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A nl ; ; i a A ~ x oo INSTALLATION BANQUET—Incoming president James W. Hurt and wife (left) shared a table with outgoing president Joseph H. Argus and wife at the gala Real Estate Board annual installation
Real Estate Board Fete
of the Marion Count
Today «Business
Store Sales
| complish something
The realtors all agreed, it was _|the biggest and best" installation
{of officers the Indianapolis Real to add to the cost o
do a topnotch job.
for figures slithered tainty, confusion, and the awful
humor kept the big crowd laughACCOUNTANTS are running ing all through the very informal
3 . : h he says, of numerous reports | . lo Th i h that truth about taxes. (up light bills. It is their heaviest Installation of the board's new fn the U. 8. Department of and therefore put a greater de- “North Kessler Manor Additions. ese are spacious homes a Last week, the wheels of buy- so,50n and their heaves ear, [0HBCEIS. Agriculture, the U. 8, Department Mand on the septic system. : TT ~— (come in 15 different floor plans ; ’ t year, | : g I ing took hold again, and sales" | New officers installed were of pealth, the Veterans Admini- Other Methods Work | and range from two to four bedbounced back 21.6 per cent over _Stiletto-sharp pencils are drip-\yames W. Hurt, president * Robert stration, the Federal Housing Ad- : ie : : . rooms in size, the previous week, and stood a Ping figures over scratch pads, E. Walker, vice president: Walt minietration, and codes now in pyre ocrs Argue hat 2 The Kayoed Apprentice— Fireplaces in All head-and-shoulder 36.2 per cent and waste baskets are filling and Veon, secretary, and Charles practice in “various metropolitan To er, more #ha ow inger : refilling with crumpled paper. - E. Brewer, treasurer. system trench requiring less Of frame and -brick construc
over the same week last year. » > |
s of the nation. This year they are figuring it| They replaced, respectively, Mr. areas o a
: fine. Internal Revenue depart- Argus, Arnold G. Davis, Joe Standards Are Minimum and would Offer a ‘greater ex- : 4 MILLIONS had worked out)... are touchy, sengitive over Goode and Lee Hargon. . The standards adopted here, Panse of absorbtion area. replaces, full ‘basements, autos | from under their Christmas bills tne fou] breath of scandal which! Mr. Hurt presented gifts to the Mr. Claffey said, are mostly mini- They: point out that some of matic oil heat, lots of roomy cabie : and were buying again. But has tainted the once-chaste air outgoing officers on behalf of the mum figures recommended in the lots cannot handle the min- net space in the kitchens and a
some still faced the uncertainty in a collector's office here and board. Mr. Argus received a power these studies. ‘of where to get the nioney for there, : tool kit,” Mr. Davis and Mr. Har-| The new code det ~ = »
| gon received camera equipment, size septic tank and 1 the income tax tally-up of Mar. 15. I TALKED with George S. Olive and Mr, Goode a sport coat.
“The Indianapolis Times
Septic Tank
Rules Needed, But 3 Not These, They Say Bgine
: ; SUNDA Y, FEBRUARY 10, 1952
the h8me builders and the County Planning Commission lover the county's new sfgndardization of septic tank install lations under the sanitary code, i
The code, which went into cm— . - ; effect last fall, 1s just begipning square feet of floor area of the to hit with stunning force.at the house,- This, in turn, is deterbuilders as they start their spring mined by zoning classifications construction. running from R-5 (500 square And the changes in the code feet) to R-1 (1500 square feet), are upping the costs of a septic The builders, argue that the jtank system almost 100 per cent, code ignores many important facthe builders yelp. tors in determining septic system But worse than that, it isn't size. .
