The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1929-04-11
SCHOOLS SEND
STUDENTS TO
REALTY SHOW
10000 at Home Exhibition
on Wednesday; Attend
ance Records Broken.

Teachers Of home economies find
the indianapolis Real Estate Boards
Home Show a boon. records reveal.
Entire classes from high schools
ut MartinSvllle. Shelbyville and No
blesville attended the show Wednes-
day and many economic teachers Of
the state are planning 70 bring their
classes to the show Saturday, J. T.
CantWell. show director, announced.
The students are given an oppor-
tunity 70 study the latest and most
modern labor-saving devices which
arc on exhibition
5000 at SHOW
Not only do they study the
practical demonstration but new
decorative principles as shown in
various house furnishing and
draperies.
The attendance figures we're
broken Wednesday when 1t was
learned that between fifteen and
sixteen thousand persons visited the
show. This. according TO Cantwell,
is a record for the entire eight
years during which shows were
given
Todays program will be especially
conferred on the building and I'M
provement Of old homes. Dan w.
lie Gore. realtor and vice-chairman
Of the Home Show committee, aided
BY a staff will give advice on the re-
modelling and beautifying Of old
houses. Landscaping problems Will
also be discussed.
Marmon Workers to Attend
More than $500 Marmon en-
p!oyes and their families will be the
guests Of the Marmon Motor Car
Company Friday night. The Mar
mon band will play during the
show
Special programs and features
have been arranged for Saturday,
the closing day Of the show.
Each twentieth woman entering
the show between 'the opening and
& p. m. Saturday viii be given a
prize.
All members OF the Pep-Un-
limited Club OF radio station
WFBM, who Will present their
membership cards to the club be-
TWEEN 1890 a. m. and p. m. Satur-
day will be admitted at one-halt
the admission charge.
Take Nation Pictures
Motion pictures of the Marion
county school pupils who won prizes
with model homes in the Real Estate
Boards contest will be taken at
1920 a. m.
Realtors OF the state were the
guests OF the Indianapolis board
Wednesday at the show and at the
regular luncheon-meeting of the
board which was held at the show.
Awards we're presented the win
nerS in the boards poster contest
to advertise the show. Those CIV
en- awards we're. George j. Mess,
first prize: George Dudley. second;
Gordon j. Mess, third, and Chester
F.. Peterson. fourth. H. E. Rugen-
stein. fifth place winner was unable
to attend the meeting.
Award Poster Prizes
Robert Allison, chairman Of the
model house committee. announced
the winners OF a special contest
among the pupils Of two grade
schools who entered models in the
miniature home contest.
Winners in the school No. con-
test we're: John Peak. 322 South
Noble street, first prize; John Bar
rett. 818 Greer street, second prize,
and Ada May Adams, 828 Harrison
street. third prize. The prizes we're
donated by Robert MacGregor and
we're IS. SO and 81.
A prize of 50 donated by Miss
stella Deeper, secretary in the In
dianapolis Office OF the Boy Scouts
for the best of the nine houses built
by pupils of School No. % was won
by Francis Van Brunt, 1877 west
Kansas street