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Show REVIEW, HOUSE Jupe 23, 1966 DOCTOR Ever See A Ladder Run From T ermite? n M by Herman Baum Since fend memories outweigh the disagreeable aspects, we retrain from mentioning the locale, but in one where we mice community lived, a ladder left outdoors became three inches shorter in one week, and in our little garden patch, come the first of June, all of our neatly staked tomatoes would be Bat on the ground because toe bottoms of the stakes had disappeared. At one time, termite destruction was confined almost entirely to the warmer sections of the country, but toe introduction of central heating systems in homes, which keep toe earth surrounding toe building relatively warm in winter, has left few places immune. But, before you become very excited because you have seen large numbers of flying insects around your home, and commit yourself to spend several hundred dollars for termite extermination, determine if what you are seeing really are termites. At one time in toair development, ants also have wings and many people mistake topse for ter- mites. You can easily distinguish an ant by the three divisions of its body. The flying termite is almost toe same sine from end to end. Besides, these flying termites are hormloise It is the tiny white or light gray worker and soldier termites that do all toe damage. These must live in total darkness and are never seen in areas exposed to light. Termites live in damp soil. Their food is cellulose or REPRODUCTIVE FLYIN0 FLVINB WORKER ANT TERMITE SOLDIER TERMITE TERMITE s s v.s - w'- e Elegance for Rent SHELTER TUBES MAY BE CONCEALED WITHIN FOUNDATION . EXAMINE ALL WALLS ANO PIERS FOR SHELTER TUBES METAL J jHlELD FIN ORADE" '-- 12 KASONRY MIN. 3 WALL TERMITE SHIELDS DO NOT OIVE POSITIVE PROTECTION What a building is constructed, it is most important that no scraps of wood be left beneath the building or in the wood. backfill around toe foundations Tree roots and stumps must also be removed because these materials will attract termites and encourage toe formation of large colonies. That, when this food supply is exhausted, the timbers in your home become their near- - HATCHET OR ICE PICK WILL LOCATE INFESTED TIMBERS est restaurant Termites must always be sheltered from light, so, to reach toe wood in your home, they build mud shelter tubes' ana travel inside these. They may also travel through voids in toe mortar Joints of brick or concrete block walls. They have no difficulty in passing through a hole only 132 diameter. (Continued on page 6) mmm CHOICE HOLLADAY Enjoy the atmosphere and old world elegance of French styled architecture ....and Swimming Pool Beautiful Courtyards Individual Steam Bath 0 Air Conditioning AREA Luxurious Kitchens by 8 rooms, 2 Vi baths, 4 bdrms. brick rambler. Westinghouse f BEAUTIFUL CONDITION IN v s vS s. s. t Rental Rates Studio Apartments 95 to 119 8 rooms, 4 bdrms, 2 baths plus family room. One Bedroom Apartments 109 to ' SOMEBODY WILL STEAL s 135 . Two Bedroom Apartments 144.00 to 175.00 THIS BARGAIN Brick. Large familysized rooms. 2 car attached garage, 331 East 4th South 364-647- 7 IN HOLLADAY at 2200 East 4800 South V. f Telephone 278-311- 3 |