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FROM 'CIRCUS JOE' VALENC1ANO

1981 got off to a very good start for my fa-mily, the Valencianos and I. In the short timeof the month of January and a week in Feb-ruary, these performers visited our home:the Arturos, the Eugene A. Nock family, theJohn Dubsky family, the Ericksons, Sebas-tian Adriani, Millie Diaz with her mother,and Oscar Czerwek (formerly of the Anton-em).

My aunt, Inge, was a guest at the Dubskyhome for a few days, in time to help cele-brate Mama Dubsky's birthday. While there,on Mar. 25th, the Dubskys had a perform-ance in Sarasota. They had a date with theInt'l All Star Circus, which my aunt had thepleasure of attending. She reports it is a wellpresented show, with a one ring format. Al-so good music from a five piece band. Actswere presented by Mines Rucker, Patti Rue-ker, the John Dubsky family, Bonnie & ClydeEarl, Mike Rice's elephant and others. TheDubskys plan to stay with this circus for thesummer months.

I would like to thank Arturo Trostl, JohnDubsky and Sebastian for the memorabiliathey so kindly gave me to add to my collec-tion. It is enjoyed very much.

Dimitri, the Swiss mime and clown, will perform in Sarasota, April 18th, during his 5thNorth American tour. His extra-ordinary oneman show will take place at the Van WezelPerforming Arts Hall.

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PEOPLEFRANK DEAN, popular western entertainerand writer, has been doing autographing par-ties for his recent book "Cowboy Fun" forthe B. Dalton chain of bookstores in the LosAngeles area.His most recent appearance was at the storein Oxnard (Calif) on Mar. 28th, where he wasone of two members of "The Western Writersof America" at the store. The other member,Louis L'Armour, world's best known and bestselling western writer was autographing his la-test book "Comstock Lode."In all five authors were at the party, with eachgiven about an hour for their individual auto-graphing session.Other writers were: Jack Smith with his book"Jack Smith L.A." (he is well known for hiscolumn in the Los Angeles Times); Larry Ni-ven with "The Ringwortd Engineers" and Dr.Robert Forward with his "Dragon's Egg"books.Most of the authors gave a brief talk abouttheir works, but Frank Dean added a bit ofrope spinning to his presentation..

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Show DatesBeany-Cole Bros. CircusApr 20-21 Statesville, NC

22-23 Dublin, Va.24-25 Fishersville26-27 Fredericksburij

Canon & BarnesApr 5 Windcrest, Texas

6 Fredericksburg7 Burnet8 Brownwood9 Stephenvilte

10 Jacksboro11 Vernon

Hubert Castle CircusApr 20 Chamberlain.SD

21-22 Yankton23-25 Sioux Falls

26 WatertownApr.23-26 Indianapolis, Ind

Circus OdysseyApr 20-26 Wilkes-Barre, Pa

Circus VargasApr 17-23 San Fernando,Ca

24-27 Oxnard

Great American CircusApr 21 Apopka, Fla.

22 Crescent City23 Palm Crescent24 St. Augustine25 Mac Clenny26 Quitman, Ga.

Hamid-Morton CircusApr 20-26 Morristown, NJ

M & M Intl CircusApr 21-26 Omaha,Nebf.

Maine Shrine CircusApr 20-22 Portland, Me

24-26 Bangor

Sam T. Polack CircusApr 24-25 Little Rock,Ark

Ringl ing-Barnum - BlueApr 14-27 Washington, DC

Ringling-Barnum - Redto May 31 New York, NY

Royal Hanneford CircusApr 20-26 Cincinoati, Ohio

Royal Lichtenstein CircusApr 20 Worcester, Mass.

21 Staten Island, NY22 New Haven, Conn.23 Bethlehem, Pa.24 Philadelphia25Wheaton, Md.26 Washington, DC

Syrian Temple Shrine CircusApr 20-26 Cincinnati, Ohio

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Magic Collector's WeekendApr 24-25 Chicago, III.

Magic JewelerApr 24-May 9 London,Eng

Michigan Magic DayApr 25 Battle Creek, Mich

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Burr's Fun-0-RamaApr 20-25 Walpole, Mass.

