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laxei DueA five year controversy over tax assessments was partially concluded when the Property

Appraisal Adjustment Board ruled the Ringling Bros. Barnum & Bailey Shows, Inc., must paySarasota (Fla.) County Taxes on its property in Venice and an apportion of its tangible personalproperty for the traveling shows.

However, the Board decided not to rule on putting the circus trains on the tax roll until anappeal from last year's taxes is resolved in the Leon County Circuit Court.

The Board determined that since the circus Blue Unit was in the county for 73 days andthe Red Unit was in the county for 28 days, the circus should pay for respective assessments of$36,520 and $7,700.

Ringling attorney Granville Crabtreelargued thetrains are not permanently located in the countySarasota County Property Appraiser

John Mikos contends the circus trains shouldbe fully assessed and taxed as being perman-ently located in the county. Such taxes wouldgo into the county funds. Mikos has agreednot to send tax bills to the circus until the lo-cal court resolves the issue.

and should be assessed only by the state. Trainsthat are determined private for tax purposesare centrally assessed by the state and themoney is then distributed to various counties

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Despite some bad weather Circus Vargas hasbeen drawing consistently good crowds duringits Canadian tour. Gusty winds at Quebec Cityblew down the side show/menagerie top, how-ever there were no injuries and no damage.

CIRCUS ORGANIST after Nov. 1st.Contact: RAY HARTZELL, 404 So.Meadow Valley Drive, Las Vegas,Nevada 89107.Phone: (702)873-5093

SHE IS HOMEA runaway girl - 14 year old Maureen McCar-thy - was reunited with her family in Randolph,N. J., last week. The youngster left her home onJuly 13th and was found working with a westcoast circus by a San Francisco TV reporter.Although a routine missing person report hadbeen filed there seemed to be no trace of Mau-reen. Then late last month her mother sent outan urgent plea for her return because a brotherwas dying of cancer and had only a short timeto l ive .A few hours after Maureen arrived home herbrother died. The family joined together intheir grief and Maureen's mother told newsmen"I hope she's here to stay now."

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ROUTESClyde Beatty-Cole Bros. Circus

Sept. 26-28 Louisville, Ky.29-Oct. 2 Lexington

Carson & Barnes CircusSept. 28 Madison, Ky.

29 SmyrnaOct. 1 Chatswood, Ga.

2 PlainvilleCircus Vargas

Sept. 27-29 Nashua, N. H.Hall & Christ Circus Unique

to Oct. 1 Memphis, Tenn.Hoxie Bros. Circus

Sept. 26 Frederick, Md.27-28 Springfield, Va.

29 LeesburgOct. 1 Fredericksburg

Hoxie's Great American CircusSept. 26 Hatsboro, Pa.

27 Paradise28 Oxford29 Quarryville

Oct. 1 Tarreytown, Md.Wm. Kay Circus

Oct. 1-2 Jacksonville, Fla.

Swan Bros. CircusOct. 1-2 Santa Maria, Calif.

TNT & Royal Olympic CircusSep 28-Oct 2 Galesburg, 111.

King Bros. CircusSept. 26 Covington, La.

27 Lafayette28 Abbeville29 Morgan City30 Meltarie

Oct. 1 Golden Meadows2 Gonzales

Ringling-Bamum - Blue UnitSep 28-Oct 2 Nashville, Tenn.

Ringling-Bamum - Red UnitSep 28-Oct 3 Salt Lake City, Utah

Royal Danish CircusSept. 26-30 St. Cloud, Minn.

Sells & Gray CircusSept. 26 Sikeston, Mo.

27 Cape Girardeau28 Maiden29 Pocahontas, Ark..30 Horse Shoe Bend

Oct. 1 West Plains, Mo.2 Lebanon

Stebbing's Royal European Circusto Oct. 3 Richmond, Va.

John Strong CircusSept. 26 Lone Pine, Nev.

27 Yerrington28 Carson City29 Lake Tahoe30 Folsom, Calif.

Oct. 1 Yuba City2 Willows

Century 21 Shows - Blue UnitSep 26-Oct 1 Anniston, Ala.

