Thursday, January 07, 2016

#11 Albums

Phil and Fran Shacht stopped by our place one day with their elephant "Dondi".....

7 comments:

Billie Lou Henderson said...

Known as "The elephant that taught Sunday School."

Chic Silber said...


I believe there was a tax advantage to

Phil's religion based Winter Quarters

Dick Flint said...

What a rig for one elephant but should I assume it must include their living quarters?

Buckles said...

Even had an Altar!

Chic Silber said...


Phil told me his religious bent

was partly to atone for some of

his early rather grim escapades

A born again Christian

Roger Smith said...

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.

GaryHill said...

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.