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Newspaper
Cedar Rapids Gazette
Location
Cedar Rapids, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Jul 06, 1941
Page
3
Eleanor marries Kester Larne after Fred Upjohn approves the match and funds. The couple honeymoon along the Gulf Coast and settle at Ardeith, where Eleanor faces managing a plantation budget and social life with Kester’s circle, amid family ties and rising expectations.
Clare Murphy lists numerous permits from the last week including remodels, reroofs, new garages, and new dwellings. Amounts range from 20 to 6500 dollars with addresses across Sixth Street NW SE First Avenue E and NE areas, and names such as Slavia Realty, J N Faulkes, Rev Thomas Abodeely, and Carl Zimmerman among others.
In Mount Vernon the former Elia Ellison residence on North Second Street, once bought by Harry Miller of Olin, has been sold to Mr. and Mrs. Vernon Jaynes. The Jaynes then sold their home to Miller and plan to remodel the Ellison property into a duplex.
The Fayette county Alexander elm near Fayette on the W F Pfeiffer farm is found to be the region’s largest tree. Measured on June 20 its limb spread is 118 feet, trunk circumference 19 feet 9 inches and diameter about 6 feet. Estimated age at least 131 years.
Mrs Anna L Adams of 210 Twenty-ninth Street NE purchases the residence at 128 Twenty Seventh Street Drive SE from Mr and Mrs Otto L Shedek of Oxford Junction through Doolittle and Company. The home, previously leased by Mr and Mrs J B Lunstrom, will be occupied by Mrs Adams.
Mr and Mrs Harry Overeen have given Otto Sander a contract to build a five room bungalow in Postville. The project details indicate a local home construction bid and partnership with the contractor for the new residence.
President Roosevelt extended the Federal Housing Administration through July 1, 1944 and renewed Title I and II provisions. Title I increases loan caps for new small dwellings to 3000 dollars and supports repairs, while Title II extends insurance for existing homes for three years. Iowa shows 522 mortgages totaling 1,669 thousand dollars insured by FHA in the period. The changes aim to keep older properties valued and aid conversion of dwellings to multiple units.
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