5th Year March 15, 1976 Number 11

Preliminary negotiations are reportedly underway for apossible change in ownership of the Beatty-Cole Circus. Whileno formal offer has been made, it is understood the circus hasbeen offered to the Florida State University, as a gift.

Harold Wilkins, director of FSU admits that he has beensounded out about the possibility of the college acquiring thecircus. He says that circus owner, Jerry Collins, approached FSU

because of its experience inproducing and operating its owncircus. The college circus is

In The SnowA heavy snowstorm forced

the cancellation of performancesby the Henry Bros. Circus onMarch 3rd. The show, which open-

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composed of students, many ofthem children of circus people.

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Elephant Dies;A baby elephant died at the

Portland (Ore.) Zoo 18 days af-ter it was born unexpectedly.The baby reportedly died ofpneumonia, brought on by a lackof Vitamin E.

Called "Surprise" because ofits sudden arrival, the babywas born to "Hanako" who wasreturned to Portland a few daysbefore, after being on loan tothe Los Angeles Zoo.

Zoo vet Dr. Michael Schmidtand his wife, Anne, kept a 24hour watch on the baby in anattempt to save it. The babywas suffering from debilitatingwhite muscle disease and thenwent into pneumonia. The di-sease was apparently caused bya lack of vitamin E during thegestation period.

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SHOW NOTESAlmost everyone appearing

in the M&M Circus at Rochester,N. Y. (Feb. 18-22) were hit bythe flu bug. Many performerswere hospitalized and unable toperform as scheduled.

Just as it was time to pre-sent his dancing horses for theFriday night crowd Bradd Frankcollapsed. He was sent to thehospital, where he remained forseveral days. His wife, Sheila,became ill on Saturday and wasunable to continue the act.

The flying act's catchercollapsed after the first show,and Victor Julian became ill ammissed several performances.Even show owner Grace Mclntoshwas ill and bed-ridden for sev-eral days.

HENRY BROS (Continued)ed just a few weeks ago, is withthe Capell Bros. Carnival.

The program features: anelephant; Dalmatian dogs; Hen-ry's Chimps; rolling globes,andthe famous Rossy, the Clown. Itis presented on an outdoor stage

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John HerriottWalt KingGlen HenryErnie Burch & MaranBerosini ChimpsRock Smith FlyersCimses DogsTony DianoEddy VenturaJohnny LuxemKeppo SistersThe Young TroupeThe Rossell TroupeBob WelzHines & Patti RuckerThe Flying FarfansLenz ChimpsFlying MedallionsBobby GibbsThe Elkins SistersMoore Mule & DogsZacchini FamilyAyala TroupeGene RandowWallenda TroupeBauers Sway PoleKeith Killinger

Ernie McLeanHerbie WeberPat AnthonyFeller BoysHarold AlzanaThe LeighsScott's MulesMac McDonaldRex WilliamsLottie BrunnDiaz SistersReynoso Bros.The RonritasPio Nock TroupeFornasari FamilyWazzan TroupeStephenson's DogsMurillo TroupeNino SantosRodriguez TroupeAlbarracinesHarriett BeattyRosaires PekesGreat BorosLos ArgentinesWanda WardThe QuassarsLoni Van Voorden

ROUTESBenefit CircusMar. 20 San Angelo, Tex.

Hubert Castle CircusMar 15-16 Missoula, Mont

18-21 Spokane, Wash

Circus VargasMar 15-18 Corp.Christi,Tx

19-22 Brownsville

Clyde Bros. CircusMar 18-21 Tulsa, Okla

Tommy Hanneford CircusMar 16-21 Cincinnati,Ohio

Happytime Circusto Mar 21 E.Los Ang, Ca.

Holiday HippodromeMar. 15 Princeton, Va.

16 Beckley17 Beckley, W. Va.18 Portsmouth, Ohio19 Athens20 Mometta21 Parkersburg.W.Va

Hubler Int'l CircusMar 17-21 Youngstown, Oh.

Kaye Cont'l Circusto Mar. 21 Chicago, 111.

Emmett Kelly, Jr. Circusto Mar 28 Puerto Rico

Mid-America CircusMar. 15 Pt. Lavaca, Texas

16 Victoria17 Rosenburg18 Galveston

19-20 Port Arthur

Polack Bros. CircusMar 19-21 Akron, Ohio.

Ringling-Barnum - Blue UnitMar 16-29 Baltimore, Md.

