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The Fresno Bee from Fresno, California • 15

Publication:
The Fresno Beei
Location:
Fresno, California
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15
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THE IBSSNO BEE 8UXDAY MAT 23 1M7 3-B PRICES EVERY' DAY AT Modern Life Demand Hodirn Protection' Inionnce Provide It SALE Real Estate and Develo IHEPHERD KMiPP APPlflON llfl tttXT4TI INIURflHCErioAHtl uoi iwifpQioi ntm fium MIR PRICES wt stunt cut mm Fresno Home Used As FHA Example HOmiPRinT STORE UKOLECN SPECIALISTS -DORCRA1 lUMHUK OWHfVllNOW411fUOtMAil(TEIUM Sayers Will Handle Laces Handkerchiefs Baby Wear asvur" IZZ1 VAN NESS Cabin Faint gaL 984 Gen Utility Faint gal 8108 Pure Lin Oil Paint gaL 8225 Lead Zinc Titanium Lin Oil Faint gal 8280 First grade Kalsomlne lb 4 Furs Gum Turpentine 74 Fare Linseed Oil gaL '83 Roof OH (equal to Lin) GaL 75 Color Prince Metalio 8 Chrome Green 16 Fir Enant gaL 5189 8279 Inside Faint gaL 95 to 9270 Low Prices en Wall paper latest patterns 10 to 40 Sterling Towel Supply Concern Erects Building Construction work was started last week in the 1500 block on Street on a new one-story concrete building for the Sterling Towel Sup- ply Company which now occupies premises at 1519 Street i The building permit listing Irwin general contractor as the builder provides for a 39000 our-! lay Gillie la president ana Rogers secretary of tne the Sterling concern Seven New Homes Will Be Erected In Normal Acres Bank Of America Survey Reveals Activity Up 87 Per Cent MIONE HOME SQUARE (HrKinle in Fata) an STADIUM TRACT (North ml Stadlam an Biaekitau) OFTEN NOME BU1LDKU MANY ADVANTAGES LA MONE'CALL GENERAL CONTRACTOR Fain aaS McHlalcr Fhaa 1-tMI Window Shades RacaadltiaarSi Repaired WHEN YOU WANT A The formal opening of a new Fresno business establishment Sayers Linen Store la scheduled for tomorrow at 1234 Fulton Street in the Relge Building where an extensive modernization program was completed recently Sayers Is owned by three brothers Gabriel Seyegh John Seyegh and Georgo Seyegh who in the paet two years have established aimllar retail stores in Huntington Park Santa Ana Santa Monica and San Bernardino The latter will be in personal chargs of ths new Fresno store and will employ a staff of experienced salespeople Ths store will handle linens laces handkerchiefs and baby wear Including both domestio and Imported products Leasing negotiations for the Beige Building location were handled through Levy Brothers realty brokers New JONES SON 14 Frana Fh 1-4521 FACTORY-FRESH PAINTS Every can plainly dated at our San Franclaco Factory and old direct to you at savings 35 up! This photograph and floor plan of a recently constructed home in Fresno is tha featured Illustration in the current lasus of literature distributed throughout the country by the Washington headquarters of the Federal Housing Administration It is classed in the more than 35000 price range and is designed so that attic space can be added later if desired The large kitchen and commodious pantry are features IflLUM ON ADOBE HOUSES Two new homes are tinder construction and five others will be started soon for Colhouer realty dealer In a tract bounded by College Fedora Dayton and Diet Mar Avenues in the Normal Acres division The subdivision Is located in the northern part of the city east of the Fig Garden Terrace subdivision Colhouer said the seven new homes will be moderately priced and of latest architectural design Contest Is Announced For Home Building Interests Contractors architects realty brokers and other building Industry interests have been invited to enter a home design contest sponsored by the Structural Clay Products Institute which is seekinr new ideas for use of brick and tile in home construction One-story one and one-half-etory and two-story buildings are eligible with houses limited to 24A)0 cubic feet The Institute has headquarters In