Evening Star Newspaper, January 16, 1932, Page 19

™ REAL ESTATEY THE EVENING STAR, WASHINGTON, e DIEG SATURDAY, JANUARY 16, 1932. REALE ESTATE. JAMES R. SKINKER | 1S BUILDERS' HEAD President of Association Is Re-elected by Meeting—C. Wohlgemuth Honored. James R. Skinker, member of the firm of Skinker & Garrett, was re- elected president of the Master Builders' | Association, the general contractor | body of the Building Trades' Employ- | ers' Association, at a meeting of the orgenization, at the Racquet Club. Mr. Skinker, who has been active in affairs of the building trades employ- ers’ group, has served two terms as head of the master builders. He was Te-elected by unanimous vote. | C. Wohlgemuth, jr., was elected first | vice president; Francis M. Tompki second vice president, and Frank Sheehan, secretary. The following were elected members of the board of governors of the Mas- ter Builders' Association: Arthur L. Smith, Mr. Wohlgemuth, F. M. Tomp- kins, Henry B. Davis, E. H. Rosen- | garten, Charles H. Tompkins, Bruce E. | Clark, H. W. Cord, Walter B. Avery | and J. R. Skinker. ! Excavators Hold Dinner. Merle Cain, president of the Exca- wvators’ Association, presided over a dinner meeting of that organization at | the Raleigh Hotel this week, when the | work of the body for the past year | was reviewed. Meanwhile, the Building Trades Em- ployers’ Association is planning for an expansion of its activities during the new year, and has placed additional importance on the work of the Juris- dictional Board of Awards, made up of representatives of the union building | trades and the Building Trades Em- ployers’ Association, which acts in cases of jurisdictional disputes. Rule Heads Co-operative Body. E. A. Rule, recently elected head of the employers’ group, has appointed | E. H. Rosengarten, past president of | the Building Trades Employers' Asso- ciation, chairman of the Co-operative Committee, which will handle the juris- dictional cases, as well as seeking to promote good relations among affili- Dr. and Mrs. P. A. McLendon have just acquired this English type home at ley section of Wesley Heights. A. N, Miller, developers of the community. The home, containing 11 rooms and 4 baths, was designed, built and sold by W. C. &idwgmr; %o erect one 1-story brick and 4915 Glenbrook road, in the Spring Val- | BACHELORHOOD FAILS TO BAR DESIRE FOR HOME OWNERSHIP Many Letters Received From Unmarried Men by Realty Association in Contest. A man may stay a bachelor but nev- sold me. It was a house of six rooms ertheless cling to & desire for a home of [and bath, built only about six months his own, the National Association of |before, with a 30-foot lot and a two- Real Estate Boards has concluded from | car garage, all built-in features, finished a study of letters received during the |in oak and gumwood. . past year in the contest on “How I Got “The price was $6,900, and 10 minutes My Home.” In this contest the associ- | after I had stepped in the front door stion received many letters from un- | with the agent he had $25 and I had married men, who told how and why | his receipt. In a couple of weeks I had 10LD HORSE-AGE WORD | STUMPS BEST SPELLERS | Two in Kansas Contest Brazenly Admit They Never Even Heard | of “Surcingle.” | By the Associated Press. | ARKANSAS CITY, Kans, January 16. —A horse-age word has’ended a motor- | age spelling bee in confusion. Al three final contestants in a Rotary Club spelling match took the count on | “surcingle,” two of them brazenly ad- | | mitting they had never heard of the | | word. Surcingle is a belt, band or girth | 20 BULDING PLANS | 0. KD DURING WEEK Total of New Operations Is Equal to Totals Listed During Past Month. (Continued From First Page.) | dwelling, 7812 Morningside drive, to cost $12,000. Henry J. Connor, cowner, designer and builder; to erect one 2%;-story brick and tile dwelling, 1347 Kalmia street, to cost $10,000. P. N. Butt, owner; H. W. Gaines, de- signer; Morrison Bros, builders; to erect two 2-story brick and tile dwell- ings, 4300 and 4302 Fessenden street, to cost $10,000. Shirley Stephens, owner; L. E. Har- ris, designer and builder; to erect one 11;-story brick dwelling, 