inefficient | inadequate, most builders
: | “We aren't against definite mined by a percolation test; the ‘ : banquet Feb. 2 at the Athletic Club. {standards for septic tank gys- builders point out. ; 16 are open for inspection today. , : {tems—we need them to do the ‘Costs Too Much’ : 3
[job properly,” commented Clar[ence “Spats” Wacker, chairman {of the Building Codes Committee
. . Builders. would “cost too much.” y . A S " . ‘Must Accomplish Semething’ Spokesmen at the Indiana * wl To Public uccess | “But the standards have to ac- Board of Health commented that Fo a *
They will just force the builder flexible minimum standard with-
B 2 k Estate Board had ever seen, Mr. Wacker said. the 18 to be built . search of customer demands stand 4 | 0 $n George Roesinger, perhaps gn WY . . X : : ounce ac Held Feb. 2 at the. Athlatic county's biggest installer of septic The numper of bedrooms in the behind the homes in two growing y lub, the banquet marked the tank systems. said costs of new Proposed home is not ‘as impor- additions on the city's Northeast 4] By Harold Hartley 40h nual Jusianavion of hoard installations were considerably Mant in this case, a3 Ja any Side. F& 3 * : ’ A people “wi e using ese beq- wy ; : 8. ’ 3 of 463 persons, topping last year’s TERR. i R-3 classification. for ex- Fooms, one engineer pointed out. Movsan i MUA Ri i A , NEARY : : i top attendance of 385. Ee - kid : : Demands i the septic svstem : sons 7 » THERE'S BEEN SOAP owfhe tracks. And the SPINNING Chairman of the gala banquet ample, ae s2u, trie east used Rands on he Pls 5 Am dubon Gardens, 38th SE and Lae : : - : $390. But t w : : : y $ wheels were spraying sparks under the Streetcar Named and dance was genial Fred T. to De iS Row er ® NEW Classification) most likely will man Ave, and North Kessler Desire. ° Hill, whose committee helped him jr, ry W. Claffey, vice presi- Dot be as great as they are in Manor, Dellzell St. and Keystone
dent of the Marion County Plan-
For desire, cash registers showed, was not what it Was, Acting. as installation officer ning Commission-and chairman of ,07 -smaller lots (R-4 and R-5), ities. : a year ago. E ! was outgoing president Joe Ar- the Marion County Zoning Board the engineer indicated. } Today fey will haye 36 homes And the uphill pull to hoped- Fj 1 : |gus, whose “Herb Shrinerish” +. var ' en '" “Families in the low and mod-| - 4a ‘lopen for public inspection. An 8 in uncer-| Igures in the Night : fathered the new code: CONVENTIONAL BUNGALOW-—Homes come in models builders plan another 50 for con=
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scrap brewing in Marion County between
needs to be It should be hased on the humhe standards ber of bedrooms of the house, the he new code number of water-using appliances and it will include, and the absorptive
feel, quality of the ground as deter-)
AUDUBON GARDENS—There's variety in these home.—more thar |5 different floor plans—
Mr. Claffey argues that all ru “dae 16 Homes these things are included by the : wg gla el . Open Today
zone classification of the lots, ex-
¥. Residential cept soil absorption tests which
these don't. it was impractical to set up an in- i \ ] i | Forty years of construction exe
f his house,” out consideration of the charac- perience
and a continuing: ree i ter ofthe earth on which the home k
many Ben Davis area homes built Ave. are now thriving communi«
erate income brackets are still]
the largest in size,” he added,| of two, three and four bedrooms in the Audubon Garden and struction this summer.
gravel would be cheaper to build tion, all houses include attractive
a
i ‘No Shows’
imum footage of finger systems ermines the | 800 square feet, By the time ength of fin- they get. the séptic system in minimum there isn't room to. build the: house, they say.
one-car garage. | And they represent what the public likes in a home, builder
_ Kill Privilege
By DON TEVERBAUGH ‘Thompson says.
