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Newspaper

Grafton Sentinel

Location

Grafton, West Virginia, United States of America

Date

Dec 29, 1939

Page

5

Delinquent Tax Sale List for Taylor County 1939

A detailed record of real estate sold at the December 1939 delinquent tax sale in Taylor County, West Virginia. The list covers numerous parcels across Boothe Creek, Court House District, Flemington, Grafton, and Knottsville Districts, naming buyers, tax charges, and associated properties under state ownership.

Booths Creek A. Hus Fork Hus Virginia Lee Summerville Coe Fork AM Court House All_Clarence-Simmong AV. R W. Merle Watkins N. Simp. A's C. A. McGlumphy Pruntytown Roy Mason A.V. R All Grafton Loan Co Los Fetterman District Armstons Parcel T. FL T. F B& Brownlow Juay Flemington Cather Mabel B. Cleavenger AMC A. McGlumphy Grafton Independent District East Side Fett Lucy Evans W. E. Robinson C. C. Moats National Bank Grafton Evans West Side Yates i First National Bank Fletchertown Herman Sandy Conrad i McDaniel Ana

Classified rates and sample ads from Sentinel listing

Classified Sentinel explains two cent per word rate for first insertion and one cent for each additional insertion with a minimum charge of 45 cents. It notes that each initial and each figure counts as a word and provides example counts. Sample ads include for rent listings, a sale, a lost item, a cleaning service, and a quick result want ad.

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December 1939 Taylor County real estate tax sales list

A compiled list of properties in Taylor County sold in December 1939 for 1938 unpaid taxes, naming purchasers such as Ayers Forest E, Mary L Barlow, A H Armstrong, Wm Harmison, Stella Kendall, Alva J Richardson, Susie Shuttlesworth, Eugene Summerville, Leander Trader, Ed Powell, Clarence McConkey, Lloyd Allen, and many others. Entries cover multiple districts including FLEMINGTON and BOOTH CREEK with various lots, quarters, or tracts, and totals for each sale.

W. Va A. O&g S W.va Wyckoff Bailey Flemington Town Boyd, V. C Sunnyside Freeze Chas Hays College Hill Maxwell ,A Menear Jesse Flem Springer Floyd L. Trustee Whitehair Inn Grafton Independent District East Side Adams Jas. W Young Archdeacon Nannie R Matthew J&k Bartlett Shirley C W.V.A Bloom John F Wood Blue B. F Burdess Geo. E Carr Margaret Flanagan Ella A Mary Hewert George Clara Hrs Turner Same Donohue Greaser 8. C Fett Grow Adam Jace Haddis Hostler John W Grace Main St Johnson Homer R Knotts King Chas. O Kinsey, C. F Ruby P Stolz Nuzum Minnie Stotz Patterson Oscar Poe Eva Lot Knotts Robinson Nettie S Rector Roe J. E Rogers Emily M Saffle Lloyd A. É& Pts Sayre Ida M Lot Yates Thelma J Yost Grafton West Side Flemington Beverlin H. W. Jr Mary Handley Virgil T Martin L. Donovan Miller Theodode Rosa Smith W. B Handley Stillwell Merle & Minnie Warder Avenue Swisher Bertha D Watkins Taylor County Bank Fletchertown Knottsville Nita Bunner Jonatan Colebank Hannah J Carlos H A. Coal F. R Art Gall Dowden G Gall Effie C Haymond Chas. W A. Hin. V. R Inquire Box R Guy D P. V Sentine Sadie R Hess Francis E Moran Kennedy H. E A.V.R Love, Thos Cassie A Madera Mary C Bia PV Means Guy G Ridenour R. J Sadie Floyd Int O&g S. Cr Taylor Fetterman Ayers Forest E Rogers No Barlow Mary L. 'S Phillips Armstrong A. Hrs. Curry Hugh Et al Harmison Wm. H. Same Kendall Stella Bert & Edith Ford Simpson F Garrett Clarence M Hall Geo. W Hardin Albert Davis Benj. L Jenkins H. L Oscar Keener Jane E R Onzo Same West Va Sinsel Anthony G A. W.R Sinsel Eee Ee Tulse Miller Eliza A. Wick Boame Moats Herbert W Brown Gertrude Nera Hayer J. R. Hrs A. O&g Wick W. Vi W. VB Xreece Addie M Leander & Sarah Ga Westfall Edna H Stephen Hrs Wilson Ase Allen O&g Buck W Va Alonzo Carder Thes. L Louisa Centero Matilda Matilda& Pantero Inc Rose Chuck Mary & Geo E. Rose Coffman Thos. B O&g Buck Run Foster Grace E W. Vie Chapman Lome Rinehart E.A Byron Ross Colebank, Hinnah J Astor Williams W. Robinson Buck

Dafoe Out as Guardian of Dionne Quintuplets

Reports say an agreement might see Dr. Dafoe resign as guardian and Dionne drop court action over contracts involving the quintuplets. Premier Hepburn said Dafoe may retire as guardian, but will remain the babies’ personal physician as long as the government stays in office. He credited Dafoe with saving the Dionne babies.

