828-Lancaster Farming, Saturday, March 15, 2003
1936 St. Patrick’s Day Flood
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breakfast. The Williams family
had spent the weekend at the
family farm in Schellsburg,
where there was plenty of vittles
for all.
Ned and A 1 reached through
the window of the flooded Wil
liams cellar to retrieve a hose and
began draining the water outside.
Al, Ned and Mr. Valley used a
broom and burlap sacks to mop
up the mud.
Pearl added that they had es
caped a lot of the smell of the
flood waters because of the mud
being removed so quickly.
That evening. Pearl used the
large roast she had brought from
the Schellsburg farm to make a
beef stew, adding a lot of pota
toes to make plenty for everyone.
It was the next morning, as the
whole neighborhood began clean
ing and scrubbing that the real
scare came. The word got out
that the dam had burst.
“Everyone began crying and
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POTTERY Approximately 200 pieces by
well known artisans including Stahl
Seagreaves Breminger Russell Henry
other pieces of contemporary and antique
redware Also 2 Vernal Seagreaves water
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Oak library table & washstand oak
display case by F H Starling previously in store at 7th & Market
St Perkasie pine drysink w/zmc lining Viet pcs Stickley DR
set 5 pc Depr style BR set 6 locomotive w/tender
Pennsylvania 6064 (4 4 2) dated 1929 museum display
formerly an operating amusement park train artwork including
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half stock fowler misc ammo BOOKS 150 lots unlisted
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12 30 CHINA & GLASSWARE. Wedgwood china Limoges
dmnerware Lenox sculptured animals & birds J Beam bottles
enamel glassware TOOLS Craftsman radial armsaw air
compressor table router Delta 10 compound mitre saw
Grizzly band saw & planer metal cutting band saw bench
grinder drill presses wood lathe & tools hand & power tools
assorted hardware Benwill TP 7 70001 b above ground
automotive list
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SATURDAY, MARCH 22, 2003 AT 9 A.M.
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Located Noith ot Allentown, Penna., just South of Slatington, PA. From Allentown, take Rle 309
North to Schnecksvrllc, at "Y" with Rte 873, take 873 North 4.1 miles At church, turn right on
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HARDWARE: Over 500 pieces ol hardware including German locks, box locks, strap hinges, pin
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ARCHITECTURAL ITEMS: Over 200 batten doors, panel doors, shutteis, barn Dutch doois, 10
Hex Signs. 20 mantels, 10 built-in cupboards, Victorian Gingeibread & posts, lightening rods,
Victorian carved lintels, 10 chimney cupboards, paint decorated doors. Federal style cornel cup
board/reeded columns & bracket feet in old blue paint
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pump handles, pump spouts, toot sciapers, staples, slide keepers, snow catchers, anvil, teed bag hold
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board/yellow paint, tool chests, jelly cupboards, drop leaf table, primitive cupboards, slant top desk,
walnut desk
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screaming. It was awful. I’ll
never forget it,” Pearl says. “I
was pretty scared but I said to
Ned we may as well pack up and
go to the farm as we were going
anyway until the house dried out
and water was safe to drink.”
Packing what clothes they
could find in a suitcase, Pear!
filled her older son’s Christmas
wagon with toys and other child
hood essentials, and they started
for Schellsburg. Halfway to Geis
town, they saw Ned's dad, John,
and another man walking down
the hill. They had come over to
get them and would walk if nec
essary. They had been stopped by
police and informed that the dam
had broken and they were not al
lowed to drive any further.
Ned’s dad was a long time
farmer in Schellsburg and was
one of the forerunners of getting
Rural Electric to the farms in the
area.
Thank-
fully, every-
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Thursday
March 20
at 9 am
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Fri. & Sat. April 4-5, 2003
Sale held at 938 Lancastci Pike, Buck, PA
(10 mi. south ol Lancastci along PA Rt 2725)
Carnival. Depiession. Heisey, Fenton, Nontake.
Comic Books, Big Little Books. Hubley, Agate
Advertising Pcs.
150+ Nascar Collectibles
Wooden wheel barrow. Rake. Fork
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Saturday sale starts at 9:00 AM
one was to eventually leam that
the dam had not broken.
Ned, Mr. Valley and yet anoth
er friend helped clean the Wil
liams’ cellar. Even the nails and
screws in the workshop were full
of mud. so they were dumped on
screens to dry. They opened win
dows and burned two tons of coal
in two weeks to dry out the
house.
