Dick Emison Building New Home in Newport Heights

New Home Under Construction

Dick E,mison, the owner of Santa Ana Lumber Company, is building a new home in Newport Heights, Back Bay Area. George M. Holstern & Sons, of Costa Mesa, are the general contractors and Philmer J. Ellerbroek is the architect. The plastering contractors are Teter Plastering Company.

The home-shou'n here under construction-is contemporary ranch design.

In Mr. Ellerbroek's .ivords, "The house is a contemporary ranch house in which the iines and plan of the ,"rl.-h typ. are used, with integration of indoors and outdoors through the use of glass areas and sliding panels, the sharpening of all details, use of clean lines in all moldings, etc., and the use of color.

"In the interior, the relationship of the living room, lanai and kitchen are arrang'ed so that a feeling of space ancl openness are achieved."

The exterior is redu'ood board and batten . and shake roof.

The interior is Blue Diamond Gypsum lath and plaster.

The living room ceiling is treated acoustically with Acousticoat, (Blue Diamond Acoustic Plaster). Kimsul standard insulation is used between the studs for sound deadening, and Kimsul reflective insulation and Reynolds metallation was installed for heat control.

Los Angeles Building Permits

Pi Bliss, Anderson-Hanson Co., Studio City, and his faBuilding permits issued during July in Los Angeles totalecl rnily spent two weeks recentlv in Portland, Ore., visiting 4ffi2, valued at 24,647.664. relatives and friends.

This compares with 3882 permits issued the preceding month with value of 918,812,098. July, 19.50, permits were 5451 valuecl at $38,287,329.

Permits issued cluring the first seven months of 1951 total 32,080 with a $173,097,815 valuation, against 39,676 in the like period last year with a valuation of g226,144,821.

Henry H. Harding of the Gosslin-Flarding Lumber Company, E,ureka, vacationed for several weeks in the Los Angeles area rvith his wife and three girls. He