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tates Staffer William Madden who was at the scene after Hurricane Audrey struck the Cameron parish area last year, revisited the scene this week to observe the changes that have taken place.
By WILLIAM MADDEN
CAMERON—Most of the scars of Hurricane Audrey are in the hearts of its survivors.
Outwardly, this tiny, low-lying Community south of Lake Charles has patched its wounds and resumed an almost normal way of life.
But in the simple churches of the parish today, the
quiet, hard-working citizens of Cameron and nearby villages gathered to pray.
In grim memorial services, they turned their thoughts to June 27, 1957, when in the early hours of the morning a monster killer named Audrey virtually leveled the parish.
Hardly a single family escaped some personal loss-some were wiped out entirely—as the giant storm swept away everything in its path. Over 500 Lives Lost in Storm
In her wake, Hurricane Audrey left over 500 dead, property damage in the millions, and thousands of bloated cattle floating in the sea of destruction that engulfed the parish.
The horror of that morning a year ago will forever re-
main in the hearts of Cameron's survivors.
Today, a year later, the courage of its people is evidenced in the remarkable physical recovery of towns like Cameron, Creole and Grand Chenier.
A stranger to this fishing and cattle community—now bustling with oil activity—would have to look hard to find signs of the wholesale debris that littered the town just a year ago.
Much of the credit, its people concede, goes to the generous help Cameron received from the outside. Return to Start Life Over Again
But Cameron was reborn not by money and materials, but by its people, who returned to the devastation—some
more slowly than others—to make new homes in the land where most of them were born.
"You can't move away from weather," one of the town's most distinguished citizens observed.
That, in the words of Dr. Cecil W. Clark, the gafiant doctor who lost three of his five children while he tended victims of the storm, about sums up the way Cameron feeli about its recovery.
Predominantly of French descent, the deeply-tanned people of this coastal region talk little of their nightmarish experience.
When they do, they always refer to the storm as "Hurri-

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Title	Cameron comes back after hurricane a year ago
Contact Information	John P Isché Library - LSU Health Sciences Center New Orleans - 433 Bolivar St. New Orleans, LA 70112 ~ Send inquiries to digitalarchives@lsuhsc.edu
Creator	Madden, William
Subject	Hurricane Audrey Clark, Cecil W., Dr.
Call Number	1958 p71-72
Description	Newspaper clipping
Publisher	Times-Picayune
Date	1958-06-27
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Source	John P Isché Library - LSU Health Sciences Center New Orleans ~ www.lsuhsc.edu/no/library
Language	en
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Coverage-Spatial	Cameron (La.)
Coverage-Temporal	1958
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Excerpted text	Most of the scars of Hurricane Audrey are in the hearts of its survivors. Outwardly, this tiny, low-lying Community south of Lake Charles has patched its wounds and resumed an almost normal way of life. But in the simple churches of the parish today, the quiet, hard-working citizens of Cameron and nearby villages gathered to pray. In grim memorial services, they turned their thoughts to June 27, 1957, when in the early hours of the morning a monster killer named Audrey virtually leveled the parish. Hardly a single family escaped some personal loss-some were wiped out entirely—as the giant storm swept away everything in its path.
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Contact Information	John P Isché Library - LSU Health Sciences Center New Orleans - 433 Bolivar St. New Orleans, LA 70112 ~ Send inquiries to digitalarchives@lsuhsc.edu
Call Number	1958 p71
Description	Newspaper clipping
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Format	TIFF
Identifier	See 'reference url' on the navigational bars.
Source	John P Isché Library - LSU Health Sciences Center New Orleans ~ www.lsuhsc.edu/no/library
Language	en
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Excerpted text	tates Staffer William Madden who was at the scene after Hurricane Audrey struck the Cameron parish area last year, revisited the scene this week to observe the changes that have taken place. By WILLIAM MADDEN CAMERON—Most of the scars of Hurricane Audrey are in the hearts of its survivors. Outwardly, this tiny, low-lying Community south of Lake Charles has patched its wounds and resumed an almost normal way of life. But in the simple churches of the parish today, the quiet, hard-working citizens of Cameron and nearby villages gathered to pray. In grim memorial services, they turned their thoughts to June 27, 1957, when in the early hours of the morning a monster killer named Audrey virtually leveled the parish. Hardly a single family escaped some personal loss-some were wiped out entirely—as the giant storm swept away everything in its path. Over 500 Lives Lost in Storm In her wake, Hurricane Audrey left over 500 dead, property damage in the millions, and thousands of bloated cattle floating in the sea of destruction that engulfed the parish. The horror of that morning a year ago will forever re- main in the hearts of Cameron's survivors. Today, a year later, the courage of its people is evidenced in the remarkable physical recovery of towns like Cameron, Creole and Grand Chenier. A stranger to this fishing and cattle community—now bustling with oil activity—would have to look hard to find signs of the wholesale debris that littered the town just a year ago. Much of the credit, its people concede, goes to the generous help Cameron received from the outside. Return to Start Life Over Again But Cameron was reborn not by money and materials, but by its people, who returned to the devastation—some more slowly than others—to make new homes in the land where most of them were born. "You can't move away from weather" one of the town's most distinguished citizens observed. That, in the words of Dr. Cecil W. Clark, the gafiant doctor who lost three of his five children while he tended victims of the storm, about sums up the way Cameron feeli about its recovery. Predominantly of French descent, the deeply-tanned people of this coastal region talk little of their nightmarish experience. When they do, they always refer to the storm as "Hurri-

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