3515 Thirty- sixth street, to cost $9,000. Plan Two-Story Dwelling. C. D. Kenney and Willlam J. Holl- way, owners and builders; Willlam J. Hollway, designer; to erect one 2-story brick dwelling, 13 Milmarson place, to cost $5,000. Lord Baltimore Filling Stations, Inc., owners and builders; T. J. O'Connell, station, 400 fllling 7538 14th St. N.W. JUST NORTH OF HEMLOCK ST. UST NRCHEPRERD FARK 14,250 Detached brick home, having 7 rooms, 2 baths, finished at- tic, 2-car detached brick garage. We think you will agree that it is the most house ever offered at this price in this section. stucco gasoline Open Saturday Afternoon and All Day Sunday de Island avenue northeast, to t o i Willlam H. Denham, builder; to erect one 2-story frame dwelling, 4328 Bowen Boulevard south- east, to cost $5,500. Jacob Zarin, George T. Santmyers, erect one 2-story brick addition, 5536 | & Gerrett, builders; to make repairs Connecticut_avenue, to cost $5,000. Willlam H. Hopper, owner T e A AN EMINENTLY owner and builder; Steinbraker, designer; O. W. Murray, 2109 Eleventh street, to cost $5,000. ‘The Chevy Chase Dalry, owners and | builders; L. H. Harris, designer; make repairs, 3206 N street, to cost owner and architect; to| Warner Bros., Inc, owhers; Skinker Australia has * to theater, Thirteenth and E streets, | men, who are seek G. M.lto cost $1,000. | laide. DISTINGUISHED HOME FOREST HILLS at 98th and Albemarle Street N.W. Price, $35.750.00 Estate of James W. Orme, builder; to erect one 2-story brick fiat, | . M. May, builder; to make repairs, 1013 D street, to cost $1,000. Thomas M. Neale, owner and builder; to erect four brick garages, 518 to 524 $1,570. | Jefferson street, to cost $1,000. b staked” gold near Ade- B3 ™ —— owners; The result of scientific thought and careful supervision. A prod\mt of true craftsmans}xip and a credit to the city. Solidly built of stone and brick (with particular attention paid to spaciousness) this home immediately appeals to the lover of “better things™ and there is a desire of home ownership when you enter its door. First Floor: A huge living room with massive fireplace: a stone porch with rustic gate and a view over Rock Creek Park; a dining room 14x24, with fireplace and built-in cupboard; but- ler's pantry and kitchen, servants’ room and bath: spacious ehtrance hall; library with lavatory. Second Floor: Five bed rooms, three baths, seven cedar clos- ets and large hall. Third Floor: Large recreation room and separate storage room—all insulated and a strong roof of slate. A General Electric r:frigerator. oil heat, two-car built-in garage, npported wall paper, handmade fixtures and hardware ; monel metal sink, special tiled sink and many other unusual features. A beautifully wooded corner lot 98x131. Open Saturday and all day Sunday PHILLIPS & CANBY, Inc. NA. 4600 Exclusively Investment Bldg. S B .W?WWWMWWNM they bought homes. made thebmllllflll pxayrnentfof {sst?oa 2 o . | “Little by little I have furnished four . The follbwing letter is quoted as P~ |, p ¢ complete, the exceptions being the |iwo_extra bed rooms. ing the past year. ix months ago I was & bachelor. | *i] T ; s L Other members of the Co-operative |1 was a boarder. I was inexpressibly c,u;fl‘?; '}2\,223“ Qfié‘si‘“fl""fi&'};‘eifi i;}» Committee are Robert J. Barrett, | discontented. ways neat and clean. Well, nearly al- Jumes F. Murtaugh, Logan Pingree, | “Today Iam still a bachelor. I hate s : J Charles W. Easterday, J. H. Robinson, |my own home, of which I am inordi- | ¥Eig 4 W. A. Thomas, Merle Cain, Harry |Dately proud. I.am far more gom,gg{;;?,egfi‘{;ii‘d“‘ziifi‘; w&ke b‘;‘}'éi;?;‘é’iofi”éf xv,m?;; D. C. Butcher and “‘“uiflfl‘"&‘}fi"&“&'ffl than any bac meals is no Lonxer a problem. I do all : s - y own cooking. President Rule also has appointed| “The traditional idea of home is, of | ™, conts! the Tollowing members of the P | course, that of 8 vine.covered cottage| T do not beleve my eats’ cost me Commitfee: ~Mr. Wohlgemuth, newly | With happy children playing ‘round, ‘a | 0he-querter FAGE B JORRETY PRC (07 elected treasurer of the assoclation; s Can You Make RESIDENTIAL PROPERTY 5 A Better Buy ‘Mine is a different picture. besides making