5th Year October 11, 1976 Number

Charges DeniedCharges that he deserted his elephants and some circus per-

sonnel at Akron (Phio) were denied last week by George-MatthewsCircus owner Sid Kellner. The showman said he was in Arizona, onhis way to California, when he heard the news and as a result herushed back to Akron.

Kellner said he and train-er Pancho Magana had agreed totry and find work for the ele-phants until Nov. 3rd, when anew series of circus dates wasscheduled to start. In fact,Kellner said he returned to Ak-ron because Magana "wanted tosteal my elephants from me."

The Akron Beacon Journal re-ported that Magana had been leftbehind without money or work andwith only a vague promise of worklate in the year. Kellner, thepaper said, produced checks show-ing that Magana had been paidmore than $2,570 in salary andreimbursements between Sept. 7

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TrappedWhile enroute to Republic (Mo.) for ita Sept.20th date the Carson & Barnes Circus trucksand drivers were ticketed for trying to avoida highway weighing station. In addition tobeing delayed for some six hours the actioncost the show several hundred dollars infines.

Local observers report that a few miles fromthe weigh station the circus trucks took tothe back roads. However, the Missouri High-way Patrol was sitting there waiting for them.The police were reportedly scattered all overthe area, waiting and watching. Despite thisten of the trucks got through without beingstopped.

Circus officials reported that all their trucksare under the minimum state weight limit,but when possible they like to avoid weighstations because of the long delay and thehassle they receive from state people. Theycited an example in Texas, when early thisspring the state police stopped the show andsearched the trucks, yet refused to let anytrucks move on, even after they had beensearched.

Because of the delays the circus didn't getits big top into the air until about 4:30 p.m.and the first show was getting underway at6 p.m. .

In Washington, DC., it is against the law toallow your children to become acrobats, cir-cus riders or tightrope walkers. The penaltyis a fine of $250 and two years in jail.

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S&G VisitThe Sells & Gray Circus came into Batavia(Ohio) for two shows on Sept. 24th and hadsome competition from the local footballteam. The cool 55 degree weather had folkssitting on their hands for the most part, butwhen they did applaud you knew they enjoy-ed the performers.

Ticket prices were $3.00 for adults and$2.00 for the children. The show was de-layed about 15 minutes in an effort to getfolks into the side show. An extra 50 centswas charged for all side seats and most ofthe items on sale were priced at 50 cents.

The performance itself was great and thekids especially loved the dogs. The singletrapeze act, trampoline, riding number, theperch routine, and teeterboard acts broughtgood reactions from the crowd.

However, the audience reacted best whenall three rings were going at the same time.The best and most deserving applause wentto the elephant number, a very act.

The only real comedy was during the Bonnieand Clyde number and it seemed the clownand audience weren't communicating. <

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W&R NotesA generally good year has been reported bythe Wallace & Rogers Circus which will soonwind up its 1976 tour in Southern California."There were weeks when we didn't thinkthings were going very well", says JohnUart/i ' l l , "but when you compare what wehad to problems other shows faced we've hada very good year."

The show played throughout the Westernstates, Canada and Alaska, in a combinationof repeat and new dates. Only one day waslost and that was because of a storm. On oneoccasion a night show was cancelled whenstrong winds swept across the Canadianplains, forcing the quick tear-down of theshow.

A record was achieved in Alaska when aftertwo shows the circus made a ferry jump tothe next spot, gave two performances, and

then was back on the ferry heading for the'next location. This was followed by a driveacross a mountain range. All shows were pre-sented on time and good crowds filled thetent for each performance.

The Hart/oil Family is confident that 1977will be a good year for them and they areplanning several changes during the wintermonths. Some new acts will be added, a newseat wagon will be built and a new tent hasbeen ordered.

When asked about the show's 1977 tourplans, John Hartzell told CR, "We'll be inAlaska early next year and if anyone wantsto beat us up there they'll have to wearsnowshoes."

