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r ■MBER 19, 1936 CHAPEL HILL NEWS LEADER I»AG1 R!VP V And Interesting Ideas For s Home Builder Playmakers' Set Cast For O'Neill's Play Cast for the Playmakers’ pro duction of Eugene O’Neill’s ‘‘De sire Under the Elms,” to be pre sented here Dec. 14-18, has been announced by Thomas Patterson of the Carolina Playmaker’s staff. Foster Fitz - Simons, associate professor of Dramatic Art, will portray Ephraim Cabot, a strong old New England Farmer who had conquered barren rock to make it into fertile land. Jo Jurgensen, wife of another Dramatic Art as sociate professor, plays the role of Abbie, his new young wife. A1 Gordon, graduate student from Greensboro, enacts the part of Eben Cabot, Ephraim’s son and; until Abbie arrives, his heir. I Simeon and Peter, brothers of I Eben who give up their claim to the household and leave for Cali fornia in search of gold, are play ed by Charles Barrett of Hickory and Chapel Hill, and Ken Lowry of Troy, Ohio. DIFFERENT'—A stock-plan home that had a “dif- : ut it attracted Mr. and Mrs. Homer Maynor. They I five two-bedroom dwelling from a house plans book Williams St., just north of Carrboro. Featuring a r flat room and vertical boards and batten construction the house can be expanded with a two-bedroom wing at the left. Rooms are (left to right) child's bedroom, living room, and kitchen connecting to porch. INTERIORS—The dinette-kitchen of the Maynors' home has a door connecting directly to the master bedroom—a feature which the family likes. Top yie v shows the kitchen work area with dining table in foreground. Lower view—the fireplace in their living, room. News Leader Photos nors Stock-Home Has Expansible Layout, Simple Construction Door Kitchen a coiucnipor j ary nuiclcni home with simple | ing- whicli they have built. I and practical expausion possi-I The nvo - i)cdrooili frame; biiilics, the Homer Maynors | dicellin^ teas constmcled a ionnd it in a stock-plan dwell" j year ago by contractor Floyd Brook- well on Williams 'St. just north of Brown Furniture Co. ' Furniture, Floor Covering, Luggage and Elec trical Appliances. 106 ROSEMARY STREET (Next Door to City Hall) and WEST FRANKLIN STREET l^ext To Hospital Savings Assdciatioh) ’ Die ‘Carrbopo town limits. Simple, Easty-TO'Clean Since both Mr. and Mrs. Maynor work away from the house during the day, they required a simple p'an and ah easy-to-clcan inttcrior. They follow'ed the plans of the Na- uon:,! Plan Serv.ice to the letter, and. as Mrs.- Maynor says now. ‘■'Fhere’s-not a thing we’d change |; if w'e built it aigain.” Of course they are looking for- new section will extend to the left (see above photo) of the present bedroom area. 99 Nog For A More Hospita Fhanksgiving one 9-8581 adow (Sold of Chapel Hill Your Local Dairy U wai’d to adding to t:Wo-bedro>m extension to their home, probably next spring. In keeping with the original plans for this home, the Beat Duke Parade Set Tomorrow The ninth annual “Beat Dook”^- Float Parade, sponsored by Pi Kap pa Alpha fraternity, wIU be held at the University tomorrow at 3 p.m. That will .give them 1,704 squai’e eet of space (garage and porch in- luded) as compared with the pre- ent 1,340 feet. ... . .. What first struck both" Mr. and'' I Its. Maynor about, tliis. plan was I hat it IoQke.fl. ‘like,.a I 'Ousc—yet W-ithin their price range. I Dne of the cliief ’^differenees” Is i ihe, flat poured 'roof "slab, which slopes slightly from front to back. Sides are of .simple, inexpensive con^t’ru'Ction—-^etticbl’" boards' ’ and batten, and the interior walls are of well-stripped sheetrock. To add variety to tlic room construction iceJotex ceilings w^ere used. . LikeS' Plastic Tile .