Evening Star Newspaper, November 30, 1935, Page 23

REAL ESTATE. REALTY BOARD GROUPS NAMED Standing and Special Com- mittees Will Serve for Year. Personnel of the standing and spe- ., ¥ial committees of the Washington Real Estate Board for the present fiscal year was announced at & re- cent meeting of the board of direc- tors, according to F. Eliot Middleton, president of the realtor organization. The following committees have been Bppointed: Brokers—L. T. Gravatte, chairman; John F. Maury, Claud Liv- ingston, J. Lee Donnelly, Frank S. Phillips and Thos. E. Hampton. Busi- Jess Property Leasing—Earl M. Mack- intosh, chairman; H. Cifford Bangs, Carl G. Rosinski, R. Marbury Stamp #nd Frank L. Thomas. Home Build- G:‘»—L. T. Breuninger, chairman; O. , Carr, A. N, Miller, Harry K. Boss, ‘Walter L. Funderburk, Waverly Tay- jor, M. W. Waple and Edward R. Carr. Mortgage Finance — G. C. Bowie, Frank Bell, William L. King, George 1. Borger and Martin R. West, Property Management Committee— B. H. McCeney, chairman; Charles F. McGuire, G. Edward Altemus, James McD. Shea, R. A. Humphries, F. W. Stoever and Edward H. Brent. Arbi- tration—James P. Schick, chairman: John F. Maury, John T. Meany, Claud | Livingston and George R. Linkins; alternates, L. F. Colbert, Ben T. Web- ster, Milburn J. Donohoe. Membership—C. A. Metzler, chair- gman; Frank M. Doyle, vice chairman; | | Upton street, It has been complete THE EVENING STAR, WASHINGTON, D. €, SATURDAY,” NOVEMBER 30, 1935. ° ly furnished by Mayer & Co, week of exhibition under sponsorship of The Star, A. D. Crumbaugh, R. Marbury Stamp, Frank J. Luchs, De Vere R. Weedon, J. McKenney Berry, J. Garrett Beit- sell, R. G. Koenig and Edward K. Jones. Program — Fred A. Smith, chairman; G. Edward Altemus, Karl E. Jarrell, John Saul, Ben T. Web- ster and J. C. Weedon, jr. Public Af- fairs—Owen Howenstein, chairman; Charles C. Koones, Milburn J. Dono- hoe, Lloyd R. Turner, B. J. Canby, Thomas Sandoz and Thomas D. Lewis. Reception—Harold E. Doyle, chairman; W. C. Miller, John F. Maury, A. C. Houghton, H. Clifford Bangs and John L. Weaver. Zoning— | Charles H. Tompkins, chairman; Q. L. Comer and Clarence Dodge. BY LAWRENCE CROLIUS. The colored or wood grained ma- terial which you see in almost uni- versal use on restaurant or drug. store counter or table tops is now available for numerous applications in the home. The material itself is very interest- | Home Modernization Wood Grained Material Is Now Available for Application in Home. ‘platcs are also being used and may be obtained already made up and easily | | screwed into place. | Window stools made of this ma- | terial are very durable, are eas cleaned, and will almost entirel eliminate refinishing expense. want to renovize some old doors an |and Managers will If you | GROUP PLANS PARTY | FOR THIS WEEK END | 85 Business Men and Federal Employes of City to Meet at Frederick. Thirty-five young business men and Federal employes in Washington will hold s house party this week end at the Francis Scott Key Hotel in Fred- erick® Md., under the auspices of the Oxford group. Their theme will be “How to Obtain Stability, Unity and Direction for Our Country in the Pres- ent Situation.” John Upshur Smith of the Securi- ties and Exchange Commission and his brother, Rachard Upshur Smith, who is associated with the Federal Trade Commission, announce the first meeting will be held at 4:30 today. Bessions will continue until Sunday ®vening and the men will attend the Jmorning service at the Methodist ‘Church in Frederick. Among members of the interna- fional team of the Oxford group who will be present to help lead the meet- Sngs are Dr. Bremer Hofmeyr, Rhodes wcholar from South Africa, who has | gecently returned from Switzerland; Richard Haddon, a graduate of Rut- gers College and Princeton Theologi- 'val Seminary, who attended the inter- mational meetings in Oxford last July, and Randolph Haslund of Oslo, Nor- way, who has been spreading the ing as it is an outgrowth of the ma- | make them the modern flush type y terial that radio enthusiasts used, for | can have a couple of sheets of the radio set panels, and was