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Newspaper

Cedar Rapids Gazette

Location

Cedar Rapids, Iowa, United States of America

Date

Oct 02, 1955

Page

13

Room for Education In a Packaged Classroom

At Edgelea Elementary in Lafayette Indiana a pilot prefab school uses four basic two classroom units to educate 250 pupils. Costs reach 18 444 dollars per classroom versus a national 35 000 dollar average. Units arrive ready with plumbing and heating and expand as the subdivision grows.

Edgelea Elementary Lafayette Ind Afayette NEA Edgelea Walter Scholer and National Homes Corporation

Alan Youngs Purchase of Svoboda Home

Mr and Mrs Alan F Young purchase a new house from Mr and Mrs Jerry Svoboda at 2431 Second Street SW with possession slated for Oct 15. The deal was handled by Edleman's Real Estate and Business Brokerage in cooperation with Zachar and Fries.

Jerry Svoboda Second Street Alan F. Young H Avenue NW Edleman Zachar and Fries

Three New Clifton Street Homes Sold in NE City

Three new residences on Clifton Street NE built by Skoegman Construction Company were sold through Midwest Investment Company. Buyers include Mr. and Mrs. Otto Hinder at 1037 Clifton NE and Mr. and Mrs. William A. Braner at 1142 Clifton NE, with other listings tied to 1052 Clifton and 1,052 Clifton addresses.

First Avenue Regent Street Skogmans Clifton Street Skoegman Construction Company Midwest Investment Company Otto Hinder Thirty-fourth Street Drive William A. Braner Oakland Road Lawrence J. Eilers Marion Robert H. Bruner

Building Permits Across City For Homes and Commercial Additions

City records list numerous permits including Allis-Chalmers for a $100,000 commercial addition at 2920 First Ave NE and Nash-Finch for a $26,000 warehouse foundation at 501 Third St SE. Multiple private residences, garages, remodels, and reroofs span addresses in NE SE SW NW and driveways, with values from $50 to $9,500 and several new dwellings noted.

Allis-Chalmers Manufacturing Company First Avenue NE Nash-Finch Company Warehouse Foundation Third Street Frank Lee Fifth Avenue Kenneth Borschel Ely Avenue Charles Keane, Jr Twenty-first Avenue Ruth M. Thompson Fourteenth Avenue Bob Rush Construction Company Grant Wood Drive W. J. Hughes Wilson Avenue Kling Seed Company Rockford Road Harry Simonsen Stone Foundation Thirty-second Street Greene and McDonald Franklin Avenue Marion L. _Wood First Avenue Robert D. Smith Fourth Street Robert E. Beltz Lena Eveland Ellis Boulevard E. W. Huff Dwell- Wik Thirty-third Street B. Abraham William D. Cubbage Gerald and Ethel M. Clark Tenth Street E. J Laurana Trimble Fortieth Street Frank Bellows Twenty-second Avenue Milo Miller Fiftieth Street Leo and Laura Shafer First Street J. G. Sattler Tenth Avenue George Koffron Earl Harrison James R. Henningsen Eighteenth Street Joe S. Zacek Tom Quigley Eighth Avenue Hazel Babcock Ninth Street John Palumbo John F. Laub Seventeenth Street Gordon C. Freeman Eleventh Avenue Alice I Arney Schaeffer Clarence Brandon Fourth Avenue Louis Chipokas Mt. Vernon Road Kenneth Gibson O Avenue O. T. Tousey Twenty-third Street George Mikesell W. J. Sass Twenty-second Street Orville Feaker Twentieth Avenue Rena Doolittle Sixth Avenue Burton D. Rodman J Street J. Crissinger White Oak Road Thirty-fifth Street Clark Road Robert E. Joan Detert C Street Fred E. Mason Miami NE Arthur Detwiller Fifth Street Joe Sponar C Avenue Stanley L. Johnson B Avenue M. J. and Edith Rich

Dumonds Bay Tract Purchase Near Ozark and Fiftieth

Mr and Mrs Wesley Dumond of 917 Twentieth Ave SW bought about 414 acres at Fiftieth and Ozark NE from Mr and Mrs Anton Stout of 1615 Fiftieth NE. The sale closed via Art Adams agency. The couple plans to build several houses on the site next spring.

Wesley Dumond Twentieth Avenue Fiftieth Ozark Streets Anton Stout Fiftieth Street Art Adams Agency

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Kay Sherwood Frills Cook's Paints 1St Ave Alan Youngs Svobodas Istreet Almedia Mayer N Street Floyd French Joseph J. Joseffek Nye Avenue L. R. Sherman First Avenue East H. O. Totten Blake Terrace Arthur Knowles Old Marion Road P. J. Flaherty F Avenue D. E. Flohra K Avenue John J. Shannon Edward Harford M. R. Warren Adolph Wilson Ninth Avenue Manuel Wise Harold Klinsky Bever Avenue William Krejci Twenty-sixth Street Water Weil Drilling M. W Lovely North Star B.R Walla Lakewood Jaetropolitan Zombier Des Moines Cedar Rapids Cari EB Miller D Ave Johns-Manville Limback Lumber Co Dial Builders Material, Inc 3Rd Street Bdinger Stone CO Iowa P. O. Box 7Th Ave Walt Disney Kcrg-Tv Second Ave Steys Pittsburgh Plate Glass Company 8Th Ave Pittsburgh Paints Stran-Steel Civ Great Lakes Steel Corp National Steel Corp Cedar Rapids Steel Building CO Highway Edgewood Road L. G. Vernon Sales Mgr D Housekeeping Orange Screen 34Th Street Dr
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