S F A V O R I T E C I R C U S IB

6th Year July 11, 1977 Number 28

ESA ViolationA federal judge has ordered a Chicago curio dealer to turn over $11,000 worth of whale

and hippopotamus teeth, turtle shells and tusks from walruses and elephants.

The dealer, Donald Kostecki, received a suspended two year sentence for violation ofthe Endangered Species Act. He pleaded guilty on May 12th, to charges that he received theanimal parts through interstate commerce and had sold them in violation of the act.

Kostecki was arrested on Dec. 9th, af-ter he allegedly sold three sperm whale teethto an undercover agent from the U. S. Cus-toms Service. At that time he allegedly show-ed the agent some 20 other teeth, most ofwhich had been imported from Japan.

Many of the teeth that Kostecki had inhis place of business had been carved intointricate figurines and would be valued at asmuch as $1,000 each by collectors.

Jumbo HonoredA plaque honoring Jumbo, the elephant, wasunveiled at St. Thomas (Canada) on June 17,by the Ontario Heritage Foundation.

Born in Africa in 1861, Jumbo was bought bythe London Zoological Gardens in 1865 andbecame a beloved attraction. His keeper wasMatthew Scott and by 1881 he could by ap-

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NOW BOOKINGDue to circumstances beyond my control

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GLORIA and EDWARD PEEBLES (The BusyB's) are working at "The Farm" in Ontariothis summer. They are using eight dogs, amonkey and a new addition, a duck. Also ap-pearing at The Farm is STAN WOODS andhis ponies.

TOM OGDEN, magician, is presently work-ing school dates in the Eastern states.

THE REYNOSO. BROS. (Pirates of the Sky)and the OLMEDY-KOLMEDY TROUPE, bi-cycle act, will be working at the KennywoodPark (Penna) during the month of August. Inlate August and September the park will fea-ture LES BLOCKS, high wire act.

CUSTOM COLORCIRCUS PHOTOSFull-Color Action Performance Shots, LotViews, Scenics, Equipment, Band Photos

1976 Circus Season Photos Now AvailableAdditional Photos Dating Back to 1971Season Also For Sale. For Details, SendStamped, Self-Addressed Envelope to:

JAMES D. KALIVODA1509 South Clinton Avenue

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WANTEDLADY ASSISTANT FOR ANIMAL ACT

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Write: "Care"4026 Syracuse Dr,, Las Vegas, Nev. 89121,

New OfficersOfficers elected to head the National Con-gress of Animal Trainers & Breeders, Inc., forthe year 1977-78 are:

President, John Cuneo; Vice President, BobbyBerosini; Secretary, Hubert Wells and Treas-urer, Mae Noell.

Appointed to the Board of Directors are: TomWilds, Wally Ross, Ron Whitfield, MarvinDowney and the Executive Secretary.

THE CIRCUS REPORT is published each week byDon Marcks, 525 Oak St.. El Cerrito, Calif. 94530.SUBSCRIPTION RATE: $12.00 per year (Overseasvia surface mail $15.00).ADVERTISING RATES (per issue): Minimum ad$5.00; Quarter Page $10.00; He Page $15.00; FullPage $25.00 (No Color Work avdi.able).

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ROUTESClyde Beatty-Cole Bros. Circus

July 11-13 Springfield, Mass.14-17 Albany, N. Y.

Hubert Castle CircusJuly 11-12 Billings, Mont.

13 Miles City14 Glendive16 Dickenson, N.D.

Circus KirkJuly 6 Wakefield, R. I.

Circus VargasJuly 13-17 Mississaugua, Ont.

Funs-A-Poppin Circusto Aug. 28 Lion Country Safari, Ca.

Bobby Gibbs Circusto Sept. 11 Baraboo, Wise.

Grande Early American CircusJuly 11-12 Hale, Mich.

13-14 Pinconning1 5 Sebewaing16 Cass City

Tommy Hanneford Circusto Sept. 5 Lake George, N.Y.

Happytime CircusJuly 11-23 Santa Rosa, Calif.

Harry's Magic CircusJuly 16-17 Fostoria, Ohio

Hoxie Bros. CircusJuly 10-11 Hagerstown, Md.

12-13 Riviera Beach14 Dowington15 Media16 Aston Twp.

Hoxie's Great American CircusJuly 11 Honesdale, Pa.

12 Bangor13 West Hazelton14 Shenandoah15 Bloomsburg16 Shamokin17 Summit Hill

Int'l All Star CircusJuly 11 Ft. Wayne, Ind.

