5th Year July 26, 1976 Number 30

Cat Attacks TrainerDuring a performance of the Clyde Bros. Circus at La Crosse

(Wise.) on July 10th, wild animal trainer George Barreda was at-tacked and injured by one of his African lions. The attack cametowards the close of his act, as he sent the lions into the chute,leaving two in the arena for his final trick.

The last lion to enterIt's The BestWithout a doubt Jett's Pet-

ting Zoo continues to be the topcontender in its field, standinghead and shoulders above all theothers, at least on the westcoast. The show is the cleanest

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thechute suddenly doubled back andraced into the ring and immediat-ely charged Barreda. The othertwo lions looked on, but made noeffort to get into the fight.

Prop hands and the ringmas-ter grab poles and anything handy

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TP181T 1©Under cloudy skies and some

light sprinkles of rain the Po-lack Bros. Circus played to anoverflow crowd at Puyallup (Wash)for its July 10th matinee. Theshow was sponsored by the ElksClub and was billed as the 1stAnnual Elks Club Circus. It wastied into a local celebrationthat proved to be a winning com-bination.

No tent was used as had beenpreviously reported. Instead thecircus was presented in the High

by MIKE SPORRER

School football stadium.

The program featured: Pre-show warm-up by Stimax & Co.,clowns; Sandy Fulbright, libertyponies (6); Clowns, baking cakes;Miss Francesca, single trapeze;Miss Evita, single trapeze; TheBell Johns, magic; Clown magic;Willie Trio, comedy trampoline;Clowns, motorized bathtub; TheSegura Trio, rola bola; Ben DeWayne, elephants (A); The YoungDuo, cradle; Clowns, telephone;Jack and Sandy Fulbright, horses;The Seguras, flying trapeze.

CIRCUS actsFeatured in the L. N.

Fleckle's "Circus Americana" atthe 1976 "Summerfest" in Milwau-kee were:-

Guy Gossing, tigers (12);The Great Huberto, slide for lifeTebor Alexander's dogs; MissIrene's Kanine Revue; Remone, ro-la bola; Martin Lamberti, Jr.,juggling; Jorge's Funny Car; LosLatinos, tightwire; Marie's dovesCarl Wong, sway pole; Martin Lam-berti, Jr., balancing; DerrelWallen, dancing horse; Eddie & Eddie & Co., low trapeze; Larry and

FOR SALETHE AMANDIS are selling all theirTeeterboard equipment and Cos-tumes. Also have 2 small Teeter-boards, 3 Pedestals, 2 RisleyChairs, Practice Rigging, CraneBar with guy wires, One 30 ft.Alum. Outdoor Trapeze Uprights.

Plus lots of spare parts for theTeeterboards, etc.

Call: (813) 955-7506

Karen French, the Cristiani ele-phants, The Resells, high wire;Musical Director, Al Youngman andshow announcer, Al Dawley.

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July 26, 1976 Page 3

ON THE ROADThe father and son (Earl and

Tim Tegge) produced TNT & RoyalOlympic Circus is currently mak-ing its second tour of the sea-son, which will end at Madison(Wise.) on Oct. 31st. The onering format, on an elevatedstage, features special lightingeffects. A performer's entrance,plus a red and white canopiedbandstand, with blue side walls,provides the background.

A cleverly designed colorbook/magazine is sold this yearwith coupon inserts for prizeballoons. The book was designedby Tim Tegge, who also plays thedrums and clowns as Twinkles,the clown.

Talent scheduled for theshow tour includes: Mario andBarbara Alberti, rolling globesand balancing; The Houcs, jug-gling and plate spinning; LosCommancheros, double trapeze;Jose Cole, one finger stand; TheDavidsons, rola bola; Doubleday& Co., gorilla parody; The Tor-reanis, wire; with Earl Tegge,

WANTEDTwo Working Chimp Act

Also Small Female Elephant

Contact:

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New FeatureA feature attraction at the

Circus Hall of Fame's circus pro-grams is Roman Schmitt and histrained rhino "Kenya." Some twoyears of training were requiredbefore the act was ready for thepublic, and it is certainly acrowd pleaser, as presented withthe Hanneford Family Circus

The rhino works on voicecommands, doing waltzes and jump-ing hurdles. It also works withRoman's Indian elephant "Birka."

announcer/director.

