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Valley frontiersman., 1948-05-05
Daniels-In the Lions Den

Valley residents company Third Division everywhere last week that Aaskas problems concern them little spite of vigorous protests to the contrary during the past 12 months
 Palmers vote Divisions, ghtes many though the most recent session legislature of the most poinles record
 Territorial funds their lowest ebb history due to eg ave neglect Alaskan schools face of rerenhment and of that neglect Welfare funds almost Every the terrtoy has been suffer in the because lawmakers refused to enact proper legislation at the last session.
 little that be done about past negligence the representatives The past cannot be undone privilege given to all American voters is privilege expressing opinion at the polls which will help shape policies of future legislative bodies
 the privilege which open to Alaskans last Tues opportunity to make that the send will the best of ability Those men the choice of majority of only 275 ballots in the Palmer precinct
 school fails to operate normal scale for the Territorial Department of Welfare entirely obligation toward aged and needy the brink of bankruptcy the blame ton of legislative disaster In fact by tagging the polls that our schools whole erritorys webeng are of little concern to most of us.
 who have weakly excused their failure in civic duty Y tit e as o o T ou will picked from those who headed the list at the primaries final ballots counted Only as good men voted into leadership at the primaries expect to find good falls general election choice poor the then have only men from which to the later election.
 fear being jury du Alaska still part of the democracy and fair play still are the corner stones of our American plan of government Jury ouy ege which goes with American citzefshlp NO man neeos " makes too strong demand The rights ot an considered and jury duty not imposed upon man who truly cannot
 used by legislators to smooth away ther failures easily to mind that we may smooth away Alaskan Neither counts for thinking citizens Both legislators and voters responsibility and neither failure greater than the other
Valley frontiersman., 1948-05-05
SISTER VISITS

Miss Helen Meeks of Burbank, Calif., arrived in Palmer to visit her brother, Daryl, last weekend. She hopes to find work in An chorage.
Valley frontiersman., 1948-05-05
ATTENTION!

ATTENTION! 127-ACRES good farming land; approximately 5000 feet sea- soned lumber; large lake suit able for small plane landing. See George Small, Palmer, be tween 5 and 2 pm.
Valley frontiersman., 1948-05-05

'36 112-ton Ford truck, 40 motor w/6,000 mi; good shape; priced to sell. John Nash, Box 694, Palmer or see evenings at Sherrod'S.
Valley frontiersman., 1948-05-05

AT FORD sedan; '33 Plymouth sedan. Ina. Hartley Bros. Motors.
Valley frontiersman., 1948-05-05

BEAUTIFUL solid walnut dining set; table, buffet, 6 chairs, pad. See Martin at Exp. Farm.
Valley frontiersman., 1948-05-05
FOR RENT OFFICE SPACE, Koslosky Bldg. Ina. Jan Koslosky.
FOR SALE

MONTGOMERY-WARD washer, electric; handwringer, nearly new; crib mattress; blue taf- feta formal size 16; 2 pr. silk brocade lamp shades; 2 wool Navy blankets. w. l.. Zeile.>
Valley frontiersman., 1948-05-05

LAND, 10 acres; 4-bedroom house on full concrete base ment. House unfinished but livable. 3 blocks s.e. of Palmer school near airport. Ina. E. D. Culver, Box 889, Palmer.
Valley frontiersman., 1948-05-05

KITCHEN RANGE, pot type oil burner w/blower; Coleman oil heater, 50,000 BTU; both stoves used very little. See Bill Hecker.
Valley frontiersman., 1948-05-05

CHAMPION outboard motor; Az h.p.; run 6 hrs; price $1OO. See Joe Puhl.
Valley frontiersman., 1948-05-05

BROOM HOUSE, modern; to be moved. See Matt Perkins, Shamrock Bakery.
Valley frontiersman., 1948-05-05
uasei6ed Ads

