The Farmville herald. (Farmville, Va.) 1957-current, 1962-08-03
By BETTY H. Upton

and one-half room, One-Story.
futurama home was erected in
one day for the Carl Long fami-
ly of four. one mile from high
way 800 near -Four Locust Farm,
late this spring.
Mr.. and Mrs. Long. who had
lived in a trailer before. drew
up plans themselves for a
three bedroom, mobile home,
last fall, and took them to a
trailer manufacturer. Their
plans so nearly matched those
of the firms new futuralna
home. that the Longs bought
the second home of its type
made by the company. Mr.
Long then bought large plot
of land from G. o. Pettus. Jr.
1t was bulldOzed and cleared of
underbruSh as well as two
small tenant houses in far
advanced stage of decay. Then
the home was built on a per-
manent, cinderblock foundation
May 25.
I'VE love the country and
have always lived away from
town., Mr.. Long explained.
"One day our house was not
here. and the next day it was!
That confused people riding
by"
Constructed Of wood with as
beStOS siding on the outside, the
white paint is enameled SO that
it will not have to be replaced
The green blinds at the many
windows are guaranteed to last
for 20 years. The overall dimen-
sions of the house are SIS feet
long by 20 feet wide.
Guests enter the long living
room. which runs the entire
width of the house. A panelled
partition separates it from the
kitchen built in the center of the
house. On the right of the kit
chen is a dinette and the kit
chen opens into a long family
room on the other side. This
den. which has a TV set anC
bulltin book shelves, is sera
rated from the living room by q
room dlvider used for attrac-
tive bric-a -brac. The bedrooms
are on the back and there are
one and One-half baths.
Modern decor is used through
out, Mrs. Long's color scheme
is gray, white and aqua in the
living room. dinette and kitchen
and brown in the family room
The house is heated by a con
ventional. jet-type Oil furnace
installed in the wall.
This house cost about hal
what an ordinary one this sizt
would Mr.. Long explained
land its still in the experiment
tai stage. The manufacturer
asked us to tell him if anything
was wrong with it. So far, We
have no complaints The popu
larity of this kind of house i.
proved by the fact that the
company has already booked
orders for two years ahead.
Mrs. Long requested and go
one change. Her husband, Wht
is district sales manager for the
Nationwide Insurance Agency
uses the spare bedroom, where
the back door is. for an office
Mrs. Long wanted back dool
convenient to the kitchen. It i
built on the side of the houst
leading from the dinette. She
ulans to have a concrete patio
constructed there when the side
walks to the house are built
Then III be all set for out
door living, when l get greer
awning" she said.
The house is built to be
moved to another location a.
easily as any other mobile
home. however. The furniture
can be piled in the center o.
the house and the sides art
built on hinges that can bt
raised. making it the width o
regulation trailer. Then spe
clal wheels may be rented from
the trailer maker for the move
We're used to moving" Mrs
Long revealed. I'm April, We
were married "a years, and W,
have moved % times, living il
four states.
The couple came from Louis
vile, KY. but they did not at
tend the Derby until after the,
moved away and returned t,
visit relatives.
We heard so much abou
everyone going there to see it
We had to go back" he ex
planned. Natives 60 to Church
hill Downs any time but Derb,
Day"