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Fenn's Drug Store Gets 'New Look' Inside And Out

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March
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1951
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PAGE EIGHT

THE ANN ARBOR NEWS

$25,000-Plus Remodeling Job Brings Radical Changes

The contrast between the new and old interiors tells vividly the extent of the remodeling project just completed by Clare H. Fenn at his drug store at 103 N. Forest Ave. The job cost “in excess of $25,000,” he said, and also included changes in the front.

Fenn’s Drug Store Gets ‘New Look’ Inside And Out

The address and familiar faces of the proprietor and employees are just about the only things that will identify Fenn’s Drug Store to longtime customers, now that an extensive front-and-interior remodeling job costing “in excess of $25,000” has been completed.

A completely new and different front — consisting of thermopane glass windows, glass door and transom, and Wisconsin Lannon stone trim—sets the pattern for the entire project at the 103 N. Forest Ave. store.

On the inside, a 26-stool ultramodern soda fountain replaces the old tiled, chest-high counter with its nine seats. A rearrangement, of sales area and new display cases run along the south wall. Booths occupy a new rear space 47 feet in depth that has been added to the store. Part of that area is taken up by a new prescription laboratory.

Also included was a decorating job with turquoise predominating.

Edward J. Monaghan was the contractor for the job, which owner Clare H. Fenn said cost more than $25,000.

Double-Pane Glass Cuts Traffic Noise, U-M Finds

Double-pane glass can keep up to 44 percent of traffic clatter out of the home, University of Michigan research personnel reported to Libbey-Owens-Ford Glass Co. after a series of experiments.

The tests disclosed an 18 percent reduction in typical noises was possible through use of Thermopane, consisting of two quarter-inch “lights” and a quarter-inch air space.

By increasing the air space to one half inch, sound transmission was reduced as much as 44 per cent, they said.