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Winnetka Weekly Talk, 16 Jul 1927, p. 31

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WINNETKA TALK July 16, 1927 Sl2% MONEY Have funds to loan on choice im- proved North Shore Suburban res- idence property at 5% % interest. See us on renewals. E. G. Pauling & Co. 5 N. LaSalle St. Main 0250 In investing July funds, bear in mind the fact that Smart © Golee First Mortgage Realty Bonds, secured by North Shore prop- erty and improve- ments, represent ut- most safety with con- tinued income. SMARZIEE, { Greenwood | just been purchased by Mrs. Fannie C Whitefield. contains eight rooms and three baths. | Warner and their family | 1564 Sherman Avenue Te Evanston | Negotiate Important The Coleman School of Beauty Cul- | ture has just signed a long term lease [for the second floor space at 815 Davis They will give a street, Evanston. complete course of instruction and op- erate in connection with The Flamingo is man shop. The Hokanson & Beauty property Jenks, by whom the lease was made. The John Eliot Warner house aged by Inc., and at 422 boulevard, Evanston, has The is stucco and house Mr. and Mrs. have moved into the house they bought | {in Winnetka. Hokanson & Jenks, Inc., |513 Davis street, Evanston, represent- {ed both parties in the sale. Transfers in Evanston WITHOUT LOANS COMMISSION On Desirable Homes and Apartment Bulldings John Hancock Mutual Life Insur- ance Company || A. D. LANGWORTHY, Loan Agent | 112 W. Adams St., Chicago | This Bungalow Is Heated For Less Than $100,00 With Type S-E Oil Heat Machine GENERAL HEAT MACHINLAS Will Economically Heat Your Building With Any Grade Oil GENERAL HEAT MALHINE CO. ] a SILENT CHICAGO | (Winnetka mr 4655 N WESTERN AVE, 725 Oak St. EFFICIENT USA] LONRBEALCH E987 Phone 3013 | North Shore Towns Show Increase in Building construction for June in | Chicago suburbs showed an increase of | 3 percent over June last year, according to a special suburban survey compiled by S. W. Straus and company. Building permits filed in nineteen of the principal suburbs totalled $10,022,- 316 for June as against $9,661,317 for | the same suburbs in June, 1927. Aurora, Berwyn, Evanston, Glencoe, Hammond, Highland Park, Joliet, Oak Park, Waukegan, | Winnetka showed gains for June, 1927, over June, cago Heights, Cicero, Des Plaines, | Gary, Glen Ellyn, Harvey and May- | wood reported losses. The suburbs indicating gains for | June as compared with May this year | Vere" Aurora, Berwyn, Blue Island, | Des Plaines, Gary, Glen Ellyn, Joliet, | Oak Park, Ww heaton and Winnetka. Evanston, Hammond, Oak Park and | W aukegan took the honors for build- | ing increase for the first six months of | same period in 1926. Ev- | 1927 over the s anston gained 27 percent, Hammond 5 percent, Oak Park 26 percent and | Waukegan 81 percent. The largest gains for June, 1927, over | June, 1926, were indicated by Glencoe | with 379 percent, Oak Park with 208 | percent and Joliet with 85 percent. The most important gains for June over May this year were as follows: Win- netka 250 percent, Oak Park 196 per- cent, Glen Ellyn 93 percent, Gary 85 percent and Wheaton 76 percen*. Buys Big Vacant Tract for Glencoe Homesite George Kellner, of Highland Park, has purchased through the Crosby & McKendry Realty company of 566 Cen- ter street, Winnetka, the beautifully wooded lot, 118 by 210 feet on Maple Hill road, Glencoe. Mr. Kellner plans to sell 59 feet of the tract and will probably build on the other half of the piece, in the fall. This is one of the few pieces of vacant left in this sec- tion, and is surrounded by very high grade residences. Building Activity) Wheaton and | 1926, while Blue Island, Chi- | 'Breakers Beach Gets Large Land Tract for Golf A real estate transaction of more than passing interest closed this week on the north shore is the leasing of the 180-acre country estate of E. W. De Moe through the Chicago Title and Trust company as trustee to the Breakers Beach club of Chicago, Inc., to be developed and operated by them | as the Golf Division of the Breakers | Beach club which is located on the lake shore between Wilmette and | Kenilworth. This land has been acquired by the Breakers Beach club on the basis of fifteen year rental with an option to purchase. On the property is the large country home of the owner with other buildings, a lake, and beautifully landscaped lawn. The broker in the transaction rep- resenting both parties was Benjamin E. Gage of Gage and Jordan, Evanston; the attorneys were Robert I. Rollo for the Breakers Beach club and Sonnen- | schein, Berkson, Lautmann, and Levin- son for the owner. The president of the Breakers Beach club is J. E. Roy, the secretary, J. H. Williams. Builds Winnetka Home for Market in Autumn R. E. Crosby, of 566 Center streét, Winnetka, is building a seven-room Georgian Colonial at 1037 Cherry street, Winnetka, for Mrs. Martha S. Voltz, whose plans are to have the property ready for the market about September 1. The exterior of the building is of shingles. It is on a fifty- foot lot and in design and construction promises to be one of the season's at- tractive offerings in the $20,000 class. In addition to the seven rooms, there is also a large sun room, a large floored attic and "a two-car garage. There is one bath on the second floor and an extra lavatory on the first floor. Illinois ranks first of the states in the number of Finns and Belgians of the first generation; second in the number of Scandinavians; and Chicago leads all cities in Scandinavian population. This home now open for In he it Skokie Va//e &¢ 5 Lerde Rooms EYE --TRN Unlimited Water Supply : Sewer, Gas & Blectriciy inspection; for sale or rent. £7: ( 5% LR. =I wd) dW Ep 3 Blocks Soufh Ready for Occ ups ney | of NorthPield Station <A. E. RIGGINS ° ~ On, Premises ~ For further information Phone Wil. 3228. Cana

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