Washington MILL-END PAINT ROCK WOOL HOME INSULATION FREE ESTIMATES ELLIOTT MFG CO A heavy bodied paint for outside use Ona color only Just ths paint for your old buildings In five- arrM gallon lota Per Gallon slor only Jui 75 1735 Ventura Ph 3-7830 Figure showing that building activity in thirty-two California cities including Fresno and Bakersfield reached a new high peak in April and that general business was well shove the corresponding month in 1936 were announced yesterday by the Bank oft America The report compiled after an intensive survey shows building permits values in tha eeverel cities increased 87 per cent over the preceding month and were per cent above the post-depression peek of October 1938 Farm Price Gain Laat month' Index of prlcea received by California farmera for twenty-four principal product registered 138 per cent of Its 1910-1915 average tha highest April level since 1930 but 5 per cent below the mark for February of this year Employment and payrolls in California manufacturing industries for April' rose 94 per cent and 71 per cent respectively above March figures scoring the fourth consecutive monthly gain over 1938 levels Department store sales and bank debits laet month slipped 84 per cent and 41 per cent respectively below March levels Comparison of tha first four months of 1937 with the corresponding period In UMo however showed gains of 11 and 148 per cent respectively Pullman-Type Beds Are Feature Of Small Home An unusual modernization program has been completed In the small home of Mr and Mrs Phelan at 1105 Dlviaadero Street a novel feature of the arrangement being installation of built-in Pullman beds The two three-quarter beds with portable ladder for reaching the upper are in a large recessed compartment added to the one-story structure end at the head of each Is a two-foot-square window opening onto Divlsadero Street Other changes in the living room Include the addition of a double-window effect at the front Space formerly used for large closets baa been remodeled Into a kitchenette and bath and other space utilized for closets opening off the combination living room and bedroom and the dining room Phelan is president of the Fresno Apartment House Owners PROMPTLY WITHOUT DELAY One thing you are euro of when you apply here for a loan to buy build modernize or repair your homo or to refinance a present mortgage -la prompt service Our entire organization Is keyed to render exclusively to homo owners and savers and Investors Consequently we are able to execute your wishes with dispatch Use Budget Payment Plan Convenient monthly payments are arranged to suit your budget With a long term to repay you progress steadily toward complete -repayment of your loan with-outmortgagerenewal worries high costs and uncertainty Pare Boiled Linseed Oil gallon taasaaaeoeea 92 Pure Turpentine gallon 72 Paint Thinner gallon 20 (Your container) Expert a dr lea on all palnllne problrma Your Rent Money Will Buy a Home Let us explain how easily you can build your own home with a FEDERAL HOUSING LOAN Quick Service Low Interest Ask for free FHA Booklet FHA LOANS Complete Bldg Materials NINE LUMBER CO rhone Sunnyeide WASHABLE WALLGOTE Tha whole town It talklns about Itl Covert old kalaomlna and wallpaper with ona coat color corf on request Gallon i ST 2S Quart 70(1 FRESNj $225 OR UILDING-LOAN ASSOCIATION 915 Van Ness Ave Phone 5-3281 DOORS-SCREENS Up-to-Date Kitchen Cabinet Work WHOLESALE RETAIL RAMAGE PLANING MILL Xm Vmu as rh I-7C4 INVESTMENTS SUBDIVISIONS LOWEST PRICES IV TOWN ON WINDOW SHADES KUNST BROS Palnta Wallpaper Window Shade 1311 Van Ness Phone 3-1333 1933 Mariposa Sb Phone 3-3194 Building Permits veBi NEW 2040 Fresno St Phone 3-2274 alee Service ft mm Etimate' 1250 VAN NESS wc? FH 2-1592 Suimnond ins Thorn Avtnuf sa-raze 1120 John Hlafsa I44S North Calaveraa Street dwtUlnc 14000 Tarlor Wheeler 330 lllchlsan A ramie dwelling 14500 Irwin iota 8 tract laundry 10000 FRESNO TITLE GUARANTY CO RALPH 8 BISSETT Pres BYAN Vice-Free SAYLE8 Secy Cryetal Palace Market 1410 North Ton Ness Avenue elan 1141 Brooks 1041 China Ally dweUins Sit Mrs Clark 040 Street dwelllne 130 Levy Brother! 