12 Marion13 Richmond14 Anderson15 Indianapolis16 Bloomington17 Columbus, Ohio

King Bros.-Cole Cmbd. CircusJuly 11 Bennington, Vt.

12 Btattleboro13 Keene, N.H.14 New Milford, Conn.15 Mystic16 Norwich17 Newtown

Ringling-Barnum - Blue UnitJuly 14-17 New Orleans, La.

Martin & Downs CircusJuly 11 Springhill, N.S.

12 Oxford13 Tatamagouche14 Elmfield15 New Minus16 Berwick17 Kingston

Ringling-Barnum - Red UnitJuly 13-17 San Diego, Calif.

Sells & Gray CircusJuly 11 New Philadelphia, Ohio

12 Coshocton13 Ravenna14 Mansfield15 Springfield16 Lancaster17 Mt. Vemon

John Strong CircusJuly 11-12 Akron, Ohio

13 Garfield Heights16-17 Cleveland

Karl Wallenda Circus 'July 13 Warren, Ohio

15-16 Wheeling, W. Va.

Wenatchee Youth CircusJuly 11 Coupeville, Wash.

13 Okanagan15 Pullman16 Republic17 Coulee Dam

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BILLY BARTON • •.THE EMMETT KELLY CFA Tent No. 41 won itsbattle with the Hagerstown (Md) City Council toplay their sponsored HOXIE'S BIG TOP CIRCUS(July 10-11) on a Sunday. Moreover the Councilwaived license fees for both days. The problemstarted when Police Chief Clint Mowen told themcity law forbids animal and high wire acts perform-ing on Sundays, but subsequentopinions from CityAttorney Bob Kuczynski and from the County pro-secutor indicated neither city nor state has any suchrestrictions. Actually the incident stemmed over aswitch from the fairgrounds to a different, cheaperlocation. During the past two years the fairgroundshas escalated its rental fees out of all proportionand it appears that one of the city council membersis a prominent member of the fair board. It was al-so proved that a number of tented circuses have ap-peared in Hagerstown on Sundays, the last beingthe George Matthews Circus in 1975.

Composer of circus music BARBARA TAGGART,recovering from a broken wrist, continues to haveher original tunes played on circuses and at con-certs...^ Wenatchee Youth Circus is now usingfour of her compositions. On July 6th the newlyformed Seils-Sterling Tent No. 79 sponsored a con-cert and Franzen Bros. Circus at Sheboygan (Wise)and Barbara's "Spangleland March" was featured.

SNAPSHOTS: The distinguished COUNT NICHO-LAS, redoubtable Ringmaster in the true "Contin-ental" style, got special permission from B-C ownerFRANK McCLOSKY to fly to his daughter ATHAN-ACIA's high school graduation in June....BEATTY-COLE's Clown Alley has become a miniature men-agerie with the addition of Petunia, the skunk, and"Art", the duck, which despite its name, has laid 3eggs to date....The talented ELKINS SISTERStrained RANDY AVERY's line girls for the CalgaryStampede BILLY RODGERS is building a threestory 'A' Frame to house his "shop" which will belocated on US 1 (in Gibsonton, Fla) and...true tothe Rodgers Luck the carpenter broke his leg andconstruction has been held up at least 8 weeks!

CILLY FEINDT is living in L.A., teaches dressage,and her husband works for a newspaper...DOROTHYHERBERT, one of the al l - t ime great horsewomen,was seen camping it up on the Vargas lot in Cali-fornia - selling strawberries from a concessionstand! CLEM TOCA wrote the new music for theTED & LISA STEWART "Gorilla and the Granny"

comedy-novelty. They named their new travel-all"Jenny" after "The Fox" ROSEMARY MARINO.and BEVERLY HEIGHAM (Better Booking) arebusy with their Fair Route and HAYES GANIARDwho creates circus and specialty patches for perfor-mers, CFA, and CMB groups, has the contract tofurnish patches for Puck's Canadian Circus. Manyof Hayes' designs are created by GEORGE Da BEP-PO. Interested parties can reach Mr. Ganiard at:4940 Jefferson Road, Clarklake, Mich. 49234.