Centru 21 Shows - Red UnitSep 26-Oct 1 Tuscaloosa, Ala.

James H. Drew ShowsSep 26-Oct 1 Byron, Ga.

Foley & Burk Showsto Oct. 2 Bakersfield, Calif.

Geritol FolliesSept. 28-30 Hamilton, Ontario

Lee Brabel Illusion ShowSept. 26 Concord, Calif.

27 Antioch28 Castro Valley29 Hayward30 San Pablo

Oct. 1 ModestoHoliday On Ice

Sep 27-Oct 2 Largo, Md.MagicTime USA - Prof. Miller

Sept. 27 Newport, R. I.30 Methuen, Mass.

Oct. 1 BurlingtonPet Fair

Sep 30-Oct 2 San Jose, Calif.James E. Strates Shows

Sep 30-Oct 8 Winston-Salem, NCThis Is Hawaii... On Ice

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BILLY BARTONNEW, VICIOUS RUMORS are being circulated aboutRUDY JACOBI - this time with an extra fillip: I amaccused of having started them! Part of the rumors in-volve the Fall Tour, which I am reported to have saidwould never transpire, when I have been writtingabout its eventuality throughout the summer (CircusCarol resumed Sept. 9th at Joplin, Mo. So, thatknocks the underpinnings from THAT silly rumor. Theother parts of the rumors are so patently preposter-ous I won't even dignify them by comment!

THE LAKE GEORGE (NY) resort area featuringStorytown USA and the Gaslight Village, had block-buster seasons with record crowds. Both parks arewell kept and beautifully framed. Storytown featuredthe Tommy Hanneford Summer Circus and the WorldChampionship High Divers. Gaslight Village spotlight-ed Kay Rosaire and her lions, the Hermine Midgets,and a small ice revue produced by illusionist Ron Ur-ban.

NEWSMAKERS: The September issue of Celebrityfeatured a great profile on CLIFF VARGAS and hisfabulous Circus Vargas While it is perfectly OK forPAUL BINDER, leader of the new non-pro "Big Ap-ple Circus", which appeared for the summer in Man-hattan in affiliation with the New York School forCircus Arts (whatever that is), to toot his horn, hiscomments need modifying. (See US Magazine, Sept.20th issue). Comments Binder: "The mammoth com-mercial enterprise that the American Circus has be-come has almost destroyed the subtle artistry of theindividual performs" The ONLY THINGS that des-troy the "subtle artistry" of the performer, Mr. Bin-der, are a lack of Polish, Skill AND Talent. Further-more, NO amateur group will ever create from the"outside" that which has been handed down by gen-erations of thoroughbreds. Circus Artists are not"manufactured" like Rock and Movie Stars.

After 32 yrs. in the biz, the BUMPY FAMILY, retireat the end of this season. Two members of the showtroupe will be married to non-professionals so theyvedecided to quit while still "going strong" and try pri-vate business for a while. See you back on the circuitby 1979, kids!

BOUQUETS: To the multi-talented GOETSCHI BROSan exce l len t musical-comedy-unicycle act caught onFairs, working for BETTER BOOKING, an agencyhelmed incidentally by B E V E R L Y HEIGHMAN andR O S E M A R Y MARINO. Bev was formerly with ALMARTIN and Rose worked for William Morris Agency.The gals have been a team for five years.

SNAPSHOTS: NANCY GIORDANO must undergofurther surgery this fall....Organist JERRY M AAS,with King for the Summer, is back with Royal Hanne-ford, ditto band leader CHARLES SCHLARBAUMwho'spent the summer with Carson & Barnes...CHERITROY, assisting CLEO in his magic act, also doing webhas been appearing at the Saber Club in suburban Chi-cago TAJANA has added three sit-up tigers on re-volving mirro globes IRIS KEPPO resumes Nursing