Two organists play the tour- Jane Erdmann making the firststands and Linette Phillips playing the latter dates. The circusoperates on a five day a weekschedule, with two days off fortraveling.

Earl Tegge, who has operated"mall circuses" for ten years,reports the Tegges are the orig-inators of the. "enclosed mallcircus." Prior to that the showplayed schools for seven years.

.... B. B.

HELP WANTEDCIRCUS ACTS AND PERSONNEL

Clowns, Organist, Magician,Concession Manager, BillposterPhonemen.

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ROUTESBeatty-Cole Circus

July 26 Thomaston, Conn.27 Pittsfield, Mass28 Colonie, N.Y.29 Glens Falls30 Marcy31 Syracuse

Aug. 1 Binghampton

Carson & Barnes CircusJuly 26 Green Bay, Wise.

27 Neenah28 Waupun29 Sheboygan30 West Bend31 Milwaukee

Aug. 1-2 Madison

Hubert Castle CircusJuly 26-27 Norfolk, Nebr.

29-31 Joplin, Mo.

Circus KirkJuly 26 Blackstone,Mass

27 Newport, R. I.28 Somerset, Mass30 Chepachet, R . I .31 Fairhaven,Mass

Circus VargasJuly 27-29 Hamilton, Ont.

30-Aug 2 St.Catherine

DuBois Circus WorldJul 26-Aug 1 St.Hyacinthe,

Early American CircusJul 26-Aug 7 San Mateo.Ca

Famous Hunt CircusJuly 27 Reading, Mass.

28 Winchester

Franzen Bros. CircusJuly 27 Plainfield, Wsc

29 Palmyra31 Twin Lakes

George Matthews CircusJuly 27 Laurel, Miss.

28-29 Meridian30 Columbus31 Tupela

Aug. 1-2 Memphis, Tenn.

Happytime CircusJul 28-Aug 1 Antioch, Ca.

Hoxie Bros. CircusJuly 26 Pitman, N.J.

27 Ventor28 Avalon29 Villas30 Ocean City31 Tuckerton

Aug. 1 Forked River

Hoxie's Great American Cir.July 26 Carey, Ohio

27 Lakeview

Hoxie's Grt. Amer. (Cont'd)July 28 Sunbury, Ohio

29 Johnstown30 Newcomerstown31 Woodsfield

Kaye Cont'l CircusJul 30-31 Baton Rouge,La

King Bros. CircusJuly 26 Richford, Vt.

27 Winooski28 Morrisville29 Newport30 St. Johnsburg31 Northfield

Aug. 1 Middleburg

Pickle Family CircusJul 31-Aug 1 Ukiah, Cal .

Ringling-Barnum - Blue Unitto Aug 4 Inglewood, Cal.

Ringling-Barnum - Red UnitJul 27-Aug 1 Sam Antonio,

TexRoyal Bros. Circus

July 26 Esterhazy, Sask.27 Russell, Manit.28 Cangenburg,Sask29 Norquay30 Grandview, Manit31 Winnepegosis

Aug. 1 St. Rose du Lac

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BILLY BARTONTHE JUNE 6th edition of the

New York Times makes prominentmention of CIRCUS REPORT in itsTravel Section as a major sourceof circus information.

If, as rumors suggest,Ringling fields a tenter in 77,under one of their illustrioustitles, I'll wager it goes out onrails - thus being the first newrailroad operation in a coon's

Sarasota showfolks turnedout enmasse for the funeral ofbeloved CHARLIE NOCK. Flying inwere Joe and Elizabeth Bauer, Pioand Tony Nock and Paul V. Kaye.....CHRIS & ERNST DEL RAY celebra-ted their 31st wedding anniver-sary by re-marrying and taking asecond honeymoon Poppa Zac-chini has his cannon act in Japan

ALFREDO LANDON has given upthe idea of leaving the USA - toomany friends here....The fatherof ANDRE FOX died recently....Ex-aerial star ELLY ARDELTY playedhostess to her sister-in-law vis-iting from Poland, who loved ithere so much she hated to leave.