PUCK's Circus captured a centerfold spread in theJune 27th issue of PEOPLE magazine when theelephant went swimming in Lake Ontario next tothe retired destroyer HAI DA....People Magazine isusing a lot of circus news, which is unusual to saythe least!WHO, WHEN & WHERE: TOMMY BENTLEY »is-ited Hoxie's Big Top, reports a fine show....JACKJOYCE is re-married - to his first wife, Martha..ALDAWLEY playing dates for Sam Polack this fall(Sam has the Hammond, Ind., date)....BERNIEKALLMAN, in addition to clowning on the Beattyshow is also the show electrician The VILLAMSopened at Circus Circus on June 1st WAZZANSare with Stebbings (an unconfirmed rumor has itthat Bill bought the Polack show)....JAMES ZOPPE(son of Rico) is riding with the GEORGE HANNE-FORD Riding act, ditto BELINDA AMANDIS...TheBUMPY FAMILY play the Omaha Fair....HOOTIEASHTON Family play Louisville for the EmmettKelly, Jr., Circus, ditto VASHEK & KATHY, theFLYING VALENTINES TOMMY HANNEFORDfurnishes a Thrill Show for the Minnesota State Fairin August....JOE SCHMIDT and ALFREDO LAN-DON are clowning with the Hanneford Family Cir-cus on the Steel Pier, VICKIE is ringmistress...KEL-LY BROS, is off for the summer, resumes in thefall and organist RAY HARTZELL is playing out-side dates CUNEO's White Tiger Sensation makesits first public appearance this month at Ontario'sMarineland....LU ANN JACOBS and PANCHO MA-GANA are with IVAN HENRY at a Phoenix Park.

SNAPSHOTS: ED RUSSELL, having a great seasonwith Puck's on the heels of a successful Castle tour,reports he won $7,000 on the Hol lywood Squares,not the $18,000 which was rumored and which Ireported here. Well, Ed, the other sounded better,especial ly to the I RS.

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MiscellaneousThe contract agreement signed by Ringling-Barnum and the American Federation of Mus-icians (AFL-CIO) covers the period throughDec. 31, 1980.

Fraud investigators for the Better BusinessBureau report that a wide-spread phone pro-motion IB underway to sell diamonds as aninvestment plan. They say be careful, the pro-gram might not be what it is claimed.King Bros. Circus played to two good housesat Bayonne, N.J., on June 5th.

Mattel reports its net sales for the first quar-ter of fiscal 1978 increased $11,368,000 or15% as compared to the same period for fis-cal 1977. The sale of toys and model productswas up 25%.RBBB's Blue Unit played to a capacity crowdfor its opening night at the Civic Center inProvidence, R. I. The city's merchants provid-ed all 10,000 tickets for local citizens at ahalf price special.

BOB STYLES, PAT GRAHAM, JIM HIRSCH-BERG, RON HENON, ROLAND and MAR-CA NATAL and VANDA CABLE are someof the former circus people now working onthe Foley & Burk Carnival.

RON PERRY and PAULETTE BRAUN (TheRianos Duo) will spend the summer monthsworking fairs in Canada. In late August theyjoin the Holiday Hippodrome Show for itsfall/winter tour.

MiscellaneousActs appearing at Belleville (June 5-7) and atGranite City (July 9-11) for the Fleckles pro-duced circus in those cities included: GuyGossing, tigers; Reynoso Bros., aerial; Vidbellsponies and elephants; Hortobogyi Troupe; theFlying Lar-Rays; Sabo's Chimps; the Hernan-dez Troupe; Johnny Luxem; DeMille; Jorge'scomedy car; and the Zoppe Arabian Riders.

IF YOU WANT THE JOB DONE RIGHT!

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Inquiry DelayLast month a Canadian judicial inquiry intothe affairs of Royal American Shows was ad-journed until Sept. 6th.

The Tampa based midway company, rated asthe largest carnival in the world, is also beinginvestigated by the U. S. Dept. of JusticeStrike Force, whose primary target is organiz-ed crime in the U. S.

Canada!s Justice James H. Laycraft says thatmore than 75 people across Canada have beenserved with subpoenas to appear before theinquiry in Edmonton.

Testimony during the inquiry included theallegations that the Royal Canadian MountedPolice used listening devices in the Winnipeghotel rooms of three Edmonton police in Dec.1975. Angus G. MacDonald, attorney for theRoyal American Shows in Canada, says thatif the hearings conclude evidence was gather-ed illegally, tax charges pending against thecarnival could be wiped out.

In other testimony, one Canadian police offi-

ROUTESCentury 21 Shows

July 15-24 Peoria, 111., •

James H. Drew ShowsJuly 11-16 New Albany, Ind.

