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June 9,1980 Number 23

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KAYEHOLLYWOOD ELEPHANTS

ContactPAUL V. KAYE

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June9, 1980

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CABSON 8. BARNES CIRCUS.. .by Karen Cart

The entire circus community, especially themanagement and employees of Carson & Barneswere saddened by the death of John "Elephant'Carroll. His home was Al G. Kelly-Miller Bros,and Carson & Barnes for over 30 years; every-one associated with either show will rememberhim. Although John had no immediate family,he had a targe circus family and many, manyfriends. He will be sorely missed by all thatknew him. There is a vacancy at the elephantpicket line that cannot be filled.The youngest member of the Carson & Barnesentourage is Barbara Elizabeth "Libby" Garcia,she was bom Feb. 27th. Momma and Daddyare Jaime and Lisa Garcia. Jaime is big top suptand Lisa is on reserve seats. Grandma, BarabaFulton is sure proud of Libby, as is Great-GreatAunt. Isla Miller.Adrienne Moos, having just returned from atour of Spain which she enjoyed immensely,joined the show at Nacogdoches, Texas, on Apr21st. She is performing and working on reserveseats. Her parents, Don and Jackie Moos, havethe cookhouse and pice car. Jackie is also pur-chasing agent and mail agent. The Moos' youn-ger daughter, Donna, will be joining the showas soon as school is out.D. R. and Isla Miller celebrated their 46th wed-

NOW AVAILABLEBecause of a misunderstanding I am no long-er with Kelly Bros. Circus and as a result amnow available for Shrine Circuses, Parks andFairs, with my small 1910 Tin Lizzie ModelT Ford, radio controlled comedy car.

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ding anniversary on April 9th. Rumor has itthat they both had forgotten it was their anni-versary.Kristin Byrd, 4 yr. old daughter of Geary andBarbara Byrd, is now participating in Wally andChona Eastwood's unicycle act. In addition toKristin, are Claudia Eastwood, 6 yr. old daugh-ter of Howard and Chona Eastwood; SashaRawU, 7 yr. old daughter of David and CarolRawls; and Diana Perez Resales, 5 yr. olddaughter of Chava Perez. Wally is superb on theunicycle, and the little girls' dancing is some-thing to see.On April 26th, Traci Byrd celebrated her 8thbirthday with a wiener roast for her Carson &Barnes and Hugo school friends, at her homein Hugo, Okla. Her borthday is actually the27th, but since the circus was only 50 milesaway at Clarksville, Texas, she celebrated a dayearly in order to have all her friends together.The invitations read Hugo-Lake, but as it wascool and threatening rain, the party was heldat the Miller-Byrd home. Traci and her 35guests roasted wieners and marshallows overan open fire; then enjoyed ice cream cakes inthe shape of "Snoopy" on the appropriatelydecorated patio. Everyone had a wonderfultime, and all agreed they hoped Carson & Bar-nes would be close to Hugo on Traci's nextbirthday.

THE CIRCUS REPORT i$ published each weekby Don Marcks, 525 Oak St.. El Cerrlto, Calif.94530 - Phone: 415 - 525 - 3332.SUBSCRIPTION RATES: $15.00 per year. Theoverseas rate via Surface Mall Is $20.00 a year.ADVERTISING RATES: (First come basis):Minimum ad $5.00; Quarter Page $10.00; HalfPage $20.00; Full Page $35.OO (Per Issue).

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CIRCUS LITTLE. BUT GREAT REAL... by Gene Kirkman

There's something special about a circus, butextra special under the canvas, the "Big Top".The Roberts Bros. Circus is one that still doesit under canvas, a clean pretty 'big top* withits flags flapping in the breeze of spring. It isworth the price. It's just good clean family en-tertainment. That's what you get if you seethe Roberts Bros. Circus. That's what it wasat Yadkinville. N.C.. on May 19th.Weeds and grass grow where sawdust wouldhave been in the old days, but the odor of cot-ton candy mingled with popcorn popping wasa good smell and real.This real circus was not like watching TV oran arena show. You were close to the show,you could feel the real people. There was Dor-is Earl, an owner with husband Bob, on thefront door. Bob was away on advance work.You saw Jeff and Ginny Earl, an attractivehard-working, talented young couple, doingvarious and many acts. There was Bobby Earlwith the "Moon Walk" and other jobs. BobbySnyder at the organ, with his wooden "PalJimmy". Jo Mar the clown, in addition wasselling souvenirs. Other troupers were the Ma-cias Family and the Feirrena Family, bothdoing just great acts. If I was giving out awardsmy top award would go to George Rowe (nothis show name) an illusionist.It may not have been "The Greatest Show onEarth", but George and all the real peopleworked hard to put on a great show.

HELEN WILSON - Show Organist(own Equipment) 704 - 786 - 4563

On The CoverThis week's cover picture is another of the veryfine water color paintings created by Robert B.Johnson.The scene is that of an early day circus, it is justgetting dark and the tear-down is well underwayThe two pole big top is in the background. Theside show banners and top on the right are com-ing down, and a heavy wagon with four horseteam, a camel and a lantern starts off towardsthe trains.The performing horses are tied up between thetrees on the left. Their tent has already beensent off to the train.

JERRY BOOKER provided much of the circusbackground material for last month's produc-tion of "Carnival" at Mt. Tamalpias in MannCounty, Calif. He also presented his giant horse'Brigadoon' as part of the program.

JOHN CUNEO visited the Beany-Cole Circusat Langhorn, Pa., late last month.

Copies of Circus Report were returned thispast week by the Post Office who says theycan no longer deliver them as addressed.Copies are addressed to:Patrick Wenzel Wm. C. SnoopSteven Gregg Al BlacconeriAbel A. Pina Tex Maynard

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Show DatesBeany-Cole CircusJune 9-10 York, Pa.

