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Covelo Floods Bring Widespread Damage and Community Updates
December 1954 flood reports from Covelo detail six inches of rain at Dos Rios, river levels peaking at 28 feet, power and telephone outages, and road washouts. PG&E and county crews restored services. hunting trips resumed with quotas met. Local clubs report flower show prizes, officer elections, meetings, and cemetery notices amid ongoing relief and community planning efforts.
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Dos Rios
Cove
Covelo-Longvale
Farley
Pg&e
Pg&e Western Telephone Company
Fel River
Short Creek
Joe Brundage
Ranger Station
Mal
Dunlap
Reno
Round Valley
Seventh-day Adventist Church
Covelo Women's Improvement Club
SDA
Bonna Short
Meornine
Arlen Long
Wien
Linda Gravier
Cathy Hart
Bay Area
Cavelo
Pearl McCambs
Nice
Mic
CWIC
Linda Peterson
Church of Jesus Cheat
Ted Driver
Vailie
Ooh Lowise Miller
Rugged Cross
Inghib
Oman
Driver
J. Harvey Sawyers
Mutual Aid
Presbyterian Church
Kenneth Davidson
Lesie Dunlap
Buelch Lovell
Audrey Tuttle
Ira J. McLimans
Laura Begley
Roger Perkins
Preston Shields
Begley
Coavelo
Joe Wiliamson
Jack Russell
Shields
Annie Ziegler
Donald Corbin
Isle of Somewhere
Old Rugged Cross
Grover Vann
Hurlal
Covelo
Anker Mortuary
Willits