Thursday, October 4, 2012

Monroe County Beacon, Woodsfield, Ohio, Page 13

PUBLIC NOTICE In compliance with Section 5715.17 of the Revised Code of Ohio, public notice is hereby given, to the real estate owners of Monroe County, Ohio, that the County Board of Revision has completed its work of equalization and transmitted the returns to the County Auditor, and that the tax returns for the year 2012 have been revised and the valuations completed and are open for publication inspection at the office of the County Auditor at Woodsfield, Ohio. The County Auditor will, upon request, furnish to any person a certificate setting forth the valuation for tax purposes of any tract, lot or parcel of real estate situated in the county, or will, upon receipt of sufficient postage, mail the same. Furthermore, the Board of Revision of Monroe County, Ohio, will hear any complaints against valuation or assessments, except valuations fixed and assessments made by the Tax Commissioner, at the office of the County Auditor at Woodsfield, Ohio, on Mon., Oct. 15, 2012, at 1 p.m. Oct. 4, 11, 2012 -----------------SHERIFFS SALE State of Ohio MONROE COUNTY SS: In the Court of Common Pleas Case No. CVE 2012-066 In pursuance to an ALIAS ORDER OF SALE issued out of the Court of Common Pleas of Monroe County, in the Case of U.S. Bank N.A. vs James R. Wade and Maralee Sellers being Case No. CVE 2012-066 in said court, I will offer for sale at Public Auction at the east door of the Courthouse, in Woodsfield, Ohio, in the above named County on Fri., the 26th of October, 2012, at 10 a.m., the following described lands and tenements: P R O P E R T Y ADDRESS: 41820 SR 255, Woodsfield, OH 43793 PARCEL NUMBER: 4-

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039020.000 Center TOWNSHIP: Township - Sect. 15 ACREAGE: 25.72 acres, more or less. PRIOR DEED REFERENCE: Vol. 154, Page 639, Monroe County Official Records. ** ALL BUYERS BEWARE ** APPRAISED THE VALUE WAS ESTABLISHED BASED ON AN EXTERIOR VIEW ONLY OF THE STRUCTURE(S) THE ON LOCATED PREMISES DESCRIBED HEREIN. TERMS OF SALE Anyone who purchases the property at the Sheriffs Sale must complete a Real Estate Judicial Sale Purchase Information Form immediately following the sale. The successful bidder must deposit with the Sheriff following the sale an amount in compliance with Monroe County Common Pleas Court Rule XXII (E) (3). The remainder of the purchase price shall be paid within thirty (30) days from the date the Entry Confirming Sale is filed. Said lands and tenements so ordered to be sold is appraised at Sixty thousand and 00/100 ($60,000.00) Dollars and cannot be sold for less than two-thirds (2/3) of appraised value. Charles R. Black, Jr. Sheriff Monroe County, OH Plaintiffs Attorney Colette S. Carr Oct. 4, 11, 18, 2012 -----------------IN THE COURT OF COMMON PLEAS MONROE COUNTY OH Case No. 2012-335 SHAWN W. RITCHIE, Plaintiff, vs WILLIAM HISSOM, et al, Defendants WILLIAM HISSOM, his unknown heirs, devisees, executors, administrators, relicts, next of kin, and assigns, all of whose addresses are unknown to Plaintiffs; ELIZA HISSOM, her unknown heirs devisees, executors, administrators, relicts, next of kin, and assigns, all of whose addresses are unknown to Plaintiffs;

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and JAMES B. DAVIS, his unknown heirs, devisees, executors, administrators, relicts, next of kin, and assigns, all of whose addresses are unknown to Plaintiffs; you are hereby notified that you have been named as Defendants in a legal action entitled SHAWN W. RITCHIE, Plaintiff, vs WILLIAM HISSOM, et al, Defendants. This action has been assigned Case Number CVH 2012-335 and is pending in the Court of Common Pleas of Monroe County, Ohio, Woodsfield, Ohio 43793. The object of the complaint is to quiet title and extinguish the Defendants oil and gas rights in the following described real estate: Situated in the State of Ohio, in the County of Monroe, and in the Township of Jackson, and bounded and described as follows: That certain tract or parcel of land known as the Southeast Quarter of the Southeast Quarter of Section 26, Township 2, Range 4, containing 40 acres, more or less, and bounded substantially as follows: north by the lands of Julia Griffon; Easy by the lands of Elson Hissom; South by the lands of School Lands; West of the lands of Harmon Ritchie and being the same lands conveyed to W.M. Hissom by Thomas Hissom by Will dated the 18th day of February, 1855, and which is now of record in the Office of the Probate Court of Woodsfield, Monroe County, Ohio. Being shown on the Auditors Tax Records as Parcel No. 100080100000. You are hereby required to answer the Complaint within 28 days after the last publication of this notice which will be published once weekly for six (6) successive weeks. The last publication will be made on Nov. 8, 2012 and the 28 days for answer will commence on that date. In case of your failure to answer or otherwise respond as required by the Ohio Rules of Civil