School at the end of the Gatti season...JAVANNA'sJungle Jubilee and MYAMBA's Baboons are on theTexas Circuit....The PINSON's will not return to theCastle show in '78, will spot-book and are unveilingJoanne's new husky dog act....The Dobritch Int'l Cir-cus plays the New Orleans Police date in the Spring,has also signed back the Wheaton (III) date....WALLYNAGHTIN now has over 14 bears....Spies tell me INGEand TONY SMAHA's Wisconsin hideaway is a "show-place"....The COMMANCHEROS were a last minuteaddition to some recent Emmett Kelly, Jr., datesKAYE SCHEIMAN and husband acted as "prop men"for the DAVIDE ZOPPE Family on Hubler's IndianaFair Dates The LANDES Costume Co. has movedinto a new building, is back in full operation after thefire in July Juggler MICHAEL CHERRICK, in NewJersey for the summer, now goes to CIRCUS CIRCUS

It is rumored that GRACE MaclNTOSH and CHUCKMARINE have the Omaha Shrine date and that HU-BERT CASTLE has picked up the St. Louis ShrineCircus in 1978 ANITA KEPPO should be satisfiednow that the weather bureau has named a hurricaneafter her!

COUNTRY WESTERN STAR LYNN A N D E R S O Nappearing at the A.N.E. in St. John (NB) was feted bycity officials at a lobster luncheon and the star hadover 50 lobsters shipped to her Louisiana home. Lynnposed for TV with DAVE SABO's baby chimp....Mythanks for the "red carpet" treatment by Mrs. CLAR-ICE SEGAL who owns the Oakdale Music Theatre inWal l ingford (Conn) and the Sunrise Theatre in FortLauderdale, when I journeyed there to catch ParadiseOn Ice. Also thanks to SONNY and ALITA MANGINIfor the "Prince Najvez" T Shirt.

JUNE PLUNKETT writes the K O O L AID Circus, pro-duced by EDDIE ZACCHINI at the Iowa State Fairwas extra-special and that a full TV taping was madeof the show....BILLY and BONNIE E A R L visitedPHIL and F R A N C I N E and BABY DONDI at Mar-

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September 26, 1977

Magic MeetThe Texas Ass'n of Magicians Meet was heldover Labor Day weekend at Austin, Texas,with main headquarters of the convention atthe Driskill Hotel. Several lectures and close-upshows were held in the Austin Hotel ballroom.Close-up shows over the four days were heldby Peter Kersten, Paul Diamond, Al Goshman,Bob Little and Art Emerson. Lectures were byTerry Seabrooke, Gene Anderson, John Corn-elius, Hank Moorehouse, Chuck Jones and DaiVernon.The Friday night show was MC'd by Paul Dia-mond with such acts as: Sly, Sindy, Richard,Mandrake & Co., Datagam, Mandufher andChains.The Saturday night show had Gene Andersonas MC with: Joe Cassari, John Bryan, Dai Ver-non, Senor Ramon Galindo, Wan Soo Troupe,Baltazar Fuentes and closing with Shamad. Thelate show featured Ken Griffin's illusion showwith Roberta, assisted by Jack and Betty De

DIETER TASSO, juggler, is featured with the"Ice Fantasy" show appearing at the Haciendain Las Vegas.ALBERT LUCAS, juggler, THE FENTONS,acrobats«nd PELUZA, tumbling clown, wereall a part of the Ice Follies show which was re-viewed at Atlantic City (N.J.) by Variety.

Holt, who also did their novelty act of juggling,unicycles and eccentric dancing.The Sunday show was MC'd by Terry Seabrookewith Peter Kersten, Sandy Ring (ventriloquist),Yutaka Kikuchi and Chuck Jones.Among those attending the convention wereFred Story and his wife, taking time off fromtheir busy schedule with their magic and illu-sion show. After the convention it was back tothe road for this couple for their winter tour.Tom and Sherrie (Dove Act) have completedtheir four months at the Million Dollar Dumpin Houston, Texas, and are now on the road to.play a series of one nighters.

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JOHN DAY handled the announcing/ringmasterduties with the Paul Wright's Aerial Thrill Circusin Southern California last month.

TOMMY BENTLEY, CHUCK CLANCY, JOANN JENNIER, GEORGE HUBLER, BILLYBARTON, and BOBBY DAVIS all visited theBeatty-Cole Circus in Dayton, Ohio.

LILLI KRISTENSEN is now working the "ba-bies" in her leopard act. The animals debutedat the Rocky Hill State Fair, where Circus Od-yssey producer ED MIGLEY and wife, CINDY,visited the animal trainer.