Foley & Burk ShowsJuly 11-23 Santa Rosa, Calif.

Ice ClassicJuly 14-17 Citrus Heights, Calif.

Magic Time USA - Pro. MillerJuly 12 Harvey, 111.

14 Elmhurst15 Hillside16 Streamwood17 Joliet

Royal Lipizzan Stallion ShowJuly 12-13 Lancaster, Calif.

15-16 San Bernardino17 San Diego

Tip Top ShowsJuly 12-17 Seymour, Wise.

40 Horse HitchJuly 11-12 Sugar Creek, Ohio

16-17 Seymour, Wise.

MiscellaneousThe Swiss National Circus Knie is currentlymaking its 59th annual tour The show willpresent 387 performances in 261 days, cov-ering some 60 towns.

cer said the Winnipeg police perhaps shouldhave charged Royal American with gamingviolations in 1975.

Testimony and reports from Canadian policeshow that the force suspected three years agothat Royal American and smaller carnivalsin Western Canada were avoiding income taxby funnel ing money into the United States.

The show's owner, Carl Sedlmayr, Jr., is alsobeing investigated by U. S. Authorities, ac-cording to Milton Carp, prosecutor of thestrike force.

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CHUCK SCHLARBAUM, circus bandleader,is handling the announcing/ringmaster duties

.on the Carson & Barnes Circus. After conduc-ting his band at the Minnesota State Fair inlate August he will return to the Royal Hanne-ford Circus for that show's fall tour.

MILONGA CLINE writes to say she thinksthe Beatty personnel photo seen in the June27th issue of Circus Report was taken in SanBernardino, Calif., in May 1953.

SIMONE FINNER, artists manager with of-fices in Hollywood, Calif., has returned froma six week tour of Europe. While there shevisited both the International and Nationalcompanies of the Harlem Globetrotters, plussuch shows as Benneweis, Althoffs, Jean Rich-ard, etc. In all she visited 26 shows and some400 acts.

AL DAWLEY handled the MC work for theJIM NABORS show at the All-IOwa Fair onJune 25 and then went to the L. N. FLECK-LES Show for a June 26-27 date. On June30th he opened at the Summerfest in Milwau-kee (Wise) which runs through July 10th.

MIKE JAMS was recently named director of ,the Children's Zoo at Akron, Ohio.

MIKE SWAFFORD is back at home in South-em California after a quick trip around thecountry, with a stop in Canada, to visit cir-cus friends.

WANTEDFor The Hanneford Circus

Riggers, Diesel Drivers, Prop Boys, Grroms,Tiger Attendents. Fall tour starts Sept. 1st.Still need a few more acts.

Write or Call:

HANNEFORD CIRCUS, INC.Storytown U. S. A.

Lake George, N. Y. - 12845Phone: (518) 792-3430- (No Collect Calls) -

Show ReportThe Moolah Temple Shrine Circus at St. Louis(Mo.) closed its four day run on June 21stwith a rainstorm at intermission which cur-tailed the'second half into three displays. Theannual circus was produced by the Kaye Con-tinental Circus, with Paul V. Kaye its execu-tive director.

The program featured: Aerial Ballet; JeanetteRix, bears; Reynosa Bros., aerial; Clowns: Fiverings of dogs (Susan, Cimse, Smith, Arwoodand Kelly); the All American High Divers; aground display of Mr. John, Bumpy Family,O'Donnells, Zamperlas, Perch; Zoppe's platespinning; Pisanis, sword balancing; Merle Cookand his comedy car; the Smahas, horses; AquaManiacs; Animal display with (Vidbell's chimpact, Johnson's bears, Doves, Dubsky's chimps,Palace leopards, Laddie's Monkeys, baby ele-phant, Lipko's Chimps); Clowns; Barney Ci-priani, high dive (water); Zamperla's ridingact and Intermission.

In the second half were: Guy Gossing's tigers;the Flying Lar-Rays and the Flying Espanas;Gowns; Vidbell's elephants; Diano's elephants;Kelly's elephants; Schmitt-Albulet Duo, highwire; Pisanis, Zamperlas, Hortobagyi, BumpyFamily, Dubskys; the Nerveless Nocks.

The band was directed by Boom Boom Brown-ing, with clown numbers produced by JimmyDouglass. John E. Day was the ringmaster.

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FOR SALE40 ft. Aluminum Semi-tandem. Airconditioned. Beautiful living quarters.Sleeps Four. Nice kitchen and bath.Large Living Room. Has sliding glassdoors across rear. Possum Belly. Extralarge holding tank.

