Evening Star Newspaper, September 27, 1930, Page 18

B REALESTATEBOARD D05 COVERNDRS Governing Body Announces Six_ Additions to Act as - Executive Committee. “The governing body of the Washing- | ton Real Estate Board was enlarged from 9 to 15 members by creation at a special meeting this week of a board of directors to take over the functions of the Executive Committee which hereto- fore Was been the controlling and ad- ministrative body of the association, it was announced today by John A. Petty, executive secretary. = The charige in the o tion, it is pointed out, authorized & change in theby=taws of the board, makes possible 3 Yepresentation among meémbers engaged in various branches of the real estate business and would accomplish as we(x (as 1grge measure of icipation of individugl members. in the administra- tion of the board. 4 A proposal to eliminate the Nominat- | ing Committee, Mr. Petty reported, “ - | duced considerable discussion, yet the proposal was almost unanimously re- Jjected by the meeting, at which the af tendance of active members was the largest of any business meeting in the histcry of the board. “By unanimous vote affiliated mem- bership in the .board was abolished, thus leaving membership limited to two ! , active and associate, with li- censed brokers, banks and trust com- pantes eligible to active membership and salesmen and. employes of active members eligible to associate member- ip. - “A more compact organization was perfected by the creation of four ml{o\' committees, consisting of. five active members each to function in the differ- ent branches of the real estate busi- 3 : Property Management Committee, Mortgage and Finance Com- mittee, Brokers Committee and Business Property Leash Committee. ~These committees, to inted by the board of directors, take over the activities of the several divisions which formerly existed in the board. “The amendments adopted will -be put into operation after the annual meeting and election of officers to sbe held October 13. At this meeting nomi- be submitted by the recently inating Committee con- Clifford Ba jr.; J. McKenney Theodore M. Judd and Percy H. iy SCHOOLS TEACH GIRLS| HOME-OWNING DATA Special Assessments, Land Con- tracts and Commission Rates Part of Course. Debutante schools, that used to spe- cialize in the social graces, are now teaching the girls all about as- sessments, land contracts and commis- sion rates, says the National Association of Real Estate Boards in the ninety- seventh of its series of articles for the ublic. : Educational bodluhm from ‘eouz u:m coast ave recognized e-owning as impor- tant and have included h‘t.hzu' and their students becoming property own- ers -nd”h-u created new courses signed them better ©f real estate. Practice houses have appeared on the campuses of universities and suites of Tooms have been set aside to teach ung women the art of home-making, rom furnishing to cooking and financial management. Statistics show that the majority of women waste realty holdfiigs, and down’ South daughters of the rich go to a school with rigorous hours to learn how to efficiently Handle thie estates they some da inherit, s TREAL ESTATE. James A. Prait of the Warner Bros. theaters here recently purchased this home at 7529 Morningside drive, Shepherd Park, from L. E. Breuninger & Sons. e home is of English architecture, embodying six rooms and two baths, with detached brick garage. NG STAR, WASH SHEPHERD PARK HOME SOLD % FIRMS EXCEED | TENMILLIONASSETS Figures Held Evidence of Success of Building and Loan Investments. Special Dispatch to The Star. | CINCINNATI, Ohio, September 27.— | Fifty-five building and loan associations belonging to the United States Building | and Loan League now have assets ex- ceeding $10,000,000, H. F. Cellarius, sec- retary-treasurer, reported here today. e speaks well for the success of this type of mvestment from the point of view of those who continue to put their funds in building and loan asso- ciations and it speaks well for the small home financing situation for the coming year, as the holdings of the $10,000,000 companies, as well as money invested in a myriad of other smaller associations, are available at once for home buying and building,” he said. The United States Building and Loan League has 1,200 other member associations in ad- dition to the 55 big ones. ‘The Pacific States Savings & Loan Co. of