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Show WEEKLY REFLEX-DAV- IS NEWS JOURNAL, JUNE 24, 1976 Assist In Clean Up The true story of the recent flood in Idaho can not be told by pictures. Anyone who has visited the area, cannot even describe the terrible disaster in words, one actually has to see it to believe it. LDS STAKE President Kenneth Moosman of Bountiful is coordinating with LDS stake president in Idaho and with 20 LDS stakes throughout Davis County which are supplying manpower into the Rexburg and Sugar City areas to assist with the clean-up- . On Saturday, June 19 one thousand persons from Centerville, Farmington and Kaysville area were bussed to Idaho to help the residents there with clean-up- . FOUR HUNDRED persons from the various other stakes in Davis County will go each day this week and on Saturday, June 26 another thousand persons will be bussed to assist there. The buses leave at 4 a.m. and return just before midnight. The gasoline is paid for by the LDS members who make the trip and they take lunches to provide their food for that day. THE MEN shovel mud into wheelbarrows and haul it to trucks to clean out schools, stores, and any buildings that need the help and the women assist those who help in their homes. Plumbers, electricians, air conditioning specialists and others were among those helping in this task to make the churches and other buildings more operable, in a shorter time. THE SALVATION Army is in full swing assisting as well. They have set up a stand and are contributing the workers who need meals. This is a tremendous service, at no charge. Teachers and students are hard at work at the schools digging out mud as all their labs, books, musical instruments and benches are all twisted and broken. Homes are all broken to pieces, knocked together, twisted off foundations, facing different directions, many destroyed completely with very few able to be restored in any way. drinks and lunch items to THE RAVAGE of water, as it hit the asphalt highways ripped out slabs of asphalt four inches thick, 100 to to 50 ft. wide which floated over into fields and into the homes and businesses. The HUB (Housing Urban Development) is supplying house trailers to the residents as a temporary . 150 ft., 40 housing. Most crops are doing well except those still laying in mud and water. Those who have been in the area, talking to the residents there, say are willing to dig out and start over. they appear to be in good spirits and t With this THEY ARE so grateful for the thousands who are coming in to help them with the clean-up- . help they can be operating their business in a short time whereas they would be months on the cleanup alone. They are appreciative of all the food, clothing and shelter as well as services provided them by everyone all over. High School is only one year old and is the only building in the city still usable, as far as sanitation. The rest rooms were cleaned up and are used as town facilities. The Red Cross uses the gym to issue clean up supplies. Sugar-Sale- m Picture 1 - The force of the water and mud moved one house 100 yards causing it to hit the big pine tree and another house. Picture 2 Moved three blocks from its former and proper location, the house then rammed into another -- home. Picture 3 - The Salvation Army has set up facilities to supply food free of charge to workers who are assisting in the cleanup. Picture 4 This is what remains of the theater building which was next to the school and used by the school for an auditorium. Picture 5 - This house was removed from its foundation which now is seen at the left. The family is salvaging its belongings. Picture 6 - Contamination in the flood area is so bad that workers must wash their hands in three buckets before eating meals. -- -- -- |