Dionne Dr. Dafoe

Singer Service for All Makes and Repairs

Forme representative Singer Sewing Machine Company repairs machines all makes. Expert service. Call 814 R.

Singer Service Forme Singer Sewing Machine Company Expert Service

Heaven with a Barbed Wire Fence at Strand Theatre

Strand Theatre presents Heaven with a Barbed Wire Fence a 20th Century Fox romance featuring Jean Rovers Raymond Walburn Marjorie Rambeau Glenn Ford and Nicholas Conte. The story follows a hitchhike girl and a young man on the road as they navigate dreams love and danger meeting colorful characters including a gentleman hobo and a barroom keeper. Directed by Richard Cortez from a Dalton Trumbo Leonard Hofman and Ben Grauman Kohn script.

Strand Theatre 20Th Century Fox Jean Rovers Raymond Walburn Marjorie Rambeau Glenn Ford Nicholas Conte Jean Professor Mamie Tony Conte Chicago Richard Cortez Dalton Trumbo Leonard Hofman Ben Grauman Kohn Trumbo Johnny Sol M. Wurtzel

The Witness Vanishes at Opera House Tonight

Edmund Lowe warns of Hollywood’s high security costs amid his film The Witness Vanishes. He notes actors face extortion threats as fame draws attention and describes bodyguards and fences funded by film studios. The actor’s survey underlines risks faced by film professionals.

Edmund Lowe Hollywood Lowe Universal Edmund

Historical Play Comes to Strand on Saturday

Claire Trevor and John Wayne, stars of Stagecoach, headline Allegheny Uprising at the Strand. Wayne plays James Smith, rugged Pennsylvania settler leader fighting British rule, with Trevor as his colonist daughter lover, in this drama drawn from Neil Swanson’s The First Rebel and directed by William Seiter.

Claire Trevor John Wayne Stagecoach RKO Radio America Miss Trevor Sirl Wayne James Smith Pennsylvania Neil Swanson William Seiter George Sand

Taming of the West at Dixie Theatre opens today

Columbia's action drama stars Bill Elliott as Will Bill Saunders the town marshal who cleanses Prairie Port of lawlessness. Iris Meredith plays Pepper Jenkins, with a supporting cast including Dick Curtis, Kenneth Mac Donald, Dub Taylor and Victor Wong. Norman Deming directs this Wild Bill Saunders adventure first in a western series.

Dixie Theatre Columbia Bill Elliott Will Bill Staunders Prairie Port Will Bill Pepper Jenkins Iris Meredith Saunders Wild Bill Saunders West

Eternally Yours Opens Sunday Screen Novelty

Director Tay Garnett unveils a unique method to introduce a screen character in Eternally Yours as the film launches its open run on Sunday. The technique marks one of the era’s most novel approaches to character introduction.

Eternally Yours Tay Garnett

Survivors visit Ellis Island as Stinkel greets wife

U S permit holder Stinkel, a musician aboard the Columbus German liner, is reunited with his wife at Ellis Island where survivors were allowed visitors for the first time. Mrs. Stinkel hails from Lawrence and will premiere in Walter Wanger’s Yours at the Dixie Theatre with Miss Young in a dual role in a film and stage sequence featuring David Niven as a magician creating a woman.

Will Stinkel Ellis Island Stinkel Lawrence, L. T Walter Wanger Dixie Theatre Miss Young Juro David Niven Nive Presto Ated Peri Loretta Young

Merger Planned for Hope Natural Gas Unit

Public Service Commission received a petition from Hope Natural Gas Co seeking permission to absorb its wholly owned subsidiary serving Harrison and Lewis counties. Staff moving in Clarksburg reported $250,000 expansion tied to the building project as sixty four families relocate.

Charleston the Public Service Commission Hope, Natural Gas Company Harrison and Lewis Counties Clarksburg Pittsburgh Hope Natural Gas Company

Turkish Quake Area Circle Area Sees Massive Losses

The quake struck Turkish cities including Sivas Yozgat Amaasia Takatyy Samsun and Ordu causing widespread devastation. Authorities report thousands dead as aftershocks and flooding hinder rescue efforts across the affected region.

Sivas Yozgat Amaasia Takatyy Samsun Ordu

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