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Newspaper
Cedar Rapids Gazette
Location
Cedar Rapids, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Oct 02, 1955
Page
9
Kay Sherwood urges readers to inspect kitchen habits and equipment to prevent fat fires. Secure stove surroundings, keep area clear of flammables, and never leave cooking unattended. Have an approved extinguisher ready or smother flames with a pan or baking soda to minimize damage.
Pigment particles in paint provide color and opacity while suspended in a vehicle that binds the coat to a surface. The pigment determines hue and coverage, with the vehicle delivering adhesion and durability to the substrate.
Mr and Mrs Dean H Lockwood sold the house at 1505 Fifth Avenue SE to Mr and Mrs Donald Lewis who moved from Iowa City last week The sale closed through Iowa Securities Company The same realtors sold a new house at 2024 J Street SW for Abbas Habhab The buyers are Mr and Mrs August Ginkel formerly of 1402 Fifth Street SE Mr and Mrs Richard E Jones now at Hillside Trailer Court bought two lots in a new subdivision west of Wiley Boulevard NE from Mr and Mrs Leo M Beecher Rogers Road NW They plan to build a house on the site sold through Iowa Securities Company
Mr and Mrs Sterling Delzell living at 2325 Blake boulevard SE bought the house at 350 Woodland Drive SE from Mr and Mrs J Axel Johnson of 847 Seventeenth Street SE The Johnsons son and wife Mr and Mrs Robert Johnson had previously occupied the property at 629 Thirty first Street SE The sale was handled by Lenore K Kainz in cooperation with The Hedges Company.
Mr and Mrs Jack E Cohrs of 2322 D avenue NE sold their residence at 1143 Twenty seventh street NE to Mr and Mrs James P Jeffreys who moved to Cedar Rapids from Silver Springs Maryland. The sale was made by Yuill and Gohmann.
The feature notes varied drapery fabrics and wallpapers, prints from small to large patterns, and new sheer dacron marquisette for curtains. Colors shift toward pink turquoise gold avocado green charcoal with coral copper orange and apricot, while cafe curtains and white leather options gain attention.
The trend in showers leans toward smaller head types that conserve water while delivering a full stream directly to the body of the bather.
Mr and Mrs Walter Miller sold 1323 Ellis boulevard to Clair P Lauer and wife of Postville. Len Gauger Agency handled the deal. Leo Dvorak sold 612 Eighteenth avenue SW to Melvin Coppek and wife. Walter Brooks sold 806 808 Fifth street SE duplex to Eugene McDonough and Harvey Gyp of Marion as investment. Dick Rudd bought a home on Twenty second street in Bullis addition from Quality Builders through Len Gauger. The Gauger agency also sold 810 A avenue NE income property to Frank Brown and 1685 Edgewood road NW acreage to Robert Smith and wife with possession Nov 1.
John Jay Hopkins, president and chairman of General Dynamics, honored as industrialist of the year for promoting peaceful atomic energy use. He leads a firm that built the first atomic submarine and manufactures aircraft including the Convair F-102 and Canadair jets for the Royal Canadian Air Force.
Washington insiders report a low cost flood insurance program for homeowners faces a serious funding snag. Housing Administrator Albert M Cole leads a study that may yield partial findings to a Senate subcommittee in October as officials weigh federal vs private role.
The Nelson home at 415 Nineteenth Street NW passed to Roy and Mrs Lassen. They had earlier sold their 116 Eighteenth Street NE residence to Libbie Athoff, 1025 Seventeenth Avenue SE. Both closings were handled by Walt er C. Elarton, a local realtor.
The Denver-Chicago Trucking Company sold the commercial building at 1028 Third Street SE to Mr and Mrs James E Kelty of 1124 Thirty-third Street SE via Yuill and Gohmann. Gordon Radiator Service, a Kelly Radiator Company division, now occupies the site and repairs radiators, mostly Diesel locomotives. An addition measuring 28 by 30 feet has begun.
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