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Newspaper
Waterloo Evening Courier
Location
Waterloo, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Apr 02, 1927
Page
4
John G. Ralston drafts interior remodeling for the old Central School at Washington and Seventh Streets. The West District School Board plans to convert the Wallace building into a grade school, adding light with larger windows and new walls, creating a practical, modernized facility at a small cost.
A speaker argues that the home environment forms the core of a child’s education and moral development. Ownership of a home fosters independence, pride, and civic responsibility, linking family welfare to community belonging and personal value.
The article discusses the evolution of bungalows from British colonial rest houses to modern American one story homes. It highlights efficiency, lightness, airy rooms, terraces, and storage, with two plans shown and notes on exterior finishes. Editor notes credit the Architectural Small House Service Bureau for plans and guidance.
A commentary urges home ownership as a civic duty and path to stability. It argues that permanent investments and rent payments build equity, improve financial standing, and provide security for families, citing figures and a poem about owning a home. It notes a warning from the Japanese department of communications on broadcasting political speeches.
C L Rosen, an architectural engineer from Minnesota, has been employed by Cleveland. He began work yesterday at 2426 Fourth Street East. Rosen has spent the past three months on special projects with an architectural firm in Cedar Rapids and plans to move his wife and two children to Waterloo.
Bruce Gates, president of Gates College, will deliver commencement addresses at Greene and Parkersburg high schools. He declined invitations from 10 or 12 other schools due to a clash with the dates of the Rotary International convention in Ostend, Belgium, which he will attend.
An old advertisement promotes the Morris Plan loan as a way to sleep better by paying all bills in one place. It promises 6 percent interest and urges potential borrowers to become wiser through simplified finances.
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