Number 23/24 June 8/15,1981

L I L L I - A N A AND HER LEOPARDS

In Memory of

JOE FERRIS1913 -1981

HE LOVED F U N S - A - P O P P 1 N C I R C U S

AND WAS A L W A Y S "ON HAND" TO HELP

YOU W I L L A L W A Y S H A V E A S P E C I A L

P L A C E IN MY H E A R T .

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Show DatesBeatty-Cole CircusJune 8-9 Torrington, Conn

10-11 New London12-14 Swansea, Mass.15-16 Newport, R.I.18-21 New Bedford,Ma

Buffalo Bill Wild West ShowJune 6-Sept. 7 Newhall, Cat.

Carden-Johruon CircusJune l O M a c o m b . l l l .

11-13 Peoria14 Knoxville

Carson & Barnes CircusJune 8 Black Forest, Colo.

9 Castle Rock10 IMorthtjIemi11 Aurora12 Brighton13 Greeley14 Loveland15 Ft. Collins16 Brush17 Sterling18 Kimball, Nebr.19 Sidney

20-21 North Plane22 Lexington

Castle Int't CircusJune 8 Castlegar, B.C.

9 Nelson10 Penticton11 Chilliwack

12-14 Vancouver15-16 Victoria

17 Courtenay19-20 Nanaimo

Coronas Circusto June 14 Kansas City, Mo

Fran/en Bros. CircusJune 21-22 Delavan, Wise

24 Windsor25 Oakfield

Circus Arts TroupeJune 8 N. Olmstead, Ohio

9 N. Hermitage, Pa.10 State College11 Parkersburg,W.Va12 Frackvi l le, Pa.13 Evaruville, Ind,14 Hattiesburg.Miss15 San Antonio, Tex16 Odessa17 Lubbock18 Amaril lo20 Grand Junct'n.Colo21 Gallup. NM

Great American CircusJune 8 Brookville, Pa.

9 Kane10 Newcastle11 Slippery Rock12Titusville13 Cony14 Bradford

Hoxie Bros. CircusJune 8 Middletown, NY

9 Sparrowsbush10 Hancock11 Elmira12 Olean

13-14 Warren

Hubler Int'l CircusJune 9-11 Granite City. HI

12-13 Du Quoin

Ringling-Barnum - BlueJune 9-14 Buffalo, NY

16-17 Dayton, Ohio19-21 Toledo

Ringling-Barnum • RedJune 2-14 Philadelphia. Pa

17-21 Louisville, Ky.

Roberts Bros. CircusJune 8 W. Newton. Pa.

9 Rochester10 Harlansburg11 Union City12 North East13 N.Bethlehem15 Sal tsburg16 Export17 Sharpsburg18 Clymer19 Mt. Union20 Newville

Royal Crown CircusJune 10-16 Dallas, Texas

19-21 Wichita Falls

Royal Imperial CircusJune 9 Carlsbad, NM

11 Hobbs13-14 Roswelll6 -17C lov is19-21 Albuquerque.NM

Swan Bros. CircusJune 19-20 Lakeport, Cal.

TNT & Royal Olympic CircusJune 10-14 Burnsville, Minn.

17-21 Steubenville, Ohio

Wenatchee Youth CircusJune 14 Mansfield, Wash.

- - M A G I C - - -

Krystali's KavalcadeJune 6-9 Denver, Colo.

10-11 Aurora12 Sterling13 No. Plane. Neb.14 Lexington15 Kearney16 Hastings

17-18 Grand Island19-22 Lincoln

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Show DatesPf. Miller • Magic Time USAJune 9 Nasquahoning, Pa.

10 North Hampton11 Starlington12 Carbondale13WestHazelton15 Norwalk, Conn.17 Bellows Falls, Vt.18 Orange, Mass.19 Keane. NH20 Brattleboro, Vt.

NordlawJune 18 Donnybrook, Ont.

19 Gas Line20 Drurnbo

Star fireJune 5-14 New Orleans, La

16 Jackson, Miss.17-21 Memphis, Tenn

MAGIC TIME USA WANTS

Man to handle stage lights andspecial effects - Sleeper furnis-hed • 25 weeks left • Driversgiven preference

Also need one show girt.

Prof. Miller as per route orleave message at:

813-746-6577

Burr's Fun-0-RamaJune 8-13 Norwood, Mass

15-20Stoughton

CFA ConventionJune 21-24 Scottsdale, Arz

James H. Drew ExpositionJune 3-13Bluefield.W.Va.

15-20 Richlands.Va.

Liberace Showto Jun 22 Las Vegas, Nev.

Los LatinosJune 12-14 Hempstead, L.I

18-21 Norfolk, Va.

Myers AmusementsJune 19-27 Lexington, Ky

Scott's Medicine ShowJune 8 Mt. View, Mo.

9 Poplar BlufflOSikeston11 Cape Girardeau

12-13 Nashville, Tenn14 Paducah15 Paris, III.16 Danville18 Clinton19 Monmouth20 Canton21 Muscatinejowa

Whi/zer the ClownJune 13 Versailles. Ohio

17 Urichsville

SHOW PLANNED

The National Date Festival atIndio, Calif., is considering theidea of producing a circus forits Feb. 12-21,1982 Fair.

Acts are invited to submitphotos and full informationfor consideration.

Send details to: Ivan Henry,National Date Festival, 46-350 Arabia. P. 0. Drawer NN-NN. Indio, Ca. 92202, or call714-342-8247.

ATTENTION!CIRCUS COLLECTORS!

$1.00 plus a SASE, our latestlistings of Circus Books. Let-ters, Telegrams, Letterheads,Routes, Programs, Photos,Special collector's items(many one of a kind) couponworth $1.00 towards fimpurchase, included with list.

