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Show t J ' 8 BOX ELDER JOURNAL, Brigham City, Utah Thursday, June 17, 1976 Men from the Brigham City area gathered at this campground in Idaho Falls for the final leg into Rexburg. Eight buses and a number of trucks and cars made the trip, carrying an estimated 700 workers, Farrell Miles and Donald Hume of Brigham City help clean peting from a Rexburg home. : ? 'A ' t was the sight greeting one busload of volunteers as they alighted burg Tuesday morning. Some furniture could be saved, other was deposited in Rex- - ' This ' V"' in front to be - mV v Cn hauled away? rf ft J EldenJackman empties onto street-sid- e pile. n t (Continued from Page One) toiled all day, hauling debris out to the curb. We sloshed around the basement retrieving items that might be salvaged canned goods, metal furniture, cabinets, . To flood-ravage- d Rexburg Brigham City area extends f tools, pans, etc. Much of the contents were destroyed. Among them were recordfc, books and a number of stored food items bags of sugar, cans of beans, wheat and rice, etc. The flood water had left its mark about four feet high on the main floor walls. A piano was ruined. Hardwood floors were warped. Appliances might be useable. Maybe. "I dont know what Im going to do. Im still in a daze, Mrs. Phillips said. - Her husband died three years ago. She continued to live in their home of 28 years. They had remodeled it to their liking. I dont intend to stay in Rexburg. I not now. I may go to Idaho Falls. I have a daughter there, she dont like it here commented further. , Its the gospel in action, she smiling. A weary group of men it was who aboard the buses eight of them So p.m. They were the buckets and shovels which carried. Prior to leaving . j said filed at 5 were they , Rexburg, some drove north and then west to see other evidences of the destruction. I i ' i The experience left them with mixed feelings sadness and compassion for the flood victims, awe at the power such a force commands and gratitude at their own favored circumstances at home. i John Hepworth scans one of the many books ruined by flood waters at a Rexburg home. Volunteers from Brigham City were tired after helping clean up at Rexburg Tuesday. This was a view from one of the Brigham City buses in west Rexburg. You can see three houses moved by the flood and an airplane laying upside V down. Destruction was obviously extensive in this area, car- |