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Fag 1. Register-Guard, Eugene, Ore., Thurg,, Jan. 8, 1948 Flood Waters Recede Slowly; Families Going Back Home (CONTINUED FROM PAGE 1) type of crop that will itand the water. That li one of the main troubles with not having the area drained. If It were drained, a greater variety of crops could be planted there." Bed CroM The Red Cross, which was send ing trucks to Springfield Thurs day to help families return to their home or move to Red Cross facil ities In Eugene, said Richard Gordon, administrator of disaster service for Pacific Area Red Cros6, arrived In Eugene Wednesday night. Ht will aid local personnel in making a damage survey Fri day. A spokesman for the Red Cross Disaster Committee said Thursday the Red Cross was "especially grateful" for having U. S. En tfinnvr nnri Nnvfil Reserve nerson- nel in the office and on call at all hours during the flood. Says Thanks ''We can't thank them enough for their wonderful help," Mrs. Oregon Roads Open After High Water (CONTINUED FROM PAGE 1) Cora Pirtle, chapter manager, said Thursday. Ambulance men from this area reported that soma patients, In cluding maternity eases, were brought to Eugene from Oakrldge and Klamath Falls on the train Wednesday night, and taken to local hospitals from there. In one cast an ambulance drove to the washout near Lowell, and a patient was brought as far as the washout from that community. carried aoross the break in the road, and brought to the hospital.; Advises Ihota i Dr. Anthony Trlolo, eity-eounty health officer, advised Thursday! that typhoid shots be taken by all persons living In areas where the J drinking water may have been polluted. The dispensary at the county courthouse will be open all day Friday and Saturday morning ', for this purpose, or the family; doctor may ba consulted. City-supplied water has not been polluted In the county, Dr. Trlolo said, because hourly checks have been made In all citlce and additional chlorine used to purify. 1 Classes to Meet ' Classes in all Springfield schools were due to resume Friday, Supt. E. H. Silke announced, and four schools closed Thursday In Eugene District 4 will also resume classes Friday. Along Highway 99 South, next, to the overpass by the Willamette i Park, workmen were removing: heavy logs from the highway Thursday, straightening and re placing telephone poles and re moving debris from the thorough- fares. Debris Cleared D. L. Hancock, proprietor of a grocery store in that area, was using a shovel to remove debris from the Inside of his store. A few bananas were stlU hanging high out of the water a reach and the owner counted himself "lucky" since a $2000 ice box was un harmed. A house, wedged against the railroad trestle, had to be dyna mited away. Other small sheds were wafted across streets and generally out of place by more than 100 feet. Loses Shed A former, milking his cow under a tree, said he had lost one shed but that two large roofs lodged ngninst his home had been caused by the "big flood" in 1945. Large chunks of the macadam highway had been chewed out by the angry waters. Water board employes at the fclghtn Ave. steam plant reported Thursday they saw five teen-age youths going down the Willamette River in a boat Wednesday after noon, waving to persons on the bank and having a "wonderful! time." the Oregon Coast or the Dalles California Highway until highway crews can erect two Eailey bridges loaned by the Army. The Oregon Coast Highway was closed by high water six miles south of Coquille, but traffic may go through by Thursday night. The North Santiam was closed by a slide at Sardine, and Junction City-Eugene secondary was closed Thursday but expected to open lated in the day. 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