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sing persons report was filed with police forMary Herman. Later she was found dead andauthorities said she had been killed by anelephant Murder charges were then filedand warrants were issued for two elephanthandlers, who, it was reported, had gone toanother state in the mid-west to performwith a circus.

Sept. 19 - Members of the Brotherhoodof Locomotive Engineers went on strikeand according to reports the hardest hitareas were those states in the South andWest.

It was not known what effect this willhave on the Ringling scheduled dates,and those carnivals moving by rail.

The Blue Unit was closing in Portland,Ore. and was scheduled to move toSeattle, Wash., 183 miles.The Red Unit was closing in Toledo,

Ohio, and was scheduled to move to St.Louis, Mo., 486 miles.

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PAT BISSONETTE had a display of clownprops, wardrobe, pictures, posters and pub-licity on display in July at the Great RiverRegional Library in St Cloud, Minn. Pat iscurrently working the Morning News Reportand doing phone sales for Radio StationKKCM.

MIKE PHILLIPS & TRICIA recently com-pleted a series of six full scale stage shows inthe Delaware area. Also on the show werethe variety acts of BURKE's BARKINGBUFFOONS, VIDBEL's Performing Chimpsand BOOTS the Clown. The shows werebooked by Amandis Entertainment ofSarasota, Fla.

TONY DUNCAN, of the No Elephant Cir-cus, is now the recognized champion in 7ball juggling. Tony won first place in thenumbers competition held at the Interna-tional Juggler's Association convention inSanta Barbara, Calif.

WALLYandCZIGIBICKMOREanddaughter TOSCA are working with theHappytime Circus and recently wound upa date at Newark, Calif.

FRANK BUCK, the late animal hunter, isthe subject of a new TV series which willfind him operating in the jungle wildsagainst both man and beast. No mentionhas been made about the time he spentwith the Ringling-Bamum Circus in '38.

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East Coast Notesby FRANK D. HQBIE

Hoxie Bros. Circus has a coffee mug forsale which includes the title, 1982 tour andHoxie Tucker's signature which sells for$4.00. The show will head out of New Jer-sey soon and those on the east coast routeto winterquarters might want to keep an eyeout for itThe 1983 CFA convention will be held in

Philadelphia. It's slogan will be "Back Whereit all Began". This title was suggested by Ro-bert Houston, CFA, CMB and encompassesRickett's and the birth of the Nation. Cur-rently Mr. Houston, James Dunwoody andothers have a fine circus exhibit at the StateMuseum located at Perm's Landing.Big Apple Circus closed it's summer season

on July 25 at Fordham University in theBronx. It was champagne and tears but theshow will open its winter season at the Lin-coln Center again this December. Amongthe highlights of this very successful tourwere the outstanding acts of Ben Williamsand Anna Mae; John Herriott and his horse,Apache Bandellero and spotted Great Dane,Bojangles; Paul Binder and Michael Chris-tensen's hilarious juggling routine and Bar-ry Lubin and Jim Tinsman's classic clownroutine 'The Ventriloquist."

Bergen Mall in Paramus, NJ, was the loca-tion of a three day Mini Circus producedand directed and MC'd by Ted Chirrick, ofMoonachie. The show was composed of TomCathro, illusionist; Bob Good, hand balanc-ing; Lottie Brunn, juggling superstar andclowns Frank Carfaone, Middy StreeterandMart Ricky. Toby Johnson and wife didclown face make-up for children. It was aneat show that got better with every perfor-mance.Mr. and Mrs. Michael Chirrick are current-

ly working at Loews Monte Carlo. Soonthey will go to Paris to visit Montego, Mike'suncle and then two weeks working in Can-nes. Mr. Chirrick has signed with the HarlemGlobe Trotters for an indefiniate period.After the Big Apple Circus season closed

John and Mary Ruth and Weiner Herriottwent over to Hoxie Bros. Circus and willfinish out the season. Hoxie lost a tent inPoint Pleasant, NJ, during a cloudburst andthe replacement was not high enough for the

AUCTIONSATURDAY, OCTOBER 9th

BALTIMORE, OHIO, AUCTION CEN-TER - 20 miles Southeast of Columbus,Ohio. Location at High Street at Route256,1 o'clock sharp. Sat. Oct. 9th.

