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TO

. . "*
* Dr. Currie

FROM

(Copy)

Miss Egbert

REMARKS:

6/25/40

In accordance with telephone conversation Mr. Eccles had with you, the
attached is information regarding Mr.
Charles Forrest Palmer taken from "Who's
Who". It covers all the information he
is able to give you from here.
V.E.

CHAIRMAN'S OFFICE




Charles Forrest, real estate; b. Grand Ilapids,
J'ichigan, ~©e. 29i 1892; s. Walter fc&Uard and Jeannette
Hinsdill (Seymour) P»j grad. Central High 3ch., Grand Rapids,
1912} student Tiartmouth, 1914—15; m. Laura Savrbell, of
Atlanta, Gr.., Oct. o), 1018] children- Targaret Gawtell,
I aura Sawtell, Jeannette Tlinsdill. liegan as clerk Ilich.
Trust Co., Grand Rapids, 1912; sales nsgr. of Oak Knoll for
Tim* R« Staats Co., realtors, Pasadena, Calif., 1912; sales
mgr. The Riviera, Santa Barbara, Calif., 1914, San T)iego
(Calif.) Land Corpn., 1915$ asst. uigr. staats Co., Chicago,
111., 1916-17j owner C. . Calmer Co., realtors, Santa Barbara, 19l9*20j pros. Palrier, Ino*| Atlanta, Ga., since 1921.
Served in 1st >«T«C#I ,t, Sheridan, I , 1917j corarwi. 2d
It. cav., . ,, AanQTi Mg* 15, 1917, lafc©r 1st It., Vorld
ar; hon. disch., Jan. 1319. Trustee Jesse ?arker TTI111—I
p« l?em. Soutbern Conf. of IT.
ncrs and !%rs. (pres.
1925-24),
-sn. 21dg. O m e n and Kgrs. (pros* 1950-58),
Atlanta Assn*
. ners c ra« (exec, com.), Atlanta
state 3d., ... I tiasber -f Goii^i^rce (councillor),
Atlanta Chamber of
ce (ores. 1950); organizer, 1953$
chrcn. exec, com., 1954-38, Techwood Homes, first U« S. Slum
Clearance (Atlanta); chain. Atlanta Housing Authority. Tern.
Tnterr^at. led, for Bousing and Town Planning, Brussels,
Belgium; mem. Nat. nou3ing and Town Planning Council, London,
Hous3nr Centre, londonj Nat. 1Mb. Housing Conf., Iat« Assn #
Officials (v.p # ), • . fficial del, to 16th Internat. 'ousin;? and Tcprvn Planning Congress, Ifexico City,
» Am. Legion, Mil* Order Foreign "<ars, Forty
an-'
j) Dtltj
a Epsilon. Awarded Ifexican Ccimpaign
and Victory medals*
byn. Clubs: Capital City, Piedmont
•^riviiTC* Rotary, (Atlanta); A m y and I'avy (Tfashingfco; , D« \)
Contbr. to realty and housing publs. 'lower 40 Woodcrest Ave.
aimer Bid ., Atlanta, Ga»