SMAHA's Lipizzans, and theBALE SISTERS on a 42 week tourwith DON WOODS newly producedLipizzan Stallion Show....TONYSMAHA, Sr. had a recent hip oper-ation and young Tony broke hisfoot. Inga had her hands fullwith nursing the two invalids andcaring for six horses Fabu-lous ANETA VARGAS, back after 4years in South America, is moirefabulous than ever. Known for her

fancy head-dresses Aneta has pul-led the coup-de-grace with an in-credible pheasant feather crea-tion studded with twinklinglights - bound to be a futuretrend setter.

Illusionist CHARLES MERRILLis another Sterling Forest (N.Y.̂feature....MALIKOVA back in-ac-tion on the Fleckles summer dates

PATSY JORDAN says Park datesare nice, but....oh, so lonely!.,...Famous Hunt, Sells & Gray andGreat American - each doing wellin the east.

VERN WOERNER's son, Danny,made his clowning debut..DE MILLEplus The VILLAMS and DIANO's ele-phants set for the Super Circustour....Spot-dating is FRED CAN-ISTRELLI and family....Disappoin-ted GAYLORD MAYNAED had problemslaunching his show, has returnedto the Lashinskys....REX YOUNGtakes his Funny Ford to the Tex-as dates....Old Chicago ringmas-ter SAUL SHAFTON is an illusion-ist who works with poodles, haseleven, and just purchased fournew illusion props.

BARBARA TAGGART's Pan Amer-ican Symphony will be heard pub-licly in August MERLE EVANSat 84 is chipper, cheerful andvery active professionally...TheBaltimore Fair was a terriblefinancial disaster, but believeit or not, for ONCE, the circustalent was paid.

JIMMY FOSSETT and EVY now atExpo in Montreal....ANTONETTS op-

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HighlightsAs part of the Bi-centennial

celebration at West Orange (N.J.)the Pan American Circus presenteda \\ hour show, with some 8,000people attending the event. Thecircus, produced by Don Francis-.co, was sponsored by the city andwas presented at Colgate Field.

Acts included: Joe Phillips,dogs; Miss Melanie, single trap;The Grimaldis, musical comedy;The Fabulous Fantanas, cycles;The Michael Anglelos, comic pain-ters; Demerest Green, slack wire;The Siearras, aerial display; TheAustins, plate spinning; CowboyJoe, dancing horse and a Finale

Clown Alley for the July 5thshow included: Mike "Kosco"Naughton, producing; Wee BenShort and the Chromey Twins.

Thank you Dennis Soldati, RegoPark, New York, for your recent

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In Mrmoriam -~

HARRY D. (Bob) MATTHEWS (86)died at Hollywood, Calif, on July13th of heart failure. Bob spenthis entire life in show businessas a performer, actor, producer,manager and animal trainer.

He toured for several yearsin this country and Europe withhis.trained lion "Tuffy." He wasa past president of the JosephAndrew Rowe Tent, CFA and pastpresident of the Paul Eagles Cir-cus Luncheon Club.

WALT DAVIS, supt. of theHarold Barnes top destroyed atWheaton(June 27) picked up thewreckage and got another tent inthe air for Super Circus USA'sdate at St. Louis which startedJune 30th.

KENNY (Ko Ko) TWOMEY is nowworking on a five foot unicyclein the Happytime Circus.

Thank YouBILL HILL, Manager

Hoxie's Great American Circusfor your purchase of 1976 Yel-lowstone trailer and 1976 Vegacamper. For these and all theother trailers you've ownedfor the past 19 years sincerethanks.

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Royal Bros. All OkayReports from Royal Bros. Circus, in Canada, indicate the show

has been enjoying a good season thus far and that all jumps arebeing made with ease. This year the circus is staying in EasternCanada and thus avoids the problems resulting from high unemploy-ment in the western part of the country.,

KEN BENSON works the Fish-er Bros. Circus elephants on theshow, but the circus owns them.

GARY RAY and STEVE BAKER(clowns) were pictured in fullcolor in the Michigan Tribune onJune 6th.

COL. JERRY LIPKO, JIMMIEand chimps, all came down withfood poisoning enroute from RudyBros, date at Cincinnati and hadto cancel a Garden Bros, engage-ment. An Akron Zoo vet helped topull the chimps through theirillness.

