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Show Sidehtes... ! By PATRICIA WILLIAMS Humor, pathos and bewilderment bewilder-ment at the power of water roll-. roll-. ing over the ground were the i emotions felt after a trip thru the homes in the lower sections 1 of Milford Wednesday. I found j most of the residents were in I good spirits, philosophical, and ; thankful that the flood damage wasn't any greater. A few were i almost in tears as they exhibited exhib-ited their besmirched homes. I Many were near exhaustion after days of shoveling, wash-, wash-, ing and scrubbing at' the thick I yellow slimy mud. Families and friends started I cleaning Saturday night even j before the waters had subsided, j and as late as Wednesday after- noon some were walking on plank walks, with slick, oozy ; mud on each side of the narrow nar-row plank, a constant threat to Continued on Back Page ' Here's More About SIDELIGHTS (Continued from Page One) higher in the room. Damage at the Clinton Myers home ' was estimated at $800. The Kent Murdock family is "visiting" at the John Williams home until they can get their mess cleaned up. The Lewis Thompson home and furnishings furnish-ings were badly damaged. Mr. and Mrs. George Baker were cut of town on vacation. Sunday morning friends "broke in" and cleaned up the debris as much as possible. The clothes lines were filled with rugs, clothing, bedding, etc., and swabbed down with a hose. when the waters struck, and Mrs. Fowles was in Salt Lake. The children were up town watching the "fun," after being told the flood wouldn't touch their house. They returned home to find their house and about everything in it covered with slime. Rugs were shrunk and ruined, and after three days of scrubbing the yellow mud could still be seen tinging some pieces of furniture. Glenn McKnight was called out to work, and Mrs. McKnight and a grandchild were alone. When Glenn came home for boots he told Mrs. McKnight to "Leave everything and get away from the house." They were unable to enter thier home until Sunday morning. Damage to the. house, furniture, rugs and clothing was estimated at about $1,000. When I called at the Guardell Banks home I found Mrs. Banks ironing nonchalantly. When I asked how she survived the flood, she gave me a sly look and said: "There wasn't any water that got in our house. We stayed home and put sandbags and old quilts over the doors, and kept fighting the water as long as it lasted." The John Wilcox home suffered suf-fered about $150 damage. Mrs Wilcox said she'd "never fuss at the family again for track ing mud into the house." She was glad her children were in Beaver during the flood. The Ernest U'Ren and J. H Vernon homes were on higher foundations, and the water did not reach inside the houses, About 4 inches of water entered en-tered the Usher Wilcox home. They were in Beaver, and after being notified of the flood threat Mrs. Wilcox arrived at home in time to save most of the furniture from damage. Mr, and Mrs. Clinton Myers were up by the potato pits, watching the flood waters race toward town, and did not real ize that their own home was in danger. When they returned home they found Jockey sitting in the middle of the bed. All the floor coverings had been taken up and stored in a safe place, but the wooden floors, walls and furniture suffered water and mud damage. Jockey, using a small rug as a cleaning swab, was "doing what he could to clean up the mess" while the waters were still creeping up clothing and disposition if they slipped. Clean clothing and dirty clothing were hanging on the clothes lines along with bedding, bed-ding, rugs and carpets. Linoleum Lino-leum was ruined in many homes. Furniture was raised up on blocks or piled on beds. "Railroaders" occupying the homes in the north section of town didn't suffer as much as those in railroad homes in the southern section of the city, 'vheie they received the full force of the torrent a few hundred hun-dred yards from the break in tire dike. Everywhere the folks said the terrible odor of the mud and slime was more unpleasant than the actual clean-up work. Flies swarmed in and around all homes, frogs croaked all n'ght, and a few snakes slithered slith-ered through the yellow mud. At the Max Bracken home, the kitchen Ijnoleum and flooring floor-ing will have to be replaced. About 8 inches of water entered enter-ed the home, and board walks were floated away, and several inches of muck covered the lawn. Mrs. Max Root was still laughing, as she recalled Mrs. Bracken's tumbled into the slick ooze after Mrs. Bracken had helped with preparations for the flood at the Root home. A little frog was washed into the living room, but the Roots decided de-cided not to make a pet of the croaker. At the R. J. Magill home, the floor and furniture were really shining. Many friends had begun be-gun helping the Magills Saturday Satur-day night while the flood waters wat-ers were still surging, but one rug Was ruined, probably the one Bill Haynie was dunking in the flood as he sang his own version of "The Irish Washerwoman." Washer-woman." Furnishings at the home of Mr. and Mrs. Tony Talancon were badly damaged. No one was at home, Mrs. Talancon being be-ing in California, Mr. Talancon at work and the children away visiting.. Mr. D. A. Fowles was asleep |