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THE NEWBERRY SUN, NEWBERRY, S. C.
Home Building Resumed, but It Will Be a Year or More
Betore Most People Can Expect Their 'Dream House'
Stone and wood combine to make this attractive house. The built-in
garage is one of its most appealing features. Contractors estimate it
could be constructed for about $9,000, which is within the range about one-
third of home builders are willing to pay.
Material Shortages
Delay Construction
On Any Large Scale
By W. WADSWORTH WOOD
Government restrictions on build
ing of private houses ends October
15. This comes as heartening news
to the 12 million families who are
said to be ready and anxious to
build new homes. Now these people
are wondering: Should we sell our
present home or give up our lease
in the hope of building right away?
What plans can we safely and con
fidently make right now?
This question raises several other
ones, which may be summarized
thus:
1. What will building COSTS
be, in comparison with those of
prewar years?
2. Will conventional materials
such as lumber, brick, etc., be
of poorer quality than prewar?
3. What are the new and dif
ferent features aud materials so
widely discussed for coming
homes? Are those miracles in
terms of revolutionary heating,
streamlined kitchens, and push
button laundrie < yet available?
Here is the result of serious think
ing, first on the subject of costs.
While the government unofficially
estimates that home building costs
have increased one-third (requiring
one thus to pay $8,000 for a house
that could be built for $6,000 before
the war)—these costs are really apt
to run somewhat higher. It may
take $9,000 to build that former
$6,000 home. This is partly because
labor costs are steadily rising, and
73 per cent of the total building costs
are directly or indirectly labor
costs!
Residents in some sections of the
country, such as in the South, may
confidently expect lower prices due
to the fact that the less severe cli
mates permit the elimination of
basements, sub-floors, etc. Less ex
pensive insulation, also less expen
sive central heating plants, prove
adequate.
Recent wide and authoritative
studies, such as the two-year survey
conducted by Small Homes Guide,
reveal very pointedly why this fact
is so important. They show that
47.4 per cent of families now plan
ning to build, expect to spend from
$4,000 to $6,000. Another large per
centage, 30.7 per cent, plan to build
in the $6,000 to $10,000 class, while
only about 6 per cent are planning
to build in the $10,000 and better
class.
If these families are to get full
value for their money, the home
building industry must hasten to
eliminate the traditional “hammer-
and-saw” practices of “cut-fit-and-
try.” Certain union practices and
antiquated building codes, too long
held intact by local pressure groups,
must also be changed.
We are frequently asked: “When
can we be sure of being able to get
good quality building materials?”
To this, our best authorities quickly
tell us that most of the hard materi
als such as cement, sand, lime,
stone, etc., are plentiful. Brick and
cement block vary with the regional
manpower picture. Good, dry lum
ber is scarce, and the precise local
situation here should be carefully
checked with a reputable lumber
dealer in your community.
Someone else asks: “What are the
newest developments in construction
material that I can expect to get
within the next six months?” Our
reply indicates that waterproof ply
wood, plastic-finished wallboards,
fireproof asphalt shingles, light met
al framing, complete package units:
windows, doors, built-in closets, cab
inets, fireplaces, will all be avail
able. These new developments fol
low the trend towards saving ex
pensive site labor costs.
While the home building restric
tions are being lifted, as of October
15, the announcement carries with
it a six-point program that involves
several directives aimed at correct
ing the present situation. These will
seek to hasten production of scarce
building materials; will strengthen
inventory controls to prevent hoard
ing; will expand OPA price control
of building materials to prevent in
flationary pressure; control mort
gage practices; facilitate action by
industry groups and widely advise
on home values. In the directive,
great stress is put upon the rapid
expansion of the home building in
dustry as the greatest single add
ed source of jobs in our entire econ
omy, and the statement is made
that: “we also know that the present
housing shortage is bound to con
tinue for some time and that there
may be pressure to increase the
price of new homes in response to
an active demand.”
In the light of these facts, thou
sands will be asking such questions
as this: “Should I renew my pres
ent lease which expires in six
months, or try to build a new home
right away?” Wise advice would ap
pear to be this: Renew for one year.