Classified Ads
 FOR RENT OFFICE SPACE, Koslosky Bldg. Ina. Jan Koslosky.
 FOR SALE WORKHORSE, 12-14OO lbs; req sonable. Ina. Lazy Mt. Chil- dren's Home. MONTGOMERY-WARD washer, electric; handwringer, nearly new; crib mattress; blue taf- feta formal size 16; 2 pr. silk brocade lamp shades; wool Navy blankets. w. L. Zeile.~ '36 1A-ton Ford truck, 40 motor w/6,000 mi; good shape; priced to sell. John Nash, Box 694, Palmer or see evenings at Sherrod's. CHAMPION outboard motor; Az h.p.; run 6 hrs; price $10O. See Joe Puhl.
 KITCHEN RANGE, pot type oil burner w/blower; Coleman oil heater, 50,000 BTU; both stoves used very little. See Bill Hecker.
 88-ACRE farm, 7-rm. house, water, lights; 30 acres cleared; AZ mi. north of Palmer. Ina. David Bryant, Box 1848, Pal mer.
 SPRINGS JUST AROUND THE CORNER.
 Army needs the Spuds,
 We've got the seed.
 Certified Arctic Seedlings, 1Oc lb. Leave orders at Loberg's Quonset or write Box 1886, Palmer.
 THREE HOUSES, w/large lots, in Palmer; sewer, water, cleo tricity. Houses modern B. and 4-room; good cond. Come and see them. Bids accepted until June 1. 10 per cent deposit required with bid; returnable if bid is rejected. Houses near churches, school, trading cen ter; good garden land. Call at MVFCA office for particulars. LAND, 10 acres; 4-bedroom house on full concrete base ment. House unfinished but Ivable. 3 blocks s.e. of Palmer school near airport. Ina. E. D. Culver, Box 889, Palmer. ATTENTION! 127-ACRES good farming land; approximately 5000 feet sea- soned lumber; large lake suit able for small plane landing. See George Small, Palmer. be- tween 5 and pm. AT FORD sedan; '33 Plymouth sedan. Ina. Hartley Bros. Motors.
 BEAUTIFUL solid walnut dining
Evening star., 1948-12-24

Among permits we're the follow
ing:
S. j. Rodman, owner. 814 Eight
eenth street NV: Rodman Con-
struction Co. builder: Charles M.
Goodman, architect, 8l4 Eighteenth
street NV; to erect one three
story brick and cinder-block apart
ment, 81 units, 40-2-4-6-8 Fourth
street Sc, to cost 100000.
The Carroll Construction Co..
owner and builder. 11O9 Vermont
avenue NV; William H. Shoe
maker, architect, 1109 Vermont
avenue NV; to erect one 2-story
brick dwelling, 1915 Orchid street
NV, to cost $4,000.
w. C. & A. N Miller Development
Co., owner and builder: 1880 Mass
achusetts avenue NV; E. r. Spano.
architect, 1920 Massachusetts ave-
nue. NV: to erect one 2-story stone
dwelling, 5125 sTilden street NV, to
cost $4,000.
DR.. Katherine Balm and Miss
Christine Glass. owners, 1904 Por-
ter street NV; builder not selected;
Anderson g. Duane, architect, 1925
M street NV; to erect one 2-story
brick and cinder-block dwelling, 27l0
Quebec street NV, to cost $22 900.
Ida Kressin, owner, 4607 Connec-
ticut avenue NV; Cladny Con-
struction Co., builder, 635 F street
NV; Edmund w. Dreyfus. archi-
tect, 1919 Fifteenth street NV; to
erect one 1-story brick and
cinder- block garage, service build
ing, 626 Massachusetts, avenue NV.
to cost $4,000.
Evening star., 1948-12-24

