5th Year September 20, 1976 Number 38

Death at the CircusTragedy struck during the night performance of RBBB's Blue

Unit at Fresno (Calif.) on Sept. 28th. Some 5,800 spectators watch-ed in stunned silence as aerialist Brenda (Jones) Cuttin fell 60feet to the arena floor.

The accident occured during the aerial motorcycle act per-formed by Brenda Cuttin and Elvin Bale. Mrs. Cuttin performed ona trapeze suspended below the motorcycle. It was her first weekwith the act as she had just joined, replacing Paula Cleveland,who stopped performing to await the birth of a baby.

An eyewitness at the circus told CR, "the performers wererevolving around the cable when the girl must have slipped, forshe just came right off the trapeze". (Continued on Page 13)

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Letters NeededThe recently introduced

amendment to the Endangered Spe-cies Act will exempt all captiveborn endangered wild life frominterstate commerce, import andexport restrictions. The Bill No.H.R.-15151, sets forth specificamending clauses to the Endanger-ed Species Act.

At this time a great dealof work and support is needed tosee that the bill is passed. Twoletters need to be written now!

1 - Write: The Hon. SamStieger, 2432 Rayburn Office BldgWashington,DC 20515. Thank himfor his support of the NationalCongress of Animal Trainers andBreeders and request his contin-uing efforts towards passage ofthe amendment.

2 - Write: The Subcommitteeon Fisheries and Wildlife Conser-vation and the Environment, atLongworth House Office Bldg.,Washington,DC 20515. Please re-quest that the bill H.R.-15151 beassigned for a hearing date assoon as possible.

In Memoriam

AIMO LEIKAS (29) circus performer, died at Hartola, Finlandon Sept. 10th. He died instantlywhile performing his Russian rou-lette act when a live shell en-tered his gun chamber. He hadbeen doing the act about a year,selecting six bullets from a boxof assorted live and dummyammunition.

Death Bill DiesThe man who was responsible

for California's tough laws con-trolling exotic-type animals hasa different opinion when it comesto the state's wild burros. Sen-ator Peter Behr and Michael Wor-num, both of Marin County, Cal.,recently sponsored a bill thatwould give the Fish & Game Com-mission authority to issue per-mits that would allow killing orcapture of the wild burros.

The bill was defeated witha vote of 25-13, two short ofthe 27 votes needed. The bill wassupported by the Calif. WoolGrowers and the Sierra Club. Itwas opposed by the United StatesHumane Society.

Sen. Behr says the burrosmultiply fast and therefore are"eating themselves out of theirhome." However, Sen. W. W.Stiern, of Bakersfield, won hisfight against the bill and said,"I can't understand why someonewould shoot an animal that wouldwalk up to you and lick yourhand." ,

Burros were introduced toCalifornia from North Africa bySpaniards who used them for packanimals. They formed herds duringthe late 1880's when they werereleased or escaped from miners.

In 1939, a state law waspassed to protect the desert-roaming animals when it was lear-ned they were being killed fordog food.

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Biz Varies"The new England states

gave us this year's best grossesto date," according to WilsonStorey, general manager of theSells & Gray Circus. Storey saidevery New England stand was awinner, except Hudson, N.H.,where the night show was cancel-led because of the approachingaftermath of Hurricane Belle.

Storey said business dipp-ed as the show moved south thruNew York and Penna., with mostdates providing "just fair"houses. The show moved into Ohioat Conneaut on Sept. 2 and play-ed to two straw houses. The smalltown of Leetonia (pop. 2000) gavethe circus less than a quarterhouse in the afternoon, but afair 3/4 house at night.

The show will move acrossOhio, Indiana and Illinois beforedouble-backing into the Buckeye

IRENE SHARPE, retired Ring-ling-Barnum trapeze artist of the1930's, now lives in Duarte, Cal.At 83 she is still spry and act-ive.

SIMONA, aerialist, is backat work at Circus Circus Casino,in Las Vegas. She was injured ina recent boat accident.

