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Newspaper

Cedar Rapids Gazette

Location

Cedar Rapids, Iowa, United States of America

Date

Jun 29, 1941

Page

6

Urbana Woman 95 Counts 204 Descendants

Special to The Gazette Urbana resident Mrs. Lorinda Bailey 95 celebrates a birth anniversary with 204 descendants. Her line includes 45 grandchildren 116 great grandchildren and 33 great great grandchildren. She moved to Urbana at age two and now lives with daughter Rye Harrison on a nearby farm.

the Gazette Lorinda Bailey Bailey Urbana Meredith Sarah Brammer Iowa Ohio Benton County Allen Ferguson Bailey Eliza Shaffer Clifford Sanders Howard Skaggs Doris Stewart Skagg Waterloo

Realtor reports sale of three homes including Sixth Avenue SE purchase

J. F. Bodham of 417 Sixteenth Street SE bought 1604 Sixth Avenue SE from Country Club Heights Realty. The Hedges company also handled the sale of 810 Twelfth Street NE to Mr. and Mrs. Floyd R. Henderson and 809 Shaver Road NE to tenant Paul E. Wifien. Shaver Road property was owned by Hedges.

J. F. Bodham Sixteenth Street Sixth Avenue Country Club Heights Realty Company Hedges Company Twelfth Street Cold Stream Farms, Inc Floyd R. Henderson Center Point Road Shaver Road Paul E. Wifien

Fruitland Ltd Property Sold to Local Buyer

George D. Sheldon buys a lot adjoining his home at 2633 Fruitland Boulevard SE from Fruitland Ranch Company. The sale, handled by George P. Witwer and Company, also includes residence at 2617 Fruitland Boulevard SE and the two lots it sits on, sold to tenant J. M. Davis.

George D. Sheldon Fruitland Boulevard Fruitland Ranch Company George P. Witwer and Company J. M. Davis

Bemis Couple Purchases Morton Property in Investment Move

Mr. and Mrs. C. G. Bemis of 1049 Mount Vernon road SE buy the house at 417 Avenue NW from the Mary E. Morton estate. C. M. Hatfield and Company, with Tait and Wagner, handled the transaction. Hatfield also brokered the sale of 416 Eighteenth Street SE from George Barnoske of Marion to Mr. and Mrs. John Wilson who have taken possession.

C. G. Bemis Mount Vernon Road 417 Avenue NW Mary E. Morton C. M

Newcomer Rentals Move Into Cedar Rapids Apartments

New residents A J Boekhoff and wife move from St Paul into a furnished unit at 1340 Second Ave SE Cedar Rapids owned by W H Trimble of Vinton. Boekhoff works for Collins Radio. Rentals arranged by Fred E Collard and Mrs Martha Dysart from Iowa City then by Dr Henry H Hamilton through the Hedges firm.

J. H. Boekhoff Cedar Rapids St. Paul Second Avenue SE W. H. Trimble Vinton Boekhoff Collins Radio Company Fred Frank L. Buser Fourteenth Street A. D. Fanton Gilman Wilson and Company Tenth Street Harry T. Hedges

Local Building Permits Reported Across Last Week

A list of numerous permits issued by the city shows residents and businesses authorizing remodeling, reroofing, new garages and dwellings, commercial work, and attached garages. Notable entries include H. F. Myers reroofing for 100 dollars, Iowa Manufacturing adding a commercial section for 12000 dollars, Wilber Robbie building a new dwelling for 4800 dollars, and Park Avenue Realty initiating a dwelling with attached garage for 4500 dollars.

Lester Cach Summit Avenue W. J. Nemecek Thirty Third Street Frank L. Buser Elm Avenue Vivien Buser Fourteenth Street John Krejci Fth Spevacek Eleventh Street Roy Choate Dwelling Foundation Martin Dry Goods Com Second Avenue Joseph Vavra Twentieth Avenue Thomas Feiereisen Thirtyfifth Frank Cabalka Eighth Avenue Park Avenue Realty Company Bever Avenue Miss Tishey Dowden Ninth Street Leo Koutnik J Street W. E. Jenkinson Twenty Seventh Street M. C. Zurka Thirty-seventh Avenue Palace Theater Edward Pacek Bowling Street Howard Williams

Lindgrens Buy Meadowbrook Lot for Home Construction

Mr and Mrs Wendell Lindgren of 216 Twenty-first Avenue Southeast and Chaele r, 512 Memorial Drive SE, plan to build soon after purchasing a Meadowbrook lot. The notice confirms the real estate transaction and future construction.

