America's Favorite Circus Weekly

Volume 2 march 12, 1973 Number 10

Public CelebrityApproximately 500 pe»ple paid tri-

bute t» Emmett Kelly, famnus trampclown, when he was honored oy the Ring-ling Museum of the Circus on Feb. 25th,

Kelly is the ninth circus performerto be honored by being named to the Sar-asota Circus Celebrity list. In additionto being presented with the key to thecity (Sarasota, Fla.) he was presentedwith a plague and lifetime pass to theSingling Museum. A display of his props,costumes and original trapeze will be ondisplay at the Museum for the next sev-eral months.

Snipping Old TiesA split in the partnership of Karl

and John niinn, operators of the Europo-rama Show, was reported to The CircusReport last week,

That title, used by Karl dinn overthe^ast three years, was recently in-corporated by John winn and his wife,who now control the show. A dispute oversponsor rights resulted in the break-upof the partnership, Karl Winn disclaimsany association with the Europorama, Inc.

Karl's new show will open on the ulestCoast on June 20th. Most of the dateswill be in the western states.

Among the nets already signed to bewith the new show arei

Sob Chase - announcerJohn ^olonarie - band director"he Flying. Artons - "lying act

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show to debutLate last rponth the Hartzell Family

announced, at a meeting of the Jack BellCFA Tent, in Seattle (Wash.) their theirnew show will be called the "Wallace andRogers Circus."

The show opens on March 31st at PortTownsend, Wash, for a ten day trail runto get the bugs out. They'll go back intowinterguarters for a few dnys and will be

on the road for_ the summsr start-

,,, ing June 14th at^̂ r\'"' !••"•" ~iIIZr Mount Lake Terrace,

The show has ordered new canvas fnjrrthe Puget Sound Tent 4 Awning Co. of

Seattle. It is an 80 ft. round end-topwith one 40 ft center piece, and will beblue and whitp. All poles are to be ofaluminum and special ring curbs ;ire nowbeing made.

The Hartzell's are buying a horseand have already purchased an elephantfrom Eloise Berchtold. They have also or-dered a fun house for the midway.

This is thp first show t»fcw framedin the Seattle area. Their winterguartersare located in Edmonds, Wash.

..... vike bporrer

"Difficult Stage"tie really goofed last week and we're

sorry. It's Robert L. Mitchell who willbe Ringmaster and Announcer on the HoxieBros, Circu? this year. We regret anyproblems the error may have caused.

Pago 2 march 12, 1973

big turnoutWo opened our littlw show on Feb.

17th nnd have benn paying in the YakimaValley (Wash.) RVer since, says 'errellJacobs, Jr. Jue finally got a break in theweather and as a rnsult have had someturnaway business which is pretty nice,

ThR show features a variety of an-imal numbers, plus a clown and it seemsto go over vary well, we're set up toplay shopping centers, store openings,fairs, celebrations and just any sort ofspecial nvont you can name.

new WagonThe first new circus bandwagon to

br> built since the turn of the century iscurrently under construction at Baraboo,wise. When completed the wagon will be 22ft. long and 13 ft. high, and is to be us-ed exclusively for the Schlitz 40 horsehitch.

The wagon (white and gold) willfeature a carved centerpiece of barley anahops, nlong with the famous Schlitz globe.It will be surrounded by intricate scroll

carvings.

The wagon was de-signed by H. RussellZimmermann, of Mil-waukee, Wise, after

researching the historic wagons at theCircus world Museum. The wagon chassiswas built by the Wilbur Deppe Co. of Bara-boo, while the carvings are being turnedout by William Thallmayer, one of the lastof the great woodcarvers.

Upon completion the wagon, and the40 horse team, will be shown at many cele-brations, fairs and parades in the nation,as well as at the Annual July 4th paradein Milwaukee. Completion of the wagon isset for early June.

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NflTBSThe Oakland, Calif. Police Officers

Assoc. is sponsoring an appearance of theGrand Die Opry at the Coliseum this year.

A total of 101,000 people attended theannual Shrine Circus at Milwaukee, Misc.officials report.

The Knights of Columbus Circus et SanFrancisco, Calif, has been switched to theCiv/ic Auditorium on June 15-17.

Citizens of Danville, Calif, report ablack leopard is roaming the hills of thatarea.

Carson & Barnes Circus will reportedlyuse a 140 ft. round end big top with three40 ft. and two 30 ft. middle sections.