THE WILLIAMS, UNCLE HEAVYand PRINCE NAJVEZ closed with theGeorge-Matthews Circus last weekas the show heads west.

state in late September. Storeysaid tentative plans call for theshow to close in north-centralFlorida in late October.

Storey said the show exper-ienced some help problems duringits' Maine tour, but otherwisethere has been no difficulty inretaining laborers and licensedsemi drivers.

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BILLY BARTON • • • •IN A SOCIETY oriented to

"celebrity consciousness", thosefew circus immortals to become"household names" have been CLYDEBEATTY and EMMETT KELLY (Sr) and,if you'll forgive the inclusion,the great ape GARGANTUA. Later,due to the tragic collapse of the"seven" in Detroit, the WALLENDASIn early times it was TOM THUMBand JUMBO, freak attractions bothOther performers to attain a mo-dicum of stature in the PublicEye are the Z^CCHINIS, POODLESHANNEFORD (thiu movies) and LEIT-ZEL & CODONA (via romance). Therest of us, chums, like it or notare known only within our indus-

try- FLASHS! The manager of asmall tent show now on tour isbuying equipment from a recentlydefunct circus, preparing to takeout his own show in 77....TheBeatty-Cole tour has been batter-ed by some bad wrecks and break-downs. .. .When CLIFF MORESSI leftthe G-M show PERRY JOHNSON tookover as bandleader.

BEVERLY ALLEN (Allen's Pet-ting Zoo) is a published shortstory writer and plans a novel...Letter from friend JIMMIE COLEreminding me of my pre-teen yearsas a performer on his JAMES M.COLE Circus which toured eachfall and winter as a school unitand then as an under canvas oper-ation during spring and summer.Jimraie still tours his schoolshow from January thru April a*the Cole All Star TV Circus.

Prior to MARGUERITTE BARTONs

mild stroke she enjoyed a happyreunion with HOXIE and BETTY TUC-KER, BOB NOELL and many others onHoxie Bros, when the show playednearby Hagerstown (Md). Mothertaught Betty Tucker - just one ofmany, including ME - aerial work.

Woman's Lib hit the G-MCircus with the addition of adistaff member, complete with ahard hat, on the big top crew.She was an energetic worker but.the guys were looking daggers ateach other and fighting over whomthe girl would ride with eachnight.When MARY WISE, new femmeclown, appeared in her D.C. hometown area, she found herself de-luged with visitors - many ofwhom looked askance at Mary's newprofession....JOHNNY CANDLE fin-.ally showed up at Johnstown (Pa.)to bring me a new supply of pens- in the nick of time, too!

ANETA and JACOB VARGAS, whotravelled the past four yearswith TIHANY, tell me it is themost fabulous tent show in theworld and from pictures I've seenI believe it! The show incorpor-ates circus talent, Las Vegasstyle productions, illusions andDancing Waters under a mammothfour pole, square tent with astage similar to Radio City MusicHall. Tihany moves on 40 show-owned semis and rents an addit-ional 30. The lavish big top,madein Italy, seats 5000, is as op-ulent as any theatre and hasbuilt-in dressing rooms.

(Continued on Page 16)

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R-Bs Red UnitThe program presented by

RBBB's Red Unit at Salt Lake Cit>(Utah) on Aug. 21st included:

Clown gags and Clown band;Stars & Stripes Salute; GuntherG. Williams, tigers; Aston Cortezsingle trapeze; The Scheibe, aer-ial; The Armon, aerial; Romanrings; Clowns; The Ternos, tramp-oline; Sofia Troupe, swing; BarryLappy, unicycle; Sigrid Gebel,liberty horses; Wolfgang Holzmaiiliberty horses; Silvana Holzmair,liberty horses; Clown car; AerialBallet; La Toria, one arm swings(70); Miss Anna's poodles; RudiLenz, chimps; Henry Schroer, cam-els (3); Carrillo Bros., highwire; Spec "Circus Spirit of 76";.md Intermission.