could be stripped DOWN put SIlli
be a good, livable home that people
making about $50 a week could af-
ford to buy.
Arranged for Design.
Subsequently. he arranged with
Pielstick and Syme to design the
houses. according to his own specifl-
cations, and contracted with the
Mercer Building Corp, of which
Lawrence C. Miller is president, to
build the three houses.
Until a month ago, he said he
thought he could keep the price at
$500. Owing to the fact that
each of the three houses was given
somewhat different handling to gain
the most knowledge out of the ex-
perimental project, the average price
rose slightly above the $500 target.
LAS it is. however, they're about
$1,000 cheaper than any other new
house in the District area, and any
good builder who went ahead with
this same house in groups of 20 or
more could sell them for ST 500 and
still make a fair profit under pres
ent conditions" he said.
Steel easement windows are used
throughout the house. The living
room and dining area have 9-foot-
4-inch by 4-foot-3-inch window at
the side of the house. Floors are
of asphalt tile. Heat is by a gas
fred floor furnace.
Living Room Dining Room.
Maximum length of the L-shaped
living room dining room combina-
ton is 18 feet inches, and the
maximum width is IA feet inches
The kitchen is feet by 10 feet. One
bedroom is 10 feet by II feet 9
inches. The other bedroom is feet
2 inches by IL feet inches.
The large bedroom has two closets,
the small bedroom has one closet,
and there are two linen closets in the
hallway. There is a $50 cubic foot
storage room entered from the
Evening star., 1948-12-24
Building Permits Issued Here
Total 1921, sos During Week

the Central Permit
valuation of 1921 sos Largest
100000 the construction of 3unit apartment
Evening star., 1948-12-24
Home Godgets
Paint Sproyer
Useful for
Many Tasks
By D. M. Derwin

A revolutionary neW-type electric
sprayer for spraying paint, lacquer,
enamel, insecticides and disinfect-
ants has been developed and placed
on the market. This new sprayer
is a self-centained unit weighing
slightly over l pound and operates
without the aid of compressor or
other extra equipment.
1t can be used in the home or
on the farm as an insect sprayer
and for mothproofng summer and
winter clothes. AS a paint sprayer,
it is easy to paint kitchen chairs,
shelving partitions, slat benches,
metal trash drums and other hard
to-cover objects.
1t will make quick work of paint
ing concrete, rough wood or window
screening and is good for painting
reed furniture, rustic benches, brick
work. boats, wagons and similar
equipment.
Released by Consolidated News
Features, IncD
For information on where products
mentioned in this column may be OBJ
Star Building. inclosng stamped, self
addressed envelope
Evening star., 1948-12-24
By Robert J. Lewis
Real Estate Editor Of The Star.

Readers of The Stars real estate
section who have kept current on
new-house prices in this area know
that the least expensive house on
the market today costs nearly $4,000.
They will understand. then. that
O house for s7,750 is good news. And
the fact that it is detached,
masonry house makes the price seem
even better.
Today's story is the first to be
written anywhere about that house.
Three have been built. They will
be ready to occupy about January
10. One has been sold. The other
two are going to be offered to vet
Grams through a veterans organi-
zation, and are not on the general
market.
Built as Experiment.
The houses were built as an ex-
pertinent. The sponsor said he will
make a $500 profit on each Of the
three houses. And he is convinced
that an even better profit. at lower
prices, would be possible for an ef-
ficient builder, if he undertook to
turn out the houses in groups OF 20
or more.
Thus, the sponsor believes the
story Of these three houses Will
be significant to the general public
from the standpoint of showing that
loW-income families can buy new
houses built under today'S present
high-cost conditions. He also be-
lieyes the story of these houses
should be a significant one for
builders, and that it may even point
the way for others to enter this
low-price market.
The way the sponsor figures 1t
out. the houses with the S7,750 price
tag will be sold with a down pay
ment of $3.50. This will leave
mortgage amount of Sc 500, which
he says should make the monthly
payment, over a 20-year period,
amount to about $50 month, in
cluding taxes, fire insurance, in
terest, and principal. However, f.
nancing arrangements with lender
have not yet been made, and the
exact monthly payment, as well as
the size of the down payment Is up
to the bank or building association
that will handle this part Of the
program.
Built of BeveI Block.
AS for the houses themselves,
they have dimensions of 80 feet by
Is feet: are built of painted bevel-
face Stag block giving clapboard
effect; have two bedrooms, living
room. dining area, kitchen and bath,
and are situated on 40-foot lots.
The lots will graded and seeded.
At the moment, the lots are un-
graded and somewhat muddy be-
cause of the snow and rain. The
location Is the 5000 block Of v
street Sc, Bradbury Heights, Md,
which is just beyond the District
line.
The sponsor is Joseph H. Deck
man, a former inspector in the
District building inspections depart
ment and now president of r. Rob-
inson, Inc, a building supply firm.
AS early as midsummer, Mr..
Deckman told this writer he had
an idea he would like to experiment
with several low-cost houses which
he figured he could sell for about
$500. His idea was that the house
Evening star., 1948-12-24
Price of Experimental House 81 900 Lower
Than Other Low-Cost D. G.. Area Dwellings