San Francisco has the largest assets of any assoclation in the country, showing on June 30, 1930, $65,367,061. In second is _the Railroad Co- Operative Building & Loan Association of New York City, with $59,656.455. In third place is the Farm & Home & Loan Association, Nevada, Forest Hills Fine Shade Trees are looking TUN"TY to buy, let us show you this beautiful place. Price, $24,500 ‘Wm. H. Saunders Co., Inc. 1510° K St. N.W. Distriet 1015 iy 5445 33d Street $13.250 Here is a new ALL-BRICK Colonial home Chase Survey Places State Third in Total | BALTIMORE JOINS PLAN Real Estate Board Head Names| Committee to Organize Owners. Special Dispatéh to The Star. - BALTIMORE, September 27.—Cleve- land R. Bealmear, president of the Real Estate Board of Baltimore, has named a committee of realtors to work | out a plan of organization of property | owners here to join in the national movement against high realty taxation. The committee is composed of the following: Harry E. Gilbert, Clinton L. Riggs, Henry Kolb, Mr. Bealmear and Guy T. O. Hollyd MARYLAND SAVINGS INCREASED $5,000,000 Number of Building Associations. Special Dispatch to The Star. BALTIMORE, September 27.—Despite | business deifl'uslon and unemployment, | groups affiliated with the Maryland | League of Building Associations had an increase of $5,000,000 in savings de- posits in 1929, according to a survey of | the United States League of Building | Associations. | ‘The survey also gave Maryland third | place among the States in reference to the total number of building associa- tions and tenth place -with regard to/ total resources. NEAR EASTERN HIGH SCHOOL $7,450 ARRANGED FOR 2 FAMILIES | Very attractive eight-room home LOCAL FIRM SELLS STAR MODEL HOME Dr. Elmer R. Shepherd Buys' Residence Overlooking Foundry Branch Park. Dr. Elmer R. Shepherd, 1606 Six- teenth street, has purchased the home at 1509 Forty-fourth street, overlooking Foundry Branch Park, it is reported by Wavery Taylor, Inc., builders. ‘The home, which was one of the | model homes sponsored by The Star in | co-operation with the Operative Builders' Association earlier this year, was erected by the firm from plans by ‘Waverly Taylor in collaboration with Porter & Lockie, local architects. It is an English group house embracing new features in home design, equipment and decoration. A setting for the home is provided by | the landscaping plan, which embodies | dawns, walks, flowers, shrubs and a stone pedestal in the rear garden. An- and equipment ordinaril Just South of All-brick construction. lighting fixtures, automa and the only one of this group | remaining unsold. | A Value Hard to Duplicate 1814 D St. S.E. Thos. A. Jameson Co. Owners and Builders Nat. 5526 906 N. Y. Ave. | | | See it Sunday ‘ | Chevy Chase, D. C. New All-Brick Detached Home —that offers every detail of finish, construction higher priced homes. 5346 32nd Street and built-in fireproof garage. tary Rd., east to 32nd St, south 14 square. Open_Sunday All Day other feature is the lhtluflx the front en The floor has & studio arrange- ment, attractive feature of the home, .E. S. SCHAFER CO. MOVE TO NEW BRANCH OFFICES The E. 8. Schafer Co. has moved into its new executive offices to their newly acquired two-story brick building at 4100 Georgia avenue. The building was _completely remodele¢ by the Charles H. Tompkins Co. to suit the needs of the plumbing and heating supplies firm. A spacious show room occupies the entire 70 foot frontage of the building. | The sales and store room is located to | the rear of the show room. The offices of the company are located on the first | and second floors. The occupancy of this building gives the Schafer company its fourth Wash- ington branch. It has stores in Bethesda, at Fourth street and Rhode Island avenue and on Thirteenth street. sttt it EDWARD O’BRIEN 6043 for Estimate ars’ Experience y found only in much D. C, SATURDAY, SEPTEMBER 27, 1930. REAL ESTATE, A Lovely Situated Detached Home That Must Be Sold Chevy, Chase % W 54 3917 Harrison Street Vacant— Out-of-town owner has just authorized us to sell this home at & most interesting price. It is a splendid oppor. tunity to purchase a most comfortable home in the most delightful spot of Chevy Chase—one that contai full sized rooms—4 bed rooms, two. (2) tiled b fast alcove, large bright attic, slate roof, and, of cot every modern convenience. A 60-ft. lot with