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Newspaper
Raleigh Register
Location
Beckley, West Virginia, United States of America
Date
Mar 11, 1947
Page
12
Property listing for a four room house with basement barn and poultry house on two acres at Glen View with water and lights. Also notes a four room house with water and lights on Beer Route 1921 at Shady Spring 500.
Numerous listings describe homes with six to eight rooms on varied acreages from 16 to 22 acres plus outbuildings and fruit trees. Properties are in Coal City East Beckley Sophia and Prosperity with features like basements, hard roads, modern baths, sheetrock, cinderblock barns, stores, and near schools. Prices range widely with quick sale incentives and part payments. contact names include Vernon Bowling Mrs Howard Patterson J R Winchell Lewis Hatcher Harvey and Lewis Hatcher with local phone contacts.
Multiple dated real estate notes describe properties for sale or rent. A 31x room house with gas and water on one acre with fruit trees on Binge old Scarbro Road near Oak Hill. a 1 room house with lights water on two acres at Sanger near Oak Hill. a four room house with hardwood floors on Hilltop. a 40x80 business building with four rooms full basement and five lots at east end Oak Hill.
A long OCR fragment lists multiple vintage vehicles with makes models years and options. Notable entries include a 194 GMC 2 ton truck with chassis and cab long wheelbase, double reduction rear end and booster brakes, a 1941 Buick Special four door sedan with radio and heater, a 194 Oldsmobile Club Sedan with heater, a 194 Ford Deluxe Tudor with radio and heater, a 1939 Ford Forder sedan with radio and heater, a 1947 Ford Convertible Club Coupe with heater and defroster, a 1946 Ford Business Coupe with heater and defroster, a 1946 Chevrolet Fleetline Aero Sedan with heater and defroster, a 1942 Chevrolet Convertible Coupe with radio and heater, plus several illly OCRed entries and stray words. The list mixes proper models with garbled names and partial phrases.
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