James H. Drew ExpositionApr 21-26 Greensboro.NC

Gutis FamilyApr 20-26 Wilkes-Barre.Pa

Ice CapadesApr 21-26 Anaheim, Calif

Pi rates of the SkyApr 20-26 Wilkes-Barre.Pa

Larry RichApr 20 Ironwood, Mich.

21 Houghton22-23 Marquett24-26 Duluth, Minn.

Trudy's DalmatiansApr 23-26 Indianapolis, Ind

Alberto Zoppe FamilyApr 24-26 Duluth, Minn.

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ReportINT'L ALL STAR CIRCUS

BY JIM PARKER

March 25th, found Jim Nordmark's Inter-national Circus playing at the Robarts Arenain Sarasota, Fla., to a good house filled withlots of local circus folks. The morning of theshow it was discovered that one of the showtrucks had been broken into and all lightingand the organ were stolen, so it was hecticaround there for a while, but by show timeyou never knew there had been a major pro-blem.

The line-up includes: Bonnie Earl singingthe opening number; Dr. Jano's chimps anddogs; Magic by George Cahill; Clowns Coco,Jr. and Lavey Hipps; Uncaged Leopard, HinesRucker; Single Trapeze, Miss LaJana; Tightwire, Oe Mille; Billy Earl and Henrietta, ventact; Intermission.Stilt walking by Coco Jr. and LaVey Hipps;

Cinderella and Her Dove Fantasy; Jugglingby DeMille; Christina La peon Us VegasDog Fashion Show; Bonnie & Clyde; Mikeand Sally LaTorres, with elephant Stoney.

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The show band was comprised of Lee Ketchum, director, Dave Epperly, organist andChris Bryant, Tom Ryan and Steve Lock-wood. Except for the elephant number theyplay very little circus music. Hines Ruckercontinues to be oneof the outstanding an-nouncers in the business and of course wearsmany hats in the show, thus keeping himbusy all the time.

Magician George Cahill goes right into thebig illusions, works fast and leaves a verygood impression - stricly professional andan asset to the show. DeMille's tight wireact is superb and his wardrobe is outstand-ing and is a new addition to the Nordmarkproduction. The Ballerina Dog in CristinaLa Deon poodle revue steals the show andher Las Vegas Fashion Show is done verywell with lots of flash.

Added for the Sarasota date were clownsCoco, Jr. and Lavey Hipps and elephanttrainers Mike and Sally LaTorres.

The single bull act looks exceptional. Hasnew head piece and ankle bracelets all inwhite, plus Mike and Sally were wearing newwardrobe. What an asset to any show, cleanneat, young and a fast working bull.The Dubsky family, of course, did many turnsand all of their acts were done well. Probablythe busiest kinker of them all is the versatilePatti Rucker. From taking tickets at the frontdoor, to working with Magician George Cahill,the uncaged leopard with Hines, spot lightsand the whole works, you barely have timeto say "hi" to her. No wonder she keeps sucha trim figure and always seems to have a ra-diant personality - talk about being "general-ly useful" she is an all around show gal.

Clown Phil Sadler did not put on the greasepaint for this date but does on the "normal"tour.

April 4 • Alcoa, Tenn. - A 10 month old Ben-gal tiger being led around on a leash at a fleamarket broke loose from its handler and at-tacked a 5 year old boy, biting and clawinghim. The youngster was reported in seriouscondition.

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SHRINE DATETIGRIS SHRINE CIRCUS

Here's just a few scheduled events that couldhave (but did not) eat into the attendance andprofits of the 48th edition of the Tigris ShrineCircus, which closed a 3 day, six show engage-ment at the War Memorial Auditorium in Syr-acuse, NY, on Sunday, March 29th. Ice Cap-ades, Harlem Globetrotters and the Sugar RayLeonard fight.The expertise of publicist, Joan of Art, and

the highly touted and widely acclaimed re-views of the Bill Kay Production, however,resulted in two sell out performances, andfour near-full houses.