Items from Novelty and Book Storeand Lifetime Collection of old and newbooks on CIRCUS, TENT SHOWS, CAR-NIVALS, Theatre, Magic, Vent, yes, alllines of show business.

Large collection of the best in sheet mu-sic, western and hill-billy folios, old mag-azines on big bands, theatre including"Bill Brunos Bulletins", posters, windowcards, glossy 8 x 10's motion picture stars,the big old bands on 78 rpm and 331/3rdold stock certificates, commemorative •and old coins, trays, tin toys, banks, jew-elry, fine collection of 8 x 10 circus pho-tos, some very old from Wallace show.Just too much to list. This is truly a col-

lector's sale.Remember, Baltimore, Ohio, Saturday,

October 9th, 1 o'clock sharp.Terms of sale, cash or check with proper

10, Master Charge or VISA.

Auctioneer - John Erharti

flying act. Later in the season the show'slight plant rolled over and the tractor wasdestroyed. It's replacement was delivered inFairtawn.

Charlie Meyer, cometist extraordinaire, hasa six piece circus band on the Hoxie showwhich is so traditional and excellent that itjust melts the ears off a circus fan and showfolks alike. Voted the best on the east coast,Showmen and circus fans are happy that

Don Marcks is back in business and wellagain. The Circus Report was missed by all.

CAPTAIN DON LESLIE, tattooed manand sword swallower, was featured in aphoto story in the Daily Hampshire Gazette(Northampton, Mass) on Sept. 9th.

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Show DatesBrickie's Wonderland Cir.

Oct 4 Springfield, SC5 Cottageville6 Ruf f in

7-8 Walterboro

Castle Int'l CircusOct. MOUtica, NY

Circus Knieto Oct. 13

Place Bellerive, Switz.

Hoxie Bros. CircusOct. 5 Crystal River, Fla

6 Tarpon Springs7 Fort Myers8 Naples

— End of Season -

Liebel Family CircusOct. 4-9 Newberry, SC

No Elephant CircusOct. 3 Newburgh, NY

9 Nassau

Olympic Int'l CircusOct 7-16

Birmingham, Ala.

Ringling-Bamum • BlueOct 7-11 Denver, Colo.

Ringling-Barnum - RedOct. 5-10 Indianapolis, Ind

Ind.

Swan Bros. CircusOct 8-10 Delano, Calif.

Texas Shrine CircusOct 4-10 Austin, Texas

Zoppe Circus ItaliaOct. 4-9 Pottsville, Pa.

- - - O T H E R DATES-- -

Burr's Fun-0-RamaOct. 3-10 Fryeburg, Me.

James H. Drew ExpositionOct 4-9 Dublin, Ga.

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Pf. Miller-Magic Time USAOct. 4 Sterling, Colo.

5 Longmount8 Rocky Ford9 La Junta

10 Burlington

Tannen's Magic JubileeOct 8-10

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Beatty-Cole Circusby ALBERT F. HOUSE

Here's the most recent line-up of the showprogram for Beatty-Cole, plus a truck listThe program: Overture and Spec with the

band led by Russell Darr; Dave Hoover'swild animals; Clown Walkaround; Aerialperch, Edward & Cherry; Inclined Wire Walkby The Great Vashek; Juggling display byTina Storey and Benny Rico; Clowns andSafe Cracking (8 buffoons).'Trampoline andcasting, Oscarian Brothers (5); Ground perchdisplay with Antonio & Julio and Del MoralDuo; Welde's Dancing Bears; Clown Fantasyleads into the Aerial Ballet with 13 girls inthe air; Tina Storey, single trapeze, CindyHerriott, cloud swing, Heidi Herriott, singletrapeze; Intermission.

Elephant rides and autograph party duringthe intermission and sale of color book.

Rolling globes, Les Verdus; The Flying Al-varez Troupe, flying trapeze; Dressage dis-play with Cindy Herriott and Heidi Herriottwho finish in center ring; Clown walk-around; Teeterboard display with The Es-trada Trio, Ayala Troupe and Martin Trio;Elephant display with 5 bulls, Fred Loganand 2 girls in Ring 1, and 3 elephants, AlanKeunzie and 1 girl in Ring 3; Aerial Motor-cycle, The Vashek Duo; Finale, 5 girls inRing 1 and 4 girls in Ring 3, Flag drops incenter ring and Barry Sloane does stilt walkwith entire company coming out to take abow.