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JOHNNY CANOLEAltoona, Pa.

Phone: (614) 944-9347

Mattel's PlansSpeaking at a stockholders meeting last month,Arthur Spear, president of Mattel, Inc., saidthe company has initiated international licen-sing procedures for its Ringling Bros.-Barnum& Bailey Combined Shows, Inc., "looking be-yond our existing traveling shows." He notedthat the limited number of domestic citieshaving facilities large enough for the circushad prompted the move for licensing circusunits abroad.Mr. Spear also announced plans for a new di-vision to produce and market shows for statefairs and other activities to begin a third unittraveling to towns with limited circus facili-ties.

Although in the past Mattel has expressed adesire to sell the circus, Mr. Spear said, in re-sponse to a shareholder's question that, inview of the unit's success last year, "we donot have any intention of disposing" of eitherthe circus or the Circus World Florida themepark.

BETTY WENDANY'SFUNS-A-POPPINPackage Shows to Fit Your Needs

Box 391, Sunland, Calif. - 91040(213) 352-4277 (213) 352-2454

FOR SALEBeautiful 1947 Program Book, plustickets, passes, etc., of the GreatJames M. Cole Circus.Real collector's items - The packetfor only $5.00 -- Close-out Sale,Send Money Order to:

DOROTHY R. COLER. D. 1, Penn Yan, N. Y. 14527

Show ReportThe Gilbert Miller Agency and Howard Schul-tz booked acts for the new MGM Circus whichopened in Menasha, Wise., on June 17th andwas followed by shows in Oshkosk on June 18.The show acts included: The Dymeks, adagiopole vaulting; the Los Espanos, a four peopleflying act; the Caroline Sisters, contortion;the Bertini Duo, cradle; Ema's Chimps andNeil Franzen's Animals. Gil Miller and HarryMills shared honors as ringmaster.

BILL BRIARE, Mfyor of Las Vegas and aspecial guest at the CFA Convention, was pre-sented with an Honorary membership in theCFA at its convention in June.

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COURT RULINGThe U. S. Supreme Court has ruled in favorof Hugo Zacchini, thus paving the way forhim to sue an Ohio television station. The de-cision could also create new legal risks for thefilming and recording of entertainment eventsfor use in news programs.

In a 5-4 vote, the high court ruled that thereis no constitutional protection against damagesuits extended to the news media if theybroadcast a performer's entire act without his.consent.

Individual states may authorize such lawsuitswithout violating the constitutional right of afree press, but states also may pass laws pro-tecting the news media from this type of law-suit, the majority of justices said.

The opinion was issued in the appeal case fil-ed by Cleveland attorney John Lancione onbehalf of Zacchini, a native of Tampa.

"I perform at circuses, fairs and celebrations,"says Zacchini, "and I'm paid to perform. Ifmy entire act is televised, it takes away thenovelty of it — and that affects my worth tothe fair that is paying me to perform. If myact is seen on television, who is going to payto see it live?"

The long legal battle started in 1972 whenZacchini was performing at a fair in Burton,Ohio. A WEWS-TV reported filmed the actdespite Zacchini's objections and later it wasbroadcast in a news program. Zacchini filed adamage suit against the station, but that wasdismissed by the lower court.

An appellate court then ruled that Zacchinidid have the right to sue. The television sta-tion appealed the decision to the Ohio StateSupreme Court, which ruled in favor of thestation.

Zacchini's attorney then appealed in the fed-eral court system until the case was receivedby the U. S. Supreme Court.

The opinion doesn't say that Zacchini wasdamaged by the broadcast, but sets the stagefor him to re-file the lawsuit and attempt toprove damages.

Three dissenting justices said the majority de-

Att6ntiO(1 PERFORMER/ARTIST

LUBEN STOYANOFFPlease contact me at once or callVirginia Herring at (305) 442-2884in Coral Gables, Florida.

You may contact me; enroute HoxieBros. Circus or by mail at: JohnLewis, 9140 S. W. 59th Ave., So.Miami, Florida 33156.

Please contact me at once as I needto hear from you.

JOHN LEWIScision would affect a variety of news cover-age much broader than "human cannonball"acts.The majority view "has disturbing implica-tions for the decision could lead to a degreeof media self-censorship," wrote Justice LewisF. Powell in a dissenting opinion which wassupported by Justices William J. Brennan andThurgood Marshall.

