Levy Family Restore 80-Year-Old Mt. Vernon Home For Holidays
The Harlan Levy family celebrates their first holiday season in a remodeled historic home in Mt. Vernon. Wilma Jean decorates the tree as Mr. and Mrs. Levy install a new furnace, insulation, and oak floors. They redesigned rooms to create a spacious living area and added a six by eighteen back porch.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Levys
Pioneer
Mt. Vernon
Oliday
Harlan
Gazette-Blumenshine
Wardie
Harlan Levy
Pioneer Real Estate Transfers in Northwest and NE Districts
A series of real estate transfers and deeds including warranty deeds and real estate contracts. Properties exchanged include 800 Tenth Street, 516 Twenty seventh Avenue SW, 3127 Westwood Drive NE, 1407 Ellis Boulevard NW, 246 Twelfth Street NW, 609 Ninth Avenue SE, and 1036 Eleventh Street NE among others. Names include Dewey G. Kaddatz, Elizabeth J. Scott, Julia Kloubec, Willis D. Hines, Laverna Schulze, Harold M. Warner, Joe L. Mead, Amelia Jackson Culp Executor, and Bethel AME Church.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dewey G. Kaddatz
Tenth Street
Elizabeth J. Scott
Eee
L. Zimmerman
Julia Kloubec
Twentyseventh Avenue
Robert O. Welliver
Willis D
Loretta L. Hines
Westwood Drive
Daisy P. Davis
Clifford
Laverna Schulze
Ellis Boulevard
Harold M. Warner
Chester W
Margaret A. May
Twelfth Street
Louis F. Barr
Joe L
Helen Mead
McKinley Sweet
Arthur Jackson
Amelia Jackson Culp
Bethel African Methodist Episcopal Church
Ninth Avenue
Cold Stream Farms, Inc
Harry W
Mattie E. Ramsdell
Eleventh Street
Charles Povlick
Clement J
Bertha Jane Ferrie
Avenue
Paul J
Regina C. Nolan
Kenneth P. Quinn
LeRoy C
Margaret Berstler
Eastern Boulevard
Fourth Street
Minnie Winters
Fred J. Witousek
Fourteenth — Street
Edward A. Huber
Frances Zobel
Thirteenth Avenue
J. R
Amelia H. H. Es
Robert J
Ruth L. F
Forteenth Street
Edna Marshall
Irven J
Frances A. Shepard
First Avenue
Albert J. Stevens
D. F
Gertrude L. Andre
Eighth Avenue
Muriel Harold
Norence M. Nelson
Young’s
Frederick C. Mortensen
Robert E
Marjorie M. Holtz
Fourteenth Street
George Voelker
Theodore F
Gene M. Vernimont
Hazel Drive
Alice E. Tiffany
Nellie Douglass
Third Avenue
Lodge Novotny
Pauline Kriz
A. Wayne
Evelyn J. Cahill
Ogee Street
Clara Kofron
Alex C
Steve C. Varvaris
Bever Avenue
Frank S. Mitvalsky
Charles Petrovitsky
Young’s Addition
Audrey M. Stevens
Roy M
Clara E. Findley
Twenty-second Avenue SW
Doris Watsabaugh
John F
Gladys Collum
Avenue NW
Timothy Coglen
W. L. Fahey
Charles G
Mayme Swain
Maplewood Drive
Home Owners Loan Corporation
Josie Humble
Third Street
Walter T. White
The
Peoples Savings Bank
A Avenue
Thomas M. Sutherland
Bert T. McCready
Kenwood Park Presbyterian Church
J. Harvey
Marion Zabilka
First Avenue E
Fifth Avenue
Center Point Road
Vincent P. Fiala
Katherine Zacek
Tenth Avenue
Theola H. Arnott
Louis
Joanna Chipokas
Twenty Sixth Street Drive
Fannie Clark
Roy E
Louise Ritz
Mt. Vernon Road
Frank J
John J. Sebetka
John R
Bertha Petty
Thompson Street
James Svoboda
Rudolph J
Genevieve E. Grishaber
Camburn Court
Mittie B. Rodibaugh
William R
Alma Bachman
Seventh Avenue
Alice R. Yanecek
Charles Kolda
Better Homes DIRECTORY listing of local contractors
Local directory entry lists Heinze Electric Messinger and Sons J F Heatel and Co Limback Lumber Co Kenwood Transfer Becker Roofing Co Topinka Roofing Insulation Perpetual Savings and Loan Association Illinois Iowa Gas and Electric Co reference to household services and suppliers
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Heinze Electric
Messinger & Sons
J. F. Heatel & Co
Limback Lumber Co
Kenwood Transfer
Becker Roofing Co
Topinka
Perpetual Savings and Loan Association
Ilinois-Ilowa Gas & Electric Co
Interior of a Simple House Describes Rooms and Access
The text details a house with dimensions set by available lumber. A 6 by 6 foot entry hall from the kitchen leads to a back door onto the porch. Inside are a lavatory, hooks, and a doorway to the cellar housing laundry space, a shower, work bench, fruit room, furnace, and fuel room.
Leo Shultz Buys Bjorgo Residence in Baton Rouge
Mr and Mrs V B Bjorgo sold their home at 1916 Glenway Drive SE to Mr and Mrs Leo Shultz of 2019 Johnson Avenue NW. They plan to take possession after March 1 subject to the tenant lease. The sale was conducted by Yuill and Gohmann.
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V. B. Bjorgo
Baton Rouge
Glenway Drive
Leo Shultz
Johnson Avenue NW
Yuill and Gohmann
Service man buys house as investment
B L Wick of 1314 Avenue NE sold his house at 220 Eighteenth Street NE to Robert W Mathes now in military service and to Mrs Mathes living at 111 Seventeenth Street SE. They bought it as an investment. The sale was cooperative by Bedell Nissen Co and Q P Myers Co.