Headliners such as Tino Wallenda Zoppe,and wife Olinka; Jeanette and Albert Rix'sBears; the Albanis Thrill motorcycle act; Har-ry and Gina Dubsky's leaping leopards thruhoops of flames; and Sir Harry James' out-standing balancing act (on one finger), help-ed attract families who jammed the turnstilesfor two hours of thrills and chills.Bill and Pat Kay were signed up immediate-

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DAVID HOY (50) an entertainer in the pys-lnc field, lecturer and columnist, died April3rd. He started his career as a minister thenswitched to psychic magic and expanded in-to the legitimate field on extra sensory de-velopments. It was said that he was overweight and died of a heart attack.

LEE TAI KING (84) a San Francisco enter-tainer for many years, died March 23rd. Hefeatured the Oriental trick of using a reedscoop to magically make popcorn appearfrom kernals. His magic frequently featureda climb up a ladder of sharp swords and con-cluded with him jumping from a chair into amess of broken glass, all while barefooted.

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PEOPLEANGELA WILNOW and her Braves played atthe International Cavalcade of Stars at Dade-land Mall in Miami, Fla.. March 26-28, Book-ed and produced by BOB SNOWDEN of Sar-asota, Fla.

PAUL BUTLER, of Canada, reports he justrecently visited the Hubert Castle Circus andRoyat Hanneford Circus.

ANNETA "Jingles" MOERBE, the DallasClown, was a bunny on the National EasterSeals Telethon on March 29th.

BOB H. GOLDEN, will again take to the airwith his aerial acts and productions. "Mypartner has retired but I'm just too young atheart to stop." He will be working some spotdates for the Donnie Johnson Circus, as wellas other dates.

JOE McMAHON will be with the Clyde Beat-ty-Cole Bros. Circus this season, working withJOHN PUGH and TIM STINSON.

GUS and BETTY BELL recently spent sometime resting at home (gardening, mowing andhousekeeping). While at home they had a call

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MOORE'SMONGREL REVUE (Bob andJeanne Moore) wilt work the Sports Show inAlbuquerque, NM, April 24-26.

BILL PATTERSON who writes "The Pet Par-ade" column recently won first prize as "thebest syndicated pet column", an award fromthe Dog Writers' Assoc. of America.

CHERYL "Cookie" ROGERS and JAMESJIM BOW DECKER will be Easter Bunnyand clown featured in the Easter Breakfastsponsored by Lord and Taylor at North Parkin Dallas on April 4th.

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ReportCIRCUS NOTES

BY JOHN W. BEARD

Just caught Carson & Barnes at Pleasanton,Texas (Mar. 31) where the show was set upin a cone of trees, wild flowers and ankledeep clover. It was a scene to behold and thesmell of the flowers and clover was every-where.

The show has two flying acts and a cat act.Tent and wagons are flashy, and the menag-erie features the baby giraffe (Okla City) anda white rhino which is displayed in a pen plat-form from a truck.

Bookshelf"Elephants: The Vanishing Giants" by DanFreeman has been published by Putnam andsells for $20.00. It is a comprehensive, well-illustrated account of the relationship be-tween elephants and men and the threatenedenvironment in which the elephants live • avisual treat for elephant lovers.

"Will Rogers Weekly Articles" Vol. 2. pub-lished by the Oklahoma State UniversityPress and sells for $19.95. The volume con*tains the weekly newspaper articles that Ro-gers wrote during 1925-1927, It includes anaccount of his visit to the Miller Bros, fa-mous 101 Ranch near Ponca City,

ReportFRANZEN BROS. CIRCUS

BY BUDDY CALHOUN

Franzen Bros. Circus opened its 1981 seasonon March 19th at Mt. Vemon, Ala. The open-ing date was played to good business and wasfollowed by stands at Sattuma, Robertsdaleand Gulf Shores, all in Alabama.

Owner Wayne Franzen was looking forwardto a two-day stand at Milton, Fla., on March23-24, where he hoped to set up his brandnew big top. The new top, an 80 ft. roundend with a 40 ft middle, is in yellow and bluestripes, which should give the show addedflash on the grounds.Still presenting an outstanding show, Fran*

zen's performance is built around its stronganimal turns - in this reporter's opinion thebest animal acts on any small circus. JoseAyala and Senor Ochoa are new to the showthis year and their four acts - chair stacking/balance, rola bola and juggling, foot juggling• add a change of pace to the performance.

