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Curing The Llquor Hobir

A group of farmers, gathered around in the country store, got to discussing liquor, liquor drinking, and finally, the question of whether or not the liquor habit could be cured. Various opinions were offered, and finally one old farmer spoke up:

"Well, they do say that there's a cure fer the likker habit. Over in the next caounty Silas Simmons' boy Zeke had been drunk fer the last three years. an' Silas heerd of a cure fer the likker habit, an' t'hey gave it to Zeke. They took the insides of three green gourds, an'two pounds of green tobacco stems, an' they put 'em on the stove an' biled 'em till thev come to a simmerin' stelv. Thev run the likker off this ste-w, an' they served Zeke a pint of it suddenlike, airly one mornin'."

"Well," asked one of the listeners, "did it cure Zeke?"

"They cain't tell yit," replied the first. "It was three weeks ago they give this stuff to Zeke, an' he's jest gettin' so now that he can hold on his stummick a bit of water biled on the white of an egg. An' every time he sees a green ggurd or a piece of tobacco stem he gits that excited they think he's got Saint Vitus Dance !"

Pressure-Gluing Wins Acceptonce from FHA

Conditions for acceptance of pressure-glued fir plywood structural components in homes financed with FHA-insured mortgages have been set up by the agency's Architectural Standards Division, Plywood Fabricator Service, Inc., has announced.

The structural glue line in plywood box beams and stressed skin panels made these components unacceptable until now.

The conditions, which FHA says will be supplied to regional offices on request, were announced in a letter to PFS Executive Vice President W. D. Page.

Complete design information is required. along with calculations showing compliance with design methods of the Douglas Fir Plywood Association. An alternate submission is drawings stamped by a licensed engineer accompanied by a statement from the engineer indicating compliance with DFPA requirements.

The fabricator must be able to demonstrate he is properly equipped to produce engineered components and acceptable components must be produced under the quality control program of an approved, independent agency. The trademark of the agency must appear on each component.

PFS, set up two years ago to provide promotional help as well as quality control and technical as'sistance to fabricators, is an acceptable testing agency. The Architectural Standard Division will consider other applicants.

November 196l Construction Expenditures Amount to $5.1 Billion

The value of total new construction put-in-place in November 1961 amounted to $5.1 billion, according to preliminary estimates of the Bureau of the Census, U.S. Department of Commerce. This amount was 5 oercent less than the revised estimate for October 196I, approximately the normal seasonal change between October and November. Spending for total new construction in November 1961 was 6 percent above the November 1960 level.

Private Construction

Total new private construction expenditures in November 1961 amounted to $3.6 billion, 2 percent less than the revised October 1961 level. This decline was also about the normal seasonal change between October and November. The November 1961 level was 7 percent greater than in November 1960.

Spending for construction of private nonfarm residential buildings in November 196l amounted to $2.1 billion, about I percent less than the revised October 1961 estimate. The normal seasonal change between October and November is a decline of about 4 percent. Expenditures in November 1961 were 13 percent greater than in November 1960.

Public Construction

Total new public construction expenditures in November 1961 amounted to $1.4 billion, 12 percent less than the revised estimate for October 1961. This was approximately the normal seasonal change between October and November. Spending for public construction in November 1961 vl'as 4 percent above the level of expenditures in November 1960.

First 11 Months of 1961 (Cumulative)

Spending for total new construction in the first 11 months of 1961 increased 3 percent to $52.6 billion, compared t<-r $51.1 billion in the same period of 1960. The 11 month total of orivate construction exoenditures increased 2 oercent in ig6t to $37.1 billion, compared to $36.4 billion in 1960: however, spending for privat'e residential construction declined 1 percent from $20.8 billion in 1960 to $20.6 billion in 1961. During the same period, spending for total public construction increased 6 percent from $14.6 billion in 1960 to $15.6 billion in 1961.