it. Companies are, too. They've Building with the unvarying got working capital sunk in in- yhythm of eternity’s clock. ventory and accounts due. Some| He said, “We've been working need -- money. They're hustling 5 40-day month. And we've had around to-see their bankers. to close our doors to new accounts What happened last week made yntil April.” ; retailers feel better. And they! But, knowing George, his mild began to wonder if the public manner, and thoughtful pipe puffhad worked: off the debt of {ts ing, and his reputation for never Korean buying spree and was jetting a friend down, I suspect
ger system by It is not only individuals who yp ,ee accounting firm ticks away | - are wrestling with where to get in the Chamber of Commerce Bauer Sees Defense i © * Housing as Prime Job
Defense and military housing are the primary task does the job,” Mr, for local home builders to meet during.1952, John Bauer, cluded. : president of the Marion County Residential . Builders,
| Mr. Claffey pooh-poohs this! Times Real Estate Editor “We have compiled a complete
{and says show me such a lot in! THE INDIANA REAL ESTATE COMMISSION this survey of more ‘than 75 homes
Marion County. _ ‘week put their foot into a hornets’ nest with the decision to Weve #o0ld since the war,” he said. We're all for what Mr, Claf- : : “It illustrates pretty clearly fey is attempting to do—provide Nd the issuance of temporary permits to real estate sales- what the folks want.”
, adequate septic systems—but we men. of ‘Stork Windows’ The decision resulted after more
don’t feel that the present code! { Wacker con- than 50 per cent of the applicants law does not provide for it,” Mr. | One result is “the stork wine
scheduled for last month's state! Allison said. [OWE he kitchen. Lvcatud : |examination failed to show up. “But too many brokers werelo :.. ic sink, conventiona N+
To many realtors the sudden taking advantage of it. About spidows were difficult for expectant
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declared this week.
In a statement of policy for!afrective. 1952, Mr. Bauer outlined the job
starting another round. a few will still find ways to drop . % 2 ‘their tax headaches into his loadBUT THEY KNEW the figures ed lap.
: n = = ahead, listing seven {important ROLS—Conthis time wers no longer puffed _._.. _o ywDIANA, the In. f8CIOTS: trols imposed upon our economy and flushed with the fever of war "po oe Bureau stands: y+ #5 should be kept to a minimum as
buying. ‘without blemish. It is fair and, One banker told me his ‘story. unlike some parts of the Sony, He had heard it at his own din- it doesn't act like a Gestapo. ; ‘ ner table. “My wife went down- This is a tribute to the kind of Of defense and military housing. sible. 3 town last year to buy white people who run it, top to bottom. In most instances thus far, criti- In the operation sheets. She had been used to the One of the worst things an In- 4 : 4 i January white goods sales. She ternal Revenue Bureau can do Beare have been far oversub- takes of World War me home disappointed.” is to threaten people. It makes SCT ed, ae that Tisarh i this year. the citizen hate his own govern-! This association has appointed through consultation The sheets were there But a lot ment. (an emergency working committee’ dustry. Where . the
of the .women weren't. They ~We don’t want that;
were still sleeping ' under the | . sheets they bought last year. Pillow, Under Power
22 I HAD A RIDE on a cloud jgencies and this organization, sulted. ON THE BIG broad scale it is pillow. ‘And it took off like a progress in eliminating obstacles “MATERIALS —In hard to find anyone who ought to sudden gust of March wind. know who will tell you that busi-| Virgil Jones threaded me . 5 genuity in conservat ness is unsteady. . through traffic. No one noticed] “ADEQUATE HOUSING—The terials, Instead they tell you it is as that the name of the car was fundamental importance of main-| spotted as a leopard. And the Pasted over with masking tape, taining an adequate housing sup- materials. little black spots are the little or that it was the new De Soto ply 1s now generally recognized. | business ‘islands which haven't Eight, with overhead valves. been able to fit into the web of A partner of O. M. Jones in defense production. » » » TEXTILES got out on a limb.
The hosiery trade rap down at the heel.
defense been utilized wage
and accelerating the
*.thousing program. Through close and eontrols
We will exert our utmost
onto a filling station apron, in-'and currently is at an annual rate can and fairly should vited me, to take over, 39 per cent below 1950. 'to him building.
