The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1947-08-26
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OBSERVATION
POST
BY
BILL LEE
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SKlppy, QOS owned Dy MrS'
Jack Carbonell, $50 Fleming ST..
was bewildered. He ran around
in circles, laid down, nervously
got up, looked through the house,
roamed the neighborhood and
generally acted as though be-
reaved. Then one day he dis
appeared.
Mrs. Carbonll had gone to the
Municipal Hospital the day be-
fore the dogs disappearance. She
gave birth to daughter on Aug.
l6. The third day she was in the
hospital Miss Lillian Delett, a
nurse, found dog at the door of
the hospital, crying to get in.
She told Mrs. Carbonell of the
dog-and Mrs. Carbonell discov-
cred the dog was Skippy, her
dog. Now he stays beneath her
window day and night. He is fed
by hospital attendants, but he
won't leave. Until Mrs. Carbon
ell leaves and lays claim to him.
Who says dogs don't grieve for
someone they love?
X X X
Talking about the joys of life
in Key West reminds us there are
four ducks up in Olivia street.
between Elizabeth and Windsor
lane. They wander around the
street. They slow up traffic, but
no one seems to mind.
Yesterday morning it rained
quite hard. We came along on our
bike and saw the ducks, one al
a time and in single file, leave
their nests at nearby house and
gaily wade out into the pools OF
water flowing along the curbs
They ducked their heads under
the water and came up with
quack-quack-quacks which made
honey music to hear. It's quite q
village yet, in Key West.
X 4 X
Messages containing such
phrases as love and kisses" have
been received by Mrs. Louis c
Brinton, 1880 Johnson street, since
she was greeted by Tom Brenne-
mans Breakfast in Hollywood
over the American Broadcastine
Company in Thursday, Angus,
IL. ~
II was extravagantly lauded in
the broadcast, said Mrs. Brinton
this week. But was glad of the
publicity the broadcast gave Key
West.
"A former classmate of my
=. husband at West Point in 1908
who has since gone blind, wrote
me pleasing letter and inquired
about Col. Brinton. 1t was awful
ly good to hear from him and to
know Key West got some atten.
ton.
''Then a box containing an or
child which came air express from
Hollywood from Mr.. Brenneman
1t was such beautiful flower
have received scores of letters
from every part of the country
and have been thrilled with the
whole affair"
X X X
From old time Key Westers
you get the general idea of what
a hurricane can be. The winds
must be terrific to build up such
pressure as that which forced &
thin single through the cornice
of a rooftop in the 1909 blow
A group got talking about tn.
1909 hurricane. 1t was in a COT
fee shop and .os men were wait
ing for the 8 a. nj. call to work
odd man, Gray, phot1gra-
pher was the only person killed
in the 1909. blow, remarked Ray
mond Navarro, who operates {. a
sightseeing bus. ''The funny
thing was that his body was
found in Garrison Blight, although
he went off South Beach to res
cue a sailboat he had there. Nc
one knows whether he was blown
over the island or around it."
''The winds that year blew the
roof off the barns at No. l fire
station and killed all the horses"
said Frank ]. pilot Roberts, as
SiStant county tax assessor. "The
same wind blew down the large
furniture store run by Reedy's at
Simonton and Greene streets"
Several churches were ruin
ed by the same Storm" interject-
ed Navarro. among them were
st. PauPs Church, the Methodist
Churches and two of three ne
gro churches"
Il remember, Ray, that J. NJ
Navarro's cigar factory, which
was in Pohalski Village, was
among others that collapsed in
1907, then said Roberts.
Eyes, there were several other
cigar factories severely damaged"
responded Navarro. 1.-THE Nays
losses were rather heavy, too.
remember the coal shed at the
Navy yard went down."
All hands agreed that hurri-
canes are death to trees and
shrubs. Many notable trees of the