"hereafter," he continued, "whenever a tele-vision news editor is unsure whether certainfilm footage received from a camera crewmight be held to portray an 'entire act', hemay decline coverage — even of clearly news-worthy events — or confine the broadcast towatered-down verbal reporting, perhaps withan occasional still picture.

"The public is then the loser. This is hardlythe kind of news reportage that the First Ad-mendment is meant to foster."

He said the decision could curb coverage oflocal fairs, circuses, sporting events, or dra-matic productions made up of short skits.

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M & M SHOWThe June 26th University of Detroit Circuswas produced by the M&M Circus and gavetwo performances for enthusiastic crowds. Theshow's music was provided by Jay and theLowry Organ, Ricky Romig was the produc-ing clown and Mel Snyder was the announcer.The show was staged by Grace Mclntosh andCharles Marine was the property supt.

The program featured: Ricky and the Alham-bra Clowns, come-in; The Charlies, acrobatics;The Acrobats (Fentons) aero; Susan Sheryll'sAfghans; Ricky, the Clown in a western num-ber, assisted by Rose Romig and George DaDeppo; The Fen ton Kids, trapeze and Romanrings; Johnny Laddie Troupe, unsupportedladders; The Kolmedys, balancing; Ricky, plusa trombone and long shirt; The Gutis Family,Jungleland Fantasy; The Olmedas, unicycles;Johnny Zoppe & Co., Monkey Revue.

.... George DaDeppo

MiscellaneousA mansion built in New York State by Al-fred T. Ringling, on the site of what was atone time the show's winterquarters, has beendesignated a state and federal historical site 'and is open to the public for tours.

RBBB's Blue Unit is traveling on a train of37 cars (3 tunnel, 7 flats, 4 stock and 23sleepers).

REWARD$100.00 for RECOVERY of thefollowing:

1971 Yellowstone - Serial 80768sold to Sam and Henrietta Wexler

1968 Pathfinder - Serial 22719sold to Harry Nelson

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SHOW VISITWe visited Fisher Bros. Circus at Rockingham(Vt.) on June 22nd and really enjoyed theday on the lot. The show carries three bigelephants and has eight private vehicles withhouse trailers, plus its own equipment.

Trucks include: Semi - tickets/office/conces-sions/cookhouse; Semi - mechanical dept/propsand ring curbs/tires; Semi - side show cages/poles/canvas/light plant; Semi • elephants; astraightbed spool truck which pulls a trailerwith ponies/llamas/two bears; straightbed con-cession truck, pulling a concession trailer.

Canvas includes: New big top from Anchorwhich is an 80 ft. with one 50 ft. middle; aside show 50 ft. with one 20 ft. middle; a10x20 ft. marquee and a small cookhouse.

.. Paul Horsman

The Royal Lipizzan Show played at the Fair-grounds in Yakima (Wash.) on June 22nd.

The Wm. KayeCircus played Boise (Idaho) onJune 14-17.

A switch in dates put the RBBB Blue Unit inCharleston, W. Va., last month instead of inLexington (Ky) as was advertised.

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TOM KNIGHT, of the Circus Fans of Austral-ia, attended the CFA convention in Las Ve-gas last month.ANGELO WILNOW and her collies will be onthe Ian Garden Circus at Baltimore, bookedby the Amandis Agency.KEN HULL, who was with the Barnes andRingling shows, lives in the San Diego area.His wife worked elephants for the late WalterMcClain.PARLEY BAER, rifigmaster/announcer forPolack Bros. Circus, was the guest speaker atthe CFA's convention banquet.DIANE BERRY has joined the Flying Valen-tine's flying act as a permanent replacementfor Mrs. Valentine who has retired.JOHN HERRIOTT, RBBB's Red Unit perfor-mance • i rector, was the guest speaker at abanqut i meeting (June 11) of the CharlesRingling CFA Tent.LAWRENCE PITT and family were busy lastmonth visiting the Ringling show and Hunt inthe Penna./New Jersey area.

BILLY BARTON (Continued)

GEORGE and VICKI HANNEFORD will add two30 ft. middles to their beautiful new 95 ft. roundtop with a current 40 ft. middle (red and white)when they tour with Circus Carol this fall. The can-vas with matching marquee and menagerie was madeby U.S. Canvas Co....SANDY DOBRITCH revealsthat a number of acts have been reneging on theircommissionsl TONY BAUMANN is alleged to bepurchasing four tigers from HARRY THOMAS towork up a new act for the FERCOS, in Vegas.