A year and a half is not too much
time for thoughtful planning and
careful working out of your family’s
requirements—from site selection to
the details of built-in storage facil
ities. There are countless houses
that could have been good houses if
a few extra months had been used
for planning.
Still other thousands will be ask
ing: “Should I sell the home I
own now, rent for several years and
then plan to build?” To such, wise
counsel would be: Hold your home,
as rents will be high and there will
be no sudden drop in real estate
values. First, because of rebuilding
costs due to higher wage levels, and
second, the very sizable backlog of
demand that, will require several
years to satisfy. Start planning your
new home now. It will likely take
you a whole year to get through all
the steps carefully. Selection of your
new lot, title insurance, getting your
ideas into blueprints, working draw
ings and specifications; getting bids,
negotiating the financing—all this
takes time.
Being very specific, others will
ask: “All I can afford to spend is
$6,000. I need three bedrooms. What
can I expect?” Our frank advice is
this: Not too much, if your total
includes the cost of a lot. You had
better choose a compact story-and-
a-half design, and then plan to fin
ish the two upper-story bedrooms
and bath at a later date.
In the matter of home equipment,
a flurry of questions always centers
around: "What’s new?” For exam
ple: "Will air conditioning be cheap
er than before the war?” Well, as-
sui ; ng that you refer to summer
cooling combined with air filtration,
de-hum idifying and circulation, the
answer is Yes. Several mass pro
duction manufacturers are bringing
out new, efficient units that can be
added later to any forced warm air
heating system. Others ask: “Will
the new kitchen devices cost less or
more than before the war?” Of
course this refers to dishwasher,
garbage-disposal unit, range, refrig
erator. The latter two will cost a
little more but will be more efficient.
Alert makers are planning to bring
costs down by combining units, such
as one which will wash both clothes
and dishes, by changing bowls and
substituting a rubber-covered wire
dish rack for the agitator.
A modern bathroom is a “must”
in nearly everyone’s planning. The
important new development in bath
room ideas involves separating the
different fixtures to eliminate early
morning congestion. Most favored
arrangement includes separate
shower stall, an extra lavatory and
medicine cabinet. The new fixture
designs are more beautiful and have
lots of added conveniences. Kitch
ens have been brought into focus
with the modem “dreams” too.
Many manufacturers are offering
beautiful and complete package
kitchens that include an amazing
number of new items of convenience
and advanced, automatic labor-sav
ing equipment.
The gripes or "pet hates” con
cerning houses are going to be large
ly eliminated through better plan
ning. There will be plenty of closet
space, for instance. The trend is
to larger rooms spread out on one
floor; with larger windows and pro
vision for more outdoor living. Col
ors will be bright and cheerful, and
details of decoration will strike a
smart, peacetime motif.
“How about all the promised post
war home gadgets?” you may be
asking. Well, you can look for new
refrigerators with deep-freeze com
partments; new developments in
automatic dishwashers and washing
machines; ultra-efficient vacuum
cleaners — vastly improved appli
ances -eady early next year.
“Will postwar developments com
pletely eliminate housekeeping
drudgery?” The answer is, “Al
most.” For example, the precipi-
tron takes dust out of the air elec
trically. Most kitchen chores, such
as dishwashing, will be reduced to a
minimum by automatic controls.
Heating and cooling will be fully
automatic. New developments in
plastic wall and floor finishes, new
rugs and draperies—should help in
adding at least three hours more
daily freedom to the clock of most
housewives. It is indeed a great,
new streamlined peacetime era
which we are about to enter!
Dodge Corp. Survey Shows
A Billion Dollar Backlog
Ready for Home Building
A huge volume of funds is ready
for investment in construction, ac
cording to the F. W. Dodge corpora
tion, specialists in building statistics.
In a recent announcement, Thomas
Holden, president, stated that $7,-
753,138,000 has definitely been allo
cated to construction projects in the
37 states east of the Rocky moun
tains. Of this huge sum, $1,107,448,-
000 has been set aside for residen
tial building.
Mr. Holden commented that
“events since V-J Day have shown
that postwar construction revival is
likely to move considerably faster
than was anticipated some months
ago. The removal of controls has
eliminated one of our anticipated
revival bottlenecks.”
