Farm Couple Retire In Modern Home On Own Acres
Naomi Doebel reports on Mr. and Mrs. Will Young who retired from a 15 room showplace on the Iowa City road to a new six room modern house on their own acres. The couple plans to have son Alexander run the farm and Mr Young raise turkeys. The new home features insulation an electric stove an oil furnace water softener and a septic tank with city water from a shared reservoir. The house resembles a Cape Cod with two rear porches a glass sleeping porch a summer dining room and an open court between porches.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Will Young
Iowa City
Curtis Bridge
Alexander
Iowa Fields
Amana
Mrs. Young
Young
Cape Cod
Cedar Rapids Firms Featured in Local Directory Ad
Local directory lists Better Homes DIRECTORY entries for King's Crown Plaster Co Maresh Sheet Metal Wks Kris Tent and Awning Co Inter Ocean Reinsurance Co Klinger Wall Paper Paint Co Limback Lumber Co Cedar Rapids Gas Co Economy Lumber Co Home Lumber Co Sanford's Cedar Rapids Block Co Suburban Gas Co Wisconsin Lumber and a note about a stone retaining wall this fall along the edge of the drive.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
King’s Crown Plaster Co
Maresh Sheet Metal
Kris Tent and Awning Co
Inter-Ocean Reinsurance Co
Klinger Wall Paper & Paint Co
Limback Lumber Co
Cedar Rapids Gas Co
Economy Lumber Co
Home Lumber Co., Inc
Sanford’s
Cedar Rapids Block Co
Suburban Gas Co
Wisconsin Lumber
Permits Issued In Last Week Local Blog Overview
A list of permits completed in the past week covers residences and small projects. Names include Richard Schultz at 1020 avenue NW for a new garage costing 75 dollars and George B. Shaler at 119 Dawley street NE for a new garage at 100 dollars.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Richard Schultz
George B. Shaler
Dawley Street
Charles Schindler
Fourteenth Street
A. C. Torson
Thirty-sixth Street
James H. Shope
Avenue
Cecil Cissna
Center Point Road
W. J. Burkhard
Thirtysixth Street
Fred Stolba
Eighth Avenue
Lucille Kahn
First Street
Fred Vosmick
Eighth Street
Wm. E. Reid
Roy Niffenegger
Country Club Parkway
Fred Minor
Fifth Avenue
Frank L. Buser
E Avenue
I. K. Schepple
Fifteenth Street
W. J. Robison
Elmhurst Drive
Ben Moats
Mount Vernon Road
Ralph C. Watterson
A. V. Bsrta
Flist Street
Nellie McDowell
Fourth Avenue
R. D. Hunting
Becond
W. W. Woodward
First Avenue
Blanche Bonsib
Park Avenue SE
Leroy Miller
Twenty-second Avenue
Standard Oil Company
Repair and reroofing costs on city dwellings and businesses
A list of repair and remodeling projects with costs across addresses in the city. Projects include reroofs on dwellings and commercial buildings, remodelings, new garages and sheds, and a few higher value new dwellings. Totals range from 15 to 3,000 dollars in various wards.