Performers with DOBRITCH INT'L CIRCUS inWheaton (III) sat around their TV sets watchingyours truly in the vintage MGM film "Jumbo". Thecomments about my "lost youth" made me wish amovie is consigned to an underground vault after itplays its first run!

See you down the road, luvs

HEIDI WENDANY has just received her greenbelt in Karate. She is now going on to herbrown belt.HOWARD HARDIN, juggler, was featured on,the stage show at the Pleasanton (Calif.) Fairon July 3 and 4th.

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LIFE A L O N G THE PIPELINE

Life along the Alaskan pipeline is far differ-ent these days than it used to be. Just lastweek Fred Fisher, an Exxon ecec. sent out amemo about a little problem that has to dowith marauding bears near Galbraith.

The memor reports that a well conditionedgrizzly has learned he can easily collect sacklunches by removing windshields from vehi-cles. He merely hooks his claws under thewindshield trim and then pulls the windshieldout. Seventeen windshields have been remov-ed in this manner within the past week.

YHBSUTPittsfield, Mass. - 1931May 16 - Hunt's Motorized Circus arrived inLee, Mass., this morning, coming in from theirdate at Northampton.May 12 - Allen Bros. Wild West Circus went

C O U R T R U L I N G (Con t inued )

However, the majority, in an opinion by Jus-tice Byron R. White, stressed that the newsmedia have a right to broadcast newsworthyaspects of entertainment events. The ques-tion, the court said, is whether the entire actmay be broadcast without the entertainer'sconsent. States may recognize an individual's"right of publicity" and protect entertainer'sright to control publicity about themselves.

The broadcast of a film of an entire act posesa substantial threat to the economic value ofthat performance, the majority said.

through Lee, Mass., today going from Kent,Conn., to Chester, Mass.

June 25 - Barnett Bros. Circus went throughPittsfield, Mass., this morning, going fromGreat Barrington to North Adams.

July 15 - Allen Bros. Wild West Circus arriv-ed in Cheshire, Mass, today coming in fromBecket, Mass.

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Zoo ShowThe St. Louis Zoo's animal shows are presen-ted regularly through Labor Day. The elephantshow is presented by Donn Gibson, who hasfive female Asians in the act this year.The Sea Lion show is presented in two partsunder the direction of Jim Alexander. Thefirst part is a short training period with ayoung seal, while the second portion is anact with three older animals.Greg and Carol Lille are presenting their fourchimps in the Chimp Arena. Their routinesinclude some original tricks with roller skat-ing and wire walking being featured.

The program for the Fleckles produced circ-cus at the All-Iowa State Fair (June 26-27)featured: Guy Gossing, tigers; Lodi Duo, aer-ialists; The Edwardos, bicycles; Martin Lam-berti, juggling; Sabo's Chimps; Jorge's Unpre-dictable Car; Mr. Rythm, dancing horse; MissEvelyn, aerialist; Martin Lamberti, one fing-er stand; Great DeMille, wire; The Flying Lar-Rays and Intermission.n he second half featured: Clowns; The Rey-

jso Bros., Pirates in the Sky; The Hortobag-yi Troupe; Clowns; Joe Frisco's elephants; theSwaying Stars and a Grand Finale.The band was directed by Al Youngman, withAl Dawley serving as ringmaster. Bart Winnhandled the lights

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'78 DateMICHIGAN'S JOEL E. WARNER CFA TENT"HIT THE JACKPOT IN LAS VEGAS". Itwas at the 1977 CFA Convention, hosted bythe Rolaitd Butler Tent of Phoenix, Ariz., atLas Vegas (June 16-18) that the site of next

•year's annual meeting was selected. A finepresentation by convention chairman KenKurtz won the 1978 convention for the JoelE. Warner Tent, who wil l host the organiza-tion's convention in June 1978 at Dearborn,Michigan.

The nomination for president of Herm Brand-miller led to his election as President of thenational CFA. The appointment of Dale Ri-ker, as District Director, was also made inLas Vegas.Highlights of the convention were meeting oldfriends at the registration; seeing the modelcircuses and displays in the Bull Room; theacts in Circus Circus; listening to the peoplerepresenting the various circus museums; theLido-de<Paris show at the Stardust; seeing thegreat circus movies; the Ladies Brunch, fea-turing guest speaker Ernestine Clarke Baer; a .tour of Hoover Dam; Polack Bros. Circus; thesocial hours; cutting up jackpots; the banquetfeaturing guest speaker Parley Baer; the end-less parties; shows; gambling and Fun! Fun!:and more Fun!