The show's program features: double trapeze;trained macaws; seals; clown; Spanish web;magic/illusions; sword balance; trained dog;sponge dive; clown; Tika, the elephant;trapeze acts; aerial motorcycle.

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BILLY BARTON • •"FULL STEAM" AHEAD for RUDY BROS,

re-entry into the Circus Limelight in '77. The showwill play under canvas, opening in California andthen miking a coast to coast tour.

MARY RUTH HERRIOTT confirmed whit I hadalready suspected. "Oliver" the much publicizednun-monkey creiture, belongs to JANET andFRANK BURGER! Mary Ruth "met" Oliver indsays it was an "uncanny introduction."

DOWN RUMOR ROAD: That W A L L Y BICKMOREind GLEN McCASKEY ire repoted to be readying i small Magic Circus for schools....That delecable ANETA VARGAS will add her glamor toCastle in 77....That PAUL KAYE will produce acircus in Puerto Rico....That a famous honetrainer will return in '77 to RBBB in an "execu-tive capacity"....That Royal Hinneford will stayout ill winter....ind that Circus Vargas has purchased two gorillas and two orangutans.

FLASH!! STEVIE (Scon) and SERGE CORONASare expecting an heir....A weekend circus, begin-ning in February and continuing for 15 weeks inthe New York City area will be unveiled using aone-ring format.

FLYING SEGARAS did not make the Akron/Cleveland dates for G-M due to the loss of theirmale leaper. STEELE GAONA Flyers replacedthem....ERIC JAEGER is now the rigger for theQUASSARS opening this month with CIRCO UN-ION in Mexico....Circus Vargas has decided againstthair Mexican tour in December because of the"Peso devaluation". They will have 3 weeks offand reopen in January « Atlanta. What an open-ing it will be, too! Rumors about great expan-sions are ALL TRUE which I'll detail in latercolumns and articles.

Drunks see Pink Elephants, but what do drunkenelephants sae? Ask JACKIE, i G M bull stricken.with "flu" who was given i fifth of booze plus22 cc's of antibiotic. ALFONSO MAGANA calledIVAN HENRY to ascertain the proper dosgaewhich is on CC per hundred pounds.

Saddened to laarn that FRANCINE DE RISKIE(Pealer) died suddenly of a cerebral hemmorage.

Her sisters are Lucy, married to BOB SNOWDEN,and Gayle, married to HAROLD BARNES. BrotherFrank is canvas boss on Circus Vargas.

ANITA KEPPO and TOM OESIMINI are no longerwith Royal Hinneford....JAN BICKMORE filed andgot bick her 1975 tax dollars piid out in Canada....WALLY NAGHTIN's wife DORIS is now in Eng-land visiting her parents....LUCY and LACEYTOTH finally realized a lifelong dream by ac-quiring a Sarasota homa (right behind JOE andELIZABETH BAUER). Question the couple aretouring with Circus Vargas, so when will they havetime to enjoy it?

ANNA DEL MONTE is back in the business,stitching new spec wardrobe for Circus Vargas. Herson, Pinky, is doing contortion in the CV sideshow. ..VILMA LORENZO made the web indladder costumes for Sells & Gray. .MARTAFLORES has been voted that show's most glamor-ous "clotheshorse", unveiling new costumes atleast twice a month....FRED and LONI VANVOORDEN had the side of their Airstream scrapedat a truck stop. "What makes it worse," says Loni,"is the food was terrible!"....The GROTEFENT'spet spaniel makes the Sells & Gray pay line eachThursday - stands up on its hind legs and isthrown liver snips by paymaster Renee.

TEXAS TIDBITS: Freddie and Beckie Schmidt areproud new parents....The Aerial Ballet has a Chin-ese theme. Windi Wird is its center-piece.

CLIFFORD VARGAS told me his show's appearance in Spanish Harlem was an absolute "night-mare". Show played i totil of 3 diys out of 6.To keep their teirdown i secret, ill dismantling ofseats and rigging was done at 1 ayem with loud,rock music blaring. The next morning Cliff wasinterviewed on the NBC TODAY show and thenthe tent, itself, was torn down. Says Cliff: "It wasthe fastest teardown on record!" The circus genius,incidentally, has been profiled by the New York-er magazine.