Electric ranges, refrigerators with deep-freeze compartments, sinks
with built-in dishwashers, cabinets of all sizes . . . everything will be
ready for the new kitchen early next year.
These hand
some houses
come within the
price class that
at least a third of
prospective home
builders expect to
pay. Building at
the left is of com
mon brick and
would cost about
$8,006. One at
right is priced at
$6,000.
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UNDAY I
chool Lesson
By HABOLD L. LUNDQUIST. D-D.
Of The Moody Bible Institute of Chicago.
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Lesson for October 21
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MAKING THE HOME CHRISTIAN
LESSON TEXT—Luke 10:38-42; I Corin
thians 13:4-13.
GOLDEN TEXT—Love suffereth long, and
is kind.—I Corinthians 13:4.
Things do not just happen. It takes
praying and planning and real ef
fort to accomplish a worth-while
purpose. We are thinking these
weeks of the home as a Christian
center of influence. We trust that
many are asking in their hearts,
“What can I do to make my home
really Christian?”
The answer is clear. A home will
be Christian when those in it are
Christian and put their Christianity
into daily practice. First, you must
be sure of your own salvation and
that of the members of your house
hold. Then you can proceed to put
the principles of godliness to work.
Our lesson presents the believing
home as one that is well-balanced.
There is both:
I. Work and Worship (Luke 10:
38-42).
No home can be a place of com
fort and pleasant fellowship without
much work. A disorderly, dirty or
run-down house is a disgrace and a
discouragement to all that is finest
in the relations of those who live in
it.
Home need not be a mansion. It
does not have to be richly furnished,
but it does need to be clean and
orderly. Meals must be made.
Cleaning must be done. So far
Martha was right, but she went too
far. She let the labor of the house
hold hinder her from what she so
deeply needed — fellowship, not only
with her family but with the Lord.
Now, notice that Mary had not
shirked her duty to share the work.
Observe the word “also” in verse
39. She had worked, but she also sat
at Jesus’ feet. She knew when it
was time to call a halt to labor and
make the most of good comradeship.
Blessed wisdom! Would that many
burdened housewives would learn of
Mary!
Jesus made it clear that life in
the hoqne is to strike a proper bal
ance between work and worship. If
you do not know where to make the
division in your home, err on the
side of worship: Give that more
time than it should have rather
than less.
Alas, is it not true that in most
homes, even in Christian homes,
worship is almost, if not entirely,
forgotten! Something should be done
about that. Will you do it in your
home?
II. Love and Longsuffering (I Cor.
13:4-7).
We are apt to think of love as the
warm feeling of interest and emo
tion which suffuses one’s nature in
moments of special pleasantness or
of intimate fellowship. But life is
not made up of a succession of
pleasant incidents, of sunny after
noons and moonlit evenings.
Life is real; it is earnest, and
often it is drab and irritating. What
about such times? Can love meet
them? Yes. for love knows how to
be longsuffering.
But someone may ask, Does love
really work, or is this just a fine-
sounding but obsolete theory? It
works!
Think of the things in life which
irritate and depress us. Then put
opposite them the qualities of Chris
tian love as given in verses 4 to 7,
and you will agree that what this
world needs most of all is love.
Remember that talking about love,
or reading about it, or studying it in
the Sunday school will not make
it effective. We must put it into prac
tice. Why not start now? You will
be surprised at the results.
III. Promise and Perfection (w.
8-13).
Christianity has a hope, and that
is not just a • vague wishing that
something might come to pass; it is
a sure hope. In Christ all the rich
promise of prophecy, of faith, of
hope will come to pass.
The Christian home is the place to
teach boys and girls to believe with
assurance that He who has begun a
good work in us “will perform it
ur .he day of Jesus Christ” (Phil.
1:6).
We who see only dimly shall one
day see our Lord face to face, and
love shall abide through all eternity.
Many gifts are only temporary in
their usefulness; in fact, almost ev
erything that man makes or does
(apart from his service for God) is
transient.
Even as vital a matter as
prophecy shall one day find its end
in fulfillment. Hope shall eventually
find its longing expectation satis
fied. Faith will be justified in seeing
what it has believed. Childish things
will be put away by the full-
grown man; knowledge will increase
and darkness disappear.
