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New Cooial Hornes Ground was broken, April 12, by Irvin A. Blietz,. Wilmette designer. and Ijuilder. for three new homes on adjoiniflg property 1at 3228, 3233.and 3235 Paîrk place, Evanston two blocks north'of Central street.iiithe second block ýeast -of 'the high Ridgeý road. Thcy 'vIl lie iiriced for sale at $13,500), $14,250 and $15,500 will be ready.for' occupaflcy July 15. ini the Earlv Anierican style,: the specific sub-periods of the homes, are, the .Nantucket colonial. the Con- necticut colonial, anid the, New -amip-. shire colonial. Roughl liewn stone in pastel colors. with claph)oard above, shuttered. win- dows, a white picket fence, brass knockers, hand' forgéd hinges and hardware a re characteristic of t h,> earîy New England period. Home Ownership Is Most Vi4uid4 Gift for Your Children By A. J. Woodcock Wilrncttc Rralty Co. The nxost valuable gif t of parents to their children is home ownership. Nothing means as niuch. to their lives -their character, their health their future happiness - as a permanent home ini a community of homes, .Environment is the chief character builder. To get the fullest advantage of these benefits parents should es- tablish themselves pertnanently at the earliest possible moment. Every year wasted is a definite loss that tanot be regaiiîed. There is a fixed period in the life of every faniily when a permanent bomne m Ln h most. As. we look back we realize how short the time from early youth to the. high school and cellege .age. No0 inivestment pays as rich divi- dends, or is as certain to return the original principal .invested as the home, and no time is more favorable, than today for. such in investmeîit, viwdnrirulaIv. frônm the stand-1 L ;Morgan Vost, WilM#wUe archiiict, .isrenwdcling this, Jzple Ùg 164 Lake' strect, Gkencoe, for the Jius Sander Friedianders, ttéo inoz live at 1621 Spenicer avenue, Wilmette. ____________ Theprprin and setting .(f the house were goo. The location is on a comnianding kunoll. To. take advan- tage of the large lot an open, screened porch is being buiît to the north off the dining roomn.*The south living room is being enlarged to take ini the present suiu roorn. The matitel ini this rooin will be flanked by bookcases and the overmiantel lighted by concealed luimi- line bulbs. The walls are to be rich dubonnet with the trini in a contrast- ing off -White. The entire interior wiil be redecorat- ed and the bath roonus modernized with new ixtures and tile. New specially designed cases aid ,mork surfaces will transform the kitchen into a lab or saving, modern food labora- tory with the help of a new siaik, coter- fui linioleumi, îiew lighting, and an electric ventilator. Two Noted Realtors ý Fe Will Speak Monday 9' at Local Stoard Meet .9 The Evanston-North Shore Real in 1Estate board will hold its regular fu meeting on Monday evéning, in the c< library of the Georgiap hotel at 8 Ft o'clÔ,ck. V The program Will include two speakers. George Schneider, Jr., the ar president of the Illinois association st: of Real Estate boards, will talk on r the accemplishmeflts and future Pl efforts cf the association. In addi-T tien to Mr. Schneider, joseph B. Ford, a,, the Chicago district vice-president of fc the association, will speak on the "OÔrganization and its Benefits". r Both these men are vitally inter- in ested in real estate board activities ai and hence these talks will be of int- 0 -erest to every realtor, it was stated. 'w D uring Marc k l'he Chicago metropolitan area par- pated in the March, building up- rng* Which was recorded for the rger part, of the country. This was ,ar in the. monthly sumnmary pre-ý xed by T. O. Morgan, Chicago man-1 ýr cf the Dodge Reports division the F. W. Dodge corporation, "The turn taken -by residential-« ilding contract awards in the Chi- go area during March is most en-, . raging,>' comiments Mr. Morgan.ý tfol-lowed the-performance found the 37 eastern states. At the same me, non,- resid ential activity here eppéd-up its, pace.". a«Rutd Big JUMP Al cf the, Chicago area centracts rarded in March meved te the levrel- F$6,147,000. That includes an, un-. Mal gain of 128. per cent over the ebruar y award s cf $2,e2,000. A n erage building gan f 91 per cent as fond in th 37 eastern states ythe Dodge news staff. Privately financed contracts ac- unted for .1p,560,000 of the March )tal. This was well ahead cf the . bruary figure $2,196,000. The local ain in privately financed work, 62 er cent, fôllowed the average gain of 5per cent, ini the 37 eastemn states. An average increase cf 85 per cent abuilding to be financed f rom public uncis was followed in Chicago. March ontracts mounted to $2,W8,000. In *ebrary, publie c o nt rac ts , were ,lued at $496,000. MOM .Strong 'StwJd. Residential work i the Chicago rea mOved ahead cf February with trong strides. The March contracts 'ached the $1,59,000 mark in a 68 cmr cent gain over February's $949,000., 'his compares very well with the Lverage gain cf 98 per cent recorded ir the eastern states; There was good activity in the non- ~sidential building classification dur- îg March. The contracts were valued tt $3,325,000, a rise cf 168 per cent ver February. This gain was in line xith the average of 81 per cent in the ee m endeci