Extra Attic Space
Can be Adapted
for Study Room
J Are your youngsters looking for
|ji quiet place to study, away from
i the rest of the family and the tele
vision set? The answer may be
rlound in your own attic. Put its
unused space to work by convert
ting it into study quarters, or f.en
'Combination living-study quarters.
Make it a do-it-yourself family
(project, and you'll be surprised at
ihow little time, trouble and ex
pense is involved if you plan it
carefully. You would probably
.need professional help only with
wiring and, if it is wanted, plumb
tag.
Get started by studying the plan
in the accompanying illustration.
It was devised by architect Mary
Lund Davis of Tacoma, Wash., and
should offer you many good ideas.
The area shown is an attic, 15
by 30 feet, with a chimney in the
center and stairwell at one end.
Location of downstairs plumbing
made it possible to put a bathroom
next to the chimney, which was
surrounded on the other three sides
by built-in storage cabinets.
Individual study areas are pro
vided for three children. The girl
of the family has her bedroom and
study space at the stairwell end
of the attic. Her brothers have
' beds at the other end of the area
and desks on the opposite side of
the stairs.
You can cover a lot of space
wth little effort with panels of fir
plywood. It was used here to hide
exposed rafters and to make the
low walls. More plywood covers
the rough flooring and provides an
underlayment for asphalt tile
which is easy to put down and
easy to keep clean afterwards.
? Now that you've studied the
plan, study your own attic to see
how many of its ideas you can
adapt to the space you have. Get
suggestions from the children,
since it is going to be their room.
COMMON
PLAY AREA
mOiVlOUAL. STUOY AREAS
i r
STAIRS
STUDY AREA 1
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Private study areas for three, plus sleeping and play space can be
provided far school age youngsters in attic space measuring IS by
M feet, witness the above floor plan which can inspire any desired
variations with plvwood as the basic materials.
Schooling Costs 33 Cents
Hourly, Baby-Sitting 50
What does schooling for children
in the .public school system actual
ly cost?
A committee at National Educa
tion Association, whose province is
tax education and school finance,
has come up with some interesting
figures. For example:
Care for a child in public school
under a trained teacher, in a
planned program of learning, costs
33 cents an hour, the committee
reports.
That's more than 15 cents cheap
er than the 50 cents an hour
charged by untrained teen-age
baby sitters.
For the same 33 cents, says the
committee, a citizen would only
get "one fifth of a haircut or one
milkshake or one gallon of gaso
line."
Teachers, the committee points
are, are paid less than the average
first year earnings of women col
lege graduates who go into social
work, nursing, mathematics or
chemistry, among otheis.
Ope huqdred thousand teachers
left the pulbic schools last year.
By .1965, it is estimated the nation
will need a half million additional
teachers for public schools alone.
Queen Street Principal
Reports Opening Day Plans
L. R. Johnson, principal of <
Queen Street School, Beaufort, re
quests that parents of *U pupils i
entering first grade take with them i
the chlid's birth certificate and
record of shots received when '
School opens Tuesday, Sept. 2.
The shots may be given either
by the family doctor or may be
gotten at the county health center.
Each student transferring to
St. Egbert's WU1
Open at 9 A.M.
Tuesday, Sept. 2
St. Egbert's Catholic School,
Morehead City, will open at 9 a.m.
Tuesday, Sept. 2. The enrollment
this year is expected to be about
the same as last year, 90 pupils.
Mother Begona is principal and
teaches grades 5 and 6. Other fac
ulty members are Mother An
gelina, grades 1 and 2; Mother
Maria Delores, grades 3 and 4;
and Mother Louisa Maria, grade 7.
The school will begin its full
Whedule Wednesday, Sept. 3, hours
being 9 to 3.
Pupils may wear yniforpis if.
they wish. The preeeribod outfit
lor girls is a blue jumper and
White blouse; for (x>y?, blue tnw
?ers and white shirt.
fl^e-TUid Women ? i
Steadily mounting college enroll
ments in the United States, which
topped the three million mark last
year,, included almost a million
jrpuiig women. Somewhere between
ItSS and 1970 it is expected this
high mark will have doubled.
Heat is encouraged when children
an provided with a "manicure
set" of emery board and orange
?tick.
Keeping fingernails
Queen Street from another school
should have his report card from
Ute previous school. Transfer stu
dents will register in the library
with Mrs. B. R. Tillery and Abe
Thurman.
School will begin at S:30 on the
opening day. There will be only a
half-day session. The cafeteria will
open Sept. 3.