11-12 Hazelton13-15 Muncie

Carson & Barnes CircusJune 13 Plainfield, lit.

14 Downers Grove• 15 Crestwood

Hubert Castle CircusJune 9 Nelson, BC

10 Trail11 Pen tic tun12 Chill iwack

13-15 Vancouver

Circia VargasJune 9-11 Eureka, Cal.

12-15 Eugene, Ore

Circus Variety ShowJune 9 San Antonio, Tex

10 Houston11 Fort Worth12 Okla. City, Okla13 Tulsa14 Kansas City. Kas15 St. Louis, Mo.

Hamid-Monon CircusJune 12-15 Providence, Rl

Happytime CircusJune 9-21 Vallejo, Calif.

Hoxie Bros. CircusJune 9 Celoron, NY

10 Oleann Hometln ui iicn1? Flmira1 £ til III 1 O

13 Trurnansburg14 Vernon15 Watertown

Hubler Int'i CircusJune 11-13 Granite City, III

Win. Kay CircusJune 10-13 Boise, Idaho

Pickle Family CircusJune 10-11 Crescent City,

Ca.14-15 Bandon, Ore.

Rmyling-Barnum - Blueto June 15 Philadelphia, Pa

Rimilmg-Bamum - RedJune 10-11 Lexington, Ky

13-15 Memphis, Tenn

TNT& Royal OlympicJune 12-14 Hopkinsville.Ky

Wenatchee Youth CircusJune 14 Portland, Oregon

15 Salem

MAGIC

Blackstone Magic Showto Sep. 1 New York, NY

David GinnJune 9 Victoria, BC

Man/mi, Escape ArtistJun 14-Sep 1 Lake George

NY

Pf. Miller's Magic Time USAJune 15 Merriville. Ind.

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Byrans ClownsJune 9 New Bedford, Pa

14 Pulaski

Burr's Fun-0-RamaJun 9-14 Haverftill. Mass

James H. Drew ExpositionJun 9-14 Bluefield,W.Va

Foley & Burk ShowsJun 9-21 Val le jo, Calif.

Gund Western Collectionto Jun 15 Stockton, Cal.

Gutis FamilyJun 12-15 Peoria, III.

Hall & Christ Attractionsto July 6 Honolulu. Haw.

Kaye's Hollywood ElephantsJun 12-15 Orland, Calif.

Scott's Old Ttme Md. ShowJune 9 Fergus Falls, Minn

10 Fargo, N.D.11 Grand Forks12 Grafton13 Devils Lake14 Bottineau

Tip Top Shows • BlueJun 12-15W. Al l is.Wsc

Tip Top Shows - GreenJun 13-15 Mukwonago,

Wsc.

White House in Miniatureto Jun 15 Pittsburgh, Pa.

CHIMPFOR SALE

10 year old Male- Readyto breed -Does nice act - Is nowworking on a movie inn * jFlonda.

BILL RIVERS

Phone:904-591 -2076

EUREKA! the note book has been found...Among the Ringting Red items marked in it isthat TEX and MARCY MAYNARD visited withDAVE KING and WALLY NAGHTIN in Bing-hamton (NY) where the train enroute to Rochester demolished a car driven by a Hobart Collegestudent at an unmarked crossing near Geneva, N.Y. The student, Kurt Manser, 23, was pinned inthe car for nearly 20 minutes before being freedby volunteer firefighters. He was treated forbumps, bruises, and a shoulder injury and thencharged with failure to yield the right of way ata railroad crossing. The Ringling show train wasabsolved.

CLOSEUPS: FLORENCE STEPHENSON MacGARRITY, married to JIM MacGARRITY, mgr.of Ringling Red, tells me that their elegent andmuch admired mother is no longer working inthe great Stephenson dog act which is now atCircus World.. .MIGUEL AY ALAS is now doinghis wire act on the show and beautiful wife MARGUERITTE (or Margaret) looks great in the webnumber. She, by the way, is the sister to theVASQUEZ boys currently with Castle... .TheWAINWRIGHTS are back from Japan after atour with PAUL KAYE and said they really en-joyed the date.. .LILLI-ANA has a new routinein her leopard act and son, KIM, is out of showbusiness and doing well in private life.. .My petname for ERIC WILNOW is "Marshall Dillon" „SHARON WARD sent me a picture of herselfwith a kangaroo while she was in Australia withRingjing's Monte Carlo show • apparently thosestories of her being ill and not being on a Ring-ling unit were false. She looks hale and heartyto me! At any rate, the gal loved Australia and,while there, learned Japanese for her trek thruJapan with the show. Sharon will be home inSept... At BILL and TRUDY's farm during themonth of May were DIME WILSON, CONNIEtoo, JOANNE and PEE WEE PINSON and sev-eral others.. .CHUCK CLANCY and TOMMYBENTLEY escorted L.A.'s hostess with the mostess MOTHER BETTY to the Vargas show whereMadame Escalante had a ball, adored the show,and said she nearly fainted with delight fromthe nostalgic sm ell of a tent show and neverrealized until that moment how much she miss-ed being on one. PHIL went with them andthev visited with AVA and REX WILLIAMS

and BILLY McCABE, who was celebrating hisborthday. They were seated in Mr. Vargas' pri-vate box seats and sez Betty: "That handsomemanager, Joe Muscarella, even brought us cof-fee." Betty postscripted her letter to say shewould take care of the Bentley Bros. Circus of-fice during the time Chuck and Tommy were onpromotions.. and also that since the column onher appeared, the calls and letters are comingstill, including such folks as RAY HARRIS, herfirst swinging ladder "swinger", HAZLEL MOSSand COLLEEN ALPAH, whose mother was thewardrobe mistress on the Beatty show... MAR-IO MANZINI, world champion escape daredevil,introduced his latest thriller at St. Frances Col-lege in Loretto, Pa. (Apr. 18) when he was handcuffed and shackled to a bench and blindfoldedwhile a trail of black powder was laid out lead-ing to a charge of flash powder placed just be-neath his feet. The powder was ignited and hehad only seconds to escape before the fire reached him. His escape was successful and he receiv-ed a five minute ovation.