CHUCKLES: LISA STEWART, dubious about doinging the double trap act with Teddy when he in

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L.A. ReportI'hc spectacular Chinese Acrobats played the

Greek Theatre in Los Angeles (Sept. 21-26)and offered a great show. The cast is justabout the same as last year and except forthe balancing acts the show runs pretty muchthe same. The girl who does the stack of teacups did not work on the night this reportercaught the show.

1 — Chinese Carnival — Most of the cast ap-pears doing juggling, acrobats, twirling, festivefeatures with the dragon dance as its f in ish .

2 — Green Ladder — features a break-awaybamboo perch pole.

3 — Ribbon Dancers — Several girls twirllong colorful ribbons for interesting andunusual patterns.

4 — Balancing — Two girls go up and down a12 foot ladder, foot-to-head and head-to-head.

5 — Juggling — Heavy jars are juggled, hand-ling them on the chest, head and back.

6 — Flying Chinese Doll — Man has longperch pole and girl hangs from the top byher teeth as he swirls it around very fast.

7 — Rings and Rods — Juggling of severalplastic rings, back and forth, between sever-al people, making different patterns.

8 — See-Saw Act — Teeterboard with threepeople, hand-to-hand, hand«lo-head, etc.

9 — Chinese Chi-kung — Several physicalfeats using steel rods, nails in a board withthe hand, picking up huge jars with thepalm of the hand, etc.

10 — Pagoda Chairs — Stacking of severalchairs, with the bottom chair resting on 4beer bottles, man then does handstand onthe very top.

11 — Dancing Plates — About 25 people allof whom do plate spinning.

REX and WANDA ROSSI recently lost twohorses when the pin on their trailer came outand the horse trailer was totalled. They alsolost most of their costumes.

The SENSATIONAL LEIGHS will presenttheir Space Wheel act as part of the "Men,Animals, Sensations" show in Berlin on Dec.10-31.

ADAM MONESTRUCK "Monkey Man" onRBBB's Blue Unit, uses a costume that ismade entirely of human hair.

GARY RAMSEY, circus promotion man, whois currently with the Air Force, made a fasttrip into San Francisco last week.

12 — Juggling — Sticks and balls juggled. Al-so juggling of ping pong balls with the mouthand stack of wood bricks, plus several gravitytricks.

13 — Fancy Feet — Juggling people with thefeet (risley type).

14 — Circle of Knives — Precision tumblingthrough a ring of knives and fire.

15 — Feather Dance — A change of pacewith seven graceful dancers.

16 — Chinese Somersault — Three sistersstand three high, then dive for the floor and •come to a point where all are laying on thefloor. Then they reverse the action and soonthey are three high again (Fantastic).

17 — Bicycle Jamboree — Unicycle and bi-cycle routines, ending with 11 people on onebicycle.

18 — Chinese Kung-Fu — A fast action dem-onstration of this art.

19 — Human Pyramids — Finale with about30 acrobats in several variations. Then allperformers walk on waving flags.

....Jim Swafford

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CIRCUS MODEL BUILDERSDue to the recent death of builder Lucky Allen his largestock of equipment, supplies and material will be liquidated.All items are new and unused. Every article is priced at 25%discount from original price. All Quarter Inch Scale Only.

Daw Bandwagons, figures, including performers, bandsmen, sideshow, etc.

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200 beautiful painted Globe horses - the best ever seen

MAGAZINES FOR SALEWhite Tops Bandwagon Little Circus Wagon

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ROUTESBeatty-Cole CircusOct. 11 Pascagoula, Miss

12 Gulfport13 Laurel14 Slidell, La.

15-17 New Orleans

Circus VargasOct 13-15 Dallas, Texas

Hoxie Bros. CircusOct 11-13 Atlanta, Ga.