When Pearl and the boys re
turned from the farm she was
horrified at what she saw.
The only livable room was a
bedroom Ned had cleaned for
them to use. He helped as much
as he could, but business at
Schenkemeyers was booming and
with the Depression just
over, money was a necessi- I - " -
A German lady next
door had looked after their
house when they were not
there because looting had
become a by-product of the
flood.
Pots, pans and skillets had to
all be taken out of the cupboards
and sterilized and scoured. The
stove was covered with muddy
water but it still worked.
Helen, the Hungarian girl, was
a big help with all of the hand
cleaning and scouring.
“It took us a week to move ev
erything back downstairs. It took
only one night to move it up!
“Helen is such a great helper
that 1 am paying her $3 a week
plus her carfare over the week
end,” Pearl wrote.
Helen was about to get a job at
the Sanitary Dairy but stayed at
the Williams’ until she was
called. Her efforts proved worth-
2 DAY PUBLIC AUCTION
Fri. Mar. 21 & Sat. Mar. 22,2003
9:30 A.M. Each Day
R.D 201 Orchard Drive Catawissa, Pa. Rain or snow, we will be under heat
ed tent Lunch will be provided, but bung your chairs Take Bloomsburg exit
oft 1-80 to Rt. 487 South through Bloomsburg to Catawissa, Pa. Fiom
Catawissa take Rt 42/487 South at split take 487 South 1.2 miles to
Rollback's Faim Maiket, Turn at Auction Sign (Apple Road) go to stop sign
& turn left onto Long Wood's Road Go 9/10 mile & turn at sign Absolute
lemoval day ot auction unless pnoi anangements are made.
Antiques - Farm Equip. - 4 Wheelers - Golf Cart
Toys - Collectables - Knives - Oak - Autos - Transits
Friday 9:30 A.M.
Tin wind-up Amos & Andy taxi cab, tin Bloomsburg bank, wood uicus
wagon & horses. Tin tigei cage toy, tin Mattel #503 “Farmci in the Dell” toy
uank handle, tin hiclion San Fiancisco trolley car in box. child's sciub
board, tin sm Doll buggy, “Chimp" cymbal smacking monkey. Child's
Jaymai & Schoenhul pianos. Cast Toys: 20 mule team Boiax wagon Ham, 2
cast Budweisei beer wagons with horses, hull wagon, bakery wagon, tiain,
motor cycle, Santa & icindeei, 2001 Hess tiuck, over 40 scale mod *4o’s &
- 50's cais & otheis. Child's Pacei pedal cai, Tonka toys, Nyhnt Fnc tiucks.
Lost m Space Robot B 9; file trucks, old tin windup Heicules Ferns wheel,
Japanese cloth stoiy books, silver "Presidents & First Lady” coins, 36
Franklin Mint 1973 Ist Ed Proofs, lamps, nice old 7-1/2' maple cornet cup
board glass top doors, wood bott. doors, 7' coinei cupboaid. painted, 8”
Cheny cornet cupboard 2 glass doors top & 2 solid doois bottom, Vanemden
& Co child's candy mould, cherry drop-hont sec. Cabinet, Halls tea pot, nice
old 10 pc walnut dining-room suite, old rocking chairs, beautilul old oak "S”
mil-top desk, 60” w with pigeon holes, child’s 1011-top desk, mckeis, oak
chests ot dis., 4 drawei tigei oak dressei & mirror, beautilul 7 pc. maple
waterfall bedroom suite, complete, 7-1/2' Grandmothcis clock. Black Foiest
Coo Coo clock. Ingiam & Gilbert mantle clocks, school desk, kmte collec
tion’ ovei 50 Remington knives, also other nice brand name pocket knives,
WWII Army bayonet, Geiman Officers Suhl bayonet 11" blade, 6’ wood an
planc propellci, twin, full & Queen size beds, complete, beautiful old oak
diop-lront desk with mirror & door on side, fancy trim; oak beadle sewing
machine, turtle-top trunk, old non combination safe (have combination),
marble-top table w metal stand, crocks & jugs, maibles, Ig New oak curio
cabinet. Oriental style Ig, chest & sm cuno cabinet: old National cast & brass
cash icgister, 2 childien’s gas powered ride-on trains & track, doll cradle,
leaded glass windows. Matchbox & Hot Wheel cars, cast pots, snare drum.
