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Newspaper
Cedar Rapids Gazette
Location
Cedar Rapids, Iowa, United States of America
Date
May 21, 1939
Page
11
Readers eye new barbecue sets with long plark-top tables on wrought iron bases and Tamarack garden sets with lazy boy chairs. White enamel slat furniture, gliders, sun beds, garden umbrellas, and adjustable sand boxes with canopies expand outdoor living plans as windows also trend upward in style.
The article details summer curtain materials and treatments, noting fishnet options in cotton or linen, two lengths for openings, and recommendations for crash draperies chintz and venetian blinds. It highlights fine ecru and sheer ray on voile curtains and advises dry cleaning. It also notes embroidered muslin reproductions from Mount Vernon for colonial homes.
A Vernon Avenue SE home owned by Mr and Mrs Hradek is shown as a knotty pine living room with casement windows and a brick fireplace. The couple plan to finish two more bedrooms upstairs and have details of woodwork, flooring, and basement drafting space.
A. W. Daniels, president of the Universal Crusher company, and Mrs. Daniels, reside at 348 Garden Drive SE. They leased from Mrs. John M. Grimm the 2111 Fifth Avenue SE home built by Col. E. J. C. Bealer on a three acre site.
O P Myers president of the Cedar Rapids Real Estate Board appoints Paul H Bedell Glenn A Strickland and William P Grunewald to the On to Duluth committee to drum up local attendance for the north central regional conference of the National Association of Real Estate Boards in Duluth on June 15 and 16.
Early settlers on Cape Cod connected barns to their houses to avoid winter snow treks. The term Cape Cod describes this compact one and a half story style born from practical shelter needs.
Sales last week by the Hedges company included two building lots for new homes and two houses under construction plus several older residential properties. Buyers include Karl P. Blaise who bought a wooded lot on Country club Parkway SE from Country Club Heights Realty, and C E Levings who purchased a lot on Thirty-eighth Street NE in Harts addition from Hawkeye Loan and Brokerage. John Nagle bought a house under construction at 2424 E Avenue NE, while Charles Leininger, selling his home at 3101 D Avenue NE to Max Ely, bought a house under construction in the 1700 block on C Avenue NW. Mrs Ruth M Neff sold the former Judge Trewin home at 1024.
Second floor office space in the old State Bank building at Second avenue and First street SW has been remodeled by Mr and Mrs M F Pfann into six modern electrically equipped one room kitchenette apartments. Each unit features rollaway beds tiled baths with tub showers kitchenettes with electric appliances and compact work units. Walls are ivory with venetian blinds radio plugs lowered ceilings soundproof walls and a brown tiled central hall. A basement laundry is provided for tenants and the entrance at 94 Second Avenue SW features a canopy and black glass facing.
J P Cumming of 219 Fifth Street NW bought the Spokane house at 420 A Avenue NW last week from J R West. The sale was arranged through Bruce A West, local realtor.
Fay Rubendall moves from an acreage southwest of town and purchases a house at 821 Twentieth avenue SW from Miss Vina Knouf of 125 Thirty-sixth street NE. The sale was arranged through A. A. Doolittle and company.
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