1400 Kern Street (tore 1304 Allen Mar 045 Street store (ISO A Maranian 1110 A Street dweUins 1100 BuelL 1011 Hazelwood Boulevard dvlllnvi $350 Chappin 1103 Balch Avenue dwell-In 0100 Oeoree Raymond 1132 Washlnston Avenue dweUins 0100 EDWARD ARCHITECT CHAS BUTNER Associate Architect Now Located In MATTEI BLDG rhone 2-0810 DO YOU WANT Continuous Hot Water? Then buy the beet A Day Night AUTOMATIC Water Heater Cut your gee bills one-third with the patented eat Trap" Investigate the greater Day St Night today iumhadoftd Two Hexlcan adobe type houses the first of their kind in the new Fig Garden Terrace subdivision north of Fresno and two Spanish type dwellings will be started this week on Van Ness Boulevard fa A Manning head of the subdi vision concern The former two houses are patterned after some adobe homes Manning constructed in Texas and Old Mexico several years ago They will have entrance halls with entrance gained from a veranda overlooking the patios and room sizes will be S-by-8-by-18 feet to conform with old style adobe dwellings Rustic features will prevail In the four homes and they also will embody building Ideas obtained by Manning in Italy and Spain hut floors plumbing wiring and heating details will be of latest design The Mexican adobe houses will du-plicate the Mexican styles and the Spanish dwellings will have plastered inside walla and circle archways Mexican fireplaces also will be installed Air Conditioning Equipment Sales Show Big Increase Surveys completed throughout the United States in the past week by the Chicago headquarters of ths Air Conditioning Manufacturers Association reveal the installed value of 'equipment sold to date this year by association members I la from 150 to 200 per cent greater than for the same period In 1938 A report prepared by William Henderson the association executive vice president says the record pace will he maintained for the next several months The nationwide percentage gain over 1930 is exceeded by the Fresno Increase due to air conditioning system projects recently completed or underway in several larger buildings Conservative estimates place the aggregate cost of these projects on Fresno buildings in the past year at mors than 3500000 Craford Will Purchase Meat Market Bale of the Dyson's Market meat department In the Sunset Driv-In Market at 2924 Tulare Street la scheduled for Thursday at the offices of the Bay-Valley Land Company 1209 Broadway In a deal to be negotiated between A Dyson and Craford A notice of sale has been filed with the county office Fresno Concerns Bid On Lost Hills School Three Fresno concerns Trewltt-Shlelds A Fisher Oche and the Harris Construction Company are among bidders for ths general construction contract for a new reinforced concrete school building at Lost Hills Kern County The structure will have four classrooms and an auditorium Bids will close May 28th at 7:80 Tha building -to be erected at an estimated cost of 363000 will Tave tile roof BAPTISTS CHOOSE LEADERS PHILADELPHIA May The National Council of Northern Baptist Men elected Romain Hassrick of Philadelphia Its chairman today at tha Northern Baptist Convention The council la represented by organizations Jn thirty-six states ALTERATIONS AND REPAIRS a Noland IMS Madlaon Avenue dweUins 014 Weit nemo Drue Company and Kern Street also 1140 Roeeoe Thomaa 1130 Freene Street iboe shine (tend I3S Leonard Quest 1010 North Prult Ara-nue dwclllna 1100 Hike Manfredo 1043 Preano St net barber ihop 4304 Uncle Tom' Cabin 3013 Bast Tulara Street Sian 1334 Andrew TonocaL 13 XI dors do fltreoL shed SI00 Aaeoclated Oil Company rreano Street and Belmont Avenue eervlee elation $093 John Bair 3341 Roe Avenue dweUins 124 Mari Nflaon 413 Blackiton Avenue dwelling 1100 White 