I was told just a few days ago by a Mrs Short that the tornado came thru Salem in Jan of 1947... ARFULTON-D-request@rootsweb.com wrote: > Subject: > > ARFULTON-D Digest Volume 03 : Issue 58 > > Today's Topics: > #1 Re: [ARFULTON] FW: [Manes] Fulton ["Patricia" <gpjohnso@frontiernet.n] > #2 [ARFULTON] Date of the big storm i ["Robert W. King" <robert@wildwease] > > Administrivia: > To unsubscribe from ARFULTON-D, send a message to > > ARFULTON-D-request@rootsweb.com > > that contains in the body of the message the command > > unsubscribe > > and no other text. No subject line is necessary, but if your software > requires one, just use unsubscribe in the subject, too. > > To contact the list administrator, send mail to > ARFULTON-admin@rootsweb.com. > > ______________________________ > > ------------------------------------------------------------ > > Subject: [ARFULTON] Date of the big storm in Salem > Date: Mon, 26 May 2003 22:59:08 -0600 > From: "Robert W. King" <robert@wildweasel.net> > To: ARFULTON-L@rootsweb.com > > Hi folks! > > I was trying to recall the date the big storm passed through Salem back in > the 1940's. I think it was about 1946, but I'm not very certain about that. > Can anybody come up with a more exact date. Several homes in Salem were > damaged including the house my great-grandparents P.S. and Orpha Roberts > were living in. Later my grandparents, Ernest and Elsie Roberts resided in > the house for many years. > > -- > Robert W. King > I'm an ingenieur, NOT a bloody locomotive driver! > SnailNet: 19023 TV Tower Rd, Winslow, Arkansas 72959 > BellNet: 479-634-2086 > InterNet: robert@wildweasel.net > Web site: http://www.wildweasel.net

Hi Liz! In an off-list message, Mari Lewis sent me some verses of a song about the event: One day in January 1947 The little town of Salem was a peaceful haven The people they were happy Just at the close of day when all of a sudden A cyclone came their way Some people were working And some had gone to town When out of a blacken sky A mighty storm came down So many lost their homes And everything they had Some of them were injured And felt so sad But no one lost their life There in that raging storm God was surely very near To call no one home But the sun came up next morn And shined the whole day long but the wind was cold and icy as it blew thru the throng there are 7 verses to this song.. Mari Lewis -- Robert W. King I'm an ingenieur, NOT a bloody locomotive driver! SnailNet: 19023 TV Tower Rd, Winslow, Arkansas 72959 BellNet: 479-634-2086 InterNet: robert@wildweasel.net Web site: http://www.wildweasel.net -----Original Message----- From: liz neal [mailto:nubbin@centurytel.net] Sent: Tuesday, 27 May 2003 21:34 To: ARFULTON-L@rootsweb.com Subject: [ARFULTON] Re: Tornado in Fulton Co. I was told just a few days ago by a Mrs Short that the tornado came thru Salem in Jan of 1947...