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Note: (1) Graduated from Vanderbilt University, TN.
(2) Bruce's Notes when he visited Arthur Brock - Morgot and Arthur and George Dewey all met working at Western Union Telegraph Co.
(2) 3028 Prytania, New Orleans, LA
3 May 1936 - From Bruce's notes when he visited Arthur Brock - Among grandmother's things - A picture of Mrs. Baird (Ida Thrailkill) with Bruce (3 months 3 weeks old), George and Jerry - taken at the side of the house in front of my basement window at 3028 Prytania.
Conversation with Stephen Baird, 19 Nov 1997 When dad was transferred from Chicago to New Orleans by his company, we lived in an apartment house at 8th Street and Prytania.
(3) 460 Glendale Blvd.
10 Jul 1936 - George D. Baird, 531 Canal Bank Bldg., offers to purchase from Mr. and Mrs. Camille J. Rocquin, Vacant lots nos. 43 - 44 - 45 & 46 Sq. No 4 Beverly Knoll, Metairie Ridge, B/B Glendale Blvd, Avalon Way, Beverly Drive & Brentwood lane, 100' x 120', for $1000.00, all cash. The Rocquin's accepted the offer the same day. 5% commission was paid by the Rocquin's to Leach & Johnson who handled the transaction.
No Date - Plot Plan of Cottage fo Mr. Geo. D. Baird shows house situated totally on Lots 45 and 46.
18 Aug 1936 - Survey made of Lots 43, 44, 45 & 46 by Corwin A. Robert, C.E. & Surveyor.
22 Aug 1936 - Accounting of cost involved for building house at 460 Glendale Blvd. Amount price of building contract, $4,676.81, land (already paid) $1000, miscellaneous $253.56, total $5930.37. Loan from Security Building and Loan Assn. $4,600, deposit $100, cash due $230.37.
22 Aug 1936 - Mortgage from Security Building and Loan Association for $4600, 6% per annun interest, 15 year, monthly payment of $39.10 plus 1/12th annual taxes, insurance & paving. [NOTE: For this principal, interest rate and monthly payments, the term of the mortgage is for 14 years, 10 months.]
27 Aug 1936 - $114.30 paid - Building Contract
01 Dec 1936 - $50 paid, $20.38 principal, $29.62 interest.
11 Jan 1937 - Receipt from Mr. Geo. D. Baird, $85.50, 10% of the purchase price of Property no. Lots 47, 48 & 49 Sq. 4 Beverly Knoll, Metairie. Total price $855 for the account of Mr. Charles Profumo. Charles Profumo had purchased these three lots from the Realty Developing Co. Inc on 6 Mar 1924 for $1200.
30 Jan 1937 - Act of sale by Charles Profumo to George D. Baird Lots Nos. 47, 48 and 49 in "Beverly Knoll" on Metairie Ridge, in Block No. 4, bounded by Glendale Boulevard, Avalon Way, Beverly Drive and Brentwood Lane.
31 Jan 1937 - $62.54 paid, $20.12 principal, $42.42 interest.
01 Mar 1937 - Start of regular $48.15 monthly payments, $39.10 loan and interest, $7.00 taxes, and $2.05 fire and tornado insurance. 21 Sep 1939 - Start of accelerated house payments.
24 Dec 1940 - Loan paid off
(4) American Legion Member of American Legion Post 175, 2431 Metairie Rd., Metairie LA
(5) New Orleans Item, Tuesday, July 25, 1944
"Baird on GOP Ticket Here" Picture native Atlanta, Ga - came to New Orleans 1934 "45, Methodist, member of American Legion, having served overseas in WWI, a Mason and member of Jerusalem Temple"
(6) Obituary, The Times-Picayune, Tuesday, August 22, 1944
GEORGE D. BAIRD TAKEN BY DEATH Heart Attack Claims Candidate for Congress
George Dewey Baird, sole Louisiana Republican candidate for Congress, died of a heart attack at 7:30 a. m. Monday at his residence, 460 Glendale Boulevard, Metairie. He was 44 years old.
Funeral services will be conducted today at 2 p. m. from the funeral home of Tharp-Sontheimer-Tharp Inc., 4127 South Claiborne avenue, with interment in Hope Mausoleum.
Born in Atlanta, Ga., Mr. Baird had lived in New Orleans for the last 10 years. His candidacy for a seat in the United States Congress marked his first bid for a public office. He was connected with the Commerce Clearing House, a law publishing firm with offices in the Hibernia building.
A graduate of Vanderbilt university, he also attended Northwestern in Chicago. A veteran of World War I, Mr. Baird was a member of the American Legion, the Forty and Eight and Jerusalem Temple of the Shrine.
Survivors include his widow, the former Miss Margot Brock; two sons, Stephen Girard and Bruce Chandler Baird; his parents, Mrs. Ida Thrail Kill Baird and John M. Baird; five sisters, Mrs. Lucille Harbuck, Mrs. Lester Granville, Mrs. James Ryle, Mrs. Robert Stokes and Miss Susan Baird, and three brothers, Alfred, John and Marshall Baird.
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