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January 2018
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the library at Lawrenceburg
the area was called where you
January 24 has gone down
on the 275 bridge) or
in history as Black Sunday hat's and did some rather extensive go to get
hat's
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In
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In ETown.
maybe
she
was from
research
to
get
all
this
vital
in-
because the levee at Law-
Anyway,
she
was
supposed
to
formation. I had two reasons
renceburg gave way at the
LOGAN
Milan
be
an
Indian
doctor,
and
she
I wanted to write about the
west entrance of the B & 0
was called Aunt
Railroad, allowing even more By '37 flood because it has been
By Nell. She was
always
taking
care of the sick
exactly sixty years ago this
water to rush in and wash
Myrtle
Susan
By
with
her
herbs
and home-
White
Cottingham
month that it happened and
away everything in its path.
Jeanie
made
concoctions.
She asked
another reason is I do have
The water remained in Law-
Community
Community
Daddy
to
assist
her
once, and
(Hurley)
some personal memories to
renceburg for over two weeks Correspondent
Correspondent
she
handed
him
what
looked
share, plus a few I gleaned
Smith
after it crested and started to
like
an
ordinary
turnip.
But,
from friends.
fall. Some places measured it
instead
it
was
an
Indian
turnip
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Just to show you how smart [email protected]
at 82 feet six inches.
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and
since
it
was
on
his
hands
The water not only covered I am, I went in and asked for
and he didn't know, he got it
copies of issues of the Regis-
Lawrenceburg
and parts of
The Flood of
hat's
on his
face
and eyes, and it
ter for the month of January
Aurora, it covered one-sixth hat's
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the Century
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In
about
burned
him up alive.
of Hamilton County and two- 1937 and the lady said, "Well,
MOORES
HILL
Editor’s note- This is one of
I
remember
he
wasn't
too
honey, the Register didn't
AURORA
thirds of Dayton, cemetery on
hat's
Jeanie’s favorite
articles
that
happy
over
it.
I
guess
it
was
get printed, they had a flood,
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the land where the Masonic
By
she wants to share again with
about
like
a
hot
pepper.
Lodge building stands and the you
By know." Made sense to
you. The DILLSBORO
original article was
The other Linda
thing I remember
me.
However, they did have
Fred
transformer
station
is
located.
Ickenroth
published in 1997.
was
my
mother
cried! Now,
folder full of other printed
There were over four hundred a Schmits
In the days of Noah when
By
mind
you,
my
mother
was
Community
material from various sources.
tents measuring sixteen and
Paul
Community
God destroyed the earth,
it
Correspondent
not
the
crying
type.
It
had
to
that's how I found out all
Filter & one-half feet square and prob- So,
Correspondent
rained for 40 days and 40
be
something
drastic
to
bring
this important stuff. So, if it's
ably just a dirt floor. Many
nights. In January 1937, Mary
I
tears to her eyes. This was
not right, I didn't do it! The
Lou
people lived there for over a
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imagine that folks in these
pretty bad because, you see,
Powers
only thing I didn't find out
year because they [email protected]
had no-
parts were beginning to
my sister Doris had graduated
where else to go. It was called which I wanted to know was
wonder
even Correspondents
though God had
Community
in 1936 and had gone to Jew-
how many people lost their
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hat's
promised
He would never do it Tent City.
ish Hospital
School of Nurs-
lives as a result of this flood.
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Shelters were also set up hat's
again -the rainbow, you know.
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In
ing
in
the
fall
of that year.
If you know, please tell me.
at A.D. Cook, Old Quaker
GREENDALE
The rain began on January
She,
Lucille
(Witt)
Steel and
MANCHESTER
So, on with my story ...
(Shenley,) and Seagrams.
2 at 4:00 a.m. hat's
and rained
all
Happening
Georgia
(Andres)
Hunter
all
People were fed at A. D. Cook the things I remember--my
the
day and by 11:00 In
p.m.,
it had
By
went
together.
They
were
such
Daddy
By had just become janitor
and Old Quaker. A hospital
Shirley
rained
over two and one-half
WhitewaterTw
good
friends.
Of
course,
back
at Christina
Bright School, and since
Seitz
of sorts was set up at Sea-
inches.
that was only the
then, we thought Cincinnati
p But
Franklin
Poth
they
had run out of room for
grams
where,
I
believe,
two
beginning. The temperature
was a million miles
away. So
Community
the homeless, our school was
babies were born. The post
that day was sixty-one By de-
Community
that
was
a
big
deal.
They
lived
Correspondent
into a shelter. Cots
office was at Old Quaker, and turned
Correspondent
grees and dropped to Linda
thirty-
in
the
nurse's
dorm,
and
I
can
were set up for people to sleep
Hall
church services were held in
six by nightfall.
still
remember
the
address!
It
in the gym and hallways and,
the bottling plant. Isn't that
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The whole month of Janu-
was
3161
Harvey
Avenue.
I
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I suppose, anywhere else there
ironic?!! The Catholics held
ary it did nothing but Community
rain or
was room. Food was prepared guess the reason I remember
Mass at A. D. Cook.
snow with some sleet Correspondent
and ice
is because we wrote to them
The Red Cross was there to in the kitchen and, I guess,
thrown in. The river rose at
so much. Long
distance phone
hat's
they just ate anywhere th