Monday, September 01, 2008

Will H. Hill's Society Circus (From Joey Ratliff)

2 comments:

Buckles said...

The elephants are "Tulsa" and "Judy".
This is not the same "Tulsa" that was sold to Walt King in 1961.
However it is the same Dukie Hill that sent Smokey and Cotton "for the laundry" in 1944.
A practice that exists til this day. After graduating from High School, Ben's daughter Skye got a job at the ill fated Bennigan's Restaurant.
After that folded and in a pinch, she went to work on phones at some boiler room in Tampa. On the first pay day the employees reported to an abandoned office.

Anonymous said...

What a wonderful piece of history and sure a surprise to see. At that time he rented a wharehouse bldg in Peru for some winter time off and frquently came out to visit in Bunker Hill and we went to see his stuff as well. He was a dapper good looking fellow and very personable. Heard he was quite a ladies man.