The flood just a little more than two years ago, was worse, he said. This flood was higher than the one in '37. I got my own theories on that. Miles north of this town, we had these strip mines. They went in and reclaimed the land, but it just doesn't hold the water back any more.
People are close here, but they've changed a lot.
The Lower Salem Community Center serves senior lunches every day to a dozen or more folks, the bank and post office are bustling, Bill Kidd's barber shop is still the hub of town activity. There's been a lot of building in the township. At Salem-Liberty Elementary School, a foundation for the future of the extended community is being set. I know the community building is almost completely rebuilt and most of the other buildings and houses done. Through all this, the people were very concerned about one another and they pulled together.