Russ Darr's band of 8 men plays for theexit march.

BEATTY-COLE TRUCK LIST-1982Veh. No. Type Description

7 Semi Big Top Poles/Rigging11 Semi Midway diner16 Semi Concession supplies24 S.B. Canvas Spool Truck2? Semi Bibles, Stringers, Jacks31 S. B. Stake Driver33 Semi Ticket Office34 Semi Props, Band Sleeper44 Semi Generator, Lights, Prop dept.

Sleeper51 Semi Bleacher seats, chairs60 Semi Elephants (4)62 Semi Elephants (4)63 Semi Sleeper (big Top)64 Semi Generator, Electric Dept. Slpr.

74 Semi Cookhouse78 Semi Hoover's cat cages (10)

No. 1,2,3,4, 6, 8,11,12,14, 1 b

81 Semi Seats (bleachers)85 Semi Painted Panels - sleeper86 Semi Painted Panels - Concession

sleeper, harnesses, elect, equip.91 S.B. Fuel Truck96 Semi Seats - bleachers99 S.B. Water (pulls doniker)110 Semi Bleacher seats, chairs

T. Doniker1 Semi Maintenance, Sleeper

T. For Fork LiftFork Lift

S.B. Maintenace, Weld. Equip.T. Hoover's cat cages (6)

No. 5, 7,9,10,21,22

The basic color of the following truckswas changed from red to white in 1982:11 Midway Diner16 Concession Supplies64 Generator74 Cookhouse85 Midway Panels86 Midway PanelsTicket wagon No. 33 Continued to have

the same basic white paint scheme as lastyear, yellow scrolls and red and yellow let-tering on the white background, provideda very clean, flashy front end. Bob Rawlsdid an outstanding job on the painting. Healso painted the numbers and scroll workon the Great American Circus vehicles andhis excellent work on this job make thetrucks look 100% circus.

Tractors No. 1, 7,16, 27,44, 60, 62, 64,and 78 were diesels. The following truckswere not on the show this year: No. 30 sideshow poles and canvas, No. 61 elephants,No. 120 Bleacher seats and No. 121 Bleach-er seats.

Inventory and photos were taken by FredHeatley on Aug. 4,1982, at Mahwah. NJ.

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Feature ActsMany acts were the rule rather than the ex-

ception in the "Alt-Star International SuperCircus" produced by Bauer-Hall Enterprisesfrom Aug. 21-Sept. 5, in the Great Arena ofSix Flags Great Adventure's entertainmentcenter at Jackson, NJ.

The line-up included: Tarzan Zerbini's lionand tiger act; Human Cannonball, Hugo Zac-chim; The Winn Troupe, with two aerial mo-torcycle trios, separate slides-for-life by MissRoverta (Winn) and Miss Oebby (Kelly) anda "Skywalk and Crossover" involving KarlWinn and his brother Mike, who was attiredin a Spiderman costume; Douglas MacVal-ley's Globe of Death, with riders includingMacValley, Charles Winter {Speedy Cl i f f )and Humberto Fonseca; Bob Atterbury's"Young Rasini Rocket Car", with Klint Ol-son as the daredevil driver; Rietta Wallenda's"Playamte of the Planets" aerial rocket act;The Flying Ibarras; the Sue and Rudi LenzChimps ( 5 ) ; the Hubert Castle-Zerbini Cir-cus Elephants (6) worked by Gary and Pa-tricia Thomas, with Sylvia Zerbini outfitted

as a Spiderwoman rider; Jorge Rosell's Un-predicatabte Car; Miriam France's YorkshireTerriers (8); The Dionnes, perch duo; JurginTimmermanns, knife-sword balancer; and athree ring Indian fantasy juggling display, in-volving the Dionne and Sampion Timmer-manns families.Show credits included Ernie McLean, an-

nouncer-ringmaster; Clement Toca, musicaldirector, Tarzan Zerbini, performance dir-ector; and Bauer-Hall Enterprises, produc-ers. Consisting of Joseph Bauer, of Sarasota,and William B. Hall III, of the Philadelphiasuburb of Churchville, Pa. Bauer-Hall is cur-rently in its 15th year of operation.

WILLIAM (Bill) BAXTER, concessionaire,died on July 29th at the Laguna Honda Hos-pital in San Francisco, Calif. He was a form-er Ringling-Barnum Circus concessionaireand in recent years had worked for DannyCraig.

