The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1932-04-02
ANNUAL REALTY
SHOW TO OPEN
AT PLAYGROUND
Final Arrangements Rushed
for Home Complete Ex-
position Tonight.

Last-minute preparations were
being made today for opening OF
the eleventh annual realtors home
complete exposition at 7:30 tonight
in the Manufacturers building, state
Playground.
The exposition, considered the
most elaborate ever presented, is
expected to draw the largest at
tendance of any previous show, if
advance ticket sales are any indi-
cation, according to Dan w. LeGore
president Of the realty board.
Lawrence @. Holmes, realty board
executive secretary, reported today
more than 10000 tickets for the
show had been sold in advance.
Busy on Booths
Workmen were busy Friday night
in rushing to complete booths which
will house exhibits The exhibition
was arranged under the director
ship Of j. Frank Cantwell.
Among the official guests of the
exposition will be Lawrence T. Ste
venson, Pittsburgh, national real
tors president. Stevenson was &C
companied here by j. Roland Brady,
Pittsburgh board executive secre-
tary.
They were to be honored at a
realtors luncheon at the Wash
ington today, and again at dinner
to be held at the Playground be-
fore opening of the exposition.
To Dress for Occasion
Realtors will be dressed in formal
attire for the opening ceremony.
II was announced that Mayor
Reginald H. Sullivan, in formally
opening the exposition, instead of
cutting a silk ribbon as planned, will
break a chain" of pretty girls.
Feature of the exposition will be
formal and informal gardens in the
pit Of the Manufacturers building,
occupying the space taken by the
model home in previous years.
This year the model was built on
a permanent site at 5240 Cornelius
avenue. It will be given away dur
ing the exposition.
In the foreground of the gardens
will be a pool surrounded by rock
gardens and landscaping. The gar
dens we're designed by Lawrence
V. Sheridan.
Made on Scale
The miniature model house ex-
hibit, consisting of tiny homes con-
structed to scale by high school
pupils in a contest conducted by
The Times, is expected to be one
of the feature attractions of the
show. The winner will be given a
free trip to Washington, and cash
prizes have been provided by the
realty board for runners-up.
In connection with this exhibit
will be displayed large model
of George Washington's Mt. Yer
non home, constructed as a class
project by Washington high school
pupils under direction of A. Burton
Knight.
An ideal playground has been
arranged by DR.. Ada M. Schweitzer,
child hygiene division of the state
health board, for the convenience
of mothers who take their children
to the exposition. A corps of trained
attendants will have charge of
checking" children.
Among those who will participate
in the formal opening will be j.
Harry Miles, president of the In
dianapolis Home Builders Associa-
ton, which erected the model home;
Herbert U. Nelson, Chicago, ma
tional executive secretary; Harold
Hobbs, Muncie, Indiana Real Estate
Association president, and Frank L.
Moore, indianapolis, executive sec
rotary; E. Kirk Mckinney, works
board president; William F. Hurd,
city building commissioner; George
P. O'Connor, city plan commission
chairman, and Thomas F. Carson,
reception committee chairman.