Clown walkaround; WolfgangHolzmair, lions; Lou Jacobs, mid-get car; Disappearing girl clownnumber; Gunther Gebel Williams,horses, tigers and elephant; the

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Show NewsMembers of the TNT & Royal

Olympic Circus enjoyed a week'slay-off, the first this year, be-tween their engagement at Toledowhich ended on Aug. 29 and theirdate at Colorado Springs, whichstarted on Sept. 8th.

Enroute west the show folksspent a day visiting the BuffaloBill Ranch at North Platte, Neb.,the original quarters for thewild west show. Some wagons, oldlithos and artifacts are on dis-play at the old ranch.

Between shows on Aug. 29th,show owner Earl Tegge was surpri-sed with a birthday party and aspecial cake decorated like anold show litho. The circus titlewas at the top, in the center was

Fair ActsActs appearing at the K

ky State Fair (Aug. 19-28) were:The Jordanas, upside down unicy-cle; Geronimo, high dive; CailaWallenda, sway pole; Hugo Zacchi-ni, human cannonball; Bill Harrisannouncer and Bob "Smiley" Corbinclown/calliope.

Earl's picture and on the bottomthe inscription read "Happy Bir-thday, Mr. Circus."

During the show's engage-ment in Denver (Aug.12-13) theyplayed just 1% miles down thesame street as the John StrongCircus. Business was good forboth shows and there was a lotof visiting between shows.

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Ok in Calif.RBBB's Blue Unit enjoyed a

successful 25 performance run atAnaheim (Cal), drawing an all-time high attendance at the Con-vention Center, while attendancein other cities showed some de-cline. During this run, the cir-cus packed in 148,024 paid admis-sions, up 15,971 over the same 25performance run in 1975. It wasalso $78,523 up in total salesover the same schedule last year,recording $755,660 during 1976.The largest crowd during the runwas on Monday evening, Aug. 16,with 7,099. During the Anaheimdate, 10 of the shows drew morethan 6,500.

JOHNNY CANOLE visited theSells & Gray Circus at Punxsutaw-ney, Pa. on Aug. 31st.

ARTHUR GROTEFENT, electri-cian on Sells & Gray Circus cele-brated his birthday on Sept. 1st.

During the first week-endof the schedule, mebers of theAl G. Barnes Ring, of the CMB,displayed their miniature circusmodels in the Convention Center'sadjacent Grand Lobby. Their "per-formance" also enjoyed new highsas hundreds of circus-goers vis-ited the displays before and af-ter each performance, as well asduring the intermission.

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Ohio FairHighlight of the Ohio State

Fair was the Circus Continentalpresented free, twice daily withshows at 1 and 5:30 p.m. with an11 a.m. show on Saturdays and Sundays. The circus was produced byKlein's Attractions.

Featured in the circus wereKenny Milton, ringmaster, withclowns Don Bridwell and the Sher-man brothers.

Acts included: HarriettBeatty, 5 lions; Miss Christine,web; Clowns, Jack-In-Box; TonyFossett, bounding rope; MargeyBegary, trapeze; Clowns, weight

WELDON BURDEN, whose son is"Cotton Burr" the State MascotClown of Kansas, has been made amember of the Independence, Kans.Police Dept.

"Doc" MILLER reports he re-cently located two old AndrewDownie railroad show troupers andthen, tell him that part of theHavre d'Grace (Md) quarters arebeing used as a black YMCA.

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Sep. 20 Cape Girardeau,21 Sikeston Mo.22 W. Memphis, Ark23 Greenville,Miss24 Vicksburg

25-26 Denham Sprgs,La

Carson & Barnes CircusSep. 20 Republic, Mo.

21 Lamar22 Monett23 Mt. Vernon24 Independence,Ks25 Oswego

Circus VargasSep.

18-22 Massapequa, L.I.23-24 Wilmington, Del

Royal Hanneford CircusSep. 23 Defiance, Ohio

24 Marion25-26 Troy

Happytime CircusSep 24-Oct 2 Bakersfield

Hoxie Bros. CircusSep. 20 N.Brunswick,NJ

21 Lindenwold22 Willingboro23 Sicklerville24 Salem

25-26 Bel Air, Md.

