Home Renovation Progress on 1721 Third Avenue SE
The longtime apartment residents Mr and Mrs Howard Jones remodel their 30 year old home room by room reaching the second floor. The living room gains apple green walls white cove ceiling and a shadow box window with glass shelves and plants. Future plans include French doors and adding a linen closet while Jacqueline’s room becomes a sewing room before a larger bedroom.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Howard Jones
Third Avenue SE
Jacqueline
Mr. Jones
Jacqueline Jones
Local Trade Directory Listing Highlights
A compact directory segment lists businesses including Better Homes DIRECTORY Holland Furnace Co. Illinois-Iown Gas & Electric Co. Home Lumber Haegg Roofing and Insulation Broulik Bros. Economy Lumber Becker Roofing and Messinger & Sons.
Local Building Permits Ledger Reports Numerous Reroofs
A list of last week building permits includes names such as Martin V. Kehoe Anton T Soukup A L Smulekoff Leslie Anthony Worth Averill Murphy Ard John B McHannah Mrs Maude Jacus Mrs C Pierce L W Johnson Sue Duffy R Dolezal Dan Malvechuk G Bell Carl O Blake George Barnett A A Maeder Charles Heiss Joe Hruby E A Welch Mary Machacek and Mrs Mary Berry detailing reroofs remodels and residence work with costs ranging from 15 to 1008 dollars. The records cover multiple streets and avenues across SE SW NE NW and indicate a broad activity in residential improvements.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sue Duffy
Sixth Street
R. Dolezal
C Avenue
Fifteenth Street
Dan Malvechuk
Eighth Street
G. Bell
Carl O. Blake
First Avenue
George Barnett
A. A. Maeder
Charles Heiss
Joe Hruby
E Street
E. A. Welch
Eleventh Avenue
Mary Machacek
Twelfth Avenue
Mary Berry
Trio of house transfers in cooperative real estate sale
A multi transfer housing market update reports several transactions brokered by Tait and Wagner and Alice Gustafsson. The Jacobsons sell 2233 Bever Avenue SE to the Stenzels who resell to Ethel Kepler at 822 G Avenue NW. Further transfers include 109 Twenty-fifth Street Drive SE, 727 H Avenue NW, 514 Tenth Street SE, and 1619 I Avenue NE with buyers and occupants identified.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Theodore A. Jacobson
Bever Avenue SE
Robert Stenzel
G Avenue NW
Ethel Kepler
Nineteenth Street
E Avenue NW
Tait and Wagner Company
Jacobsons
O. C. Krumbholz
Twenty-fifth Street Drive
Alice Gustafsson Company
Richard Hrdlicka
H Avenue NW
John A. Peterson
Ellis Boulevard
Petersons
George L. Jacquet
The
Marines
John O. Demuth
Nineteenth Avenue
Dick Lucore
E Avenue NE
I Avenue NE
R. T. Buchanan
Norway
Carl E. Swenson
Eighth Street
John Kriz
Avalon Apartments Sold to Springville Couple
Mr and Mrs Fred Ford of Springville purchased the Avalon four apartment building at 200 Thirteenth Street SE from Mr and Mrs Frank Riemann who have resided there. The sale was handled by Harry Wayne Toms through realtor Harold C Henderson who previously lived at 601 First Avenue SE and has acquired an improved two acre Rockford Road SW property from Mr and [incomplete].
