Evening star., 1941-06-21
Shop Talk
News About Builders
And ReoI Estute
Personalities

building at 1854 ColeSVllle ROAD
Silver Spring. j. Ingram MEDLEY
is president of the firm and Walter
l.. Funderburk. secretary-treasurer
Only organized in 1887, tht
company has built and sold approx
mately s2,O06,O00 worth of property
in the Silver Spring area. 1t is re-
garded As one of Montgomery
Countys leading realty firms. 1t ha:
built large number OF stores
houses and apartments in the sec.
ton between Georgia avenue ant
Sligo Park.
Mr.. Ingram and Mr.. Funderburl
now are developing a section oI
Sligo Park Hills. They ale also de.
veloping a business center or Coles
vile road and are building an apart
ment in the 87O0 block of the same
thoroughfare
A large number of realtors at
tended the annual meeting of the
Washington Better Business Bu-
resu. Among those present we're:
Waverly Taylor, president of the
Real Estate Board: A. G. Bishop
Fred A. Smith, past head of the
realtor group and president of the
Board of Trade; Paul D. Crandall
Harry Bates. Lewis Machir, Andrew
Saul. Edward C. Baltz and H. l..
Rust, jr.
The Washington real estate fra
ternity lost one of its ace salesmen
when Samuel H. Mumford died last
Sunday. He was 55 Funeral services
we're held Wednesday in Chambers
burg, Pa.
Mr. Mumford was connected with
the Kennedy Chamberlin Develop
rnent Co. at the time of his death,
and had been associated with that
firm for years. At one time he was
with w c. 81 A. N Miller.
MI Mumford, an ardent Republi-
can, was widely known both as a
real estate man and through his
letters on the editorial page of The
Star. He told friends he had written
more than $50 letters To the
Editor only one of which had been
sent back unused, His letters con-
tsined pertinent comments on both
. national and local affairs.
Boss Il Phelps, realtors, are lust
/ finishing two new houses in George
town and are starting seven more in
( their exclusive Colony Hill develop
n1ent.
!. Charles H. Hillegeist, realtor, was
delegate to the Lions Club con-
vention at Rehoboth Beach, Del
.. J. Garrett Bethel has been ap-
pointed to the Appraisal Commit
tee of the Real Estate Board to
fill the vacancy caused by the recent
death of Benjamin J. Candy .
Frank H. M. Klinge has just COM
pleted his new plat book of Mont
eomery County George Glen
daniel is taking the study course at
Columbia University in New York,
which is sponsored by the American
Institute of Real Estate Appraisers
J. Rupert Mohler is spending
some time at Atlantic City with his
family.
The recent Silver Star Home at
s501 Wisconsin avenue, Locust Hill
Estates. Md, has been purchased by
Mr.. and Mrs John H. Gose. The
home was sold about the first day
1t was open, and attracted more
than 10000 visitors. 1t was built
by Edison w. Briggs, Inc.
That should be an interesting sale
which N. c. Hines & Sons are hold
ing at Holm Hall, between Alexan-
dria and Mount Vernon. on July 8.
Holm Hall was once the property
of George Mason, whose home,
Gunston Hall, is nearby.
Quite bit of the property will be
sold by Mr.. Hines for the executors
of the estate of the late Harley P.
Wilson. Mr.. Wilson, utility eXecu-
tive, spent a fortune on the prop
erty. To be sold at auction are the
Spinning House tract, including the
Colonial house and IS acres; the
dairy farm of 100 acres, and II build
ing sites, from to 10 acres each.
The mansion house and a large
tract will be sold either on private
terms or at auction, Mr.. Hines said.
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Leo M. Bernstein e. Co. have just
completed an extension of their Of
fee at 7l8 Fifth street NV. The
realty firm took over an adjoining
building at TIC. Both buildings
have been completely air condi-
toned. The firm has sold more than
100000 in used houses since the
first of the year, and closed 80
deals in May alone.
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Sprlngmeadow. new development
of fiVe-room bungalows, is being
started in Silver Spring, at the in
tersection of East Schuyler road and
Bradford road, block of Flower
avenue. A model house, designed
by Schreier & Patterson, architects,
has been furnished. When COM
pleted the community will comprise
30 houses. r. P. Ripley and Charles
Il. ONO are handling the sales.