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Show Visitby DONALD V. SWING

On Aug. 23-24, the Clyde Beatty-Cole Br.Circus played in Wilmington, Dela., spon-sored by the Wilmington JC's.

The night of the 23rd, the John W. PughTent No. 117 of the CFA hosted the 11 thAnniversary party for the personnel of thecircus. Ed and Penny Phillips, who weremarried in the center ring of the circus oneyear ago, rode in the opening spec on theelephant "Helen."

We were honored to have as our guests Aland Maxine House and Allen Outfield, thePresident and Secretary /Treasurer of theCFA respectfully.During the party, which consisted of hot

dogs and sauerkraut, beer, soft drinks andcake, we were treated to music by BobPaisley and the Southern Grass.

Sew What?byBOBSTODDARD

In "Where Credit is Due/' Aug. 23rd Cir-cus Report, I inadvertantly missed due cre-dit, so I'll "sew-up" the error in this addi-tion.

Dot Stone is in charge of the wardrobe de-partment on the Carson & Barnes show,where she and her assistant Doris U, fromPeru, keep the Pfaff and Etna's humming.

Not only are they responsible for the basiccostumes for the Flying Randals, cradle acts.

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clowns, etc., they also perform such dutiesas: keeping the elephant blankets repairedand clean, the prop crew in clean uniforms,the webs, back door curtain and the big topflags in flying condition. They make and re-pair the plumes for the horse department,dispense safety pins at critical moments -and there's more.

This year Dot is also mail agent and gener-al "go-fer" for the office staff and is hand-ling the route cards.

(If you aren't the type that loves to be"kept busy" - don't get a job in the Carson& Barnes wardrobe department).

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Investigation PlannedA Virginia women who recently visited the

zoo in San Antonio, Texas, has set off an in-vestigation into the care and handling of theelephants at the zoo.

In letters to the city's mayor and the gov-ernor, she charged the zoo keeps the ele-phants chained most of the day. 'They weremiserable, swaying back and forth, flailingtheir trunks on the hot concrete."

The elephants are reportedly kept chainedto a ground cable that enables them to walkaround the enclosure. They are freed threetimes a day to perform in the zoo showsand to swim in the elephant pool.Bill Meade, a regional director for the Hu-

mane Society said he would consider it cruelif the elephants are chained constantly. Healso said this would be a violation of the fe-deral Animal Welfare Act, under which zoosoperate through a license by the USDA. Hesaid he would be looking into the matter.

A veterinary inspector for the USDA, Dr.Gerald Drew, plans to investigate the treat-

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Tigers KilledAt least four Siberian tigers were recently

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KENT G H I R A R D has returned to hishome in Honolulu after vacationing at theCircus World Museum and visiting withRich Deptula and Jim Parker.

THE FLYING FARFAN family has rent-ed a house on Lake Lavon, Texas, so theywill be able to take flyer GINO for his dailytrips to the hospital for therapy, in Dallas.Gino has been improving steadily, and isexercising regularly.

JERRY FRIES was with the Ringling BlueUnit in Fresno, Calif., working on the chor-eography with showgirls and performers.

DALE WOODCOCK, who is with the Ring-ling Blue ring stock department, was injuredduring the Fresno, Calif, date when he waskicked in the knee by a horse.

JIM GIBSON, band director with the Ring-ling Blue Unit, was formerly with the Georgematthews Circus as welt as Circus Vargas.

Some film and TV stars seen attending theRingling Blue Unit show during its South-ern California engagements were: Kirk Douglas, Burt Lancaster, Leslie Meriwether, KimNovak, Connie Stevens, Lou Cosset, BrookeShields, Jack Klugman and Alan Nathan.

DIRTY SHIRT DAVIS (82) concession-aire, died recently in Coolidge, Ariz. Heworked celebrations, parades, etc., in thePacific Northwest area before retiring toArizona. A sister survives.

WERNER F. "Corny" DORNFIELD (89)a close friend of Houdini and Thurston anddean of magicians, died in Chicago, III. onSept 5th. His fame dates back to WorldWar I when he toured with "Elsie Janis andHer Gang." He toured for years as a Vaude-ville star with his act "Painless Magic" andlater became a popular MC. He is survivedby two sisters and a brother.