CIRCUS COLLECTOR'S KITSA delightful assortment of circus mementos of the good oldtrouping days. Post Paid just$27.50.The above kit includes 2 circuslithos, Old Circus Complimen-tary Tickets.A nice assortment of 12 dif-ferent circus comps or ticketsPost Paid $2.75

HARRYCHIPMAN.P. 0. Box1021, San Gabriel, Calif. 91778

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in theA TICKET COMPLAINT

The Dispatch, of Gilroy, Calif., carried a frontpage headline story about some disenchantedcitizens who recently attended a circus in theircity. The May 15th, headline read: "CircusFolds Big Top, Leaves Gilroy Under a Cloud."The newspaper's front page story told about

a ticket mix-up which left many people feel-ing they had been cheated. A total of 100,000general admission tickets were distributed forthe local youngsters, while another 200 ticketswere given out for adults.

The problem was that some tickets were forpreferred seating and some for general admis-sion seats. As a result parents found they hadto pay extra to sit with their children. It wasreported that parents paid varying amounts ofmoney, $3.50, $5.00 and $10.00 each to sitas a group.

At least one resident, who obtained their tic-kets from the Dispatch thought they were infor a free evening of fun. Instead they endedup paying $10.00 so the adults could sit with

A MemoATTENTION - All readers in Canada, Mex-

ico and various overseas countries:Due to the fact that CR's must be mailed in

an envelope to your area, and because of theadded cost of envelopes and postage, it willbe necessary to increase the subscription rateto $25.00 per year.

PEOPLESTACY MOORE has his animal acts at Dog-ptahc USA Park in Dogpatch, Ark., for thesummer season.

THE WILLER FAMILY, balancing act. work-ed with the Swan Bros. Circus in Novato, Cal.over the Memorial Day weekend.

the children in general admission seats.Another resident reported they had to pay

$20.00 to sit with their children at the circus.

FOR SALE

SILLS BROS. CIRCUS EQUIPMENT

Seats for around 1200 people - 3 small light plants and trucks- Cookhouse - Some rolls of tickets - Center poles and centerpoles - Also a 20 x 30 section for 30 ft. top - Big Top - Bottlegas range - Stakes, wood and iron.Also, 10 ft. movie screen * 16 mm sound picture machine andsound film to show 2 weeks at a time, new show each night.I have been a diesel electrician on a lot of circuses, having beenin show business for 70 years.Must sell in next 20 days - Cheap For Cash - Will also sell showtitle.Have 1930's and 1940's Billboards - $10.00 each, 3 for $1 5.00

JOHNNIE JONES - SILLS BROS. CIRCUSMain Street, Box 215 Gibson, NC 28343

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Contact: WARD HALL

P. O. Box 907, Gibsonton, Florida - 33534

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PEOPLEANN and ORESTE CANESTRELLt recentlypurchased five new horses • Portuguese Lusi-tanos, a breed which is bred for fighting bullswhile on horseback.

HARRY ANDERSON, of The Enquirer Prin-ting Co., visited both Beatty-Cole and Ham-id-Morton Circus last month.

JEFF McBRIDE, Mime/Magician, has com-pleted his long run in Montreal and is backin New York City.

DR. HANK E. PANKY and BOBBING pro-vided the entertainment for the Price-Water-house family day in Tampa with advance ar-rangements handled by the Jay Brown The-atrical Agency.

BOB-0 and BOBBINO, clowns worked theannual picnic for the Wellcraft, boat manu-facturers on Memorial Day weekend and onMay 27th they were at Curtis Hixon Hall inTampa for a Chamber of Commerce break-fast.

EARL D. CREAGER (76) died May 17th atDayton, Ohio. He was president of his ownconstruction company, which he founded in1926. He served as Chairman of the AntiochShrine Circus for the past 29 years and alsoserved as president of the Dayton HorseShow. Survivors include his wife, Eleanora,a son. Earl D. Jr. and a daughter.

VALDEZ, a juggler who had worked for se-veral months at Circus Circus, died in Mayin Las Vegas. He had just brought his familyback from overseas. His body was found inhis car where he had died from carbon mon-oxide fumes. Survivors include his wife, Annaand a daughter.

ALBERT L WEBB (74) died at his home inSan Gabriel, Calif., on May 19. He was cur-.rently serving as president of the Paul EaglesLuncheon Club in Los Angeles. He and hiswife 'Rainbow' were instrumental in puttingthe luncheon club back on its feet financial-ly. Survivors include his wife. Rainbow, twosons, Albert and Marshall and a sister.

GROUP OF PERFORMING LIONESSES

Five Beasts, aged Six to Seven Years

Good Routine - Have Had Four Presenters

£2,000.

- Set of Props can also be supplied -

Apply:Sally Chipperfield's Circus

Church Hill, Wilmington, Dartford,Kent, DA2 7DZ, EnglandTelephone: 0322 - 22431

Or:Stacey-Garrard Associates

6 Elizabeth Way, Hanworth, Feltenham,Middlesex, TW13 7PH, England

Telephone: 01 - 892 - 5444or 01 - 890 - 5736

W O R L D A T T R A C T I O N S , I N C . , P R E S E N T S

A W A T E R WONDERLAND

W A N T E D F O R A U G U S T O P E N I N G

GIRL AND BOY SWIMMERS FOR WATER BALLET

HIGH DIVERS - COMEDY DIVERS - DANCERS

SEALS - DOLPHIN - PENQUIN ACTS

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STAGE MANAGER - ELECTRICIAN

CONCESSION PEOPLE - GENERAL HELP

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Contact: WARD HALL

P. O. Box 907. Gibsonton, Florida - 33534

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AVAILABLEF O R M I D W E S T A N D W E S T E R N D A T E S

JOE VIA with 8 LionsBOBBY GIBBS with following:

6 German Shepherds2 Ponies with 2 small dogs for

humorous finish6 Ponies (these are different

than ones with dogs)3 Camels5 Llamas and 1 Pony

THE FLYING M A R Q U E Z -4good looking people doing anice flying act - Second act is

excellent 3 people rollingglobe.

ALSO other acts open at thistime.

INQUIRIES WELCOMEDThe above acts will also be op-

en Oct. 17 thru Nov. 20th ineluding 3 bulls.