Int'l All Star CircusSep. 21 Allentown, Pa.

22 Levittown24 Lynchburg, Va.25 Portsmouth26 Hampton

King Bros. CircusSep. 20 Oliver Springs,

21 Dayton Tenn.22 McMinnville23 Lewisburg24 Columbia25 Henderson26 Millington

Polack Bros. CircusSep 25-26 Camp Lejeune,

N.C.Ringling-Barnum - Blue Unit

Sep 21-22 Spokane, Wash24-26 Billings, Mont

Ringling-Barnum - Red UnitSep 21-Oct 3 Detroit,

Mich.

Sells 5. Gray CircusSep 20 Greenfield, Ind

21 Fairborn, Ohio22 Springfield23 Wilmington24 Batavia25 Georgetown, Ky26 Shepperdsville

John Strong CircusSep 20 Red Bluff, Ca.

21 Paradise22 Susanville23 Sparks, Nev.24 Fallen25 Hawthorne26 Bishop, Ca.

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Carnival of BrazilSep 21-Oct 3 Washingtn

DCCentury 21 Shows - Blue

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Century 21 Shows - Redsep 20-25 Rome, Ga.

James H. Drew ShowsSept 20-25 Marietta,

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Sep. 20 Owensboro, Ky22 Cairo, 111.26 Princeton,Ind

Int'l ShowSep 24-Oct 3 Oklahoma

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Prof. Miller (Magic)Sep. 20 St. John, N.B.

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John Shirley (Magic)Sep 23-Oct 3 Richmond,

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Tip Top ShowsSep 24-26 LaCrescent,

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40 Horse HitchSep 25 Waterloo, Iowa

Rare Atlas LionsOn Display in U.S.Washington

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Ronald Mann, executive assistant manag-er of the Oakland Hyatt House, has alwaysbeen fascinated with clowns. To give you anidea just how deep that fascination goes,Mann has been collecting paintings ofclowns for many years. He has also devotedconsiderable years to Ihe study of theirhistory, nomadic existence and their habits.It isn't hard to imagine Mann's joy when thegreat circus hit town this past week. Clowns,clowns and more clowns including headclown Ron Severini. and right next door to

him at the Coliseum.And how does aclown-lover get nextto so many clowns?For Mann, it washardly a dif f icul ttask. Among themany things he knewabout clowns was thatthey rarely have anopportunity to dine ina plush restaurant.So, he talked to RonSeverini and invitedhim to bring a few of

his colleagues over to the Hyatt House fordinner in the popular Hugo's restaurant.

Coincidonlally, I just happened to be inHugo's when Severini, along with his wife.Sandy, and five or six other clowns, walkedin. They all dressed for the occasion, in fullcostume and makeup, to the delight ofRonald Mann. Everyone in the place, includ-ing those in the lounge, were treated to ahalf-hour impromptu performance as befitsthe best traditions of the circus clown. Ron's"singing dog and Sandy's musical saw wereadded a t t rac t ions . They didn't do all of thisto play and sing for their supper. It wasdone out of appreciation for the dinner offer.Mann, I'm sure, would have been thrilledjust to chat with them through dinner muchless getting an impromptu performance.

The story, however, doesn't end here.Before the circus left town the clownsreturned to the Hyatt House for an encoreperformance. And then, they did somethingthat was probably a dream come true forMann. They invited him to appear with themin their final performance at the Coliseum.If some of the ushers thought they wereseeing an extra clown that they were. It wasRonald Mann in costume and made up justlike the rest of his new and appreciativefriends. That he is now an honorary clowngoes without saying.

King!ing-Barnum - Blue unit]Sep 21-22 Spokane, Wash

24-26 Billings, Mont

Ringling-Barnum - Red UnitSep 21-Oct 3 Detroit,

Mich.

