Evening star., 1941-02-22
SHOP TALK
News About Builders
And Real Estote
Personalities


Management received its charter
Wednesday night at a meeting in
the Mayf1oWer Hotel. Harry Grant
Atkinson of Chicago, secretary of
the institute, a branch of the Ma
tional Association of Real Estate
Boards, made the presentation. Paul
o. Drury is president of the local
chapter. Other officers include
Thomas Evans, vice president, and
Edward T. Offutt, jr., secretary and
treasurer.
MI Atkinson made a talk in
which he called upon property
managers to take an active part
In preservation of neighborhoodS in
which the properties they manage
are located. He said: The property
manager must remember that his
property, standing on given site,
is not an isolated entity, separate
and apart from surrounding i'm
provements. On the contrary, it
bears a close relationship not only
to the sites in the immediate
proximity but to the entire neigh
borhood of which it is part"
j. William Markheim of Philadel-
phia, president of the institute, also
spoke He is a past president Of
the Camden County Real Estate
Beard. and the firm which he heads
has Offices both in Camden. N. j.,
and in Philadelphia.
Frederic A. Delano, chairman OF
the National Capital Park and
Planning Commission. will be the
speaker at the March 3 luncheon
meeting of the Washington Build
ing Congress, to be held at the May
flower Hotel, it is reported by Ar
thur B. Heaton, chairman of the
Congress Program Committee.
Mr.. Delano plans to talk about
the future of Washington as seen
by the Park and Planning Com
mission and of some of the plans
for improvement of the city. 1t is
necessary that city which is grow
ing as fast as Washington should
follow a previously laid out plan If
1t is to remain beautiful.
William S. Graham, who is In
charge of the congress oyster roast,
reports that plans for the affair
are moving along smoothly and that
he is looking forward to the largest
crowd which has ever attended a
congress- function. The roast will
be held Monday evening at 6 o'clock
at Hogate'S Restaurant. The fol-
lowing members are assisting Mr..
Graham with arrangements: L. K.
McDorman, A. T. Abernethy, Maui
rice S. May, Charles j. Harnett,
Allan Graeff, Dallas P. Fry, Will
liam F. Nelson, Maurice Palmer
and N. w. Barrett.
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Capt. H. c. Whitehurst, District
director of highways, spoke on the
Capitals traffic problem before a
meeting of the Business Property
Leasing Committee of the Washing
ton Real Estate Eoard, which was
HI Tlr.rsd2r. Capt. Whitehurst
said 10000 vehicles enter and leave
tie business section of the City each
day. OF these $1,000 are from Mary
l7nd, $4,000 from Virginia and 5000
from other States. Frank J. Luchs,
chairman of the committee, presided
at the meetiu".
A number of Capital realtors are
summing themselves in Florida these
days Albert w. Walker, who has
been away from his desk for three
weeks, is expected to return about
March l. He called his Office last
Monday to see how business was
progressing. When informed the
sales force has just closed five deals
for new houses he decided to "leave
we'll enough alone" and stay two
weeks longer in the sunny South.
Joseph A. Herbert, jr., left for
Florida on We nosday, while Morris
Cefritz departed on Monday. A.
J-~Yer N-ocrc End S. Dolan Donohoe
6 =. farewell to the Capital yester-
C..
Tic,.et sales Inaicate there will be
a Iull house for the eighth annual
realtors dinner dance, which will
on Wednesday, March 5. Richard
D. Stimson is chairman of the ticket
committee. and is being assisted in
handling the pasteboards by F. L.
Barkley, Walter A Brown, L. S.
Beaupre, j. Merrill Conner, Henry
c. Cryer, S. Dolan Donohoe, William
B. Dortch, Frank M. Doyle, Fred A.
Genau, L. T. Gravatte, jr., William
S. Green, Joseph G. Herbert, H. F.
Humphries, Robert E. hammond
A. w. Lee, w. H. Linkins, jr., F. E.
Middleton, jr.. Thomas K. Miller, A.
Jasper Moore, Henry NJ Morgan, j.,
john r. Neale, Frank Paroni, H =
F2-oWalk. E. G. Phelps, Nathan
Foole. William r. Russell, T. H.
Schaffert. Fred w. Smith, H. w.
Talley. E. D. Thompson, Carleton
u. Tre2:ler and John H. zirwes.
Charles H. Hillegeist, chair
r-n CT the general committee
handling the affair, stated that
every effort is being made to as
semble an interesting program of
entertainment for the guests.
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Rollers from the J. Garrett Belt
zell Co. are still out in front in the
Washington Real Estate Board
Bowling League, but their lead mas
been cut to three games. The Dis
trict Title Co. is in second place,
with the Capital View Realty Co.