Sells & Cray Circus has purchased sixnew Chevrolet tractors for the coming showseason.

Six Flags Over Texas Park (Arlington,Texas) will open their summer season onmarch 17th.

A recent issue of the National Enquirerhad an article about Buffalo Bill and HeinzWillie, German elophant trainer*

Campbell's have a recipe for "CircusBeans" on some of their canned foods.

The film "Houdini " featuring Tony Cur-tis was shown on west coast TV stationslast «eek. (march 7).

Feature TV StarsWAT-NUT CRKEK - Stun

of the television show "HoeHaw" will be the beadlintn at-the fourth annual benefit showplanned by American LegionPost 115 for June S at Fair-grounds, in the Alameda Coun-ty Pleasanton.

Recording star Roy Clark,Grandpa Jones of the GrandOT_Opry, comedian Archie

for the Show

Campbell, singer UuenellaHutton, the Hagers brothersand singer Diane Trask are allscheduled to be on the.bill.

Chuck Humphrey of Vott 111said the total net proceeds willgo to the group's ytar-roundcharity efforts.

Two shows wfll be present-ed, at 2:30 and 6:30 p.m. ,

Tickets and other informa-tion are available throughHumphrey, care of AmericanLegion 115, P.O. Box 5664, Wal-nut Creek, Ca. M5M.

Sidn Show personnel for the 1973 t urof the Sells & Gray Circus was announcedlast week by Jon Friday.

Jack Oonohue - the human balloonRicardo - sword swallowerDennis Dup - impalementmiss Serpintine - blade boxKuth & Dick - fire eating and magic

("arch 12, 1973 Page 3

The ShowMembers and guests of the Bette Leo-

nard CFA Tent ' luichita, Kans. ) enjoyed adinner at the horns of Bette Leonard onFeb. 24th. Later they attended the HamidNorton Circus, which was playing thereon Fe'• 22-25. A special cake, made byKansas' own Top Clown Micki Hanson wasprovided for the occasion.

Special guests from the circus in-cludedi The Flying Cortiona} George Hamid,Jr.; fir. & Mrs. Charles Basil; HarryPeebles and Lucile Coats.

Featured in the circus program aret

Los Galambos - aerial featureBill Golden - tigers and lionMsr. Duval and The Uazzans - bal.Miss Donna, Diane and Debbie -

loop-the-loopThe Great Cardona - aerialPrincess Wing wong -Golden Wist - dancing horseMiss Kaylena - dovesCarlow, The Wazzans, Dan & Trina

acrobatsThe Flying Dells - flying actHawthorn's elephantsThe Aerial pirates.Sammy, the sealLiberty ponies

The show's staff includes;

George A. Hamid, Jr. - producerHarry Peebles - Co-ProducerAndy Bogner - Show ChairmanLucille Coats, Anna Mae Easley - officeG. 8. Miller - publicityCharles 3asile - ringmaster/announcerJames M. Hamid - advertising managerAl Youngman - musical directorRobert Atterbury - Director of stagingGary Peterson - producing clown

Velma LowrySNIPPING OLD TIES (Continued)

Miss Astra - high diveLas Verdus - rolling globesThe Hegettys - unsupported laddersHoc1 Jgmes - ventriloquistSobrina - head balance trapezeThe Nobletts - cradle actThe Winns - aerial motorcycle

l Uinn - walk of deathSheila - slide for life

Allison end Beth - double trapezeBob Enrico ^-nd The Chases - clowns

m^ 31ackhawk FjJ-ns of

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Ring/ingantiqueson display

'Hip Ringling Musi-urns inSaiusota. r-la., will have ;•full schedule of cultural' ac-tivilies lor visitors.

Art exhibitions, op«-ra. con-certs and plays are on the

program.The John Ringing Hie of

circus fame) mansion . isbein» restored Visitors maywander through the Venetianoaliicc-slyle home to see tin-family's priceless art collec-tion and other antiques.

Prosrams arc •VJilablifrom Ringling Musucm- Information Department. Pw»t-office Bnx 1S38, Sdras<;t...Fla. 3:1578.