THE JOHNSONS, working atCrystal Beach Park (Canada) aredoing illusions, electric girl,ring contortions and chimp act.

THE SPARTANS, aerialists,worked at Crescent Park (Provi-dence, R.I.) on July 11-17.

ELOISE BERCHTOLD, animaltrainer, and the WALLENDAS, highwire act, both worked at RockyPoint (Warwick, R.I.) this month,

In MemoriamBILLY LELAND, circus clown,

died of a heart attack while wor-king in his yard at his Los Ang-eles (Calif.) home on July 14th.

The show moves on five semiunits and two trucks, plus twotrailers and ten privately ownedhouse/trailer units. They arecarrying 3 elephants, 10 ponies,4 horses, 4 lions, 3 monkeys, atiger, bear, baboon, llama and adonkey.

Big top is a 100 ft withtwo 30 ft middles, while the sideshow is a 60 ft with one 30 ftmiddle. The midway features asnake show, pony ride, jewelryjoint, concessions, elephant ridenovelties. Admission prices forthe big show are $1.50 for every-one on advance sale tickets, withdoor prices set at $2.00 for thechildren and $2.50 for adults.

The 1 hour and 15 minuteshow, with no intermission, feat-ures: Opening spec; Trampoline;Clowns; Virginia Rayborn and ToniFrazier, ladders; Cathy Rawls,wire; Bonny Bonta, dogs; Clowns;Dave Knodder, high school horse;The Fraziers and The Rawls, rolabolas; Clowns; Trained llama;Dave Knodder, ponies (6); Virgin-ia Rayborn, web and Richard For-est with "Big Ellie" the elephant

Also on the midway is DaveKnodder*s calliope and concertsare given before and after everyperformance.

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OHIO REPORTHOXIE'S GREAT AMERICAN CIRCUS -Parklayne, Ohio - July 9th.

The midway really looks greatwith the freshly painted and welllettered trucks. It is no doubtthe most colorful show on theroad today.

The main feature of the SideShow is "Kongo" the biggest apeto be seen anywhere. The top wasreally wild, with yellow, blueand white striped canvas on oneend, and red, white and blue onthe other end. Also forming themidway is a Himalayan Monster PitShow, concessions, a ticket wagonand elephant rides.

The big show was well review-ed in CR on June 28 by Billy Bar-ton. Here the biggest flaw wasthe sound system, which made itdifficult to understand CharlesMoyer's announcements. He alsodirects the three piece band -trumpet, drums and organ.

Dime Wilson, Jr. has the kidsroaring with his ladder routine,especially when he falls down andends back up on his feet. Buck NoIan and Giovanni Zoppe are alsoin Clown Alley.

The Alberto Zoppe lion act isa good one, as is their RidingSchool number. Billy Gunga's 3 yrold twins really steal the aud-ience's heart and great crowdpleasers. The feature act is theKneisley Duo's cradle number,presented by Donna Wilson andBill Bannister.

.by DON SANDMAN

Visitors on the lot included:Art and Mary Dickens, Al and JakeConover, Carl and Nancy Grey,Dick Adams, Warren Downing, OrrirKerr, Wendell Cultice, Jim Saun-ders, Al Brewer, Charles DeWein,Ronnie Powell, Dick Schillhahnand Grace and Don Sandman.

CARSON & BARNES CIRCUSFairfield, Ohio - July 10th.

The Carson & Barnes Circushas the biggest menagerie andherd of elephants that one cansee anywhere. The menagerie, incharge of Don Carr, features 33elephants, 1 giraffe, 2 zebras, 3ostriches, 5 black goats, a browrgoat, deer, 4 llamas, 2 camels,buffalo, midget steer, 2 donkeys,8 lions, 4 bears, 6 tigers, plus2 leopards.

On the midway is a pony ridemoon bounce, ape show, concessiorstands, and the side show, withbanners and a big sho ticket of-fice. Working on the bally werea fire eater, sword swallower andsnake charmer.

The big show band is direct-ed by Col. Les Harkness and con-sists of 3 trumpets, 2 trombones,a bass, baritone and drums. Theannouncements are handled by DanThompson, who also works the ele-phants.