14 Dublin15-16 Warner Robbins

Hoxie's Great American CirOct. 11 Brookneal, Va.

— End of Season —

Wm. Kay CircusOct 13-15 Orlando, Fla.

Kaye Cont'l Circusto Oct 16 Cleveland, Ohio

King Bros. CircusOct. 11 Vinita, Okla.

12 Henryetta13 Poteau14 Clarksville,Ark15 Morrilton16 Conway17 Jacksonville

Polack Bros. CircusOct 15-17 Charleston, W.Va

Ringling-Barnum - Blue Unitto Nov. 7 Chicago, 111.

Ringling-Barnum - Red Unitto Oct 17 Largo, Md.

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ROUTESSells & Gray CircusOct. 11 Douglasville, Ga.

12 Lawrenceville13 Conyers14 McDonough15 Manchester16 Ocilla17 Dawson

Shrine Circusto Oct 17 Houston, Texas

TNT & Royal Olympic CircusOct 14-18 Urbana, 111.

John Strong CircusOct 11 Mariana, Calif.

12 Hughson13 Madera14 Kingsburg15 Visalia

16-17 Bakersfield

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Carnival of BrazilOct 12-17 Wilmington, Dela

Century 21 Shows - Blue UnitOct 11-16 Gulfport, Miss

Century 21 Shows - Red UnitOct 11-16 Meridian, Miss

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Blue UnitThf Nile Temple Shrine, of Seattle, Wash.,again sponsored six of the ten performancespresented by RBBB's Blue Unit during its re-cent engagement at the Seattle Center Coli-seum. For the Shrine it was their 35th an-nual circus and the 8th year with RBBB. TheSeattle PI newspaper sold $2.00 discounttickets for opening night,'and pd space wasup, as was attendance.

The show rolls on 37 cars — 7 flats 120-126;2 tunnel cars 127-128; 1 double decker 129;5 stock cars 130-133 and 136; 1 baggage car137, 19 coaches 138-156; 1 private car 157"Hickory" added this year.

While in the east the show had 43 cars, as6 coaches were being replaced. Later the 6cars were sent back to Florida. When theRed Unit car 500 was destroyed, car 144was sent from Venice as a replacement, itjoined the show at Louisville.

Since last year the cars have been renumber-ed. The stock cars are also new. One stockcar from last year has been converted into aconcession supply car for the red unit No. 60One tunnel car not used in several years isback again, carrying the polar bears and itsprops. There are also several new wagonsfor the new spec wagons.

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STEVE TYNER, elephant man on RBBB'sUnit, was kicked and suffered a crushed leftfoot when he hurried jumped in an elephantcar as the show train started to movr .at theDenver yards.

TOM UPTON is making his annual two weekvisit to the big Fair at Fresno (Calif.) wherethe Happytime Circus is showing.

JACK RYAN, former National Press Repre-sentative for RBBB, is currently Public Re-lations Director at Magic Mountain in South-ern California."Doc" MILLER is "billing it like a circus"for the Deggller Shows these days. His newvan already has 60 000 miles on it.

MIKE MARTIN, former side show manageron Sells & Gray visited that show at Wilm-ington (Ohio) on Sept. 23rd.

FOLLOWING THE BEST OFTHE OLD TRADITIONS

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Nebr. DateHoliday Hippodrome which showed at the*City Auditorium, Sept. 23rd, under sponsor-ship of the Beatrice Seratoma Club proved tobe the finest Circus-type indoor productionthis reporter has ever seen. The show is fastmoving, well costumed and presented withgood showmanship and every act was a goodone.

It lacks only clowns and elephants to qualifyit as a genuine indoor circus. Manager FloydBradbury told me that they had been enjoyingconsistently good business with repeat engage-ments the rule, and after seeing the perform-ance it is easy to understand why this show isa winner.