Sale Of Three Homes Reported By Realtor
Mr and Mrs John C Lynn now of 1930 Higley avenue SE purchased 384 Fifteenth street SE from C Karlan at 600 Nineteenth street SE The sale was via Tait and Wagner company The same firm facilitated the sale of 313 Eighteenth street SE from Harold D Hess to Albert Ellis and the sale of 613 A avenue NW property owned by Mrs L C Ponticus to Mr and Mrs Robert Moes who had rented it
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
John C. Lynn
Higley Avenue
Fifteenth Street
C. Karlan
Nineteenth Street
Tait and Wagner Company
Eighteenth Street
Harold D. Hess
Dunreath Drive
Albert Ellis
Seventh Avenue
A Avenue NW
L. C. Ponticus
Mill Valley
Calif
Robert Moes
Investor buys house on Fifteenth Avenue SW in city
Joseph T. Vrbicky of 418 Gwendolyn Drive NE purchases the Grand Avenue Land company property at 654 Fifteenth Avenue SW as an investment. The deal is routed through Malcolm V Bolton and company.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Joseph T. Vrbicky
Gwendolyn Drive
Fifteenth Avenue
Grand Avenue Land Company
Malcolm V. Bolton
Arrangements For The Modern Bathroom In Cedar Rapids
Three planning steps shape the modern bathroom: fixtures and piping layout, architectural design and color scheme, and floor plan. Emphasizes practical placement, waterproof surfaces, lighting, storage, and the growing use of shower cabinets with various materials and colors.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cedar Rapids
Kleitsch Moves to St Louis Sells Home in Cedar Rapids
Donald W. Kleitsch transferred to St Louis Missouri sells his semi bungalow at 2016 Linn boulevard SE to Ronald B. Moore and wife of 2343 C avenue NE who plan possession about November 20. The Moorees are Cedar Rapids Bottling Works office managers. The firm also sold Minnie Myron income property at 858 First avenue NE to Clair H. Groves and wife, moving there about November 20. Groves works at Rexall drug store. Roy H. Vogel, now on Carlisle avenue NE, bought the two family residence at 1227 Twentieth avenue SW from Emma Kriz through Fred E. Collard and company.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Donald W. Kleitsch
St.Louis
Linn Boulevard
Ronald B. Moore
C Avenue
Moore
Cedar Rapids
Fred E. Collard
Twelfth Street
Groves
Rexall Drug Store
Roy H. Vogel
Carlisle Avenue
Fred E. Collard and Company
Twentieth Avenue
Emma Kriz
Mayor and board tour Cedar Rapids incinerator plant
Cedar Rapids real estate board members guided by Mayor Frank K. Hahn will tour the new municipal incinerator and sewage disposal plant after a noon luncheon at the YMCA. The group will depart at 12 45 p.m.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Frank K. Hahn
Cedar Rapids
Atkins Woman Buys Niffenegger Home
Roy Niffenegger sold his home at 118 Twenty-fourth street drive SE to Mrs. Carrie M. Hagen of Atkins via the Hedges company. The same firm handled several other local transfers including homes and acreage to Phillip Pettit, Arthur L. Cain, George Merrifield, and Lyle Von Fossen, with multiple properties listed in Cedar Rapids and Marion areas.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Roy Niffenegger
Twenty-fourth Street Drive
Carrie M. Hagen
Atkins
Hedges Company
Sixth Avenue SE
Horton Bailey
Second Avenue
Phillip Pettit
Fifth Avenue
Twelfth Street
Pawnee Land Improvement Company
Arthur L. Cain
Fifteenth Avenue
Wilson Avenue
George Merrifield
Cedar Rapids
The
Cold Stream Avenue
John H. Winn
Seventh Street
Lyle von Fossen
Marion
Also Mentioned on This Page
Naomi Doebel
Youngs
Better Homes Directory
Bia
Suburban Gas Company
End Ave
VILLE
Johns-Manville
Mley Vel
FHA
Second Avenue SE
Waylite
Farring
Cedarpeace Block Co
Dows
First Avenue E
Elmer Rochlitz
Champlin Refining Company
First Avenue W
Clare Murphy
Sixth Street NW
Rollin Heald
L Street
C. T. Pierce
A Avenue NE
Fred Wentz
Eleventh Street
George Shaler
Thirty-eighth Street
John Blauls Sons Company
C Street
Jas. F. Scolaro
Blake Boulevard
Thirty-fifth Street
A. E. Whiting
J. K. Schepple
Joe Buss
Longwood Drive
New Dielling
Hawkeye Lumber and Coal Company
F Avenue
Joseph Havlena
Bohemian Savings and Loan Association
Frank McLaughin
E. M. McCall
Mount Vernon Avenue
A. Homsey
Charles L. Kopecky
Thiraan Street
Rohn Funeral Home
Third Ce
Leo Shirk
J. P. Howard
Wm. L. Hiladek
King's Crown Plaster CO
First Ave. W
Pella
Heymer
Kriz Tent and Awning CO
First Street SE
Dial
Ana
Home Coal Company
State Theater Bldg
Kleitsch
St. Louis
Sells
Wisconsin
Third Ave
Niffenegger
Rudy
Maresh Sheet Metal Works
Pena
Vernon
Klinger
Tion
Cedar Rapids Gas Company
Marlon
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