5 = i | Moreover, ‘home builders have .“Weé must avoid the
the economy are the politicians. your little finger. 4 ” ” »
But they are more interested in = The motor hummed like a kit-|
just to get the money spread| I HAD HEARD Ray R. Fisher,
sionals with plump bay windows Goeke of Jones & Maley had In-1 0 oblem of maintaining an ade-
~~ hear the chant, “Truman Is. “The Human Side of Business” |
and beefsteak shaves are in- troduced me to the boys from and to produce better | terested in only one thing, their!Inland Motors, Joe Burris, Gates |" right to keep their hands in the Motors, and Tom O'Brien. But | till, and to say where the hand-!I had to drive to find out. | out money goes. | I used to live next to an artist
His job was to make the in
quate supply of mortgage money in a rapidly changing economy
must be Solved. POLICY
4 8 8 ernment agencies in an attempt public, the members of this assostrument panels for th Soto.|,. : | Public, Aber: 8 “ass ON THIS you can count, re- And he PL swore $ Des wo. to find a proper and reasonable ciation stand behind grettably, this year. Billions o : solution. Meanwhile, we recom-'they build. In increasing num-
8 t unappreciated rica. But it isn’t any more, not with e, Not since I drove one,
squirted like water over the weedy , car in
. lawn of the economy, to inflict further on the country the curse of borrowed buying power in abundance. That could mean higher prices, HOW Dry You Are more inflation. But it also means, IT'S GOING to be bad for the! .a false sense of prosperity, such girls next summer. CIA as is enjoyed by/ the company, ‘I mean the ones who daub, G ‘ bookkeeper who borrows a few themselves with tan-goo and lie! : ah Gove thousand from the till, hoping to in the sun for all to see: «70 Cu Toit oy : pay «it back, but he knows not F. Eugene Ackérman, presiden : when, . {of ‘the Wool Bureau, sent me a
defense area financing, and that! . s— Title 9 of the National Housing Continued on Page
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te gnieieple le Boho PEL OF OFION fleece, | THE “WHEN” with the hig aa : worry is not the pay-back .datel YOU CAN WEAR It into a
for prosperity’'s multi-billion dollar pool and come out dry, no need, breadline. Lu © vito He-in the ¥un. It's fluffy and Itis Nov. 4 soft but it doesn’t hold water, . For on that day, you will de- But it will hold nicely, what cide whether you “Like Ike,’ or bathing suits usually hold—your “Take Taft or “Stay with attention until Jou get an elbow © 8 Ber ; . (from the wife, ™ -. ih _. And, whe knows, if you tilt. ! your ear to the wind, you may
MERIDIAN HILLS—Thres bedrooms,
By
Hear Harold ‘ Hartley with | at 3p. m, today. :
ron \ . gel a he vg rele eT, ; fs Ss ; : i i: Wien Le seis ae hr at
by L. L. Banford of 4m
lAct be restudied to make it fully 5 ~ ~ “FEDERAL CONT
“DEFENSE HOUSING — The long as basic materials are . . primary talk of the home building critically short supply and should showing interést in the mortgage Bird Dogs in Clover industry in 1952 is the production be terminated as soon as pos-
cal defense area housing pro- upon home building, the mis- McKibbin said, “I had go signs that “the commissioners felt the some degree been avoided largely sources of mortgage money.” Icharged with the duty of aiding operation of the industuy has not conventional loans, he said. These Pack to thie old “bird dog princias in credit, price, ranging in length from 10 to 15 Pal" Where brokers paid a com-
co-opeyation between government and needless dislocations have re-
to the program has been achieved. builders have, through their. in- terms. Another lender expressed only licensed brokers and sales-
effected substantial unit savings in the use of critical
ingenuity to {Frequently overlooked, however, produce the maximum number of {is the fact that home building in homes within the limits of the the Jones Auto Co., he pulled 1951 was 26 per cent. below 1950 amount of critical materials which |
I NOTICED the swift getaway, [substantially reduced, by intelli-|10 years ago in disrupting the duties Hosfery mills sprang up every- With' 160 horsepower under the gent conservation, their per unit manufacture of materials and dis- firm's new West where. . Price competition * got hood, a-torque converter, and -it consumption of critical materials. sipating the pool of skilled labor Side branch of“TReree until hard-pressed manu- Was my first “experience with{Further reduction in housing available to our industry and to fice at 2614 W.