Sunui RUTSActs appearing with the Miller

Johnson Circus this season includei

Lester P- rker - swaypolePat Anthony - mixed wild animalsThe Rhalfys - aerial ladderThe Hassanis and Chnri Vani acrobatsSemon's chimpsKim and Michele - single trapezeProf. Shappi - crazy pianoVashek- inclined wire walkNaughtin's bearsClowns - The laundromatBen DeWayne, Kathy Cassidy, Miss Loni

juggler displayClowns - The LumberjackFeller Boys 4 Dodo - wire actThe Flying FariasClownsSandy Fulbright - poniesRoberto's mulesRosa's poniesHassani's - tumblersLothar, Jolly Jr. and Ferronis -

balancing displayClowns - The NewspaperVashek Duo - aerial motorcycleBob Gibbs, Ocar Cristiani and Ben OR

waynn - elephantsThe Sky Kings - sway poles

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personalitiesRONALD, the McDonald Clouun, was at the

company's store in Berkeley, Calif, lastweekend (March 3).

PARCEL SCHEUIER joined Ringling's BlueUnit as bandmaster to replace BILL PURYNwho is in the hospital at Sarasota, Fla.

LYLE TUTTLE, a San Frnncisco, Calif.,tattooistt is covered with tattooes fromhead to foot.

JOHN STRONG was in the Pacific North-west last *e«?k booking dates for the fall*

JOHN C59C«NE writes he visited five circuses last year - Clark 4 Walters, FisherBros., John Strong, Carson & Barnes andSells & Gray.

DAflflOO DHOTRE, wild animal trainer, diedat his home in India on Jan. 24th. He was71 years old.

CLARK McOERWOTT has returned to SanFrancisco, Cnlif. after playing some datesin Idaho.

LEE, of Bowling Green, Kty, hasbeen charged Dy the Oept. of Agriculturewith exhibiting a "sored" horse. Convictioicould mean a fine of $2,000 or imprison-ment for six months or both.

TOM UPTON will have his "Pictorial His-tory of thr? Circus" film at the Oakland,Calif. fain Library on March 16th. They'llbe shown at 2 n.m.

ALICE STUART and her snakes were at theOrphanage Club in San Francisco, Calif.all last week*

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R-B's goodThe 1973 edition of Ringling-Bar-

num'a Red Unit is a big and dazzling af-fair. It should please everyone who seesit.

The program really features GuntherGebel-ulilliams, who is seen in at leastthree numbers. In the finale he rides anslephant with a tiger, around the track,for a really big round of applause. Heis truly the first circus star developedby this show in many years.

Something a little different is of-fered in the second half, when Pio Nockwalks the highwira across an arena fullof lions. It's a dual presentation forWolfgang Holzmair works his 17 lions atthe same time. Reminds you of the olddays when this sort of thing was a verypopular number*

There's an alley of 30 clowns onthe show, with Frosty Little listed asproducing clown. Incidentally, he some-times helps out as assistant program dir-ector. Guess the only recognizable namesamong the clowns are Lou Jacobs and Bob-by Kaye, although there's one clown thatis out there most of the time and ispretty good*

They have some nice specs this yearand the big one is called "The Circus".It features some of the spectators, aschildren are selected to ride the carou-sel in each end ring. § w< Simic

with AffectionSome 135 relatives and friends honor-

ed Art and Rose Heller with a party fortheir 50th wedding anniversary on Feb. 23at Sheboygan, wise. The couple are well-known circus people who traveled with theSeils-Sterling-Lindemann Circus from 1921to 1938. Art was a musician, while Rosewas an aerialist.

Their daughter, Betty, who also wasin the circus, composed a special poemfor the occassion. Her husband, NorbertOrth, served as toastmaster and also sangtwo appropriate songs.

« . . . Norman olilbert

March 12, 1973 Pugu b

ROUTESCarson & Sarnei; Circus

March 17 Austin, TexasHubert Castle Circus

March 12-13 Salem, OregonHamid-Morton Circus

March 22-25 Oklahoma,City, Okla.Hublar's lnt'1 Circus

March 15-18 Youngstown, Ohio24-25 Steubenvilla

Polack Bros. CircusMarch 15-17 Akron, Ohio

21-24 CantonRinqlinq-Barnum (Blue Unit)

march 14-18 Charleston, W. Va.20-25 Knoxville, Tenn,

Ringlinq-Barnum (Red Unit)March 14-18 Raleigh, N. C.

20-25 Norfolk, Va.Tommy Scott-TimMcCoy Show

March 12 West Monroe, La.13 Bastrop14 Natchitoches15 Oakdale16 Leesville17 Woodville, Texas18 Off19 Crockett2U Marshall21 Ennis22 Mineral Wells23 Breckenridge24 Cofrmancbe

Semo Shrine CircusMarch 23-24 Sikeston, Mo.

