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Show HOME GAME ROOMS PLEASE S. L YOUTH Br ANNK ELOISI SWEENEY Minjr a wise pirent In Salt Lake City hat equipped hi home with a game rooitf to tempt the young people to stay home once in a while. The youngster aeem to love it and the parent themielvet get a great deal of pleasure out of entertaining there. Some of the room ar elaborately and handsomely hand-somely decorated, while ohn are more simply fixed up. Whatever th type of decorations, each room is dedicated solely to amusement and provea to be a young people' heaven, for there they are not hindered hin-dered in the pursuit of their pleasure pleas-ure by the fear of breaking mother' favorit vase or soiling th upholstery. up-holstery. One of the cleverest rooms In the ' eity is that of Mr. and Mrs. I. N. McClanahan in th basement of their horn, 13S1 Penrose drive. Designed De-signed to represent the deck of a ship, a water scene ia painted on an wall and a red, white and blue culvr scheme 1 carried out In the furniture and d re pee. There' a ping pong tabla, a radio and various gam to entertain th two daughter daugh-ter of the house, Jean and Patricia, and tbelr frienda who gather there ften. The three dughtr of Dr. and Mr. William Leroy Smith Gloria, Patricia and Harriet r justly proud of th gam room t their house, llll Sigsbee avenue, and when their brother, Homer, comes' home from Northwestern university, univer-sity, he bring hi friend in to play ping pong, billiards, danc to th radio, or lounge before th spacious spa-cious fireplace at one end of the room. The floor 1 of black and white til and all th woodwork I painted Chinese red and black. The drape carry out th earn gsy color scheme. Dosena of yotmg people: rongre- gat ovary week end at th Ray H. Peterson home, 13U1 Laird avenue, to enjoy table tennis and various other indoor sports, and radio dancing danc-ing in their basement gam room, where th daughter of th house, Jean A. and Carol, play hoateaa. Homer and Richard Winder bring their friend home from school or invlt them over for an evening in their ping pong room at their horn, 13M Eaat First South street. Even their parents, Mr. and Mra, Leo C Winder, enjoy th room for bridge game with their frienda. Mr. and Mra. H. J. Plumhof. 1U1 Normandi circle, often entertain friends In their basement amusement amuse-ment room. It appeals to them particularly par-ticularly In tha summer, for it is cooler than the main floor. Son Calvin likes it, too, and ha and his pals apend many eveninga down there where the nois they make doesn't bother anyone. An attractive feature of the game room at the home of Dr. and Mrs. Ralph C Pendleton, 1031 Douglas street, is the terrace which open off of It Tha Pendleton ahray eat their me sis on tha terrace In tha summer, and the room rve a a havan In esse of rain. It is attractively decorated and equipped with a ping pong table, an Indoor firing range so they and their frienda may improve their marksmanship, marks-manship, and variou table games. Tbsir two children, Mary Barbara and Brian,-enjoy it -Just as much as their parenta do. . Shuffleboard i a popular gam at tha home of Dr. and Mra. Clifford Clif-ford J. Peareall, 7 Laurel street, so whsn they fixed up their gam room they laid th shuffleboard right in tha til floor. There' a ping pong table and archery equipment, a well aa a radlo-victrola and table games. Th furnitur 1 all Swedish modern and Chinese red and blue are the featured color. Friends of their two daughters. Peggy and Patsy, are enthusiastic about the room and never refuss an invitation invita-tion to go there. When th Julian M. Bamberger built their attractive new home at 1523 Penrose drive, they Included a special room In the basement for amusement purpoaea only. It la a large room and cleverly decorated with a seagoing motif. Red la the predominating color in tha ahip print drap, and decorative fish adorn tha walls. There a real ship's bell and a radlo-victrola ta amuse the friends of th daughter of th house. Eleia and Betsy Ann, when they gather for an evening' fun. |