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Newspaper
Cedar Rapids Gazette
Location
Cedar Rapids, Iowa, United States of America
Date
May 06, 1951
Page
2
Cedar Rapids issued 63 new residence permits in April raising the year total to 151 with an estimated value of 1 209 428 for dwellings. Remodeling and additions boosted activity with 105 remodel permits valued at 49 573 and total remodeling permits at 136 112.
Mr and Mrs Frederick J Lee of 403 Eighth avenue Marion bought the house under construction at 1207 Thirty first street NE from Midwest Homes Inc The same builders sold 1146 Thirty first street NE to Mr and Mrs Donald V Owens of 1500 Oakland road NE through Midwest Investment Company Other sales included 1722 J avenue NE owned by Mr and Mrs La Verne Sandberg to Mr and Mrs Gerald Boddicker of 99 Nineteenth avenue SW
Mrs J F Gordon who moved to San Diego sold her residence at 1737 B Avenue NE to Mr and Mrs Leon E Klemish of 594 Sixth Avenue Marion. The sale closed through Brett Dishong and Company. The same realtors also sold 1133 Sixth Street NW to Mr and Mrs Richard A Preston of 1600 Sixth Street NW.
Dr. and Mrs. Charles S. Day plan to move to Fort Lauderdale. They sold their Linden Drive SE home at 2051 to Mr. and Mrs. Lowell P. Swenger, relocating from Waterloo. Swenger is named general agent for Northwestern Mutual Life. Possession to be given June 30. Yuill and Gohmann handled the closing.
Mr and Mrs James Coquillette now reside at 845 First avenue SE and have purchased the 1900 Second avenue SE residence for possession about June 1. The Wisslers owned the house, which previously belonged to the late E B Cameron and his wife.
Mr and Mrs Howard W Mix son sold their property at 412 Forty second Street NE to Mr and Mrs John W Jack Bell of 656 Memorial Drive SE. Dr and Mrs B J Moon occupy 412 Forty second Street NE and will take possession in June. Sale closed through Bickel and Byers. James Crawford and Mrs lived at Edgewood apartments buy 1121 Twenty fourth Street SE. Madeline Sperry residence at 649 Twenty ninth Street SE sold to Raymond W Keeppel and 1037 Twelfth Street NE. James Lynn buys 3230 Mound Avenue SE. All deals handled by Bickel and Byers.
A. T. Pleune of Beverave Avenue SE was elected chairman of Cedar Rapids rent advisory board at a Friday meeting. He succeeds John J. Wagner, who will stay on the board as rotation follows national policy. M. H. Biddick of Marion was elected vice-chairman.
City planning must be a continuous process with clearly defined objectives, says Carl Feiss, chief of community planning under the slum clearance and urban redevelopment program.
A Housing and Home Finance Agency official urges the city to define clear objectives before a development plan. The five questions cover slum reduction traffic improvement education recreation and sound business capital improvements, guiding directed, goal oriented planning.
Clarence C. Johnsons Bay Mosburgs have sold their house at 1025 G Street to new owners. Mr. and Mrs. Floyd E. Mosburg announced the transfer effective immediately, with closing records filed locally.
The Iowa Securities Company closed several property transfers including the Johnson home at 600 Avenue NE and the Ainsworth residence at 330 Thirty-fifth Street NE. Other sales include the Sinclair home at 1532 First Avenue NE, a Henderson Avenue SE house sold to the Zila family, the Kris tan home at 3000 Henderson Avenue SE to the Zila couple, and the Steggall house at 605 I Avenue NW bought by the Bach family.
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