Show VETS ARE LUCKY Colonial Mansion Used by Gl GI G I Couples at University NEW YORK CITY Three Three couples from Midwestern M and alid Western communities who planned to live in New York City while doing graduate study at Columbia university are beating the critical housing shortage by sharing an old colonial mansion on a country estate an hours hour's drive from the school And they readily admit they en en- enjoy enjoy enjoy joy their leisurely country living much more than city dwelling be because because because cause its it's so much like home The couples are Mr and Mrs Donald Murray of Wausau Wis Mr and Mrs John McDonough of Seattle Wash and Green Bay Wis and Mr and Mrs Cameron Brem- Brem Bremseth Bremseth Bremseth seth of Leeds N. N D. D They and 11 other married vet vet- veterans veterans veterans erans and their wives live the part of country squires in Nevis a 20 room mansion built in 1835 on an studded oak-studded acre 75 tract which gently slopes down to the Hudson river The mansion located at Irv- Irv on ington-on-Hudson New York was converted into single room apart apart- apartments apartments apartments ments by Columbia university to help solve the student veterans veteran's housing lousing difficulty The estate was acquired by the university from Mrs T. T Coleman Du Pont in 1935 I and had been used as a botanical experiment station before its pres pres- present present present ent tenants moved in Mrs McDonough the former Marie Mornard who was brought up on her fathers father's farm near Green GreenBay GreenBay GreenBay Bay summed up the attitude of the he couples from west of the Mis Mis- Country life is the life Im I'm used to o and although I wanted to live in New York City while my husband was studying I far prefer Nevis she said Just to feel more at home Im I'm raising vegetables on a small plot of land It helps the shop shop- shopping shopping shopping ping problem |