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How Battle Creek Found Relief from the Heat Wave of 1931
Just imagine what 100 degree heat was like in 1931, in the midst of the Great Depression, with no air conditioning, no money to escape. You were lucky to join the crowd gathered around a Westinghouse electric fan. Battle Creek had some serious heat waves in the early to mid-1930’s. Eighteen different days of all-time records for Battle Creek from the 1930’s still stand today.
How did people get through them? July 16
th, 1931 is the day that 21 year old Betty Fox, a professional flagpole sitter, climbed to the top of the flagpole on the Post Tavern. City physician Harry Montgomery asked the Mayor to cancel the stunt, but Mayor Penty said, “It will take people’s mind off the heat.”
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