PROGRAMS: For the Garden Bros. Circus Ca-nadian Tour which ended May 10: Overture,Razzle Dazzle, Lilli-Ana, Carol Wainwright, dis-play with the Freddies and Andromeda, Rumpy,display with Wilnow's Collies, Norton's Bearsand Ian Garden, Jr.'s ponies, Princess Tanya andGorilla Fantasy, Aerial ballet featuring MisterSensation, Intermission, Toyland Spec, Piratesof the Air, Smiley Daley, comedy bike, displaywith the Bruskis, the Wainwrights, the Kursawes,The Flying Lanes, Clowns, Stebbing's elephants,Finale. Visitors during the run included Oopsiethe clown, now living in Canada; Mrs. DorothyCole, now living in Hamilton, Ont.; Aerialetta,the Pinsons, Bill Stebbing, the Jordans, Chris-tine Fossett and Roy Wells.

AMARILLO, Texas: (Hubler): Eddie Schmitt,tigers; Winn Bros.; Walter Family, Javanna's Ba-boons; Aerial Ballet; Michele, slide for life; BenWilliams with Anna May and leopard; Sir Erwin,comedy bike; Rotinit Sisters; John Winn, balan-cing; Buckles and Barbara Woodcock, elephants;the Astros, aerial motorcycle; Ringmaster CountNicholas, music by Jessie Griffiths.

ROCK ISLAND: Rix Bears, Thomas Duo, era-

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SYRIAN TEMPLE SHRINE CIRCUS... by Don Sandman

Tommy Hanneford and Glenn Parkins, Hanne-ford Circus, Inc., presented the Syrian TempleShrine Circus under the big top at Old ConeyIsland, Cincinnati, Ohio, on May 2-11.Under a six pole big top from Florida Tent Ren-tal, the Harold Barnes company, the show waswell laid out with 5 rings and looked beautifulon the lot. As you entered from the front, theticket booths were on both sides of the midwayalong with novelties and programs, all leadingto the menagerie tent (George Hanneford's) justbeyond the marquee. Entering thru the marqueeand into the menagerie the patrons were able tosee all the working animals from the show be-fore they went into the big top, except the ele-phants which were stacked out behind the tentin the open where they could be viewed from asafe distance. Inside the big top, both beforeand after the performance elephant rides wereoffered to the patrons.The performance included: A Patriotic Welcomewith its conclusion being the slide for lift by theGreat Huberto; Royal Bengal and Siberian tigerspresented by Tajana; The Castros, high wire; theHanneford mixed animals presented by GeorgeHanneford, Zoppe's dogs, Diane's dogs, King'sAnimals; Aerialists, Diane Hanneford, Miss Ti-na and Belinda Maynard; Gaytord Maynard andhis horse Chief Bearpaw; Anderson's LibertyHorses, George Hanneford's liberty ponies, An-derson's Liberty Horse; Clowns and the Strong-man; The George Hanneford Riding Act, TheTommy Hanneford Riding Act, Zoppe RidingAct; Los Argentinos, perch; Sladek, chair bal-

ancing; the Tangiers Troupe, acrobats; Spec"Alice in Wonderland"; Intermission with theclowns posing for pictures and a winky blinkypitch.The second half started with the Flying GaonaFamily and the Flying Valentines; Western dressage by Nellie Hanneford, Miss Anderson, Gay-lord Maynard, Don Anderson, Mark Karoly;Clowns, Gorilla Parody; Elephants presented byGeorge Hanneford, Walt King, Tommy Hanne-ford; Elephant Chandra with the teeterboardingMark Karoly; Flag waving finale with all of theshow personnel.Staff for the show included: Tommy Hannefordexecutive producer; Glenn Parkins, executiveproducer; Keith Killinger, musical director; AlLeonard, vocalist; Philip Morris, director; Ger-trude Hanneford,aerial director; Senor Rai,ringmaster; Dwight Hansen, prop boss; DavidJOnes, lights; Wally Jones, producing clown;Ray Orzak, costume designer; Cheryl Jones,wardrobe mistress; Harold Katzsu, animal supt.Ed Kenyon, transportation; Walt Davis, canvassupt.Mother Hanneford had her arm in a sling, butshe's just as spry as ever and insists on workingevery performance. At 90 plus years, she sayswhen she quits working she won't be aroundanymore.

MANZINI. escape artist, worked at the 9th Ave.Street Festival in New York City on May 17-18,presenting his levitation of a girl completelysurrounded by spectators.

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ZSLMillMay 22 • New York City - Three performenwere injured as a result of falls during a per-formance of the Ringling-Barnurn Blue Unitat Madison Square Garden.

Luba Yantchevi suffered a fractured spineand her husband, Nedco Yantchevi sufferedminor injuries. The accident occured as theywere, finishing their high wire act and wereto descend to the center ring via a rope. Theymissed the rope and fell 30 feet to the floor.Julio Farias, of the Flying Farias, missed a

trick and fell about 25 feet to a net, thenbounced another 10 feet to the floor, wherehe landed on his head.

May 22 - South America • Johnny Peers, aclown with the Tihany show, suffered a broken back as a result of a fall when the cable ofan aerial motorcycle act collapsed.The cable had just been set-up when theywere to make a test run, and Johnny offeredto ride the trapeze which is hung below thecycle. The wire collapsed as they reached itshighest point. The other performer sufferedonly an ankle injury.

