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History:
The City Directories list the following residents: Walter T. Clarke, Jr. (1927), H. K. Chase (1930), Herbert Percival and Hazel Chase, chemist and purchasing agent Mefford Chemical Company (1931-1937), James D. Wade (1939), Martha Van Dyke, nurse (1940-1941), Sheila Van Dyke, nurse (1942).

1930 Census:
3923 W. Clayton Avenue (Value: $8,000): 1) Percival H. Chase, owner and head of household; white married male 29 years of age; married at age 25; born in Massachusetts; father born in Maine, mother in Minnesota; Purchasing Agent in Chemicals. 2) Hazel K. Chase, wife; white married female 28 years of age; married at age 24; born in Indiana; father born in Kentucky, mother in Tennessee; Stenographer at the Auto Club.

1940 Census
3923 W. Clayton (Value $5,000): 1) Martha Van Dyke, owner and head of household; white female widow 62 years of age; born in Wisconsin; trained nurse in a hospital; earns $300.