Interview with C. Kenneth Meloy

Description:	At the time of the flood, C. Kenneth Meloy was a high school senior and paperboy. During the flood he helped set up tents at the Quartermaster Depot and evacuate the hospital. His family found refuge with relatives in Charlestown. After receiving a pass, he and his father returned to Jeffersonville to check the condition of the home. After the flood, Kenneth Meloy was kept busy cleaning his own home, and working with a friend, was paid to clean several area businesses in the hours after school. For images of what our interviewee experienced, copy the following link to Mud, Sweat, and Tears at the Indiana State Library in your web browser. (http://cdm16066.contentdm.oclc.org/cdm/search/collection/p16066coll24/searchterm/MudSweatTears1937/field/all/mode/all/conn/and/order/title) The thumbnail image of C. Kenneth Meloy was taken from the 1937 Topic, Jeffersonville High Schools yearbook.
Origin:	1983.08.15
Contributor(s):	Winston, Vaughn, technical assistant; Jackson, Larry, assistant; Taggert, Mrs. Townsend E., 1983 transcription; Kuhlenschmidt, Eden, 2019 transcription
Source:	http://indianamemory.contentdm.oclc.org/cdm/ref/collection/p16066coll12/id/2
Collection:	Jeffersonville Township Public Library
Rights:	http://rightsstatements.org/vocab/NoC-CR/1.0/;
Subjects:	Floods--Indiana--Clark County Floods--Ohio River Valley Floods Oral history

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