Ringling-Barnum - Red UnitMar 16-21 Knoxville, Tenn

Royal Wild West CircusMar 20 Valdosta, Ga.

TNT S, ROYAL OLYMPICMar 18-20 Hopkinsville,Ky

OTHER ROUTES

American Freedom TrainMar 15-18 Tulsa, Okla.

19-23 Wichita, Kans.

Black Watch TroupeMar. 15 Buffalo, NY

16 Syracuse18 Springfield, Mass19 Uniondale, NY

20-21 Washington, DC— End of the Tour —

Harlem GlobetrottersMar. 16 Anaheim, Calif.

17 Greenville, SC25 Hampton, Va.

Gymnastic ChampionshipsMar 19-20 San Mateo, Cal.

Royal Lipizzan ShowMar 16 Amarillo, Texas

19 Uni. of Oklahoma20-21 Oklahoma City, Ok

Royal Lipizzan StallionsMar 18-Apr 18 Rio de Jane

Vaud-VillitiesMar 17-28 Columbus, Ohio

MIKE MARTIN, formerly onBeatty-Cole, will tour withCircus Galaxy, doing illus-ions and acting as Perform-ance Director.

MERLIN "Shorty" HINKEL,retired clown, now lives atGlbsonton, Florida 33534 (P.0. Box 1445). He was last onB eatty-Cole in 1974.

OLEG POPOV, former Rus-sian clown, has reportedlydefected to the U. S. and islooking for work.

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Starting now with. DON SANDMAN

Both the Syrian Shrine Circus and Ringling-Barnum are busytrying to attract prospective customers to their own shows. Whileboth shows have stepped up their advertising campaigns, neitherone mentions the other show.

The Shrine Circus is atthe Cincinnati Gardens on March16-21 and will feature the RoyalHanneford Circus. They have evenscheduled units for the local StPatrick's Day Parade, and manyof the circus people and animalswill be included in the parade.

Ringling-Barnum plays theWaterfront Coliseum March 24-28and they've been running big adsin the newspapers and many TVspots. This past week they evenran an ad in the Dayton paper -some 50 miles away.

RBBB has a deal with Steinberg's a local appliance chain,who is offering free circus tic-kets with every purchase of $50or more. At the Coliseum they'vejust hung a huge banner for thecircus and they call it "the largest banner in the world."

MiscellaneousA major thrill show has

been signed to appear at the An-nual Tommy Walker IndependenceDay Fireworks Spectacular atAnaheim, Calif.

Emmett Kelly, Jr. Circus isplanning a May to September datein Lambertville, N.J. at theold Music Circus site.

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ARN1E W. KONKALA (64) retired clown, who worked with RBBBin the 1940's and 1950's, diedat Sarasota, Fla. on Jan. 21st.Survivors include two brothers,Tauno and Frank.

EARL J. (Pappu) JOHNSON(75)former circus clown who workedwith many shows, died at Birm-ingham, Ala. on Jan. 23rd. Sur-vivors include a sister, Mrs.Gerald Clark.

ARTHUR LEONARD (74) formershow electrician, died at Tampa,Fla. on Dec. 28th. He started inshow business on Hagenbeck-Wal-lace in 1917, worked for suchshows as: 101 Ranch, Mills Bros,Leonard Bros, James Bros, andKing Bros. Survivors include hiswidow, Margorie, and sons Marianand Ricky.

HAROLD (Pappy) MILLER (78)former circus horseman, died atVenice, Fla. on Feb. 3rd. He waswith Ringling-Barnum from 1932to 1973.

CHARLES SELDMAN (82) con-tracting agent for many circusesdied at Springfield, Ohio onDec. 17th. His last circus workwas with Beatty-Cole. Survivorsinclude a daughter.

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THE RUSS SAUNDERS TRIO fea-turing PAULA DELL recently com-pleted special stunt work on apirate film in Mexico.

DAVE HOOVER is breaking anew roll-over tiger for his actwhich tours again this season onthe Beatty-Cole circus.

BILL BRINLEY's model of theDailey Bros. Circus was featuredat Warwick, R.I. on Feb. 23-28.

CHUCK BURNES is currentlymaking his third film for Train-ex Corp., the nation's largestproducer of medical trainingfilms.

RUSTY PARENT and FRANK KORAformer RBBB people, are with theAmerican Freedom Train conces-sion department.

