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Newspaper
Cedar Rapids Gazette
Location
Cedar Rapids, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Sep 29, 1963
Page
7
The article describes the Bachs home with pink kitchen walls copper fronts on appliances and cherry paneling. It notes beamed cathedral ceilings in the living room open stairs and a balcony hallway upstairs. Bedrooms feature pink grays and blues with built in storage and modern draperies.
Guidelines from the Small Homes Building Research Council urge avoiding single steps and using ramps where level changes occur. They recommend stairs with three or more steps, rails on both sides, short flights with landings, good lighting, and indoor outdoor switches. Floors should be smooth and non wax heavy, with non slip materials in kitchen and bath and wall to wall carpeting favored to reduce tripping hazards.
Cedar Rapids board of Realtors will hear Parks Commissioner Don Gardner speak at a special 8:30 to 9:30 a.m. meeting in the Sheraton Montrose hotel. Gardner will report on the elm disease extent in the city and its likely effect on real estate values and how members can help limit losses. A continental breakfast will be served.
Nineteen states have authorized federal and state relocation payments for owners forced to move homes or businesses for new highways. The program covers up to 200 for residences and 3000 for business property, with 90 percent funded by federal highway funds. Since October 1962 about 23 000 relocations occurred, and five states have paid business owners. payments ranged 24 to 2000.
Mr and Mrs John B Schumacher acquire 4401 Ozark street NE with Oct 1 possession from Charles R Holloway of Milwaukee. The Donahues buy Schumach er Benton street house for Oct 1 possession. Miller and Co. arranged these sales and also brokered transfers for 109 Third Avenue Hi awatha and 3848 Mt Vernon Road SE with Oct 1 possession by buyers Eugene Richardson and Mervin Anderson respectively.
West facing rooms are harder to heat due to winds from the west to the east, say specialists from Allied Chemical Barrett division. They advise extra insulation for western bathrooms to improve winter warmth.
Mr and Mrs Jack Brown relocate from 654 Twenty eighth Street Court SE to 4035 Bever Avenue SE a home built by R E Hertz Construction Inc. The same firm sold 1611 Sherbrook Drive NE to Dean and Jane Anholt who moved from 700 Thirty fifth Street Marion. Milo J Kouba now resides at 1742 Sierra Drive NE, a Hertz built home bought from the firm. Robert F Salmon and wife moved to 1740 Linmar Drive NE, another Hertz constructed residence.
Mr and Mrs Robert Levy of 1028 Fifteenth Street SE will take possession November 1 of the house at 917 Tenth Avenue SE, purchased from Jerry Cox Real Estate. The firm sold a duplex at 820 Third Street NW to Mr and Mrs Eugene Shurtz of 1602 Fifth Avenue SE for possession next Tuesday. Elizabeth Carter of 808 Seventh Avenue SE bought 800 Tenth Street SW from Jerry Cox Real Estate, with Clyde M Carroll as the cooperating realtor.
Mr and Mrs Leonard C Chadwick of 1300 Oakland road NE will move within two weeks to a house being built for them by Ken Borschel and Son at 2025 Sharwood drive NE. The relocation follows construction progress as the Chadwicks prepare to start life in the new residence.
Building permit entries list Jerry D. and Dorothy Bills for a new dwelling near Cedar Rapids and Mt. Vernon road with costs around 19 000 to 20 000. David Rickard plans a mobile home west of Hiawatha plus a new garage at the same address totaling 5 200. Charles A. Burd proposes a dwelling addition at Troy Mills with an adjacent garage costing 3 000 and 800 respectively. Troy Mills Community Fire Department seeks a new fire station at 4 000. Mary Stepanek applies for a new garage on Linn Junction road with 600.
Three families were to move this weekend to new houses on Pawnee Drive NW bought through Home Materials with Lee Wells as agent. Mr and Mrs Robert L Wallace move from 1212 Twentieth Street SW to 808 Pawnee Drive NW, Mr and Mrs George Thomson move from 232 Twelfth Street NW to 817 Pawnee Drive NW, and Mr and Mrs Billie F Rider move from 2009 6 Avenue NW to 1125 Pawnee Drive NW.
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