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Show t - s f $ i HOUSE THAT BURGETT BtJBLT . . . Silas A. Burgett, Brighton, Mich., rests a moment on his rake in front of a 11-room house built by himself and his wife. They built the house when he was 75 and his wife, 70. That was five years ago. Burgett, an auto-plant painter, was condemned by doctors to die of lead poisoning in 1937. Medicos say now he is good for another 10 years. In building the house, Mrs. Burgett mixed all the mortar and her husband laid the stones. They now are planning to build a smaller house. |