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Show COUNTY HAS BIG REPAIR JOB More than 5214,000 is expected to be spent during 'the next five years by Beaver county home owners own-ers on remodeling and repair work. The year 1946 promises to inaugurate inaug-urate one of the greatest eras an American history for home repairs and modernization, 'according to estimates released by the Tile Council of America. "Few developments develop-ments will contribute more to employment em-ployment and general prosperity in any community," according to R. E. Jordan, chairman of the council's residential construction committee. Because of lack of materials and manpower during the war, a majority major-ity of the county's 1312 dwelling units are in need of some kind of repair or remodeling work. Kitchen Kit-chen improvements and modernization moderniza-tion of bathrooms, installation of tiled showers and in some homes addition of a second bath, top the nation's list of most wanted major improvements, Jordan said. Outside paint jobs are needed on more than 50 per cent of the homes, and addition of rooms and construction of porches also rank high in remodeling plans, according accord-ing to the report. New roofing and heating plants are required by many dwellings. Home owners in Utah will spend an estimated $24,145,000 and those of the nation more than $5,500,-000,000 $5,500,-000,000 for major repairs alone in the next five years, according to Jordan. Ample funds, at low interest in-terest charges, are available for such work through commercial banks, savings and loan associations, associa-tions, credit unions and mutual savings banks, he pointed out. |