Shrine CircusSep 17-18 Fayetteville,

NCTNT & Royal Olympic Circus

Sep 21-22 Jackson, Mich23-25 Kalamazoo

Voorheis Bros. CircusSep. 23 Newberry, Mich

25 Cheboygan

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seeing an extra clown that they were. It wasRonald Mann in costume and made up justlike the rest of his new and appreciativefriends. That he is now an honorary clowngoes without saying.

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S&G RevisitedFirst caught and reviewed

in June, Sells & Gray Circus wasrevisited on Sept. 3, at Leetonia(Ohio) where the compact circusplayed to good crowds. Showingminimal signs of normal wear andtear Sells & Gray is now headedSouth towards its rumored earlyclosing in October.

The performance remains asfirst-rate as when reviewed inthe spring with many pluses andonly one demerit - a prop crewthat tends to hamper the tempo ofthe program.

The girls in the openingaerial ballet come on smiling andhave synchronized their web rou-tines. Head-balancing trapezestar, Miss Dana Novotny, has in-jected that much-needed pizazzinto her entrance; performersmove from the back door to ringwith speed, and Gary Thomas is tobe commended for his wonderfulprogress with the two elephantact, which is beautifully assist-ed by the chili-pepper personal-ity of the attractive Vilma Lor-enzo.

The Evy Karoly Family hashad several set-backs - the firstwhen young Mark suffered mononu-cleosis and was out of the showfor almost two weeks, and second,when a stud horse attacked an-other in transit, chewing out itsshoulder as though the horse hadbeen mauled by a lion. The horseis recovering but will be out of

by BILLY BARTON

the show for the balance of theseason. The Karolys are now usingtwo dressage horses in that dis-play instead of the originalthree. Young Mark, on the otherhand, is well and back in actionwith his excellent trampoline andprincipal riding turns.

The lot at Leetonia was atight one, too small for the sideshow which was side-walled. Thespool wagon blew the arrows, ar-rived late. Despite this disrup-tion the show was set and readyin plenty of time for its 4t30p.m. matinee.

The George Matthews Circusperformers, visiting on an un-scheduled day off, pulled on to asmall lot adjacent to that ofSells & Gray's, which was separ-ated by a stream. Here, AlfonsoMagana gave S&G a publicity boostwhen he unloaded the three G-Mbulls and let them frolic in thewater. S&G people lined up on oneside of the bank, G-M people onthe other, while circus fanssnapped pictures and townspeopleflocked to the bridge, disruptinglocal traffic.

G-M people who enjoyed theS&G visit included: Inge and Ro-bert Williams (visiting theirson); Herbie Weber; Marcella; EdRussell; Harry Ross; Prince Naj-vez; Alfonso Magana, Lu Ann Ja-cobs; Bobby Davis and Terry Kir-wald.

September 20, 1976 Page 13

S.A. Tour Moves AheadHaving completed a successful tour in Brazil, the Royal Lip-

izzan Stallion Show, produced by Gary Lashinsky, will play Colombiaand Venezuela during October and November. After a brief vacationfor Christmas the show goes into the Central American countries ofPanama, Costa Rica, Guatemala and Nicaragua.

Plans are now being formu-lated for a tour of Australia,Hongkong and Japan in 1977.

The International Unit ofthe famed horse show is under the

THE SAXSON's, juggling/uni-cycle, worked with the HappytimeCircus early this month.at Monterey (Calif.) dates.

HANDY, a pet baboon, escap-ed and waged a six day reign ofterror in Kilfeore, Texas, beforebeing captured early this month.

JUDY HOWARD was the featuresway pole artist at Vancouver,BC

CIRCUS DEATH (Continued)

•The girl," he added, "justdidn't have a chance as she pin-wheeled to the concrete floor,landing face down."

Despite efforts of severaldoctors and local paramedics shefailed to respond. Hospital of-ficals said she was dead withinan hour of the accident.