NENA EVANS, wife of famed circus bandmaster Merle Evans, died in Sarasota, Fla.,on June 24th. For years she served as thePaymaster on Ringling-Barnum Circus, andwas a friend to countless show people andcircus fans alike.

JACK HURLBUT (53) well known in LasVegas and at the Magic Castle, died sudden-ly on Sept. 8th.

LEWIS K O H R S , noted rare magic bookpurveyor, died on Sept. 6th after a long ill-ness. His contacts in the rare book field aid-ed many a collector looking for a treasure.

The Flying VasquezbyBOBSTODDARD

How did Oscar Levant put it to John Gar-field in the movie "Body and Soul"? Some-thing like this. "You suffer from the oldAmerican itch. You want to get there andget there fast, but you don't want to payfor the ride."That's exactly why you don't see many

Americans on the flying trapeze and theother high risk skills of the circus world.It's easier to pay to watch someone elseperform these dangerous acts that require

5 year old Yana Vasquez who will join theart cnnnact soon.

so much practice and dedication becauseyour very life depends upon it

Having said all that, I will now jump head-long into an exception to the rule.

Listed as a Mexican act, the Flying Vas-quez is making their debut with the RedUnit of Ringling-Barnum this year and itturns out that three out of the four areAmericans land three out of four ain't bad)it's unique, for sure!Vinicio Vasquez is the leader/organizer of

America's newest and boldest flying troupe.His lovely American wife, Golda and seven-teen year old Brian Miser, of Peru, Ind.,arethe other flyers. Gordon Howie, of Sarasota.Fla., is the catcher.Vinicio worked with his brothers on the

blue unit before and he and Golda have

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worked together for two years. Brian andGordon have each worked with Vinicio be-fore, but not at the same time.

Even though they were all veteran flers itwas a brand new act that only had a littleover one month of practicing together be-fore starting this season with RBBB-Red.Since then they are getting it all together

and the act is smoothing out._____

THE FLYING VASQUEZ- Lt.R.: BrianMiser, flyer, Golda Vasquez, flyer, VinicioVasquez, flyer and Gordon Howie, catcher.

Vinicio and Brian both do the triple som-ersault and Golda works the passing leapwith Vinicio."Flying is the most exciting thing in my

life," Golda said.Vinicio says, "My 17 year old brother Mi-

guel being the first to do the Quad is themost exciting thing in my life."

Golda grew up in the circus and was oneof the Seven Ashtons, of risley fame. Shebecame a flyer after marrying Vinicio.

She has two little girls who both fly."Five year old 'Yana' will be in the act

next year/' says Golda. "But four year oldBiancaw ill have to wait awhile."

Shrine DatesCompiled by Michael Sporrer

Ontario, Ore. - Snake River Shrine Club1956 • Aug. 5 - Tom Packs Western1957 - Aug. 6 • Tom Packs Western1958-July 22- Rudy Bros.1959-July 31 - Rudy Bros.1960- Aug. 2 - Rudy Bros.1961-1963-None1964-June 24- King Bros.(All dates at Fairgrounds, but King Bros.played under canvas - May not be complete

Franzen Bros.by KEN HOLE HO USE

Pedro Morales and son Paul are featuredperformers with Franzen Bros. Circus thisseason. Pedro opens his act with a one fin-ger stand and continues with a variety ofhead-to-head balancing maneuvers with his11 yr. old son, Paul. He finishes the actwalking up a flight of stairs on his hands.Pedro comes from a show-biz family andthe classy act and style of his routine area pleasure to watch.

In the second half of the Franzen show,Pedro does a fast-paced foot juggling act.

Also featured this season are Amy andHarry Muller. Amy is a strikingly beautifulyoung lady and does a variety of routineson the web. She and her husband team upto do a beautifully-choreographed cradle inthe last part of the show, ending with ashow-stopping neck to neck spin.

Some of the traveling personnel with theFranzen Bros. Circus this season include:Fred Marsh, props; Brian Jungck, cat supt;and props; Mark Norton, lighting boss; JohnBurns, head butcher; Bill Baker, stock andcanvas; Kevin Alsing, mechanical dept; Em-ma Anderson, kitchen boss.