my monthly payments.” LEADS REALTY DEALS cupied exclusively by a middle-aged RN FOR Bavings Institute President Says gentleman with a penchant for having Four of every five automobiles being Ten Times as Many Transfers 2 his own way. sold in Spain are from America. Concern This Field. ® —1314 Irving St. N.W. “I can offer no story of self-sacrifice, no tale of renunciation and frugality, no ‘Ten times as many real estate trans- fers are concerned with residential 10 LARGE ROOMS 2 TILEDEB AT chronicle of hard-won achievement. In- property as with any other type of OIL BURNER ated associations and their members. Mr. Rosengarten was chairman of the Jurisdictional Board of Awards dur- passed over a saddle or other load on a | H.G.Smithg Co. horse’s back to bind it fast. A 22 Your Opportunity 1339 Kalmia St. N.W. Distinctive Colonial Brick Home with gas heat. Bal- sam wool blanket and Nu-Wood_insulating board on all exterior walls, cop- per gutters, screens amd weather strips. Heated recreation room and built- in garage, large electric re- frigerator, lot 60 ft. wide. And the price is only. $15,750 HENRY J. CONNOR Phone Georgia 1446 deed, it was so easy that I am almost ashamed to make it public, but I do so with the hope that other single men with no more real home than a rabbit may perhaps feel encouraged to seek the contentment—and most of all, the in- dependence—that I have found. “Always there had been in the back Tealty investment, it is f]ct my mind the thought of a home o Phillp Liever. Shreveport, Lo oresy, |my own, and eventually the desire be- dent of the American Savings, Building | CAme so_insistent that it brought its | & Loan Institute, the educational as- | O%n solution. | Sociation amiliated with - the Uniced | “Iam at presentand have been for sev- | States Building & Loan League. eral years employed as a proofreader on | The statement is made in emphasiz- ing the importance of appraisals on dwellings and in announcing publica- tion by the institute of “Appraisal of Real Estate” & book containing find- ings of research into this subject, The book contains 150 pages of in- struction about valuing of residential property with an eye not only for 1932 but such future years as 1942. | The institute sponsored a research which made the home appraisal hand- book available, drawing upon both typical and unusual experiences of leading home financiers of the country. “It is strange that so little study has been given to the special subject of ap- praising homes, in contrast to the vol- ume of material on appraisals of large buildings,” Mr. Lieber comments. TOMB RICHEST FOUND | IN WESTERN HEMISPHERE Gold, Jade and Rock Crystal of Beautiful Design Reported by Mexican Official. By the Associated Press. | MEXICO CITY, January 16.—Discov- | ery of an ancient tomb described as | the richest ever found in the Western Hemisphere was announced yesterday | | in a letter from Alfonso Caso, chief of || the government archeological ~ expedi- | | tion at Monte Alban, in the state of Oaxaca. | “We have just discovered what we | consider to be the most important tomb in America,” he wrote. “It contains numerous objects of gold, jade, rock ||}l crystal and other precious stones, all | carved with the beauty which charac- terized the workmanship of the Me ickn Indians.” the Milwaukee Journal at a salary of $54 & week. I had never been of a saving | disposition, spending money thought- lessly, often very foolishly, but as this idea of a home ultimately became al- most an obsession I found myself drift- ing away from a companionship with a careless, improvident set of associates | and I suddenly discovered, much to my eurprise, that I was saving money with- | out actually trying to do so. “My social contacts became different and far better. I banked about half my salary and in a year I had over a thou- sand dollars in a savings account. “Pinally a place was advertised in | the neighborhood I wanted. It was not | what I had planned for, but the location ' = 1004 V't. Ave. Chevy Chase Between Chevy Chase and Columbia Country Clubs 722, 72272277777 2 One of the most convemient locations in the city. = g e Entire _housc reconditioned throughout. EXCELLENT OPPORTUNITY FOR ROOM RENTAL. EASY TERMS. BUILT BY DUNIGAN...BUILT RIGHT A NEW GROUP . .. AND THREE ALREADY SOLD Open Daily to 9 P.M. NAT'L MORT. & INV. CORP: Nat. 5833 2 A home of unusual charm in an unsurpassed setting. Center hall plan. Grounds have frontage of over 200 feet. Magnificent oak trees—beauti- ful shrubbery. 