in the process of remodeling a In ;ck house which dates back to pre-revolutionary days. Remodeling Underway The brick home ' Mrs. Hutchins still has the original grant from King George II for the land on which it stands) has posed some problems For instance the walls are three bricks thick, so pipes lor radiators had to be put back of the floor-to-ceiling window frames. But careful planning and some extensive juggling is slow ly transforming the old and beautiful building into a modern home with up-to-the minute conveniences. A lady with her job still ahead of her is Miss Carrie Fitzgerald, a teacher in the Buckingham schools, who has just bought an ancient frame house set back in a wilderness of weeds. Most peo ple might hot see beyond the dust and litter and cobwebs. But the sound well-seasoned, termite-free lumber, the hand-carved window frames the foot-wide clear pipe planking, are all there. And you won't find them elsewhere very easily. A veritable epidemic of housing study groups Is rampant in Buck ingham county home demonstra tion clubs. The women are learn ing to read house plans and to visualize the completed house.
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