originally | composition cemented in place, there- invented for use as a substitute for | by providing a smooth, highly color- mica insulation. With the trend |ful surface. away from home-built radios and a| If you so desire you can have a general change in set design, the! favorite photograph inlaid in the various manufacturers were forced to | sheet and built right into your turn to other fields to apply their house. products. They found a ready mar-| For further information regarding ket in the decorative surface business | the products mentioned write the as there had been a definite need for ‘Hnme Modernization Editor, The Eve- | a covering which would be impervious | ning Stam | to chemicals as well as intense heaL‘ | These laminated bakelite materials are made of numerous layers of resin impregnated sheets of paper or cloth pressed together at great pressure and high temperature, the resulting composition having a hard, smooth surface which is not affected by al- | been furnished, with exception of one cohol or burning cigarettes. | room, with pieces of classical design. As any design which is present on | The exception is one of the three bed the top layer of paper will be main- | rooms which is decorated in modern tained even after the pressing process | fashions. Draperies and curtains is completed, it is a simple matter to | throughout the home were supplied | reproduce wood grains that will rival | by the Wesley Heights shops. | the original forest product. It is also| The Silver Star Homes Committee possible to press designs of aluminum | indorsed the Upton street house or other colored materials into the | unanimously. This committee is com- surface of the substance, thus open- |Posed of housing experts and the ing an unlimited field of decoration, | members carefully examine all struc- o Silver Star Home (Continued From First Page.) There is a wide range of colors | available, and the surface may attained in either a satin or highly polished finish. It may be applied in sheet form to almost any flat surface by using a special cement supplied by | tures entered in the competition for | the Silver Star Award. James S. | Taylor of the Federal Housing Ad- | ministration is chairman of the committee. Other members include: F. Eliot Middleton, president of the Washington Real Estate Board; Irwin the manufacturer, or obtained already Porter, architect, and immediate past ‘g“?f»“l:flg to either a plywood or metal | pragigent of the Washington Chapter acking. message of the Oxford group in the university in his home city. William Bucholz, jr.. of the Vir- ginia Theological Seminary in Alex- andria and Paige Worthington are assisting in the arrangements. [ = i | JOHN E. JACOBS DIES ' IN BALTIMORE AT 53 John E. Jacobs, 53, manager of the Washington and Baltimore branches of the National Radiator Corp., died gesterday at his home, in Sudbrook Park, Pikesville, Baltimore. For about 10 years, from 1914 to 1924, Mr. Jacobs was manager of the radiator corporation’s office here, at 800 W street northeast. He had man- eaged the Washington and Baltimore ©ffices for the past year and a half. Funeral services will be held Mon- @ay morning in Baltimore ARTISTIC ENGLISH NORMANDIE HOMES Exhibit Home 1329 Rittenhouse St. N. W. terial are particularly attractive, as various color schemes can be used, fish and marine vegetation designs worked out on the surface as well as many other designs in the modern manner. Combined with these deco- rative possibilities are the advantages of being easily cleaned and completely waterproof. In the kitchen the home mod- ernizer will find the material ideal for wainscoating and kitchen cabinet tops. | Pantry and sink shelves may be cov- ered with the sheet material, or the | built-up product used to replace your present fixtures. Some of the most modern houses lite basing and mop-boards. The material is resistant to alkalines in | cleaning solutions and will give long | service without injury to the finish. | Kick plates on doors as well as push Furnished Draperies by ison, John F. Ligon Recognizing the fact that too many grou ome presentations follow a ‘“pattern” that has long characterized the practically standard design and features of this type of home, the builders of this group have 6 rooms, 2 baths, extra lava- Bath room walls made of this ma- | are now featuring laminated bake- | tects; John Nolen, jr., city planner of the National Capital Park and Plan- ning Commission, and Edwin H. Rosengarten, builder and member of the firm of Davis, Wick & Rosen- | garten. The home will be open to the public daily from 10 a.m. until 9 p.m. through December 15. It may be reached by driving out Massachusetts avenue past Nebraska avenue approximately five | blocks to Upton street, thence left two blocks to the home. Lt Japanese in India. Only 1416 Japanese now reside in This GAR WOOD Model R Boiler-Burner unit is the only one of its kind in de- sign and operating effi- cieney. It is automatie . . o care free ... and gives you the greatest oil heating of the American Institute of Archi-| Views of the Silver Star Home in Westerleigh. The attractive front of the dwelling is shown on the left, while the photo above is of the living room. W.C. & A. N. Miller built the home, which is located at 4849 Tomorrow the dwelling will enter the third ~—Star Staff Photos. £ BUILDING OWNERS | WILL GATHER HERE Program Committee Is Engaged in Mapping Two-Day Schedule. The 1936 sessions of the Middle At- ! lantic Conference of Building Owners be held at the Carlton Hotel on Monday and Tues- day, January 13 and 14, it was an- nounced today. The Program Committee is engaged | at present in mapping out a schedule for the two-day meeting. Some of the| topics on which the committee is working include: “An Owner's Mes- | sage to Managers,” “The Technique of Rental Salesmanship,” “The Social Security Act,” “Platoon Cleaning,” | “Light Consciousness. “Science of Closing a Lease,” “Income Produc-| tion,” “Supervision of Labor,” and “Air Conditioning From the Manager's | Standpoint.” Delegates to the conference take a trip to Mount Vernon Arlington on Sunday prior to the beginning of the sessions. The an- nual banquet will be held Monday night. James McD. Shea of Washing- ton, is president of the conference. will and Consumption Is Heavy. The consumption of cider and vine- gar in the United States has been es- timated by some manufacturers at approximately 60,000,000 gallons a year. It is also estimated that 16,- 000,000 bushels of cull and low-grade | apples are used in the manufacture | of this cider and vinegar. | A New All-Brick Cape Cod Home 14 McDonald Place Between Blair Rd. and N. H. Ave, 5 Large Rooms and Bath $7,750 Easy Terms Oven Daily and Sunday Ave. to new bridge: McDonald St. to turn Out N. H left at house. L. F. ROBERTSON Owner-Builder. 825 Tuckerman St. Ge. 4551 NO UNIT CAN BE AS ECONOMICAL R R, OWNERS SAY Silver Star Home Has Interior and Exterior Charm REAL ESTATE. PASTOR TO SPEAK ON ADVENT TOPIC| Dr. H. W. Snyder of St. Paul's Lutheran Has “Truth” as Subject. ‘The beginning of the advent season will be reflected in the sermon to be delivered at St. Paul's Lutheran Church tomorrow morning by the pas- tor, Dr. Henry W. Snyder, whose sub- ject will be “Truth.” In the evening the third in the series of special ser- mons for young people will be preached by him on “Dreams of Lead- ership.” ‘The annual meeting of the Sunday School Association will be held Mon- day, beginning with a dinner. The sewing circle meets Tuesday from 11 to 3. Dr. Snyder will speak Wednesday evening on “When Some Men Helped Christ Work a Miracle.” Following the service, the Ladies’ Aid Society will convene and the Men's Club will ®% B—7 " Kincer, chief of the Division of Cli- mate and Crop Weather of the Weather Bureau and who is also a trustee of St. Paul's Church. His topic will be “A Travel Talk Through Po- land and Russia,” and the address will be illustrated. WILL MARK FOUNDING The diocesan organization of the { Girls’ Friendly Society will observe its 50th anniversary tomorrow. A recep- | tion and tea will be held at the Na- | tional Center, 1533 New Hampshire | avenue, from 4 to 7 o'clock. At the head of the receiving line will be Mrs. Grace Berry, one of the first associates