Jersey Shore High School - Orange and Black Yearbook (Jersey Shore, PA)

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1 Ili ll Sell house gleamed eerlly on the rlslng xx ater from tame to ttme someone xvxth 1 flashhght could be seen castmg hurrxed glances at the depth of the flood It xx as up to the ftrst porch step then nt clxmbed to the second and 1s I xx 1tehed If sxxlftly moxed to 1 pomt halfxxay p the thlrd Ag11n I ran 1ns1de thls t1n1e xx 1th the cry It has fntteen mches to come Rea1171ng at last that the vxater xxould certaxnly reach the fnrst floor xxe set to xx ork wlth exen more determnnatron If that xxere posslble Up to thrs tame xxe had moxed the carpets bookcases txxo desks all the dtnmg room chatrs and the p1ctures Then rollmg up our sleexes my father and I started 1n on the heaxler furnxture Up xx ent the serxer folloxx ed by the large cha1rs All that then rematned xx ere the buffet the d1n1ng room table the largest upholstered chatr and the daxenport Vxle dectded that these were too heaxyf to be taken up statrs So the only thtng left to do was to block them up Thrs xxe dld placlng three kltchen charrs under the daxenport and xxooden blocks under the rest T e day daxx ned Reluct1ntly a gr1y ltght 1ppeared tn the e1st Vvlhen II f1n1lly grexx brxght enough for one to make out the surroundxngs 1 slght seen but once ID 1 lxfetlme met hrs eyes I tncoln Aexnue and Burke Street had t1ken on 1 Venetlon 1spect the only thmg l1ck1ng benng the beauty As f1r as the eye could see there was nothmg but xx 1ter At one moment 1 chtcken coop xxould float majestxcally past then an o1l cont11ner xxould bob merrtly along slde only to flnd th1t the vxater was comlng ln through the floor Up tt c1me always r1s1ng nexer recedlng Up up novx f1xe mches deep noxx n1ne And sttll 1t came Not belng 1ble to xxatch tt creep 1ny hlgher on the furmture xxe resolxed to moxe tl1e table and buffet exen If It ktlled us Thxs task xx as accomphshed xxlth my grunts and gro1ns tssumg from the x1c1n1ty of the staxrxx ay Thxs left just the one large charr 1nd the daxen port Vxe eastly took tl1e chalr up but hoxx to take the daxenport lvxhlch requxres three men to moxe ntl was a problem Thxs was ftnally solxed by remoxmg Elie back from the seats and c1rry1ng them OHL 'll Z1 IIITIL P1 sexen A Nl xxe xxere forced to retlre to the s1fety of he second floor From the upstatrs tl1e scene xxas one of utter desol1t1on Vlany netghbors xxere on thelr roofs and the early mormng a1r was kept xlbratlng xx 1th the shouts from housetop to housetop And st1ll ut rose long before noon the car had d1sappeared and then the txny xx 1xes l1pped thexr xx ax up the garage roof By ten o clock boats xx ere traxellng along the streets transportmg many people to the s1fetx ol hlgher ground Nt four PNI hoxxexer xxe saxx xxlth rekmdled hope that the xx ater had dropped a qu1rter of 1n lnch 1nd bx six II had fallen almost 1 foot Iherelore xxe xx ent to b d xx 1tl1 much llghter hearts lhursd1x broke eloudx IHLI dre1rx but upon exam1n1t1on xxe found the xx 1terl11d dropped 1 x 1rd m1k1ng up forthe l1ck ot sunshmne -' ' 'l-'Y 'llOl'lf I ' ' O01 13 ll.l1. 1 5 , x . 1 . , - ' I 1 11 A .1 1 1 1 . 1 1 V 1 ' 1 ' 1 I I 1 1 1 ' ' ' 1 ' ' 1 1' 1 I' 11 ' 1 I' . . 1 Y 1 Y I V 1 5 I - 71 1 Y 1 111 1 1 I I I 71 I 4 1 I I 1 71 V1 Y 1 . . I 1 I 1 1171 Y '1 A 1- I , . V1 1 V V1 Y 1 1 ' 7 1 I l 1 1 ' Y1 1 I 1 1 1 1 1 Y 1 - I Y I I V1 ' I 1 4 '1 ' 1 V1 Y 1 1 , 1 nik I 1 I I L 7 1 Y ' 1 1 V 5 4 . 11 1 I I 1 I 1 1 ' 1 1 I 1V 1 1 11 1 1 1 I 1 1 I K ' 1 1' 1 1 1' C L 1 1 11 11 1 1 Y 1 1 1 I 1 Y 1 ' 1 I I Y 1 I Y At last, s1ck and dtsgusted xx'1th the whole affalr, I returned 1n- I 1 Y I V 1 ' I 1 1 V A 11 Y I 1 1 I 1 V1 1 '1 V1 1 1 1 1Y1 . ' ' 1 I Y A 1 'I Y I I 1 . 'I . ' v 1 I V YA ' 1 I 1 1 1 I C 1 V1 A I Y I 1 I 1 11 1 V1 I A I V V V 1 Y. 1 1 1 Y. 1 , . . 1 . . I 111 'A . 11 11 1 1 1' 1 1 C 1 1 t 1 5 1 I 1 1 1 Y 1 1 1 . V 1' '1 1 1. 1 Y I I 1 . 1 Y- 4 Y' 1 l 1 I 1 1 I 1 1 1 1 ' v YC V1 S 1 1' v v V 1 I Y 1 I '1 1 '1 A 1 11 A V 1 1 1 -1 v A I 1 A -L I' v1v1 ' V1 V Y. 1 I 1 1 ' 1 1 1 4 v I r I 1 L y 1 17 1 11 1, xy v' ly , y I . , . 1 , 1 , ' ' ., 4 I 1 I Q A I1 L 1 ' 1 1 I I I 1 I I 1 . . .... 1 . .