ELEMENTARY SCHOOL SHOW

The Oak View Elementary School of FairfaxVa., held its 12th annual physical educationshow at nearby Robinson Secondary Schoolfieldhouse. Directed by physical educationteacher Jim Moyer, assisted by Miss CherylThompson, over 500 Oak View students ingrades 1-6 performed a variety of activitiesbefore an appreciative audience of some2,500 spectators.Among the activities presented were circusbicycle, tumbling, pyramids, rolling globes,balancing unicycling, German gym wheels,quartette adagio, juggling, gymnastics, rolabola, stilt-walking and various types of dan-cing.Assisting with the circus acts were two for-mer Florida State University "Flying High"Circus performers, Mr. John Kuck and MissJoann Grant.

MAGIC TOUR

June9, 1980

... by Nick Kit

Larro's Magical World of Amusement andMickey Hades (both of Alberta, Canada) re-cently played a tour of several towns and ci-ties in Alberta, all to good crowds.On April 18-19, the two hour show playedVegreville, Alberta, at the Composite HighSchool Auditorium, offering two matineesand two evening performances to sold outhouses for all four shows. On April 26-27the show played Sherwood Park at the highschool auditorium to real good crowds forboth matinee and evening performances.Mickey Hades, of Calgary, was the MC anda good full hour of the finest magic pro-ductions and vanishes of all types were pre-sented. He also does a very good routinewith giant-sized linking rings, cut and restor-ed rope, a fire eating routine, card on thesword, etc. His finish was the changing of asmall stemmed flower to a large Giant-sizedBotania.Larry Pankiw, of Larro's Magical World ofAmazement presented seven illsuions - inclu-ding Sawing a Lady in Half, the Zig Zag,Mixed up Lady, Blade Cabinet, Substitu-tion Trunk and many others. He also did adove production and vanish, the vanish ofa large radio and other magic.The show was well routined and rehearsed,and ran a full two hours with never a dullmoment throughout the production.In addition to Mickey Hades and Larro, theshow carries six additional people. Larry'swife, Marlene, Al Parks, Jr., Shawna Sora-can, Blanch Parks, Al Parks, Sr. and oneother person. There were many costumechanges throughout the performance forall assistants, as well as for Larry and Mic-key. The background music was geared andsychronized to suit every illusion and eachmagic trick.On hand as guests in the crowd at SherwoodPark were Vera and Nick Kit, of the Dr. KitShow (Magician and Hypnotist), who havejust completed an 8 month tour of Idaho,Wyoming, Arizona, New Mexico, Texas andOklahoma.

-ARDEN B

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We wish to thank everyone who helpedmake our 1980 spring tour the finest andmost successful in our 43 year history.

We have commenced tapings for the thirdseason of the C.F.T.O.-T.V. & C.T.V. series"CIRCUS!". Next tapings June 9th andSept. 15-16-17. Need top quality acts whichhave not yet appeared on "CIRCUS!" forus and for fall tour commencing July 25and season of '81.

You may contact Ian M. Cardan direct or:

Marc Schultz2525 W. Peterson Ave., Chicago, III. 60659(312) 769-2244 or 769-2247

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SORRYI Due to limitedtime in my office andthe volume of mail wereceive, all mail notnecessarily answeredbut will be held on filefor future reference.

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ROBERT E. (Bob) ADAMS (59) show promoter and agent, died May 15th at Sarasota, Fla.He served in Africa during World War II andbooked dates for many circuses including theKelly-Miller, Carson & Barnes, Bartock, Hox-ie Bros, and Diamond S. Rodeo.

He toured with the national company of Je-sus Christ Super Star and also promoted num-erous concerts. His career included severalyears as a disc-jockey and talk-show host andhe managed radio stations in Georgia and theVirgin Islands. For the past six years he wasGeneral Agent for the International Alt StarCircus of Sarasota.

WANT TO BUYComplete Animated Miniature Circusfor permanent location. Should be a'/4 in. scale or larger.

Send details and photo to:

JOHNWAITE7860 Western Avenue

Buena Park, Calif. -90620

McCULLEM "Tommy" TUNKINS (76), aWorld War II veteran and circus man, died atTampa, Fla. on May 11th. He spent most ofhis life in the circus world, starting in 1927working in the cookhouse on Sells FlotoCircus. Later he worked for Hagenbeck-Wal-lace, Cole Bros, and Daitey Bros. Then he be-came a porter for Royal American Shows, af-ter which he went to work at the TampaShowman's Club.Survivors include his wife, Coma, sisters Mrs.Virginia Jackson and Mrs. Jo Ann Singleton,brothers Sam P. Bernard and Juluis Bernard.

IN C H A N G I N G F O R M A T FOR 1980 W A N T S

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Lithographers Clowns

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Chimp Act

Specialty Ground Act

Novelty Animal Act

Aerial Act

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Phone: 1 • 800 • 824 • 7888, Ext. A-2153

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EMERSON STILL BITTER

Ralph Emerson, of Newington, Conn., who operated a wild animal farm there for 25 yean,was forced to sell his property six years agowhen the state scheduled a highway throughthe area.In 1974, the State Dept. of Transportation ac-quired 38 acres of Emerson's property. Nowthe controversial highway plans have been a-bandoned and the property lies idle. The statewants to sell it.City officials would like to have the city buythe property for use as an industrial park site.Emerson says he is still bitter about what thestate did to him. "Next to my family that ani-mal farm was my greatest love/' he says. "Kidsand grownups from all over would come tovisit the animals and have a fun time."Back then the animals were valued at $40,000to $50,000 and today they would be worth atleast twice that much. The cost of starting upanother animal farm on the property would beprohibitive for him."In today's market it would cost about $100,000 for the animals and another $100,000 to

WANTEDEXPERIENCED TIGER TRAINER

Must be capable of presenting readytrained animals as well as manage allaspects of the act.