FOR 1982 -Man with 8 LionsMan with single ElephantOther animal acts available

MARC SCHULTZ

HOWARD A. SCHULTZ AGENCY

2525 West Pe te rson Avenue

C h i c a g o , I l l i no is - 6 0 6 5 9

Phone: A r e a Code (31 2)

7 6 9 - 2 2 4 47 6 9 - 2 2 4 6

7 6 9 - 2 2 4 57 6 9 - 2 2 4 7

Show ReportBENTLEY BROS. CIRCUS

Bentley Bros. Circus played to exceptional-ly good crowds throughout it's Californiatour last month. When caught in Richmond(Calif.) on May 21st, the show drew a strongmatinee crowd and then strawed them andeven had to turn some folks away as theyjam-packed the Civic Auditorium for the fi-nal performance.

The program was undoubtedly the strong-est show that producers Tommy Bentley andChuck Clancy have put together and is an in-dication of the show's continued growth andsupport by sponsors and public alike.

Acts featured with the circus were: Rover-ta Winn, slide for life; Otto Berosini, mixed

wild animals (81; Richard St. John, cloudswing; Zertoini's comedy acrobats; Heidi andKaroly, dog acts; The Young Troupe and TheZerbini Troupe, teeterboard acts; Sword bal-ance acts in two end rings with the Winns incenter ring doing a chair balance act; Displaywith the Karolys and Heidi Wendany, horses;The Winns, inclined wire walk; Intermission.The second half included: Stimax Chimps;

Juggling display with Heidi Wendany, StimaxJr and The Young Troupe; The Zerbini Rid-ing act; Bucky Steele. elephants (4) and theWinn's aerial motorcycle.

The show carried a six piece band, plus agroup of three clowns who worked threenumbers.

HILL Ml NUn. IK.

Want to BuyBIG TOP - SEATS ELEPHANTS

RAILROAD EQUIPMENT(Must not be more than 25 years old)

SIX STATEROOM CARS - DINER - PRIVATE CAR

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POLE TRAILER - CANVAS SPOOL

TRAILER MOUNTED 200 KW LIGHT PLANT

Contact: WARD HALL

P. O. Box 907. Gibsonton, Florida - 33534

Phones:81 3 - 677 - 9480 800 - 824 - 7888813 - 677 - 2987 Ext. M- 3462

NOTICE - I just enjoyed a dream come true by viewingthe Chicago Circus Parade. On behalf of myself and 800,000other fortunate viewers I want to thank Bill Schultz, Bob andGreg Parkinson, Marvin, and all the fine people from Barabooand elsewhere who made it all happen. It was the greatest !

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GUESS WHATContrary to popular belief, Phil and LindaChandler have not retired from show business.They have opened a Magic Shop in St. Aug-ustine, Ha. They plan to work spot dates andon short tours only.Their shop is "Merlin's Magic Den." It notonly caters to the tourist trade, but the am-ateur magician as well, and it is a nice reststop for the professional magician,Phil not only invites magicians to stop andvisit, but all show folks in the area are alsoinvited. The shop is open 7 days a week.

THE LIMITEXHIBITOR CHARGED WITH VIOLATION

A California animal exhibitor has been char-ged by officials of the U. S. Dept. of Agricul-ture with operating without a license, a re-quirement for animal dealers and exhibitorsunder the Animal Welfare ActJohn Weinhart, of Glen Avon, Calif., was

charged by the USDA's Animal and PlantHealth Inspection Service in connection withnine different instances in which he transpor-

THANK YOU

Elephant Handlers of RBBB (Blue Unit)For your purchase of bull hooks while in

Binghamton, NY- Wood and Fiberglass Available -Send SASE For More Information

ted animals for exhibition which were not li-censed.

Weinhart was licensed from 1973 to 1976,according to Or. J. D. Roswurm, APHIS ve-terinarian-in-charge in California. In 1976,hesurrendered his license, stating he would nolonger do business regulated by APHIS. Athis request, Weinhart was re-licensed in Oct.1980. The violations occurred during the per-iod that he was not licensed.

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COLLECTIBLESPERU GROUP SEEKS CIRCUS ITEMS

The city of Peru, hid., dubbed "Circus City'because of its historical connections, has itseye on the rare museum collection of theCircus Hall of Fame, formerly of Sarasota,Fla.John Fugate, director of the Peru Chamber

of Commerce, said he has been in contact re-cently with its owner John Zweisel of Orlan-do, Fla., who bought the collection last yearfrom a group of businessmen wanting to sellthe museum's land.

Zweisel estimated the collection, now keptin storage in Florida, contains priceless me-morabilia, including 30 wagons, and severalsunburst wagon wheels made in Peru and inRochester. Other items include the GreatWallendas' costumes and riggings and wildanimal trainer Clyde Beatty's costumes andwhips.

Colorful clown suits, trunks, photos, pos-ters, programs, films and videotapes are alsoamong the collection, said Zweisel, who pur-chased the collection because he didn't wantto see it split up when the museum was onthe auction block.

Chamber officials say they will have to ver-ify the collection, but they have no idea of

MiscellaneousThe Wallenda Troupe (featuring Carla Wallen-da, the Brenandes Duo, Miss Brenda's Canines,Miss Carlita's Miniature Flying Circus, the Centurians, Miss Valerie's Almost Human Gorilla)and ringmaster/illusionist. Dorian Blake, arecurrently touring in Arkansas and Missouri,

The New York Clown Alley 'paid its rent' onApril 25th, by performing at an all-day campreunion at the McBurney YMCA.

Acts currently playing in Atlantic City Hotelsare: Jerry Layne, vent; Los Diabalos, gauchos;Michael Martin, juggler; Shimato, magician;Douglas Mac Val ley, globe of death and JoeyJordan, juggler.

the money involved. They also have not an-nounced any plans as to where the collectionmight be housed.Included in the collection is the famous two

hemispheres bandwagon.Peru was once the winterquarters for many

major American circuses such as Hagenbeck-Wallace and Sells Floto. Many retired perfor-mers and their relatives still live in Peru, in-cluding W. W. Wilno, Tom and Betty Hod-gini and Clyde Beatty's daughter.

