Volume 31, Number 2 - Winter 1992
Sign of the Times
by John C. Harlin
BANK OF GAINESVILLE
GAINESVILLE. MO.
August 22, l949
Mr. Ewing T. Mitchell
018 East Walnut Street
Springfield, Missouri.
Dear Lr. Mitchell:
I am glad to answer the questions you have asked em concerning weather and other conditions in this, Ozark County, Missouri, during the 71 years I have lived here. Your questions and ~r answers are as follows,
How long have you lived in Ozark County, Missouri? 7U years.
How long has the Bank of Gainesville, Missouri been organized? 53 years.
How long have you been on officer of that bank? 42 years.
how long have you been president of that bank? 32 years.
Have you ever known of a cyclone in Ozark County, Missouri? No.
Have you ever known of a tornado in Ozark County, Missouri? No.
Have you ever known of a dust storm in Ozark County, Missouri? No.
Have you ever known of an earthquake in Ozark County, Missouri? No.
Have you ever known of tidal wave in Ozark County, Missouri? No.
Have you ever known of a flood in uplands of Ozark County, Missouri? No.
Have you ever known of a real blizzard in Ozark County, Missouri? No.
Have you ever known of ice preventing traffic in Ozark County, Missouri? No.
Have you ever known of a great snow in Ozark County, Missouri? Not over 5 inches,
Have you ever known of a prolonged drouth in Ozark County, Missouri? One (in 1901)
Have you ever known of grasshoppers or locusts in sufficient numbers to damage crops in Ozark County, Missouri.? No.
Generally speaking, what is your opinion of the difference in temperature, in Springfield, Missouri and Ozark County, Missouri? Not much.
Yours truly,
John C. Harlin, President
Bank of Gainesville, Missouri.
Editor’s note: Ewing Mitchell, owner of thousands of acres in Ozark and neighboring counties, actively promoted land sales during the 1940s and 1950s.
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