in the diocese and still | active as president of the Epiphany | Branch. The officers—Mrs. George E. Parie seau, president; Mrs. Alex S. Steuart, | first vice president; Mrs. John C. Boyd, second vice president; Miss Marjorie Zug, secretary, and Miss Annebel Tillet, treasurer—will be as« sisting Mrs. Berry in receiving the elect officers at its annual meeting. ‘The special feature of the week will be a lecture to be delivered by J. B. honorary and working associates of both the diocese and the branches and | all branch members. EW HOMES YOU'LL LIKE ... Use Individual Stoves. Pray for Peace. Nine out of ten farm homes 1nl Many churches in Australia ob- Maryland are still using individual | served a recent Sunday as a day of stoves for heating, although 23 per | special intercession of peace in Ethi- cent have furnaces in the cellar. | opia. \ 5300 Cash | Easy Monthly Payments 7 Rooms, 2 Baths Single Home Complete in itself but arranged for 2 families, Make your Home help pay for itself. 7 Rooms, Corner Unusual in Design Large Lot 9,250 One Left One Left 54112ndSt.N.W. | 5407 2nd St. N.W. Drive Out Kansas Avenue to Concord One Block East to Houses Open Daily and Sunday Until 9:30 P.M. Samuel W. Barrow 827 14th N.W, Na., 2227—Pot. 6323-] CORNER IN FASTEST GROWING SECTION OF NORTHEAST Terms Which Make Rent Ridicu- lous 1228 Orren St. N.E. Six large rooms, 2 rear porches, Colonial front porch; all in new-house condition. New electric refrigeration. CORNER IN CHOICE N.W. LOCATION WILL TRADE Corner Fifth & Quackenbos N.W. 6 grand rooms, 2 tile baths, one with Neo Angle tub and show= Lovely big living room with wood-burning fireplace . . . fine dining room . . . big delig! htful modern kitchen, with space for breakfast set , , . 3 bright master bed rooms and two superb baths . . . mirror doors . daylight recreation room, garage . Built Furnished Model Ho: By MAX SUGAR Furnishings by Hilda N. 5006 3rd St. N.W. . . numerous closets. An elaborate th big brick fireplace . . . built-in Realtor Tower Bldg. DIst. 3100 Out 5th delightful neighborhood. Miller 6316 8th St. N.W., 8 Rooms and Recreation Room $7,650 Suitable for two families, near car and bus lines, within walking distance of schools, stores and churches, Entire house in new condition. Open Daily and Sunday, 9 AM. to 9 P.M. HARRY WARDMAN, Inc. 1512 K ST. N.W. IN NEW 5 SOLD—-0 7,950 - $650 CASH DI. 3830 AMAZING VALUES HOMES NLY 3 LEFT ® 6 large rooms 2 tiled baths Spacious recreation rooms Gas heat Ultra-modern kitchen ® Built-in garage Exhibit Home, 5111 Third Street N.W. HEAT COSTS oeonoTJ. Before you buy | ELCLIERC Rl LESS THAN COAL| your present he«fin’ Wfl.':ltllupllh!hfi ui: Nm%‘“‘“‘”fimm 1328-30 New York Ave. A LOT OF HOME ot a LOW price made ble through MASS PRODUCTION and buying materials when costs were low. Homes are screened, weather-stripped, caulked and have furred walls. Finished like far more expensive homes. The wall paper is the finest money can buy. Every detail of refinement reflects the highest standards of structural excellence. High elevation. Close to trans- portation, schools, stores and churches. Built by Brown Bros. Open Today and incorporated many innovations in design Daily Until 9 P.M. and finish that are an a li $ceimsh that ppealing departure Artistic in design, beautifully finished, lux- uriously appointed, these are, indeed, de luxe homes . . . At the price, the soundest group-home values in a comparable location on today’s market. Drive out 13th St. to Rittenhouse St. and left to homes. er; 2 fireplaces, rece reation room, built- in garage, oil heat and dustless laundry. Full plastered attic. tory, 7recreation room, maid’s reom. Garage. Near 16th St, Rock Creek Park and Golf Course. Both houses open tonight until 9 and e Sunday 9 to 9. HEALTH HOM OPEN TODAY & DAILY Saturdays & Sundays, 11 A. M. to 9 P. M. Weekdays, 4 to 6 and 7 to 9 P. M. BRADLEY, BEALL & HOWARD, Inc. Ezclusive Agents Southern Bldg. 1.\ ince—Rear Estate—Loans NA. 0211 Drive out Kansas or Georgia Ave. to Gal- latin St., turn east to 3rd St.and how 1519 K Street DlIstrict 1018 4 District 6092 QEALTOR NAtional 6800 Investment Bldg.