1440 Broadway dweUins 4300 Boyojian 1103 Blacluton Avenue (ton 4300 Henry 3300 Neruda Avenue dwell- BV $50 537 frn JJSSTr" s5rUtOW- hwr Ths rrsinllsl Iwwmaes Ce 2(D) Year Loans 5V2 Interest 3688 per $1000 monthly pays principal and interest Unlimited pre-payment privileges Interior Investment Cor 015 Brlx Bldg Phone 8-8310 NORMAL VIEW OFFERS HOME OWNERS MANY ADVANTAGES SEE US FOR COMPLETE DETAILS Builders-Contractori TRACT OFFICE: Princeton and Van Xess Phono 2-3635 Inland Light Co AND GIFT SHOPPE For Light Fixture! Housewiring Gifts 1412 FULTON STREET That the quality of the lumber and building materials that go into a home determine whether the finished product will be just another home or a home that will withstand years and years of wear Make sure specify Valley Lumber Quality Building Materials! TALLEY LUMBER COMPANY AND MONO PLUMBERS 704 BLACKSTONE YOU WISH TO FINANCE THE BUILDING OF A NEW HOME DEIEMIEMDBIEK A FEDERAL HOUSING ACT MORTGAGE INSURED LOAN can be had through your BANK OF AMERICA UOlHIKUlHNICtlfl V' SECURITY-FIRST NATIONAL long experienced with a staff carefully trained sets promptly and accurately upon your loan application "follows through" protecting every point THERE'S NO SUBSTITUTE FOR COMPARISON A NEW HOME FINANCED THROUGH Ol'R FHA FACILITIES AT 4845 IN THE FIG GARDENS lEMMll Security-Fine National charges no "commission" to the hot rower keepi all fees and costs as low ai possible charges interest only from time money it actually paid Completeness Is the Keynote of Our Specialized Decorating Service Harmonizing interior! correct interiors mean more than just a tingle phase of decorating Floor Covering! Venetian Blinds Draperies all must have their piece in the composite picture This is where Chicago Furniture because we are id a position to suggest and supply the complete treatment so essential to your home 'Call 2-2197 for a Representative CHICAGO FURNITURE CO 1357 VAN NES3 CORNER TUOLUMNE Interior is as replete with charm as the exterior There is an exceptionally large living room and entrance lull dining room kitchen maid's room and two baths man-sized closets and patios that overlooks neighboring estates A two-car garage and a pine-paneled recreation room complete the home It is a residence truly worthy of the charm and beauty of this distinctive community of homes Come out to Fig Garden Terrace Judge -its character for yourself You will appreciate its seclusion accessibility and environment Compare the construction features of A Manning-built homes with those in other distinctive communities On the basis of point-for-point comparison we believe you will prefer to buy end live in Fig Garden Terrace LIBERAL TERMS! No matter what you buy there is only one safe sensible standard of evaluation Comparison! And that's especially true when buying a home a big too big to dismiss without painstaking consideration of every detail of construction of the character of the community and of tha reputation of the builder In the distinguished period dwellings in Fig Garden Terrace you will find a new high standard of construction For example electric fixtures are custom built there is General Electric Red Seal wiring and many other features The home illustrated is typical of the refreshing individuality and conscientious construction which you can expect of John A Manning a name identified with building operations for the last 37 years Its UPjElElO Appraisements ate made promptly acted upon immediately every stage of the transaction is handled accurately so Title II loam once approved are "put through" rapidly -askfirstat egurity First National Bank STAN FORTH SALES AGENT 3600 BLOCK VAN NESS BLVD TELEPHONE 2-8710 BANK of AMERICA IATIONAL TIUIT 6 SAVING! ASSOCIATION imam federal deposit insurance corporation FIG GARDEN TERRACE CORPORATION OWNERS AND DEVELOPERS Manta not sal aiitavi swim mimiei rteciAt dmoiii ihiuiahci comoiatio.

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