Show Girlsby ALBERT HOUSE

Girls working on swinging ladders in theClyde Beany-Cole Bros. Circus aerial bal-let number, including their sitters are:Cherie Cunningham - Jose AyalaBlanca Estrada • Antonio EstradaMonica Lopez - John WeldeCindy Potter- Enrique AyalaLillian Logan • Oscar AyalaNarda Galendo • Dean ColeyNaomi Logan - John KaneElba Walker- Mark SniderCherry Fossett - Edward del MoralMima Murillo • Tom WeissLilly Hernandez • Pedro MurilloChris Baltzley - Armando AyalaRuth Ayala • Julian EstradaRorma Martinez - John EcksteinFreida Logan - Robert Temple

JIMMIEand EVELYN FOSSETT have acustom-designed semi trailer (designed byJimmie) that is 55 ft. long. It is pulled by abeautiful new Kenworth tractor.

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CFA Off icersThe following officers were elected at the

recent CFA Convention in Little Rock, Ark.President, Albert F. House, of Oakland,

NJ; President Elect, Hardy O'Neal; District2. George Morrison; District 4, Shirley Ry-on; District 6, Marilyn Parkinson; District8 Warren Downing; District 10, Anne Wurl;District 12, Albert Turner; District 14, Rich-ard Johnson; District 16, Lucille Lane.

National officers include: Central VP, DaleRiker; Eastern VP, Robert Kitchen and Wes-tern VP, Ralph Decker.

Fair Datesby ALMOND KNIGHT

The first week of September brought fourbig carnivals to middle Tennessee, playingwithin a 50 mile radius of each other.

Playing the Humphreys County Fair, inWaverly, Tenn., Aug. 30-Sept. 4 was theKey City Shows with about 20 rides andshows.Just 20 miles away was Myers Amusements

at the Benton County Fair in Camden, play-ing the same dates. In Dickson, Tenn., just25 miles away from Waveriy, was the BlueGrass Shows, playing the Dickson CountyFair They had some 25 rides and shows.While at the Montgomery County Fair in

Clarksville, Tenn., was the Link Amuse-ments. This is a big carnival that plays thelarger cities. They have 25 or more outstan-ding rides and shows.

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The Clyde Beatty-Cole Bros. Circus bigtop for this season measures 139 ft. 8 in.in width and is 282 ft. 4 in. long. The sidewall is 12 ft. high and the top has threecenter sections that are 47 ft 7 in. wide.

Mail ReturnedCircus Reports addressed to the following

people were recently returned by the PostOffice who says they can no longer deliverthem as addressed:Thomas J. HuntHenry L. HooverRalph CrosbyJohn SenhauserRay MatthewsLen Leonard

Or. StrangeBarry MillerRobert RoseManuel RuffinEstell, Inc.Jim Russell

William and Jeanne Reynolds

MIKE TWOMEY (oldest son of Dave andJudy Twomey) and his fiance SUE PI R ROhave their double trailer haunted house onthe carnival 'Carnival Time Shows' this year,playing fairs and celebrations throughout

the west

BRUCE ANDERSON, sway pole act, play-ed the Colusa Country Fair on July 4th, avida circus in Carlsbad for agent Gil Milter, aswell as the Butte County Fair in August (alldates were in California).

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Now BookingbyJIMMIGHELLS

Booking for 1983 • Some time open inNovember 1982. "Animal Behaviour • whythey do what they do."

A 45 minute program, using domestic andwild animals in a 40 ft. arena showing ani-mal behaviour and how man adapts it to hisuse. Training demonstrations with leopardsand tigers showing behaviour modificationfor performing. Program can be presentedup to six times a day.Write direct to:Jim Mighells, Rare Animal Breeding Cen-

ter, Rte. 2, Box 55-C, Bear Creek, NC 27207or phone: 515-837-5123.

If you prefer contact your favorite agent.

Shrine DatesCompiled by Michael Sporrer

Coeur d'Alene, Idaho Shrine Club1940- June 24-26 - Polack Bros.1980 • July 2 - Garden-Johnson1981 -June 27- Garden Int'l1982 -July 10- Garden Int'l(All dates played at the Fairgrounds • maynot be complete)

The WindjammersThe Windjammers will hold their next ses-

son in Florida (Jan. 27-29,1983) at whichtime they will hold a belated birthday par-ty for Merle Evans. Merle actually will cele-brate his 90th birthday on Dec. 26th.

Bob Peckham, of Athens, Ga., and Dr.Fred Oettman, of Ft. Myers, Fla., are serv-ing as co-chairman of the Windjammersmeet

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Facts of the PastbyEMMeTTKELLY.Jr.