Elvin Bale was rescued fromhis upsidedown hold on the motor-cycle when Charley Baumann andseveral prop hands pushed a lad-der up to him. He was not injured

At press time doctors whoconducted an autopsy, said Brendamight have suffered a heart att-ack while performing. They refer-red to a condition of her viens,saying it could possibly have re-sulted in causing a heart attack.-

management of Fernando Cruz, whoformerly managed "Disney on Par-ade" in South America. Mr. Ctuzjoined the show in Brazil on June

" Promotions in Colombia andVenezuela are under the directionand sponsorship of Intercultura,promoters for "Holiday on Ice"and "Disney on Parade."

The Domestic Unit of theRoyal Lipizzan Stallion Show ismanaged by John Finley, and re-cently completed its annual tourof California. Business for bothJuly and August has been report-ed as being "very good."

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Show PlansThe program planned by the

Royal Danish Circus for its Sep.28-Oct. 2 date at the Cumberland(Me.) Fair will run about 45 min-utes. The show is to be presentedon a stage in the Exhibition Halland will include clowns Dan, HoPo and Boxem.

The program features: Dianaon web; Miss Tina, single trapezeBongo, comedy gorilla; Alberta &Rosita, plate spinning; Les Thin-is, trampoline; and a balloonthrowing finale.

The Good OneNear capacity crowds filled

the big top for each Big JohnStrong Circus performance at theGriffith, Ind., date of Aug. 2-3,where the show was backed by theVolunteer Fire Dept. Music wasprovided by a piano and drums andthe program was directed by JohnStrong and Betty Wendany.

The program included: Clownwarm-up; Poco, clown with dog;The Michael Family, juggling;Heidi Wendany, juggling; Poco andPete, clowns; Betty and Heidi,pony revue; Sandy Strong withArthur, the macaw; two rings ofdog acts; the Strongettes, swing-ing ladders; clown on ladder; In-termission; Heidi and horse Sha-lomar; Chris DeWayne and elephantNeona; Swami Amazo, Indian Fakir;Poco and the balloon; Bicenten-nial Salute Finale.

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A Strange IdeaWhen Sells & Gray Circus ar

rived at Sayre, Pa. for their en-gagement on Aug. 27th, city offi-cials said the horses could notperform and would not be allowed .on the lot. The reason given wasthe officials believed horsescarry tetanus in their hoofs andsince the lot was directly inback of a school they didn't wantto take any chances.

The show has hour highschool horses and two barebackhorses owned by the Karolys. Theshow also has six ponies used forthe children's pony ride.

Miss Karoly says she hasnever run into such a problem be-fore and her horse acts have ap-peared all over the world.

In Mcmoriam -̂

JOHN F. VERNON (68) an act-ive CFA member, died at a BealeAir Force Base Hospital (Calif.)on Aug. 24. He was a retired na-val officer (1927-1949) and heldseveral awards. He was a prisonerof World War II in the Philip-pines (1941-1945). Survivors in-clude his wife Gladys; and daugh-ters, Johanna Harder and JanetPrice, and a sister Dorothy Feld-hake.

HARRY E. SARIG, a formersecretary-treasurer for HagenbeckWallace Circus, died at Indiana-polis, Ind., on Aug. 7th. Survi-vors include his wife Frata.

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Page 16 The Circus ReportBILLY BARTON (Continued)

TIHANY also has its owntravelling workshop, a wardrobedepartment, and the staff andcrew totals over 100, including4 mechanics, 2 special engineersand 4 electricians. The shorteststint is one month, the longeststand six months. Doesn't the format sound too good to be true?Don't worry - it could NEVER hap-pen here!

Pittsburgh Circus Fans in-form me that TOMMY HANNEFCRD willdo a one day stint in nearbyWashington (Pa) for the Sheratonhotel chain. Is this a trend? Healready played the one in Pitts-

burgh, performers on the G-M Cir-cus, jumping to Annapolis (Md)blew their horns "hello" to ANITAKEPPO whizzing down the highwayenroute to KING'S DOMINION forRoyal Hanneford. That show's ap-pearance in Baltimore for theShrine (Nov. 2-6) is already be-ing heavily advertised.