Returning for another season with Franzenare Dennis Michael as "Freddie the clown"and Tina Grieser with her web and trapezenumbers.

Lynn Michael, organist/announcer, was tojoin in Milton and will add her special touchto the performance, giving it pace and con-tinuity that makes this show particularlyentertaining.

Greeting patrons and working novelties thisyear is Marion Serns as "Sam", winner of lastyear's Clowns of America make-up and cos-tume championship.

Wayne said that things were looking goodfor the 1981 season, with the complete sea-son booked through October. A brief swingthrough Florida and several dates in Georgiawill precede the show's northward trek. Sum-mer will find the show back in familar tern-

( Tory around its original home base in Wis-consin.

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CARSON & BARNES CIRCUS

BY HARRY C. KINGSTON

Tex Dreyfus and Harry Kingston joined theCarson & Barnes Circus for their annual springvisit and a good time was had by all. The sea-son for the show started out with two fullhouses at Paris, Texas.At Banham the lot was so soft that D. R. Mil

ler used his new innovation in circus historyby erecting his cable big top (A cable framewith no canvas) and that was said to be theworst day out thus far in the season, as faras business was concerned. The red letter daycame at Longview where 3 shows were given,yes three shows, and all of them with capa-city crowds. This date was said to have bro-ken all previous records for the show there.

At Nacogdoches business was excellent buta Texas front came up through the area andat night a blowdown almost occured. D. R.Miller ordered the show cut so the big topcould be lowered, as the quarter poles werebeginning to swing in the air.

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still high and blew the vynal big top around.Bubba Voss and wife Enola visited and cut

up many jackpots with D. R., Isla, Barbaraand Geary Byrd.

At Navasota the lot was very dirty and dus-ty and for a small town business was excel-lent. Next on the route was the famous LaGrange, famous for its chicken ranch (Texashouse of ill repute). The top was set up on abeautiful grassy fairgrounds. Snooker Swainvisited the show, she is the wife of the lateKennedy Swain, who served as the Carson &Barnes announcer for several years.Any fan visiting the show be sure to look up

Shirley Linderman (Fred Logan's ex-wife) shewas once on Oailey Bros., Kelly-Miller and se-veral other shows. Ted Bowman, the manager,can be seen all over the lot. Fans with extraroute cards be sure to look up Ted.

0. R. Miller, the world's greatest circus fan,has many surprises for the fans this year. The8 pole big top is fantastic, the only vynal onein America. They have a baby giraffe, then alarge rhino is displayed in a new truck design-ed by D. R. Miller.

The show program is very strong with moreacts due to come on. Three flying acts areplanned and the old west spec is fantastic.

The program included:Cradle, FranciscoPriana, Lucy Chara; Cats, Patricia White; ro-la bola, unicycle, wire, Oriana, Caballero, Cas-tillo; Riding lion, Patricia White; Peanut pitchwith David Rawls; Spec "Old West" all cast;Dressage, Laura Walker; Hair hang, web, lad-ders, Rosario; Clown Magic; Teeterboard, Ca-ballero; Single Elephant; Book Pitch; Contor-tion, hand balancing, Maria, Fernando, Ros-aria, Caballero, Odelido; Liberty act, John,Lucy, Laura; Clowns; Single traps, Romanrings, Diane, Irene, Oriana, Lucy, Chara; theSponsor's Thank You; Juggling, Charlie, Ju-lio, Fernando, Irene, Ruben, Chara; Cokepitch; Big elephants under the direction ofJohnny Walker; Clowns; Flying acts. Luna,Bautistia.

Last not but least is William Reynolds theband director, playing circus music and notBroadway show music. It is the best circusband around, indoor or outdoor, end manyof the old musicians you will recognize.

All in all, the show is moving like a welloiled piece of machinery, even though helpcomes and goes.

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JIM "Bullet" BAILEY (31), a stuntman. diedApril 1st when he fell 150 from an airplane onthe island of Maui in Hawaii. He was filming astunt for TV when a safety hook pulled loosefrom the bottom of the airplance, droppinghim into a sugar cane field.