Recently I unearthed some interesting in-formation about an old-time circus.

Frush's Oriental Circus wintered in Tomb-stone, Ariz, in 1886. They put on their firstshow inside the newly opened Elite Theatrewhich was formerly the Bird Cage Theatre,which originally opened on Dec. 15,1881,and closed in 1883.The theatre remained dark until Jan. 16,

1886, when the Frush Circus played thereon its stage.The song "She's Only A Girl In A Gilded

Cage" was penned in the Bird Cage Theatre.It represented the Call Girls (called Doves)who worked the cages (box seats on eachside with closing door, drapes and a couch).

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Magic Meetby LLOYD E.JONES

Some 2000 people attended this year'smeeting of the Federation of InternationalSocieties of Magic (FISM) which was heldat Lausanne, Switzerland. This was the or-ganization's 15th meeting, with meetingsheld every three years.

The Grand Prix, a coveted award this yearwent to Lance Burton whose rise to famehas now brought him magic's top honor.

A second prize was awarded to Jay ScottBerry, of the Magic Castle. The close-upwinner was Michael Ammar and for cardwork Daryl (Martinez) won the prize.

An award for the best illusion went toWayne Alan and Sandy who had a newtwist on the Zig-Zag. No prize for first orsecond place were awarded in Mentalism,but a third prize was presented to HowardSchwa rz man.

In all about 100 contestants presented actsfor the judges, while 40 people competed inthe close-up contest. As a result the judges

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had quite a chore selecting the winners.Bellachini XII, of Germany, was quite a

show stopper, with an act that used collec-tor's pieces of magic and he imitated a 19thcentury magcian.

Another hit of the show was Die Agapis,of Germany. A girl locked in a cabinet isapparently penetrated with blades andswords. Then the middle section was zig-zagged and the lower section was closeddown and the blades removed. The girlthen stepped out, shorter and years young-er. When the box was reassembled the doorsare opened and the original girt steps out.

DUDLEY RIGGS, former Kelly-Miller cir-cus performer, recently opened a video gamefacility in St. Paul, Minn. It's called "Video-syncrasies or Rich Man, Pac Man."

MAE NOELL, who with her husband havehelped revive the Medicine Show in Florida,and who are authors of the book "The His-tory of Noell's Ark Gorilla Show" recentlywas a guest speaker at the Tarpon Springs,Fla., Library.

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Elephant's Deathby ART "Doc"MILLER

Exactly 64 years ago this month, Mary, aperforming elephant, was hanged by theneck in the Clinchfield railroad yards inErwin, Tenn.While a good performer, she was never

trusted, having killed several people onother shows. Each previous circus ownerhad followed the rule to file a notch on hertusk each time she committed a murder.The John H. Sparks nine car circus wasaware of this when she was purchased. Afew days before the Erwin date, a green-horn, Walter Eldridge, was hired to helphandle the elephants. In Kingsport, as us-ual on parade, Walter Eldridge sat up onher head, while making eyes at town girlsalong the sidewalks.

Mary spied a portion of a watermelon inthe gutter and turned to pick it up withher trunk. To show his authority, Eldridgepromptly hooked her on the ear with hisbull hook. With a squeal of rage, Mary thenreached up with her trunk, picked him upby the neck and dashed him head first intoa peanut stand. Not satisfied that this hadkilled him, she placed her foot on his headand squashed it flat, then trumpeted withpride.

The next morning as the show train pulledinto Erwin, both John and Charles Sparksnoted the huge wreck derrick, nodded andsilently agreed, "we'd better have her hang-ed before she kills someone else." Arrange-ments were made with the railroad officialsto execute her after the matinee, and thenews spread like a prairie fire.

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Perhaps Mary sensed it was her final per-formance, she outdid herself and acted asgentle as a kitten. Later she was led chainedto a docile elephant, the largest crowd everseen in Erwin swarmed into the Clinchfieldrail yard to watch this astonishing sight.

A one-inch chain was wrapped aroundMary's neck and the derrick gave a mightysnort She was barely off the ground whenthe chain snapped and down she came,shaking herself and trembling with fright

A much heavier chain was found and wasdouble wrapped around her neck and upshe went Mary made a few feeble kicks,then was still.

No one seems to remember where Marywas buried, nor who later stole the notchedtusks from John Sparks.

