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Mrs. Clark Durpo is shown with the family pet, a beautiful German Shepherd, in front of their Deer
field stone and cedar siding home. Entrance on right of carport leads to the formal living room with
the cement walkway spanning a small pool. The hillside home blends beautifully with the wooded
area almost surrounding it. This home is one of the many new residences being built at Deerfield.
Don’t Leave Children Alone
Springtime brings on a rest
less urge to get out of the house,
to run a quick errand, to share
a cup of coffee with a neighbor.
Fine. But don’t leave small
children alone in the house while
you’re out!
Hundreds of children die in
fires each year because parents
left them alone "for just a few
minutes,’’ National Fire Pro
tection Association records
show.
Sometimes the children start
the fires, playing with matches
or stoves. Sometimes fire sim
ply chooses this moment to
strike.
For your children’s safety, al-
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ways take them with you when
you leave the house, or put them
in charge of a competent older
family member or babysitter.
Play it safe, so you’ll never
be sorry!
GOOD EGGS
Two eggs supply you with 25
percent of the Vitamin D, 22
percent of the Vitamin A and
iron, 17 percent of the protein,
16 percent of the riboflavin and
14 percent of the phosphorus
needed daily by the average adult,
according to Cooperative Exten
sion Service poultry specialists.
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Colorful Tile
Has Many Uses
Three or four decades ago,
ceramic tile was limited to the
bathroom.
Not so today. Improvements
in size, color, shape and qual
ity have allowed ceramic tile
to bread the "bathroom barrier,”
for use In many areas of the
home.
Domestic tiles are now man
ufactured in the entire prismatic
spectrum of colors, with more
than a thousand shades to choose
from says the Tile Council of
America.
Sculptured tile, a comparative
ly new addition to the domes
tic tile scene, offers infinite
decorating possibilities. The
sculptured face of the tile adds
the play of light and shadow
to its beauty.
Sculptured tile comes in con
ventional square sizes, with
pleasing geometric patterns in
bas-relief.
These concave-convex tiles
are ideal for decorative walls,
planters, room dividers, fire
places, garden walls and facades.
They can be used to form an
over-all patern, a single or re
peated design, or as random in
serts with smooth-surfaced tiles.
The new home of Mr. and Mrs.
Clark L. Durpo and their son,
Chip, on ten acres of wooded land
in Deerfield, is a dream come
true for them. Many hours were
spent by the owners in planning,
drawing, combining ideas and
wishes of each of them and then
finally combining their ideas with
those of the architect and con
tractor. Their dreams have fi
nally materialized to create a
beautiful home of stone and cedar
siding with its rustic, yet modern,
appearance blending perfectly
with the surrounding area.
The rock entrance to the home
is partially covered and the ce
ment walkway at the entrance
spans a small pool which is filled
by a waterfall trickling down the
protruding rocks at one side.
Opposite this is the glass wall of
the formal dining area.
The doorway leading to the
sunken formal living room is dec
orated on either side with slendor
panels of stained glass. A wide
walkway of red tile surrounds the
center white carpeted area with
the back wall completely glass.
A large rock fireplace is accented
with narrow glass panes recessed
behind and between the side walls
and the front portion of the fire
area. The high beamed ceilings
are accented with a lower ceiling
extending only over the outside
tiled section of the room, a most
unusual feature that gives the
room an air of spaciousness. The
formal dining area, adjoining
this, is also white carpeted.
The master bedroom, entered
from the formal living room or
through a very large dressing
room from the den, has paneling
on two sides of the room with
stone forming one side and the
other completely glass, over
looking the lake and meadow.
The spacious den, family din
ing area and kitchen are one large
room and are also entered from
the tiled portion of the living
room. Carpet covers all the
Use Ladders
With Care
Ladders are handy for paint
ing and doing many necessary
chores around the house, but they
can be dangerous.
The American Insurance As
sociation cautions that a fall from
a ladder can cripple or even kill.
In 1966, for example — the late
st year such figures are avail
able -- falls in homes across
the country claimed 11,800 lives,
the highest toll of all types of
home accidents.
When in use, a ladder should
be placed at a safe angle, or,
better still, have someone hold
it so it won’t slip, the Associa
tion advises.
THE COVINGTON NEWS
floors except for the small kit
chen area in the den. A unique
feature of the kitchen is the island
surface unit stove and work coun
ter with the overhead lights and
vent. A sliding door in the wall
cabinet section provides an open
ing from the kitchen to the formal
dining room for the passage of
dishes and food, proving a very
time saving as well as step sav
ing addition. From her kitchen
area Mrs. Durpo has an outside
view in every direction.
A second large play room and
den adjoins the family den which
is an ideal place for their son to
play and have his friends without
disturbing other members of the
family or their company. This
room is carpeted in red, is pan
eled and has ample built in book
shelves. For added attraction, as
well as a conversation piece, at
one end of the room is an old black
pot bellied wood and coal stove.
Mrs. Durpo said this was ac
quired from a local automobile
dealer, having been used for
years to heat the large garage
area. This old stove carried
the writer back to childhood when
just such a stove was in use in the
depot in Conyers, and instead of
being black would be a glowing red
in winter.
The paneled hallway, lined on
one side with built-in book
shelves, gives access to a spare
bedroom which is artistically de
corated with white and blending
pink into red print design in the
drapes and spread. This room is
for the little girl which the Dur
po’s are expecting to adopt and
are hoping they will have in the
very near future.
Chip’s room is an all boy’s
room and Mrs. Durpo said she
had enjoyed fixing up this room
as much as any in the home. Here
the walls are made of wide, old
barn boards which have been
stained very lightly with an avo
cado tinge, which she says is her
own mixture of colors. Paneling
in the hallway and also in the bath
for this area carry out this avo
cado shade. This bath is also
made with wide barn boards and
to perfect the theme even the tow
el holders are black horse bits.
