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Newspaper
Athens Messenger
Location
Athens, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Oct 18, 1953
Page
10
A nostalgic piece by Luster Cooley celebrates autumn farming life. It paints harvests mostly done, pumpkins and apples ready for picking, wood smoke, cider, and the memories of apple butter making as families gather to enjoy seasonal foods and chores before winter.
Ohio farms led Ayrshire judging with Shirecrest Famous named senior champion and grand champion in the county fair. Lee's Hill Kayak M earned junior champion as Ohio exhibitors posted multiple top awards and discussed flock management and profitability for next year.
Columbus junior livestock show highlights Ivan Zorn of Jackson Center with the grand champion steer a medium weight angus. Danny Purdin of Route 1 Johnstown earned reserve pen champion. William Hughes of Hunsville won showmanship and William Hogue Jr of Licking County was reserve showman. Paul W Teegardin Jr Ashville won the shorthorn blue ribbon. Katy Cromsey Pickaway County won the junior showmanship award.
The Francis Tisdell family waits as their water well explodes about once a month since January. Dr. George A Thiel of the University of Minnesota geology department says marsh gas from peat beds trapped underground causes the blasts and risks damage to the well house.
A Baltimore and Ohio freight collision in Decatur ends with the death of 49 year old John Paul Bolin. Bolin ordered three crewmen to jump seconds before impact. The other crewmen were unharmed. Sheriff Peters described Bolin rounding a curve and striking a halted caboose from an opposing freight.
A GEORGE L. ZEIS column notes water use by industry outpaces residents in Ohio. Steel leads consumption at nearly seven trillion gallons yearly, while electricity generation required 2840 billion gallons in 1949. Groundwater recharge varies with winter snow and rainfall.
COLUMBUS, Ohio the state agriculture department has hired Frances Zamnik 33 of Worthington as supervisor of its chemical laboratory at Reynolds She succeeds Edward McKay who resigned Sept 15 to study for his doctorate at Ohio State University
The summer drought was cited as the reason farmers need more money for milk in winter. A federal milk order in Cincinnati provides automatic wholesale price changes. Milk cooperatives said burned-out pastures forced them to use costly feeds, farmers stated.
Bernard Simonsen of Ciam Falls Wisconsin, president of the Nortest Turkey Growers Assn, told the organization's convention that consumers will find good turkey prices for Thanksgiving and growers will gain a fair profit. He said the industry is in good shape with no oversupply and plenty of birds nationwide.
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