Athens County Worst Hit by Drought in Ohio Study
Athens County ranks last among 37 drought areas in Ohio for rainfall last month with .89 inch from June 26 to July 24, 3.18 inches below average. County extension agent Kenneth Ackerman cites spotty rains, crop growth retardation, and damage to corn hay and pasture while wheat and oats harvests benefit from dry spells. Water supplies depleted, with farmers hauling large volumes to sustain cattle. dairy cows also show reduced milk output in heat.
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Phil Bauer
Athens County
Ohio
Ohio Agricultural Extension Service
Kenneth Ackerman
Ackerman
Real Estate Transfers in Athens and Surrounding Areas
A series of property transfers includes Lura Ann Bennett to Paul Coffee in lot 622 Athens And others: Roger Tinkham to Robert L Sofrenko for .572 acre in Athens Two. Edward Oskey to Glenn Arden Swope two tracts in Trimble Two. John Wandling to James Lonas lots 527 528 529 594 595 596 Athens Two. Lula Metcalf to Olin Morrison tracts in Athens. Terra of the Hills Inc to Gilbert Schneider lot 3422 Athens. Myrtle Barrows to Catherine Mullins two tracts in Carthage Two. Charles Cheatam to Mary Wright lots 64 65 66 Jacksonville village. William Handa to William Limerly 6.73 acres in Trimble Two. Roland McPherson to Lena White lots 72 73 in Dov- .
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Lura Ann Bennett
Paul Coffee
Athens
Roger Tinkham
Robert L. Sofrenko
Edward Oskey
Glenn Arden Swope
Trimble
John Wandling
James Lonas
Lula Metcalf
Olin Morrison
Terra of the Hills, Inc
Gilbert Schneider
Myrtle Barrows
Catharine Mullins
Carthage
Charles Cheatam
Mary Wright
Jacksonville
William Handa
William Limerly
Roland McPherson
Lena White
Dov
Ceslar Kittle
Venus Elliott
Glouster
Glouster Community Bank
Alice
Maxine Rutter
Harry Swart
Guy Adams
Waterloo
Roy Walsh
Max Dishong
Albany
Gilbert Hartman
Harold Dickens
Dover
Bernice Fiscus
Carman Church
D. D. Wallace
Robert Jackson
Eugene Sisco
Marcus Adams
Rome
Mary C. Smathers
R. V. Oakley
Buchtel Village
Charles H. Slaughter
Robert L. Hunter
Richard E. Jarvis
Charles S. Webb
Lodi
Victor Weekley
D. L. Blaker
Ina F. Coleman
Alice R. Foster
Vern Kempton
Lena Kempton
Tim Chavalas
Earl Tolliver
Chauncey Village
Helen V. Seel
Earl H. Seel
Lee Two
Cambria Mining Co
Howard Antle
Trimble Two
Melville H
Zaleski Social Notes and Local Real Estate Transfers
Mr. and Mrs. Harry Potter and family spent a week with Mrs Potter’s relatives in Virginia Beach and were joined by Potter and Williams families visiting in Athens and Columbus. The column lists numerous property transfers across Athens, Glouster, Chauncey, and surrounding villages, including parcels in Jackson, Dover Two, and Trimble Two, plus a DEW EWD official move involving Ohio University land.
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James McKibben Zaleski
Harry Potter
Virginia Beach
Long Bottom Visitors and Household Guests
Long Bottom notes list recent visitors including Cora Swan with Joe Arnott McArthur George Clark Columbus and Jeanette Laurence of Portland. Nellie Cozart hosted Albert and Mrs Cline and sons, Kenneth Cline and son, and Sanford Cozart from Lorain. Edith Osborn of Keno visited Ethel Chevalier and Audrey Smith.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
David Smith Long Bottom
Cora Swan
Joe Arnott
McArthur
George Clark
Columbus
Jeanette Laurence
Portland
Nellie Cozart
Albert Cline
Kenneth Cline
Beaver Falls
Sanford Cozart
Lorain
Edith Osborn
Keno
Ethel Chevalier
Audrey Smith
Dave Yates
Everett Hooper
New Cumberland
Morgan
Texas
Daniel Wolfe
E. Liverpool
Clarence Barnett
Tuppers Plains
Kay Smith
Fred Larkins
Robert Coleman
Lester Little
Coolville
C. W. Taitt
Little Hocking
Oscar Babcock
Servicemen and families return, new postings noted
News items from Athens and surrounding towns report Sp. Claude Sloan and family arriving after three and half years in Vicenza Italy while serving with the 62nd Army Engineers before heading to Fort Meade Maryland. Navy airman Richard H. Wilson participated in a California coast operation aboard USS Midway. Various visits, illnesses, and family travel are listed from New Marshfield and nearby communities with names and locations including Ohio Indiana Florida and West Virginia.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Claude Sloan
Sloan
Shirley Bryson
Athens
Vicenza
Italy
62Nd Army Engineers
Ft. Meade
Richard H. Wilson
USN
Howard W. Wilson
Albany
California
Midway
Clear and cooler Thursday in Athens
Observer C L Colmer reports Athens saw a cooler day with a 9 am temperature of 73 and a low of 60. Humidity dropped providing relief after Wednesday’s high of 91.
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Athens
U.S
C. L. Colmer
Colmer
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