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TOM MIX FESTIVAL

Tom Mix and his Wonder Horse, Tony, willride the silver screen again as thousands ofnostalgia buffs and former Ralston StraightShooters throughout the nation and foreigncountries assemble in Dubois, Pa., for thesecond annual Tom Mix Festival, Sept. 17-20to perpetuate the memory of Hollywood'sfirst and foremost "King of the Cowboys".State and national dignitaries • including TomMix's relatives and selected screen luminarieswill be invited to attend the four day celebra-tion honoring the legendary actor.The famous cowboy was bom in the village

of Mix Run, Cameron County, Pa., on Jan. 6,1880, his family moved to nearby Driftwoodabout 1884 and subsequently to DuBoiswhen he was 8 years old. Both Texas and Ok-lahoma once claimed the celebrated cowboyand his birthplace, however, official recordsprove the "Keystone" State to be the undis-puted origin of the transplanted western cowboy. Mix was killed driving his Cord automo-bile near Florence, Ariz., on Oct. 12,1940.

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Or. Richard Seiveriing, of Hershey, Pa., thefestival's originator and general chairman,says: "We are offering a very comprehensivefilm schedule this year for B Western enthu-siasts including the prestigious "Big Five"celluloid cowboys of the 1920's and 1930's,namely, Tom Mix, Buck Jones, Ken May-nard, Tim McCoy and Hoot Gibson. Last yearduring the initial celebration commemoratingour hero's 100th birthday, we primarily con-centrated on Mix films. The 1981 presenta-tion will be expanded greatly to provide wid-er selections for our viewers."

Tom Mix and Tony were the idols of mil-lions of movie goers during the silent andearly sound firm era, making over 300 filmsfrom 1910 to 1935. "The Miracle Rider" a15 episode serial produced by Mascot Pic-tures in 1935, heads an impressive array ofancient flicks offered. An historic cinematicevent, this exciting serial marked Mix's returnto the screen after two years' absence due tocircus and other personal performances. It al-so proved to be the immortal actor's last film.

Three active B Western and long-establishedfilm collectors will staff the busy projectionbooths - R. William Uhler, professional por-trait photographer and proprietor of the Uh-ler Studio in Lebanon, Pa., Ted Reinhart, wes-tern film historian and author and proprietorof the Ted Reinhart Entertainment Enter-prises in Alexandria, Pa., and Merle G. Morriswell-known Tom Mix promoter and memor-abilia exhibitor of Columbus, Ohio. Most ofthe "Big Five" films come from the personalcollections of these three men. However, ad-ditional films will be provided gratuitouslyby Blackhawk Films, Inc., of Davenport,Iowa, a courtesy they rendered last year.

Among the celebrities expected to attend areKurt Klotzvach, of Dortmund, West Germany,distinguished Tom Mix biographer and collec-tor for over 50 years, and Allen R. Binkley, ofAnnville, Pa., Tom Mix's personal valet duringthe circus days of the mid-1930's, both ofwhom participated last year. Other Mix bio-graphers, historians and exhibitors will be in-vited to participate.

Sponsored by the DuBois Area Chamber ofCommerce, the second annual Tom Mix Fes-tival will feature a wide variety of shows.

For additional information contact: TomMix Festival, DuBois Area Chamber of Com-merce, 128 West Long Ave., OuBois, Pa. -15801 (Send SASE for reply).

FLASH - The Houston Shrine date in 1982will be played from Apr. 29 thru May 9th.Dates for Dayton. Ohio, Shrine will be Mar.26 thru Apr. 3rd, which will be the sametime as Columbus and Detroit.

Las Vegas bits: The new revue in whichMichael Chirriek is appearing is "Cheek toCheek". Also on tap is the "Lord of theRings" David Douglas, an illusionist whofeatures a specialty with metal rings.. Blinko(Ernie Burch) left Circus Circus temporarilyand hied himself to D.C. for the Smithsonianspring Celebration May 1. Ernie has been na-med the Resident Laff maker at CC.. .MGMGrand seeking a June 1 reopening - casinoonly.. .The Don Arden revue "Jubilee" re-portedly bows a month later.The fab Duo Siegfried & Roy move from

the Stardust to the Frontier, Nov. 5. with anew showstopper called 'Beyond Belief. Thestager is being produced on a giant scale byIrvin and Ken Feld with illusionary thrills be-ing interspersed throughout a 90 minute ex-travaganza with a strong supporting cast andlavish production numbers.

The new production is reported to come inat a cost of $3 mil and the showroom has beenredesigned and reconstructed under the supervision of the Felds. These two outstanding il-lusionists have amassed top awards for perfor-ming excellence, including the Las Vegas Actof the Year, Magician of the Year, and TopAttraction of Las Vegas; they also starred intwo NBC specials in 1980 and will be in a se-quence of the soon-to-be-released LorimarProductions feature film "Looking to GetOut."The Disney on leer will go into two months

rehearsal at the coliseum in Richmond (Va),and it is also produced by the Felds. The newicer is scheduled to debut July 14 in New Jer-sey (probably Atlantic City).

Leonard Green is to take a version of his'Circus of the Americas' to the Aladdin Ho-tel in Las Vegas, June 22-28. reveals an arti-cle in the Hollywood Variety. He also inti-mates the Emmett Kelly Circus Town is to

open its gates in Hollywood (Fla) aroundEaster of 1982.Some of the talent at the Cedar Rapids date

which was produced by George Hubler at theend of May, were: Jorge Barreda, Lou AnnJacobs. Alfonso Magana, Loni and Barbara,Davide Zoppe, Susan Sheryll and Ben Wil-liams, among the many.

Close-ups: Josip Marcan is taking his cat actto Niagara Falls for the summer for John Cu-neo. . .Meanwhile Dieter Wichert has anotherCuneo cat act on American Continental andwill go into the Niagara Falls park after AC'sdate in Denver.