Contact:

GLENN PARKINS2621 Mall Drive

Sarasota, Fla. - 33581

Phone: 813-958-0532

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WANTEDANIMAL ACTS and UnusualPerforming Animals for newshow starting Fall 1980 inLos Angeles.

Please Send Photos to:

SIMON FINNER ENTERPRISES

12500 Riverside Drive, No. 201

North Hollywood, Calif. 91607

replace the animal cages and structures," Em-erson said. That doesn't include the land cost.If someone has $1 million or more, he said, hewould encourage them to open an animal farmthere."It's an ideal spot for a zoo, with rolling hills,a pond and plenty of shade trees," that wereuntouched by the bulldozers. Emerson said."I get sick every time I drive by there and lookat the place," he added.

MARTIN (Lancelot Goodperson) REEVES pre-sented his "Bionic Security Guard" routine atthe Scottish Rite Children's Hospital in Dallason May 18th. Also taking part in the presenta-tion were BILL (Willie) POWELL, WOERNER(Peppy) BENDORPH and CARL (Squeeky)SMITH.

GEE GEE ENGESSER's elephants toured withGarden Bros. Circus while she built a pit showfor a Canadian summer tour.

Get well soon. Dadfrom

J o a n n e , Marvin and the Boys

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BOB EMERICO, Hi Fi the Clown, has been setto play the A'aska State Fair on Aug. 23-27.

HAL TAYLOR'S Circus Marionettes and BOBHOUSTON'S Mini Circus and Museum havecombined to offer special circus presentationsin Philadelphia thru June 30th.

CLIFF "Tiny" KREUGER, Wise. State Senator |toured with the Seils Sterling Circus in the '30s.

H. "Bert" BELL, of Vancouver.BC, is making Iup special circus historical scrapbooks from the ;Circus Report and other circus publications.

ANGELA Wl LNOW and Her Collies worked inthe Dobntch Int'l Circus at Mt. Clemens, Mich. '(June 7-8). booked by Howard Schultz of Chi- Icago. They are now enroute to the Royal Dan !ish Circus where they will play Atlanta andPine Mountain, Ga.

MARK HORTON is recovering from surgery inSt. Paul, Minn. He will join his brother REX atEnchanted Forest, NY, for the summer.

WALT STIMAX and family have left the Hox-ie Bros. Circus and will be working their acts atCanadian Fairs prior to playing fall dates on thewest coast.

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CIRCUS QUIPS...by KARLJ. BISCHOFF

THERE IS NO JUSTICE for most show peopleIf you make your income tax out correctly youmight go on welfare, if you don't go to jail.

THE old quarrel between NORTH and SOUTHhas spread to include EAST and WEST and isnow called Circus Routes.

SOME circuses might find it hard to get goodmen because some are ONE ULCER MEN FORTWO ULCER JOBS.

STRANGE - some showmen who are oldenough to know better are always looking for agirt not quite that old.

SOME SHOWS play towns so small that every-body knows whose check is good and whosehusband isn't.

WASHINGTON TUBBS II

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... from William Wotsch

The Les Kimris appeared at our Cleveland Arenawhen we had the AI Si rat Grotto Circus there inFeb. 1940. This was a high act, a fellow riding amotorcycle around a platform with a girt hang-ing by one foot on a trapeze suspended belowthe motorcycle.I recall talking with Terrell Jacobs in the dres-sing room. One day as the lions were run thruthe wooden chutes to the arena, so the cagescould be cleaned, the steel arena door was ajarand two lions roamed out into the arena floor.There followed a few minutes of excitement,but then it was over as they chased the lionsback into the performing arena.The elephant which were kept in our PilsnerCellar area, pulled the covering off the over-head pipes during their stay there.Lee Powell, who played the title rol of theLone Ranger in the movies of 1938 was there.He rode his white horse around the building,with just the spotlights shining on him.Some of the Pallenberg bears were on the showI remember almost every night after the per-formance the trainer would walk a bear up thestairs to the American Legion Club for a bottle

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of beer. This club was on the second floor, inthe front of the building. The bear would standby the bar and have his bear, along with therest of us. After that the bear and trainer wentback down to the cage area.

The Royal Crown Circus played dates at Lan-caster, Calif. (May 16-17) and El Cajon. Calif.(May 23-24).

San Francisco's Barbery Coast Gallery present-ed a "Circus in America" show of posters andpaintings during the month of Mav. *<

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WILLIAM (Bill) BALE (69), show owner andperformer, died in a hospital at Columbus,Ohio, on May 23rd. He operated his own BaleBuckeye Circus for several years and touredhis own magic/illusion show for 17 years. Hewas also active in a variety of theatre produc-tions and served as chairman of the TheatricalArts Dept. of Ohio University.A veteran of World War II, he served in thePacific, and was a Past Commander of theAmerican Legion. He managed Mandrake'sMagic Shop in Pinley, Ohio, and was the crea-tor of his own one man show "Dr. Jekyll andMr. Hyde."Survivors include his wife, Evelyn, a son Col.Wm. F. Bale, a daughter Mrs. R. E. Warner, abrother Frederick and four grandchildren.

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Except for a comedy wrist tie it's been thirtyyears since I dabbled in the field of escapes. Inthe days before I got lucky with the "SkipperFrank" TV series I fed my family with supermarket shows.

To gather a crowd and impress store managersI needed a gimmick that was sure fire and the"Surfboard Challenge Escape" was born. JimConley built me an over-sized surfboard thatwas rimmed with metal lined holes. This with along length of chain was left on display for minute inspection a week before my Saturday ma-gic show.