kitchen, as well as additional space
in the attic. The bathroom is S
feet by feet, and has conventional
built-in tub. shower, lavatory and
closet combination.
Several things should be borne
in mind in connection with the con-
struction of these houses to sell at
this price" Mr.. Deckman said. One
principal factor is that the con-
struction loan was made by build
ing association without the assist
ance of FHA mortgage insurance.
Soundly Constructed.
"All local building regulations
were strictly adhered to and the
houses are soundly constructed.
There has been no compromise with
health or safety requirements.
AT the same time, sidewalks.
curbs and cutters and other usually
required exterior Improvements of
FHA and municipalities were not
followed. It costs $500 to $500 per
house to put in paved streets. along
with curbs and cutters. Approx
mately 5000 per house would be
sufficient for a macadam roadway
which is all that is necessary.
"It is not questioned that many of
the FILA exterior building require
ments are desired ref1nements and
add to the value. comfort, con-
venience and charm of the house
but they are definitely not necessi-
ties and cannot be considered a part
of housing construction costs.
They should not be required in
the construction of economy housing
for which the demand is so great
and in which every dollar added to
the sale price eliminates additional
prospective purchasers.
Mr.. Deckman said the houses
have been stripped Of the expen-
sive features of de luxe housing
Evening star., 1948-12-24

(See COSTS, Page B-2D
Evening star., 1948-12-24

tSee LEWIS, Page B-2.)
Evening star., 1948-12-24

without sacrificing the essential
necessities of good housing or of
cutting down structural strengths.
"Cinder Stag or concrete block
can be used universally and 1t ma
terially cuts the cost of housing
for masonry construction as well as
frame. In Washington area this
type construction is approximately
As cents per square foot less than a
common face-brick job, and 10 cents
per square foot less than frame with
asbestos siding" he said.
mot only is this type of construc-
ton suitable for lower-coSt hous-
ing, but it is satisfactory for homes
in the $4,000 to $4,000 class, and
many houses in this class have used
this type Of construction.
"Precut factory made panels for
interior walls along with special in
sulating plaster applied directly to
outside walls both open new depart
ures from conventional construction
Evening star., 1948-12-24

which can be exploited for the pro-
duction of the loW-cost house.
aluminium tile and other such
types of bathroom wall finishes cut
costs and provide good wearing sur
faces.
Asphalt floor covering is not a
new innovation, but it is highly
practical covering over concrete
slab, particularly since the slab is
laid on an insulating Stag subgrade.
Floor furnaces for this type Of
housing of the one-story design are
both efficient and economical and
give a practical solution to the nor
mally high cost of the heating sys-
tenn"
In case builders are interested in
the details of the houses, the speci-
fications are listed below:
Founda ton: Footings are normal
tSee LEWIS, Page B-2D
Evening star., 1948-12-24
Cost Statement
By Sponsor for
Economy House.