MARCO, the Magic Clown, re-cently worked the Navy Officer'sClub at Newport, R.I.

DIANNE WILSON and her sealsopen a 26 week tour with GibsonsDiscount Stores on April 3rd.She'll be using four seals.

E. F. McDANIELS, agent, iscurrently with Showtime USA outof Dayton, Ohio.

BILL ENGLISH has a Biceiv-tennial production on the roadcalled "Spirit of 76". Reportsindicate he will tour the showfor 32 weeks.

STU and SARA MILLER are now I

ATTENTION-Retired clown Tad Tosky re-

Dorts that all copies of his book"Clowning from 6 to 60" have beensold. There is one copy stillavailable, but that one is to besold at the Clown's of Americaconvention, at auction. Proceedsfrom the sale will be used forthe COA Building Fund.

Tad is currently working on anew book 'Vho's Who in Clown Al-ley." He would like to hear fromprofessional clowns - wants name,make-up, years with shows, etc.Write him at« 5061 West PulaskiRoad, Chicago, 111. - 60630.

plAying dates in New England thatwere cancelled earlier because ofbad storms in that area.

MICKEY and FREDDIE FREEMAN'Sson and family recently visitedthem in Florida. The son lives inSouthern California.

ALFRED COURT, retired wildanimal trainer is 93 years oldand quite active. He lives inParis.

JACK BENNETT recently finish-ed some stunt work for the newfilm "Bound For Glory". You'llsee him as the man running alongthe top of a string of box cars.

TOM UPTON, CFA film maker, isback at his Berkeley (Calif.)home, after the house was repairedfrom effects of a recent fire.

March 15, 1976 Page 5

BILLY BARTON-I'VE JUST DISCOVERED there must be enough magicians

in the U. S. to populate the state of Texas. (Next, comesjugglers!). At least as many as would fill Rhode Island'showed up recently to visit PHILIP MORRIS.

Speaking of magicians RAY OR-SZAK (Signer Rai) doubled inbrass by announcing the RoyalHanneford Circus on its recentswing of one-dayers....It tookthe ENTIRE Wallenda clan to shipCarla and her sway pole off toPuerto Rico at the last minute....but, that's nothing newt ittakes that many just to send Car-la across the street.

"Little" MARIO WALLENDA(There are TWO, y'know) hitcheda ride to Florida with EDDY VEN-TURA, home to Grandma Helen'sgood cooking and then to DUBSKYSCircus. VENTURA played the Orlan-do date for JOE BAUER.

SID KELLNER reports he issplitting his season into twosegments, has some excellent pro-mos set. He won't commit himselfabout the TOM MIX film, but ad-mits the author is going eastwith the show. About that "in-come tax" rumor, he just laughs."I have a lot of problems, butthat isn't one of them."

Took time to watch the FLY-ING MARILEES on the BILLY SMARTChildren's TV Circus Special.It's a double-wide flying actwith two male catchers, two maleleapers and three girl flyers.

Caught shots of Mary (Atterbury)on the pedestal and she stilllooks great!....GUS & URSULA'Sson, Don, is out of the hospitaland back in Action I'm toldthat DOREY MILLER is "unhappy"with his recent shipment of ele-phants .

I predict that a major under-taking involving a lot of bigtalent is headed for a lot ofbig trouble and I HOPE my predic-tion is wrong.

The story that ALFREDO LANDONand wife BOYON have returnedpermanently to Argentina is notso. He IS building a house thereand PLANS to leave later....butright now Alfredo is still tend-ing bar at the Showfolks in Sar-asota.

GEORGE HUBLER reports he hasthe Lexington Shrine date thissummer. For the past severalseasons it has been produced byCLYDE BROS. Originally it was aPolack date, later played byHarold Voise, and then by SamPolack.

A super powerhouse line-upsparks the Hybler YoungstownGrotto Circus, on this week.

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The Circus Report

Huutsville, Ala. Feb. 26, 1976Compiled by PAUL E. FITZPATRICK, MD

Cliff Vargas, Owner Mike Gorham, Anncr.