Customers were invited to bring their ownlocks and chain me to the board in any fashion.The stunt got a lot of publicity and productsponsors were pleased with the extra display

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that their products got in conjunction with thegiant surfboard.If the 'Art of Escapes' series of books by John

Novak had come along in those days I am surethat I would have delved deeper into this excit-ing, money making field. I have never met No-vak but I look forward to meeting him. I enjoy-ed all of his series but particularly enjoyed histreatises on the Strait Jacket and the Sub Trunk

In his "Escapes from a Strait Jacket" is every-thing you wanted to know and didn't know whoto ask. He covers legit and gimmicked jackets, allthe thrill angles like being suspended from a buming rope, to a very commercial stand-up routinethat includes a ton of laughs. John's writing styleis bright with a no npnesense or pipe dream ap-proach. He does not just impart secrets and me-thods but includes the hints that provides aud-ience pleasing exhibitions.

"Metamorphosis and Other Escapes" by JohnNovak concentrates on the substitution trunk il-lusion in all its aspects. He covers the flashyspeed presentations and the serious challengestyles. Again he thoroughly explains the varioustypes of trunks and boxes, cabinets, sacks, handcuffs, and all the elements that are used to en-hance this popular illusion. Showmanship andpublicity angles abound.

Novak has written other books on escapes thatcover chains, ropes, hand cuffs and other exoticrestraints. He has the great advantage of doinghis own drawing to illustrate his lucid writingstyle. The books are published by Mickey Hades,Box 2242, Seattle, Wash. At $7.50 all are recommended values. Hades is one of the world's larg-est publishers for mystery entertainers, a coupleof dollars will bring you his list of exciting titles.

I have been on a lecture tour that encompassed6,000 miles from coast-to-coast and then a boutwith the flu that laid me low.

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SHRINE CIRCUS ACTS

Acts working the Shrine Circus at Wilming-ton, Dela., May 22-25, which was producedby Bauer-Halt Enterprises were:The Rolling Diamonds, roller skaters; TheCharlies, hand balancing; Coco & Co., clowns;The Bisbini's, comedy mule "Caesar"; MissDiana, foot juggler; Dondi, the elephant, pre-sented by Phil and Francine Schacht; The Or-iginal Gutis Family, Jungleland Fantasy; theCyclonians, cycles; Uncle Frank's Ham 'n EggRevue (pigs, chickens, ducks); The BisbiniTrio, unsupported ladders; Satani Demon,fire manipulator.Also working on the date was Boom Boom-Browning, musicat director.

MICHAEL S. OONOHUE (23) former sideshow performer, died as a result of injuriessuffered in a car accident in Germany onMay 7th. He was on duty with the U. S.Army when the mishap occured. He workedas a sword swallower, fire eater, ticket sellerand canvasman with Sells & Gray, Ward Halland Circus Vargas.Survivors include his wife, Rita, father JackDonohue (the Human Balloon) and his mo-ther Rose Eakin (Serpentine), as well asthree sisters.

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NEW CIRCUS TENT IS BLESSED

The Rev. John DeGiorio (riqht) and Rev. Da-vid Tetrault, are shown in the picture on theopposite page as they throw Blessed Water onthe new Beany-Cole Circus big top.The Blessing of the new circus tent also inclu-ded a Blessing for the circus people. It wasmore than simply seeking divine approval ofthe tent that serves the circus, for it was a re-flection of the religious nature of circus folks.As he blessed the tent Rev. John M. DeGiorioprayed:"We are your fools for Christ, wiping awaytears with the roar of laughter, calming fearswith the thrilling surprises that life holds forus all, healing pain with the shouts of excite-ment for all the greatness you have given usand all the wonders you do for and with us.We are your people and you are our God."Towards the end of the service Father DeGiorio included his blessing of the people.Before making his tour around the tent throwing Blessed Water onto the new canvas, hecalled on God to "bless ... the artists, the en-tertainers . . . those who uplift. Bless themand keep them from harm."

DAVE TWOMEY's Happytime Circus playedthe May 15-18 Chowchilla, Calif., where some36,266 people passed through the fair gates.

STU MILLER reports his Magic Time USAshow is drawing good crowds at each date.

HAPPY BUSTER the Clown visited friendswith the Royal Hanneford Circus when thatshow played at Beaumont, Texas on May 20-21st.

FRANK and JANET BURGER are planningto open a Petting Zoo in New Jersey wheretheir many animals will be on public view.

BRUCE ANDERSON, aerialist and high actperformer, worked a date at Arcadia, Calif.,on June 6-7.

MONTY MONTANA was one of the featureacts appearing on the Tony Randall CelebrityRound-Up Show at Madison Square Gardenon May 9th.

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THE 8LACKSTONE MAGIC SHOW...by DanWaldron

The Blackstone Show opened on BroadwayMay 19th to reviews which bode well for thebox office. Billed as "Blackstone, the Magni-ficent Musical Magic Show" it is installed atthe Majestic Theatre, right across the streetfrom the hit show, "Barnum.""Had even the cynics in the crowd gaspingwith wonder," said the New York Post. "Thecreme de la creme of magic acts/' And "Har-ry Blackstone is a master of the magical arts... His timing is formidable, and his sense ofrapport with the audience would make grad-uates of R(oyal) A(cademy) of D(ramatic)A(rts) weep with envy.""We've seen it all before but never better/'said the Daily News. "What it has mainly isHarry Blackstone, suave son of the famousBlackstone, an heir to his full bag of tricks.And what a splendid assortment they are!"Even the staid New York Times admitted:

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"Given the ground rules, one can enjoy thismagic act - and be bamboozled by the mys-teries." "Blackstone is a master of his pro-fession."Variety gave its savvy show business apprai-sal, noting among other thincp that Black-stone's prestidigitational extraganza doesn'tmiss a trick in its determination to pleasethe audience, and ends the long review:"Blackstone is a hocus-pocus hoedown thatjust might turn into a bigger Broadway hitthan enyone expected."With a top ticket price of $22.50 it will needall the drawing power it can get; but by NewYork standards that's normal arithmetic. Pre-sent plans call for a summer-long run, endingaround Labor Day.

