The Morning News from Wilmington, Delaware • Page 24

WILMINGTON MORNING NEWS, REAL ESTATE SECTION, WILMINGTON, DELAWARE, SATURDAYOCTOBER 5, 1940 TWO Penny Hill. A representative Is on the grounds or in the office every day. Salisbury House in Edge Moor Terrace 4 HOMES BUILDING tion are already signed, and negotiations are under way to bring other businesses to the section. Establishment of this commercial section will be a stride toward the KITCHEN FLOORS Kitchen floors should be impervious to grease and easily cleaned, and they should be resilient. A curved base Is a sanitary base, because dirt sweeps easily out of the sides where wall meets floors and where cabinets meet V.tor with two- to four-inch recess.

Rubber tile, linoleums, cork tiles, composi WORK ON BUSINESS PROJECT STARTED IN DELAIRE REGION PLANNING STAIRWAY NEEDS SPECIAL CARE Special consideration should be given by planners of two-story Three New Roads Under Way Ground Broken at Edge Moor Terrace for First Building In Commercial Area tion tiles, and blocks are suggested. CLEANSING PAPER Soapsuds and a clean sponge are effective tools for successful cleansing of washable paper. The correct way to clean washable paper is to work from the celling to the floor, cleaning one section at a time. company's plan of building a self- i contained community on the 61 acres of rolling land which com-1 prise the tract. Plans are now being prepared for opening up of another new section of the tract.

This section will be composed of about 22 acres ad-Joining and to the south of. the section on which homes are now being built. To Build Near Brook The houses are now being constructed along the brow of a hill. Further down the slope, a stream runs down toward the river, and later units of the development will In Development; Business District to Be Started Four homes are now under con houses to the specifications for the angle of ascent of stairways. A properly designed stairway provides easy natural ascent to the second floor.

An interestingly designed stairway may well be the outstanding decorative feature of the interior. The portion of the stair on which one steps is called the "tread." The portion of the stair at the back which gives the "lift" is called the "riser." A low riser is desirable, but if too low or too relation to the width of the tread, ease struction in the Delaire development, which extends from the Philadelphia Pike to the Delaware A River a few minutes' drive from Wilmington. Fourteen homes are now occupied in this new development, according HOME OWNERS PREFER WYOMING VALLEY ANTHRACITE LESS ASH MORE HEAT PHILIPS-THOMPSON CO. 4th Se French Ph. 5275 be built along this brook.

Delaire commands an Imposing view, not only of the Delaware River, but of the beautiful surrounding hills. Its natural qualities will be enhanced when the landscaping and road-building program is completed, and the houses which are being built there are planned to fit well with the natural setting. The Delaire Corporation office is in a house along the Philadelphia and comfort in use of the stair are destroyed. Officials also suggest that home planners should not be too insistent upon hall space or extreme utilization of other areas as to restrict the architect in designing an attractive and comfortable stairway Military uses of flax are in making harness, belts, straps and parachute rigging. Ground haa been broken for the first building in the projected commercial area to be constructed to Edge Moor Terrace along the Governor Prints Boulevard, according to Joseph A.

Culhane, vice-president of the Wilmington Construction Company. Excavation for the foundation of an American gas station is already under way, Mr. Culhane announced, and next week ground will be broken for the Howard Johnson restaurant to be built there, and for several of the 11 one-story stores which are planned. Construction of the projected $100,000 theater and another group of stores is slated to begin in three or four weeks, Mr. Culhane declared.

Details Set Throughout the summer, officials of the Wilmington Construction Company have been busy arranging details of the $1,500,000 suburban business center which is planned for Edge Moor Terrace. to officials of the Delaire Corporation, builders and sales agents for the tract. In addition to the main road which runs into the tract, three new roads are now under construction, and are now nearly ready for the installation of sewers and pavements. Business Section The nucleus of a business section to be built by the Delaire Construction Company in the section of the tract lying along the Gov Pike a few hundred yards past ernor Printz Boulevard has already been established. C.

Leslie Sweeney, nmmwiiMi iimiiiiwih wiiumwii mnmi i 11 imimii mw i iIm iIMr i mi i I sales manager and selling agent, revealed today. i Several leases for stores and filling stations planned in this sec This is the Salisbury house, sample home in the new group of GO now nearly completed at Edge Moor Terrace. The home is typical of the attractive, low-cost units now being constructed by the Wilmington Construction Company in its development. New Home in Delaire INANCiNG HOME HIT AUGUST PEAK Federal Home Loan Bank Board Report Reveals Month Best of Year The center is planned to serve i the rapidly expanding residential area north and west of Wilmington, The district will border both sides of the boulevard from the underpass at Edge Moor Road to Haines Avenue, a distance of 3,300 feet. Plans for a theater which will seat 800 persons have already been drawn.

The building will be of concrete and steel, and modernistic in design. Measuring 160 by 80 feet, it will be three stories high. Restaurant Colonial The Howard Johnson restaurant will be centered on a plot measuring 375 feet on the highway by 200 feet deep. It will be of colonial style, rambling, with white board outside walls and contrasting shutters. Some leases for the shopping center are still pending, Mr.