Jim Gibson - Bandmaster

Overture -Homestretch GallopMiss TromboneBarnum & Bailey's FavoriteEntry of the Gladiators

National AnthemSpec -

Billboard MarchWanderlust

The Gorilla Parody -BrazilCaravan MarchTiger Rag

The Flying Lantonys -Entrance of CaligulaEnchanted Nights WaltzPunch & Judy

Wally Naghton's Bears -Melody of Hungarian TunesSomewhere my LoveSabre DanceThose Were The DaysAve NeguilaHungarian Rhapsody No. 5

Frank & Estralita - cradle actAmparito RocoMoreEstrellitaOriginal Come-down Music

Sir. Wm. Baker - liberty horsesRobinson's Grand EntryHello DollyMameQuality Plus

The Great Vasheck - wireShanrala*Impossible Dreams

Senor Antonio - balancingGoldfinger.PatriciaAmoreEl Cumbonchero

Clown Number -Trombone Blues

Bounding Rope - Arturo SeguraOriginal MusicObrie* El SonriAla Plaza VamasMamba de Huelva

Miss Jan - single trapezeTheme from ExodusMr. LuckyWitchcraftEbb Tide

The Klementis - bicycle actOriginal MusicSwinging CycleCuban TobaccoGood Old TimesTea for TwoAlley CatFinale - spurt

— Intermission —Overture - Pertissimo GalopPat Anthony - wild animals

War March of the TartarsLionsRoyal DecreeGarland's EntryJungle QueenBig Cage Galop

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GARDEN RIDtS HIGHThe 1976 season got under-

way for Garden Bros. Circus atAllentown (Pa.) where they provi-ded sponsors and local residentswith a good show. Local observersreport "the show is clean, goodand snappy."

The program features:

Prince Bogino - wild animalsClown WalkaroundThe Robertsons - balancing actAl Vidbel - liberty poniesCharron's chimpsAerial web numberFunny FordIncomparable Huston - magicOlinka - single trapeze— Intermission —

The Flying ArmorsThe Morrells - jugglingThe Uarrisa Twins - tight wireMiss Steinherr - dancing horseThe Bertini Troupe - cycle actClowns - pie throwingAl Vidbel - elephants

Show VisitRecently visited the win-

terquarters at DeLand (Fla.) andfound that everything there isnoving towards opening day. Allthree shows (Beatty-Cole, Sells &Gray and King Bros.) are beingpainted, this includes trucks,poles, and seats, etc. At thepresent time they have about 30men working in quarters to getthe shows ready for their Aprildebuts.

Fred Logan works the bullsout each day and he has sevenmen in his department. On Satur-day, Feb. 28, Fred took three ofthe elephants - Pete, Sue andHelen - downtown for the Chamberof Commerce. Some two hours la-ter they were back and 'going ov-er their new routines with theother elephants.

.... Jim Elliott

Tino Zoppe Wallenda - high wireClosing spec - Bicentennial

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Two of the roost ELABORATE, AERIAL PRODUCTIONS of our time!JOHNNY ZOPPE, JR., Takes us back in time with THE SPARTANS RO-MAN AERIAL FANTASY. Then Leaps into the FUTURE to THE YEAR 3001EXPLOITS IN SPACE. Two of the most SOPHISTICATED and ORIGINALof AERIAL RIGGINGS and SPECIAL EFFECTS.

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VARGAS (Continued)

Clown Number -Coming Round the Mountain

Head Balance - all three ringsFrancarroApplauseLove Theme from El CidCome-down music

Cimeon's Chimps -Tijuana BrassSkater's WaltzThoroughly Modern MillieJazz WaltzCha* Cha'Georgie GirlAround the World in 80 DaysBye Bye BluesSpecial Finale Music

Miss Loni - foot jugglingSerenadaBaubles, Banles & BeadsKetchaturian

Vasheck Duo - wire (motorcycle)Peter Gunn ThemeExperiment in TerrorCircus Days Galop

The Circus Elephants -Cyrus the GreatOhio SpecialJungleBaby Elephant Walk

Grand Finale -God Bless America

Final Overture -Center Ring

COMMERCIAL ART WORK - Envelopes,letterheads, cards, etc. - Writeto: Beverly Allen, P.O. Box 91,Pixley, Ca. 93256.

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The BandThe band with the Circus

Vargas at Huntsville (Ala) fea-tured:

Jim Gibson - trumpet/leaderBill Rickenback - trumpetChaeles Fardella - trumpetTorda Carl ton - piccaloPerry Johnson - sax/clarinetJean Ann Gibson - clarinetEric Binyon - tromboneEd Firth - tubaPaul Blakemore - drumsLocal musician - tromboneLocal musician - baritone

Film ProgramA series of circus films

has been scheduled at the FilmCenter at the School of the ArtInstitute in Chicago. The films,which will be shown over a threemonth period, were put togetherto offer a view of life underthe big top as seen by some offilmland's best actors and dir-ectors.

