Evening star., 1941-08-02
Shop Talk
News About Builders
And Real Estate
Personalities

Don't be daShing off yet for a
copy of the new District Building
Code. 1t was to have been ready
for distribution this week end, but
that's out. Barring another unfore-
seen delay, the code will be avail
able September / at the tax col
leetor's Office. The new regulations
SD into effect the first of next
month.
Tire reason for setting back the
date is that some of the necessary
material was slow coming in. Then,
too, there was difficulty about the
binding.
incidentally the building inSpec-
tors Office reports that there will
be no startling changes. The main
objective is to revise and bring
the code up to date. The last time
itiwas revised was 1880.
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Hts too early to tell how many
from Washington will attend the
cnurse in home building August l8-
30 at the Wharton School Of the
University of Pennsylvania. But
there appears to be considerable
interest here.
The why's and whereforeS Of the
course, jointly sponsored by the
new Home Builders Institute OF
the National Association of Real
Estate Boards and the Wharton
school, were explained last Mon
day at an Ambassador Hotel lunch
eon.
THE explaining was done by Henry
Grant Atkinson. director of activl-
ties of the N. A. r. E. B. Slttlng
together were home builders with
in the Washington Real Estate
Board and members of the Opera
tive Builders Association of the
District.
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.Tvpesetters will be pleased to
learn that the Washington Real
Estate Board Bowling League is
shortening its name to the Realtors
League. Tom Schaffert, the league S
secretary treasurer, now recuperat-
ing from an appendectomy, is al
ready making plans for the coming
season, which probably will start IN
late September. He plans a meet
ing at his home, 1900 Alaska ave-
nue. NV. Wednesday at pm. and
wants to hear from anybody inter-
ested in putting in a team. He can
be reached daytimes at District
$500; evenings, Randolph 1898.
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The washington Building Con-
eress releases the names OF new
members: Francis J. Kelly, an at
torney: Charles A. McGhan, presi-
dent of McGhan Patent Scaffoldlng
Co. Edward TwiSs Dunlap, archl-
tect with the Federal Works Agency;
John L. Lindstrom, hardware man
ufacturerers' agent, and David Fox
of Hyde Murphy (millwork Co.
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Hot or cold. the Building Con-
eress is ready for a cocktail party
The time and place is August IA
from 4:30 to $50, on the Washing
ton Hotel roof. Chick MacKinnon,
Russell Martin. Jack Hurley and
Howard johnson will see that every
body gets what's coming to them.
The same outfit, the Building Con-
cress. also has checked September
13 as the tentative date for the
annual High Island outing. The
Arrangements Committee believes
vacationers should be back in the
fold by then.
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But the vacation season is in full
SWAY right now. Rehoboth-bound
are Charles A. Koones and Levin
P. Andy. H. Clifford Bangs week
ending at the same spot. And
lust back from that beach are OIL
yer T. Carr and Edward R. Carr.
H. C. Thornton is off for Eagles
mere, Pa; Henry j. Robb is in the
Poconos, E. H. Croxton has gone to
New England, and j. P. Story is
concentrating on Rhode Island.
Paul 0. Drury is back from a
fishing junket in Novo Scotia. He
stopped over at Ocean City long
enough to hook a marlin, and maybe
there's a story there. Nathan Poole
has returned from Avalon :. Maui
rice Kohner is headed for Atlantic
City And Charles J. Pietsch
the Honolulu realtor who is chair
man of the Hawaii Housing Au-
thority, is now in Philadelphia, hav-
ing ended a visit here during which
he spent some time with l.. T. Gra-
waite and others.