Danny Acosta's new high wire act featuringhis wife and a second femme member on onAmerican Cont'l. Danny and the girls visitedduring the Omaha date.. .Marie Anthony, theclown, started out on AC but has left andJohnny Peers came in from his honeymoon inEngland to fill the vacancy.

Rumor is that Jewel New is no longer at Cir-cus World.. .Kay Rowire's act, of 3 tigers, 2leopards, 3 jaguars, will soon join the AC..

Recent visitors to Circus Vargas were MonteMontana, John and Herta Cuneo, Jan and BillBiggerstaff, Tommy Bentley, Chuck Clancy,and Virginia Lee Fenton.

Peggy Mills is flying with the Espanas.. Oarlene Williams is doing web with the Vargettes.. .Victor Arata, wire act with CV, was a Ve-gas act for 7 years. His brother is an agent inEurope.. .Magician Vince Carmen uses all 3rings for his illusion turn.

Ralph and Doris Morton and Judy Kaye vis-ited Circo Magico Franco Berosini in Mexicoand the show was presented under a 4 poletop, on a stage and features the Knops andthe Dymeks, along with 16 English dancers,3 elephants, 6 tigers (and of course magic).

The Bruskis have their spiffy bike act on theHoxie show.. .Rolling Diamonds were park-ed for a while at Bill and Trudy's Circus Farm. Jon Friday sez "Friday" is his real name,did we ever doubt ya, Jon?.. .Lucky and JoniLarabee made the KY State Fair.. .Lou Ann

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INTERNATIONALLY FAMOUS LIPKO CHIMPSMain Office

Box 74darnesville, Pa. 18214

Phone Toll Free:1 - 800 - 824 - 7888, Ext. A-263

Calif. 1 - 800 - 852 - 7777

Jacobs helps Ethel Jennier with her Greyh'ndact when the two work the same dates...

When Kent Clayton and Pancho Ma^ana areworking dates together all they do is practiceand practice. Donna Clayton, by the way, islearning web.. .Billy Rodger*' mother paidhim a visit in Fla.. .Trevor Bale is makingnotes for his autobiography.

Circus Vargas spec comes No. 14 in the pro-gram, starts counter-clockwise with Ava Wil-liams and a tiger on an elephant. The 12 bullsand the 6 gal riders, are all decked out in scar-let and gold (horses in red, silver, gold), fea-tured also is the horse General Vargas witha red rhinestone blanket. Donna Wilson Ban-nister does a suspended one ankle slide, per-formers and horses circle in the end rings andthe audience gives the spec a standing ovat'n.Tidbit from a letter from Den Mother Betty

Escalante: "Dear Son .. Haven't written be-cause I was busy coming and going to NewMexico. My mother broke her hip. While shewas mending, my brother died. Then just be-fore Xmas my mother passed away - she was90. Caught CV when the show played theHollywood Bowl. Really Beautiful. Mr. Var- •gas didn't stint when it came to lighting, propsand wardrobe. Tommy Bentley was on thedoor, invited us in, but the top was so full ittook handsome Joe Muscarello to get us goodseats. Also caught the show again when it wasin Long Beach. Seeing Circus Vargas once, justisn't enough!"Invited Roland (Kaiser), one of my Ringling

sons from years back, home for din-din, butalas, with 3 shows facing him the next day hecouldn't make it. But Petey (Kinosh) hinted:

'Mother, couldn't you bring us a l itt le some-thing?* So next day I came armed with potroast, macaroni salad and a pineapple upsidedown cake, plus a jug of wine and a loaf ofbread. After midnight we sat down to wineand dine in Roland's trailer, aided and abet-ted by Petey, Billy McCabe, Teresa Parian,and Lucy and Lacey.

"Had a chance next to vacation in Guadala-jara and took it, returned to find Tony Pinahad tickets for us to see Circus of the Amer-icas - a really big show and great acts. Saw amagnificent Chinese acrobatic act and twomules jumping from up high into a big tubof water • they walked up all by themselvesand did it, honestly, and the second muleeven had a monkey on its back. The kidsloved itl"Tony Pina was working lights and Bobby

Yerkes was visiting so we all got together withErnie and Parley (he was ringmaster) and Virginia Lee Fenton was there and so was FaySnyder, looking terrific • she is working inpictures with her animals and says she onlygoes out on dates now and then

'Tommy and Chuck came for Phil's birth-day. Since Phil's sisters couldn't make it, on-ly men were at the party and I was the onlyfemale and loved itl The more they drank themore dirt got dished out, but you can't printit so I won't tempt you."My Number One son Bobby Johnson call-

ed to say he'll be out soon with the ice showand with the Red Unit and we will see a lotof each other and fly to Vegas. Love Mother"

Love back and see you ...

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ROYAL HPIZZAN STALLION SHOW

BY GEORGE C. BINGAMAN

The Royal Lipizzan Stallion Show rolled intothe Farm Show Arena in Harrisburg CapitolComplex in Pennsylvania on May 10th, for asingle performance on Mother's Day afternoonplaying to an enthusiastic and appreciative au-dience of seven hundred spectators.

Presented by Arena Protections, Inc., ofMiami, Fla., who disclaim affiliation with theAustrian government and the Spanish RidingSchool, itwas obvious that the Lipizzans werethe real stuff and were offered to the publictruly representing the classic traditional artof the Lipizzaners. What a beautiful show, asample of horsemanship and classic breedingin its ultimate!Six magnificent s'a'1 ons comprised the

show with speci; ,-• s and comic interludesThe riders header • Major Carlos Manceroand assisted by Robert Killey were dressed intwo sets of royal uniforms, one set with ma-gnificent red coats and the other in white making visual the showmanship class.

The basic program of displays opened withthe overture and an introduction, continuingwith Pas de deux, two stallions in a two manexercjse executing riding lines and figures.Classical training followed exhibiting two ri-ders and horses displaying steps and move-ments, the haute d'ecole of the horses. Thiswas accompanied by excellent explanationand commentary by the public announcer.A three man exercise followed, pas de trois.

