Evening star., 1941-01-11
SHOP TALK
News About Builders
And ReoI Estote
Personalities

tOHlOIrCW lCT ittlduIlC Clty, WQere
the 18th annual Middle Atlantic
Conference Of Building Owners and
Managers will open Monday morn
ing. Sessions Of the meeting will be
held through Tuesday afternoon
Hotel Claridge will be headquarters
Among those from the Capital who
will attend the convention are James
B. Powell, j. Truman Streng, Mar
shall Davis, Mr.. and Mrs. F. C. Field
Mr.. and Mrs. Rufus s. LuSk, Mr.. and
Mrs. Lew S. Mohler, Wilbur F
Shoup. Henri P. Henry and T. Leroy
Betor.
Among the many addresses sched-
uled Is one with the very unusual
title of Protection of Buildings
Against Fifth Column Activities, -
which will be delivered by an F. B. L
agent.
Mortgage bankers all over the
country, some of whom have been in
business as many as 40 years. will
go back to school, under a plan of
the Mortgage Bankers Association
of America, which calls for a series
of four mortgage clinics" The one
for this area will be held in Phila-
dalphia on January "a, and it will
find three well-known Washington
mortgage loan experts as 'profes-
sors." The District teachers are
Oliver M. Walker, Frank Bell and
w. L. King.
Winners in the Wesley Heights
Spring Valley Christmas outdoor
lighting contest will be guests OF
honor of the Wesley Heights Com
munity Club tonight when prizes will
be awarded.
First prize, a silver flower bowl.
will be awarded Col. and Mrs. Sidney
r. Mashbir, 4934 Indian lane. Second
prize, silver sandwich plate, will go
to former Senator and Mrs. Harry
=. Hawes, 1899 Fordham road. Boxes
of flowers will be given to the fol-
lowing winners of honorable mention
awards: DR.. and Mrs. William M
Bradshaw, 5100 Tilden street; Mr..
and Mrs. Daniel j. Callahan, jr., 1901
University avenue; Mr.. and Mrs.
Thomas L. Good. 1888 lockwood
parkway; DR.. and Mrs. William j. B.
Orr, 4400 Cathedral avenue. and Mr..
and Mrs. Charles H. Pardoe, 1920
Cathedral avenue.
Walter Davidson. president of the
Wesley Heights Community Club,
will be in charge of arrangements,
and the presentations will be made
By Dean M. Rathbun, vice president
and sales director of the w. C. and
A. N. Miller Development Co., spon-
sors of the competition.
The firm of Boss & Phelps re-
ports the sale of real estate during
1910 aggregating $2,76l 900. The
list is made up of home properties
ranging in price from $500 to $780,
900. investment and business prop
critics, farms in nearby Virginia and
Maryland and ground for building
purposes.
Home Builders Supply Co. is hold
ing open house for a week, starting
today, to celebrate the opening of
Its new store on Lee highway in
East Falls Church, Va. The COM
pany offers services to architects,
builders and individuals interested
In building home.
Senator and Mrs. Millard E. Tyd-
ings have leased the large residence
at 1854 Massachusetts, avenue NV.
for the season from Mrs. Joseph I.
Weller. The transaction was han
died by the Office of Frances Powell
Hill. Miss Hill recently sold Poto-
mac View, near Mount Vernon, to
Miss Mildred F. Linster for Mrs.
Pauline Walsh.
Miss Hill recently added to her
sales force. The new saleswomen
are Mrs. Thomas E. Durham of
His Lordship's Kindness, who will
specialize in Southern Maryland
properties, and Mrs. T. T. Ansberry
who will specialize in city proper.
ties. Mrs. Ansberry formerly had
been associated with j. Rupert
Mohler, jr.
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The team of Bethel Co. now has
taken clear lead in the Washing
ton Real Estate Boards bowling
league. District Title Co. is in Sec
ond place, while the rollers from
Thos. J. Fisher Co., who have either
led or have been tied for first place
all season, dropped to third. Stand
ings of the teams follow: