circus report, september 27, 1976, vol. 5, no....

5th Year September 27, 1976 Number 39

Successful Season"There are still several weeks to go before our season ends,"

says Larry'Garden, "but it has been a successful year, thanks tosome very fine first class circus people."

The combined units of Garden-Johnson and Clyde Bros, will endthe season with a total of 40 weeks, with 902 of the dates sponsor-ed by Shrine clubs. The shows covered the U.S. from border-to-bor-der and coast-to-coast and at one time used a third unit to fillscheduled engagements.

A large show was producedfor the Mexican Int'l Circus atLos Angeles, while Clyde Bros.was in Canada and Garden-Johnsonplayed Texas. The new Clyde Bros,

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Elk's ShowTwo shows were presented by

Paul Wright's Aerial Circus atGlendale (Gal.) on Sept. 12, when

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Area Code 213 • 462-6001

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A TypoBrenda Cuttin died in Fresno

(Calif.) on Sept. 8th rather thanthe date reported last week.

The three railroad accidentsof the year previously said tohave occured to the RBBB BlueUnit, happened to the Red Unit'sshow train.

Blue Unit Car #144 was usedas a replacement for Red Unit Car#500 which was damaged in a NewYork railroad yard.

JIM DANDY, juggler/unicycle.has been vis-iting with relativesin Morristown, N.J. , including asister from Norway.

JOHN MacKAY is currentlymanaging an apartment building inDaytona Beach, Fla. He is lookingforward to Christmas dates andthe 1977 season.

JOACHIM KRAUSE (Ronritas)celebrated his birthday on Sept.25th. His act is currently work-ing at Circus Circus Casino

LIPKO's COMEDY CHIMPS areplaying the Shrine Circus at Mon-treal on Sept. 29-Oct. 3rd.

MISSING PERSONFRANK W. SLUCHER, circus book-ing agent, diabetic, age 39.Last heard from in March 1975,when in quarters of Hoxie Bros.Circus, Miami, Fla.

Please notify his aunt, Mrs. W.T. Cox, Catlettsburg, Ky. 41125

In Memoriam-^LAURENCE (Larry) RUCKER (50

died in Baylor Hospital at DallasTexas on Sept. 9th. He spent 30years in the circus and had hiselephants and chimps with Garden-Johnson Circus for seven years,working them with his wife Jene.He often said "there is nothingelse I would rather do than bewith the circus."

GOOD SEASON (Continued)unit was managed by Andrew Kirby,who will have the same positionin 1977. The third unit was manag-ed by Don Johnson, while Garden-Johnson was managed by Larry Car-den." Additional animals includ-ing the Cristiani, John Cline andBobby Gibbs elephants were usedat several spots. The all newBarreda lion act, presented by 21year old George, will be premier-ed on the show next year.

Mac KAY COMEDY DUO

Yoko& Cookie the ClownsAMERICA'S COMEDY TEAM

and Tommie the Comedy Giraffe

AVAILABLE FOR

Fall and Christmas 1976

Also Booking for 1977 Season

Contact

JOHN Mac KAY, MANAGERP. 0. Box 4290

South Dakota, Fla. - 32021

Sept. 27, 197f>

Will iam RodgersP. O. Box 476Tuxedo Park, NY 10987

Phone: (914) 351-5233Until Oct. Hth

RODGERS TROPICAL FANTASYfeaturing Macaws, Cockatoos, Pigeons,and Doves working with a Dog and Cat.

Completes a Third Successful Seasonon Oct. llth at:

STERLING FOREST GARDENSTUXEDO PARK, NEW YORK

The Spirit of 76 show is available forlimited dates

Write: Above address until Oct. llth,

After Oct. 20th write:

WILLIAM RODGERSP. 0. Box 822

Gibsonton, Fla. - 33534

Phone: (813) 677-1137

ROUTESBeatty-Cole CircusSept. 27 Covington, La.

28 Hattiesburg, Miss29 Pearl30 Demopolis, Ala.

Oct 1-2 Birmingham3 Phenix City

Circus VargasSep 29-30 Pontiac, Mich.Oct. 1-3 Westland

Garden Bros. CircusSep 29-Oct 2 Montreal, Q.

Happytime Circusto Oct 2 Bakersfield, Ca.

3 Riverside

Hoxie Bros. CircusSep 27-28 Rockville, Md.

29 Manassas, Va.30-Oct 2 Laurel, Md

Hoxie's Great Amer. CircusSep. 27 Princeton, N.J.

28 Parsippany29 Oxford, Pa.30 Mount Joy

Oct. 1 Union Deposit2 Emmitsburg, Md.3 Taneytown

Int'l All ^tar CircusSep. 27 Ahoskie, N.C.

28 Suffolk, Va.29 Williamston, N.C.30 Garner

King Bros. CircusSep. 27 Batesville, Miss

28 West Helena, Ark.29 Forrest City30 Jonesboro

Oct. 1 Kennett, Mo.2 Popular Bluff

Olympic Int'l Circusto Oct 2 Memphis, Term.

Page-Cavanaugh CircusSep 29-30 Newport News, Va

Ringling-Barnum - Red Unitto Oct 3 Detroit, Mich.

Ringling-Barnum - Blue UnitSep 29-Oct 3 Denver, Colo

Royal Danish CircusSep 28-Oct 2 Cumberland,

Royal Hanneford CircusOct. 2-3 Fishkill, N.Y.

Royal London Magic CircusSep 27-Oct 2 Dalton, Term

Sells & Gray CircusSep. 27 Madison, Ind.

28 Lexington, Ky29 Danville30 Bardstown

Shrine CircusesSep 27-Oct 3 Austin, Tex.Oct. 1-3 Macon, Ga,

Stebbings Circusto Oct 3 Richmond, Va.

John Strong CircusSept. 27 Yerrington, Nev.

28 Carson City29 Kings Beach, Ca.30 Quincy

Oct. 1 Oroville2 Willows3 Chico

TNT 6. Royal Olympic CircusSep 29-Oct 3 Sioux Falls,

S. D.Voorheis Bros. CircusSept. 27 Petosky, Mich.

28 Kalkaska30 Alpena

Oct. 2 Houghton Lake5 Montrose

Moving?Let us Know...before you go.

BILLY BARTON

MORE AND MORE the season of1976 parallels the calamitous De-pression season of 1938 when.shows folded or closed early» andthose shows remaining on the roaddid spotty business. The majorityof tenters this year have hadsee-saw business at best - oneday, good; one day, mediocre; orspurts of great attendance followed by dryspells.

It's been rumored that aSummit Meeting by CorporationPowers was held recently in theeast and that tieatty-Cole may nottour in '77. Add to this the pos-sibility that King Bros, may beenlarged and a cat act added. Bemindful, however, that each yearwe are deluged with rumors con-cerning the fate of the EmpressCircus Beatty-Cole, and that eachyear the show goes out as usual.Only time will tell whether thesestories have any validity or not.

Meanwhile - The Gossip GoesOn: Aerial star JACQUELINE ZERBI-NI is off to Europe for a 3 weeksvacation in November, to visither family. Daughter Patricia isbreaking a Lipizzan horse andyounger daughter Sylvia is goingto school in France. Tarzan andJackie return to Castle next sea-son where Jackie will do hersingle trapeze feature, not theairplane act.

The St. Bernard dog, Gypsy,owned by the ROBERTSONS (now ontour with Garden Bros.) died ofcancer...Aerialist ROGER DuBOIS

fell at a Fair early in the yearand landed, fortunately, in theawning of a concession tentMARIE FRANCE is the only gal Iknow who can carry her entire dogact in her lap! The five "Yorkies"are adorable in the ring. Onelooks exactly like a mop with eye*

FLASH!! KARL WALLENDA will"recreate the world famous 7 peoplepyramid for a BBC-TV feature tobe released to theatres followingits British telecast. Karl wasthe guest at a Clambake at JOEUZDAVINIS' Enchanted Forest inOld Forge (NY). Joe's wife, MARYEDNA, well known to circus folks,died this past June in an autoaccident. GUNTHER WALLENDA's wifeSheila, is the sister of the lateMrs. Uzdavinis.

Concert bandmaster RICHARDWITMARSH presented "disc-mistress"MARLENE GROTEFENT with Volume 2of his "Sounds of the Circus".The album is available from:South Shore Concert Band, Box 357Bridgewater, Mass 62333.

That "Wild One" PETEY KIN-OSH left the concession dept. ofRBBB trekked off to Sofia and Bu-charest for 10 days, and is nowwith the concession dept. of theFreedom train. Joining him therewere PHIL MIRANDA and LARRY VOLTZ.....Trapeze star ROSE BEEHEE iswardrobe mistress at the Metropol-itan Opera in New York, where shehas been for the past 12 years.


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JOHN HERRIOTT and family re-cently joined the George-MatthewsCircus after the Diamond S Rodeoended its season tour.

CONSTANCE SMITH BOOKER hasbeen named a director of the CowPalace. The appointment was madeby Gov. E. G. Brown, Jr.

GEORGE PERKINS, clown, isrecovering from a recent accidentin which he fractured his shoulder

RON PERRY, PAULETTE BRAUNand BERT DANIELS were recent vis-itors on the G-M Circus duringits Akron, Ohio date.

In Memoriam -jTHOMAS J. AMATO (50) died

in San Jose, Calif., early thismonth. Known as "Tomato the Clown*he worked for many shows and westcoast faiirs.

WILLIAM J. ORAZIO, died af-ter undergoing open heart surgeryat New Orleans, La. on Sept. 3rd.He was the husband of Joan Wach,youngest daughter of Arlo and Em-ma Spartan Wach.

BILL McCABE, clown, has recently opened a costume shop inSarasota, Fla.

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Show Closed?Two days after the Willo-

wick (Ohio) engagement (Sept. 12-13), Sid Kellner made a snap de-cision to close the George-Matt-hews Circus. The plan to enterCalifornia at Sacramento on Oct.21st, stopping enroute to playthree major cities was abandoned.

The circus equipment ispresently stored at the AscotSpeedway in Akron, where the showwas in its second day of a tenday layover, reportedly to repairtrucks and canvas.

Performers and personnellaying over with the circus wereleft suddenly to fend for them-selves. Some, including the LosLatinos and Wat-Tims, joinedCharles Germaine's new show whichopened at Hartford. Others, suchas Alphonso Magana and LuAnn Ja-cobs, with the G-M elephants, be-gan looking for work. Staff mem-bers and personnel scattered. EdRussell and veteran clown HarryRoss were returning to California

Sid Kellner flew to Calif-ornia where it is rumored he willplay some indoor and ball parkdates starting in November. He

The ProgramCurrently being featured in

the program presented by the newPage-Cavanaugh Circus are:

Vynn & Wynn, musicians; WadeBurke, Hawthorne animals (12 ti-gers, 1 lion); Winnie McKay, sin-gle trapeze; Clowns (Don Bridwellplus Dukie Anderson & Co.); TheBoskas, juggling; Tim Bickmore,rola-bola/juggling; Los Latinos,tightwire; Clowns, with Goofusand Harry, the Tramp, The DentistJohn Cuneo, 3 baby elephants;Chester Cable, foot juggling}

After intermission is: Herta


indicated to those left behindthat he would have a series ofdates in 1977 and that the Akron-Cleveland ten day combination runhad been resigned for next year.

Meanwhile, in the Chicagoarea, at a Shopping Center wherethe circus was booked to appear,it has been reported that largecrowds, including show people andfans, showed up only to find avacant parking lot with a signstating the circus had been post-poned.

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G-M NotesThe unpredictable lake wea-

ther around Cleveland was up to'its usual.pranks on Sep. 9th,when a sub-seasonal cold snap,with rain, gusting winds and tor-nado sightings zeroed in on theFairview Park area where theGeorge-Matthews Circus was appearing. Only the masterful handlingof the big top prevented its be-ing lost to dangerous winds dur-ing the show's teardown and sub-sequent set-up at the Cloverleaf •Speedway on Sep. 10th.

Eric Jaeger and the G-M bigtop crew labored around the clockwhen the show over-nighted from

e Speedway to Shoregate Shop-pi ig Center in Willowick, wherethree shows were scheduled..

Problems with the stakedriver prevented the first stakefrom being driven until 4 a.m.,wh-oh aroused the sleeping resi-

.itial area around the center,and soon police arrived

Dave LeBlanc, in an effortto muffle the sound, tried put-ting a rag between the pile dri-ver and the stake and trapped hisfinger. Only a piece of skin heldthe tip of his first finger onthe right hand. He was rushed toEmergency by Ed Russell, wherethe finger was sewn together anda splint put on the broken bone.

Continued harrassment bythe police stopped all driving ofthe stakes until 8 a.m., but theshow made its opening matinee -just an hour late.

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AVAILABLE IMMEDIATELY-Small Elephant Act (3) 7-9 years, one foot balance, hind legwalk, 6 minute fast paced beautiful act presented by Tony Fugundes, along with a Camel LibertyAct (3) complete with blankets, harnesses, etc. —5 minutes.

As of November 10 Clyde Bros. Tigers (7) presented by Captain Lou Regan along with largeElephant Act (3)—Both acts first class.

FOR SALE—Complete Lion Act (arena-cages-tractor-trailer-props). Bear Act (2) complete withprops. Chimpanzee Act (3) complete with props, cages and truck. Also Elephants (3) completewith tractor-trailer, all props, head pieces, etc. This act worked by Larry Rucker for the past 6years. Elephants are 27 years old.

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YEARS AGO Wash. NotesRINGLING-BARNUM CIRCUSPittsfield, Mass June 7, 1925

The Ringling-Barnum trainwent through here enroute fromWilkes-Barre to Boston.

Section 1 - Went through at4:45 p.m. with 23 cars - 4 horsecars; 15 flats; 4 sleepers and 51wagons.

Section 2 - Went through at6:50 p.m. with 26 cars - all flatcars, carrying 72 wagons.

Section 3 - Went through at10:40 p.m. with 22 cars - fivehorse cars; 3 flats; 5 stock carsand 9 sleepers, with 12 wagons.

Section 4 - Went through at11:15 p.m. with 26 cars - 3 flatcars; 11 stock cars; 12 sleepersand 12 wagons.

Cars and wagons were paintedred and yellow. The sleepers area dark green.

A small circus skirmish pop-ped up at Sedro Wooley (Wash.)when both DeWayne Bros, and JohnStrong circuses were planning toplay the city back-to-back. Theaction created some unusual in-terest and suspense for local circus fans of the area.

DeWayne Bros, were scheduledto play here on Sept. 11, withJohn Strong's Circus coming onSept. 12th. However, because ofthe conflict, DeWayne Bros, re-scheduled their engagement forSept. 18th.

The John Strong Circus ismanaged by Betty Wendany, withBill Schreiber on the front door.The show is presented under a redand blue tent (150x80) with musicprovided by drums and organ. Theshow runs 1 hour, 25 minutes andis all circus!

Mike Sporrer

COL. E. T. BALERoyal Continental Show Horses - Liberty & School

Still With R.B.B.B. Circus WorldP. 0. Box 2006, Haines City, Fla. 33844

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CUMBERLAND MAINE FAIRCumberland, Maine

Sept. 28 thru Oct. 2nd

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WALNUT MALLPetersburg, Va.

Nov. 4-5-6

Promoters and Agents Contact:

ALBERT SAHLSTROM or JOHN HANSEN

Royal Danish CircusP. 0. Box 1062, Gibsonton, Fla. 33534

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THE SHOW (Continued)

the show was sponsored by theElks Club. The fund raising showwas presented at the Casey Sten-gel Field and produced by PaulWright.

The program featured! MarkYerkes and Tim Hill, clowns; Pe-ter Baker, MC; The Castoldis, juggling; David & Irena, cradle; TheCrowells, comedy trampoline; TheLindens, balancing; Beth, highdive; Aerial Motorcycle Sky Rid-ers (Paul Wright, David and IrenaNoblitt); The Flying Artons; TheKatinkas, costumed poodles; MarkYerkes and Tim Hill, levitation;Davey, the clown, plate spinning;Beth, Ruth, Irena and Bonnie, webnumber; The Herons'0, low wire;Jose Gonzales Gonzales, comedymusical feature; David & Irena,trampoline and Tony and Pio Nock,Jr. on the sway pole.

MiscellaneousDuring its recent Mexico

City run the Moscow State Circustraded 4 bears for a hippo and achimp which were sent back toRussia

NOTICEJOHN LEWIS - DON CANNON

— Get in touch with me —

W. E. (Shotgun) PAGE350 Cherry St.

Russellville, Ky. -42276Phone (502) 726-6609

Show Folks - Please Write

Kelly ShowWestern Washington fans were

given a rare treat when the Em-mett Kelly, Jr. Circus played atFort Lewis (Sept. 4-6) under can-vas. This was Kelly's first ap-pearance in the area and it wasthe first tent circus to play themilitary facility.

The show, sponsored by theU.S.Army N.C.O. Fort Lewis ClubSystem, used a square end tent(180x100) with three center poles.The tent came from the Lodi Tent& Awning Co., of Calif.

The program included: Localclowns in warm-up; Emmett Kelly,Jr. balancing a feather; SandraFullbright, ponies (6); The Mar-tinos, high wire; The Villains,jugglers; Miss Evita, trapeze;Anden's Poodles; Emmett Kelly, Jrmagic; Long & Margine, magic;Jack Fullbright, dressage horse;Young Duo, cradle; Martinos,dance; Ben DeWayne and the PolackBros, elephants (*).>Mike Sporrer

Thank YouWILSON STOREY, Mgr.Sells & Gray Circus

for your continued patron-age and many years offriendship.

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TV FeatureTV's "Today" show for Sept.

14th did an excellent feature onCircus Vargas at its Manhattanengagement. Owner Cliff Vargaswas interviewed and the TV cameraroamed about the circus lot, of-fering a look at the circus, itspeople and animals.

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In M f M u i n u m . 1DORA LEE STEPHENSON, sis-

ter of Peggy Zoppe, passed awayon July 17th at Wichita, Kans. ,while visiting Peggy and anothersister. Mrs. Stephenson was a re-gistered nurse, but was never inshow business. However, she was agreat circus fan and many showfolks called her their friend.She was a resident of CorpusChristi, Texas.

Fair ActsActs appearing at the Tun-

bridge Fair at Tunbridge, Vt., onSept. 16-19 were:

Miss Tina, trapeze; The Gri-maldis, musical clowns; Les Thin-is, trampoline and The Great Erikhigh wire.

1 Miscellaneous 1The "Model Railroader" maga-

zine for Oct. 1976 has a story onAlbert Turner's model circus. Themagazine also features a pull-outsheet that's loaded with minia-ture circus lithos.

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Prepare for winter sewing.... Stock up now at 10Z discountwith mention of C.R. and Cash with order. COD's \ down,except for Fishnet Tights.

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WINTER ADDRESS10118 Midway St.

Gibsonton, Fla. 33534Phones (813) 677-1137

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Tuxedo Park, NY 10987Phone: (914) 351-5233

SELLS-FLOTO CIRCUSPittsfield, Mass....June 14, 1925

The Sells-Floto Circus wentthrough here at 10 a.m. enroutefrom Schenectady, N.Y. to Boston.They had one train of 29 cars —7 horse cars; 14 flats; 8 sleep-ers and 61 wagons.

The cages were all open asthey went through and they arepainted white with red trim.

THE CIRCUS REPORT is published byDon Marcks each week at 525 OakSt., El Cerrito, Cal. 94530.SUBSCRIPTION RATE: $12.00 for theyear; or $6.00 for six months.ADVERTISING RATES: Minimum ad is$2.50; Quarter Page $5.00; HalfPage $10.00; Full Page $20.00 andcolor ink run is $5.00 extra.

Newspapers in Minnesota re-cently reported that Dailey Bros.Circus had left the state afterrunning into trouble with the Hu-mane Society. One circus officialreported the show was being "har-assed" by state officials.

When the circus played inTracy (Minn) last month the Hu-mane Society reportedly found all35 show animals were in "badshape" (elephants, lions, tigersetc.). At that time County author-ities threatened to issue arrestwarrants against the circus.

Society officials werewaiting for the circus at Wadena(Minn.) when the show was sched-uled to appear there. However,the circus failed to show up.

September 27, 1976

BRENDA CUTTIN

Our family h smaller today. Our hearts have shri-veled with shock. Our tears have fallen uselessly.Our fears have been named.We ask ourselves, "Why?" and our thoughts echoacross an empty arena. No reply

Did she live so the arena would be filled with pay-ing customers? Yes, but . . .No1 All the peanuts fromall the seats from all the performances from 'all theseasons could not justify the lessening of her life byone day.

Did she live so that people could be excited and en'•tinned? Yes, but....No! Her life meant more thanthe surface and temporary thrills the audience ex-perienced.Did she live to display her skills? Yes, but...No! Herlife meant more than making cir das around a wire.Why?I think back over th« 'ears. I think of openings, and

and finales; good towns and bad towns; easyrum, and long runs; sleep, and no sleep. I re-member weightless ecstacy, and I remember deepdepression.But through all these times, I remember being apart of "us".When I was down, there was always one of youto pick me up. When we shared good times, know-ing it was good times for all of us made it all thebetter. Without even knowing it, we have heldeach other up - and continued.I begin to sense it now, though I'll never know"why?" Brenda has showed me how much we allmean to each other. We are not robots, blindlyperforming functions, to be able to buy productsmade by other blindly performing robots.We are a family! And when one of our membersis no longer with us, we grieve as a family.

SHOW PROGRAM (Continued)

Cuneo, White tiger riding an ele-phant; The Four Flying Ramos?Clowns, The Sharpshooter; TheWai-Tims, risley; John and HertaCuneo, Hawthorne bears; The GreatHuberto, slide for life; Clowns,Wash Day; John Cuneo and MissMargaret, elephants (5); Longmount of elephants on the track.

The circus is produced byCharles Germaine and his staffincludes: Jon Friday, ringmaster;Chester Cable, prop boss. The bigtop (150x300 - blue and whitestriped, bale ring, with alumin-um seats) is supplied by FloridaTent Rentals (Walt Davis and hiscrew). The diesel generator hasbeen leased from the New Englanddivision of Gooding's MillionDollar Midways, Inc. (Nick San-tamaria).

So when we think of Brenda, let us think of howmuch we all belong to each other.It is in this spirit that Brenda lived.

And it is in this spirit that we mourn her death!Anonymous

Scandinavian Trampolinean Act With a Difference

Les Thinis with

Beauty on theSingle Trapeze

Miss TinaROYAL DANISH CIRCUSSept. 28 - Oct. 2Cumberland, Maine

Managers JOHN HANSEN, 31 S. Kerwood St.,Palatine, 111. 60067Phone: (312) 358-2456

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BILLY BARTON (Continued)

TED and LISA STEWART visit-ed DAVE MERRIFIELD prior to hisLabor Day closing at the Wiscon-sin Water Show...And, South ofthe Border circus producer JIMMYHERRINGTON visited for the thirdtime (at least) his "home awayfrom home" Sells 5. Gray.

EXTRA ACTIVITY: Betweennursing school courses, IRIS KEP-PO is busy making "doggie dresses'for Sir VICTOR JULIAN....and JIM-MY DOUGLAS will have his theatri-cal shoe company in full swing bythe New Year. He wants it knownthat the new endeavor will in noway infringe upon his profession-al activities.

No people are more senti-mental about animals than arecircus folks. The following vign-ette illustrates that truth. Apuppy, given to Arnie Jeffers byEvy Karoly was struck by a car.The dog languished in shock forseveral days but finally recover*

ed. A month later, as the dog wasgrowing stronger, it somehow be-came entangled with its chain a-round the muffler of the Jeffers1

motorhome and then proceeded topad into a puddle of water whichcovered a bared bit of electricca e* Vilma and Antonio Lorenzoheard the dog scream as it wasbeing electrocuted, ran out andfreed the animal which was al-ready stiffening, its eyes glazedFrantically, the couple gave thedog mouth-to-mouth, began to mas-sage its tiny body. They werejoined in their efforts by MarieFrance and Bonnie Earl and, asArnie raced the dog to the Vet,with Marie continuing artificialrespiration, the animal began todisplay spasmodic flickers of vi-tal signs.

Today, thanks to that de-dicated group of animal-lovers,the dog is alive and well.

See you down the road, luvs.

FOR SALE • COMPLETE CIRCUSTrucks, Tents, Seats, Animals, Trailers,

Concession Equipment, Rigging,Electric Dept. (3 Plants)

All Ready To Go

$30,000 Firm & Cash

Contact: JOHN LEWISBridgeport, Alabama

or w/Hoxie Bros. Circus EnrouteCan Call Person-to-Person c/o Police Dept.

