstone's achievement. ith the unpredictable Church- however, no one can be sure. e has lost little of the impish- ks and sparkle which have all ng kept him in tune with the ods and movement of a con- ntly changing world. |] | "Be your own psychoanalyst. Put | | down the things you think you have | strength in and ask yourself, 'what | {do I like doing?' Then keep on do- | | ing what you like doing and you'll | 80 to town." DARING RIDER THORTON HEATH, England (CP) -- Les Ingman, 27, won ithe national motorcycle hill - climbing championship when he scotted up a 2,260-yard slope in this Surrey area in six minutes 46.2 seconds. In an interview Thursday while | nN, Ng here to see his Nova Scotia cattle on display at the Royal Agricul- tural Winter Fair, the 70-year-old | industrialist, originally from Pug- | | wash, N.S., advised: «+. for less . Before Winter Sets In NOW IN and renovations. 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