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Show Hilton was a fine looking, almost pretty, blonde and blue-eyed youngster. Shortly after arriving in Salt Lake he suffered a very bad case of whooping cough, and Virginia hovered over him--working desperately to bring him to health again. She soon loved him as if he were her own baby, and he became the child she hadn't borne. When spring came, in 1918, John K and Virginia decided to live in the new Caithness Apartments on Second Avenue and "B" Street. As they were renting furnished--the move from one place to another presented no real problem. Besides the luggage, bedding and linens, there were only the Victrola, high chair and a crib to be transferred when they moved. They returned to Mt. Pleasant when school was out. The new house was as yet unfinished so John K rented a house on the north bank of Pleasant Creek on Third West (owned by Burke McArthur), It was roomy and would serve as home to the family until their new house was completed. THE BIG FLOOD The big Pleasant Creek flood of 18 June, 1918, came so soon after the Madsens returned to Mt. Pleasant that it almost seemed planned and was an experience none of them ever forgot. The rented two-story cream colored brick house faced east and it stood high on a rock foundation, with four wooden steps leading up to the front door- The steps were completely buried in the thick flood mud but the screen door 168 |
