WAYNESVILLE — Every day, rain or shine, for 58 consecutive years, Ruth Gordon or her father, Ralph Land, have dutifully recorded weather observations in Waynesville for the National Weather Service.
Passing the thermometer: Woman retires as weather recorder
Saturday, January 12, 2008 | 3:40 p.m. CST;
updated 4:59 a.m. CDT, Tuesday, July 22, 2008
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