| Phil and Fran Shacht stopped by our place one day with their elephant "Dondi"..... |
Thursday, January 07, 2016
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Known as "The elephant that taught Sunday School."
I believe there was a tax advantage to
Phil's religion based Winter Quarters
What a rig for one elephant but should I assume it must include their living quarters?
Even had an Altar!
Phil told me his religious bent
was partly to atone for some of
his early rather grim escapades
A born again Christian
The Phil and Francine I knew, when I first met them in the '60s, were already great showfolks. This was before they began learning the Flying Apollos act from Bob Yerkes. They were sweet people from the beginning, with no hints of grim anything.
Buckles who also carried a small punk in rig somewhat smaller? I met them at International Animal Park in Grand Prairie, after Lion Country went belly up. && or 78 here. Little African punk.
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