The 90 minute performance ran as follows:Miss Chona, tightwire; Floyd Bradbury, magicand illusions; The Albertis, rolling globes; Wai-ly Wast wood and Son, unicycling and juggling;Floyd Bradbury, balloon sculpturing:

After intermission came: Angela Wilnpw andher trained collies; Giovoni's Plate Spinning;Floyd Bradbury, ventriloquist; and The East-woods, gorilla parody.

. Bill Green

Presstime NewsLast month Theodore and Lillian Wells andtheir daughter Candy, plus Freda Timmsen (aformer circus performer); the Stones (advancecrew for Dailey Bros.) and Everett Eslingergathered at the home of Mr. & Mrs. JackMiller for dinner and an opportunity to seeEverett's old-time circus movies.

On Sept. 23rd, Jack and his wife, along withMrs. Borghild Ford (a former circus perform-er) visited Carson & Barnes Circus at Mt.Vernon (Mo.) They visited with ShortyShearer, Mrs. Ila Miller and other show per-sonnel.

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Mattel SaysThe following has been taken from Mattel'sreport to its stockholders, dated July 31st.)

" The Company modified substantially theconcept of the Ringling Bros.-Barnum &Bailey Circus World, Inc., theme park (CircusPark) and invested additional capital of ap-proximately $3.200,000 in the Circus Park .As of July 31, 1976, the Company's invest-ments were approximately $11,600,000 inCircus Park assets and $7,400,000 in theadjacent land held for sale or future use.For the six months ended July 31, 1976,Circus Park operated at a substantial loss be-cause of higher than anticipated reopeningcosts and operating expenses.

"On the basis of year to date operating re-sults, internal analysis and the preliminaryfindings of theme park consultants engagedby management, it appears that additionalcapital investment in Circus Park may benecessary during thenext several years. Man-agement is currently reviewing available datato determine the level and timing of suchadditional investment, if any.

"There is no assurance that the Companywill realize its investments in Circus Parkassets and the adjacent land or that, afteradditional capital investment, if any, theCircus Park will operate successfully. If it

Club LeaderJohn Paul Roberts, Sr., of Parkville, Md.,has been elected president of the CarnivalHistorical andModel Building Society for thecoming year.

Serving with him will be: Ron Weir, Tama,Iowa, vice president; Elbert Hananer, Hollis,NY, secretary; Chet Vradenburg, Ft. Madison,Iowa, treasurer and Warren Renauld, Ludlow,Mass., supt. of construction.

Chet Vradenburg has been named editor ofthe club's magazine and Allen Zagel is theorganization's publicity director.

BILLY BARTON (Continued)lured his back said: "I don't want to be hanging upthere and have your back go out." "Why not?"Teddy shot back, "Every show YOUR head goesout!"

See you down the road luvs.

is determined that continuation of the Cir-cus Park is not in the best interests of theCompany, there would be a further material-ly adverse effect on the Company's financialposition and results of operations."

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SabotageWhat has been described as a clear-cut caseof sabotage was discovered shortly before aperformance of the RBBB Blue Unit at Den-ver.

A workman checking the electrical cablesused for Charly Baumann's mirrored pedestaltrick, found that one 110 volt line had beentampered with. The line is used to return thepedestals to the outer rim of the arena whenthe trick is over. The cable runs through aneye-bolt and is tied there so it cannot pullloose from the motor inside.

It was discovered that the cable was not inthe eye-bolt, but had been removed and thentied in such a way 'ha t any pressure wouldrelease it, thus it could pull away from theinternal electrical system, leaving a live wireloose inside the arena.

• An inspection revealed the cable had beenremoved from the bolt and the bolt was re-locked. An accidental forcing of the boltwould have left it sprung with a gap, butthis was not the case.

BOB MOMYER, who worked for Hunt Bros,early this year, has been named Assistantto BILL BALLENTINE at the Ringling Col-lege for Clowns. He will teach magic andclownxmake-up.

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and 13th, when the circus closed.Meanwhile Magana said the moneyhad been used to pay personaldebts.

