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Wilmette Life (Wilmette, Illinois), 27 Oct 1938, p. 60

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"Let Jock do iff!" SERVICE on: *Il mkes of BU~ RER S <Day and NIght) wéAre RepresenfoflVOS for TU1MKENý Jack Slown Co. OIL BURNERS AND AIR CONDITIONING $erving the North Shiore 25 Years 1141 Greenleaf Ave., Wilmette Phones Wilmette 221 Enterprise 1112 Modern Country Home Thsporticoed ýColonial home comprises a countryesatoer looling the Illinois CountryJ club golf cours e. The home, designed and built by C. E. Blomgren Jr., companv of-Evanston has a large portico overloolcing the golf course- and forest preserve., It contctins seveni rooms and three baths. It i4s being held open for inspection by Lewis. T. Dodds, realtor, with offices at Slcokie, boulevard and.Willow road in 'Northfield. The home stands 'on one and one- quarter acres. The first floor contaifls a large living room with wood-burn-i ,ing f4eplace; a special, versatile room which may"be uséd for libyÔX, Wlest room, or bedroorn for convalescent or' elderly person. The kitchen and butler's pantry are arranged in corri- 'planning experts. The second floor 'contains a master bedroom and two other bedroomrs. 1 Te aem eit cQantains a large.e s-, reation room and modern utility rooms. Many items make the home com- plete and modern, such as air con- di tioning, gas heat. kîtchen ventilat- ing fan, clothes chute. concrete. floor 'and parquetry flooring on first floor, and radio .outlets. permits OIL DURNERt -HAINGService ISERVICE I DYAONGi CO. AAN IH The new residence is being built for Benjamin H. Marshall Jr, at 1044 Cherry street. It is one and one-haîf stories, of frame cons truc- tion and comprises five rooms and a buiît-in one-car garage.. The esti- mated cost is $6,000. Benjamin H-. 'Marshall is the architec.t and. the Lincoln Construction company build- responsible for most of the-improve-. ment, but non-residential awards made a' significant contribution. "«The contracts awarded last mnonth for residential and non-res-, idential, work topped the valuations for August and Septemnber, 1937,. with worthwhile margins,_ in al cases," T. O. Morgan, Chicago mnanm- ager of -the Dodge Reports division of F. W. Dodge corporation, com-; mented in bis mnonthly, summar 1y of building activities in. the ýtri-state area., Optimistic Outlýook "-The.building industry can. afford to regard these as substantial 'gains for work and material. contracts 'are backing themn up, not just permit grants. A huge accumulation of c ontemplated building, now about 75 millions of dollars greater than' at this time last year. holds th& volume necessary to return building activities to a more normial level in this area "" All of the building contracts awarded in northern Illinois, Indiana and eastern Wisconsin during Sep- tember were valued at $17,686,000Q. ln 'the corresponding rnonth of lasi year the total was $14,587,000. At the samne Urne, the Septemnber awa,ýrds passed the Augu'st level of $15,432,000. Non-residential building contractsý +lnaA d $8.866,000 in September,' Hiome Building Âdvance September business established wider gains in residential building. The contracts awarded during the month moved to $8,820,000' from the IAugust point, $7,111,O00 * I Septem- ber, 1937, the level was' at $5,806,000"; 11"Residential work ba>s improve.d steadily since June," Morgan con- tinued. "Every month bas reveal- ed a shortening gap between con- tract valuations for this year com- pared with these in the same period IE TRADE MARK OF QUALITY BUILDING Central Ave. Wibnette 456 or 3513 A'2 rc I

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