F. A. "Babe" BOUDINOT (85) died in Chica-go on March 18th. He was General Agent andTraffic Manager of Ringling-Barnum for manyyears, retiring from the show in 1955. He hadserved for some 42 years in various advanceoutdoor advertising positions with the circus,starting on Ringling Bros, before their com-bine with Barnum & Bailey. He was famedfor his Opposition Brigades. In recent yearshe was an executive with General OutdoorAdvertising in Chicago and was also affilia-ted with Chicago's legitimate theatres. He issurvived by his wife, Jo, who lives in Chicago

JOE (Odie Dodie) COLBY (65) died in theLos Angeles, Calif., area on March 28th. Hewas a pitchman and worked with a numberof circuses. He was bom Dec. 1!, 1905 inOttumwa, Iowa.

HERBERT SPENCER STINE (46) died Mar.23rd in Baltimore, Md. He was a long-timeindependent food and drink concessionaire,working in the D.C., Maryland and Virginiaarea. He is survived by his father Spencer A.Stine, a sister, Betty, his wife, Charlene, twosons, William and Herbert, Jr. and a daughterMargaret Anne Stine.

EDITH WILSON (76) the famous "Aunt Je-mima" on the oatmeal box, died March 30,after having suffered a stroke several weeksago. She gained national fame as the face onthe Quaker Oats Co. advertisements. She al-so played "Aunt Jemima" on TV and radiofrom 1948 to 1966.

PEOPLEClowns currently on tour with the AmericanContinental Circus are:Johnny Peers, Doug Ashton, Tom Piccard,Weary Willie, and Oan Mason. The show's ad-vance clown is Debbie the Clown.

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FAMILY FARECFA CONVENTION

The Circus Fans Association of America willhold its annual convention June 21-24 at theRadisson Scottsdale Resort and Racquet Clubin Scottsdale, Ariz.Activities will begin on Sunday afternoon

with registration at the Club, to the accom-paniment of music from the air calliope ofCFA'r Dr. Boyden Crouch of Phoenix, theinstrument playing outside the building.Church services that evening will be conduc-ted by another member, the Rev. RobertDagwell, of McGehee, Ark.In addition to business sessions and seminars

the week's activities will include watching thesetup and a performance of the Big JohnStrong Circus, whose owner, John A. Strong,will be guest speaker at the Wednesday even-ing banquet. Author David Hammarstrom isalso scheduled to speak to the group.

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mous western circuses and other circus topicswill be covered by members who have madespecial in-depth research in these areas.

Special activities include a tour of Rawhide,western-style town, from which members willtravel in horse-drawn wagons to a desert cook-out, and a visit to Big Surf. "The Ocean in theDesert" for junior members.

New officers will be elected at a Wednesdaymorning business session and a new Presidentwill be installed to succeed the incumbentFred R. Reed of Glendale, Ariz. The site forth<j 1982 convention will be selected at thatsession.

J. Allen Duffield, P. 0. Box 69, Camp Hill,Pa. 17011, is Secretary-Treasurer (and PastPresident) of the CFA.

PEOPLELLOYD E. JONES. Book Worm columnist,will be the guest of honor at the Collector'sAssociation Annual Meeting in Chicago. Apr.24-25. He will speak on problems of the Ma-gic Collector and will comment on his notedLibrary, one of Magic's best and now control-led by Byron and Barfai Walker.

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The other book is the "Cruise Ship Enter-tainer" by Jene Carroll and sells for $35.00.Yes, that is right, $35.00 but since the bookwill have a limited appeal and no doubt ameager sale it could be worth it to the aspir-ing sea entertainer. The book is about 50 fullsize pages, soft bound with plastic comb bin-ding and contains several pages of cruise shipslistings and where they go and names and ad-dresses. Mr. Carroll tells much about whatone should know before tackling the field.Salary? Animals? Dress? Do you do otherchores such as run the bingo game, and whatnot? If you've considered giving a cruise ship

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As customers left the bank they could readanother Rogers quote: "Happiness and con-tentment is progress. In fact that's all progressis."