The magnificent airs above the ground pre-senting the Levade, Courbette and Capriolewere demonstrated by two veteran stallions.These unique spectacular once-used-in-battlemaneuvers are famous with the Royal Lipiz-zans.

Following intermission Pas de quatre, anequine ballet of four whites in classic grouphorsemanship delighted the throng.The climax of the show was reached in the

Quadrille, a ballet of six white stallions andriders performing intricate figures and movements with precision and ease.Interspersing the displays were Major Carlos

Mancero's presentation of "Jahil", a SpanishAndulusian and guest stars, Yvonne Cristiani,Dianne Olds and Derrick Rosaire with Tony,the marvelous wonder horse. Rosaire's twomagnificent white Arabians stood out in their

May • 65 miles south of Springfield, Mo. -A converted bus, with living facilities and anarea for dogs and horses belonging to JanieRandall burned on the highway and was atotal loss. Her two horses were saved, but-HIeight dogs perished in the fire.If you'd like to contact Janie write to: Janie

Randall, Box 73, Fordland, Mo. 65652.

FROM BERNARD BERWIN

While making final preparations for our ownopening in May, my partner Ken and I hadthe opportunity to visit with and see for thefirst time, Roy Huston & Co.

Roy and Susan were appearing at the PaulSauve Arena in Montreal for a week long ex-hibition on the occult.

The show was presented on a stage that wasbuilt for Roy, and hung with his scenery. Royhas collected some backdrops, teasers and legsfrom famous old touring magic shows and Ifor one enjoyed seeing this kind of stage set-ting.

The performance included a number of thestandard magical effects to which Roy andSusan have added their own personal flavorand touch. Anyone can purchase magic propsbut as Roy so well demonstrated, it takesyears to polish and perfect the presentationof a good act.

The show was well received by standingcrowds and Susan assisted by two young la-dies made the 'and Co.' sparkle.

Lucky boy, Roy! This young lady noy onlylooks good on stage, she also oversees the girlassistants for the set up of each performance.

Following the run in Montreal, Roy and Su-san came to Hemmingford, Quebec, where hewill be working at Pare Safari for the summer.

We spent a couple of days visiting and eatingas Susan prepared one of her famous Chinesedishes for us.

own right. Trie Rosaire comic routine of don-key and cart was a great change of pace inthe Lipizzaner art.

Don't miss the Lipizzaners, a unique showin its own class.

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NORTHEAST LA. SHRINE CLUB CIRCUS

(Compiled by Warren Adams Bacon and distributed by Albert F. House).

The Northeast Louisana Shrine Club Circuswas produced by the Coronas of Hollywood,Fla., and presented in Monroe, La., May 9-10with four performances.

The program included: Clown come-in workby Pizza; Presentation of the Colors and theNational Anthem; Circus Overture directedby musical director David Pryun; Aerial dis-play with Gandoff, cloud swing/trapeze, RollsDuo, cradle and Lady Pamela, single trapeze;Tigers presented by Eddie Schmitt; TwinGyro Wheels, Serge and George Coronas; FireManipulation by Satini Demon; El Gran Mar,high wire; Display with Danachek, unicycle.Sir Harry James, hand balancing, Ron PerryDuo. juggling. Curt Kidd, juggling; Libertyhorses, Don and Jo Anne Anderson with tworings of horses; Clowns, CoCo, Jr., CoCo IIIand Pizza on stilts; Display with Mariana'sAfghans, Janie's Dobermans, Curt's Canines;The Flying Ibarras, flying trapeze.

After intermission were: Clown Walk aroundfollowed by a display with the Morton Bears,Gma's Leopards; Stevana, rocketship trapeze;Display with Wizbini, tight wire, Rianos Duo,slack wire and Curtis, tight wire; Clowns and"It's Tide"; Elephants, Dumbo, Peggy andTige presented by the Ben DeWayne family;Clowns "Painters in the Park"; Finale withthe entire company and featuring the Coro-na's Space Shuttle II Rocket Cannon presenting "Captain Adamo" (Warren Adams).

The show's staff: Charles Coronas, Sr., pro-ducer; George and Serge Coronas, staging anddirection; Charles Coronas. Jr., techincal su-pervisor; Rigger, Warren Adams; Announcer,Adrian Sebastian; Musical supervisors, Wil-liam and David Pryun.Equipment includes: 3 semis (show owned)

plus 1 elephant semi, 1 horse semi, 1 car se-mi, 2 staright bed units with trailers, 12 per-sonnel units.

Show is presented in 3 rings/2 stages. Frontand back and end tracks covered in plush redcarpet, center ring carpeted in green astroturf, end rings in green cellotex. Stage areasblue astro turf, each ring/stage has 4 quartzring lights front and back tracks lined with15 units of 8 color floodlights.

WANTEDElephant Act - Flying Act - Circus Acts of All Kinds

forSept. 12 Little Rock, Ark. Sept. 21 • 27 Reading, Pa.

AVAILABLE FOR JULY

AND AUGUST

Animal FantasiaMiss Carla - Principal Rider

Master Nino - Comical Juggler on HorsebackUncaged Horseback Riding Lion

Professor Alberto's Comedy Riding Academy

Please reply to: ALBERTO ZOPPE

2931 Gardner Street Simi Valley, Calif. 93065

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ACTS WANTEDMID - JULY THRU OCTOBER

Under Canvas - Short Jumps

+ Family Doing Two or More

+ Animals - especially dogs andponies

+ Single Performers, with or with-out own transportation

+ Side Show Acts and AttractionsJohn Bradshaw please reply

Can Place Concession help July 1st on

ADAMS BROS. CIRCUSP.O. Box 17017

Ft. Lauderdale, Fia. - 33318or call:

305 - 587 - 8502

WANTEDFLY ING R I G G I N G

- COMPLETE -

NEW OR USED

*

Call:

JOE LOPEZ

7 1 3 - 8 3 3 - 1 2 9 1

- ELEPHANT ACT -

After September'81

Contact:

SMOKEY JONES

14300 Chestnut Street, No. 117

Westminster, Calif. 92683

Or Leave Message at:

(714) 892-4398

EVENTUALLY,WHY NOT NOW?

