Purcell High School - Cavalier Yearbook (Cincinnati, OH)

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cc DISPOSSESSED xx cc LOWER BROADWAY 1 KC EAST END . 6 LCdiLOVL HE beauhful Ohio wendrng :is way belween fhe hulls a source f pleasJre and s vrce +o so grea+ a commumfy +h rampan+ Ohro oerleaprng rls nafural bo.1nds wr+h +he fury of a pre hlsforuc mons+er s+rulung ferror fo +he hear+ of man and leavrng a 'lrall of desfruchon un :is wake 'Iwo phases so uH'erly dlFFeren+ yel' so much a pari of man s life The year of I937 wall always be re membered as a symbol of ihe grea+ esf flood un hlslory a flood where In fhe ru'I'hless forces of na+ure were p1+'l'ed agalnsi' The lndomrfable sprru+ of man a flood 'l'ha+ 'roolr nfs +er rrble +olI of luves homes and properly a flood 1'ha+ gave ample proof of mans rnvrncuble courage of has co operahve achon has umversalcharrly Hence If IS only Wrhng 'lha+ we 'lhe members of ihe graduahng class sympafhehcally dedlcafe fhls lh nmrh publncarlon of The Cavalier +0 ihe 'lhousands of flood sufferers of +h Ohro Valley

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LA VV 61448 LEAR llmpid wafer flowing befween high green banks on eiiher side a pure color dancing wavelefs fhaf break on flaH'ened sandbars a +hmg of beaufy +he river has +hrilled lhousands who sfood on nfs banks admiring :ls maleshc solemnl+y And +he rushc scenes on eufher bank cool green fields heavenly aspiring +rees +he bare 'Fields painled wilh 'rhe rich earfhy brown of freshly plowed soil . . . fields spoHed wi1'h a brown and green carpel' of fobacco planfs . . . fields slrewn wi+h minialure foresls of corn and grain . . . +hese are even more beaufiful, if ihere could be any basis for comparison, fhan Old Man Ribber himself. As a highway, as a railroad, fhe river serves as one of fhe main ar+eries of our commerce. Transpor+a+ion on fhe river, while no'r so swiff, is usually cheaper +han any ofher sor+, and in an earlier era was 1'he only roufe fo +he oulside world. This commerce buili' up 'rhe river +owns all cifies along fhe river owe fheir size and even +heir very exislence fo if. Thus when we realize fhe imporfance of +he par'r fha? ihe river plays in our lives, we see 'rhal' if is fiH'ing 'lhaf fhe fheme of fhis Annual be The Beaufiful Ohio . xx D. l A,--hiv D I,'. V4 ' ' ' . A t I X W 1 -v Z 4- X 1- A x ' , v . y -at 'I ,T ff A sf 1 F B - :. L : . , - , in - i , ,X , , .. . . . . , . . . . . . ,

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-s-rigid arm The Hrsi of fhls sernes of elghl' alr vlews of fhe flood shows a lemporary ramp 'fo +he suspenslon bridge lhe only means of commumcailon befween Cuncunnah and nfs snsfer cvhes across +he rnver Coney Island our ruverslde pleasure resori dnd no+ escape only 'lhe +ops of The bulldung nn 'lhe park were vusnble above wa+er The race hack un +he background was comp'e+ely covered The Columbia elecfrlc power sfahon was shll In operahon an sprle of +remendous handlcaps when 'rhls plcfure was falcen soon afier however ihe rlver rose more an 'll'e crly was w1+hou'l' llghl Railroad fraffic was seriously hampered when ihe fraclcs leadlng +o 'Phe new Union Termlnal were submerged e ex1en+ fo which ihe flood covered 'lhe Wesl End and Basm IS here clearly shown