During The Flood

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My father, center, turned 12 years old on this date in 1937, while the 1937 Flood was in full swing . This picture was taken on the hill, at the home where he was born, though they were living at the house in the valley at the time. The folks in the picture were neighbors. I don't know whose dog the guy is holding. I don't know if this was taken on his birthday or not; probably not. His next-to-oldest sister may have been living in the house at the time, but I don't know that either. In 1949, he and Mom would move into the house and Dad would spend the rest of his life there, passing away in 1984 at age 59. I just happened to think - the school was about a mile up the road through flood water, and to walk the ridges to get there would be about a two or three mile hike. I doubt if the teacher could get there anyway, so the kids probably got an unplanned vacation. I doubt if many of them minded.
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