I am a former versatile circus per-former, teeterboard acrobat and atumbler and an aerialist during the1920's and the 1930's and I tookseveral hundred kodak pictures ofthings that are and happen on atraveling circus that an outsiderseldom has the chance to see.

I have published a 6x9 in. bookwith 100 glossy pages and 100 glossy photos enlarged from the kodakpictures, therefore, these are rarephotos of circus life.

PICTURES TELL IT BETTER.

Send check or money order for$4.95 (not cash) to: JohnnieSchmidt, Rte. 3, Box 170-A, Lin-dale, Texas 75771.

You will be glad you did. I thankyou. Johnnie.

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TEXAS CLOWN NOTES

BY BOB STODDARD

Josh Silver, a New York City clown who wasfeatured on the front cover of the Mar. 23rdissue of CR, flew in to visit with Checkers andPatches, over Memorial Day weekend, and vis-ited the Grapevine Opry.

Five Alley 85 clowns entertained at a spec-ial recognition ceremony sponsored by theAmerican Red Cross for the Dallas Volunteerprogram and their friends.The clowns included: James (Jim Bow) dec-

ker. Van (Blossom) Chauvin, Bit (Uncle Will)Pinney, Solina (Payasita) Kasten-Marquis andFrodo the clown.Chisai Childs. the talented commediene (and

owner) of the Grapevine Opry does an excel-lent rendition of the song 'Cowboys andClowns' during which she transforms herselfinto a clown as she sings.

Donald (Ajax) Ferryman. Cathy (Bogus) Nor-ris and Betty (Bittsy) Hubbard worked theHome and Garden Show in Tulsa, Okla., inMay.

Dave (Skinhead) Lewis (Alley 85 memberremoved to Michigan) called to remind methat he was at the convention in Delevan andI left him out of the article about the CharleyAward. Sorry Dave. He also mentioned sever-al jobs he did up there including the one forHertz Rent A Car at the Metropolitan Airportin Detroit, in celebration of their reduction inrates.Jody (Jody) Harmon and Cathy (Bogus) Nor-

ris clowned at the Lions Club Children's Par-ty at the Irving High School.

MiscellaneousA female African elephant was born at theToronto Zoo on Oct. 16th. It is the first Af-rican calf to be born in Canada and as yet hasnot been named.

FROM JOEY JORDAN

I am currently booked at the Playboy Hoteland Casino in "Playboy Fantasy" revue. Orig-inally in for two weeks the management pick-ed up the option for an indefinite engagementor the run of the show.

Also appearing in our show is Douglas Mac-Valley "Globe of Death" and 50 dancers andsingers. The show is going real well. It includeselaborate scenery, girls swimming in waterglobes, waterfall on stage, elevator stage and ahorse and tiger.

Douglas and I invite all circus friends to comeand visit "Playboy Fantasy" this summer.

On May 21-24. Bauer-Hall presented the 20thannual Nur Shrine Temple Circus at the tem-ple in Wilmington, Deta. The show played 3shows daily and 2 shows on Sunday, all fourdays we played to full houses.Bill Hall was there daily to keep things run-

ning smoothly. Boom Boom Browning led afantastic circus band and Al Leonard did afabulous job as ringmaster.

Acts included: Johnny Zoppe's Monkeys;The Laddies, unsupported ladders; SusanSheryll 's Royal Afghans; Joey Jordan, jugg-ler; Killer Willard, boxing kangaroo; Towsen& Yockers, clowns; Irene, Tonga & Co., gor-illa parody; The Plunketts, trampoline; Chris-topher James, wire; The Fossetts, chimps andkangaroo; and a terrific solo elephant act.That week I ran between Atlantic City and

Wilmington, doing 5 shows a day betweenthe Playboy and the Circus.

May ? - San Leon, Texas - Some 20 to 25 per-sons were injured when a gust of wind leveledthe Ford Bros. Circus tent during a thunder-storm, according to Galveston County officials.

Five of the injured suffered broken bones,cuts and abrasions. The accident occurred asseveral hundred people were in the tent forthe performance, where the circus was playingat the annual Cajun Festival. The show wasset up just south of Houston.

ReportTOLEDO SHRINE CIRCUS

BY TOM HENRICKS

The 1981 Zenobia Temple Shrine Circus opened in Toledo (Ohio) Apr. 30th and ran toMay 3rd. The show played to exceptionallyfavorable audiences.

Mr. Sam Polack again produced the circusin conjunction with Zenobia chairman-direc-tor, Frank Salt/giver. This makes Sam's 9thyear here as our producer which is somethingto be proud of. He is always wilting to coop-erate and does all possible to put on the bestpossible show, no doubt a reason he has theToledo date each year.This year's edition without a doubt was one

of the finest shows Sam has put together. Theunusual format was different than in recentyears with utilization of one large center ringand two stages, being different than the cus-tomary 3 ring layout. It worked out very wellhere.

The program run-down is as follows:Zenobia Temple Units Display; Zenobia

Temple Potentate and Divan Introductions;National Anthem by Shrine Circus Band; Cir-cus overature directed by band leader At Ver-

non; Sam T. Polack Circus .spectacular, withentire cast and elephants; The Great Hubertoin a slide for life; Eddie Sch mitt's tigers; LesCrissians. aerial cradle; Herbie Weber, Marcel-li & Janus and Lisaung, wire act display; TheKarinas, trampoline; Ethel Jennier, sword balance; Roland Marcelli, juggling; ChristianeGlover, rolling globe; Clowns With John MacKay and Earl Michaels, producing; Jacki andHerta Althoff's performing bears; Clowns;Darrell Wallen and horse 'Cabaret'; The Fan-tastic Darnells, Magic with a Touch of Class;Happy and Karin Davis, Sir Chadwick Chase,comedy car; The Flying Cortez; Intermission.

