Elm Acres a Family Project on Elm Avenue Grade
The Vavra family shaping Elm Acres at 1138 K Avenue NW, a five acre home near Harrison school. George and Mrs. Vavra balance auto insurance, defense work, and six children with livestock including Betsy the Jersey cow and a flock of 60 chickens. Son Lewis raises 100 bushels of potatoes, buys seed potatoes, and plans to expand with hens for broilers, while Virginia handles washing and meals for the family.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
George Vavra
K Avenue NW
Harrison School
Cape Cod
Susie
Bing
Lewis
Betsy
Helfers
Penelope
Becky
Duke
Gazette-Reynolds
Elm Acres
Better Homes Directory and Family Life at Home Farm
A home listing shows local businesses like insulation and roofing firms alongside a detailed family farm scene. The Vavras tend a large garden with potatoes, corn, peas, cabbage, tomatoes, lettuce, onions, radishes, fruit trees and berry beds, while supervising poultry and baby wrens. Lewis handles farm tasks as the family hosts impromptu picnics and birthday parties.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lewis
New Hampshire
Prof Welsch Sells Home to Hubbards
Prof Welsch and wife sell their 1841 C avenue NE residence to Merle and Hubbard through Tait and Wagner company. They plan a year’s leave from Coe college for PhD work at the University of Colorado in Denver.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
J. Dale Welsch
C ‘Avenue
Merley Hubbard
Thirty-fifth Street
Tait and Wagner Company
Welsch
Denver
Colo
Coe College
University of Colorado
Brabbit Home Sold To Roy N Stevens
Mr and Mrs Charles M Brabbit sold their home at 905 G Avenue NW to Mr and Mrs Roy N Stevens 1049 H Avenue NW through Lundquist and Company The same realtor also handled the sale of Mr and Mrs T Kenneth Ely at 1341 Burch Avenue NW to Mr and Mrs Martin Krug 1604 First Avenue NW Moulding is used in building construction to relieve plane surfaces by contrast of light and shade
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Charles M. Brabbit
G Avenue NW
Roy N. Stevens
H Avenue NW
Lundquist and Company
T. Kenneth Ely
Burch Avenue NW
Martin Krug
First Avenue NW
Local Building Permits Listed With Addresses And Costs
A century of permits shows numerous repairs remodels and roof jobs across multiple neighborhoods. Entries include repairs at dwellings and garages, reroofs, a new foundation and a industrial addition, with costs ranging from 10 to 3 500 dollars.
Real Estate Transfers in Cedar Rapids June 4–10
Linn county records show transfers filed by seller and buyer, with property addresses and deed types including warranty deeds and contracts. Notable entries include Turner to Proctor at 240 Twenty fifth street drive SE and Nassif to Zahradnik at 348 Eighteenth street SE.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cedar Rapids
Linn County Recorder
J. F. Scolaro
John B Turner
Morrison B. Trumbull
Richard R
Martha C. Proctor
Twentyfifth Street
George A. Nassif
A. QO
Emma Zahradnik
Eighteenth Street
Velma Genin
Roy F
Vera Turner
Twelfth Street
Bertha Lenck
Anna Tehel
Fairway Terrace
Erle P. Pedersen
Louis
Charlotte Victorine
Fifteenth Avenue
J.C Quaid
Jesse T
Mamie L. Craig
Thirtyfourth Street
Robert W. Cairy
Tait and Wagner Company
Eighth Street
Jan J. Hrbek
Bela J, Stehlik
Third Street
Elsie H. Turner
First Avenue
Bela J. Stehlik
Upland Drive
Floyd Longenbaugh
Claude and
Pearl Hollingsworth
Bert T. McCready
Cold Stream Avenue
Morris Feder
Mollie Lauser
Tenth Avenue
Ernest J. Kinzey
Lucile F. Jakubec
Wilson Avenue
Frank Grolmus
John D
Josephine J Coombs
N Street
Cortract
Harold A. Pickerill
David E. Dingman
Mary Jane Dingman
E Avenue
Henrietta J. Tufts
Thomas H. Lekin, Jr
Vada Rose Lekin
M. L. Baseman
Susie Baseman
Archer Avenue
Center Point Road
Harry E. Barton
Craig E
Flora M. Seeley
Frank L. Buser
W. H
Gladys D. Stafford
Mary E. Tiedje
Harold A
Zola O. Pickerill
Mt. Vernon Road
Harold V. Nelson
Edward L
Pearl A. Hunter
B Avenue
William Shimek
Marvin
Aretha Happel
Nineteenth Avenue
Charles E. Andersen
Emil Andersen
George F
Elizabeth Cronin
A Avenue
Vera E. Duncklee
Joseph J
Henrietta Spitzenberger
Hans J. Smith
George A
Erma M Graham
Fifth Avenue
Gladys M. Foulks
James L
Naomi M. Lewis
Owen W. Harper
Stanley L
Charlotte J. Johnson
Fifth Street
G. A. Newell
Henry J
Marjorie M. Tietge
Maple Drive
Anthony Buchta
Harry C