The films include:

March 11March 18March 25April 1April 8April 15April 22April 23May 6MayMayMay

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June 3 -

VarietyHe Who Gets SlappedSally of the SawdustThe CircusYou Can't CheatGreatest Show on ErthNaked NightLa StradaLola MontesTrapezeWrestler & the ClownYo YoThe Clowns

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New OfficersNew officers were recently

elected and installed by theShowfolks of Sarasota (Fla.)Theinstallation was conducted byJohn Hurdle and Father BruceLauenborg gave the Invocation.

The new officers are:

Charles F. Nixon - presidentPete Ivanov - 1st vice presidentAndre Fox - 2nd vice presidentJames Moynihan - secretaryDorothy Chapman - treasurerGenevieve Porter - asst sec/trs

The Board of Directors in-clude: Elly Ardelty, MireilleArnosi, Dorothy Chapman, JamesCopeland, William English, PeteIvanov, Andre Fox, Alva Johnson,Jane Johnson, James Moynihan,Charles Nixon, Avery Peterson,Genevieve Porter and Karl Wal-lenda.

CHANGE PLANNED (Continued)

that must be solved before such !a change in ownership couldtake place, if it does. (l)-Col-1

lins owns only a portion of the ,circus; (2)-the college's foun- •dation board would have to eval-uate the offer and then decideif it would be of benefit to thestudents, and if it would b«° amoney maker, or would cost thecollege money each year.

FSU Circus Director RichardBrinson, reports this is thesecond circus in two years thathas been offered the university..

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Miscellaneous

The John W. Pugh CFA Tentplans a center ring party for al]circus folks and fans when theBeatty-Cole Circus plays Wilm-ington (Dela) on May 1st.

The Norman Carroll CircusCollection of posters and photosis on display at the Space Muse-um Bldg. at the Los Angeles Mus-eum of Science and Industry inExposition Park.

The Pickle Family :ircuswas featured in a special write-up in the San Francisco (Calif)Chronicle on Feb. ?9, 1976. Theitem included five photos.

Japanese Village and DeerPark at Buena Park (Calif.) hasbeen sold and will re-open inJune as "The Enchanted Village."

Reader's Digest for March1976 has a five page story aboutthe circus called 'The Comebackof the Circus."

The March 28-30 El ZaribahCircus at Phoenix (Ariz.) willinclude a street parade- themorning of March 27th.

Knott's Berry Farm at BuenaPark (Calif.) is adding six newthrill rides, a large ballroom,an additional dining room and anew front entrance. With the ad-dition of their "Roaring 20's"ride area last year, attendanceshot up 53%.

Official programThe program currently being

presented by Mid-America Circusas it starts its 1976 season in-cludes the following:

Jane Randall - high school horseJoey Mattheson - jugglingSusan Franzen - revolving ladderThe Clowns - JargoLes Peters - hand balancingJane Randall - uncaged cougarClowns - The PrizefightThe Fraunstein Duo -Book/Balloon PitchJane Randall - trained dogsSparky - hat and cane manipulatnHilda King - aerial webThe Fraunsteins - spinning plateJane Randall - pony drillThe Clowns - wash dayNeil Franzen - elephant

The show staff includesi

Manuel King - RingmasterGordon Walsh - ManagerBob Armstrong - Tent Supt.Sparky (D. W. Washburn), Phil

Shear, Joey Mattheson - clownallcv.

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BILLY BARTON (Continued)

Headlining the program are theKOCKA-POLDIS TROUPE, a new tee-terboard-Russian Swing act thatwas brought over by GIL MILLER;DAVID ROSAIRE's Perky Pekes, amarvelous dog act (was featuredat the MGM Hotel in Vegas) andthe HARMONICA-RASCALS. Strongsupporting acts include theQUASSARS, Rocket Ship; FELLERBOYS and DO DO; the FLYING LARAYS, cradle/flying act; SCOTT'sunrideable mule; VIVIAN's Box-ers; the GUTIS; the PHAROAHS,cradle; ELOISE BERCHTOLD, wildanimals/elephants; JOHN HERRIOTTsingle dressage horse, and KAR-EN NYCE, one finger stand, backin business for this one dateonly. IRV ROMIG is producingclown. MARK ALLEN is announcingthe show.