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CASTLE CAPTURES SEATTLE

BY BETTY BARTHOLOMEW

The Hubert Castle Circus played to rathersparce audiences during its Seattle engage-ment for the Nile Temple Shrine. This wasmainly due to the lack of advertisement. Al-though plenty were available, few placardshad been posted and only a small advertise-ment appeared in local papers a few daysprior to the opening, along with a few radiospots.

But, on to the show. We viewed the Satur-day matinee and although the house was on-ly half full, the performers gave it their all.No programs were available so it is difficultto give the artists credit by name.

Gary Thomas was spotlighted in center ringin the cage, but instead of his usual big cats,the cage was filled with showgirls in floures-cer.t orange (brief) tiger outfits. It was a dif-ferent and audience appealing start to whatproved to be a fast-paced, entertaining 2%hour show.Although many of the circus fans were ex-

pecting to see Tarzan Zerbini working thecats, they found Gary Thomas a more thanadequate performer in his own right. Althoughhis act was not especially elaborate, his hand-ling of the felines was masterful and assurreri.

We could see all three rings of aerial artistsbut were seated directly below and in frontof the Sheri-Brown Duo (Braun and SharonReinhold). Their artistry was flawless andepitomized beauty and grace in slow motion.

Most of the performers did more than oneturn. Perhaps the most versatile were the 01-medas who had a fast-paced juggling act, bi-cycle stint and an outstanding AndalusianHorse Dressage act. In the latter they weredazzlingly costumed. Denise was not onlybeautiful in her lovely traditional Spanishgown, complete with mantilla and fan, buther control of her horse without once touch-ing the reins was almost unbelievable.

One of the most well received acts was thePietro Canestrelli family and their teeter-board antics. They displayed a great deal ofcomedy along with their amazing skill. Thetroupe's costuming as musketeers fit wellwith their act.

The Zerbinis were evident in several acts.Slyvia did a turn with camels and llamas that

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AL ROSS (73), circus clown, died at Colum-bus, Ohio, on April 2nd. He had recently un-derwent surgery and later suffered a stroke.Ross' real name was Alphonse E. Helwig andhe was born in Cincinnati. His skill at divingand tumbling led to an opportunity to join aacrobatic troupe in early 1930. He took theprofessional name of Ross when he becamea member of the Ross Acrobatic Troupe.He appeared with the Tom Mix Circus, Hub-ler Intl. Emmett Kelly, Jr., and other showsand in recent years worked advance for var-ious shrine circuses. His last work was aheadof the Hubert Castle Circus at Columbus andhe was to have appeared in their performan-ces.

In addition to circuses he worked fairs and innight clubs. During World War II he was withthe Army working as a cook and as a perfor-mer with a Special Services unit in the SouthPacific. Following the war he returned to hisshow business career.

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- CONDITION -This equipment is the last of my circus equipment and has been stored in mywarehouse out of the weather for the last 26 years. Wagon is in pretty goodshape and could be used today, but it does have a little rot in a couple ofplaces and all of it needs sanding, painting and lettering. The harness needslots of saddle soap and shining on the silver. Because it has never been expos-ed to weather, I would say that it is all in pretty good shape, and a little Chin-ese Labor would put it in excellent shape.

- HISTORY -Wagon was built in 1948 at Hinson Stock Barn in Chipley, Florida, by well-known showman and builder, Lee Bradley. The wheels were manufactured bysome wheel works in Missouri. It was made especially for W. F. Duggan's Pan-American Animal Exhibit where it was loaded with monkeys and used as adowntown bally. In 1951-1952 it was used by Dub Duggan's Hagen-WallaceCircus, in 1953 it was on Frank Martin's and Arthur Stermac's Hagan-WallaceCircus. In 1954, it was used at Texas Jim Mitchell's Zoo and Park in Sarasota,Florida. Except for a couple of parades in the late 1950's and early 1960's,it has not been used, but has been in dry storage.

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was not only pleasing, but one seldom seenon most circuses. The Zerbinis also perform-ed with the horses, elephants, as well as ontrapeze and web.

Eva, Joe and Dennis Horwatts presented thechimp act. A former acquaintance from theVargas show. Mohamed Rahhali (AlbuletBros.) was one of the excellent clowns. Tra-cy Ballantine did part of his clowning on thestilts.

