Evening star., 1941-11-22
Shop Talk
News About Builders
And ReoI Estote
Personalities

Christmas party will be held this
year will be decided next week when
Chairman Charles H. Hillegeist calls
together the Program Committee OF
the Washington Real Estate Board.
Each year the big holiday affair Is
one of the features of the realtors
social calendar and tickets usually
are at a premium. 1t is stag"
party and is usually the one time
of the year real estate men and
builders 'let down their hair"
Louis H. Hall, well-known builder,
has been added to the boards Home
Builders Committee, it is announced
Shy Edward r. Carr. chairman. j.
HaWley Smith, Floyd E. Davis Co.
has been added to membership OF
the Property Management Com
mittee. headed by Paul o. Drury as
chairman.
The builders held two meetings
during the week to discuss the ma
terials priority problem. but they
are keeping very quiet about any
action they may have decided on.
Chairman Harold E. Doyle will
call together the boards Zoning
Committee for meeting Tuesday.
In addition to Mr.. Doyle the group
Is composed of Lewis T. Breuninger,
Q. L. Conner, William L. Beale,
George R Linkins and J. A. Vein
berg, tr.
Paul D Crandall, prominent Cap
itol home builder. is taking quite an
extensive trip. Friends have been
able TO make a pretty good job of
charting his course by postcards
which he and Mrs. Crandall have
sent. Among other places, the
Crandalls have visited Seattle, Reno,
Salt Lake City, San Francisco and
Los Angeles. The latest card was
postmarked Phoenix. 1t is believed
the couple will tour Mexico before
returning to Washington.
John Warren Weiss and Howard
F, Talbert. Silver Spring real estate
brokers who have been engaged in
selling real estate individually for
some time, now have formed
partnership. The firm will retain
offices in the Walsh Building. 85ll
Colesville road Mr.. Weiss is the
owner and developer of Old Salem
Village. near Silver Spring: while
Mr.. Talbert has been selling homes
In Kensington Heights More than
40 homes have been sold in the latter
development, The new partners
represent in a mortgage loan ca
pacity the Northwestern National
Insurance Co.
Perpetual Building Association of
Washington is far and away the
largest savings and loan institution
in the country. according to recent
figures announced by the United
States Savings and Loan League
Assets Of Perpetual are placed at
s53 667 .527. nearly S17,000,000 more
than the second largest institution.
There are As institutions in the
whole country having assets of more
than Sl0.000000, and five of them
are in Washington. In addition to
pCludl, lllCON a. I1lllCI ivan
Building Association, National Per-
manent Building Association Wash
ington Permanent and the First
Federal Savings and Loan Associa-
ton.
Leon Chatelain. president of the
Washington Chapter American In
stitute of Architects. announces
that the institute will award Edward
Langley Scholarships in 1912 for
advanced study. research and travel,
TO encourage higher education in
architecture. Any resident Of the
United States and Canada engaged
in the profession of architecture is
eligible The awards, limited to 10
and with 81 500 as the maximum sti-
pend will be bestowed according to
the character, ability, need and pur-
pose of the candidate Competitive
examinations will not be employed,
though a candidate may be re-
quested to submit examples of his
work Architectural craftsmen en-
ployed by architects are eligible for
tne competition.
George w. De Franceaux, sales
manager for Frederick w. Berens,
Inc announces that his organiza-
ton has been named exclusive sales
representative for the Peaseway
homes, which embody a type of
construction developed by Pease
Woodwork Co. of Cincinnati one of
the countrys leading millwork and
lumber dealers. Mr.. De Franceaux
explained the homes are built by
conventional construction methods,
but that all joist and rafter lumber
is dry yellow pine, kept under cover
and cut to fit at the plant. All other
structural lumber is of first-grade
white pine.
Floor sections and all partition
walls are assembled in the plant,
delivered to the job and put in place
without any chance of absorbing
moisture. Millwork is treated to
prevent absorption. The Berens
company has five model homes of
the type under construction now in
Mason Terrace, Falls Church, Va.
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Randall H. Hagner e. Co. has sold
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