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2 The Guardian, Charlottetown, Sat., Dec. 11, 1965.

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HOW TO OBTAIN

By RALPH CAMERON |

“LIVING ROaA FS" 5 197"

Home Planning and Design’ d | is now available at the offic- ee | es of The Guardian and The Evening Patriot for $1. tax free. This new edition in- cludes color selection, etc.,

and Water Supply present a new | schedule -of rates to the Public Utilities Commission. _ Chairman S. E. Green said the commissioners had been try-

hs _ ing for two years to obtain a a a ~ an — proper base for water rates but 4" Riek ‘iashahad aa ek ae | had been held back by lack of

producing water for ci -~oaaieept’ signs om how to order. blue- — —— * pater 4 prints. completed production cost sur- % | vey had provided the’ needed in- |corner of our basement. family | formation and the proposed new room, using plasterboard for | rate structure was based on it. fo cover th it off. I would like Although relations between

to cover the walls with plastic; the commissioners and city

: |tile. How can the tile be applied | il ha@ been on a far more

= rt) ito the two concrete foundation; cordial basis than for many

f as ee |walls which will form two sides? | past. years, there had been a =. —e se enthicaninl | ANSWER: Plastic, or any | growing feeling in council that

| REE ° | other kind of tile, should not be| the water commission was not

Four bedrooms, a huge liv- fag room, plus an open plann- ed kitchen and family room make this a desirable home for a large family. There is an enclosed terrace complete with outdoor barbecue behind the fwo-car garage. A second

First Aid For Ailing Houses

By ROGER C. WHITMAN left there for any length of “time

.. CRABGRASS IN LAWN |

lawn and we have been having a hard time getting rid of it. Can| you recommend anything? ANSWER: Several herbict- des have been found effective for control of crabgrass, espec- ally, when applied before the crabgrass. germinates (end of April beginning of May). These, however, also retard or prevent Sermination of lawn grass seeds for two to four months. I eug- gest you send 15 cents (no stamps) to. Superintendent of Documents, Washington, D. C., 20402, for copy of leaflet ‘No. Aj- 77:51, ‘‘Better Lawns, etc.” gi- oo on. INSULATING ATTIC SPACE ‘QUESTION: We bought our 10 yéars old house several months ago. I plan to insulate the attic space soon, using blan-

- false wall which faces the brick

jan electric damp-chasing -unit

applied directly to any type of| returning sufficient revenue © solid masonry wall. Gypsum | pay its own operating and bond wallboard should be put over| charges. The subject was de- | furring strips, and the plastic .bated in council on several oc- | tile applied according to manu-! casions and a point meeting be-

door connects the garage with the poarch and the well pro- tected entry. The bedroom be- hind the kitchen could be used

tes qd’ i¢ facturer’s instructions which! tween the two bodies saw coun- as a study or maid’s room if should be available from your cil receive assurance water desired. Construction i# brick tile dealer | rates would be increased this

veneer. 1805 Sq. Ft.

NO DUST, NO COBWEBS | Year with a resulting greater QUESTION We bought an | Tevenue to the city. old home. The attic and cellar | FIGURES DELAYED are full of cobwebs, Isthere| However, delay in receiving anything that could be used to|the production cost figures held jreduce the terrible dust we get Up introduction of new we try to sweep them and councillors had noted | Meeting earlier this fall city rev-

develop mildew. We have when brick house, built on a crawl | down?

space, but no dampness problem “ANSWER: Using a vacuum jenues for the year would

: » Cleaner to remove the webs, in-|!ow’estimates because the new —e of vevd Seay a, |stead of trying to sweep them a rates were not in effect. iieaie: Fou ee va walls, down, reduces the dust consider- though the water commis- and thatthe closet’s plaster was |?>1¥- es applied directly against .the| QUESTION: A friend made brick. When warm, humid hou-| ™me a cutting - chopping

and maple brend board. What

se air contacts the cooler ‘ma- treatment is recommended be-

sonry-plaster surfaces, it con- lent | denses, creating a dampness |fore using to lengthen the life of the wood? | What treatment

, by statute the city cor- poration has to guarantee and issue any bonds needed by the

Commission Proposes ” New Water Rate Plan.

| year turns over to the city all}

water department for construc * tion or other costs. In return the Se

department at the end of the.

£2 ARIES

Two Charges Say Passengers Careless - .