JO ANN JENNIER followed her run with theParadise on Ice show by appearing with theSerendipity Singers at the Kingston (NY) IBMPicnic.

GENE MENDEZ, high wire star, will be work-ing with the Atayde Circus in Mexico duringthe coming winter season.

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MARIO ZERBINI is no practicing a full twistand return to the same horse. ALBERTO ZOP-PE says it is a "fantastic" trick.

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This reporter would like to correct an error in arecent column in reference to EARL ALLENof Sikeston, Mo. That report should have readthat Earl furnished a copy of a story and NOTAUTHORED it on the two Universities thatkeep the circus alive. The story was authored bya reporter of the St. Louis Globe. That articlebrought back fond memories to CHARLESKOEHLER, who was raised in Cairo, 111., just afew miles from the schools. Mr. Koehler is theformer owner of the Dixiana Circus.C. P. FOX has sent out a mailer to all CFA StateChairman asking for their help in compiling anEducational book for educators.In his bulletinFox asks each state chairman to send in any in-form ition on circuses, owners, etc., who live intheir state. The book "The Circus - A Tool forTeaching" will be compiled by the EducationalDept. of Ringling-Barnum. Wonder if this is aresult of the slide presentation made by JACKPAINTER, an engineer professor at LouisianaTech, at the '76 Dallas Convention. The demon-stration of how the circus helps him teach hisclasses was most impressive.The fall season is on its way and now the circusmust compete with football and the world ser-

Export of Bobcat pelts has been banned by theFederal government. The ban was issued by theEndangered Species Scientific Authority, as ameans of protecting the animal.

ies, plus the annual fair season in the south. Butto us Southerners the circus is a part of the har-vesting season. Those interested in Cole Bros.Circus should read JOE BRADBURY's excel-lent article in the Bandwagon, a report of the1942 season. This reporter was especially inter-ested as he enlisted in the Air Force and didn'tsee another circus until after his World War IIreturn in 1946. The "Bandwagon" for July-Aug. 1977 is available for $2.40 by writing to:Fred Pfening, 2515 Dorset Road, Columbus,Ohio 43221.Speaking of the above Cole Bros, the show on-ly made two stands in Louisiana that year. Oct.8 at Lake Charles and Oct. 9 at Monroe. If Ihad known that I could have delayed my enlist-ment for a month and thus enjoyed the show.But, such is life.Well, Barbara, the Carson & Barnes did it onceagain.For the second time in three weeks sheran off from the show lot leaving a trail of da-mage and concern. "Everyone was chasing herand that made it worse," said circus owner D.R- Miller. _ _ M^ L^ DUPONT

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Agent Rose Adair and Mike Naughton visitedwith performers on recent Emmett Kelly, Jr.Circus dates. Acts working at East Meadow, L.I. (Aug. 27) included: Charley Van Buskirk,ringmaster; Bill Brickie's poodles; Doubleday& Co., gorilla parody; Veno Venito, sword act;The Wazzan Family, tumbling and trampoline;Jo Ann & Sunny, the seal; The Cyclonians, un-icycles; Crawford & Gloria, magic and TheCommancheros, aerial act.Veno Venito's sword act and Carol's EgyptianFeathered Fantasy recently completed a threeweek tour with Jimmy Dixon's Magic Circus.Pat and Mary Bissonette are vacationing inMinnesota.Crawford & Gloria finish their fast moving ma-gic act with the appearance of Emily, the sheepdog from a dog house illusion.

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Show ActsThe Rocky Hill State Fair, near Providence (R.I.) featured the Hansienis, sword balance; Car-la Wallenda, sway pole; White Cloud's Knifemanipulators; Country-Western artist "Little"Jimmy Dickens and Melba Montgomery; Ms.Billy Joe Spears and band; Inge Williams, chowdogs, plus juggling on roller skates; Ruth Daye,puppet-xylophonist; Lilli-Ana's leopards; KimKristensen's dressage horse and Adele & Gory,gorilla parody. The talent line-up also includedstar wrestlers, a demolition derby and a motor-cycle rodeo.

