Liggett sisters get new look for February

These Liggett sisters had a new look for February.

Anna got a new hair syle – bangs,

Erin got a wig for her role in Annie, the St. Paul School play, that will be staged at the end of March.

Same location 33 years later

Compare these photos.

The top photo is the one shown on the photo album page below It was from December 2, 1974 when there was a record December snowfall of 24 inches. It shows brothers Bob, age, 8, and Tom, age 10 on a snow bank near the Liggett house at 544 N. Firestone Blvd., Akron.

The other photo, 33 years later, shows sisters Anna, age, 8, and Erin, age 11, on the same snow bank. The snowfall on February 18, 2007 measured 13 inches. Click on photos to enlarge for better view.

Grandad's photo album on big snow

Do you think more than a foot of snow in Akron this February was rough?

On December 1-2, 1974, the records show 24.3 inches of snow fell over two days. 17.18 inches fell in 24 hours which remains a December record. Here's a page from Grandad's photo album about the big snow in 1974.. Uncle Bob and Dad are sitting on the sled on top of a mound of snow near the driveway at Grandad's.

The winter of 1977 was the coldest winter of the 20th century with an average temperature of 20.7 degrees. The average temperature for January was 11.4 degrees. The record for the month was minus 13 degrees on January 29.

Here are the first four graphs of the news story by Beacon Journal reporter Don Bandy:

The Akron area. was still bogged down today under the heaviest. snowfall ever recorded here.

More than 2,000 persons this morning remained in emergency shelters, stranded by , the 24.3, inches of' snow :that paralyzed cities, towns and villages in the five-county area.

The U.S. Weather Bureau reported 16.4 inches of snow fell Sunday and another 7.9
Inches Monday. The snowfall recorded at Akron-Canton Airport, broke a 20-inch record accumulation in November, 1913.

Click on the photo to englarge it for a better view.