On May 6, 1975 at 2:45 p.m. a tornado struck our town. A day that will never be forgot. the town looked like one big junk yard with all the debris. Seconds after it happened the people knew what had happened but yet not believing what did happen. It just couldn't happen here to us.

First question asked in their own minds was where do I start. Everyone first found out if anyone was hurt. Lucky enough no one was hurt or killed. Each family started with their own homes and business places. Covering up the roofs and windows that were out so in case it rained more, it wouldn't get in to ruin more and before it got dark on them. There were no lights or water. The light men worked all night to get lights in the main part of town. They worked better than a week to get new posts up and run some new wires. Water was brought in in cream cans for drinking water. People from neighboring towns came to help find and pick up things. They were wonderful. We also find some outsiders that just came in and pick up and claim things for themselves.

By supper time the people in town and the helpers were fed. Food was brought in from every where. The Red Cross from out of Sioux City came and supplied their help. The first three night some people worked until 3 or 4 o'clock in the morning. The next morning after the storm, bright and early, carpenters were hammering away putting new roofs on and glass in windows and home owners were washing down the muddy plastered walls and picking up debris inside and outside the houses.

Every garage that housed a car was destroyed, several business places and two homes. Those businesses that were destroyed were Dennis Elevator and Fertilizer, McFarland Repair, Lackas truck shed and Johnston Lumber Yard, plus the county shed, fire house, pump house and Mr. and Mrs. Warren Greeno trailer home and Mr. and Mrs. Lyle Miller home. Greeno's were not at home that day thank goodness for that because their home was a block east from where it was setting, wrapped around a tree and a light pole. Mrs. Miller was home and took cover in