Zurich Citizens News, 1970-05-28, Page 14PAGE FOURTEEN
ZURICH CITIZENS NEWS
THURSDAY, MAY 28, 1970
BIG SWING TO MOBILE HOME LIVING
New communities are spring-
ing up all over North America,
They're carefully planned, com-
pletely self-contained communi-
ties, with swimming pools, play-
grounds, schools, shopping cen-
ters, houses of worship ... every-
thing for the North American on
the go.
Sound like a mecca reserved
for only the upper crust? Not at
all. Most of the residents of such
new communities are making
$ (0,000 or less a year, and they
represent the young, the old and
all walks of life.
These are the new -look mobile
home sub -divisions, being devel-
oped to satisfy the demands of a
growing trend toward mobile or
relocatable home living — a trend
that has seen mobile home owner-
ship jump from 350,000 mobile
homes in 1950 to more than 5.5
million in the United States to-
day.
A survey by the Canadian Mo-
bile Home and Travel Trailer
Association in October, 1968, es-
timated the number of mobile
homes in place in Canada at
54,433 units. An additional 15,-
000 mobile homes were bought
by Canadians in 1969. Mobile
hones placed during 1968 ac-
counted for one tenth of single
detached home starts in Canada.
What makes the mobile home
so popular? Mobility and econ-
omy are the two most important
reasons. according to the Associ-
ation.
Mobility is taking your home
with you when you move. The en-
tire move. mobile home and all
its contents. can usually be made
for a few hundred dollars. This is
just a small fraction of the cost
of a conventional house move
which involves selling the house,
shipping and storing furniture,
motel expenses and the purchase
of a new home.
Economy is another advantage
that's attracting more and more
North Americans to mobile home
living. All the comforts of home
All electric mobile home of 1,543 square feet was formed by com-
bining two 12 -ft. by 60 -ft. units and adding a one room studio,
seen at right behind carport.
Mobile home kitchens are equipped with full-size major appliances,
including refrigerators and electric ranges in a variety of colors.
Electric washers and dryers; dishwashers and garbage disposal units
can be easily installed.
are available in ,a completely fur-
nished package. Prices range
from $6,500 for a one -bedroom
model to $16,000 for a 24 ft. by
60 ft. double -wide unit with four
bedrooms, at Canadian prices.
Refrigerators, and electric
ranges in a choice of colors are
included in the basic price of the
home. A garbage disposal unit,
dishwasher, washer and dryer —
are available at extra charge. The
major appliances are standard:
30 -inch range, either freestanding
or built-in, 12 cubic foot two -
door refrigerators, etc.
Ah increasing number of Cana -
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RCONDITIONED
May 31 -June 2
PLUS
VIVA MAX
Peter Ustinov — Pamela Tiffin — Jonathan Winters
"Some heroes are born ... some are made
...some are mistakes.
ANGRY BREED
Jan Sterling — James MacArtur — William Windon
"Buck the establishment; make love not war."
June 3-9
BOB & CAROL & TED
& ALICE
Natalie Wood — Robert Culp
Elliot Gould — Dyan Cannon
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SATURDAY MATINEE
Bob Hope in
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Kurt Russel — Cesar Romero — Joe Flynn
"Programmed for laughs."
ALSO
IT'S TOUGH TO BE A BiRD
diens are discovering new plea-
sures and a better way of life in
mobile homes. As a result, mo-
bile hone sales have outstripped
even the most optimistic predic-
tions made for the industry. One
out of every ten new single-family
dwellings being produced today
is a mobile home, Within the
next few years, mobile home sales
are expected to comprise 30%
to 35% of the entire new housing
market in the United States.
Eighty-five percent of all
mobile homes produced in. 1967
were 12 feet wide by 60 feet
long, or 720 square feet in area.
Today, they are getting even
larger and the double -wide or
expandable mobile hones can
provide up to 1,440 square feet
of living space.
The new mobile homes are
professionally decorated and
furnished to provide maximum
space for the family. The taste-
fully decorated rooms and pro-
per use of color serves to in-
crease the apparent size of
room.
The electrical industry has
produced electric heating and
comfort conditioning systems for
the conventional home. Now
these systems are available in
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the mobile home.
Here are a few interesting
facts that shed some light on the
nature of the trend to mobile
home living (U.S. statistics
only) :-
-The mobile home is popular
with retirees, however, only
25 percent of mobile home
residents are retirees while 43
percent are young married
couples.
—Three out of four new home
purchases in the under
$ 15,000 price range are
mobile horses. In the under
$12,500 price range, more
than 8 out of 10 purchases
are mobile homes.
—In 1940, about 350,000
Americans lived in mobile
homes. Today, more than 5.5
million live in mobile homes
and the figure is expected to
surpass 6 million by next year.
Why are so many people
rushing to buy mobile homes?
Because there is no other way to
acquire a comfortable, furnished
two-bedroom house with all the
latest conveniences anywhere for
less than $18,000. One would
have to purchase a $30,000 to
$35,000 conventional home in
order to achieve the same level
of luxury and comfort that is
offered in the modern mobile
hone.
The modern mobile home has
everything you would expect in
a conventional home, and more.
Such luxury items as electric
GRAND BEND
Friday and Saturday—May 29-30
(DOUBLE FEATURE)
Sweet Charity
(Collor)
Shirley MeLaine, Sammy Davis
Backtrack
(Color)
Neville Brand, Doug McLure
BOX OFFICE OPENS AT 8 p.m.
FIRST SHOW AT DUSK
ONE SHOW NHTLY FURTHER NOTICE NTII.rommaPosonmeamemlemimenimman
heating and central electric air
conditioning are becoming stan-
dard components in the up-to-
date mobile home, according to
the Electrical Bureau of Canada.
With so many advantages in
its favor, it's easy to see why
the mobile home has become a
better way of life for today's
generation
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Goshen UCW
The Goshen United Church
Women met at the home of Mrs.
William Clarke, Blake, on
Thursday, May 21. Mrs. John
Robinson was in charge of the
program and took as her thence
Thou Shalt Love Thy Neighbour
as Thyself. "
The meetingopened with
singing hymn 80. "From Clan-
ishness to Open Community" was
the topic of conversation with
Mrs. Keith McBride, Mrs. Walter
Eckel and Mrs. Jack Eckel asking
the questions. The worship end-
ed with singing a hymn.
Mrs. Anson McKinley took
charge of the business. Minutes
were read by Mrs. Clare McBride
and twenty answered the roll
call with"what you most look
forward to in the spring."
Reports were given by Mrs.
Jim Keys, Mrs. Howard Armstron€
and Mrs. Allan Armstrong. A
letter was read from the Blue -
water Rest 1-lome asking about
having the birthday party for
July.
Members were asked to have
their clothing donations in to
the church this week for the bale.
ALL DOUBLE FEATURE SHOWS
First Show at Dusk
Phone 524-9981
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