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Newspaper
Cedar Rapids Gazette
Location
Cedar Rapids, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Feb 19, 1939
Page
19
The article outlines July 1 1939 changes to FHA insured financing, restricting new loans to certain preconstruction criteria and shortening maturities to twenty years for new mortgages. Remodeling and repair loans lose FHA backing after July 1 unless Congress acts.
The former Ellis boulevard NW barn once used by Jim Groves the apple man has been transformed by Mrs. Myrtle Popelka into a five room cottage at 1836 Ellis Boulevard NW now leased to Mrs. Lillian Flack and her son Leon. The project includes a flagstone walk a rear terrace and a redesigned roof while preserving a tall living area recalling the barn loft era.
E H Kane of 1405 Seventh Avenue SE purchases the house at 1106 A Avenue NW from former owner L H Holscher of Sigourney. The Tait and Wagner Co handles the deal as part of a string of local property sales including 1012 Eighth Street SW and a Grand Avenue lot.
A land transfer involves a lot on Ridgeway Terrace SE between Eighteenth and Nineteenth streets, now titled to Wallace P. Scheck, previously owned by Benj. Tait. Local records indicate the parcel’s recent ownership change.
Major Robert G. St. James of the regular army instruction corps will address the Cedar Rapids Real Estate board at the YMCA luncheon Monday noon. He speaks on preparedness and national defense during the speaker program.
Robert H. Skinner sold his 1605 B avenue property to Mrs. Dora Wayman 117 Sec ond avenue SW through Bedell- Nisseh company. Possession set for March 1. Other recent sales by the same realtors include multiple city residences and parcels to Leo F. Cole B. D. Bollinger Omar Martin and the Perpetual Savings and Loan association.
The DeWitt Loyal Order of Moose acquired the Hutchinson Ice Cream company building on Tenth street for lodge and club rooms. The two story cement block structure, built in 1922 for 22 000 by A. E. Banta, later owned by Hutchinson of Cedar Rapids, has served as storage and an office. The main 42 by 83 feet room includes a 26 by 18 feet addition. W. H. Mockridge of DeWitt arranged the deal.
New Cedar Rapids residents Mr and Mrs H J Minehart return to the city renting Windermere apartments via Fred E Collard and company. Minehart to manage the A P Super Service store. Also Mr and Mrs Oscar Moll formerly of Glencoe Illinois rent Leland Smiths bungalow at 2244 Mount Vernon avenue SE. Moll is district manager for Buick at General Motors.
Directory fragment lists firms including Nagle-Eaton Lumber Co Maresh Sheet Metal Wks Kings Crown Plaster Co Cedar Rapids Gas Co Williams & Hunting Co Economy Lumber Co Home Lumber Co Inc Suburban Gas Co Wisconsin Lumber Limback Lumber Co reflecting local suppliers and services.
Traer residents Mr. and Mrs. Emery Adair have moved into a six room residence in Grant township. The house includes a first floor bath and basement shower, is fully insulated, and topped with an asbestos shingle roof.
Traer Public Library installs additional shelving to house recently acquired titles. About 500 volumes donated by Ralph B. Dennis, former resident and Northwestern University dean of the school of speech, include the Harvard Classics set of 50 volumes. Dennis departed last week for a yearlong world trip.
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