Residential Building Takes Spurt in Permits This Week
Residential permits dominated the week with 31 new houses totaling 420,650 dollars. School and commercial permits added 350,819 dollars, pushing the weekly total toward 500,000. West Texas Builders received a 205,819 dollar school permit for an elementary at Elgin and 58th Street. Hammock Bros. Const. Co. secured 55,000 for a commercial building at 1620 4th St. Ribble and Ray projected a 27,000 dollar residence at 53rd Street. Multiple builders secured various homes across several streets, with costs ranging from 7,500 to 27,000 dollars.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
West Texas
Elgin
Ribble & Ray
Z. J. B. Scheffel
Cecil Jennings
Sam Loomis
M. J. Ball
Bill Walden
57Th T
38Th St
Bath ‘Bt
J. B. Easter
Leach
Cicero Smith Lumber Co
Joy Howard
Melvin Harvey
A. L. Graham
Ind Place
R. A. Lamb
54Th St
Raymond Taylor
27Th St
Rolan Simpson
E. St
J. J. McLain
36Th St
Sheldon Price
37Th St
Trans Western Const. Co
55Th St
W. E. Medlock
2Nd St
Continental Air Lines Plans Viscount II First Flight Cachet
Continental Air Lines prepares unofficial first flight cachets for the Viscount II inaugural service to Chicago Denver Kansas City Colorado Springs Los Angeles. Collectors may request self addressed stamped envelopes to receive cachets, with letters marked for the Viscount II inauguration. The five city offices will stamp letters before the first flight along the Mississippi route. The Viscount service is planned to begin by late 1958. Police HQ received an envelope with a dollar bill and a note: just found this in my husband’s mail.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Continental Air Lines
Jcago
Denver
Ansas City
Grorade Springs
Angeles
Continental Air Nes
Kansas City
Coloado Springs
Chicago
Los Anos
Home Sales Highlight Local Property Transactions
Multiple residential purchases are reported, detailing buyers, sellers, addresses, and firm involvement. Notable entries include Odell Herman to John Wright at 3213 28th St and John Robert Marrison Jr. at 4216 47th St, with various square footage, room counts, and features. The section closes with Pioneer Natural Gas winning a first place award for its 1957 annual report, presented to stockholders.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Seal
P.&c
Arizona
Odell Hermans
Eastman-Collins Realtors
Pioneer Natural Gas Co
Pioneer Natural Gas Company
Pioneer
P.u.aia
Burgh
Empire Southern
Empire
Hun Neer
P.U.A.A
Kingston
Jamaica
George Francis
Baptist Church
Tomers
Pioneer Natural Gas
Marry
Arselena Saun Company
Ders
Lenders Boost FHA Premiums Spread Across Northeast
Mortgage roundup notes premiums rising for FHA loans in New England New York New Jersey and Pennsylvania with 43 or 1 point increases. VA rate pegged below FHA and Boston Five Cents Savings Bank cuts FHA to 4 percent while others follow. Banks face balance between premiums and losing business to lower offers as prices improve nationwide.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New England
New York
New Jersey
Pennsylvania
House & Home, Business Magazine
FHA
Congress
Boston Bank
Boston Five Cents
Norman Mason
U.S
Los Angeles
San Francisco
Cleveland
Philadelphia
St. Louis
Washington
Atlanta
Jacksonville
Houston
California
Texas
Florida
Former Deputy Sentenced for Bank Robbery Case
A former Harris County deputy sheriff surrendered to serve an eight year term for robbing an Oregon bank robber. The man testified he helped move stolen money across a state line and followed one of two men who took 57,000 dollars from a bank in Umatilla in 1955 and then stole 22,000 from the robber's hotel room in New Orleans.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Houston
Harris County
Oregon
Jack Lyles
Lyles
New Orleans
Umatilla
Ore
Land
Two Bedroom Home Sells on 215 E University
The house at 215 East University sold this past week in a deal between Hershel White and J A Rowell. Bledge-McKinney Realtors and J W Chapman & Son cooperated on the sale. The single attached garage and fenced backyard are noted features.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Tommy Goodson
54Th St
C. W. Reynolds
Homer Hall Realtors
Eastman-Collins Realtors
Forrest Lumber Co
Bledge-McKinney Realtors
J. W. Chapman & Son
Hershel White
J. A. Rowell
E. University
McKelvy's Furniture Store Featured In Advertisement
McKelvy's Furniture Store drew national attention in Home Furnishing Daily for its merchandising skills. Bob McKelvy, the buyer, appeared in an Armstrong Cork Company advertisement praising the store's merchandising and showcasing Deftox rug patterns with new furniture, boosting sales in both categories.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
McKelvy
Home Furnishing Daily
Bob McKelvy
Armstrong Cork Company
Also Mentioned on This Page
William Barnett
32Nd St
C. T. Shipp Jr
Cates-Barnett
Billy Meeks & Co
W. K. Stanley
45Th St
Billy Bowers
Kittchen
Isale
O. L. Alexander
S. H. Nesbitt
Robert Carow Sald
31St St
James Beaty
Bledge-McKinney and
Cates-Barnett Tt
Backlyard
James Weir
Kelley P. Hanes
Crosbyton
James E. Walker and Co
Lubbock
Schmidt and Stuart
Sam Hawkes
Eny
Rainbird
I McKelvy’s Furniture Store
Erskine
Right OF Way
City Plans Department
4Th
SPIB
Sound Investment
Mark
Stret Southern Pine Inspection Bureau
Drslins County Lumber CO
In Lumber Corporation
Carter & Brother
Southern Pine Lumber CO
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