Dear SPC,
Although I was four and not likely to recall much at that age in 1937, I do
recall my mother putting a large wash tub of water on a gas stove and
turning all burners on. She was boiling the water so we could drink it or
cook with it. The water that came out of the tap was brown with mud. And
we were the lucky ones on high ground in Louisville.
Tom
On Wed, Jun 4, 2008 at 8:36 AM, Sue Carpenter <spcarpenter5468(a)gmail.com>
wrote:
I think it great that you have memories of this event. Perhaps others
on
this list could share memories from the 1937 flood.
S P Carpenter
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Sent: Wednesday, June 04, 2008 10:20 AM
Subject: Re: [INFLOYD] Southern Indiana Genealogical Society Meeting
Reminder
Hi, I remember this flood somewhat. I was only 6 years old. My folks
had a small hotel in Corydon, Ind. We were flooded up to the front yard but
the building was safe. Flood waters in the street and sidewalk were safe to
walk through. The Red Cross brought some families from New Albany to stay
at the hotel. Although there were enough people to fill the 23 room hotel,
there was only one pregnant lady with small children who volunteered to help
my mother clean rooms and feed the other people. There were no other offers
to help. My mother had some old children's clothes and gave them to this
lady. Some of the other guest must have told the Red Cross worker, who
confronted mother, saying "you cannot give those clothes to that lady, you
must give them to me to distribute as I see fit." Well, mother was never
know to be shy about defending herself, told the Red Cross worker where she
could go, that she (Mother) would give anything to anyone and that she (Red
Cross wor!
ker) had no right to tell her what to do with her own personal property.
I have heard Mother tell this story many times.
Hope you find this little story amusing. Earl Meech
Sue Carpenter <spcarpenter5468(a)gmail.com> wrote:
The Southern Indiana Genealogical Monthly meeting will be Thursday June
5 at
7:00pm at the New Albany Public Library. In the June meeting we will
have
Steven Day whose progaram will be;
"Undaunted Spirit: Living Through The 1937 Flood".
Steven Day is the Director of the New Albany Floyd County Public
Library.
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