Veterans Buy Houses in Cedar Rapids Westland Addition
Thirty four World War II veterans have purchased homes to be built in Cedar Rapids Westland addition on First avenue SW between Seventeenth and Twenty second streets. The project, led by the Cedar Rapids Building company, aims to deliver up to 60 veteran homes, with street Williams boulevard named for Johnson Williams. Sanitary sewer work and grading are underway, with a pace of about one to two houses weekly. The list details the first thirty five buyers including their workplaces and future addresses, highlighting Coe College graduates and nearby Cleveland school proximity.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cedar Rauid
Bruce A. West
Iowa
Williams
Johnson Williams
Westland Addition
R. W. Rinderknecht
Cedar Rapids Building Company
Coe College
Ives
Cedar Rapids
Cleveland School
W. D. Bayliss
John Hancock Insurance Com
Williams Boulevard
Dwight Dean Donnewald
Russell’s Railway and Motor Bus Guide Company
First Avenue
Aaron Hanks
Iowa Manufacturing Company
Mike T. Loebig
Iowa Manufac
Vallbrechts Sell House to Stephens in Grundy Center
Mr and Mrs Robert Vallbrecht who moved to Grundy Center sold their home at 1106 Sixth street SE to Mr and Mrs G Stephens of 902 Fifth street SE. The transaction was handled by Swatosh Realty.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Robt. Vallbrechts
G. Stephens
Robert Vallbrecht
Grundy Center
Sixth Street
Fifth Street
Swatosh Realty
Fischer Family Sells Duplex in Northeast Minneapolis
Mr and Mrs George W Fischer of 802 A Avenue NE sell their two unit property at 806 808 A Avenue NE to George A Thomas Cyrus A Thomas of Minneapolis. The Thomases, brothers, will occupy both units through Tait and Wagner company. Other local sales include Labsiend Fla selling a house at 2012 F Avenue NE and Teeter selling 1608 J Avenue NE to Frank R Wagley.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
George W. Fischer
A Avenue
George A. Thomas
Cyrus A. Thomas
Minneapolis
George
Cyrus Thomas
Tait and Wagner Company
Labsiend
Fla
F Avenue
Albert 4. Low
Tait
Wagner
Clarence S. Teeter
J Avenue
Frank R. Wagley
H Avenue
I Leys
Tiers
Onuer Tait and Wagner Company
O Avenue NW
O. W. Harper
W. R. Sanford
Center Point Road
Paul R. McDowell
M Street
Lillian M. Whit—ee
Fifth Avenue
Vision
McDowe Dowells
Raymond Shields
Oakland Road
Orval Breitbach
A Avenue NW
Emery A. Milliken
Bettendorf
J Avenue NW
Dale D. Rich
Second Street
Marvin McShane
Clark family buys Weland residence in Walford
Mr and Mrs James H Clark purchased the Nineroom Weland home at Walford after selling their 1816 Grande avenue SE house. The nine room house sits on a landscaped half acre with a swimming pool and was sold through Yuill and Gohmann. The Welands plan summer visits near Norway and a winter trip to Phoenix Arizona.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
James H. Clark
Grande Avenue SE
N. E. Weland
Walford
Yuill and Gohmann
Welands
Norway
Phoenix
Ariz
Make an Outdoor Living Room on a Budget
Dwellers can transform yards and patios into extra living space with self built barbecues shelves and painted garden furniture. A reinforced concrete foundation for barbecues ensures durability and a simple two and a half foot high unit built from native stone with a firebrick lined firebox is described. A barrel hidden cupboard stores serving gear and shelves hold mugs and utensils. Painting and refreshing aging canvas furniture with a protective finish completes the jaunty outdoor decor.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
George Sanderson
Cedar Rapids Building Permits List Details Numerous Projects
A Cedar Rapids permit roundup shows numerous new dwellings garages and remodels with named residents and addresses. Projects include new dwellings for H K Staub Q W Vetter C C Keyes Jr and Lucian Fox with values up to 8000 dollars, and various reroofs remodels and new commercial work across multiple streets such as Center Point Road NE Fourth Avenue SE and Staub Court NE.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Leonard M. Butler
Westland Boulevard
R. E. Barger
Center Point Road
H. G. Meyer
B Avenue NW
Ray Antles
First Avenue
Rena Grafton
Thirty-fifth Street Drive
Elizabeth Ramsdell
Fourth Avenue
Dr. Banner Howard
John Feiereisen
Wilson Avenue
W. J. Grunewald
B Avenue
Ida Boettcher
Third Avenue
Charles M. Kolarik
Second Street
Q. W. Vetter
Sixteenth Street
Eva Hakes
Twentieth Avenue
Charles Hronek
Mt. Vernon Road
Anton Navratil
Eighth Street
H. K. Staub
Staub Court
F. G. Wessale
Earl C. Cheney
Fifth Avenue
H. W. Swenson
Mark Hershey
Raymond G. Laurence
Outlook Drive
Louis Smejkal
C. C. Keyes, Jr
Twelfth Street
Dan Moore
Sixth Avenue
George B. Basker
Twenty-sixth Street Drive
Frank L. Buser
H Avenue NW
Mrs Frances Grant Takes Over West Side Cafe
Mrs Frances C Grant buys the West Side cafe at 420 First Ave NW from Mr and Mrs Irvin Engbretson 302 First Ave NW. The sale was arranged through Malcolm V Bolton and company.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Irvin Engbretson
First Avenue NW
Frances C. Grant
Fourteenth Street NE
Malcolm V. Bolton and
Wiring to Prevent Fuse Failures and Dimming
Adequate wiring will eliminate the inconvenience of blown fuses, dimming of lights and slowing down of heating appliances due to overloaded circuits.