A door at the end of this hallway
affords an exit to the front yard.
Connecting this area of the
home to the den is a spacious sew
ing center where Mrs. Durpo has
everything arranged for easy
sewing. Also in this area is sit
uated a work desk and on the opp
osite side, behind latticed doors,
is the washing machine and dryer.
Daylight is available here from a
skylight.
Due to the fact this home is
outside the city limits they have
installed a complete electric fire
alarm system in all areas of the
home. Also installed is a speak
er system which enables them to
hear and keep in close contact
with their son, and the expected
daughter, even though their bed
room is completely across the
house from the children’s area.
Other features of their home they
especially like are the recessed
ceiling areas, the skylight sec
tions and the even temperature
through gas heat for winter and
air conditioning for summer.
This home has a floor area of
3600 square feet on one level and
affords the family ample room for
formal, informal or just family
living. This home was built
by Frank Christian to fully com
ply with the wishes of the fam
ily in their designing and spe
cial requests.
Mrs. Durpo says she is glad it
is getting springtime so she can
work in the yard in helping to get
it landscaped and flowers and
shrubs planted. They are enjoy
ing their home and she says one
of the prettiest sights she ever
saw was on awakening recently
to see the entire area a blanket
of white from the unexpected snow
the night before.
Pencil And Paper
Planning Are
Time Savers
Working homemakers should
search for minute savers and
consider the hidden, time-saving
advantages of armchair shopping.
Pencil and paper planning are
great time savers for shopping.
Shop by telephone when possible
and use manufacturers* bro
chures to get product informa
tion before going out to buy,
Watch for new time-saving pro
ducts and ideas and give them
a try.
A hint on "how to do some
thing” a quicker or better way
won’t be of much help if you
just cut it out and place it in
a file to use some day when
you can get around to it. This
isn’t to say that every house
hold hint and idea will work for
you the way it works for others.
If it doesn’t help, don’t use it.
If you think it’s a good idea and
would help you, then give it a
fair try although it may take
a little extra effort on your part
to develop a skill that will make
it useful to you.
Search for minute savers
through kitchen planning. The
kitchen can be a very time con
suming room in the house—
especially if it isn’t organized
to fit your way of working. Start
a campaign to make it an en
joyable room for your work.
Discard the non-essential, clut
tering utensils.
Have a place for everything
you use and be sure to return
it to that place so you know you
can go there again and find it
when you need it. This then
becomes a habit of automatically
looking in the same place each
time and saves many minutes
looking for an item.
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The above picture of the den, family dining area and kitchen in the Durpo home was made through
the sliding doors to the formal dining room. A unique feature of this room is the island stove and
counter section with its overhead lights and vent. The glassed section on right is the built-in, lighted
gun cabinet. One of the ceiling recesses is shown over the kitchen area.
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This view of the master bedroom in the Clark Durpo home shows the recessed stone wall for the
cabinet headboard of the king size bed and a section of the glass side of the room. Other walls of
the room are paneled and have an avocado tinge which blends beautifully with the stone. The picture
is their son, Chip.
HOMEOWNERS URGED TO JOIN SPRING DRIVE,
CLEAN UP HOMES AND THROW OUT TRASH
Homeowners across the United
States and Canada were urged by
the American Insurance Associ
ation today to join in Spring
Clean-up activities by sprucing
up their homes and throwing out
trash and clutter which may have
accumulated during the winter.
Old newspapers, oily rags, and
other rubble are a fire hazard
and create fuel upon which fires
feed, the Association cautioned.
Spring Clean-Up Week serves
as an annual reminder to make
homes fire-safe and protect both
lives and property by disposing
of such trash.
In most communities, pro
visions are made to put trash
on the curb at designated times,
to be picked up and carted away
in sanitation trucks.
“Don’t underrate the impor
tance of this annual clean-up
program,” urged T. Lawrence
Jones, president of the Associa
tion. “In fact, let us hope it
will serve tne purpose for which
it was designed, to remind
Americans that homes should be
kept clean and fire-safe every
day of the year.”
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“Every 49 seconds, fire breads
out in some home. In 1967,
fires in the United States took
12,200 lives and caused proper
ty losses aggregating more than
$1.7 billion. With normal care,
many, many, many fires could
be avoided.”
Spring Clean-Up Week is ob
served at different times in var
ious parts of the nation, most
often in April or May.
The American Insurance Asso
ciation recommends that during
the special period set aside for
the campaign locally, house
holders go through their homes,
room by room, and throw out any
combustibles which might help
feed a fire.
A check of the attic, as an
example, will turn up old news
papers discarded clothing, old
radio sets, unwanted furniture,
worn-out mattresses, old shoes,
lamps and appliances in need
of repair, old letters and maga
zines. One incipient spark, and
the householder may have a cost
ly fire.
Bedrooms, too, can create po
tential fire hazards. Old cloth-
Thursday, April 4, 1968
ing stored in closets, which will
never be worn, should be do
nated to some charitable organ
ization or thrown away.
In the kitchen, cooking is done
daily over open flames or elec
tric stove cooking units starting
fires if they come in contact with
dish towels or other combus
tibles.
“Be vigilant, not only during
Spring Clean-Up Week, but at all
times,” Mr. Jones stressed.
“To protect your family and
your property against fire, plan
ahead, practice good housekeep
ing, and develop safe habits.
And don’t forget that good house
keeping includes a periodic
check for— and the elimination
of— fire hazards.”
Outdoor recreation is permit
ted on 51 million of the nation’s
70 million acres of tree farms,
most of which are concentrated
in regions of Southern Pine
growth. Tree farming is an
industry - sponsored program
which encourages the practice
of good forest management by
private landowners.