The Key West Citizen Newspaper, November 20, 1947, Page 7

THURSDAY, NOVEMBER 20, 194% SRT rr en eee enemas From The Butfalo Evening News of Saturday, Nov. 15, 1947. He’s Called ‘Poor Old Craig’ a Northerner with an! j aversion to frost, Poor Old Craip : 4 i 3 < experimented with Texas, found j ing season-witich followed, Craig | it too cold; tried Atlanta and fi- | But Don’t Let It Fool You pows among the Florida Keys where the sun usually shines Hae when it's hurricane weather—and the water is;tened down for what was petucic’ and inviting to the exiles from the North come South to | pected to be a eport or fish, he’s known as Poor i, there ever was one. For Poor Old Craig—Ronald W. Crai is, accordi ' é ‘ j—is, ording to the; Pure Oil News, king of all he surveys, Like Ponce de Toon he! waves coming may not have found the fountain of youth among the sun-dap- | shoals. He clun| pled- islands, but he's found about everything else, and he may Which the rai everlhave succeeded where Ponce failed, for all we know. He's three huse over S ex- minor blow, but j Old Craig. That's a misnomer | turncd out to be a hard north| Old dover | ! ‘others who know their deep-sea} which he now has as a souve- jnir, Misfortune Left Behind During the fishing and yacht- tried to sell a little service to the boatmen in the way of shel- nally hit on the Florida Keys.!ter and fresh water but it was a Here in September 1935 he bat-!sorry effort and one wealthy yachtsman out of pity gave, his | crew $100 and told them to go it in “Poor machines.” ; ashore and spend Craig's slot |blow, then a hard south blow.! Since then he has been “Poor Craig heard the roar of the | Old Craig.” the south: to a rail over! A * while | Vide. sleeping Now Craig is rising above his | misfortune, is prepared: to pro- accommodations | for 28 in the winter season. leasant, ki him. Since he kept his head |. “His houses.” says the story in a oe apg gaa us Fall a ea me Cae ae ddr Ra doesn’t enw how high ; Pure Oil News, “are modest but sn pee in @ hand to any-!1935 hurricane washed aver.him they were but at Alligator Reef | Comfortable, ' and. : with -. meals, ‘Abou is and carried his house awa Light, miles offshore, they | Qn May stay a week or two at out one-third of the way to i eWay: Key wens from the point where He Hates the Cold (Her ORt the highway leaves the main- N avis. 2 el gag » du yo 2 land is the settlement designat- | »; pie poate tes ns that a SeGRE Rae ed “Craig” named after a man fishing, resorts in the keys—so the who escaped with his life after }800d that his patrons include (44 clinging to a rail of the old Flo. | such anglers as Herbert Hoov- ! fai} ed to er, the late Frank M. 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A comments Pure Oil News, until one makes comparison with the costs in the Florida’ East Coast ities and until one realizes that ! , at Craig, is some of the j finest deep-sea fishing in Flori- da. And the nearest sources of j Supply are a long way off. | Echo From the North “Somehow,” concludes the ar- i ticle, “it is difficult to jsorry for Pe feel too ” Old Craig sitting ;down there in the warm sun- | shine of the Florida Keys during [eee when we are hurrying ? | rom suburban train to office trying to avoid chills as the zero { win blow and fuel-oil supply gets smaller and smaller. There | he s in the | warm sunshine and he can slip lover the side of the boat for a ‘minute if the sun gets too hot. Poor Old Craig! Phooey! And the echo is, Phooey! | TODAY IN HISTORY (Know America) 1866—First G.A.R. encampment s in apolis. 1918—American troops ,German _ frontier ! 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