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Newspaper
Cedar Rapids Gazette
Location
Cedar Rapids, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Oct 15, 1939
Page
21
The Blinks home near Marion on highway 51 showcases a brick farm complex designed for efficiency. Roscoe B. Blinks, Cedar Valley Business Association president, uses a front office for late night records, while a dusty rose guest room and adjoining halls serve entertaining needs and easy access to the dining area.
In a Cedar Rapids house, the Boy’s Bedroom centers on Edwin Blinks with a streamline trains wallpaper and a yellow theme. The front room blends turquoise drapery, a gold piano adjacency, burgundy rug, and an oak arch entry. Woodwork throughout the house ties the design together as the family settles into the new home.
The Blinks home features indirect lighting in the living and dining rooms with modern polished aluminum and bronze fixtures. A large attic sewing room and Edwin’s den sit above the kitchen, while a basement recreation area, two water heaters, oil heating, and a future shower room add practical amenities. Jake Selzer of Fairfax served as contractor.
Hubbard Ice and Fuel Co will take bids Tuesday morning for a brick cold storage building at 1132 First Street NW. The 33 foot high structure is designed to add two floors later and replaces a frame building torn down by J F Heathel & Co wreckers after 40 years of service. Construction begins Oct. 23.
Real estate activity picked up late in the week with several Saturday closings. Notable transactions include Walter H. Proescheldt purchasing 302 Thirty-fifth Street NE, A. A. Doolittle and Company handling the sale formerly home to C. M. Doolittle. Additional purchases include 2714 Second Avenue SE by A. P. Hopkinson, 216 Fourteenth Street NE by Mr. and Mrs. John Novotny, 1023 F Avenue NW by Mr. and Mrs. William A. Bell, and 428 F Avenue NW bought by Miss Mary Bell, with agents O. P. Myers, Bruce A. West, C. M. Hatfield and Company, and John A. Wooden involved.
The Star Jewelry company at 112 Second street SE is installing a new off center front with burgundy carrara glass chrome trim and fluorescent lighting. Interior remodeling to match the entrance change is planned. The Morehead Frederikson company, awarded the contract, began work on Thursday.
In finishing an attic the owner may raise fire resistance by placing asbestos paper between the subflooring and finish flooring. This suggests a method to enhance protection though it may involve health considerations and local regulations.
Malcolm V. Bolton elected secretary of the Cedar Rapids Real Estate Board to replace the late William J. Conway. J. Frank Cravens joins the board to fill the unexpired term. Clyde C. Randolph and Frances V. Stephen gain probationary membership in the Cedar Rapids Real Estate Board.
C C Little, moving from Clinton, has rented the first floor apartment at 1973 B avenue NE Cedar Rapids in a building owned by A Pilker. He will take possession November 1. The Harold A Pickerill company arranged the rental.
Five new tenants have moved into the Bever building at 417 First Avenue East. The George L. Westcot Company now occupies room 213, the A-B Register Company room 214, G H Lowe highway contractor rooms 215 and 216, the Dan Christensen Construction Company room 205, and the Pioneer Litho Company managed by E J Wasta occupies rooms 106 and 107, relocating from prior addresses.
The guidance warns against using blow torches or any open flame to thaw frozen pipes. It recommends caution and using hot water to melt ice, even though the method is slower, as it reduces fire risk and potential pipe damage.
Work begins Monday on the Waterloo Cedar Falls and Northern railway terminal at A avenue and Tenth street NE with an investment estimated at 40000 to 50000 dollars. The former Eastman Small Animal clinic will be remodeled into a waiting room and offices.
The Bedell-Nissen company announced the sale of four Perpetual Savings and Loan properties two formerly rented by tenants. Buyers include Mrs. Ethel Reed 1068 Twenty-second Ave SW Hazel F. Klaner 610 Cobban Court SE Gladys Dougherty 809 Division Street SE Glenn Powers 416 Seventh Ave SE and 312 Twenty-second Street NE George White residence. Possession for two properties is expected Nov. 15. The firm also handled sale of an improved 31 acre plot on Old Marion road to Mr. and Mrs. Leo Neuenwander of Marion.
A Cedar Rapids style local blog item catalogs permits from the last week. Entries name dozens of individuals and firms, addresses across NE NW SE and SW, and project types such as new garages sheds and reroofing with amounts from 5 to 8075 dollars. A city lessee and a food products company appear among the several dozen entries.
Chinese statesman T’sai Lun devised a hard durable felt in 105 A.D. using rags bark hemp and old fish nets. The invention produced a strong long lasting material that now serves as a reinforcing base in asphalt shingles.
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