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Page 10A THE BEACON W January 2018 W 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 Happening In Happening 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 [email protected] Just to show you how smart [email protected] at 82 feet six inches. [email protected] 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 Happening In the Century Happening 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, Happening In 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 [email protected] 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 [email protected] hat's promised He would never do it Tent City. ish Hospital School of Nurs- lives as a result of this flood. Happening In Shelters were also set up hat's again -the rainbow, you know. Happening 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 [email protected] The whole month of Janu- was 3161 Harvey Avenue. I [email protected] 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