Evening star., 1937-09-18
FAIRFAX REALTY
TRANSFERS RISE
Property Valued at $780,,
Changes Hands During
the Past Week.
Special Dispatch TO The Star.

Special Dispatch TO The Star.
FAIRFAX, Va, September 18.-
Real estate transfers in Fairfax County
took a sharp upward swing during the
past week on the basis of recordations
in the Office of the county clerk.
The value of the property to change
hands was estimated slightly in excess
of 100000, and two of the sales in
volved considerations of $4,000. In
cluded among the transfers were the
following:
A tract comprising approximately 80
acres in Centreville district on Bull
Run and Rocky Run, a part of the old
Yorkshire Farm, was conveyed by R.
r. Farr, special commissioner, to
Clarence G. Wahler.
Fairfax Hunt, Inc, purchased a
tract of 89.174 acres in Dranesville
district on the road from Browns
Chapel to Oakton from Mr.. and Mrs.
A. S. Altman. The property is located
In one of the important fox hunting
sections of the county, and it is
planned to develop it for club purposes.
Falls Church Property.
Several properties in and around
the town of Falls Church were also
included in the recent realty transfers.
Mr.. and Mrs. Guy N. Church have
sold 1.l437 acres on Little Falls street
to Mr.. and Mrs. Earl B. Bailey. Four
houses and lots in Hillwood have been
conveyed to Glen E. Eakin, Inc, by
W. r. Kelley and Harry R. Thomas,
trustees, and Mr.. and Mrs. Horace
e. Downey have sold house and lot
on Columbia pike, Falls Church dis
trict, to Mr.. and Mrs. Joseph S. Keith.
A portion of old Mount Pleasant
Farm containing approximately 22.57
acres in Mount Vernon district has
been conveyed by the Home Owners
Loan Corp, to Mr.. and Mrs. Everett
@. German. The property is near
Mount Vernon. In the same district
on Little Hunting Greek, Mr.. and Mrs.
Edward c. Gibbs have sold lot in
Woodland Park TO Mr.. and Mrs. John
d. Lawson.
Mrs, Virginia E. Burrows of Will
1Amsburg has sold lot and store
building in the town of Fairfax to
Mr.. and Mrs. John B. Abraham of
Alexandria. State Senator and Mrs.
John w. Rust have sold a lot in the
town OF Fairfax to Mr.. and Mrs. r.
M. Loughborough.
Property of the late George White
comprising approximately II acres in
Falls Church district on Holmes Run
has been sold to Claude Moore. In
the same district. near Annandale.
Mrs. Mary l.. McCandlish, and others.
have sold Abs acres to Malcolm
Morrow. The property is on the Falls
Church-Annandale Highway.
Vienna Transactions.
Mr.. and Mrs. Douglas L. Hatch have
purchased q tract of approximately
81 acres in Lee district, near Burke.
from Mr.. and Mrs. William Paul
Marshall, and on OK road in Lee
district, Franklin w. Makely of Fair
lax Station has bought acres from
MI. and Mrs. Harry V. Jones.
One acre on Park street in the town
OF Vienna has been sold to Mr.. and
Mrs. w. H. Moreland by Ethel E.
Harrison. Just outside the town of
Vienna Mr.. and Mrs. Wells A. Sher-
man have sold l acre on Chain
Bridge road to Isaac H. Trunnell
Inc property is a part of the old 3.
W. Head farm. On the road from
vale TO Vienna 37.7 acres formerly
owned by Margaret r. Holt and Eric
A. Bruce has been sold to Hubert j
Howard A. and Nellie M. Gerken
John M. Whalen, trustee, has con-
~eyed approximately acres in Provi-
dence district, between Oakton and
vienna, to Mr.. AND Mrs. William w.
Brady. Beverly Manor Land Co. has
sold a lot in Beverly Manor to Mr.
and Mrs. Castleman P. Boss of WASH
angton, and lot in Briarwood. on
the Lee Highway in Providence district
has been sold by Miss Agnes Stuart
Ierrett to Mr.. and Mrs. Arthur M
Mills. A lot in Engleside. Mount
vernon district, has been sold TO Mr..
Ano Mrs. Aubrey A. Southard by MIR.
and Mrs. John w. Jacobs, jr.