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Show ADVERTISEMENT peaki::g of honey A SOLAR HOUSE "FOR YOU? By EZRA T. CLARK President Davis County Bank . The sun's free to everyone. But in f ugust you get so much of it that it's J lard to focus your mind on those win-(il win-(il r heating bills at your house. Yet ;,cnis is the time to do it. t& Have you ever bought of build- V ' ' " ' ing a solar home? I ( of retrofitting f . . ' favour present f. , 4 oJ(aouse with a solar 40 ; - t f Mating system? j ' ' ! ' Such things can f . ' uid are being dC lone today in 1 f ' i?rowing numbers " , "flicross America in I : i th warm and I if ijold temperature Lws flffmaes. EZRA T. CLARK This year, for example, some , (Vocational education students of the .Parma (Ohio) City Schools built a jhandsome new L-shaped, split-level f 'lar home with a ski roof, redwood flti paneling and rustic brick trim, rcr The highlight of the Parma house is -ts ingenious integrated heating ''system. There are 15 attractive tempered tem-pered glass panels, each 4x8 feet in aze, lying flush with the pitched roof if house and attached garage. Each ?lass panel is backed up by a black-painted black-painted aluminum sheet with an air space between the glass and the metal If heat absorber. I A fan operating in a ductwork system blows the collected heat from -the roof down to a basement storage 1 1 room filled with river-washed pebbles. The room is 12x14 feet in size and the . 22 tons of rock fill it to a height of six ', feet The fan blows the heat into this I y I storage bin. The storage bin, by the way, is heavily insulated, as is the whole house. Roof and exterior walls are insulated in-sulated to an R-factor of 30. The Parma house actually has three integrated heating systems. The warm pebbles radiate heat (something like a sauna bath), which is circulated by fan through the hot air system of the home. If the sun fails to shine and the temperature tem-perature drops, then an electric heat pump located at the rear of the house automatically takes over. (The heat pump also acts as an air conditioner in the summer.) If the outside tempera tore falls below 28 degrees and inside heat is still required, then an electric resistance furnace automatically cuts in. But the minute the sun shines again, the system reverts to solar heat and the furnace shuts off. There are dozens of solar heating systems which have been tried by universities, researchers and individuals. in-dividuals. Some companies market them for between $2,000 and $10,000. But there are drawbacks and pitfalls in many. If you're interested in building a solar house or in a solar retrofit for your present home, take time to study the various plans thoroughly. An excellent ex-cellent 297-page book is "The Solar Home Book" by Bruce Anderson with Michael Riordan (Cheshire Books, Church Hill, Harrisville, NH 03450, $8.50). You can obtain a descriptive order sheet for a dozen books like "The Complete Solar House" or "How to Build a Solar Heater" by dropping a card to the "National Solar Energy Education Campaign, 10762 Tucker Street, Beltsville, MD 10705. Here's wishing sunny days ahead for you this winter! mastercharge Men's 2-Pant Suit HeacJq u a rters macs hours: BANKAMERICARD f.lECj'O TIIUHS. 9-6 V,SA FRI 9-9 OVER 5,000 MEN'S SUITS j A'VS.V Sixes36-50 V y L I 21 1000 . , i vSi 2 people may share one order fiT'A" 'If ) X I Vm 1,000,000 MEN'S CLOTHING SALE jy I Men's Suits Men's 2-Pant Suits I Lh 77000 (p)G)99 ri' l 99 ' MAC CAN FIT YOU: fjf, I I SLACK SIZES 28-60, SPORT COAT SIZES 36-60, SUIT SIZES 36-60 H'J sJf a 9A.M. , ... H OVER 1 ,000 Boys Sport Shirts f f Vf I ( ' s f DOOI1 Boy's Boy's ! I Complete Missionary Department CRASHER Sport Shirts Sport Shirts The Right 2-Pant Vest Suits :EESSK:S-K? 3,000 Men's S99 7799 1 The Right Luggage Shoes FaiflOUS Brand ZJ J II f TII2 RIGHT PRICE - 1 I L U J w. ...,,. ..n,., to, M..,!....,!... 001 OVER 500 DOY'S JEANS i 9A-M """ "" "1 -,JL I Famous Brand DOOR BUSTERS j SfHTtC Men's Famous BO G oOQIlG 8S " (o)2S ' y 1 1 M I J i OVER 3,000 FAMOUS BRAND TIES SSi I Men's Ties 0 I 99 I hNI. . Famous Brands SV ) Famous Brands r6 ) 1 SAT. 9-6 .New Styles . Li KS Solid - stripe V J 4 UTAH LOCATIONS TO SERVE YOU Also Idaho Falls & Boise, Idaho I MR. MAC MR. MAC MR. MAC MR. MAC SUIT EiEDQUaxre"EE2S University 165 South 132 South 210 South .j lC24 Mal1 Main Main Main fSv$-. Orem Bountiful Salt Lake City Salt Lake City fe'; 1 ' 1 l(JMt |