A statement of costs, including
s637 for land, $500 for profit, 500
for sales commission, $3.50 for super
vision, 5000 for overhead, s45 for
title insurance, and other amounts
for settlement charges, was drawn
up by Joseph H. Deckman, sponsor
of the three houses shown on this
page.
The items, which apply to the
cost of each house, follow:
u.nd Cost Se2.
Ottawa County news. (Port Clinton, Ohio) 1931-1956, 1948-12-17

artist of one-arm performances on
high swings and rings; the Shy
rettos, high-wire bicycle act; AL
bert Fleet and his talented CHM
panzee, who last year brought
down the house" when he as
sumed the part of a hockey player;
the Narrold Voise Troupe, aerial
stars; the Orantos, high perch and
balancing act; the Tien Tsi Liu
Troupe, chinese acrobats; Fran
cisco & Dolores, novelty dancing
and perch performers; Walter
Jennier with Buddy" the seal,
and many others.
Heading the clowns will be
Otto Griebling, Earl Shipley, Joe
Lewis, Roy Macdonald, Irving
Romig, Dawson and DeKoe, Car
Marx and others.
Proceeds will be for charity
work by Toledo's O-Ton-Ta-La
Grotto. Mail orders are being re,
ceived now at the Sports Arena
Children will be admitted fol
half price, with the exception OF
the performances on Saturday
January %.
Ottawa County news. (Port Clinton, Ohio) 1931-1956, 1948-12-17
GROTTO CIRCUS
TICKET SALE is
Open IN TOLEDO
Charity Benefit At Sports
Arena Opens Jan. 16 For
Weeks Engagement

TOLEDO-The Second Annual
Grotto Circus, the worlds greatest
indoor circus, will open a limited
engagement at the Toledo Sports
Arena with matinee at $3.50
Sunday, January 16, it was an
nounced today by Jack Dent,
Sports Arena manager.
Matinee and evening perform
ances are scheduled for every day
through Saturday night, January
%, with the exception of Mon
day, January II, when there will
be an evening performance only.
Matinees will begin at $3.50 and
evening performances at $50.
The circus will come to Toledo
directly from an engagement in
Chicago. internationally famous
circus stars will perform in the
Sports Arena, according to Orrin
Davenport, famed circus producer
who is production director of the
Grotto Circus again this year.
Not only the best performers
but also the most popular animal
acts, including elephants and fe'
rocious lions and tigers, supple
ment the usual displays.
In all, 200 spangleland stars
and performers will be included
in this years gigantic Grottc
Circus for the one-week engage
ment at the Sports Arena. There
will be clowns galore, according
to Davenport.
Among the famous stars viii
be Joe Walch and his wild animals
the George Hanneford Family, re
nowned bareback riders; Lalage
Ottawa County news. (Port Clinton, Ohio) 1931-1956, 1948-12-17

Eileen Faus, are now working for
Uncle Sam in Guam, where they
arrived last month. Eileen writes
that the weather is very warm in
the former battle field area, and
that rains are incessant.
As guests Of Jack Curry, resi-
dent manager of Sandusky's
New Departure plant, Louis War
ner and this jotter were taken
through the Train of Tomorrow,
Monday. Most of you have Wis
tied the train, which is the latest
thing in transportation. We only
hope it won't be too long be-
fore Astra-Domes, Frigidaire air
conditioning, and its many other
features will become common
place in all trains. The huge
Diesel locomotive is one of the
more interesting features of the
Train of Tomorrow, but the seats
and berths look tempting to weary
travellers.
-JOT -
THREE Cleveland Indians may
be seen in movies soon. Gene
Bearden supports Jimmy Stewart
in "The Life of Monty Stratton"
and is also scheduled for other
roles. Johnny Berardino starts
on a new picture next month, and
Manager Lou Boudreau may de-
eide to accept Universal's offer to
cavort before the cameras.
--JOT-
THANKS also to Herb Newton
and other members of Port
Clinton's Knights of Pythias lodge
for their compliments regarding
the Al Jones picture of the past
chancellors and story used in last
weeks issue.
-JOT-
CANTA CLAUS stopped at the
- council chambers in City Hall
Tuesday night when Mayor Carl
Becker and City Treasurer George
Tewers portrayed St. Nick. Mayor
Becker presented councilmen, city
officials and newspapermen with
engraved Zippo cigarette lighters
Ottawa County news. (Port Clinton, Ohio) 1931-1956, 1948-12-17
Cpl. White Speaks
At Police School