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H. F. Hahn
Wardle
Levy
J. H. Kilheffer
Fred Travis
B. L. Wick
Avenue NE
Eighteenth Street
Robert W. Mathes
Mrs. Mathes
Seventeenth Street
Bedell-Nissen Company
Q. P. Myers Company
Wendell Fells Buy on Third Street SW
Mr and Mrs Wendell Fells of 719 First Avenue SW purchased the house at 211 Third Street SW from Mrs Emma W Anderson of 225 Second Avenue SW. The sale was handled by Lundquist and Company.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wendell Fells
Third Street
Wendell Fell
First Avenue
Emma W. Anderson
Second Avenue
Lundquist and Company
Clarence E White elected 1944 Cedar Rapids Real Estate board president
Clarence E White, 2201 Ridgeway SE, is chosen as the 1944 president of the Cedar Rapids Real Estate board, previously serving as Mason City president twenty two years earlier. He plans to name committees after Christmas and Mrs. R W McClaughry is reappointed executive secretary. The notice lists numerous property transactions and deeds associated with board activity.
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Clarence E. White
Ridgeway Drive
Cedar Rapids
Cedar Rapids Real Estate Board
Real Estate Transfers In Cedar Rapids Linn County
Record lists sellers buyers property addresses and transaction types. Includes Harry I King to William Best 1329 Deila Chadima to Dwight Krumholtz 412 Eighth Ave SE and other warranties quit claims and contracts across Linn County parcels.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cedar Rapids
Linn County Recorder
J. F. Scolaro
Harry I. King
William
Bessie N. Best
Avenue NE
Deila Chadima
Dwight Krumholtz
Eighth Avenue
Ellen F
Arthur A. Challed
Charles W
Bessie Challed
F Avenue NW
Margaret L. Leigh
Julia W. Kloubec
Twenty-seventh Avenue
Zimmerman
F. Keith Young
Frances K. Niermeyer
Sale of Seven Cedar Rapids Houses Closed
File lists multiple Cedar Rapids home transactions led by Tait and Wagner company. Buyers and sellers include Mr. and Mrs. W. F. Broeksmit, Albert Tolheim, Mr. and Mrs. Ern est Johnson, Mr. and Mrs M. A. Pope, Mr. and Mrs. L. M. Rich, Mr. and Mrs. I. J. Shepard, Mrs. Edna C. Marshall, and Mr. and Mrs. Frank J. Skorepa, with various move plans and occupancy notes.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cedar Rapids
Local Building Permits From Last Week Reported
Summary of last week building permits lists property owners and works in multiple neighborhoods. Notable projects include remodels and repairs from Nora Graham Harry Pratt Gus Scolaro and others with varied costs and locations across NE SE SW and NW districts. The largest item records industrial repair by Wilson and Company at Third Street and Sixteenth Avenue SE totaling eight thousand dollars.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Nora Graham
Camston Court
Harry Pratt
Thirteenth Avenue
Gus Scolaro
Third Avenue
H. E. Barton
First Avenue
Fannie Dunlap
W. A. Drake
Phil Leibsohn
Victoria Nebendahl
Robert Minor
Fifteenth Street
Iowa Electric Light and Power Company
Fourteenth Avenue
Wilson and Company
Third Street
Sixteenth Avenue SE
Victory Garden Prizes Awarded in Cedar Rapids Contest
The 1943 Victory Garden contest in Cedar Rapids awarded first prizes to Mrs G H Seigle John Riley Helen Shobes and Adrian G Bowne. Four runners up received $10 war stamps and several others won smaller awards. The Seigle garden produced 27 vegetables on a 35 by 75 foot plot with a six month effort generating a net profit of $56.47 from an $82.54 value.
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Ce‘dar Rapids
R. J. Vinch
Linn County Office of Civilian Defense
Iowa Theater
G. H. Seigle
Maple Drive
John Riley
A Avenue
Helen Shobes
H Avenue
Adrian G. Bowne
J Avenue
Adrian E. Cubbison
Seventh Street
C. L. Randall
Johnson Avenue NW
A. L. Cummings
Fifth Avenue
E. C. Dickinson
Thirty-fourth Street Drive
Joseph Holm
K Street
C. M. Cumberland
First Avenue
T. J. Leahy
Patrick C. McEnany
C Avenue NE
Hubert Kaplan
Fifteenth Street
Charles R. Parazil
J Street
Frank Ernbergers
Second Street
Elmer B. Cox
F Avenue NW
Val Barta
C. J. Rasdale
P. F. Keehn
Joe Frederick
Everett Chandiler
Seig
Gazetts
Linn County
Civilian Defense
Also Mentioned on This Page
Elizabeth Ink
Wilma Jean
Montgomery Ward
Becker Roofing & Insulation CO. Ph
14Th Ave
Intadit Nadler ci
Iowa
Better Homes Directory
Bjorgo
Topinka Roofing & Insulation Company
11Th Ave
Dial
Lee
Johns-Manville
Home Insulation Co
B Ave
Gazette-Lux Photo
Wise
Heinze Electric Company
Heinze
Illinois
Cedar Rapids, Lowe
W. F. Broeksmit
Second Avenue SW
Albert Tolheim
Tait and Wagner Company
W. H. Clifford
Washington Avenue
Ernest Johnson
Twenty-seventh Street Drive
William K. Engelman
Elmhurst Drive
M. A. Pope
Marshall
Raymond Barta
Atkins
J. Truman Young
Twenty-second Street
Elm Avenue
Frank J. Skorepa
Twelfth Avenue
Heathel’s
McKinley
Seigles
Gru Hin
Kenwood
Om A
Hllinois Gas & Electric
Marion
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