Kenneth B. Bourgoye of Saint MIAMI, Fla. ‘AP)—Owners |gers for the scheduled Miami-to- John, N.B., who faced thejof the cruise ship Yarmouth /Nassau trip and six lifeboats | charge of false pretences in City |Castle accused. its passengers of valued at a total of $7,750. Police . Court Thursday mor-/negligence Friday in a lawsuit| Charade said the passage ning and was remanded to Dec. |contending the company is not|money and boats represent the 10, faced another similar charge to blame for the fiery Nov. 13/Yarmouth Castle's sole value. | yesterday morning. He was re-|sinking that cost 90 lives, in-| More than $15,000,000 manded in both cases to today|cluding those of t Canadians. |claims and suits by passengers |

Magistrate A.J. Haslam, QC. | Corp., ajand members -have been filed | at Gallagher, Hampshire,| Panamanian corporation, asked |against Charade and two subsl-

was i jliability to $32,402. This includes |Inc., and Yarmouth Gordon E. Leard, city, was |$24,652 received from passen-| Charade said in fined $10 without cost or five days for failing to yield the

Nr ep soulgent leaded not P n guilty to a charge of drunk and |

incapable. He was remanded to | today. -

problem. An insulating air is necessary to prevent the

space ehould be provided be- a tween plaster’ and brick. ‘False |hoard retaining food odors, and vice versa?

walls should be ipstalled over * ANSWER: To the clean wood

one-inch furring strips, using in- éulating board or plasterboard. |surface, apply a soaking coat of Painting the surface of the |top quality vegetable oi]. After an hour, wipe off any excess. Allow a few days for thorough drying and oil penetration, then repeat soaking oil treatment. deer shaped heating rod) in the} SAGGING WOOD GUTTERS closer will help keep the air cir-| QUESTION: We just purch- culating and dry, preventing de-|ed an old frame, house in ex- velopment of mildew. The unit | cellent condition. is merely plugged into a conve- ters, at each end

wall with aluminum paint will act as a vapor barrier. Using

ket type insulation. Is it neces- sary to install this all the: way: up to the rook peak?

ANSWER: The recommended procedure is to put the insulat- ing material between the raft- ers up to ceiling height..-Then it ts run horizontally across the op- posite rafters and down to the eaves. Insulation between raft- | ers should be so placed that | there is an air space between insulation and roof. Ventilating louvers should be installed high | up in the gable ends to ventilate | the air space above the ceiling | area. Allow one square foot of louvre opening for each 300 squ- are feet of attic floor area. If the attic is left unfinished, insul- ating the attic floor ie the sim- plest procedure.

QUESTION: We have en as- phalt driveway which is only a couple of years. old.-The~-sur- face is ‘developing small cracks

can repair the driveway our- selves, before it gets really bad?

ANSWER: Yes: An instant pave, do-it-yourself type asphalt is available at many Large gar- den supplies dealers and deal- ers im asphalt and asphalt pro- ducts. This material requires no heating or heavy rolling equi- pment and comes ready to use, It is merely raked over the area to—-be_repaired, then_rolled_with a garden roller or tamped down with a shovel. Or cover with a board and run your car over the board a few times.

WHITENING

QUESTION: « We have just

a home built and wanted a wr) fireplace. However, the mason used a gray mortar, ma- king the fireplace.look darker. Is it possible to whiten the mor- tar is some way?

ANSWER: Scrub the mortar clean. When it’s dry, paint it, using the same type of white paint used on the brick facing. PAINTED RADIATORS PEEL

QUESTION :. During some free time at the beginning of this year, I painted all our down- stairs radiators, to get that job over with. I painted them with a fiat paint I intend to use on

|seareh Institute certain long- |the cut, Take two handfuls of |

nient electric outlet and consu-|sagging. How camthis be cor- mes only the equivalent of a 25. | rected?

lwatt bulb. It's available at) ANSWER: The*hanger straps many housewares dealers and | supporting the gutters may electrical appliance stores. have tightened. Or new brack- PLASTIC TILE ON CONCRETE lets loosened. If 60, they should

Take Key Out If You Park

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their cars, espetially if gifts are left | in them.

Police Chief Sterns Webster

yesterday asked the co - oper- | ation of the general public who

.A wide selection of Christmas Gifts by

mas shopping season. Each year about this time the department receives a number

QUESTION: ~I plan to install|be added to raise sagging gut- am extra powder room in the |ters.