.... George DaDeppo

CHEERFUL GARDNF" TENTNo. 107 CF/\

Invites you to attend their annualCIRCUS FANFEST

Saturday, July 23 - Elks ClubPeru, Indiana

"The Circus Capital of the World"Big Parade - 10 a.m.

Peru Circus - 1:30 p.m.Dinner 5:30 p.m. followed by an

auction of CircusianaPeru has museums and many points of

interest for circus fans

MAY WE SEE YOU THERE"

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Canada TourWe just made a five day trip into Canada andwhile there were able to visit with the Martin& Downs Circus at Morrisburg (June 19) andChesterville (June 20), both in Ontario. Thisshow can be considered a new one for all ofthe rolling equipment has been newly paintedand the canvas is all new.The show's staff consists of: Al and ShirleyStencell, owners; Paul Hudson, supt.; GrantWilliams-Freeman, billposter; Ray Gamage,office manager; Carl Conley, side show man-ager; Greg Cable, electrician; Jim Conley, an-nouncer; Chris Larkin, concession manager;Chris Lawrence, prop boss; Kim Gordon, cook-house; Shirley Stencell, front door; HenryChase, mechanic; Al Stencell and Ralph Duke,booking agents; Steve Lamay, water and tires;Shelley Conley, novelties and Ralph Duke,balloons.

The program features: Spec, entire personnel;Attilla Molnar, plate spinning; Bonny BON-ta's dogs; Ward Family, comedy on Romanrings (3 people); Carl Conley, liberty horses(4); Kathy English, high trapeze; Clowns,Bonny Bonta and Brad Ward, cannon anddog; Julie Ward, trained mule; Carl Conley,juggling; Attilla Molnar, juggling; Clowns andthe firecracker; Julie Ward and Kathy Eng-lish, web act; Kathy Wilson, trained llamas;Attilla Molnar, glass balancing; Clowns; TanyaWard and Kathy English, swinging ladders;Al Stencell, performing elephant.The show equipment includes: Semi for thelight plant/elephant/ponies/horse/goats/con-cession storage; Semi for poles/seats/sideshow;Semi for concessions/office; Straightbed forspool/water/ring curbs/props; trailer for thesnake show; Bus for cookhouse/sleeper. Allshow equipment is painted orange, with bluecabs and trim.

The canvas layout consists of: New big topa 70 ft. with two 30 ft middles (blue) with25 sections of 7 high seats for a seating ca-pacity of 1,000 people. Two rings are usedand music is provided by tapes.The marquee is also blue and is 20x30 ft.;the side show is 30x50 ft and the cookhousefly is 10x15 ft.

JUMBO (Continued)proached only by Mr. Scott, as the zoo dir-ectors were afraid of his dangerous temper.

In 1882, Jumbo was bought by Phineas T.Barnum. The sale sparked a near-hystericalstorm of protest in Britain, but Barnum re-fused to change his mind.Jumbo refused to leave the London Zoo, soBarnum hired Scott to lead him on the shipand stay with him.During the first two weeks he was shown inNew York, the extra business he attracted ex-ceeded the $30,000 spent to buy and shiphim. In his first season, the public paid morethan $1.5 million to see Jumbo and his ownprivate railroad car became a familiar sight inthe United States and Ontario.On Sept. 15, 1885, the Bamum and BaileyCircus was showing near St. Thomas, adjacentto the Grand Trunk Railway on the Mannfarm, now occupied by the Erie Iron Works.After the evening performance Jumbo was be-ing led along the track, when an unexpectedfreight train came along and struck the hugeelephant from behind. The impact derailedthe locomotive and two freight cars. Jumbodied a few hours later with Scott embracedin his trunk.It was international news and even in deathhe was famous. He was stuffed and returnedto the circus for display. Two years ago hisremains were destroyed by fire and now onlyhis skeltpn remains, which is on display at theAmerican Museum of Natural History in NewYork.

DAVID ROSAIRE and his dogs are touringwith Circus Knie in Europe this summer.THE ELKINS SISTERS worked the Pleasan-ton (Calif) Fair last week for two days.

Visitors seen on the show were: John Schoe-ni jahn , of New Liskeard, Ont., wno was op-erating the snake show, John Mandeville, ofSmith's Falls, Ont., a cousin to Al Stencell,Sid Bower of Prescott, Ont., and Ross Allenof Smith's Falls.

.... Paul Horsman