Culhane revealed. Among the commercial projects planned there are a supermarket to occupy a block of three or four store units and a large five and ten cent store. 'It is also expected that when the center is completed it will house one drug store, under lease to a national chain: a beauty shop, barber shop, tailor shop, gift shop, two women's dress shops, delicatessen, small restaurant and cocktail grill, liquor store, stationery store, men's shop, bakery shop, seafood and fish, market, and hardware store. Houses Near Completion Another group of 60 houses is nearly completed in the Edge Moor Terrace housing project, and already more than a dozen families are living in houses of this unit. -A Heavy late summer home building and home buying made August the best home-financing month so far in 1940, economists of the Federal Home Loan Bank Board report.

There were 134.701 urban home mortgages amounting to $376,816,000 recorded in the nation during the month. This was three per cent above the figure for July and 17 per cent better than August last year. August exceeded May, previously the best month this year, by over $4,000,000. Every section of the country west of the Alleghanies and south of Pennsylvania shared in the increase over July, said the Board's division of research and statistics in its monthly survey. The East-Northeast segment disclosed a slight drop in recordings.

This was in contrast to the situation a month previous when the industrial East accounted for three-fourths of the monthly increase, over June, due chiefly to an upsurge in demands for housing facilities in national defense Industrial sections. gavings and loan associations as usual did one-third of the home financing In the nation in the month. The August distribution of mortgage recordings by all types of lenders follows: This stone and frame house in Delaire is atop a high hifl overlooking the Delaware River. Offered for sale by Delaire it contains six spacious rooms, tUe bath, and an attached garage. Delaire runs between the Philadelphia Pike and the Delaware River, a short distance north of Penny Hill.

When this group of 60 homes is completed. Edge Moor Terrace wUl SOUNDPROOFING CLOSETS The prospective home owner may achieve effective soundproofing between two bedrooms or between bedroom and bathroom by locating closets in the connecting walls. The double walls form good barriers to sound. SEMI-OPAQUE GLASS A translucent, semi-opaque glass is ideally suited for use where the home owner desires to admit light but obstruct the view. Many types of this glass, which diffuse the maximum amount of light but obscures vision, are obtainable.

OUTDOOR LIGHTING FIXTURES Modern and period outdoor lighting fixtures are obtainable now in many designs. These fixtures, because they usually occupy a position of prominence, should be selected to complement the architectural style of the house. be a community of 150 families. The road program for the section is also nearly This factor, and near-completion of the grading and terracing around the individual houses, gives the section a notice ably more complete appearance that it had as short a time as 30 days Number Amount Savings and loan associations ,706 Insuranoa 6,525 31,839,000 Banks and trust companies n.in 93.S3i.ooo Mutual savings 4.298 15, 903, 000 Individuals 30.858 Others 17,178 S6.394.0O0 ago. UTILIZE WASTE SPACE A careful check over the house will reveal if all available space Is EDGE NOOR TEMME We Pooled Our Savings, and with Uncle John's Help We Got the $590 That's all it takes the extremely low cash down payment to get such beautiful home in Edge Moor Terrace.

Between us, we already had $400.00, all we needed was $190.00. It wasn't hard to get Uncle John to give us that he thought it was a grand investment. And he's letting us pay him back at only $10.00 a month! We Knew $35.26 a Month Was Easy Why that's much less than we were paying in rent! There's a big difference between our former rent and what it costs us ($35.26 a month) to buy our own new home. Out of it Uncle John gets repaid and there's a tidy sum left over that we can save, or spend for new things for the house. What's More We've Got Something The grand part about it is that from now on we'll really have something to show for our money.

Monthly payments won't just be an expended item in our budget book they'll have bought us a home we love and enjoy a home we're proud to own. being utilized. Usually there is space going to waste in either the cellar or the attic. This space can easily be turned into a cozy den or guest room Totals 134.702 $37,81,000 In the first eight months of 1940, all types of lenders accounted for urban borne financing amounting to LINOLEUM CLIPS When linoleum is put down over old floors, brass clips at the edges around the baseboard and at doorways make a neat appearance and are serviceable as well. on the top floor or a playroom in the basement.

Insulating board wall-board, or. other partition materials, applied over the old walls, will redeem this "no man's land" at a very slight cost. The Best Safeguard Against Increased Rent Is Home Ownership The Best- Place To Own a Home Is And they keep on looking lovely because they're guaranteed washable and fast to light. I never would have guessed these lovely IMPERIAL papers could cost so little I You Can't Beat Edge Moor Terrace It's actually Wilmington's most attractive suburban community all carefully planned for neighborhood conformity. And so convenient just two miles from the center of town with bus, train or trolley facilities.

It's like being in the country, yet we have city mail, water, gas, electricity and sewers. And with the business section and all, we believe it just can't be beaten. SEE SaUdV HOUSE THIS sample house gives you an exact idea of the outstanding buys these $5990 hornet are. It's tastefully furnished throughout by H. Feinberg Furniture 806 King Street.

Come see it check the quality specifications. House have six light, airy rooms, tiled bath with shower, ample closet space, drained basement A New Community Designed For Gracious Living Op THRIFTY WALLS THAT NEVER LOOK IT! r-sr r.r.. rill I luitable tor game room, buut-in laundry tubs, garage with overhead doors. The low price of $5990 applies only to the 19 houses now planned or under construction and can be guaranteed for limited time only. Sharply rising material and labor costs may cause a rise in price at any time.

Don't miss this opportunity! Drive straight out Governor Printz Boulevard and turn left at main entrance. Largest FM.A. Development Home sites and plans for homes may be inspected at1 your convenience. Early selection is advised to assure early delivery and avoid rising building costs. DELAIRE CORPORATION C.

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