1674-6 Jake Schreiber I
Macaw, Haw!
`Silver Dollar' Mike Keeps
Who doesn't remember Sil- Beak Shut.
ver Dollar Jake. For years his
l8 �onCllac, laden with more•
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gadgets than you'll find in
most museums, has been a fa- r y v
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miliar figure on the s t r e e t s Man's es `friend must be his
_ _ here. His green macaw, perch- dog . . . it certainly isn't a par-
ed on a special crossbar, has F rot or a macaw, either.
t, shrieked at every street cor- ` While his master stood be-
1 fore the law
ner. Jake's gift of silver dol- Wednesday
CI lars to those in need earned morning, 7 0it
'—'I him the name, of which he's year-old Mike,
;ar..:, justly proud. pet macaw of
7 Jake isn't well now. That's
•"--#4why you don't see him around ed s
r the streets. d�OD him u and let his -z-li,_,,, ;;ti
greetings: (je Schreiber;, bread and but- ' "' '
— 298 S. Coconut Ave., Palm Is- , ter take a $10
land,Miami Beach. rap for using
indecent Ian-
I'll not forget a night •in guage.
Judge Albert Dubbin's 'traffic t did'
MIKE
Court. Jake was charged with flap wings in slight sug
8es
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illegal
equipment on his auto- tion of approval when Roy
mobile: a clock, two ventila-
Starnes, 36, of 2232 Park Ave.,
got a $10 fine for hitting Schrei- i
tors, two.cleats, a barometer, ber and Mike Tuesday morning
a yacht wheel, four stuffed in the wee hours. 1
monkeys hanging on strings Schreiber, who lives at 298 S.
across the windshield, one par- Coconut lane, told the court
rot.Judge fined Jake$100, sus- Starnes knocked the bird 20 feet f
pended the sentence and told , from his automobile perch out-
• him to "Keep that monstrosity/ side a Chinese restaurant.
-- off Miami streets." Jake prom- 'llle scrap followed an earlier
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ised, but didn't obey too well. altercation inside where Starnes
We all loved to chat with Jake. sat with his wife. Mike didn't
see that: hers blind.
I still have the silver dollar he Like a slightly annoyed owl,
gave me. Judge Daniel Galen handed•
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down the sentences, still with
*�� no verbal help from Mike who
later hopped on the judge's
I gavel and threw down.a pen
with his beak.