Philipe Versen, single trapeze; Ethel Jennierwith leaping greyhounds; Clowns; Darrel Wal-len and horse 'Mr. Rythm'; Clowns; Miss Her-ta's performing chimps; Show Time announcement by At Dawley; Diano's elephants withCol. Lee Keener, Jeannette and Tanya; SamT. Polack Circus American Flag finale withthe entire cast.

Show staff/personnel included: Sam T. Po-lack, producer; Frank A. Saltzgiver, circusdirector for Zenobia Temple; Ron Kelroy,unit manager; Al Vemon, musical director;Al Dawley, ringmaster/announcer; Art Mor-temore, Zenobia Temple unit parade mar-

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FRANZEN BROS. CIRCUS

BY ALLEN BABCOCK

Franzen Bros. Circus played Arcola. lit., onMay 15, then showed at Findlay, III. May 16.The weather on both days was beautiful withlots of sunshine and the teardowns were car-ried out under an almost full moon.

Ynu couldn't have asked for more beautifulweather for a circus. However, just before andafter the circus was here we had some coldweather with a great deal of rain.

Arcola is at the east edge of the Amish settlement in Illinois and several of the Amish folkswere at the circus. They seemed to enjoy allof the animal acts and especially Wayne's Po-nies of America liberty act. This act has to beone of the best liberty acts in the country.

The show had full houses at Arcola and evenhad people sitting on canvas which had beenspread out on the ground for them. Attend-ance at Findlay was good but not as large asat Arcola.

Three local area TV stations gave the show alot of coverage when Wayne took one of hislions to the University of Illinois Vet. Clinic,where they did root canal work on three of itsteeth. Since then the animal seems to be backto its normal self again.

Dennis Michael took one of his dogs to theclinic for some special treatment. But it didnot get the coverage the lion did.

Brian and Tina Grieser just took delivery ofa 4 month old American black male bear andtiipy've named it Bongo. They acquired a cagefrom Bob Phebus and it seems to like its new.ome. They'd be interested in hearing from

folks about the care, feeding and training ofsuch a small cub.

This year Wayne has probably his strongestJiuw ever. He presents the liberty act, thecats, a single horse, camel and llama and theelephant 'Okla'; Tina Grieser does web andtrapeze, Brian works with the horse Tontoand also does the pitch. Jose Ayala and JoseMarcias do juggling, foot juggling, rola bola,chair stacking, etc.

Dennis Michaels has several new comedy bitsand he was assisted here by his daughter, Mandy, in the gorilla parody number. There is afine magic act by the Amazing Zajicek, andMarian Serns (Sam) does clowning and takescare of the novelties.

Lynn Michaels is both organist and show

from

DON

MARCKS

WHAT DOES ONE BELIEVE?

Since the last issue of Circus Report was putinto the mail, the post office official phonedto s -V that he was sorry, but he made a mis-take about the CR mailing process.

The new regulations require that all mail going to Canada, Mexico and overseas be in anenvelope. All mail within the U.S. can go asi* has in the past.

This changes things somewhat and we willnow try to get geared up to the previous sys-tem, at least fo ra time.

There are some questions that need to beconsidered about future CR mailings:

1 - Keep CR at the minimum 18c postagefee. This means that all material will be con-densed so that very little material will haveto be left over. No more long stories or col-umns by anyone!

2 • Mail by bulk rate, which will delay thearrival for you, the reader. However, this canpermit CR to grow and expand with a mini-mum amount of added postage.

3 - Mail CR on a twice monthly basis, likethe 1st and 15th of each month. This mightbe especially helpful if the paper went bulkrate.

Any ideas or suggestions you might have re-garding these thoughts would be very muchappreciated.

By the way, the last issue of CR went intothe mail late, it was mailed Bulk Rate andwas handed in at the post office on May 29,has it arrived, if so when?

announcer.There is a good work crew this year and the

men have separate rooms in a big semi unit.The top is an 80 ft. round end with a 40 ft.

middle section. It is yellow and blue stripedand sure looks good on the lot.

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COL LUCKY IARABEE. ringmaster, workedrecent dates for Castle, Hubler, and Coronas,then wilt be at the Winn-Kelroy Summer PestShow in Milwaukee.

JERRY GOOOSPEED is in New York doinghis vent act at the Club Ibis.

BOB MOORE's Mongrel Revue was featuredon "Those Amazing Animals" TV Show onApril 26th and was again presented with thePrestigious "Sydney Award" by Priscilla Presley.

SMOKEY JONES and GARY JOHNSON areworking an elephant ride operation at thezoo in Louisville, Ky.

BILL BUSHBAUM, long-time showman andnorse trainer passed away in March. No otherdetails have been made available.

In search ofSHERIFF'S BULLETIN

The Sheriffs Oept. of Los Angeles Countyas well as Alameda County report they havewarrants for Larry Jeffries a.k.a. Larry Foe-der.

Anyone having information concerning hiswhereabouts is asked to contact the Sheriff'sOept. in either of the two counties.

TOLEDO SHRINE (Continued)

shal; Nev Rathke, Zenobia Temple usherchairman; Cal Rolek, electrician; Edca K.Schmitt, animal supt. (wild animals); E' L.Keener, elephant supt.; Jack! Althoff, supt.bears and chimps; Col. D. L Wallen, supt.horses; York Dlanor, vocalist; Ronaldo ofTrevor, staging and spec design; Tom Hen-ricks, circus purchasing agent and performing animal supt.

ATTENTIONDear Producers and Agents:

Thank you for keeping my son, Joey Jordan, so busy working. He isnow appearing in Atlantic City.

I remember when he first started juggling. Of course that was abouttwenty broken plates and several dozen broken eggs ago!

Now that he is constantly away, performing, my eggs are safe. I amtherefore grateful and invite all of you to my. home for dinner.

Sincerely,Joey's Mom

P. S. Bring your own plate!

JOEY JORDAN - JUGGLER ELITECurrently appearing in "Playboy Fantasy" Playboy Hotel-Casino

Atlantic City, New JerseyContact: JOEY JORDAN - (212)581-6470

850 Seventh Ave. f No. 705, New York, NY - 10019