John Strong CircusMarch 17 Blythe, Calif.

24 Camarillo25 Santa Barbara

TNI 4 Royal Olympic CircusFeb. 28-March 1 Sarasota, Fla,March 6 Chicago, 111*

12 Central City, Kty.15-17 Hopkinsville

Wonderful World of HorsesMarch 23-25 Miami, Fla.

Six Flags Over Texas PerkMarch 17 Arlington, Texas

(Opening Day)

.... FOREIGN SHO*S

Artistent Tiers Circusinarch 13-18 Innsbruck

Willy Hagenbeck Circusrtorch 16 Mannhgim, Germany

Making ie PointAs a follow circus fan I'c1 like to set

the record straight about that "GrratNew Act" described in the Dec. 18, 1972issua of Circus Report. That act, presen-ted by Freddy Knie, Jr. is ev-iry bit :assensational as you say. But it's not enew act.

Last year nt the 5th InternationalCircus Congress a special ovation UMS gi-ven Freddy Knie, Sr. for presenting thisact. He thanked everyone, then said th«tthe act had been first presented yearsago on tho Circus Strassburger, in Ger-many. In fact he introduced Ell 5trnS3-burger and said ths applause should bedirected to her family.

None of this spoils the wonderful actthat Freddy, Jr. is presenting. He is anamazino performer, who apparently can doanything. He always has a new and sensa-tional act for the circus.

The Knies are wonderful perfectionistsas performers and they have about thebest show in the world. The modest FreddySr. simply wanted to get the factsstraight and give credit where due. Hehas originated enough sensational actson his own to deserve the ovation h^ got.

..... .Ralph Hartman

HISTORICAL FACT ....

In 1915 the Ringling Bros. Circus trainwere painted asi Advance cars all green;show cars yellow trimmed in red, coacheswere all red. All circus wagons were red*

They were traveling on four trains andfeatured a big parade every day. It featur-ed 19 cages, 17 tab wagons and at lefistthree bands. Over 190 horses were includedin the long procession.

Menschen Tiere SensationsenMarch 22-31 Bremen, Germany

Moscow State CircusMarch 18-22 Mainz, Germany

FAIR DATES

Hernando County FairMarch 5-10 Brooksville, Fla.

Pinal County ^airMarch 14-17 Casa Grande, Ariz.

Sarasota County ^airMarch 19-24 Sarasota, Fla.

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Is There a Magicianin the House?The annual contest show and dinner

for San Francisco (Calif.) area magicianswas held last week at the Oakland MagicCircle's headquarters. The March 6th pro-gram brought out a big crowd with repre-sentatives from all area clubs.

Featured on the program were:

Orsinni and Crystal - HaywardJack Rendis - Santa RosaJim Embree - San JoseLee Tai King - San FranciscoBilly Do tfon - SacramentoSteve Blanca - Monterey

Winner of the contest show was theteam of Ursinni and Crystal*

BookA new book has been written about uim.

F. Coay by John Burke. The volume is tit-led simply "Buffalo Bill" and was publish-ed by Putman. It sells for $7.95.

The author says his book may look likean attempt to cut Cody down, but that'snot the c*se. He offers some of the factsabout the famous man, facts that don'tagree with the stories reported about him.

People liked Cody, says Burke, and hewas a generous man. As a result he letmillions of dollars flow through his hands

FIEM6I SMQWEach Christmas season the Bouglione

circus people of France lease the Portede Versailles exhibition hall for a ser-ies of circus programs. Each performanceis sold as a package deal to various or-ganizations and firms who use the circusfor a Christmas party for their employeesand friends.

During the holiday season the circusoffered an outstanding program of actsfor its buyers. Music for the whole ser-ies was provided by a large orchestra un-fler the direction of Marcellys.

Circus acts appearing there weres

Miss Catherine Blankert - tigersThe Jaccomos - comedy numbersRudi Cnders - elephantsThe Six Hergottis - aerial perchThe Juanitos - balancingThe Gambys - perch poleMdme. Claudine Lorent - sealsEnders Bros. - riding actRodriguez Troupe - horizontal barsJacques & Addi Enders - crazy taxiIby's dogsIBS French - musical clownsRudy Enders - liberty horsesTito Reyes - juggler

Cody liked the spotlight and was areal showman, thus he wouldn't object'toanything that was written about him* Heknew that those stories would bring' fullhouses for each performance* •