The Rodriguez (Diane, Angelina, Kathleen)presented a triple hairhang from a triangularbar and also performed on the rolling globes.They experienced some difficulty getting theglobes up the ramp (one young woman slip-ped and twisted her ankle) but the audiencewas with them all the way. The Rodriguez/Vasguez Flyers did not appear due to riggingproblems.

Les Bloc (which we had seen previously onAmerican Continental) held the audiencespell bound with their three-man high walkacross the wire.

The act that had the audience almost doub-led over with laughter was the dog act presen-ted by Marie France. Looking like well-groomed, walking mops, the amazing little canines(whose breed name escapes me) seemed toenjoy themselves almost as much as the au-dinece.The band was spirited if sometimes loud. Ei-

ther the acoustics were poor or ringmasterJon Friday's voice failed to carry well overthe mike but it was difficult to understandwhen he announced the various acts.

Climaxing the entertaining afternoon wasCaptain Circus, the Human Cannonball, fea-turing Braun Reinhold.

Though the audience it captured was small,the Hubert Castle Circus kept them entranc-ed and left them wishing for more.

As a way of saying "thank you" to all thecast and crew of the Hubert Castle Circus,Jack Bell Tent No. 90, CFA (Seattle. Wash)hosted a home-made cookies and lemonadeparty between shows during the Sunday en-gagement. When the lights dimmed on thematinee performance it was like a rush at aJanuary White Sale as performers, rousta-bouts and musicians all made a dash for theheavily laden table, then proceeded to polite-ly line up. After taking their choice of cook-ies they moved along to sign the guest book.Although several children lingered, fascinated

ReportTHE PRESTON SHOW

BY JIM RIDENOUR

On Thursday, March 26th, I presented myHappy the Magic Clown assembly program atthe Surgoinsville, Tenn., elementary school.

While setting up the school secretary men-tioned that a magic show was working theHigh School and so I drove over and was sur-prised to see Preston the Magician who is apast president of the Internationa Brother-hood of Magicians.

We had a long talk and he told me he doesmagic one year and hypnotism the next. Hehas worked these same schools for over 20years. He presented his most entertaininghypnotism show to over a thousand studentswith a one dollar admission.

He does a fine job and, believe it or not,the students ate it up. Preston told me thehyp act is hard to book these days, but hehas a string of loyal school administratorswho schedule him annually.

MiscellaneousThe Big John Strong Circus played Lancas-ter, Calif., for Doc Boyd on March 27-28.

Great All American Youth Circus trainersChuck Craw, Susie Medley, Tony Medley,Roger Biddick and wardrobe director MaggieSlater attended the Al Malaikah Temple'sShrine Circus, presented by the AmericanContinental Circus on March 28th.

by the dancing clown music box that was thetable centerpiece.

Approximately 16 dozen cookies were guickly dispensed with and the president was hasti-ly sent to a nearby store to purchase more.Many circus people stood about chatting withfans, while others left for a guick rest betweenshows, but wandered back before the eveningperformance to again express their apprecia-tion.

Members of the Jack Bell Tent were pleasedto be able to share a few moments of fellow-ship with these fine people who work so hardto bring wholesome entertainment to the pub-lic (artists, staff and crew) and are lookingforward to hosting other circuses that play inthe Seattle area.

WANTEDCLOWNS

BUTCHERSMUSICIANS

TRUCK D R I V E R S

and/or Useful People

*

Call: 1 -800 -824 -7888Ext. M-4168

John Lewis or Hoxie Tucker

Leave your name, phone no.address and what you do - wewill call you back.

MARRIAGETHEY'RE MARRIED

Johnny Peers married Jackeline Guyton inLondon, England, on March 12,1981. Thecouple met on the Tihany Show in BuenosAires, where Johnny was clowning and Jac-keline was a show girt. Johnny is currentlywith the American Continental Circus.

NoticeCORRECTION

On Page 12, of the March 30th issue of Cir-cus Report it said, "Bob and Lou Stoddardhad a theatre party for the combined IceFollies and Holiday on Ice personnel..."It should have read: Bob and Lou Stoddard

had a theatre party (that included nineguests) for a performance of the combinedIce Follies and Holiday on Ice show at Re-union Arena in Dallas in March.