The show trucks all have thetitle on the cab, plus they readRented from Miller Equipment Co.

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July 26, 1976 Page 9

The Bi-Centennial edition of Jerry Booker's "Early AmericanCircus" opens a two week engagement at the San Mateo (Calif.) Fairtoday (July 26). This is the show's second consecutive appearanceat the fair and a variety of new features have been prepared forthe engagement.

Among the new numbers are:Mark Sackett, tightwire; JessicaAtkinson, equestrian; Cindy Fron-ing, side saddle equestrian andhurdle jumper; Count Nikolas, ma-! vgic/illusions; and The Shaggy Dogiriding a huge horse. The program •will also feature clowns, atrained peacock, goats, snakecharmer, llama and a giant per-cheron dressage horse.

As a special added attrac-tion, Mr. Booker will offer anunusual presentation of an Afri-can hyena, working on a leash.The show also features Dale Year-ion, harness maker, who will de-monstrate the art of making andrepairing harness. Other crafts-men will be seen attending tovarious circus chores.

The entire layout will of-fer a look at the circus of the

HELP WANTEDThe Ross Bear Act is lookingfor a man who has worked witha bear act. Experience is ne-cessary! Good Salary!

Write or Call Collect:

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JERRY BOOKER is shown here with"Hapiso" his trained hyena whichappears daily with the Early Am-erican Circus at San Mateo (Cal.}

past, with authentic circus wa-gons and equipment, all set-up irthe circus area.

FOR SALEHave three beautiful Arabiangeldings (matched). Ideal forliberty act or specialty act.

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The circusA strong show program was

provided by Clyde Bros. Circus atboth Greenville and Erie, Pa.there were cloudy skies and threeshows were rained out, so an ad-ditional date was scheduled.

The show was also rainedout at Ogalalla (Nebr) on July 3,and as a result performances werepresented on July 4th.

During one performance, oneof the Kirby chimps attackedGeorge Scott, of the Scotts Un-ridable Mule act, injuring hishand and leg. His index finger onthe right hand was nearly severedbut prompt attention to the in-jury makes it apparent that hewill not lose the finger.

The program featured: Pre-show warm-up by clowns Checkersand Patches; '76 Spec; TonySteele, sponge dive; Lou Reagan,tigers; Kurt & Kayleah, aerialperch; Zerbinis, sword balancingand Pat Davison, juggling? JohnMcKay's Jargo; Cucciolo, comedytrampoline; Conner's ponies andllamas; Princess Kaylena, doves;

TEMPLE, the Magician andGIL EAGLES, mentalist, were fea-tured last week at the fair inSanta Rosa, Calif.

ANDEN'S POODLES recentlyworked fairs in California, then

1 joined Polack Bros. Circus at itsEureka (Calif) date on July 17th.

THE HENNEBERRY FAMILY work-ed the Sugar Festival (July 10-11at Sebewaing, Mich.

MANEAL and TINY (GallaShawn) DOS SANTOS and their twodaughters are currently workingwith the Roma Circus in Italy.

Maya Zerbini, single trapeze; theScotts Unridable Mule; Eddie Ven-tura's Rocket Car.

The second half included:Kirby's chimps; the Flying Dells;Zerbini's teeterboard act; Chec-kers and Patches on the ParkBench; Carl Wong, sway pole; theScotts Royal Boxers; Clown gag;Clodox Bros., comedy table; LouReagan, elephants; Zacchini'scannon; Bi-cent§nnial Finale.

THE BALE FAMILYEL.VIN RA1.F. and JEANETTE WILLIAMS

The Worlds Most Fabulous Thiilling Arts with RBBB Circus

COL. E. T. BALE'S CONTINENTAL HORSESAt RBBR Circus World - Haines City, Fla.

IRENE, GLORIA, XITA and BONNIE "The Bale Sisters"High School Horses on tour with "Holiday With Horses"

July 26, 1976 Page 11

A BIG DAYHuge crowds jammed-packed

the Sells & Gray Circus lot andbig top at Monticello (N.Y.) onJuly 13th, giving them what mustbe their biggest day of the sea-son. The grounds were so crowdedthey announced extra shows wouldbe given to accommodate everyone.

