Evening Star Newspaper, November 23, 1935, Page 23

REAL ESTATE. BUREAU 0 ADVISE ONHOME DISPLAYS National Realty Group to Aid Member Boards in Holding Shows. To aid member real estate boards who desire to put on home shows under a plan of national sponsorship and co-operation, details of which are now being worked out, the National Association of Real Estate Boards an- nounces establishment of a National Home Show Advisory Bureau. Forma- tion of the bureau was authorized by the Board of Directors at the asso- ciation’s annual convention at At- lantic City. Primary aid the bureau expects to give is in the problem of manage- ment, key of a good show. The bu- reau will be essentially a clearing house and medium for realtor board participation in a general plan con- templating co-operation of groups and sgencies concerned with home build- ing and home ownership on & national scale never before sttempted. One Object of Plan. The one object of the plan: To de- velop home expositions in such a way that they will offer the prospective home owner, as new building opens up, an effective way of finding what he wants to know and needs to know in planning a sound and satisfactory home project. The bureau will work closely with the Federal Housing Ad- ministration, which is preparing ex- tensive aid to the shows, and with the newly formed Manufacturers Housing Display Council, formed to make possible a national show plan. John A. Servas, Chicago, has been appointed director of the new bureau. Shows are to be under local aus- pices and are to be so planned as to insure co-operation of a wide number of local civic and business groups. The Federal Housing Administra- tion recently announced that the Baltimore show, to open January 4 under the auspices of the Real Estate Board of Baltimore, will be the first National Home Show under the new | plan, and that it is scheduled to be the most elaborate housing show ever held in the nation. Boards Actively Working. Real estate boards of principal ~ities over the country are actively Working toward shows expected to be held soon under this new general| 17 an. “Talking towers” and other exhibit devices which F. H. A is preparing to circult from city to city over the country, to make the new plan of home shows effective, were described &t the recent Annual Convention of the National Association of Real Estate Boards by Henry A. Guthrie, chief of the Exhibition Unit, Federal Housing Administration. Electrically operated, and presenting dioramas of actual homes, the towers will “talk,” in tones meant for visitors close around them, telling what is now available to the family planning an owned home, and particularly giving information as to home mortgage | insurance and home modernization credit under the national housing act. A feature of the Baltimore show: A complete five-room cottage to be built on the show floor under the direction of the Building Committee ef the Baltimore Real Estate Board. BATH ROOM REPAIRS LEAD IN INTEREST Kitchen and Exterior Painting Next in Popularity, Sur- vey Shows. Case studies of 450 requests from | all sections of the country for mod- | ernization information as a result of | = survey by a nationally circulated magazine shows an interesting tabu- lation of what form of repairs and improvements are uppermost in the | minds of that many householders. The breakdown of inquiries follows: Type of Percentage of Modernization. people interested. Bath room - 413| 43.1 24.8 323 31.8 39.1 429 316 314 25.5 27.5 222 40.0 255 f Cellar modernization General repairs Additions .. Yellow and Silver Good. A bright and attractive living room contains yellow pillows, curtains and sccessories against the velvety back- ground of walls painted a light silver grey. Mist green and turquoise blue are also introduced, while the accent note is the red violet of petunias. THE EVENING STAR, WASHINGTON, D. C, SATURDAY, NOVEMBER 23, 1935. New Home in Northeast Sold Mr. and Mrs. Julius H. Durand have purchased this residence, at 3910 Twenty-fourth street northeast, from Martin F. Landis, builder. The transaction was made through the office of Louls H. Hall. It contains six rooms and two baths. DELAY IN BUILDING LOW-COST UNITS HIT Prefabricated Houses’ Propagen- da Seen Ineffectual by Magazine. ‘The “prefabricators” have talked a | lot about low-cost houses WiLhD\.IC! having a single one produced as yet, American Builder deplores. Expressing its conviction of the| building industry’s ability “to produce! single family homes for the great| masses of the American public who| cannot afford to pay more than $20 & month,” the magazine wrote: “Tremendous harm has been done | the low-cost home field by the idiotic | publicity and unfounded claims of some of the recent comers in the field who claim to be prefabricated house builders, although none of them has been able to build and sell a successful low-cost house. | “The unfortunate part about much of this activity is that it has been aided and abetted by some of the biggest names in the equipment and | materials field.” A. S. GARDINER EXPANDS FORCE FOR HOME SALES| Three Glover Park Houses Al- ready Disposed of—Building Also in Virginia. In connection with the recent or- ganization of the Gardiner Construc- tion Co. to identify his building ac- tivities as apart from his real estate || business, A. S. Gardiner, with a back- | ground of over 30 years in the real || estate business in Washington, is|/ completing an organization to handie the sale of the new homes he is build- ing in Virginia and the District of | Columbia and to conduct a general || brokerage busines in all branches of | real estate. Horace Browning has been appointed sales manager. A group of five houses in Gloveri“ Park has been finished and three have already been sold. These houses || are distinguished by many important || features planned to make home own- ership more enjoyable. The Virginie activities located on || Nottingham drive, East Falls Church, have included the building of eight new homes, five of which have been sold. A new group will shortly be started. Stove Parts Boilers, Furnaces, Stoves Capitol Rock Wool Insulation Air-Conditioning Furnaces Fries, Beall & Sharp 734 10th St. NNW. Nat. 1964 4400 MONTGOMERY AVENUE BETHESDA, MARYLAND Completely furnished by Hutchison—Drapes by John Ligon Georgetown U. Regenis Rivals In Use of Carpe Rev. Edmund A. Walsh, S. J., regent of the Georgetown School of Foreign Service, and Rev. Francis E. Lucey, S. J, regent of the School of Law, are sometimes called the “rival car- penters of Georgetown.” Carpentry and all things pertaining thereto is 2 hobby with each of these studious men. Father Walsh will drop work to hobnob. with a real car- penter at his trade. When the Foreign Service School moved into the Healy Building a few years ago he was in his element. Hours at a time ke would spend watching the men at their work and sometimes trying out his own hand with a saw or plane. But friends say that Father Lucey goes his rival even one better. The Law School regent keeps a set of car- penter tools in the top drawer of his office desk. He is ready for any emer- gency. Recently Father Lucey was seen to enter his office in shirt sleeves and with hands that looked suspiclously | institute and was approved by the | as if he had been demonstrating what a good carpenter can do. He was 7] st —Star Staff Photo. nter’s Tools | warm but smiling. Something needed “fixing,” he explained, so he had just attended to it himself. With pride he opened the drawer of his desk and displayed a neatly ar- rayed set of tools. No, he i not thinking of firing the janitor. He just likes to help occasionally. REALTY STUDY PLANNED| Course to Draw From Experience Represented by Institute. A complete case-study course in real estate management, to be & four-week | course given next Summer, i now ! being planned by the Institute of Real | Estate Management of the National | Association of Real Estate Boards. | The course, as presented by a commit- | tee of which Henry T. 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As the production of the national home shows throughout the country continues to catch local interest in scores of communities, announcement was made by the Federal Housing Ad- ministration that a complete show will be opened to the public at America’s Exposition, at San Diego, Calif., when it reopens January 15, 1936. Announcement of the San Diego show marks the second definite an- | nouncement of a show opening, the | first to be opened at the 5th Regiment Armory, Baltimore, Md., January 4. The national home show movement is being sponsored by the National Manufacturers’ Housing Council, a re- cently organized group of national manufacturers of building products, | and will be produced in hundreds of | American towns in co-operation with local real estate boards, civic groups | and municipal governments. All shows will be financed locally. 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