In the meantime the U. S.Dept. of Agriculture got into theaction and ordered the elephanttruck repaired before the animalscould be moved. Repair costs wereestimated at $300 or more. Thenthe farmer, on whose property tteanimals were kept, reported thathis barn had been damaged and hehas asked for $1,200 in damagesbefore the animals will be re-leased.

Kellner reports the largescale publicity and other prob-lems have caused him to lose acircus date at Cleveland. He es-timates his losses as a resultat $38,000.

YEARS AGOTom Atkinson's Circus played

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Good TourThe Prof. Miller & Co., magic show has justcompleted a good run in Canada, showing inNew Brunswick, Nova Scotia and Newfound-land. All engagements in Newfoundland weresponsored by the Lions Club, with the showplaying in government-owned Arts and Cul-tural halls.

Three full houses were recorded at St. Johns,the largest single day of business ever hand-led by the theatre. Four shows were requiredto accommodate the crowds at Corner Brook

Miller's show moves on two house trailersand a truck and carries eight people. Featur-ed are the girl-to-leopard illusion, a unicycleact, Wilson's chimps and the show organist.

ROUTES"James H. Drew ShowsOct 11-16 Cordele, Ga.

Ken Griffin (Magic)Oct 16 Augusta, Ga.

Mitchell's MarionettesOct 15-23 Columbia, S.C.

Royal Lipizzan StallionsOct 11-12 Fitchburg, Mass

15-17 Richfield, Ohio

The Ringling-Barnum Circustrain went through Pittsfield,Mass, the morning of June 6, 1926going from Syracuse, N.Y. to theshow's date at Boston.

NOTICE Anyone having any'knowledge of the where-abouts of Johnny andand Phyllis Gibson (cradle and sway pole)

WES CONNELLRingling-Barnum Circus Blue Unit - per route

October 11, 1976 Page 15

R-B ProgramThe program presented by RBBB's Blue Unitduring its Seattle engagement featured:Clownpre-show warm-up; Opening Spec; Ursula Bott-cher, polar bears; The Laszlos, single trapeze;Grantsharevi, cradle; bareback riding by theSlavovi, Romanovi and Paniotovi troupes; aclown walk-around; King Charles Troupe, onunicycles; Michu, world's smallest man; Teet-erboard acts by the Oblocki, Kehaiovi andWozniak troupes; Axel Gautier, mixed anim-als; Jeanette Williams, horses; The Berans,single trapeze; Elvin Bale, single trapeze; Char-ivari tumblers; The clown tumblers; Monas-tyruk, gorilla parody; 200 Years of CircusSpec; Intermission.

Tomi and Michu, ladder balancing; The An-gelos, foot juggling; Lillian, trapeze; Duo Nu»Nunus, teeterboard head stand; The Axt,sword balance; Cossack riding by the Dimi-t-ovi , Ivanovi and Donevi troupes; the Clowncar; Elvin Bale, space wheel; perch acts by

Added NotesHAL HAVILAND has left King Bros. Circusand rejoined Strates Carnival for a fall fairroute:

Nashville, Tenn. • Sept. 17-25Winston-SaJem, N.C. • Oct. 1-9Raleigh, N.C. • Oct. 15-24

The Strates Shows is one of the last of therailroad shows in America. Which rates it asa 65 dog show.

TV SpecialCheck your local TV Guide for Friday, Oct.9th and don't miss the special on The GreatHoudini and his magic.

the Xemus, Knopp and Polonia troupes;Axel Gautier, elephants; The Flying Gaonasand The Flying Farias; Grand Finale.

Mike Sporrer

help wantedNeed Managers, Drivers, Hostesses and Santa Clausfor four units, Santa Claus Rocket Ships in theEast and Mid-west.

Average six weeks work - Opening early November.•̂

I have purchased Lloyd Laster's operation, estab-lished 18 years. Good pay, no lush.

BILL GRIFFITH

Santa Claus Rocket Corporation1130 Blue Mound St. - Black Earth, Wise. 53515

Phone: (608) 767-2653, Home: (608) 767-2462