The Waterbury Democrat., 1939-03-11

significant current problems in the various specialized fields of real estate activity will make up the meat" of the conference.
 Brokers
 Parker Webb, Boston, vice chair man of the Associations Brokers Division for the New England Re- zion, will discuss the buying, selling, and leasing of business property at meetings of this Division. William E. Sleeper, Concord, N. H., will dis cuss the market for older homes. and Russell w. Knight, Lawrence, Mass, will speak on the leasing of commercial space.
 Land Developers and Home Builders
 Ferris w. Norris, Boston, as re- gional vice chairman of the Land Developers and Home Builders Division, will preside at meetings devoted to home building. Speakers: Joseph w. Kelly. Boston, trustee of the Spy-Pond Trust, who will dis cuss large scale operations in resi- dentlal building; Harvey R. Moul- ton, Boston, New England property manager for the Prudential In- surance Company, who will discuss investment opportunities in multiple family construction. Colored pie lures taken by the Associations convention director, Lawrence G. Holmes, Chicago, of Realtor pro- jects in all sections of the country will be shown.
 John E. Burchard, Cambridge. Mass, director of the Albert Far well Bemis Foundation, Massachu- sets Institute of Technology. will participate in the home building discussion.
 Management
 Aobert c. Nordblom, Boston. re- gional vice president of The Institu- te of Real Estate Management. N. A. R. E. B., will be presiding of- flcer at sessions devoted to man agement. Speakers include Otis A.. Bacon, New Haven, in charge of real estate for the Union and New Haven Trust Co.,, on managing pro- perties for institutional owners: Ptrlck H. Clark, c. P. M, Stamford Conn.,, on making tenant services pay. James c. Downs, Jr., Chicago. president of the Institute, will out Hne new ideas and procedures in property management which he has observed in his trips around the country.
 Appraisal
 At meetings of the American Tn- stitute of Real Estate Appraisers, of which William H. Ballard, Boston. is New England Regional vice. president, Ralph V. Field, Gales burg, H., national president of the Institute, will lead discussion of the necessary equipment of a real estate appraiser and how this euuip- ment may be obtained and kept up to date. There will be discussion Of the appraisal of retail properties and of the practical application of basic principles in the appraisal of dlffenent types of real estate, speak CTS to be announced later.
 Outstanding speakers at general sessions include: E. L. OStendorf, Cleveland, president of the Nation al Association of Real Estate Boards, Amos G. Hewitt, New Haven vice president for the New England Region, Paul Stark, M. A. l., Madi- son, Wis, past president of the As sociation and a trustee of the National Institute of Real Estate Appraisers, James c. Downs Jr., c. P. M.. Chicago, president of the Real Estate Research Corporation.
 Host Board Committee
 The New Haven Real Estate Board, of which Amos G. Hewitt is president, is host othe conference. Nathan H. White is chairman of the committee on local arrange ments. Other members are: Herbert w. Oviatt, luncheons and dinners; Harry Merwin, contests and ex- hibits; Henry M. Booth, finance; James D. Kaufman, publicity; George B. Horan, reception; Francis T. Wade, meeting room; William D. Ronaldson, trarSporta- tion; Alvin Smith, entertainment; Otis A. Bacon, hotels, registration, and information; Russell J. Ellis, advance registration.
 Clarence w. Crook, props.