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PENINSULA MIX

Another python story has come in from Carl Pollitt who lived in Peninsula then (early forties). He was about four or five years old at the time, and saw the python near their chicken coop. He described it as ten to twelve inches around but could not estimate the length because the head end of it was off into high grass. He said it was not moving very fast. This took place at his then family home on Geoppert Road. He called his mother. But it was gone before she got to him.

He described it as spotted, grayish, brownish, and added, "I’ve been to Vietnam where I saw some big snakes, but I never before saw one that big." (Note) If the colors seem inconsistent, watch for later developments which indicate that there was a pair of pythons, a male and a female. In our next issue, Sig Wojtkowski tells what he remembers about the python reports. He thinks it was a publicity stunt.

Next month, Helen Conger's take on the peninsula python stories.

The late Jack Urbank, brother of the late Fred, and uncle of Aaron Urbank, the water deliverer, is featured in a new book at Peninsula Library. D-day + 60 years, by Jerome J. McLaughlin. It is subtitled "A Small Piece of History" The author came to Peninsula to interview Jack, and many passages are in his words. There are several photos of Jack, one with his bride Edna. Reading these accounts brings Jack to life as we recall how he liked to tell a good story.

Lily Fleder