trees and shrubs, Garage. -~ Open All Day Sunday Schwab, Valk & Canby 1704 Conn. Ave. Exclusive Agents Potomac 0830 Military Road Six livable rooms, two tile baths, attic with stairway, open fireplace, colonial tic storage water heater, Conn. Ave. to Mili- TG, Smithy, Company J\(;C Qansbury COM€A/NY ING 1418 Eye St. N.W, ks T kklsn &n TBe Exhibit Home Hundreds of Visitors Have Inspected and Enthusiastically Praised 501 Brookside Drive Furnished after the Georgian period by W. B. Moses & Sons One o‘ Kenwood'l T}l! hm. Hl. E.m h‘ Builders of Fine Homes 200 West Thornapple Street Chevy Chase, Md. Phone Wisconsin 4255 Offer for Your Inspection Beechwood Midway Between Two of Washington's Finest Country Clubs at a price which cannbot fail to compel your im- mediate: interest. It is located on one of the highest points in this delightful suburb, sur- rounded by shade trees. There are 6 large rooms and 2 tiled baths; garage; slate roof; bronze screens; many special built-in features. DO NOT FAIL TO LOOK THIS OVER 4601 Leland Street $10,500 5-room brick bungalow; tiled bath. LARGE CORNER LOT, 60 ft. by 150 ft. Garage. most Everything in fine condition and ready to move into. MAY BE PURCHASED ON VERY REASONABLE TERMS. VACANT. 6409 Florida Street $12.950 Nowhere can you find a value to compare with this perfect home. 7 rooms (including sun parlor); tiled bath with shower, lavatory off master bed room. Stairway to large floored attic. Built-in garage. Bronze screens; awnings; copper gutters and downspouts. SILENT AUTOMATIC OIL BURNER. TO REACH: Going out Commecticut Ave., turn right on Taylor St, for two short blocks to Florida St. 5412 Nevada Avenue $15,500 This new STONE and BRICK home within two short squares of Connecticut Avenue, stores and schools, represents one of the out- standing values in Chevy Chase. Six spacious rooms and two tiled baths. 2-car garage, Lot has 65-foot frontage. NOTHING LIKE THIS AT THE PRICE. SEE IT WITHOUT DELAY. OPEN ALL DAY SUNDAY Edw. H. Jones & Co., Inc. nian Colonial type of ished as a large recr 6500 Meadow The house is a distinctly modern conception of the beautiful old Jeferso Lane, Chevy home. on room. Chase, Md. Containing four large bed rooms, three baths, spacious living and dining rooms, first floor lavatory, kitchen and pantry modern in every i refrigerator. Two-car garage attached to house. The third floor Open fireplaces in living room bed room. The grounds, almost /4 acre of blue grass and trees, make an ideal setting for a house of perfect design and fine construction, To Reach—Drive out Connecticut Avenue to Thornapple Street, turn left one block to Meadow Lane and left again to house detail. Electric c]'mrmini sites was selected for the home, suited exactly to the effective display of its im- pressively simple Colonial lines. Designed by Arthur B, Heaton, built by Frank L. Wag- ner, inec. Itis a home in every sense— planned for comfort and cons venience: finished in the best of taste, and with equipment of the most modern type. The garage, as all garages in Kenwood must be, is an inte- gral part of the home, and of easy approach. Spacious lawns and terraces, effectively land- scaped, frame the home in a picturesque setting. nished in close harmony with its period, the better to set off its many unusual features of design. Chesterfieldian pieces grace the living room: Sheraton is the note in the dining room-— with lace and damask hangings and Hamadan and Lilihan ruge covering the old tavern floors. The master bed room has been finished and furnished in true Colonial style, as also have the guest rooms. The master bath introduces a new note with many novel and effective features. Toilet is placed in a separate compartment, the door of which frames a mirror for a dainty dressing table. Ofen for inspection—Sunday and every week day, from 10 AM. to 9 P.M. Kenwood Club Invites You, Too After you have inspected the model exhibit home—pay the Kenwood Golf and Country Club a visit—and see the club house, the golf course, the tennis courts, ete, How to Reach Kenwood Motor out Connecticut avenue, turn- ing west on Bradley Lane, crossing Wis- consin avenue and continuing under the viaduct three short squares to the main entrance to Kenwood on the left. Kennedy-Chamberlin Development Co. 2400 Sixteenth Street Columbia 7280 Chevy Chase Properties » 5520 Cornin: Ave. = Cleve. 2300 #Open Every Day Until 9 P.M.