The Birmingham age-herald., 1924-07-13
SUBURBAN LOTS SHOW ACTIVITY
 UNPRECEDENTED
Own Your Own Home Movement Sweeping
 City, Says Starke

Recent real estate developments in subdivision districts have far exceed ed any suburban activity known in Bir- mingham during the past ten years, judging by the number of real estate companies engaged in improving and selling lots in these new subdivisions, was the opinion expressed Saturday by Sam c. Starke. secretary of the Bir- mingham Real Estate Board.
 The town your home" movement and the many arguments for home owner ship as a means of securing content ment and good citizenship are what Mir. Starke considers as factors in bring ing this about. Among the many de- velopments of this kind the secretary mentioned the following New additions to Forest Hills, developed by the Blr- mingham Realty company: College Highlands, developed by Butler-Gar- rett; Crestline Heights, developed by Ben Cheeseman Jemison x Co.'s Bush Hills; McDavid Real Estate company's University Heights; new additions to Milner Heights by the Miner Land company The Brentwood and Brook Meade property in the hands of the Montgomery Real Estate company 1; Belview Heights, developed by the Nel- son Real Estate company, and the Druid Hills, improved by the Sudduth Realty company.
 Spread In Price
 From the lowest priced lot to the highest priced lot there is a spread in price, which enables every buyer to se- feet lot according to his own in dividual tastes" said the secretary, in his discussion of the developments Many of the subdivisions placed on the market a few years ago are largely built-up, and there remains only few lots applicable to building purposes. Combined with these more settled sec tions and the newer sections Blrmlng- ham offers at this time large assort- ment of property for building that was unavailable few years ago"
 In connection with the new develop ments the secretary gave an argument for home-ownershlp.
 ''The importance of home-ownershlp in encouraging thrift, contentment and good citizenship was when the govern ment gave its support to the movement. The nation was advertised nationally to make America land of home owners. Thrift, self-respect, influence Tn ones community, love for obligation to wife and children and patriotism have all contributed their appeals in this cam paign. One of the strongest appeals not fully y-stressed is the child.
 Psychology Of Child
 "The child with his first association of ideas is well recognized and the lm- portance of it can not be too empha- sized. We should remember the ap- peal of our own homes and the sur rounding country and the recollectlons that they bring to us. The child that can be brought up in home IS lof- tunate. no matter how modest the home may be A home owned by parents becomes indelibly impressed upon the mind of the child when dozens of apart ments and rented houses become vague. Such memories will help a child later in life and aid as an anchor in the ln- -ey1able storms of life.
 Can a half-dozen or so rented houses ar apartments, tentanted for brief periods during his childhood, ever prove a moral strength in the life of man who was denied as child the prlvl- lege of living in a home owned by ms father and his mother and of making lifelong neighborhood friends. The en- iovment of a single environment that could be called to mind later in life with it's moral strength is worth own ing a home for the chiid.
 The above arguments for the owner shin of homes were used in an article written for western family and are exemplary of the many requests re ceived in the office of the Birmingham Real Estate Board upon similar sub- iects," said MT. Starke.
 ITO include with these arguments for home ownership the members of the real estate board have number of lots and homes ready for prospective home 2 owners, in the new subdivision prop 1. erty," said Mir Starke.