Show Sawing Proves Easy as Sewing V Woman Insists JACKSON MICH Although Although she has made her living for years as a dressmaker Mrs Myrtle Ann Dibble Dib bl ble Is as adept with a hammer and saw as with a needle and scissors For proof she soon w will ll have a seven seven room room house completed practically practically entirely by her own efforts Faced with a housing problem Mrs Dibble decided that it if she could cut and sew dresses she also could run up a house for herself and her two young daughters Work was commenced last May when the basement was dug the only time Mrs Dibble called In professional professional pro pro- help She mixed her own cement the two daughters Lauretta Lauretta Laur Laur- Lauretta etta Lee 13 and Mona Mae 12 hauling the blocks while she set them More than 1000 blocks were required for the basement Amason A Amason Amason mason inspecting the work described described described de de- de- de scribed it as a pretty good job As the next step Mrs Dibble purchased purchased pur pur- chased green oak logs and had them cut into boards at a sawmill She fitted them herself displaying blistered palms as evidence that green oak saws plenty hard Driving nails into that wood was the hardest job I ever took on she adds I I II Mrs Dibble did all the electrical electrical work in the basement and plans to wire the entire house She also will do her own plumbing A divorcee Mrs Dibble used sed her life lle savings to start the house With expenses running higher than anticipated an an- Mrs Dibble was forced to return to dressmaking to get money to finish the house |