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Newspaper
Cedar Rapids Gazette
Location
Cedar Rapids, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Mar 14, 1943
Page
47
Home decorating in Cedar Rapids features muted cottons and new drapery fabrics for spring. Shops report swatches of chintz, pebble cloth, rayon satin, and damask for curtains, slipcovers, and bed linens, with matching wallpapers and wall colors forming coordinated room schemes.
Elmer L. Davis and wife purchase the house at 1302 PI boulevard NW from Virgil Wo King and wife. The sale is arranged by broker Charles Barth Thorne and the Ford Feyerbend estate as the seller.
William Schwab of Amana sold the Draport Inn on the Iowa City road south of Cedar Rapids to George Oxley of Marion as an investment. The sale was handled by Tait and Wagner company.
Transfers listed include buyers such as Vincent Woo, Paul Stelerk, George TF Skila, and many others. The notices show various deeds and contracts across multiple avenues and streets including Third Ave SW, Fourth Ave NE, Ninth Street NW, and Belmont Parkway NW, with entities like The Hedges Company, Lula Rucker Muchmore heirs, and Carlos Kampmeier involved in real estate actions.
Mr and Mrs Armond Harold sold their acreage at Sixth Street and Twenty-ninth Avenue SW to Mr and Mrs Philip J Peters who have taken possession. The Peters had lived at 1016 Twelfth Street NE. The sale was handled by John A Wooden. Separately Mr and Mrs Wilbur W Sanger bought the house at 033 Twenty-second Avenue SW from Mrs Teo P Rider at 520 Seventeenth Street NE and plan to move in once tenants relocate.
The Veterans of Foreign Wars bought the Hayes Music Box building at 709 Second Avenue SE from National Securities. The sale, handled by Yuill and Gohmann and O H Lundquist, will house a VFW home and a men’s entertainment center with a 24 seven lobby for soldiers to write letters. Possession was taken March 1 and occupancy is planned for April 1.
Mr and Mrs Kenneth Humpal of Anamosa sold their Marion house at 380 Seventh Avenue to Mr and Mrs Wilbur E Jackson of Marion who took possession. Realtors Yuill and Gohmann also sold 519 Thirtieth Street NE to Leavitt C Burdoin and wife. The 215 Twentieth Street home owned by G R McKeeley Vernon Tex was sold to Ray W Hubbard in a cooperative deal involving Yuill and Goudmann and C M Hatfield and company.
Glenn A McCollister and wife purchased the Olson bungalow at 2926 C Avenue NE from Mr and Mrs Gaylord Olson who now reside in Anaheim California. The sale was handled by Hedges Company. The same timer and Mrs Frank J Hekl bought the residence at 1900 K Street SW from Joseph A Petrus and another home at 827 Twenty-first Avenue SW from Crearge O Wilson. A large lot on Thirty second Street NE was sold by Cold Stream Meadows Inc to Mr and Mrs Dale O McRoberts via Hedges Company. Ralph E Seaton bought a Highdrive SE property from the Hedges Company. John d Wagner bought a Vernon Dale lot from E F Huggins of Omaha in a cooperative sale with Tait and Wagner Company.
Mr and Mrs Joe LeRoy Me Cullough of Thulieth Street purchase property near Robins front from Jah Stanek of 2001 O Avenue NW. Sale conducted by Harry Wasne Toms.
A compact directory excerpt lists local home goods and services including Cedar Rapids Fuel Co Economy Lumber Co Illinois Iowa Gas Electric Co Home Lumber Topinka Roofing Insulation Perpetual Savings and Loan Limback Lumber Becker Roofing Heinze Electric Messinger Sons Cedar Rapids Paint Supply Co.
Mrs Sam Armstrong, now living in Richmond California, buys the house at 1709 Second Avenue SE from Mr and Mrs Ray Hubbard, who occupy it. Walter C Elarton arranged the sale. In a separate transaction Elarton, with Tait and Wagner, sold 8070 Avenue NW, owned by Charlotte Haycroft of Town City, to Mrs Mary Schultz formerly of Victor, who will reside there.
Mr and Mrs Clifford E Hauser have taken possession of the house at 1812 Higley Avenue SE after buying it from Mrs Bess Ferris of 1742 First Avenue NE. The sale was conducted by C M Hatfield and Company.
Mrs T H Foltz of 709 Sixteenth Street SE sold three properties at 927 929 and 937 L Street SW to Mr and Mrs Ray T Pratt of Walker as an investment. Sale negotiated by J Frank Cravens.
Charles Levings and Charles and Mrs. J N Cline transfer ownership of a brick bungalow at 153 Thirty-eighth Street NE. The firm also reports additional property sales including 1938 Higley Avenue SE to Dwight Lennon and 1507 Thirty-fourth Street NE to Kenneth Fosnacht.
Mr and Mrs Albert E Wilson of 603 McKinley Street SE have purchased the Vernon Marsh home at 610 Fifteenth Street NE through Doolittle and Company. Possession is expected about March 20 as the Marsh couple plans to move to an acreage.
Mrs Kent Ferman of 1040 Third Avenue SE has sold the building at 608 Second Avenue SE to W. W. McCray. The sale was facilitated by Tait and Wagner Company.
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