But love — love is eternal. It
never fails, and will never fail. God
is love, and God is eternal. From
all eternity and unto all eternity
love continues. Therefore, we agree
with Paul who, in the verse preced
ing this chapter (I Cor. 12:31) says
that while you may covet the best
gift, here is the more excellent way
Neighbors Will Appreciate Garden Gift Basket
(See Recipes Below)
Garden Gifts
Now that we once more have
peace all over the world, we all
ought to start
our good neighbor
policy, right at
home. Lots of lit
tle friendly ges
tures that mean
so much have
been forgotten
during the war,
but they should
be reinstated.
Something that all of us with a
garden can do is to share with a
neighbor. There are probably lots of
things that you yourself cannot use
that would be welcomed by a neigh
bor. Send a basket of garden vege
tables or fruit, all dressed up with
fancy wrappings and ribbon, and
see what a friend you can make.
Incidentally, include a lemon or two
to make it handy for the home
maker to season either fruit or veg
etables.
Another gift that will be welcome
is a set of your favorite recipes, with
or without a basket of garden prod
uce. Every woman has a few choice
dishes which her friends have asked
for, and it makes for more friendli
ness to be generous with the instruc
tions.
Here are some brief suggestions
which I’d like to pass on to you, par
ticularly for vegetables:
If you find yourself short of salad
dressings for a tossed salad, sprinkle
2 or 3 tablespoons of oil on the indi
vidual salad then squeeze lemon
juice generously over this, salt to
taste and toss the salad lightly.
To make a good, old-fashioned cole
slaw, add the following amounts to
2Vz cups of shredded cabbage: %
teaspoon salt, IVz tablespoons sugar,
6 tablespoons coffee cream, and 3
tablespoons of lemon juice.
In making pickled beets, cook the
beets first, then slice and cover with
equal parts of
lemon juice and
water. Add sugar
to taste, and
slices of sweet
onion, if desired.
Now that fall
has come, we can
start turning our
attention to heartier foods again.
Cabbage is a good vegetable to use
because it is coming in season:
Staffed Cabbage.
(Serves 5 to 6)
3 tablespoons uncooked rice
1 pound ground beef
1 egg well-beaten
2 tablespoons minced onion
2 teaspoons salt
Mt teaspoon pepper
8 medium to large cabbage leaves
Lynn Says:
Refrigerate Your Foods: Re
frigeration is necessary to most
foods not only to preserve their
appearance and palatability, but
also to prevent food spoilage.
In most cases, temperatures of
40 degrees will take care of the
situation. This temperature is
be st maintained.
Meat, milk, vegetables and
fruits are extremely perishable
and should be refrigerated imme
diately. Root vegetables do not
need as low as 40 degrees and
may be kept out of the ice box.
Bananas need never be refriger
ated.
Keep all foods covered except
meat. Cover it lightly with waxed
paper.
Fruit needs chilling, not freez
ing.
The crisper or open dish or
even paper cartons are excellent
for keeping eggs in the refrigera
tor.
Meat needs the coolest place in
the refrigerator—right under the
freezing unit. Bacteria multiply
eery rapidly unless it is well pro-
acted.
Lynn Chambers’ Menu.
Swiss Steak with Gravy
Browned Potatoes
Buttered Cabbage
Fresh Fruit Salad
Whole Wheat Bread Jam
Baked Apples
iVi cups canned tomatoes
1 tablespoon flour
4 tablespoons sour cream
Vi teaspoon salt
Cook rice in boiling salted water
until tender. Drain and rinse. Mix
rice, ground meat, egg, onion, salt |
and pepper. Steam cabbage leaves
in % cup water for 10 minutes. Fill 1
leaves with meat mixture (% cup to ;
each leaf), fold leaf over meat and
fasten with a toothpick Arrange in
saucepan, add tomatoes, bring to a
boil, then simmer
gently for IVz
hours. Mix flour,
sour cream and
% teaspoon salt
to a paste; re-
move cabbage
balls to a dish
and stir sour cream and flour mix
ture into tomatoes. Bring to a boil
quickly and pour over cabbage rolls
and serve.
A favorite pie for fail, and inciden
tally a nice recipe to tuck into one
of those gift baskets, is one for this
unusual Green Tomato Mincemeat
Pie. It’s spicy and fragrant, bound
to please:
Green Tomato Mincemeat Pie.
