anaheim-gazette 1952-12-01

B-3 Anaheim Gazette MONDAY, DECEMBER 1, 1902 ANAHEIM, CALIFORNIA HEART OF THE HOME — As one enters the Baldassare home, one finds himself looking at a beautifully constructed fireplace, bookcase and planter combination. The floor is quarry tile set in a herringbone pattern for a most unusual effect. GAZETTE PHOTO Baldassare Family Makes Good Thing of Forced Home Expansion BY JOAN S. WHITE Nearly eclipsed by a huge Union Oil sign which tells of business on the premises, a tiny story-book house stands by the side of the road. The address is 7192 E. Cerritos and the home owners are Mr. and Mrs. R. G. Baldassare recessed several large bookcases and a what-not shelf, now nearly overflowing with brightly bound books and all manner of childish treasures. The television set is the center of interest and as such has been located in one corner of the room Covent Garden Gets Shiny New Victorian Front BY MILTON MARMOR Associated Press Writer Baldassare Family Makes Good Thing of Forced Home Expansion By JOAN S. WHITE Nearly eclipsed by a huge Union Oil sign which tells of business on the premises, a tiny story-book house stands by the side of the road. The address is 7192 E. Cerritos and the home owners are Mr. and Mrs. R. G. Baldassare and their three children Pete, Patty Anne and Paul, aged one to five. Small as the house is today, it was even smaller in 1947 when purchased by the then childless couple. The whole house measured 24x34 feet over all with a six foot porch on front and back. The Baldassares were attracted by the adjoining service station and were pleased to find living quarters, no matter how small, close at hand. The house with its slick modern lines appealed to the young couple and Mrs. Baldassare found that home-making in its tiny kitchen, living-dining room, and one bedroom was like playing house. There was an unusually large basement for storage and then, of course, the two porches. However, Pate, Patty Anne and Paul put in their appearance and somehow the very walls seemed to bulge. Something had to be done—and daddy did it. By snatching odd minutes from the rapidly growing business at the service station and by working far into the night, he rearranged and remodeled the house as it stood and built on an addition that is nearly as big as the whole house was at the beginning. New Addition The living-dining room became a bedroom by the closing off of a door or two and the addition of a roomy wardrobe closet. The porch on the sunny side of the house was glassed in and covered into a very pleasant dining space. The remaining porch became the front entrance hall and provides passage way from the service section of the house to the grand new recreation room that the new addition provides. You step down one step into this immense all-purpose room. It has a series of windows on two sides and a handsome brick fireplace on a third. Built-in brick planters add to the beauty of the room. Into the plastered walls which are painted a sunny yellow are recessed several large bookcases and a what-not shelf, now nearly overflowing with brightly bound books and all manner of childish treasures. The television set is the center of interest and as such has been located in one corner of the room with furniture grouped around it in position for easy viewing. Novel Floor Treatment The novel floor treatment is the thing that makes this room distinctly different from most. A 9 by 12 rug has been laid at the television center. Its thick pile and dark red color lends a luxurious note to the furniture arranged upon it. The remaining floor space in the 18 by 24 foot room is covered with handsome red tile set with mortar in a herringbone pattern. The tiles themselves are long narrow strips which are the waste from quarry tile cuttings. Baldassare used ingenuity in setting them in an interlocking pattern where no two joints run parallel. A thin coat of wax gives it an eye-catching shine and it makes a very practical floor covering for the children. Now that the building bug has bitten him, Baldassare has several more improvements in mind. Meanwhile the family is taking full advantage of this room to grow in. Teacher Trains Falcons as Hobby BOSTON (AP)—Students at Dartmouth college are used to seeing Bill Mattox walking around the campus carrying a falcon on his hand because training falcons has been his hobby since high school days. Bill graduated from Dartmouth last June and is now a teaching fellow in geography. He carries the falcon, his fifth such bird, around with him because it is necessary to spend