On November 2, 1954, the Daytona Beach News Journal ran a large article and photos about Brownie’s funeral in Riverfront Park. I will post the photo spread in a separate post, but this is the article that ran under those funeral photos. Notes: It appears that Brownie was driven to his burial spot in a… Continue reading November 2, 1954: Many A Dampened Eye As Brownie Is Buried in Riverfront Park
Brownie the Town Dog of Daytona Beach got bronchitis and of course it made the papers. See my notes after the article below. Notes: Can a dog get bronchitis? It turns out that yes, they can. Brownie had heart worms “three or four times”, which weakened his heart. Treatment options were not that advanced in… Continue reading August 11, 1953: Brownie Feeling Mighty Low; Hospitalized With Bronchitis
This update on Brownie appeared in the Daytona Beach News Journal in early October 1954. At the time, there was a plan to move Brownie from the busy corner at Beach and Orange to inside a pen in Riverfront Park. This was to protect him from getting hit by cars now that he was quite… Continue reading October 5, 1954: Brownie’s Sick, But Pals Plan For His Future
In August of 1953, Brownie returned to the Rawls Animal Hospital due to an attack of bronchitis. Items to note: In this article, Anne White (the author) estimates his age at 19. I could find not information for this Anne White via Google. Out of the two get well cards Brownie received, one is from… Continue reading August 19, 1953: Brownie in hospital again due to Bronchitis, funds are very low
On October 31, 1954 after a long illness, Brownie the Town Dog of Daytona Beach died. The next day his obituary appeared in the Daytona Beach News Journal. The headline: Brownie Dies; He’ll Be Buried In Park. This obituary is by far my favorite of the many articles written about Brownie. Although I suspect many… Continue reading November 1, 1954: Brownie’s Obituary appears in Daytona Beach News-Journal.
Apparently, in the 1980s, there was a publication called Daytona Today. Daytona Today had a section cleverly titled Yesterdaytona that in July 1987 featured Brownie the Town Dog of Daytona Beach. It was written by Elizabeth Knapp, whom I couldn’t find any further information. Clicking on the image below will open the article up so… Continue reading July 16-31, 1987: Brownie is profiled in Daytona Today
This column from the May 8, 1944 edition of the Daytona Beach News-Journal tells how Brownie got both his bank account and his dog house. The column mentions that there was a DAILY story in the newspaper updating the town of Brownie’s condition while the beloved dog was in the hospital. We are adding a… Continue reading May 8, 1944 – How Brownie the Town Dog of Daytona Beach got a bank account and dog house