Halls tea pot. Ig 3-D Zepher "lion Barque Schooner” plaque, nice blue vel
vet couch, 2 uph. caned-sides chairs, canes, salt & peppers; piano stool with
claw feel, books, Emmett Kelly Jr train, sad irons, hanging scale; marbles;
poicelam-top table, harmonica, coats with fur
Saturday 9:30 A.M.
1937 Oldsmobile car, “Country Doctor” by David Armsliong (#3OB/950)
signed, “With Friends and Family" (#l4/20) Aitist Remarque, “Ellen Clark
Bertrand Libiary (#lB/50) Artist Remarque & "Spring House Garden"
(#A! 2O) Artist Remarque all 3by David Seybolt, Star Trek official collector
shirt; 20 cl Kenmore S/S refn -freezer; Ig Chest freezer, Kenmore auto
washer & elec, dryer, 2 wood molding planes; microwave. Deacon bench,
sewing machine. Imperial china seiv. 12, binoculars, 20+ miniature lamps,
kero & Dietz lanterns, set Hagen golf clubs & bag, 19" color TV, four 5,000
btu air conditionei, loveseat, couch & chairs, good useable toys & spring
horses; 45 cal black powdei pistol (repo.), office equipment & file cabinets,
VCR, canes, umbrella stand, Occ Japan, books, Yamaha Molo 4 with special
front mower, 2 transits, Curley Transit in ong. wood case & Dietzgen Transit
in case, barn full of old furniture, 1991 truck FISO XLT Ford Lariat 4wh dr.
6" box & cap, Massey Ferguson Diesel two 8 gun cabinets, vac. cleanei,
ladies & men's jewelry; Bentley electric guitar; 33 records; horse & cart brass
weather vane, Stanley planes, many “new” tools. Sears power miter saw &
table; 10 hp Snow Chief snow blower, like new, Dept. 56 Dickens Village,
Snow Village & 17 porcelain houses from the North Pole series (from 1990
to 1994), signs & figures (apx. 65 pcs.), metal chicken feeders; baby buggy,
scooters, tricycles; owl table & lamp; Kubota child’s pedal tractor; sleds, all
kinds hand tools, Ig. Bolt cutters; wood planes; Sears 8” table saw; B. & D.
work bench, gas weed whackers; 3 1/2 hp. Coleman power mate; 8 hp. B. &
S generator; Ski-doo snowmobile H 6690; Artie Cat snowmobile 1052 miles;
Path Winder go-cart; 10 hp. Snow Chief snow blower; 8 hp Troy Bill
mulching mower; Big Bear 4-wheeler (.03 miles); Kubota tractor has (214
hours) w. front-end loader & backhoe TL24O; gas E.Z. Go golf cart w. roof;
Massey Ferguson tractor 275; Woods 8’ brush hog; 3 Sears riding mowers;
John Deere JD3SOC dozer; John Deere front-end loader & backhoe; farm use
Ford dump truck. International tractor with front-end loader & 3 pt. hitch;
1988 G.M C. Sierra 2 ton dump truck (20K), 1194 Case tractor with canape;
6’ brush hog, 25’ & 26’ traders w. dual wheels, lawn & garden tools,
Homehte chain saw; shop vac, Bostitch finish nailer & angle nailer & stick
nailer, Dewalt cordless drill DW996K; 40' alum ladder, tow chains; 4-5 tons
+/- wheat straw. Each day we will have many items too numerous to mention.
Statements made day of auction take precedence over any previously written
or stated material. NO credit cards or credit card checks Pay cash. Travelers
Checks or good check, NO checks or out of state checks unless known by
auctioneer Phone with any r s
Seiler: Rosemary DePaoli, M.D.
NEVIUS AUCTION SERVICE
310 E. Fifth St. Berwick, Pa. 18603 Ph. 570-752-4214
while as Pearl raised her pay to
$1 a day. The two painted and
scrubbed the walls and Pearl
found new curtains for the living
room, kitchen, and bathroom.
It took her three days to write
her letter to her sister who,
thankfully, treasured it over the
years and sennit to us upon her
sister’s death.
So, as the weather remains
cold and the snow melts slowly,
we are thankful. A slow melt will
mean less chance of flooding.
Even though my husband was
very young, he remembers the
fear and the hard work caused by
the devastation of a flood.