Frank E. Clegg Buys Hazel McCray's House
Hazel McCray sold her residence at 1617 Third Avenue SE to Frank E. Clegg and wife of Moline Illinois who will take possession in August. The sale was handled by the Alice Gustafsson company.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hazel McCray
Third Avenue SE
Frank E. Clegg
Moline
Clegg
Hallmark Engineering
Alice Gustafsson Company
E. G. Dudek
Oakland Road NE
Cecil Northrop
First Avenue NW
Dudeks
Leon Klemish
E Avenue NE
B Avenue NE
F. A. Wells
Seventh Street
Alice Gustafssons Company
Norberts Purchase Lot On Twenty-seventh Street NE
Mr and Mrs Charles Norbert of 527 Dunreath drive NE purchased a lot on Twenty seventh street NE from G James Pitcher of 1315 Maplewood drive NE. The lot sits first west of 738 Twenty seventh street NE and was sold through Bedell Nissen Company.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Norberts
Charles Norbert
Dunreath Drive
Twenty-seventh Street
G. James Pitcher
Maplewood Drive
Bedell-Nissen Company
Realtors Find Wyatt Housing Goal too High
Washington report shows housing shortage far exceeds supply with urban needs 1.5 to 1.8 million vs a 2.7 million 1947 goal. Vacancy near zero in 87 percent of cities and rents not covering costs, hindering new rental housing and repairs.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wyatt
Washington
National Association of Real Aentin Doe
Also Mentioned on This Page
New Westland Addition
Evan J. Parry
McGladrey, Hansen, Dunn and Company
Harold L. Lanton
University of Iowa
Eighteenth Street
Vernon W. Schirm
Hubbard Ice and Fuel Company
Orval W. Schmitt
Chandler Street
Robert R. Stary
Universal Crusher Company
Dean R. Spicher
Smulekoff’s
Jack W. Smith
Cedar Rapids Electrical Company
Joseph S. Singer
Armstrong’s
Albert A. Stransky
Rapids Equipment Company
Kenneth R. Stewart
Rock Island Railroad
Jess W. Stone
Checker Electric Company
Richard J. Vileta
Neil Warner
Howe Scale Comany
Williamsulevard
James D. White
A. F. of L
Walter R. Wichser
Quaker Oats Company
Richard A. Wing
Robert O. Young
Armstrong's
2Nd Ave
Grey Iron Machinery Castings
Butler
12Th Avenue
George Fischers
James H. Clarks
Broadston Furnace Company
Dial
4Th Ave. SE
Mike Pnovsky
Twenty-eighth Street Drive
Daniel D. Rubek
Don McElhinney
Cedar Park
Venelle Benton
McKinley Street
Claire Adams
R. D. Hunting
Second Avenue
Frank H. Keyser
Washington Avenue
B. G. Allen
Eighth Avenue
Paul C. Hanson
New Ee
Carroll Drive
Lucian. Fox
Thirty-fifth Street
Bill Cech
Ralph Reid
Fourth Street
City of
Bever Avenue
William Delzell
Park Avenue
Clara Pope
Fo Avenue
Federal Deposit Insurance Corp
the Bank
First Street
Illinois
Messinger
Ceder Rapids, Iowa
Mrs. Frances Grant
West Side Cafe
Heinze
Cedar Rapids Paint Supply
Gazette
Third Ave. SE
Red Cross
Gas Company
Agnes Teigen
Illinois Gas
Seeca
Universal Housing Crisis
Association
Materia
Seveseveeeeyeeyeei
Puesenetus Ouest
Hazewinkel Wrecking CO
Marion Blyd
Marion
Morris
RUSCO
Ee Ee Ieee Ate Sonore Hom
F. C. Russell Co
Cedre Rapids
Owa
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