The Glenwood post., 1921-07-09
LOCAL PEOPLE
IN KINDLY ACTS
Always Liberal in the Way
Of Ministering to Those
in Deep Distress
JUST A CASE IN POINT

Glenwood people have demonstrated
that they are not unmindful of those
who suffer, and that their hands and
their hearts 90 out to their neighbors
in distress. This was demonstrated by
y their recent financial assistance,
! through the city council, to the cuffer.
ers from the Pueblo flood, but last
sunday there came another call, closer
Z to home, which enabled our people to
focus their ministrations where they
could see the direct benefits of their
efforts, and rojoice that they had
again been able to minister 10 human
needs.
4 Last Saturday man and his wife
q and five children passed through Glen.
wood in . ickety old spring wagon
drawn by pair of skinny old horses.
sun, and when a short distance below
.South Canon the storm admonished
them that they should seek shelter.
They accordingly pulled off to the
log cabin. The next morning two boys
of the family walked to town and
sought &; physician who hastened to the
improvised home where a baby girl
~, l;rro un<
too satisfactory.
Through the efforts of NJ. J. Mayes
of the local Red Cross, Miss Simmons,
the community nurse, and DR.. Hop
'kins, the folks were given the best
care possible under the circumstances
The church people and the Campfire
girls presented the case to the char
irably inclined who contributed all
'kinds of bedding and clothing to make
th' family comfortable. The city Off
,cials and the county commissioners fur
nished them with provisions, fuel and
feed for the horses, and thus in a re-
'markably short time the immediate
needs of all were provided for.
These people who arrived here in
destitute condition, minus food, cloth
ing and the many little conveniences
apparently so necessary to the needs
and comfort of family, are Mr. and
Mrs. A. l.. Chadwick, for several yeors
residents of the Arkansas valley east
of Pueblo, and their intense poverty
vat this time ia due to the fact that
they wore victims of the terrible flood,
and instead of bemoaning their present
condition, they are exceedingly grnte-
full for the fact that they are alive
teven though they lost all their earthly
possessions, save and except few ar
,,ticles of clothing they were able to
parry away in a couple of suit cases,
Yand these bespeak much better times
>than the folks are now enjoying.
Mr.. Chadwick lived in Glenwood
about 81 years ago and worked as a
laborer in the building of the Hotel
Colorado. He has this week been max
.ing inquiries concerning many of the
old timers, some of whom have passed
to the great beyond.
About nine years ago the Chadwicks
bought farm in the Arkansas bot
tom, about 32 miles east Of Pueblo.
They have enjoyed reasonable prosper
ity since that time, having accumulat.
ed eight head Of horses, IA hogs, IA
milch cows and lot of poultry. These
were all swept away by the big flood
of June 4, as was also the house, barn,
farm machinery, household goods and
Vail other personal property, and the
farm was completely ruined by being
covered, in some places more than four
feet deep with rocks and sand, render
ing it worthless for future use as a
farm.
Mr.. Chadwick does not seem dis.
,couraged over his present pinched con-
dition, declaring that he considers him
self in big luck since his family has
'been saved to him.
Driving up the Arkansas river, a
distance Of about thirty miles, Mr..
Chadwick says he feels certain they
saw the carcasses of 500 head Of live
fstock, cattle horses, sheep and hogs,
Leaides three human bodies. He says