Wendell G. Lind Twenty-first Avenue Eedow Adh Cetek Ora Ieeant Chaeler Memorial Drive

Toledo Couple Married Sixty Years Monday

Mr. and Mrs. Henry Turbett of Toledo celebrate their sixtieth wedding anniversary with a noon dinner for 100 at the Community hall and a public reception Monday from 3 to 5 p.m. Ada Delashia Edy Turbett, born 1856 in Clinton, is the wife. Turbett son Newton resides in Cedar Falls and daughter Mrs. C. L. Thompson lives in Toledo.

Toledo Henry Turbett C. L. Thompson Daniel Turbett A. J. Cuthbertson Turbett Turbetts Cedar Falls Newton

Berricks Buy Ladage Residence

Mr and Mrs Orville W Herrick of 1735 C Avenue NE purchased the home of Mr and Stanley A Ladage at 1717 C Avenue NE. The sale was arranged through Mrs Alice Gustafsson of P Myers office.

Orville W. Herrick C Avenue NE Stanley A. Ladage Alice Gustafsson P. Myers

Lloyd Burger Sells Home on East Avenue NE

Mr and Mrs Lloyd L Burger 2923 E Avenue NE sell to Mr and Mrs Ralph E Veley 1314 E Avenue NE. Possession set for August 1. Sale described as small and private.

Lloyd Burger E Ave Lloyd L. Burger E Avenue Ralph E. Veley Little and Company

Nautical Themed Bedroom Ideas For Boys

A nautical boys room emphasizes practical, easy to clean decor. Suggested details include window bunks, glossy tinted wall panels, rope floor mat, and sailcloth draperies to create a seaworthy, low maintenance space.

Garden hose storage tips from old dwelling notes

A fragment discusses hose storage using pegs nails or a wall mount and suggests keeping the hose on a cart to prolong its life. It mentions improvised methods for securing the hose after use.

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Fruitland *Ltd Nagle-Eaton Seventeenth Street Zonolite Cedar Rapids Gazette Gazette Third Avenue Fifth Street Marion Iowa City Cookbooklet DIAL Morton Bemis Newcomer Rentals Gar la Cour The Reliable Transit Company Nineteenth Street Lealand A. Knowles Carroll Drive Leo Dalton F. W. Faulkes Sixth Street Louis Havelka One H. F. Myers Thirty-sixth Avenue Iowa Manufacturing Company Wilber Robbie Twenty Sixth Street Jerome Lewis A. E. Trout Fourth Avenue E. A. Hansen Maplewood Drive Frank Buser W. H. Weaver B Avenue NW H. L. Jones Maud Lund George Miller B Avenue Jos. Sala, Jr Sixteenth Avenue Frank Helebrant Fifteenth Street Grover D. Harger Joe Balik Seventh Avenue Guy O'Brien J. H. Jakubec K Street Grace Sims Ella McLaugh Ed Frana Twenty-fifth Street Jake D. Cutter Helen Tschirgi Nine— Street Mildred Pettit Twentyee Street T. M. Ingersoll Linden Drive Milo Serbousek Fifteenth S. G. Tufts C Avenue E. C. Hampton Ward Avenue Mamie Hogan Jake Kupic Daniels Street J P. Soukup Oakland Road New Ne H. F. Ohmann Harry Pratt Jerry Klinsky Theodore Demery Wave_ drive Rueben Christofferson Dalewood Avenue Cartage Messinger Fifth St. NW Newcastle New Castle Westinghouse Johnson Avenue Old Highway 30 John Cox Lindgrens Meadowbrook C. W. Berricks Ladage Syria Chrysler Filter Supply CO Third Avenue SE Stark Insurance Agency Third Avenue SW Hawkeye Tin Shop Best J. F. Selzer Fairfax 1St St. SE Hatch & Brookman Lumber Co Sth Ave Ira Sacora J. T. Thomas Standard Glass & Paint Co 2Nd Ave
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