BILLY GUNGAand family, who started theseason with February dates in the east, join-ed the Big John Strong show for a series ofindoor dates this month. On July 5th theygo to South Africa, India and London, thenreturn to the States for their annual fall en-gagements. Late this year they plan to va-cation in the Philippines.

March 20. 1980

Dear Mr.Ashton.

I want to compliment you on your very fine clown act. Iattended the American Continental Circus while it was herein San Angelo, Tx. (flarch l?th. The entire performance wasvery good. I see the show every year when it is here and itcontinues to be stronger each year.

As a member of Circus Pans Assn. of America, I see quite afew shows each season and I must say that your particular actwas very impressive to me. I thought it was the highlight ofof the entire performance. Seems to me that there are fewerand fewer really good acts of this caliber around any more.

Please tell the other folks with the show, that I enjoyedthe show and always look forward to it each new season.

When in San Angelo, If I can ever be of any service to you,your family or anyone with the show, please feel free to callon me.

Sincerely,

Dudle/Hamilton1905 WilsonSan Angelo, Texas 76901

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SHRINE DATES

Eugene, Oregon - Eugene Shrine Club

(Compiled by Mike Sporrer)

1952 - Sept. 12-13 - Polack Bros. Western1953 • Sept. 10-12 • Polack Bros. Western1954 • Sept. 16-18 - Polack Bros. Western*1955 - Sept. 15-17 • Polack Bros. Western1956 • Aug. 16-18 • Potack Bros. Western1957 - Sept. 18-19 - Polack Bros. Western1958-Sept. 16-17-Polack Bros.1959-Sept. 15-16-Polack Bros.1960 -July 8-9- Polack Bros.'1961 -July 11-12 -Polack Bros. *1962-May 15-16-Polack Bros.1963-May 15-16-Polack Bros.1964 -May 22-23- Polack Bros.1965-May 21-22-Polack Bros.1966 -May 27-28- Polack Bros.1967-May 5-6- Polack Bros.1968-May 17-18-Polack Bros.1969 -May 16-17- Polack Bros.1970 -May 22-23- Polack Bros.1971 -May 21-22- Polack Bros.1972 -May 12-13- Polack Bros.1973-May 11-12-Polack Bros.1974-May 11 Polack Bros.1975-May 17 Polack Bros.1976-May 22 Polack Bros.1977-May 21 Polack Bros.1978-Sept. 26-27-Hubert Castle*1979 - Aug. 24-25 - Hubert Castle*1980 - Mar. 18-19 - Hubert Castle*

(*) Indicates date was at the fairgrounds. Theother dates were played at Me Arthur Court lo-cated at the University of Oregon campus.

CLARK McDERMOTTand his Cold Nose Fiveact worked the June 4-8 St. Louis Circus, andare currently set to work the Kansas State Fair.

BILL BURGER has rejoined Big John's Fiestade Circo and will be out ahead booking datesfor the remainder of the season.

ART BRANNING will be in charge of gettingthe Beatty-Cole Circus ready for its 1981 tenttour, after the show plays a series of indoorwinter dates.

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BIG JOHN'S FIESTA DE CIRCO,..by Fifi Reed

"Ladies and Gentlemen, Children of all AgeslEdward Russell presents Big John Strong's Piestade Circo!"And with those words, on a grassy lot underblue skies at Williams AFB at Chandler Ariz.,May 18th, the show came alive under the verycapable direction of one of the masters of cir-cus ringmastering, Ed Russell. He has selectedan excellent group of performers to treat thepublic to some of the best of real, traditionalcircus performing, A combination of experien-ced, polished pros and exciting newcomersprovides an hour and a half of well paced funand excitement. It is rewarding to watch thefaces of CHILDREN OF ALL AGES, as themagic of the performers takes over.The thrills start with rides on Neena, the ele-phant for those brave enough to dare and therewere many. The show then gets underway withthe following acts.The Hiawatha Liberty ponies presented hy Wil-

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liam Schreiber; Juggling by the Perrys (Ron andPamela), Chryssi and Flippo {Rosa Maria Doug-lass and Phil Kavanaugh); Cradle Act. Sugar &Spice (Chris Kennington and Ron Pace); Caninespresented by Sandy Strong and Bill Schreiber;Play Ball with water balloons by the clownsPee Wee, Chryssi and Flippo; One Finger standby Margo; Spanish web with Pamela and Crystal,Wild West Juggling by Roadrunner Red (JayEvans); Intermission with color book sales; TheRiano Duo, slack wire; Senorita Jacqueline, onbounding rope; Clowns with Long Distance call;Llamas presented by Mr. Bill and Miss Sandra;Princess Yoshinuma, hair hang; Clowns and theWatch Repair; Neena the elephant presented byRajah Ronnie Ronjipur and Crystal.The equipment and props were sharp and cos-tumes as glittery and glamorous as any on muchlarger shows. Above all, the enthusiasm andskill shown by the performers brought themmuch well deserved, enthusiastic applause byalmost straw houses at both performances.Fiesta de Circo - One of the great, small circus-es on the road today.

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BILLY BARTON (Continued)

die act; My-lmmba's Baboons; Flying Gaonas;Ben Williams; Los Julios; Woodcocks elephants;the Paulsons, revolving motorcycle.

SNAPSHOTS: First it was TITO GAONA andLEE MERRIWEATHER, now it's PAT LANE,of the Flying Lanes and the gorgeous TV star ofCTV'S CIRCUS, SHERISSE LAWRENCE. Thesinger, by the bye, has a recording contract inNashville and flew to the states to see tall darkand handsome Patrick.. .WHODUNIT? Who putthat veseline all over RUMPY's eggs during hisegg-clown gag which so flabbergasted the youngman that he said right out loud and before herealized it: "Somebody put grease all over myballs/'.. And, speaking of funny tales, Rumpytells one that still makes me giggle .. during histenure on Ringling the band had just settled on-to the bandstand when a kid went by and blewa whistle, with the band going straightaway intothe overture which had the entire cast runninglike mad people trying to get into position ontime. Rumpy says it was the longest circus over-ture ever heard.