facturers were peddling the Power steering. |goals will cause dislocations and our material supply. Washington St. the Education Committee of the While expenditures for’ private Contractors Conference will be cheaper grades “like ham- I can describe it to you perfect- disruptions such as the American “We will continue to press for Mrs. Velma 'Indianapolis Real Estate Board, home ‘building dropped 20 per cent held at Purdue “University Feb, burgers.” ly. It's like steering your car public was forced to endure in revised local building codes and France is office {eriticized the order. from 1950, public housing during ,q and 19 in co-operation with the The government is loading the With the front wheels jacked up. the years immediately. after amended requirements by lenders manager. |" “The apprentice system is an 1951 jumped 74 per cent. This in- School of Civil En . 4 needle again. Today's doctors of And you can turn a corner with World War II, and government agencies in order’ Mr, Killin will . lessential part of the real estate| Crease was exceeded only by oe ; gineering an
to permit full use of alternate continue “MORTGAGE FINANCE—De- materials and cénservation prac- headquarters of-
siness. ten full of cream. There was no fense housing projects have been tices. fice at 622 BE. - t To give you an idea of how soclation of Home Builders. ballots than busine technical knowledge is no ho» sense or sound of effort. And it retarded and veterans of limited! “For the long-range benefit of 60th St. William Re enough alone. . public ‘housing is growing-—its| These include groups from Mare - : : was burning regular gas in a [income have been compelled to the home public, our Technical Curd is sales and Mr. Killin “The commission knows who dollar ‘volume in 1951 was equal lon County, Evansville, South DONT BE Surprised Nr high-cempressjon cylinder head. |orego or delay the. purchase of Department will continue its appraisal man- Ithe violators are in this matter to 40 per cent of the public school Bend, Ft. Wayne, Muncie and Chie a needed house through lack of y, 3 ager of the North Si . programs, more than 50 per cent cago. things the government is doing, | # = =» g work of encouraging manufacture a8 de office and should ask them to account PrOgBT pe “One of the top sessions of the
sufficient supply of mortgage fi- of new products, and the leaders|
' |nancing. of our industry will continue to/from rapid growth in that section fault of the system, merely the Sram and seven-eighths of the conference will be on septic tanks around where it can be. paid out DO Solos 1eSlonal ustager uy to, “AS a result, the pressure for cet and to I available to all{and the firm's desire to provide a! manner in which it is being Used.” | sewer and waterways expend- with commentary of Prof. Don - In yrages. i thin .ofess on-the-firedome power. And Paul direct government lending in pi 1jers the methods successfully Detter realty service for West Side po said. |itures. | Bloodgood,” sald E. G. Bickell, 5 The cigar-mou 8 Pre . {various forms has increased. The And right now it is easier to conference committee§ chairman,
being employed to reduce costs Feslgenta. 5
= 8a “HOME OWNER'S SERVICE As part of a progres-! “We urge the co-operation of sive industry which recognizes its representative lenders and gov- responsibility. to the American
mend that the authority of the pers, our individual members and Building, will feature ‘the Thurs- of real estate Federal National Mortgage Asso- local affiliated associations are is- day luncheon meeting of the Con- out one broker. (ciation be increased to provide &guing to their customers various sufficient secondary market for: forms of assurances of good qual-
a popsied den, two baths and an’ activities room feature ‘this rancho at 7475 N. Pennsylvania St. It was sold recently fo Barney Blickman for builder Jack f dmerican Estates. Eo: Es unit,
Me » | nstitutions % {announcement had all the stun- per cent of the people who failed mothers to open so the builders
Return in $ {ning force of a blow to the solar to show up for the state exami- Tiale] tatu: Windows Xiich I g 0 plexus—it left them bewildered, nation never worked a single sto ing. no reachin M { M k hanging on the ropes. day as a real estate salesman,” pag. No re 8 origage Market | | furious.
