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Newspaper
Cedar Rapids Gazette
Location
Cedar Rapids, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Apr 24, 1955
Page
13
Modern house design features a spacious paved reception room with a built-in garden and fireplaces in both living room and terrace. Plan 309C by Walter T. Anicka includes three bathrooms and 1,459 square feet of living space located at 617 Forest, Ann Arbor, Michigan.
Mr and Mrs Louis A Merrifield Jr sold their home at 2216 Eighth Ave SW to Mr and Mrs Raymond L Snyder of 120 Sixteenth St NE with May 15 possession and the Merrifields plan to move to a new house at 261 Twenty second Ave SW. The sale was arranged by Home Realty Co. Another deal notes Mr and Mrs Richard D Baldwin of 922 Sixteenth Ave SW buying the Vrba residence at 1658 Ninth St NW for May 28 possession, with the Vrbas purchasing a Warren L Wagner built home on Ninth St NW between M and O Aves.
A notice states possession granted at 125 Thirty-fourth Street NE to Mr and Mrs Bert L Stevens of 1222 Lake Avenue NE on May 1.
Mr and Mrs Oliver Angell sold their residence and a commercial site at 1257 Lake Avenue NE to Mr and Mrs Harold W Griess 2626 J Street for a planned cabinet shop The Hal Haines Company and Doolittle and Company handled the sale Angells previously bought the house at 156 Seventeenth Ave SW from Libbie Fieseler via Hal Haines Mrs Fieseler moved to the home of her son in law and daughter Mr and Mrs Robert Glee 1108 Twenty-ninth Street NE
Senate banking subcommittee plans a May start for a broad housing study with round table discussions. Top housing officials will testify on Administration proposals and the housing boom's economic impact, then broaden to public groups to evaluate the program.
The Plumbing and Heating Industries Bureau warns that farm and suburban home water systems should be connected by wires running directly to the power line rather than through wires in the house barn or other service building to maximize fire protection and utility.
James H. Lilly, building inspector, will discuss city ordinance requirements for converting single family dwellings into multiple dwellings at the Cedar Rapids Real Estate Board Monday luncheon at the Roosevelt hotel. Lilly noted some owners have failed to comply.
In the wartime period sanitary requirements for each spear are noted as temporarily waived due to facilities including a toilet lavatory shower or tub and a kitchen sink. The ordinance clarification stressed separate sinks for each unit during World War II preparations.
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