Procedure, judgment by default will be rendered against you for the relief demanded in the Complaint. Sept. 26, 2012 Beth Ann Rose Clerk of Courts Court of Common Pleas Monroe County, OH Craig E. Sweeney Counsel for Plaintiff Yoss Law Office 122 North Main St. Woodsfield, OH 43793 Telephone 740-472-0707 Fax: 740-472-0707 Oct. 4, 11, 18, 25, Nov. 1, 8, 2012 -----------------NOTICE OF ABANDONMENT Pursuant to Ohio Revised Code Section 5301.56 To: the unknown heirs, devisees, executors, administrators, next of kin and assigns of E. L. SCHUMACHER, otherwise known as ELMER L. SCHUMACHER, date of death unknown, and his wife, LYDIA J. SCHUMACHER, who passed away in July, 1974 in Massachusetts; and EVELYN SCHUMACHER, who may also have been known as EVELYN SEELEY, date of death unknown, the daughter of ELMER L. SCHUMACHER and LYDIA J. SCHUMACHER. (1) You are hereby notified that you are or may be the record holder of a mineral interest in real property located in Section 36, Township 2, Range 4 of Green Township, Monroe County, Ohio, containing 78 acres, more or less, described in Exhibit A, attached hereto and incorporated by reference

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herein (the Property), by virtue of a reservation of one-half (1/2) of the oil and gas rights contained in a Warranty Deed from E.L. Schumacher and Lydia J. Schumacher, husband and wife, to H.H. Herndon and Thelma L. Herndon, husband and wife, dated Sept. 23, 1957 and recorded on Oct. 16, 1957, in Vol. 135, Page 340, Deed Records of Monroe County, Ohio. (2) These interests are considered abandoned because: ((a) there has been no production or withdrawal of minerals by the holder of the abovereferred oil, gas and coal interest for the preceding twenty years; (b) the said oil and gas has not been the subject of a title transaction filed or recorded in the Monroe County Recorders Office within the last twenty years; (c) there have been no underground storage operations on the Property for the preceding twenty years; (d) there have been no drilling or mining permits issued to the holders of the oil and gas interests for the preceding twenty years; (e) no claims to preserve the mineral interests have been filed within the preceding twenty years; and (f) there are no separately listed tax parcel numbers created for said oil and gas interests in the Monroe County Auditors tax list and the Monroe County Treasurers tax list; (3) The present owner of the surface interest is PATRICIA M. TIPPENS, TRUSTEE OF THE PATRICIA M. TIPPENS TRUST, DATED JAN. 25,

1999, by Warranty Deed dated March 25, 1999 and recorded on March 25, 1999, in Vol. 50, Page 506, Deed Records of Monroe County, Ohio, and by Corrective Deed dated Aug. 9, 1999 and recorded on Aug. 11, 1999 in Vol. 55, Page 144, Deed Records of Monroe County, Ohio. (4) The present landowners intend to file for record an Affidavit of Abandonment pursuant to O.R.C. Section 5301.56 with the Recorder of Monroe County, Ohio, at least 30 days but not later than 60 days after the date of this notice. Jonathan C. Dehmlow Fields, Dehmlow & Vessels, LLC 309 2nd Street Marietta, OH 45750 Attorney for Landowners Exhibit A Situated in the County of Monroe, in the State of Ohio, and in the Township of Green, and bounded and described as follows: The west half of the northeast quarter of the southeast quarter of Section 36, Township 2, Range 4, containing in all 78 acres, more or less. September 26, 2012 Oct. 4, 2012 -----------------IN THE COURT OF COMMON PLEAS MONROE COUNTY, OH Case No. 2012-224 G-R CONTRACTING, INC. Plaintiff, vs GORDON ENERGY CORPORATION, Defendant NOTICE OF PUBLICATION GORDON ENERGY CORPORATION, its successors and assigns, all of whose addresses are

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unknown to Plaintiff, you are hereby notified that you have been named as Defendants in a legal action entitled G-R Contracting, Inc., Plaintiff, vs Gordon Energy Corporation, Defendant. This action has been assigned Case Number 2012-224 and is pending in the Court of Common pleas of Monroe County, Ohio, Woodsfield, Ohio 43793. The object of the complaint is to quiet title to the oil and gas leases recorded in Lease Vol. 133, Page 697, Lease Vol. 115, Page 840, and Lease Vol. 135, Page 913 and to acquire sole ownership of said leases. are hereby You required to answer the Complaint within 28 days after the last publication of this notice which will be published once weekly for six (6) successive weeks. The last publication will be made on Nov. 8, 2012 and the 28 days for answer will commence on that date. In case of your failure to answer or otherwise respond as required by the Ohio Rules of Civil Procedure, judgment by default will be rendered against you for the relief demanded in the Complaint. Sept. 21, 2012 Beth Ann Rose Clerk of Courts Court of Common Pleas Monroe County, Ohio Richard A. Yoss Attorney for Plaintiff Yoss Law Office 122 North Main St. Woodsfield, OH 43793 Telephone 740-0707 Fax: 740-472-0707 Oct. 4, 11, 18, 25, Nov. 1, 8, 2012 ------------------