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Show SUNDAY, MAY 5, 1957 Utah County, Utah SUNDAY HERALD Improve Your Home, Yard for 'Better Living Industries Unite In '57 Home Improvement Drive Home Needs Ample Closet Spa ce Operation Home Improvement, which in 1956 became a national is being continued into 1957 under the slogan, "Better Your Living." Manufacturers of aM types of and home building materials are again teaming up equipment with their dealers, with contractors and lenders in an effort to halt help American home-owneby-wor- d, "Fibber. McGee's closet" has no place in today's modem home. III day, the closet is no longer a small cubicle stuffed and cVamped from floor to ceiling. High on most remodeling lists Is the desire for more, and more practical storage space. Sliding doors and folding doors on closet fronts now help give extra Door space in important rooms; utilizing space that was wasted behind normal door In this rs thjtjdeteiipration of the nation's 50,000,000 homes. The twin objectives of the 1 if Mb Learn Lumber, Sizing Before Making Choice "two-by-fou- Among the 470 million nonagri-eultura-l workers in the world, emoutnumber ployes employers and persons 3.7 to 1, estimates a study of the Twentieth Century Fund. To convince homeowners that better living through home, improvementis a desirable goal and sound investment. 2. To help dealers and contractors to make it easier for homeowners to buy the materials and services that go into home im1. installations. "Nominal" and "ActuaT sizes f lumber art often confusing to the home handyman and You buy what the building trade refers to as a r" and find that it inches by will be at least 1 9 inches! This is because the original, r nominal size has been reduced by seasoning and surfacing operations. Temperature, humidity and other conditions in the retail lumber yard also have an effect a size. gi- gantic campaign remain: !) fife. provement. 11 up-to-da- te -- Old House Plus New Plan: Modern Residence familiar sight in small across the country is this prim and proper little house constructed in the A towns Built solidly enough, 1920' s. i is however out-date- d, for- mal and unattractive with the old fashioned porch shutting out light and air. Its owners, like thousands of others, would like to modernize it inside and out. Remodeling ideas for the 1928 home eaH for a modern "face lifting" of the drab As in last year's campaign, these dealers, contractors and lenders who are sincerely interested in helping homeowners bring will display their home now the familiar Operation Home Improvement seal. In addition, all elements of the industry k cities and towns afi over the country will join forces in community-wid- e home improvement campaigns. In announcing plana to continue OHI into 1957, Executive Director John It. Doscher, comment ed that the "56 effort had produced these -25 per cent in1. A nation-wid- e crease in home improvement activity, making the industry's total volume approximately $15 billion for the year. For the first time m a decade, home improvement outstripped new home building in total dollar volume. 2. Local OHI campaigns in 1000 cities and towns. In these communities, increases in remodeling activity "were particularly dramatic ranging up to 156 per cent, as indicated by the number of building permits issued for remodeling purposes. 3. Record" sales for participating jj manufacturers and retailing ganizations despite the slump in new home building. 4. Increases in home improvement lending of 20 to 200 per cent reported by banks, savings and loan associations and other institutions in sM parts of the country. exterior without basic structural change. Dark brick is faced with bright stucco, old front porch removed and living room extends out to new open eaves. Main entrance is moved to side of the house. A second side door replaces old back door, eliminating tracking in through front. New garage and sheltered walk are added. And, big new windows let in more light and air and add to Jc2?Hfc: UKE modern appearance. MtWM WALKING ON YOUR WORRIES ARE ENDED! Come to BENNETTS and Vv DIAL YOUR Tiny bubbles of air in the foam vbocking give completely" new underfoot comfort OWN COLORS To Insure Perfect (mstrong SPATTER Now COLOR HARMONY ma. L vWWr . . . LINOLEUM with the luxurious new CUSHION-EZCushion-Ez- Ok BACK E Back offers new comfort and easy e maintenance exceeding anything previously available in linoleum. See it here on popular Armstrong Spatter Linoleum. ASK FOR FREE ESTIMATES DIXON Glass or- FR TAYLOR 3-7- 830 Sporting Goods Wallpaper 272 WEST CENTER v Trde-Mar- k RUSSELL m Pieot ,f eJMlittS |