One of the oldest neighborhoods of Florence is Las Torres.
At the corner of the College of The Sacred Hearts, opposite what is now the National College Women and in the fifties and before, was the Urban School Girls a block bounded by 13 and 14 races through the streets of Las Palmas, opposite the Cathedral Church or Our Lady of Lourdes, calle 13 and 12, there is a bifurcation of the race 14 as previously known and is being so, as one of two ways to go to the cemetery. The high road, was on top, located wireless towers, which by its position and because it was the highest part of the city, before serving those towers for communications antennas than it was the Sixth Brigade of the Army, as this, who is now based in the city of Ibague, was last held since its inception as such, the city of Florence, facing the day Departmental Palace building, on a lot, now converted into a public parking lot behind the building of Telecom. However, using the height of these towers and using an antenna, Mr. Gabriel Tellez, a character of importance within the civilian employees the Sixth Brigade in Florence, he was the accountant, treasurer and paymaster, man surely rising amateur radio in Colombia, with permission surely command of the brigade and the army and the Ministry of War, it was called until recently ,, an amount some studies and a station in Florence, a village, which at the time was less than fifty years of existence and therefore very few inhabitants. studies were located on the corner of Calle 14 with Carrera 15, is a short street, as the Colegio Juan XXIII Night at one time, next to John the Baptist College Migani, the limited and two blocks later Juanambu battalion facilities. At the time of the Issuer, the Night school after John XXIII and John the Baptist Migani school today, were only a few paddocks that were part of the Urban School Children after school of the Brothers of the Christian Schools in La Salle, that lot where today it works or building is built Migani College, was the football field of the school in La Salle, only primary and more advanced students were last grade, fifth, there was no school in Florence yet, and He was known as the fifth year of high school. In this corner described above, repeat Calle 15 with Carrera 14 south corner, now a sort of cafeteria, sometime a few years ago, a factory of delicious pies, not remembering 60 years later, who was the owner of that corner in that room, operating theater and radio studies of the station, whose name I do not remember, but it was a radio station, perhaps the first radio station that was in all of southern Colombia and Caquetá. My childhood memories are very remote, it only had about five to six years old when my mother took me to a program of this radio station, to recite a poem, because according to my mother saw me, a very special skills and abilities to recite and she taught me some poems, including memories of my mother's crucifix, Lord of Golgotha, not knowing even today, who was the author of these poems, some of them and was the poet fashion, the Mexican Amado Nervo and even remember if there is, the home of Don Jesus Ibanez, 14 the same street, opposite the main gate of the College today Migani, married to Pilar Penna, parents of Matilda, Hernando, Carlos, Helena, July, Elisa, Lucy and Olga, my relatives by tip and tip, for Don Jesús Ibáñez was a relative of my father, Merry Monk and Mrs. Pilar Calderon, cousin of my mother, Lucrecia Yustes Penna, that had two Lucretias Penna, my mom who was a Monk and the other cousin of my mother married to a relative also named Penna, so of Penna, and so this was Lucrecia Penna of Penna and his sons, my cousins Penna Penna, this surname is from the municipality of Guadalupe in Huila and only where there is Pennas. Some are still in Florence, are the grandchildren and children of a character, which Rafael Penna recognized as theirs and thus inherited the name Penna. At the time of my performance, my first gig on the radio, I remember that for that of "nerves of the child" at the home of Don Jesus, Matilde, a woman all goodness, eldest daughter of Don Jesus and Pilar, gave me a potion of something, Valerian perhaps, for the nerves of the child's mother accompanied resorted to where their relatives, to seek the help they need before the recitation of the child in front of microphones. Matilde is alive and very lucid, you must be a woman of about seventy-something, single, with gray hair, silver itself family, all the Ibanez were very young with gray hair. The number of radio receivers, should be very few in Florence, in my house had a large radius, a wooden box, very nice with lights when lit, General Electric, Blue Point, as it had a bulb that was not blue, it was more green, bought from one of the Germans, Don Juan Strauss or perhaps Rodolfo Karch, were those who brought this type of goods. So that certainly Subscribed poetry must have been heard or heard by listeners as a first action on the radio. I probably have another person with a prodigious memory in Florence and remember, good things of his childhood, Amira is Mrs. Beltran, now a widow, who could add some details written anecdote, which I think adds a lot to those who can write the history of the city. From the radio station never heard anything further, Gabriel Tellez, Payer Brigade, later built a house on land Juanambu battalion, passing the Bridge House, on the River Axe and when I was hanging on the left coming to Morelia, on the road south to Bethlehem today Marginal Jungle. This beautiful house where he moved Don Gabriel, was called Villa Vilma, most likely in honor of his eldest daughter, Vilma, left side, past the bridge, today still owned land army and the house still remain their foundations. Don Gabriel influenced a lot with your family and then came his brother, Ismael Tellez, author of the hymn to the Caquetá, musician by vocation, who was manager of a gas factory founded by Don Gabriel, Soft Delight and then another of his brothers, younger, married a beautiful woman that he was manager of the Liquor Factory Caquetá, I do not remember the name, but my guess would also have the name of Archangel Gabriel as his brothers and Ishmael. The wife of this last of the Tellez was very beautiful, recently married, no children yet, any advertising or publicity made the brandy factory which her husband was head, was the picture of this lady sipping a glass of brandy Florentino, it was called initially, then they put an extra tri-distilled, not knowing where it was distilled three times, because the factory that has contributed so much money or I contribute to the finances of the territory, there was nothing but a "Zacatín" Chirinche officer. From the station not know how long I run, I imagine the radio legislation, years later due to demand much, Don Gabriel knew who lived in Santander, in Bucaramanga, once someone inquires about it, to ask about this note that I write, but it was impossible to locate. wireless antennas or towers, I have not seen him in the neighborhood of Las Torres, do not know if they are still there, the buscare on my next trip to my city, the whole area is populated , of what was part of the Loma de Vicente Quigua and part of the curia, today there are neighborhoods with names like Lenin Russian, although one of its first inhabitants in this area was a Mr. Peña, father of Edward and some women at the time were very nice, and the teacher or professor Don Bibiano Endo, who built several houses in the same Loma, and the mother of Azucena, corner house, where I lived as a tenant, the wife of a former employee of the Brigade , surnamed Toledo. For history can say that very likely before the Huila and many other departments, Florence had station, and is therefore the Caquetá would be worthwhile to confirm this my version, with people of the time, many still alive and looking forward health and to tell the story of my people, which according to the master giganteño, Luis Albero compose the anthem Osorio said Florence, "Florence your kids adore you. . . "Is it true? Elver Monk Penna Chief newspaper THE NEW PUTUMAYO elnuevoputumayo@gmail.com Mocoa - Putumayo