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IHI4 OlekXfIL AND PI XLR the grandchildren experiences of my unsurpassed courage and bravery during the flood of 36 My story begins on that fateful evening of Tuesday March I7 At that time those of us who were to go to Wellsboro to play in the All District Band were having rehearsal at the High School building Eyervthinv was gliding smoothly along when some one came to the door with the exciting news that the river was rising fast Of course this ruined band practice for that night so Mr Schoendorfer allowed us to lease Several of us aroused by this bit of news as young men always are decided to go down and see the river on its second rampage within a week This we did after pulling Mr Schoendorfer s car out of the mud We were somewhat disappointed upon reaching the riyer though because it was not so high as it had been the week before While watching the swiftly moving waters rush to the s I receiyed the first inklmg of what was about to happen A young fellow standing next to me on the bridge said Say you d better get home The water s up around your place A little skeptical I started for home trying to figure out how this could be true for as I have said above the water had been higher than it was at this time but still it had not reached us coln under water There I was with overshoes on and four inches of water before me What could be more embarrassing? Not for long was I held up howey er for who should come along but Charlie Graham and Ernest English with boots on Well to make a long story short I was ferried across and reached home with dry feet but Ernest stumbled and fell head first into the gutter then containing two and a half feet of water Once inside the worst was yet to come With all the radio warn ings and all the evident dangers of the rising water still we could not believe that our house could possibly be flooded Nevertheless we began carrying canned fruit and some coal up from the cellar thinking that the basement might become half full of water About midnight I went to bed only to be awakened two hours later by a combination of noises Just outside my window a truck driver had attempted to turn the corner too sharply and his back wheels had fallen into the gutter From the rear of the house came a yiolent churning this turned out to be my father who was also stuck So with my eyes still laden with sleep I jumped into my clothes and hurried outside By this time the water was knee deep and the motor in our car soon drowned itself A wrecker also stalled while attempting to get us out Finally conyinced of the folly of dodging the 1SSue any longer we set to work In the space of a few hours every piece of furniture had to be remoyed from the first floor And such a job Outside throughout the darkest hours of the early morning the muddy sw irling waters crept upward its icy fingers clutching every thing within reach The lights from the windows of almost every I2 H 1 7 '. fi' .f in- 1 h Q I v y V 7 I I . I . x Y , . 1 1 D ' 4 V I O V y Y . . . . ea' 3 1. Y D . ' ' I Imagine my surprise when I found the corner of Burke and Lin- Y x .0 I 1 Y Y I 4 - v v 1 . Y V . . Y 1 ' . H V. . Y . 5 D Y. V1 . 3 Y- V A . I I 3. y . I 3 7 V . 7 . . 'A I I Y 'I V YH 3 Y A lj 1 I 1 1 3 V1 1 . . ' v 7 5 Y. 'I Y 'I Y V . I Y . l - ' ,' ' , A ' m r' y r

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