Cpl. James White, State High
way Patrol, Perrysburg, was
guest speaker Tuesday night at
the second Police Training School
course in the City Hall.
Cpl. White discussed "Investi-
cations, Improving your powers
of observation and work as u po-
lice officer" The course was
planned by Police Chief Jack
Shelter for special police and
staff members.
An F. B. |. agent is scheduled
to be the speaker at the meeting
next Tuesday night and the fourth
lesson will be December % when
Firearms and the policeman, and
other methods of protection" will
be discussed.
Ottawa County news. (Port Clinton, Ohio) 1931-1956, 1948-12-17

ers, but if Hepsebiah's name is
misspelled it isn't long before the
phone rings. We We're pleased,
therefore, to receive a nice thank
you letter from Cochran's Major
cites for the publicity which
helped make their sponsorship of
the Bowling Green State Univer-
sity Glee Club program a sue
cess . His many local friends
will be sorry to learn that 1t.
Douglas Banks, husband of the
former Ruth Kessler, of this city,
is seriously i'll in an army hos
pital on Morganfeld, Kentucky.
Doug collapsed while at work last
week and probably will be hospi-
talized for many months. He was
seriously injured during the war,
and his present illness is attrib-
uted to war nerves and his old
injuries.
-JOT-
CEEMS we had our "Sams"
- mixed up last week in the Jot-
tings about proposed Port Clin-
ton entry in next years Gold Cup
races. We mentioned that John
Zetzer and Sam Amato planned to
build a speedboat to compete in
the race, but the Sam should
have been Sam Cont, owner of
the Lakecraft Welding company.
While we're on the Sam Subject,
we feel like singing that old song
"Sam, You Made the Pants Too
Short" after walking down Perry
street in Wednesdays torrential
rains, and getting drenched. If
that rain had only been snow, we'd
have four foot of snow for Christ
mas!
MAYOR Carl Becker will offici-
Avn ate at the drawing in Hab-
litzel's Hardware store next Thurs
day evening, December %, when
the lucky winners of Christmas
gifts will be determined Neigh
boring Oak Harbor is once again
ablaze with it's colorful Christmas
lights in the business district. The
usual white globes are replaced by
colored globes, thus there's no in
crease in electric power usage.
-JOT -
MR.. and Mrs. Carl Lundblom
Avn formerly of this city, really
went west when they started from
here last summer. They planned
at that time to remain in Cali
fornia, but opportunity beckoned
in the far off Pacific so they sign
ed up with the Civil Service
Commission and packed their bags.
Carl and his wife, the former
Ottawa County news. (Port Clinton, Ohio) 1931-1956, 1948-12-17
| J0TTlNGS ....
OFF the CUFF
BY RAY SPERBER

HOW famous can Port Clinton
become? Evidently this city's
lure for vacationists is now
worldwide as Tom Finefrock,
secretary Of Port Clinton's Cham
ber of Commerce, last week receiv-
ed an inquiry from E. H. Pastour,
Averbode, Belgium. In a postal
mailed October 25, Mr.. Pastour
4requested "Please send us for next
summer, your free vacation book
let" The card was addressed:
"U. S. A. Publicity, Chamber of
Commerce, Port Clinton, Ohio"
JOT -
THANK you notes are seldom
received by newspaper work
Ottawa County news. (Port Clinton, Ohio) 1931-1956, 1948-12-17
SELGO LEADS TEAM

Dick Selgo, Port Clinton's gift
to Baldwin-Wallace College, scor-
ed 10 points Friday night when
the Yellow Jackets defeated
Youngstown College, "a to 40.
Ottawa County news. (Port Clinton, Ohio) 1931-1956, 1948-12-17

KENNY BAKER, one of the
high school boys who was a
polio victim this fall, was able to
attend the Redskin game at Glib
sonburg Friday night. Kenny had
been patient in Toledo hospital.
David Petersen, 13, son of Mrs.
Dwight Bowden, also returned
home Friday. Dave suffered a
polio attack three months ago
and had been treated in Maumee
Valley and Toledo Crippled Chill
dren's Hospital. He hopes to re-
turn to school after the holidays.