The first show was a strawhouse crowd, while the secondshow found the crowd overflowinginto the end rings. Attempts towork as a one ring circus weredifficult and finally local pol-ice stopped the show and allowedonly those sitting on the seatsto stay.

Tempers flared for a time,and when it was all over four

LION ATTACK (Continued)

as they raced towards the arena.George's brother, Joselito, open-ed the arena door allowing Georgeto escape, leaving the attackinglion confused and confronted bya barrage of sticks.

With blood running from histhighs and leg George was rushedto a local hospital for treat-ment. That evening he was backin the arena working his cats,despite a definite limp in hiswalk.

shows had been presented. You'vegot to hand it to those perform-ers who worked just as good inthe last show as they did in thefirst one, they were great!

Jean Hopper

Circus Acts WantedSend photos and description of acts eitherdirectly or through your representative.

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ROUTESSells 8. Gray Circus

July 26 Belfast, Maine27 Ellsworth28 Machias29 Old Town30 Lincoln31 Houlton

Aug. 1 Caribou

John Strong CircusJuly 26-27 Cambridge, Ont.

29-30 Oregon, Ohio31-Aug 1 Mishawaka, Ind.

Super Circus USAJuly 27-28 Vicksburg, Miss.

29-31 Jackson

TNT & Royal Olympic CircusJuly 27-31 Moline, 111.

Wallenda CircusJuly 29-30 Popular Bluff , Mo.

Wenatchee Youth CircusJuly 26-29 Wenatchee, Wash.

31 Spokane

OTHER ROUTES

American Freedom TrainJul 29-Aug 2 Nassau Cnty, NY

OHIO REPORT (Continued)

The late Kenny Ikert broke thefive young bulls and he is missedby everyone on the show.

Visitors on the lot includedHarry Anderson, of Enquirer Prin-ting; Mike Crone; Gale Ahrensand Don and Grace Sandman.

The program here included: DorCarr, 2 lions, 3 tigers; Fultonsand Macglioni Duo, cradles; Ro-sario, contortionist, plus 4 wir€acts; Clowns; Bicentennial Spec;La Catalina and La Luciana, trap-eze; Martino, head balance trap;Morales Family, teeterboard; TheClowns; 5 single elephants; Aer-ial Ballet (9 webs, 2 ladders, 1aerial bar); Rosie Wright, dogs;4 rings of jugglers; Clowns; Ele-•phants (14), end with long mount;balancing in 4 rings; Miss Rosar-ia and Miss Ampara, hair hangs,Los Condoras, high wire; LucyLoyal, bareback riding; Clowns;The Meteors and The Balabus, fly-ing acts.

Wally Blake's Country FairJul 28-Aug 1 Carroll, Iowa

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BILLY BARTON (Continued)

ening a second restaurant in Sar-asota....MARIA THERON ARNOSI isthe new bartender at the localShrine Club....FELLER BOYS and DCDO played Kennywood Park....GER-ARD SOULES is now back in the US.....ELKINS SISTERS are on clubdates....JIM GOURLEY and KENNYHELLER clowning with Mid-America.....BOOM BOOM BROWNING was forc-ed to miss the Wheaton date be-cause of a drum convention. Hesells them, y'know. Boy did theacts ever miss him.

The Mexico Int'l Circus was seenas part of the July 4th Bicenten-nial program Tv'd in L.A. Caughtin quick flashes were clowns JOESHERMAN, and ERNIE BURCH, andbalancer SAL MURILLO.

Sample issue of 'The GreatAmerican Circus Directory," pub-lished and edited by EMIL andDEBBIE GOETCHI looks like a win-ner. Good luck, kids!....EDDYVENTURA, now on Carden-Johnsondates, will be with that show allnext season.

Funny Thing Happened On TheTo California: The June 7th col-umn got lost, compelling me torewrite it - quickly - from mem-ory; consequently I mixed up theyears DENNIS STEVENS spent on Po-lack, Ringling and Beatty. Letterfrom Dennis goes thusly: 12-Po-lack; 15-Ringling; 6-Beatty.