According to phone callsmade by SID KELLNER to Peru, thatshow is in the midst of much up-heaval. Sid can't get his cat act(5 female lions) back and JEFFWAGNER, who is down there withthem, can't even get out!

Didyaknow ED RUSSELL is amodel builder? Has a completeminiature circus he built with abig top that laces, a flying actwith tiny blocks that actuallywork.

The Juggling VILLAMsplayed the Great Puyallup Fair...SAM POLACK spent time in Las Veg-as following the Polack Reno date....The FLYING SEGARAS joined G-Mfor its Akron-Cleveland dates....LINDA KIMES (Uncle Heavy's PorkChop Revue) celebrated her birth-day with a party held at LEE MIS-TER *s cook house in Pittsburgh.

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Phonet (416) 354-3792

CLYDE BROS.&

CARDEN-JOHNSON

INC.

PERMANENT ADDRESSP. O. BOX 570

EDMOND, OKLA. 73034(405) 843 4220(417) 833 3064

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CLYDE BROS.GARDEN JOHNSON

CIRCUS CORPORATION' Travels on 10 Semi-Tractor Diesel

Units

More Than Any Shrine SponsoredCircus.

Owns 3 Herds of Elephants.

Owns a Complete Tiger Act.

Owns A Complete Lion Act.

Owns Ponies - Llamas • CamelsBears • Chimpanzees.

A Combined 50 Years in ShrineCircus Productions byManagement.

A Permanent Office 12 Monthi aYear. Open 9-5 Weekdays. BigEnough and Small Enough.

We Produce More ShrineSponsored Circuses Than AnyOther Circus.

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. For sale due to illness of Larry Rucker.

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EMILIA Nick Hudson

The glamor herd of sequinned sexBehind the entry curtains surge -As love's taunt naustrils breathe

and flexWith hungry scent of lover's

urge.His darting, eager, measuring

eyesGrasp paradise's perfect form...To joyfully scan, re-analyze,And soar...and fall - with pain

forlorn.What chance to seize the soaring

star?What hope to realize his dreams?Yet sparks of passion splinter

farFrom eyes whose shimmer softly

screams.The curtain parts...her thighs

sweep past...The music coars...and floats....

and swells.The somersaulting princess hastThe gleaming joy of tinkling

be". Is.Tlie i inal bow... the gestured handHer prancing beauty finally goneThe artful end of all that's

STANLEY GILL, well knownaerialist, who recently recturnedto his native Australia, has anew flying act with the Sole BrosCircus called the "Flying Eronis"

TONY RATCLIFFE and RAYO'CONNOR, New Zealand showmen,have teamed up to produce theRamon's Circus which will tourthat country.

THE CORONAS now in theirsecond season at RBBB's CircusWorld Park in Florida, presenttheir high wire act, sway poles,and revolving motorcycle as partof the show "The Day The CircusComes to Town." They are addingan aerial space wheel

HAROLD FLINT reports theSept. 6th issue of "AdvertisingAge" carried a full page story byC. P. Fox on circus advertisingin the old days. The story is il-lustraded with photos of old RBBBposters and a shot of the 1895Ringling Advertising Car #2.

grand...But rest assured, the show goes

*WANTED*WANTED*WANTED*Due to Enlargement of ActNeed (1) More Assistant

Jerry Lipko's Comedy Chimpsp. o. Box 32

Florence, New Jersey 08518

Phone: (717) 467-2316

September 20, 1976 Page 19

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

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. 4112S

In Mrmonam /ALBERT FRANCIS PERRY, of

Alberto's Circus, in Australia,died on Aug. 21 at Cheltenham,Australia. Services were held inthe circus tent on Aug. 25th.

HANDMADE

CIRCUS DECANTERin beautiful "Rainbow"honey amber glass.

Reverse side featurescopyrighted designs —"Symbols of Liberty"(Liberty Bell, Eagle andFlags) with inscription"Bicentennial of UnitedStates of America 1776-1976"

HOLLY CITY BOTTLEP. 0. Box 344CR

Millville, N. J. - 08332

$10.00 eachPostpaid and Insured(Supply is Limited)