101 Virgilia St., Cor. Meadow Lane Unquestionably one of the finest residential properties in Chevy Chase. Taken in trade, this property is offered at a greatly reduced price. Masonry construction, with tile roof: thor oughly modern and in new-house condition. Un- e oors 2115 bathsalao et door lavatory. Maid's room and bath. Large sun room. Full size screened side porch. Both coal and gas furnace. Frigidaire, 2-car built-in garage. Don't fail 2317 Bancroft Place Kalorama HIS location is envi- roned by homes of social distinction. The house is a peaceful abode, remote from hustle and turmoil. Plans Filed for Flat. Plans for the construction of® one two-story brick and tile flat at 751 ‘Thirteenth street southeast, for Emma L. Scheuck by O. T. & W. A. Carr, builders, have been filed with the Dis- trict government. The cost is estimated 8t $7,000. This is a marvelous value. to look it over. See these beautiful homes. Have a chat with some of the folks who have bought over 2,000 Dunigan Homes. Ask them what they think of their investment . . . and ask your banker’s 98950 TERMS IF YOU WANT THEM! OPEN ALL DAY SUNDAY Edw. H. Jones & Co.. Inc. 5520 Conn. Ave. Cley. 230(). S e TS T AT ST o A Ao oo fo g e g fe i i ol v st |8+ TONE MANOR™ 7 ROOMS 1717 Poplar Lane It is not a large house. Tt 4 BED ROOMS IN ROCK CREEK PARK ESTATE is English basement L il type; featuring four bed- rooms and two baths, library, solarium, back stairs, Bryant Gas Heat- er and built-in garage. Ample servants’ quar- ters consisting of living room, two bed rooms and bath. SEE 5433 AVENUE N.W. Exhibir Home Spring Is Just Ahead! See Our New Homes!! Beautiful Location! Facing 160-Ft. Boulevard Where Within is a home of charm and utility. The beauty and arrangement of-the interior fully jus- tifies your inspection. Never Such Features at Such a Price Six large rooms, detached garage, cedar-lined closets, oak floors, hardwood trim, Colonial brass fix- tures, large, airy cellar, fully screened. Double laun- dry tray and servant’s toilet, screened breakfast and sleeping porch and coat closet with full-length mirror. Wrought-iton rails on stairs, new type radiators (nar- rower to save space). Colored tile bath room with shower; toilet and lavatory adjoining the master bed room. A dinette . .. off the kitchen. Newest artistic fixtures. Complete bath with shower and lavatory off master bed room. OCan be arranged for two families, if desired. Large ches, bullt-in garage. Nice nl-;\s, rustic stone retaining wal Sample Open tc 9 P.M. Daily 1806 C St. N.E. Near all conveniences and just & few minutes from downtown section This Colonial home of stone, situated on a beau- tiful wooded lot and in the highest class residential section of Washington, D. C., surrounded by expensive houses is offered for sale at a very reasonable price Extra Large KITCHEN Equipped with Electrolux, latest type gas range, one-piece porcelain sink, built-in cabi- nets, inlaid lino« leum and Sanitas wall covering. It contains 12 rooms, 3 baths, lavatory on first floor, 2-car built-in garage, beautiful recreation room in basement with open fireplace, back stairs, servants quarters, gas-burning furnace. You who are looking for the best in home con- struction and environment will find it here in “Stone Manor.” Open for inspection Sunday until 9 pm, week days 2 P.M. to 9 P.M. DIRECTIONS: Drive north on 16th Street to Kal- mia Street, west on Kalmia Street 1%, blocks to Orchid Street, north on Orchid Street 1 block to Poplar Lane. It will be to your advan- tage to see these homes be- fore buying elsewhere. PRICED LOWER THAN YOU WOULD EXPECT Terms to Suit Your Budget! GRUVER & MARSHALL, Builders Waple & James, Inc. 1226 14th St. N.W. NOrth 0962 Ww. €. and 4. 9. Miller REALTORS 1119 Seventecnth Decatur 0610 D. ]J. Dunigan, Inc. National 1265 Tower Bldg. 14th & K Tower Building