^■long line, of keeping the house easy to clean, Mrs. Maynor praises the plastic tile siquares with which the kitchen and bathroom are Coored, and noted they have an i “indefinite” guarantee for durabi lity. The parade, which wdll feature 35 floats to be entered by sororities, fraternities and dormitories, will form in front of Woollen Gymnasi um at 2 p.m. Several Local Persons To Be Oh Folk Program A feature of the parade wild be the Float Parade Queen who will be chosen from the coed student ■body. Selection of the queen and her six'court attendants will take place at the Pi Kappa Alpha House four days before the parade. Her identity will not be revealed until the parade. Every group entering a float is eligible to sponsor a coed for queen. Judges will be prominent men and women from the University ' and Chapel fL’ll. They will include MrSi Kay Kyser of Chapel Hill,. Jimmy Capps of Raleigh’s WPTF and E. C. Smith, Chapel UUl theatre manager. The spice of variety wnll charac terize the program for the 45th meeting of the North Carolina Folk lore Society at the Sir Walter Hotel in Raleigh, Dec. 7, according to Prof. A. P. Hudson, secretary- treasurer. Donald MacDonald, of Charlotte, a North Carolinian of Scottish de scent who has cultivated his heri tage 'by study and by visits in Scotland, will speak of Scottish Jacobite songs and sing some' of them, in Highland attire. The author of “Tarheel Talk,” Norman Eliason, ■of Chapel Hill, will discuss the contents and tlie findings of his book; recently pub lished b3' the U. N. C. Press. The folk arts will be illustrated by American folksongs sung by Herbert Shellans, of Chapel Hill, and by Filipino dances performed by Sra. Rose Lily 'Soller, of Manila, P. I., in native costumes. .. A particularly unusual feature— and oiie which the Ma3Tiors say suits them fine—is a door from their bedroom directly into the kitchen-dinette. The Mayitors have a lO-raonT*!!- old daughter, Robin Dawn, •who has the other bedroom. Adding considerable harmonizing Others in the , cast are Lloyd Skinner of Burlington as the Fid dler; Dick Rothrock of Spring- dale, Ark., as the Caller; Pete O' Sullivan of Valhalla, N. Y., as a drunk man; Nancetta Hudson of Goldsboro, Mary Finley of Mar ion, and Mary Ruth Johnson of Eupora, Miss., as the women; Jim my Sochrest of Thomasville, Dan Seaton of, Valparaiso, Fla. and Jerry Young of Marion as the men; Betty Jinnette of Goldsboro as art old woman, and Jim Heldman of Durham as the Sheriff.' color to the entire layout of this home is the low* railing fence which Mr. Maynor, with the help of his brother-in-law, Buddy Thomas, built around tlie yard boundaries. GREENE ELECTRIC CO. ELECTRICAL CONTRACTOR FREE ESTIMATES Tel, 4021 336 West Rosemary Absolutely Wonderful FIVE CENT CHRISTMAS CARDS New Showing At THE INTIMATE BOOKSHOP 305 E. Franklin St. Open Till 10 P.M. LOCAL AND LONG DISTANCE HOUSEHOLD MOVERS For Free Estimates Call CHAPEL HILL 5011 Durham Collect 2-2116 Durham Transfer & Storage BUMP FOR A BOOTH—Davie Currie, attendant for the Chapel HiU Parking Association’s downtown parking lot, got quite a jolt Wednesday morning as a truck bumped the roof overhang of his booth, jolting the building off its foundations. Damage was negligible The driver L. W. Vick of Carrboro, reportedly misjudged a turn as he entered rhe parking lot. j^pador Photn FREE ESTIMATES OLADLY FIGURED ByiLomo maukim. We'll figure yodr needs on any Kome fix-up job at no ob ligation. Stop in. SEE US FOR ALL YOUR BUILDING NEEDS We stock the finest in lumber and all building supplies at today's lowest prices. Free delivery. THE FINISHING TOUCH TO MAKE YOUR HOME __ MORE LIVABLE Lef us turn your basement or attic into an extra room for living, sleeping, recreation. Our expert cabinet work will give your home that ‘‘custom built” look. Phorte us today. Fitch Lumber Co. 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