September 27, 1976

MiscellaneousDuring its recent Seattle

(Wash.) Center engagement (Sept.15-19) Ringling-Barnum resigned afive year contract with the Cen-ter facility.

Members of the Bette LeonardCFA Tent # 62 plan a dinner meet-ing and will attend the localShrine Circus at Wichita, Kans.,on Oct. 23rd.

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THROUGH A CHILD'S EYESAs an amateur magician, J

have performed for large salesmeetings, conventions and £ widevariety of audiences throughoutthe United States. Recently, afterperforming for approximately 45children nt a birthday party, alittle girl six years old came up tome .ind said, "You certainly hadme fooled." llcing h.ippy that Ihad fooled her. 1 said. "Oh. Iidid?" She deflated me by saying."Yes. I thought you were goingto be good." -Bill Pitl*

Fort Smith, Ark.

Carnival of Brazilto Oct. 3 Washington, DC

Century 21 Shows - Blue UnitSep 27-Oct 2 Anniston, Ala.

Century 21 Shows - Red UnitSep 27-Oct 1 Tuscaloosa, Ala.

Chinese AcrobatsSept. 29 Sacramento, Calif.

Coco's Musical ComixOct. 2-11 Danbury, Conn.

James H. Drew ShowsSep 27-Oct 2 Cartersville, Ga

Ken Griffin (Magic)Sept. 27 Greencastle, Ind.Oct. 2 Marion, 111.

Mitchell MarionettesOct. 2-7 La Crosse, Wise.

Rose City RidesSep 27-Oct 2 Dexter, Mo.

Royal Lipizzan StallionsSep. 29-30 Syracuse, N.Y.Oct. 1 Binghampton

2-3 Rochester

Tip Top ShowsOct. 2-7 La Crosse, Wise.

Vaudeville RevueSept. 27 Minot, S.D.

40 Horse HitchOct. 2 Waterloo, Iowa

Pa&e 18 The Circus Report

Frank Dean says Thanks- - -.a word that still does not express in full my appreciationfor the visits, letters, long distance phone calls, get wellcards and telegrams — from all you wonderful people.

BERNICE and 1 never realized how many great friends we have!

GOD BLESS YOU ALL

Frank Deaji - Room 350-AMercy General Hospital

Sacramento, Calif. — 95819

"Booked Solid Here 'til December"

THE BAKERS, jugglers, workedwith the Happytime Circus at itsNewark (Cal.) date on Sept. 19th.

JIM HOWLE and BUTTONS theClown operate a mall show theycall "Buttons Clown Alley."

STAN KRAMIEN has sold his"Magic Capades" show to DENNISLOOMIS who will start workingshow dates in January.

CUSTOM COLORCIRCUS PHOTOSStop-Action Performance Shots,Scenics, Equipment, Lot Views,Band Photos: All in Full-Color•

Listing No. 1-174 Photos $ .35Beautiful 5"x7" Sample....$1.20

JAMES D. KALIVODACFA - CHS - CMB - WU

1509 South Clinton AvenueBerwyn, Illinois 60402

BOBBY MOORE and his dogsrecently were the winners of TV'Sdaily %ong Show" program.

LONI IRONBERG and PATTI AN-TALEK visited the Happytime Cir-cus at Newark, Calif, last week.

The ERIK ADAMS acts will beplaying dates with Polack Bros.Circus in November.

C. A. FRANK'S "Zogi Var-iety Revue" played an engagementat Sedan, Kans. early this month.

THE GRIMALDIS have a newwhite poodle, which is a brotherfor "Twinkle Star" the singingpoodle and "Super Star" the trum-pet playing poodle. The new dog'sname is "Shiny Star."

Collectors ItemsAssorted Material from theGreat James M. Cole Circus -1946 Season.

$5.00 and $10.00 KitsSend Money Orders to:

DOROTHY R. COLER.D. #1, Perm Yan, N . Y . -14527

September 27, 1976

HOMER'. STfcPYKAYYHIS INSYAKTRlG-m'OUY HEREIN PUBLIC «.!

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