Stetson, available at

Air Layering} House Plants

Sometimes at the Plant Re-jsoon as possible after making

student at the Maritime Chris- tian College, Charlottetown, will be guest speaker at Fred- eficton Church of Christ to | morrow. Mr: Mellish is the son of Mr. and Mrs. Harry Mellish, 238 Elm Ave., Char- lottetown.

stemmed house plants like aphe- |sphagnum moss and place this

TheDling, healthy branches from

problem. They grow taller and taller until they must either” be moved to a larger house or be pruned back and allowed to branch out at the base into

landras and dracenas present oe the cut surfaces.

firm the ball around the cut {snugly “to ensure” good contact. This should form a_ covering thickest near the center and tap- ering toward each end. Tie the

MORTAR __ ithe top by means of air layer- pot the moss, new roots and up-

incision in the. stem, place two

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smaller and more compact jball firmly in place with twine. plants with two or three main! 6, Wrap the moss ball with shoots. Quite often the problem | polyethylene film and tie secur- is solved by cutting off the tops|ely above and below it to pre- and rooting them>\in a heated |vent evaporation. Rubber bands propagating bench. jare ideal for tying since they

Most homeowners who have |will expand with any growth the

violet Monge variety and the) Preston hybrids-such as Coral; | Donald Wyman, and Royalty are | easiest to root of all the lilacs. |

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such kinds of plants will find |stem might make. { this last recourse to.be a dif-| Do not remove the layer for | ficult one for they seldom have transplanting until at least five | s a se 6s

the equipment to do a thorough|or more roots may be seen! job._Dieffenbachias are an _ex-| through the polyethylene emerg- MARINE

ception, for they will root im &jing from the moss ball. At this jar of water. time remove the wrapping, A good solution, and a fascin- sever the main stem of the old ating one to carry out, is to root |plant below the moss and then Requires marine constables, single men between 18 and 29 years, minimum 5’ 8", at least grade eleven education,

for deck and engine reom duties. For further informat- ion, write The Commissioner, R.C.M.P., Ottawa, 7, Ontario.

per part of the old plant intact into a 5-inch pot filled with a ‘compost..of one-third sand, one- ; \third peat moss, and one- third The method of plant propaga- | soi] mixture. tion known as aif layering is not’ These instructions are intend- } by any.means, new, It was prac- eq for doing this layering opera- | ticed many centuries ago by the jtion on indoor plants such as Chinese and used to be called {rubber plants, aphelandras, dief- pot layering or marcottage. With \fenbachias, dracenas or similar the invention of polyethylene |piants with fleshy stems. It may

ing, which will result in a oer shapely plant en a short stem all ready for potting with brand new roots.

ering became more ,extensively|on many outside trees used for increasing many plants \ghrubs, The main difference in|

otherwise difficult to root. | proced is. to shade the te The old way was to make an iol i

ethylené and wrapped moss) ll with aluminum foil or kraft halves of a split pot around it, eee . =

the walls and was careful to clean and remove all grease, wax, etc., aS you frequently re- , first. But the paint}

eelaite an moss si wa oF The =o for air laying of | ; garden plants is in May and the | about three times a day: i lent:"0 practise cn ie

Now with the newer-polyethy- BT sia é lene wraps it is unnecessary to te _Hae. Chooss “young, matur’

sprinkle after the initial water- ing. Here’s how to perform this unique propagating operation:

1. Have at hand a sharp knife,

film this old method of pot lay- lalso be performed with success i DE,

fote the paint was applied, the |a double handful of damp sphag- |

peeling may be due to the radia- num moss, a 6 x 8 inch sheet of tors heating up before the paint polyethylene film, some rubber was thoroughly dry (very likely bands and twine.

during January!), or the paint) 2. Remove any leaves or twigs coat is too thick--While the ra-|in the selected limb or stem for

diator is cold, remove all loose. and peeling paint, and have an absolutely clean surface by wip-, ing with fine steel wool and tur-

| thie cost, And keep | — =|

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suggest you wait until the end of |

the. house (two ‘outside’

three or four inches above and below w the incision is to be made

3. Make a long slanting cut-up- ward about one quarter or one half way through the stem of the plant or twig. Keep this incision

open by inserting a small chip of | wood or astoothpick, and so pre. | vent it from closing and healing |

4, Dust the cut with a mild hormone powder sold as a pro-

pagating aid.

5 Enclose the injured area in

which is very damp. Garmente a ball ef moist sphagnum as |

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