Water snakes and local history notes from Hill Country
Hill Country notes discuss nonvenomous water snakes and misidentified moccasins, plus historical questions about Fairfield County courthouses and local place names. The column records cedar waxwings feeding on blossoms and notes about Good Hope Two Church site and Good Hope Church origins.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Broad St
Lancaster
Fairfield County
W. Chestnut St
Henry Orman
Brookdale
Berne
Pleasant
Walnut
Pitcher Rd
Lake Rd
Rushville
Gunbarrel Rd
Ireland Rd
Ireland School
Good Hope Two
Hocking County
Good Hope
Lady of Good Hope
Sugar Trade Renewal Debated in House Amid Swayed Lobbying
Congress weighs extending the 1948 Sugar Act for three years to fix ample allotments and quotas valued around 40 dollars per ton above world prices. Proponents say it protects domestic producers and consumer access to sugar, while critics warn it keeps high subsidies for foreign producers and raises costs for Americans.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
U.S
House Agriculture Committee
John G. Dow
D-N.y
Land of
Suar
Car Parts In Stock With Rebuilt Engines Available
A car parts stock report lists bumper to bumper items and various components including rebuilt engines. Buyers can find most parts in stock ready for purchase.
Murray City Class of 1936 Reunion and Local Visits
Nine of the Murray City 1936 graduates attended a reunion at Burr Oak Lodge with several named attendees from Reynoldsburg Glouster Columbus and Gallipolis among others. Numerous local residents were listed visiting family and friends in Glouster Nelsonville Athens Logan Lancaster Columbus and Willoughby. Marcus Parecius Cato was noted for declaring Carthage must be destroyed in the Roman Senate.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Murray City
Burr Oak Lodge
Clifford Ayers
Reynoldsburg
John Gears
Glouster
Virginia Short
Columbus
Clayton Ferrer
Mary Jones Warehime
Gallipolis
Rachel Roberts Johnson
Dearborn, Mich
Ruth Shuttleworth Mason
Michigan
Ruth Garner Mackie
Dorothy Robson Brown
Jack Mitchell
Gilbert Mitchell
Richard Wright
John
Wayne Mitchell
Lavinia Hanna
Larry
Howard Hanna
Lancaster
James Yates
Rita Hanna
Logan
Hazel Stone
Nelsonville
Marge Verba
Wanda Lanning
Mimi
Tina
Theresa Hanna
Athens
Jack Smith
Sharon Peacock
Mimi Lanning
Rich Lanning
Alice Rogie
Lynneene Campbell
Jack
Edith Neel
Willoughby
Nancy Dane
Ronald Decker
Charles Snyder
Marcus Parecius Cato
Carthage
Corn Blight Reappears in Ohio Counties
Laboratory tests confirm Southern corn leaf blight in Pickaway and Henry counties Ohio. Experts say the crop is young and impact unclear, with weather and moisture dictating severity. Researchers will collect air spore samples to gauge spread.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wooster
Ohio
Pickaway
Henry
Lansing Williams
Ohio Agricultural Research and Development Center
Williams
Henry County
Pickaway County
Also Mentioned on This Page
Hill Country Nature Notes
Ohio River
Good Hope Cemetery
Lady of
Congress
Carl C. Craft
Associated Press
Wiley Mayne
Lown
Sidies
Dow
South Africa
Volkswagens
Hunter Street
Murphy’s
Merycerter
Mary Carter
Tavex
Fiat
Alonae
Sabobe
Mou
Wes
East Main Street
Emith
Zenith
Murray City News
Gary Doughty
Marla
Michelle
Marcy
Jon Schentz
Daisy Thompson
Charles McNutt
Don Butler
Tom Morrison
Chauncey
Bill Kittle
J. C. Reedy
Charles Walters
Barberton
Edison Jonas
R. Wright
Ed Smith
Logan and
Gyneth
Karen Thompson
Laurie
Joe Sabo
Jetty
Huddle’s, Inc
Goodyear
Tee
Gloods Syear
Goodfyyear
Bankamericard
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