TORREANIS to Hubert Castle,opening in Montana....IRIS KEP-PO joins Europorama doing weband rolling globes. Pappa SULOwill make the trip west withher before he goes off to hisnative Finland in May....TommyHanneford auditioned a snakeact - that's right, a snake act!

BIG TOP OPENINGS: Hoxie Brsopens Mar. 23 at Miramar, Fla.The show will feature not one,but TWO gorillas! The big showproper features GARY HENRY, un-ridable pony/comedy car; DIAZSisters, unicycle/juggling; theFRANKS, horses/whips/ropes; theHOXIE elephants and lion act;

Miss CHELLA, trapeze; ZOEANNA,Roman riding; and the CORTEZTROUPE, high wire/fling trapeze.BILL HILL will manage the secondshow - HOXIE*S GREAT AMERICAN.

Beatty-Cole Opens Apr. 5 atBrunswick, Ga. Some of the newtalent includes the GAONAS, fly-ing act/teeterboard, and PIETROCANESTRELLI, tight wire/teeter-board. RON 5, MITZI will returnwith their aerial numbers.

Carson & Barnes opens Apr. 27at Austin, Texas, with the World'sLargest Collection of Elephants.The circus will also carry a 9piece band with COL. LES HARKNESSas band director.

ERNIE McLEAN returned to RoyalHanneford this week in Cincinna-ti after playing dates for HAMID-MORTON....the smaller unit putout by Tommy Hanneford for twoweeks of one-day stands includ-ed the Hanneford package of acts,the Keppos, Tony Fossett • whobroke in his baby chimp act),Signer Rai, Prince Najvez, Wal-ly & Cheryl, and Marina Radulescu.Charles Schlarbaum and the MaasFamily handled the music. DwightHanson, boss props; Don Basham,wardrobe.

BILL S, TRUDY STRONG'S springroute includes dates for Hublerand Fleckles. Also dates for theCarden-Johnson-Suesz combination- which is leaving me and every-one else totally confused this

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BILLY BARTON (Continued)season! RAMOS TROUPE, WALLY& CHERYL, KEPPO SISTERS to Buf-falo Shrine date for Hubler nextweek....Sir Victor JULIAN willalso be in Buffalo and is inTulsa this week and THAT one isfor SUESZ!

The BERMAN-DALLAS SUPER CIR-CUS, produced by SANDY DOBRITCHplays Tampa in July....JOHN W1NNopens EUROPORAMA Apr. 14 nearSan Diego and will tour 'tilJune 20. With it will be the RO-SELL TROUPE, COMMANCHEROS andthe HANS WINN TROUPE. The showwill also carry a six girl webnumber.

MIKE KLUCKER clowning theChicago date for Kaye Cont'l...TONY FOSSETT gifted Irene with awasher-dryer combination for herbirthday which he built into thetruck...Now he has to find aplace for the "gorilla" suits....DWIGHT HANSON tore out one ofthe twin beds in his Airstreamto build closets....These clevercarpenters. I can't even get thenew rug layed in MY trailer!

Talk about being in the DogHouse! Dwight Hanson and KathyEnglish were more than just alittle disconcerted when theyspied "Lovey" (Kathy*s pooch)blithely driving the pick-up a-cross the parking lot. Loveythen proceeded to park atop aset of concrete dividers and ittook Kathy and Dwight severalhours to extricate the dog andpick-up!

Park FoldsA 50 acre amusement park

at East Providence, R.I, (Cres-cent Park) will be sold at pub-lic auction on Thursday (March18). Last week a federal judgegave a subsidiary of the Hart-ford National Bank permission toforeclose its mortgage to Cres-cent Park Recreation Corp., andto hold the auction.

A year ago the park filedunder Chapter 11 of the bank-ruptcy laws, which permits acompany to remain in businesswhile trying to arrange for pay-ments of its debts. The parkhas been unable to meet itsdebts, which amount to $1.4 mil-"lion.

It is assumed the bankwill buy the park for its mort-gage of $800,000. However, thecreditors will not be paid un-less the sale can bring in morethan enough to cover the cost oftwo mortgages - one held byHartford and the other by a pri-vate citizen in Boston.

FRIEDA S. WISWELL (74) re-tired widow of the late ErnieWiswell. She was probably bestknown for her work from insideErnie's comedy car, an act thatappeared in most of the majorshows. Mrs. Wiswell died on Feb.7th at Riverview, Fla.

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