The trials arid tribulationsof BILLY RODGERS - started with

the assault and robbery of lastwinter - continued into and dur-ing his current run at SterlingForest. Some 80 miles out of Tam-pa the truck motor blew up, whichwas only the beginning of a ser-ies of breakdowns on his treknorth. Arriving at his Ohio home,Billy found the house on fire,with firemen scurrying about andfurniture strewn hither and yon.His mother, who had just returnedfrom the hospiatl was unharmed,but suffering from shock - as wasBilly, when he discovered his en-tire circus collection had beenruined by smoke and water.

Cold weather at Sterling For-est caused the loss of his prin-ipal Macaw due to pneumonia. Ontop of that an assistant drankpoison (accidentally) and almostdied, and Billy drove his car in-to a tree. SO...if you think youhave problems, reread this!

Billy has 17 macaws, 9 cock-atoos, 8 conures, 9 doves and 40pigeons, watched over by a neur-otic dog and cat. He also has ROI*S, MITZIE's Mynah bird, who talksincessenatly and punctuates itsconversation with the sounds ofa generator starting up. Worst ofall - the exiled bird gossips inMitzie's voice and keeps reveal-ing the family secrets!

See you down the road, luvs.

WANTED: Extra small ponies fora liberty act. PRICE MUST BERIGHT. Contact: Hal Haviland asper King Bros. Circus Route.

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B - C NotesBeatty-Cole was scheduled tc

play Kennedy Memorial Marina indowntown Yonkers (July 9), butbecause it was a narrow lot bord-ering on the Hudson River a lastminute switch was made to a foot-ball field. Some irate customerslost their cool because of theresulting confusion.

Both Beatty-Cole*s giantapes broke out of their cage atPoughkeepsie. One was lured backwith a can of beer, while theother preferred the open spaces.

Mike Naughton

THE WAL-TIMS (risley); THECARLSONS (jugglers) and ANTONIO &BRENDA (balancing act) were allrecently featured on TV's Vaude-ville, a weekly series.

CARL BECK, internationalmagician and owner of Gymco (gym-nastic equipment) and Fun Unlim-ited (theatrical agency) is cur-

JETT'S ZOO (Continued)and neatest of its kind and iscontinually in demand by outdoorand indoor shopping centers.

The wide variety of animalsare shown under a red and yellowstriped tent, complete with fes-tive banners and flags. Of spec-ial interest are the huge turtle,the baby kangaroos, rare birdsand huge anteater, which roamsfreely, to be fed and petted byvisitors.

The show carries three kid-die rides - ferris wheel, umbrel-la ride and train - all popularwith the small fry. Their trucksare well kept and painted white,with red letters. Each unit alsocarries their logo of a stork de-livering a baby elephant.

rently on tour in Europe.CLEO PLUNKETT recently suf-

fered a fractured rib when a lad-der fell on him during a showperformance. His brother, CORKYPLUNKETT, filled in as ringmasteron Clyde Bros, while he was out.

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ROUTESCentury 21 Shows - Blue Unit

Jul 27-Aug 1 Decatur, 111.

Century 21 Shows - Red UnitJul 27-Aug 1 Superior, Wsc.

Perry Como ShowJul 26-Aug. 1 Devon, Pa.

James H. Drew ShowsJuly 26-31 Terre Haute, Ind.

Holiday With HorsesJuly 28-29 Tampa, Fla.

31-Aug. 1 Savannah, Ga.

Int'l CMB ConventionJuly 28-30 Springfield, Ohio

Rose City Rides Mo

July 27-31 Montgomery City,

Recent additions to the En-dangered Species list include theAsiatic (Indian) elephant; Bac-trian camel, the Cape Zebra andthe Clouded Leopard.- These animals were added tothe U.S. Endangered Species Liston July 14th.

Tip Top ShowsJul 28-Aug 1 Green Lake, Wsc

W. G. Wade ShowsJuly 26-31 Holland, Mich.

26-31 Charlotte, Mich.

Wonderful World of HorsesJuly 26 Santa Barbara; Ca.

27 Bakersfield28 Fresno

30-31 Oakland

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THE MAGIC HOLIDAY FANTASY

Six Weeks Opening Nov. 1st - W. Va., Ohio, Ind.

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RICHARD A. JOHNSONP. 0. Box 926

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