Faculty members will be the
same as last year. The high school
this year, however, has gained an
additional teacher.
On the faculty, in addition to
those mentioned, are John Tillery,
Miss Eva Atkinson, Miss Alice
Hutchinson, Mrs. E. P. Valentine,
Mrs. Johnnie Collins.
Mrs. Sara Windley, Mrs. Muriel
Williams, Shadrach Barrow, Mrs.
Carolyn Lewis, Mrs. Doris Smith,
Mrs. Olive Davis.
Mrs. Beulah Harris, Mrs. M. H.
Godette, Miss Verniece Evans,
Mrs. Vivian Collins, Mrs. E. M.
Wilson and Mrs. D. H. Johnson.
? The Pine Street kindergarten
will open Monday, Sept. 8, under
the direction <9 Mrs. C|>helia Elli
son.
College Record
Colleges set an all time record
last year when registration topped
the 3,000,000 fiark.
HILL'S
Joe
Knowp for Qpod Clothe*
Conventional
Extra Care Should Be
Taken in Buying Shoes
To youngsters, back - to ? school
means books. To Mom and Dad,
it means buying.
However, since it's inevitable,
you may as well get your money's
wortb, especially when you buy
your youngsters' shoes. Consider
ing everything in young wardrobes,
shoes have to take the biggest
beating of all.
Material and construction are
the two guide points in telling a
good shoe from a poor shoe. What
shoes are made of and how they're
put together will determine how
well they'll fit and how long they'll
last.
According to foot specialists, an
all-leather shoe is best for grow
ing feet. Because it is soft and
supple, leather molds to the shape
of the foot, giving firm support
without binding. In addition, cir
culation of air is permitted through
leather's millions of tiny pores,
keeping active feet drr and com
fortable in all temperatures.
In checking construction, ask the
salesman if the shoe has d leather
wdt. This welt is a strip of leather
that bind* tie upper and sole firm
ly together and prevents the shoe
from being twisted out of shape.
It also adds a firmer walking base
and gives sort of an extra "layer"
of protection against rain or slush
under foot to keep feet dry.
Check too to see if the counter
of the shoe is firm enough to keep
its shape, but not so hard that it
will rub blisters on the heel. If
you press down gently on the coun
ter with your thumb, it should
give and then spring back in shape
when pressure is released. ?
Also, slip your hand inside the
shoe to see if there are any rough
seams that could cause discomfort.
A leather lining is preferable be
cause it's smooth and easy on the
foot and give longer wear.
Getting down to correct fit, be
sure that the salesman measures
each foot while it is bearing your
youngster's full weight; then fits
the larger (pot. Since shoe styles
vary, and your youngster's feet
most likely will have grown during
summer vacation, you can't go by
his old shoe size.
Shoes for back to school this fall offer fashion and comfort for growing feet. Left, smooth leather one
strap sandals, by Fleet-Air, with contrasting sharkskin toe with resistance to scuffing; a patent leather
convertible, by Poll-Parrot, has the fashionable tapered sauare toe and J>frky little bow as a pump or one '
strap. Fashion comes to brother's feet in ? brown smooth leather two-eyelet tie on trim ? with decora
tive criss-cross stitch; and borrowed from the college campus, a five-eyelet cordovan-colored oxford, by
Fleet-Air, in polished side leather.
A FEW SUGGESTIONS
School Bag
CW? of HuhUc or Strip.
Choice of 4 Colon.
$1.98
Zippered Binder
Choke af t or 3-Rta*
$i..w
Filler Paper
IHiIl
29c
? 1
Scotty Pencil 4ox ;
Set ConUim Pcncili, Qrtyoai,
Colored Pencil* mi t" Mer '
9*c . ,
Foursome Pen Set
fat includes loaoUia .pen, kail
point pfn, automatic pencil and
penlite flashlight In your choice
of colon. Wearever, attractive
ly gift boxed
$1.29
iLunch Kit
With ,l#-ox. Bottle. Kit haa
sturdy handle, aaap lack
$2.69
$2.82 Value!
Scripto School Set'
? ?.<* Bal Pm
? #c Extra Refill
? 9c Lead B*p?ii
? Uc Pkg. of Lead
Special Value
$1.69
Utility
Zippered Bag
Choice o I tweeds or plaid*. No
sag frame. Easy-grip handle*
$2.79
Lead Pencils
Eraser Pipped, 60c value
42 for 33c
49c ?BaH Pen
Retractable Point
Choice of color*.
2 lor 69c
Guthrie-Jones Drug Co.
MeuHKMy. -Beaufort, N. C.