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Fred Ford
Springville
Thirteenth Street SE
Frank Riemann
Harry Wayne Toms
Harold C. Henderson
First Avenue SE
Rockford Road
Cooperative Real Estate Transfers Run Through Local Agents
Mrs A J Baumheoefener of 218 Johnson avenue NW has possession. Mr Henderson has taken possession. Mr and Mrs Lyle Chermak of 2753 Iowa avenue SE bought the home of Mrs Anna Erickson at 1403 A avenue NW and will take possession before July 1 through Mr Toms. Mrs Erickson bought the home of Mr and Mrs William F Herman now of Streator Illinois at 861 Twentieth street SE. The sale was a cooperative transaction arranged by Mr Toms and Harold Pickerill.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
A. J. Baumheoefener
Johnson Avenue NW
Henderson
Lyle Chermak
Iowa Avenue SE
Anna Erickson
A Avenue NW
Toms
Erickson
William F. Herman
Streator, Ill
Twentieth Street
Harold Pickerill
Baker Company Buys Building It Leased in Cedar Rapids
The Baker Manufacturing company overall headquarted in Evansville Wisconsin purchased the building at 100 E avenue NW and 610-612 First street NW from Merchants National bank trustee. Cedar Rapids branch manager J. L. Thurman reports the company has occupied about two thirds of the building since June 1 1940 under lease. Grain Belt Distributing occupied the remaining First street unit. The one story brick building on trackage was built in 1917 by the N E Brown estate for Lefebvre corporation and later housed Autocrat Oil Burner.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Baker Manufacturing Company
Evansville
Wis
E Avenue NW
First Street NW
Merchants National Bank
Hedges Company
Cedar Rapids
J. L. Thurman
First Street
Grain Belt Distributing Company
N. E. Brown
Lefebvre Corporation
Autocrat, Oil Burner Corporation
McCready Hollingsworth Purchase Two Acre 2141 Cold Stream
Dr. B. T. McCready and Mr. and Mrs. C. W. Hollingsworth of 1509 Park Avenue SE bought the two acre improved property at 2141 Cold Stream Avenue NE from Mr. and Mrs. F. A. Longenbaugh as an investment. The cooperative sale was arranged by A. F. Dotson and Harry Wayne Toms.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
B. T. McCready
C. W. Hollingsworth
Park Avenue
Cold Stream Avenue
F. A. Longenbaugh
A. F. Dotson
Harry Wayne Toms
Apartment Sold to Edward Kriz in Northwest Property Sale
A two unit building at 319 and 31942 A avenue NW and a six room residence at 317 A avenue NW were sold by Fred E. Collard and company as administrator for the Frank Hakes estate. The Krizs, Edward and wife, 1619 E avenue NE, bought the apartment as income property and Robert E. DeLay, 842 Second street NW, purchased the house.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
A Avenue NW
Fred E. Collard
Newcomer Rentals Lends Home in Los Angeles
Miss Alda McElvania, who moved to Los Angeles, rents her Bever avenue SE home at 1531 to Mr. and Mrs. S. W. Pinnow formerly of St. Charles. The lease was made by A. F. Dolson. Mr. Pinnow works as an engineer for Collins Radio.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Alda McElvania
Los Angeles
Calif
Bever Avenue SE
S. W. Pinnow
St. Charles, Ill
A. F. Dolson
Pinnow
Collins Radio Company
Konzen sells Krome home to Bowers couple
Mrs. Mayme Konzen sells her home at 1316 L avenue NE to Mr. and Mrs. Henry J. Bowers of 722 F avenue NW who will occupy it. The sale was handled by Bedell-Nissen company. Konzen plans to move to 1413 Wildwood drive NE.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mayme Konzen
L Avenue NE
Henry J. Bowers
F Avenue NW
Bedell-Nissen Company
Konzen
Wildwood Drive
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Naomi Doebel
Jones
Harry L. Mealey
Fifth Avenue
Cornelia Cashout
Twentyninth Street Drive
Rubins Plumbing Company
B Avenue
George W. Smith
Col. C. B. Robbins
Thirtyfourth Street
New Barn
J. H. Gruskey
Center Point Road
W. A. Miller
Leo Strath
G. E. Trimble
J Avenue
Emmet Evans
Ninth Street
Robbie Smith
Hillside Drive
Glenn Crowder
Westwood Drive
Stanley Johnson
Fifth Street
Norman G. Homsey
Harold Jepson
J Street
George Synacek
K Street
Fred Farrell
George Weiland
A Avenue
Harry Whitman
Thirty-secaoe Street
Igram and Kaleu
R. W. Sherman
Sixteenth Street
Arnold F. Barta
Eighteenth Street
Adolph Kalous
Mt. Vernon Road
George Saioom
Tenth Street
Carl Fontana
Hinkley Avenue
Frank Shimek
Wilson Avenue
Joe Vondracek
Third Oe
Frank Slegas
Jessie Towne
John W. Barry Photo
Better Homes Directory
St. SE
Perpetual Savings & Loan Association
Third Street SE
Iowa
Haegg Roofing & Insulation CO
Martin V. Kehoe
Anton T. Soukup
A. L. Smulekoff
Third Street
Leslie Anthony
Becker Roofing Company
14Th Ave
Avalon Apt
Man
Broulie Bros
2Nd St. SE
Dial
American Paints
Johns - Manville
Johns-Manville
Baker Company Buys
Cold Stream Ave
Kten & Taege
4Th Ave
Edward Kriz
Newcomer Rentals
Mrs. Konzen
Krome
H. J. Bowers
Home Lumber Co
St. SW
MUA Oe
Illinois
Messinger & Sons
Cecar Rapids
Lowa
Creana & Electric CO
Marion
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