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Floods isolate Salt Lick kin amid deadly Kentucky floods
TOR C. B. Eldridge, a Salt Lick dry cleaner, seeks news of his invalid mother and sister believed cut off by two East Kentucky cloudbursts that drowned many and caused widespread damage. The Red Cross and state relief led by Dr. Philip E. Blackerby coordinate aid and inquiries. The writer recalls past ties to Phil E. Blackerby Jr. and notes local business and sporting anecdotes.
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C. B. Eldridge
Johnsons Laundry
Salt Lick
East Ky
Philip E. Blackerby
Kentucky
Frankfort
W.U. Dor
J. W. Eldridge
R. C. Reeves
Blackerby
Red Cross
Dr. Blackerby
Phil E. Blackerby, Jr
Phil
Joe Saleeby
Blue Bird
Here
Weldon
Hollywood
Cal
Halifax
Joe
Wesson
Owls
Colonial Heights
Curtis Gore
the Heights
Curt
Lawrenceville
Bevo
Oxford
Loc Chakales
High Point Enterprise
Roanoke Rapids Owls
High Point
North Carolina
South
Soe
Greensboro