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Show Landscape Man Talks To Lions I'rofessor 1-aval S. Morris, state landscape architect, was the guest speaker Thursday night of last week at the regular meeting of the Lions club, the talk he gave, accompanied by n showing of colored slides illustrating his remarks, re-marks, being much enjoyed by the l.iers and guests present, llyrum Steffon, Beaver county agent; W. E. Martin. V. B. Gardner and L. B. Winddinghum, president and members of the town board of trustees; Laurence Peterson, I.. D. S. bishop; Bert H. Weight, local lumber dealer; and Jean Fugal, agj teacher at the Milford high school, also were present as guests of the club. Professor Morris, in the course, of his remarks, stated that homes that are well planned have a per-' manent value and pay back in in-, creased enjoyment and monetary worth many times the extra time! and expense incurred in such planning. plan-ning. Porches, for instance, are no longer placed in front of the well-planned house, but rather to the rear, from which point the equally well laid out grounds may be enjoyed by owner and guests j alike. Also, the living room in the modern well-planned home is re- treating from the noise and other j disagreable features of the trav-j eled street and similarly taking its place toward the rear of the home, wfrh the inside and outside! living areas as closely related as are the kitchen and the dining; rooms, he said. i In connection with the general beautification program being en- couraged throughout the state, j Mr. Morris said, state taxing au. thorities had been interviewed and. the impression had been gained that landscaping and beatftif ica-j tion effects, though adding ma-j terally to the value of property, would not be penalized in the way of higher taxes. j Asked by one of the Lions what' was the greatest need in Milford, Mr. Morris stated that the need here, as elsewhere in most parts of the state, was a greater sense of orderliness; but closely following follow-ing this is the planting problem: what to plant and what not to plant. A further need along this line, he said, was more generous and judicious use of paint, remark ing that, in the course of a trip he had made through Iowa, he had noted that, in one area, out of 125 building groups, 123 were well painted and in good taste. In the way of trees, Mr. Morris stated that the widespread planting plant-ing of Siberian elms locally had been allright insofar asi getting quick growth was concerned, but added that they should have been interspersed with other trees of more desirable varieties, though this could be accomplished even , now. I The acute shortage of houses and apartments and the desira- bility of a considerable number of j new homes being built in Milford I was brought up by Lion Sam CIine, Lion George Jefferson and others taking part in the discussion, discus-sion, which brought forth state- ments from local bank officials to the effect that the bank was well prepared and anxious to cooperate co-operate in the building of new homes. Mr.. Weight, local manager mana-ger of the Tri-State Lumber company, com-pany, also stated that his company com-pany stood ready to cooperate and that they had ample financial connections. The one great need locally, it seems, is for the prospective pros-pective home-builders to make up their minds. With a large group building at once, it developed, there would be a strong inducement induce-ment or some competent outside out-side contracter to come in and do the building in a way advantageous advan-tageous to all. |