Another evolution is the ModeComments came in fast and he added. ernfold doors on the closets, Mr, : The program wasn't worth Institutional lenders are again
the trouble it was causing, the Thompson points out, which origie
: nally were rigid sliding doors. {Commissioners felt. The -butcher, The fireplace is a must for his
Robert Reel, executive secre- the baker, the candlestick maker, ', = according to the survey, all were selling real estate—or he nods. “Of all the people we DE endl ng to” Mr. Allison ,..ctioned only one woman said pointed. out. she did not intend to use the fire
: It was not the intention of the place, but she wouldn't be without Commission to prevent anyone it, she said.” :
from taking the state examina-| $15,000 to $17,500.
tion, but only those sincerely in-| feresing In : hecouing qualified Designs come in conventional salesmen and brokers are wanted, ;,,,.p types and traditional buns he explained. : galows and prices range as fole lows: Two bedrooms: from $15,000 The Loophole to $15,850; three bedrooms from It is still possible for a begin- $16,000 to $16,950, and a surprise package four-bedroom home for $17,750. All are approved for GI finane cing, Mr. Thompson said, Both additions have paved streets, curbs and sidewalks.
in
market, Frank B. McKibbin, local (broker, announced this week. of controls| “Within the last 10 days,” Mr, tary of the commission, explained
II have to Biven to me from four
large program of temporary permits had been grossly misused.
“It set the real estate business
with the inoffered
One was in the form of reco- quests for more applications for
—— inequities years. mission to anyone bringing in a Two requests came from dif- Prospect.” he explained. ferent type lending institutions It was'a way to get around the 1951 home Offering FHA loans on longer state law which specifies that
ion of ma- interest in applications from com- men may be paid a commission, per mercial and industrial borrowers. he added. ticeship, Mr. Allison was quick to
Sa The permit, under the system, ;,,int out. Killin Office permitted new salesmen appli-! By applying nine days before Appoints Two
Canis 10 Nerve a Six months ap: the scheduled examination the beprenticeship before being required to take the state exam ginner is permitted to gain experi-| . ’ ° ence as a salesman under a spon: Perry L. Killin, real estate be allocated broker, has appointed Harry Maple ard Hazel- Maple to handle] Critics assailed commis-
soring broker for ahout 70 days A Knockout Punch when the next regular examinathe mistakes of appraisals and the management sion’s section as a knockout blow for the to growing realty firms and to
tion is held. At that time he must take ‘the examination to qualify the apprentice system for training {new sales personnel. ;
for the profession. : B. W. Duck Jr, chairman of
ner to obtain a period of appren-
continue to
Residential Builders Plan : Purdue Meet
The fifth annual Residential
Public Housing Volume
Engineering Mechanics and Mide west chapters of the National Ase
spurts in atomic energy, military
od pusiness,” Mr. Duck said. Sales- ; {busine and industrial construction.
men must have actual experience
his
The West Side office resulted for their actions. It is not the of the military construction pro- |
The Killin organiza-| {jnder the program, sponsoring {tion has associates located toprol Je are Dh rae ne get into a home than it is a hos-| Reservations should be made ime
t |give representation to the firm in', tions of the applicants. pital. | mediately, he said.
all parts of the city. Fim of rh Unfair to Beginners o | iim at ‘Luncheon “The ruling is unfair to pro-; =
A film, “The Impact of Mobili- spective salesmen, taking away| zation on the Building Industry”|their opportunities to learn from] prepared by the Magazine of actual experience the know how selling,” pointed
homes.
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the homes
struction League at 1456 N. Dela-| It was similarly unfair to the ware St. Jack Austin of the sincere broker who hoped to erie magazine staff will be there to large his firm by building his sales present the film, |staff of qualified young men and! a) a ——————wOmen, others felt, | § : : : Suggestions of several realtors : (that the $5 fee asked for temA {porary salesmen permits.be in-|. i {creased to assure good faith of! +. !the sponsoring Brokers were log-! ‘ .lical, but not possible because the, * [state law establishes the fee gp I tment
Curb-Stoners Bounced
| Iputled Commissioner Bob Al-| {lison on the carpet and asked © him the big WHY of the decision. 8 “Every gosh-darned curbstoner in the state was taking advantage of the situation,” he
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JUDGE'S HOME—This attractive English brick ho said. ’ [E. 45th St. was sold recently to Federal William Berk |. “We started the program be-| by the Evans-Bromert Radihe Cay hit four. ec
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