Luck of the Irish in Gulfport
March 15, 2021 by Amanda Hagood
Charles Daniels, William Daniels and Marion Daniels Warwick at Daniels Specialty Clover Company, circa 1983, the year their family sold the business to the Safkos. Photo courtesy of Florida Memory.
Earlier this year, Gulfport Historical Society welcomed a charming donation from a longtime Gulfport resident: a lucky clover keyring from Gulfport’s original “green” business, Daniels Clover Specialty Company.
Some say the four-leafed clover’s magic dates all the way back to Eden, when Eve snuck a shamrock out of Paradise to remember it by. Daniels Clover Specialty Company traveled nearly as far, originating in the Panama Canal Zone, where Charles T. Daniels worked as a telephone wire chief for the US government in the 1930s.