1 peck of green tomatoes
1 quart sliced apples, fresh or dried
1 pound seedless raisins
Salt
1 pound suet, chopped
Cinnamon, nutmeg, cloves
214 pounds brown sugar
3 lemons
Water
Wash tomatoes. Cut in small
pieces. Sprinkle with salt. Let stand
overnight. Drain. Add sufficient wa
ter to prevent sticking. Cook 30 min
utes, stirring frequently. Add len.on
juice, grated rind and white of
1 lemon, cut in small pieces. Add
apples, suet, raisins and sugar. Add
spices to taste and a few grains of
salt. Simmer slowly, stirring fre
quently, until tomatoes and apples
are tender and flavors are blended.
Pack in freshly sterilized jar and
seal. Line a 9-inch pie pan with pas
try and fill with 214 cups of the to
mato mincemeat mixture. Cover
top with pastry, flute edges and
bake in a 425-degree oven for 35 to 40
minutes.
Two vegetables which we miss
during the other seasons are ready
to take their bows now;. You will
like both green tomatoes and egg
plant prepared in this fashion:
Stuffed Eggplant.
(Serves 6)
1 eggplant
14 teaspoon pepper
4 tablespoons butter
4 tablespoons cracker crumbs
14 teaspoon salt
4 tablespoons milk
14 cup grated cheese
Eggplant may be cooked in boil
ing water for five minutes befora
scooping out. Cut slice from top or
cut in half lengthwise. Remove puip
and mix with other ingredients. Re
fill shells and cover with cheese and
crumbs and bake in a moderate (350-
degree) oven for 30 minutes.
Green Tomato Fritters.
(Serves 6)
114 cups flour
2 teaspoons baking powder
% cup milk
14 teaspoon salt
1 egg, well beaten
6 green tomatoes, sliced 14 inc.
thick
Beat egg, add to milk. Mix flour,
baking powder and salt. Combine
with liquid and mix to a smooth bat
ter. Sprinkle sliced tomatoes with
salt and pepper. Drain on absorbent
paper and dip in batter. Fry in deep
fat until golden brown. Other raw
vegetables may be prepared in this
way.
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Develop Better Eggs
Scientists have developed chick
ens that produce eggs to suit the
customer. Hens from one line lay
eggs that keep their good table qual
ity about twice as long as ordi
nary eggs. Hens from another line
lay eggs that poach and fry better
than the usual run of eggs, eggs
that have more thick white and
stand up better. Another line lays
eggs almost entirely free from blood
spots. Still other lines produce eggs
with thicker, stronger, less porous
shells, eggs that stand shipping and
storage much better than ordinary
eggs.
Air Conditioned Trolleys
A fleet of new street cars in At
lanta, Ga„ has been equipped with
refrigerating units. This will be the
first time that passengers can enjoy
the benefits of air conditioning.
Cows Need Rest
Every cow needs a rest period of
six to eight weeks if she is to pro
duce the most milk during her next
milking period.
Ever Try Making
Cough Syrup In
Your Kitchen?
Quick Relief. No Cooking. Easy!
If you've never tried mixing your
own cough medicine, you've missed a
lot. It's no trouble—needs no cooking
—and gives you about four times as
much cough syrup for your money.
You'll say it beats anything you ever
tried for coughs due to colds And
here’s how it’s done: —
Make a plain syrup by stirring 3
cups of granulated sugar and one cup
of water a few moments, until it is
dissolved. Or you can use corn syrup
or liquid honey, instead ofsugarsyrup.
Get 214 ounces of Tinex from your
druggist. Put this into a pint bottle
and fill up with your syrup. This
makes a pint—a family supply. Tastes
fine and never spoils. Children love It.
And as for results, you've never
seen anything better. It goes right to
work on the cough, loosening the
phlegm, soothing the Irritation, and
helping clear the air passages. You
will like it for its results, and not
merely for the money it saver.
Pinex is a special compound of
proven ingredients, in concentrated
form, a most reliable soothing agent
for throat and bronchial Irritations.
Money refunded if it doesn't please
you in every way, —Adv.
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