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Mr. and Mrs. JOHN GUTIERREZ are the proudgrandparents of their first grandchild, a boy,Jeremy Shane Reed, bom July 10th.

The mother, Mrs. Dennis Reed, is the daughterof John and Shirley Gutierrez. Mrs. Reed isthe former Alicia Gutierrez and is married toDr. Dennis Reed who has the Dublin Veterin-arian Clinic at Dublin, Texas.

Alicia's maternal grandfather was the late (Big )Bob Stevens who had operated Bailey Bros, andand Robbins Bros, circuses. Her other grand-father had his own show, The Gutierrez Circus,

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WARD HALL, The Side Show King, has beenforced to bring back some old-time retired sideshow people, due to a lack of "freaks." One ofhis show people is 84 yr. old Artoria Gibbons,elder stateswoman of all tattooed ladies. Feattured in 1921 on the Ringling-Barnum sideshow, she is this year a feature of the Hall &Christ Circus Unique.

Also traveling with the Ward Hall show, whichappeared at the Ohio State Fair, is Milt Rob-bins, son of Frank A. Robbins. Robbins hasbeen associated with circus side shows for over50 years.

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WILLIAM (Whitey) SUTTON (72) well-knownside show operator who spent more than 50years in show business, died at Clearfield, Pa.,on Aug. 16th. For the past several years hisside show was with the James E. Strates Show.Survivors include his wife, Elsie, daughters,Kathleen Smith, Alice Disharoon and WilmaKennedy and sons Thomas and Blair. Burialwas in Tampa, Fla.

A CIRCUS WEEKThe Dobritch Int'l Circus, appearing at Wayne(Detroit) Mich., on Sept. 23-26 featured: LilliAna's Leopards; Prince Najvez, aerial; Vashekand Kathy, high wire; The Martins, teeterboard;Baby Dondi, elephant; The Fulbrights, horseseand ponies; The Apollos, aerial; Great Vashek,inclined wire; and the Flying Rauls.

The circus was produced by Sandy Dobritchwho also handled the announcing chores. Ringcurbs and lighting were furnished by CircusCreations with Vern Woerner in charge of thelighting. The show worked under a 150x300ft. big top from Florida Tent Rental, with WaltDavis, supt. The show's organist was RichardRosio.

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riott's Great American Park (near Chicago) and writesthat recent visitors to Sells & Gray included DOREYMILLER and East Indian elephant trainer SING whowas reunited with his old friend BESSIE. He and theelephant came to this country from Indiantogetherwhen they were both "punks" One of the funniestsights I've ever seen is TOMMY HANNEFORD ridinga bicycle.

WHAT NEXT: Passing a Connecticut truck stop I sawa Carny set-up and operating on the parking lotL.TheMEORO BOYS have been working on their own thisseason....JIMMY DOUGLASS is touring this fall withCircus Carol GASLIGHT VILLAGE featured anAntique Car Collection of which GRETA GARBO'sDusenberg was the main attention-grabber. Monthsago I reported the great recluse-star was in ill-health.I am happy to report friends in Manhattan saw andchatted with Garbo and she is no fine.

JO ANN JENNIER's new seal cart for her precociousseal, SUNNY, has been dubbed "Sunny's Express"and is emblazoned with the following slogan: CEN-TER RING OR BUST!

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September 26, 1977

SUSAN BLAKELY has been signed as ringmas-ter for the Second Annual Circus of Stars setfor taping by CBS-TV on Oct. 7-9.

KAY ROSAIRE and her lions will join CircusVargas in New York City next month.

STEVE McPEAK, BRETT SHOCKLEY andSTEVE SMOCK were among the professionalentertainers who attended the National UnicycleMeet at Marion, Ohio, on Aug. 20-21.

THE GREAT WALLENDAS were featured atRocky Point Park (R.I.) the week of Aug. 28-Sept. 5, for the last show of the season.

VICKI TAYLOR, femme vent act, played theGreat Rhinebeck (NY) Fair for Better Bookingof Boston.

THE BUMPY FAMILY worked at Rochester(NY) on Sept. 10th for GEORGE HUBLER.

