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NEWSLETTER - Our April program will be a Canadian made documentary of two major natural
disasters - the 1913 Lake Huron winter storm contrasted with the 1935
Hurricane of the Keys. The running time is 47 minutes and features five
local 1935 Hurricane survivors. The program will be Monday,
April 13th at
7:00 p.m. in the Key Largo Library Community Room. This room is the
door to the right of the library located in the Tradewinds Shopping
Center at MM 101.5, ocean side. Please mark your calendars now
and tell others of the program. Invite a friend. There
will be a Board of Trustees meeting at
6:15 p.m.. We went from not even
standing room to plenty of seating space last month for our 1987 video
taped interview of former Key Largo Fire Chief Harry Davis. No complaints as it was a great meeting with many
family members present, plus a visit by the entire on-duty Key Largo
fire department. What is more we witnessed them being called-out for a
fire while there. This months program’s producer
‘Partners in Motion’ of Regina, SK, Canada states that the Lake Huron
Storm of 1913 is the greatest disaster ever for the Great Lakes area.
The storm began on Friday, November 7 and lasted until the 12th of
1913. A total of 19 ships were lost, 24 blown ashore and 238 sailors
perished. A number of specific ships are followed with re-enactments in
the documentary. The second half of the
presentation re-enacts with interviews of the Great Labor Day Hurricane
of September 2, 1935. I was the coordinator of the Keys filming.
Interviews were with Dolores Pinder Brothers, Alma Pinder Dalton, Lois
Parker Schooley, and Charles Roberts who are 1935 Hurricane survivors.
Meteorologist Chris Landsea of NOAA made the weather commentary. The
total duration of the effects of the hurricane lasted probably two
days, but the devastating wind and water probably only for a few hours.
About 400 perished and 40 miles of property severely damaged. I understand that the movie will not be shown on US
cablevision – it is an international production This
month there
is one new membership. Welcome Susan Groom and Charles Hoener of Key
Largo. The Society thanks all of you for joining our efforts and for
your support. We hope to meet your expectations and please share your
comments with us. I have added the history of
No Name Key to our web site www.keyshistory.org in the Reading Room,
under Specific Island, Community or Location, or use the Quick Index. Response
for dues payment has been very good according to our records. Mary Lou
will bring our records to the April meeting so that Uldine can answer
any questions about payment or mailing addresses at the entrance. If
there is a red stickum placed in the square [Not in electronic
newsletter] in this paragraph, our records indicate that your dues have
not been received. Please
don’t let your subscription to the Historical Society become history. Hope to see you April 13th at the
Key Largo Library for another history experience. You might want to
come a few minutes early to get a good seat and some refreshments as this program might draw a large crowd —Jerry
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