as much time as possible with the bird before it is ready to fly alone in search of its quarry. After Bill had his last bird trained, it suddenly took off and never returned. His present bird, "Blondie," is a gift from a fellow falconer who heard of the loss. Covent Garden Gets Shiny New Victorian Front By MILTON MARMOR Associated Press Writer LONDON—Covent Garden, historic royal opera house and home of the noted Sadler's Wells Ballet Co., is having its face lifted. Workmen are putting a new finish on the facade for the first time in 17 years. Soon the building will shine in the Portland Stone finish of Victorian day. In the midst of vegetable and fruit markets where little has changed through the years, three Covent Garden theatre have been built. This present one opened May 15, 1858. The first had a gala premier Dec. 7, 1732, with Congreve's play, "Why of the World," in 1856. Grand opera entered its history walls in the last century and had several refurbishings in the past century, but otherwise a visit to it can carry one back to a slower paced word. The present $16,800 retouching job started in September. The entrance side is now almost discordantly clean, while scaffolding still mars the other walls. Queen Victoria left certain delibible marks, not only on the famous threater, but also on the grim looking Bow street police station across from its plush entrance. One day the long-reigning queen decided that the police blue light were "too depressing" to those pulling up in carriages for the love of beauty and art. And so today Bow Street is the only police station in the land that doesn't identify itself with the moody but familiar blue lamp at its doors. The lamps are quietly white and unobstruive. ELECTION BET PAYOFF KEOKUK, Ia. (AP)—Here's one belated result of the recent elections. Carl Gupton, president of the Ft. Madison chamber of commerce had to ride a bull down the main street of Keokuk: No because the Republicans won the election but because Ft. Madison got beat by Keokuk in a get-out-the-vote contest. Auto Accidents Alarm West German Officials Associated Press Writer BONN, Germany — Every 70 minutes one person is killed on the roads of Western Germany. More than 65,000 persons were injured in traffic accidents during a recent three-month period. And there were 92,914 traffic accidents. The nation's traffic toll has rocketed 15 per cent above 1951—and federal officials predict a further rise. Alarmed government officials have tried without success to coax motorists into observing road safety rules. Now they're dragging out the club. A tough new traffic law has been prepared to impose stringent penalties for careless or drunken driving. Says Federal Transport Minister Hans Seebohm: "The majority of road accidents in Germany are not due to mechanical faults in vehicles but to the frivolity and carelessness of drivers. It seems that the only right on the roads of Germany is the right of the strong over the weak." Bad roads help push up the nation's traffic casualties. Aside from the excellent Autobahnen (super-highways), many roads are unfit for high-speed. In rural areas most roads are cobblestone. They become icy slick in wet weather. Believe it or Not, Mickey Mouse has Reached New Heights By BOB THOMAS HOLLYWOOD (F) — It's hard to believe, but the mighty Mickey Mouse will reach his quarter-century mark next year. Back in 1928, the show world witnessed the opening of a miniature epic called "Steamboat Willie." The star was an eager little fellow named Mickey Mouse. Few realized that this mouse would labor and bring forth a multimillion-dollar industry. Then as now, Mickey's guide, friend and voice was Walt Disney. The film wizard has a myriad of projects to help celebrate his brainchild's 25th anniversary. One of these is titled "Mickey's Birthday Party," It will be a 45-minute film in which the celebrated rodent will review some of his past hits. There are many other sive items on the Disney Walt himself seemed a little whelmed by them as we over lunch. "We're working on picture won't be released until 1930 remarked. "It amazes even sometimes. Right now I'd join to take a long vacation. Let's TRANSFER SEE LANGSON BETTER SETS — BIGGER ALLOY AS THE COLUMBIA BROADCAST - ANNOUNCEMENT CBS Columbia America's vent Garden its Shiny New Victorian Front MILTON MARMOR Associated Press Writer DOON—Covent Garden, hisroyal opera house and home noted Sadler's Wells Ballet having its face lifted. men are putting a new on the facade for the first 17 years. 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