(In his most recent Route Sheet, CharlieCampbell relates the story of Mary's deathand says she was buried by the railroad'sroundhouse. Later a crew from the Smith-sonian Institute dug up her bones).

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THE SPECIAL BRAVURA WORLD OF THE CIRCUSby JOSEPH J. ROZMIAREK.Honolulu Star-Bulletin Reviewer

IT'S the Continental Circus, pro-diirod and directed by Paul

V Kayo, and brought to theNoal BlaMell Center by KaneFernando? and Ralph Yempuku.\ \hat bolter way to tangibly con-f i rm Hint it's summertime andt h a t l i f e can be showy andgrand

The Continental Circus is atidy and well-paced mixture ofanimal acts, clowns, acrobats andacriallsts that holds together welldespite a sluggish reception froma large but hike-warm openingnight audience.

It 's a one-ring circus, andwhile it may lack,some size andspectacle, It carries itself proudlyand with assured showmanship.

Early Into the first big act, onewonders why anyone these daysstill makes a living by entering acage ful l of big cats with a Whipand a prod. Doug Terranova's actfeatures nine Bengal and Sibe-rian tigers who Jump throughflaming hoops, balance on pedes-tals, and pose for snarling tab-leaus.

THE SAME question surfacesagain over the "astounding aerialaudacity" of Bob Top ana Edna,a pair of roller skaters who per-form a variety of spins on a cardtable sued platform f i f ty feetabove the arena floor.

Before long we give up thatrecurring pedestrian questionand give In to the special bra-vura world of the .circus, tt Isenough that the circus exists,

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and especially remarkable that Itexists despite the bland worka*day existence of most of the restof us.

Despite the hyperbole and theshameless hard sell. In the circusthe risks are real, the thrill Isgenuine, and the experience is avicarious release. Alter anothertwo hours we are ready to for-give t he f l a g - w a v i n g g r a n d f i -nale, because the Ind iv idua l actsthemselves have shown a greatdeal more substance than thatwhich characterizes the f i n a l hol-low gesture.

Castles' Bears f e a t u r e s anImpossibly large black bruin thatlooks like a Goldilocks illustra-tion and rides bicycles. Scott'sUnrldeable Mule may the thesnow's rriost popular act as Itfends off all attempts at beingmounted.

THEN THERE are Scott's Foot-

ball Playing Boxers, whichcreate a special canine mayhemas they battle for a floating ba-loon and upend any human whogets In the way.

Clyde Brothers' Elephants area trio of stately looking, Intelli-gent animals that perform a syn-chronized routine, seeminglywithout much obvious directionfrom their trainers. Best of all,they smell — u n m i s t a k e n i y andwonderfully—exactly like ele-phants.

The trapeze star is the litheand lissome Lorelei, who despiteher billing Is one tough athletewho performs a series of bare-foot heel and toe catches. Theother big trapeze act are the TheFlying Mlkltns, who include atriple somersault and a passingleap among their routines.

Christopher James does a wirenumber divided between somecomic drunken bum maneuvers

and some strictly sober balanc-ing. The Plunkett Family are atrampoline act that featuresseveral tumbling poses andcatches.

A CURIOUS addition are LosGaucbos, who do a noisy drumand Spanish dance routine thatlooks exactly like a three minutef i l l spot from the old Ed SullivanShow.

The last big act Is the KarlWlnn Trio—a combination ofmotorcycle, high wire, and tra-peze that Isn't fully understoodeven when seen. The conceptstarts with a motorcycle fixed toa high, inclined tight wire. Strap-ped to the motorcycle and hang-ing below the wire is a rigidtrapeze arrangement. As thedriver runs the machine up anddown the wire, a pair of ridersperform underneath. The effectprovokes a certain amount of

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disbelief.A number of clown alley rou

lines are Inserted into the showwith the company clowns assisted by the Aloha Shriners and Hguest appearance by ProfessoiFun. Earl Michaels does the ring-master dut ies and the circusband is directed by Jack Cer*vone.

The Circus is a ritual expert-ence and one especially preciouSto childhood. This one satisfiesboth of those basic needs.

JOHN SHUFERT (Roll Dawn Red), con-cessionaire, died Nov. 11. 1981, in San Jose,Calif, and was buried in Chicago, III. Heworked most of the major football gamesin the country, usually selling pennants.