Evening star., 1941-04-19
Shop Talk
News About Builders
and Real Estute
Personalities

everybody seemed 10 nave RCOQ
time and nobody apparently got
hurt at the National Association OF
Real Estate Boards symposium on
defense housing Thursday at the
Mayflower. The only dissenters, dis
tinctly in the minority, quibbled
over the questionable point that the
press formed razor back greedy
line" around the table. that is, the
long and short one. Not guilty.
It's moved, seconded and released
for publication that it was an eye
opening and ear-Splitting luncheon.
N. B. c. thought enough of the af-
fair to air 1t for half an hour from
East to West and North to South.
And the speakers did their share by
saying things that made for good
listening and reading.
What they said is old stuff now,
but those who said it, lest they be
forgotten, were Charles F. Palmer,
/ the defense housing co-ordinator;
r. H. A. Administrator Abner H.
Ferguson and Philip w. Kniskern,
president of the Narebs.
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Come Friday and the realtors will
sit down at the United States Cham
Der of Commerce and inhale deeply
of good and bad cigars and ideas
that every man who goes in for this
sort of thing should know about
business promotion. Wavery Tay-
lor, president of the Washington
Real Estate Board. which is doing
the sponsoring, reports that the Ma
rebs are cooperating here, too.
1t will be an all-day thing-from
10 to 10-and those to be heard in
clude Hobart c. Brady, vice preSi-
dent of the national association for
the South-Central region, and Les
ter E. Frailey, who. like his CO.
speaker, Is sales consultant of the
Narebs. They will divide these
topics: "Analyzing the Market" ,"
Finding and Qualifying Prospects"
Showing Property" The Art of
Negotiation" Creative Selling and
Personal Efficiency in Selling and
Tor good measure they will throw in
some Info" that should be helpful
and pleasing to their audience.
incidentally. this will not be a
crash" party. Credentials will be
demanded-to wit, card which
the local r. E. BIS Office is retailing
for 50. Pulling the curtain strings
on this one are Joseph A. Herbert, !
tr, chairman OF the Real Estate
Boards Education Committee, and /
j. Garrett Bethel. who holds down
a similar chair for the Brokers |
Committee.
And speaking of brokers. there's |
competition in the field. During |
the week the Real Estate Commits
sion issued real estate brokers
licenses to Harris E. Willingham, |
1912 Fifteenth street NV; Julius |
H. Ginsburg. 1121 Florida avenue |
NE, and Roger Brooke Farquhar.
Union Trust Building
Real estate salesmen's licenses
now are held by Alan j. Werner, |
925 New York avenue NV; John |
r. Trickett. 1906 K street NV: |
Marion Bowden Patterson, 2Ool |
Eleventh street NV: Hilary M. |
Lloyd, Investment Building; Agnes |
Whiting Fahrney. 1926 Twenty
ninth street NV; Ronald Day, 1901 |
Fifteen street NV; H.. Bernard
Rupert, New Center Market: e. j. |
willett, 932 Investment Building,
and Walter De Melman, 1417 K
street NV.
It's spring-or is it sun1mer-and
q new development is a-blooming. !
The Locust Hill Estates are ready
for the public if the public is ready.
Ray Roberts is told, and we're told
t1 turn, that this is a new resi-
Dental community developed by
Edison w. Briggs, Inc. The develop
ers have what they call a gently
rolling tract of IS acres located on
the Rockville pike estate section
just north of the new United States
Naval Medical Center. Aside from
the frontage on the pike, the prop
erty borders a 200-acre part of |
Rock Creek Park What's more |
there will be a lake there. Come !
and look. says Mr.. Briggs, via Mr. |
Roberts.
Will Washington go" for another |
apartment house? Well, Louis E. |
Luria thinks so. Mr.. Luria, the !
president of the L. & s, ConStruc- |