Almina Coates
Ella Louise Dawson
Ernest Ray
Maxine M. Stull
Fourteenth Street
Floyd A. Poetzinger
Ralph W
Cecile Amanda Johnson
Cornelius D. Arnold
Clarence W
Lucille Moore
Second Street
Relo Zalesky
Gerald L
Frances M. Berry
Magnusson Home Sold to Currans
Mr and Mrs F C Curran purchased the late John Magnussons residence at 221 First Avenue SE. They sold their former home at 1001 Eighth Street SE to Mr and Mrs Perry S Abbott of 904 Fourteenth Avenue SE. Both sales were cooperative transactions handled by Malcolm V Bolton and Company and Charles H Birch.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
F. C. Curran
John Magnusson
First Avenue SE
Eighth Street SE
Perry S. Abbott
Fourteenth Avenue SE
Malcolm V. Bolton and
Nassif Couple Buy Home On Eighteenth Street SE
Mr and Mrs E J Nassif acquire the residence at 360 Eighteenth Street SE from Alice M Peterson of 1821 First Avenue SE. Yuill and Gohmann handled the sale. They will take possession subject to the tenant prior to closing. A separate note mentions a new plastic hinge for bathroom seats that releases metal for war work and blends with the seat.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
E J. Nassif
Tenth Street
Eighteenth Street
Alice M. Peterson
First Avenue
Yuill and Gohmann
Plumbing and Heating Industries Bureau
Buresh Buys Building for Kenwood Transfer Company
R H Buresh owner of Kenwood Transfer has purchased the four story brick building he leased from Charles A Calder of Luck Wisconsin founder of the transfer company bearing his name. The sale was made by the Hedges company. Buresh began in business in high school with a team of horses and a model T milk wagon later expanding to three trucks. Kenwood Transfer operates furniture moves with rights in 18 states.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
R. H. Buresh
Kenwood Transfer
Charles A. Calder
Luck
Wis
Hedges Company
Buresh
Young Men’s Bureau
The
Chamber of Commerce
Oldest Chinese porcelain piece from T'ang era found
A yellow-brown thick bowl with brilliant glaze and fine crackle dates to the seventh to tenth century AD. It was housed in the Museum of Fine Arts in the Imperial Palace in Peking before the Japanese-Chinese war.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Museum of Fine Arts
Imperial Palace
Peking
Also Mentioned on This Page
Varras
Naomi Doebel
Vavra
Vavras
Elle
Ed Dudek
Virginia
Lewis and
Little Larry
Breezeway Dining
Better Homes Directory
V Home Insulation Co
Sanford’s, Kten & Taege Co
Holland Furnace Co
Illinois-Iown Gas & Electric Co
Home Lumber
Haegg Roofing and Insulation Company
Messinger & Sons
Broulik Bros
Perpetual Savings and Loan Association
Becker Roofing Co
Topinka Roofing
Hienz Electric
Economy Lumber Co
Heinze Electric CO
Ist Ave
Dial
Johns- Manville
Haegg Roofing & Insulation CO
9Th St. SW
Prof. Welsch
Hubbards
Ermengarde Cuhel
Second Avenue
Sixteenth Street
Roy Tweets
Eleventh Street
Anton Samek
Highteenth Street
Frank G. Riemann
Thirteenth Street
Fred Witousek
Fort Des Moines
C E. Swenson
Lincoln Avenue
Margaret E. Griffith
Wayland
Mich
H. J. Colson
H Avenue
R. W. Cairy
Richard G. Hrdlicka
John A Peterson
Ellis Boulevard
Alice Gustafsson Company
Brabbit
W Challed
Sumner Street
William Cejka
Thirty-first Street
Fred Koering
Josep Kvitek
Seventh Street
Perry A. Peterson
George F Kerns
Sixth Street
Ed Misak
Frank H. Ward
Ninth Street
Joe Hradek
Memorial Drive
New Foundation
Paul G. Cronette
Edward McGuire
London
Stephen Capaducas
Charles E. Hense
Old Marion Road
Josephine Neckville
F. E. Beauchamp
Robert W. Babbage
Seventeenth Avenue
Vaclav Messa
John Fessler
F Avenue
Alice Staley
Fruitland Boulevard
E. C Becker
Sixteenth Avenue
Edward C. Langhurst
Norman D. Smith
Norman H Sheldon
Hinkley Avenue
G. Barr
Twenty-first Avenue
Universal Engineering Corporation
W. W. Smith
W. P. Janis
Willard Travis
D Avenue
Ed Durgan
J Avenue
A. R. Hole
Belmont Parkway
H. A. Buehler
Agnes Miner
Ninth Avenue
Melvin W. Cronbaugh
Sixth Avenue
Perpetual Savings and ‘Cloan-Association Loans
Lews
Lowe Brothers
Home Lumber Co
Paint Store
6Th St. SW
Topinka Roofing and Insulation Co
11Th Ave
Broulie Bros
2Nd St
Cedar Rapids, Lowa
Diel
Nassif
Eighteenth ST
Jess
Becker
Roofing & Insulation Company
14Th Avenue SE
Ilten & Taege
Fourth Avenue
Lan
Fine Praleeerss Paiute
Lowa-Illinois
Cfeua & Electric
Marion
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