Popping into the Strong's Circus Farm wereLinda and Smiley Daley. It's getting to be thecrossroads of the circus world... BRUSKISwill play St. Louis Shrine, then go to GaslightVillage in Lake George for the summer... ALand JOYCE VIDBEL also play a park for thesummer.. .The WILNOWS and LILLI-ANAmaking dates for SANDY DOBRITCH .. Bent-ley Bros, will do several more Gay Galas thisseason, in the East, in Aug. and Sept... RODMacKENZIE married EVA PEREZ on May 19.. RIETTA WALLENDAtodebutanewsoloaerial act with the rigging designed as a full di-mensional star.. .TUFFY NICHOLAS sportinga Cadillac and an Airstream.. .DAVID CHA-BIRA's best gal, JOYCE, worked in REX HOR-TON's bear act and stooged for SMILEY andLINDA DAILEY whose daughter SHANNON,

incidentally, was a big hrtjin the Toyland specand is quite a little actress.. .THE FLYINGLANES now a trio since Leslie returned toFlorida.. .The PIRATES, David and Roger,each sporting new house trailers • David a Holi-day Rambler and Roger an elaborate 5th wheel- on two different occasions each had us to din-ner. Roge .. St. Louis Shrine will have the Fly-ing Lanes and the Flying Aztetas... WAYNEand CAROL WAINWRIGHT layed over afterthe Garden tour ended to catch themselves onCTV CIRCUS.,. RICKEY GARDEN spentseveral weeks in Copenhagen visiting ROSAFORNASARIE (Hmmrn). Well, after all, it isSpring!.. .FRANK DAILEY flew off to Bostonto visit his mother.. Hollywood stars can envyGUNTHER GEBEL WILLIAMS on RinglingRed who has a full luxurious railroad car, plusa special dressing room trailer to dress and relaxin at the buildings, and a special semi for hisgiraffe, and his private auto. He deserves it all.The super-star, now in his mid-forties, has theappearance and the energy of a man half his age... BRENDA GALLOWAY was on hand for theRed Unit in her hometown of Rochester, havinga few days off between the STU MILLER dates.Mother BEVERLY had just picked up daddyBILL fresh in from the M&M Nebraska dates ..The AERIAL PAULSONS, motorcycle thriller,enroute to David Smart's Super Circus, openingJune 16 at Battersea Park in London. Also onthe bill will be the Flying Marilees. That's theshow I was supposed to be on but changed mymind.. No. and it doesn't work any better - mymind. I mean. However, that isn't the only placeI was due to be and won't. Sandy had me in theprogram at Mt. Clemens to close the first half,but neglected to tell me about it and I bookedmyself elsewhere.

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Several novelty acts have been booked into LasVegas revue shows by Simone Firmer Enterprisesincluding: Jean Claude, French foot juggler at"Razzle Dazzle", Flamingo-Hilton Hotel; Leon-ardo, plate spinner and Johnny Lonn, Sweden'sClown Prince of Magic with the Doug HenningShow at the Las Vegas Hilton Hotel.

REV. JAY H. PARKER Sr. (82) long active insenior citizen, religious and community affairs,died at Elmira, NY, on May 17th. At one timehe hosted a radio show called "Religion in theNews."He was a friend of many show people and booked acts into Eldridge Park, as well as offeringshow folks a place to layover on their off timeor while enroute to some show date. Ill healthforced him to give up his work at the park andthere were no acts booked there last year.

BILLY BARTON (Continued)

MclNTOSH but never showed up. The point isNOBODY knows where she is or what happenedto her. AND everyone is wondering, AND con-cerned. So, Tiny, if you read this, please let usknow WHERE YOU ARE. Nobody is angry atyou, just worried.

Organist JESSIE GRIFFITHS supplies uswiththe following humorous story: BUCKLESWOODCOCK, enroute to Amarillo was havingtire trouble. After having the semi trailer inspec-ted and assessed for axle problems and then get-ting an okay he purchased a new Firestone tire,ran 90 miles, and it went to pieces. He went backto the dealer for a replacement and was refused,so .. Buckles called up the News Media, TV andRadio, and told them what happened, then heunloaded Anna May, hung the ruined tire onher trunk, and proceeded to present it to theFirestone store. A very shook-up merchantmade the tire good!

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... from Sheilah Sloan

Have just returned from Sarasota after spend-ing some time with Barrie at Great AdventurePark in New Jersey.While there, Joe and Elizabeth Bauer gave abarqecue party for the performers of "CircusInternational" for Mother's Day. Of course allthe Bauers were there along with David McMil-lan, the Hernandez Troupe, the Les Moines,the Flying Torraldos, Barrie and myself. We allhad a good time.The day before I left we had some real excite-ment at the park. It was a day off and almosteveryone had gone to the beach. A forest firebroke out and was raging about 400 yardsfrom the trailer park and we were advised toevacuate.Well, Joe and Barrie had to rush and get all ofthe lights, water lines, sewer lines, telephonesand things disconnected, then get things mov-ed out. Three hours later everything was undercontrol and we could start moving things backinto the park again.You can imagine the surprise everyone had asthey started returning from the beach.

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TV's "The Big Show" has reportedly been can-celled with no further plans for its being con-tinued.

Some 60 sightless children attended the ShrineCircus at Cincinnati, Ohio, as guests of the lo-cal "Pioneers" Club. Also attending the circuswere some 25,000 youngsters, who were theguests of the Shrine Club.