PRINCE NAJVEZ played the New EnglandHarness Raceway at Foxboro, Mass., on LaborDay Weekend, booked by LEO GRUND

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STAGG McMANN, harmonica artist, was oneof the first acts booked into Old Chicago whenit opened. He stayed there for 40 weeks.RAY MERRILL, TOM KULBABSKY, RAYLaROUCHE and RED CHALTON (CFA's)were guests of Simpson Animal Park (Bruns-wick, Me.) owners GUS, URSULA and DONLOUBKE over Labor Day. The show featuresa bear act presented by Gus, leopard and cou-gar act presented by HUGO MARQUARDTand juggling by Gus, Ursula and Don.

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The stage show in the Simmonds Arena at theAtlantic National Exposition (St. John, N.B.)on Aug. 28-Sept. 3 was produced by BetterBooking of Boston and featured: Lynn Ander-son, the Flintstones, Yogi Bear, Prince Najvez,Stagg McMann, August and Deneen, musicalact, Dave Sabo's Chimps and David's plate spin-ning. Cal Smith and his Country Bumpkins werein for one day and the Gene O'Connor RockBand made several appearances.The Bill Lynch Shows were on the midway andthe Great Seabright performed on a sway pole,148 ft. high, in front of the grandstand twiceeach day.

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Contact: KURT SCHIMAN2022 Dodge AvenueSarasota, Fla. 33580

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NEW SHOWBentley Bros. Circus, co-produced and promo-ted by Tommy Bentley and Chuck Clancey willfeature the following talent at its inaugural en-gagement for the firemen at Johnstown (Pa.)on Oct. 8-9.The Great Vashek, wire walk; the Plunkett Fa-mily, comedy trampoline; Carol Wainwright,trapeze; Lilli-Ana's Leopards; Walt King's ele-phants and mixed animals; Burger's chimps and.dogs and ponies; the Vashek Duo, aerial motor-cycle; Christopher James, tightwire; Prince Naj-vez, aerialist, plus a group of clowns, musicaldirector and announcer who are still to be an-nounced.

MARC SCHULTZ is now working as an artist'srepresentative in his father's office at 2525 W.Peterson Ave., Chicago, 111. 60659. Newest acton his growing list of circus attractions is HALHAVILAND's Dog & Pony Comedy Act. Halrecently left the Strates Carnival to help afriend train thorobred race horses at Erie, Pa.

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TAXES DUE (Continued)for the amount of time the train spent in eacharea.

The circus did not appeal the assessment onthe property it owns in Venice, saying the landis fully ultilized and the $47,000 value for theland established by the property appraiser iscorrect.

Crabtree, however, argues that Sarasota CircuitJudge Lynn Silvertooth's decision last yearthat Ringling property was not permanentlylocated in the county and the tax should onlybe an apportion of the number of days in thecounty indicates the position the board shouldtake on the appeal.

Mikos' attorney says that since the ruling bySilvertooth is on an appeal, it is not bindingand should not be accepted as permanent.

Crabtree objects to a 25% penalty on the assess-ment, placed by Mikos, because the circus filedita return in Tallahassee under the central as-sessment for private trains. He said the penaltywas "absurd . .. one of the most offensive typethings I've seen." Later Mikos agreed to dropthe penalty.

According to Crabtree Mikos is using the Ring-ling assessments to inflate the tax roll and saidthe courts have decided the trains should notbe assessed by the county.

In the meantime arguments continue by bothsides and the Board says it does not have thepower to remove property from the tax roll,but simply to grant exemptions from beingtaxed. Even if the property is granted a 100%exemption, said one official, it must remain onthe tax rolls.

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Faces ChargesA charge of operating a publ ic nuisance hasbeen filed against the owner of a bear that al-legedly mauled a 5 year old boy last month.The incident occured at a roadside menageriein Antlers, Okla., and authorities report theboy suffered a punctured lung, fracturered riband infections as a result of the attack.

The attack occured when the youngster and hisfamily stopped at the small zoo, where the boywas being photographed with the bear.

Show ActsActs appearing with Bob Snowden's Int'l Caval-cade of Stars at Wilming ton, Dela., on Sept.10th were: Burger's dogs and ponies and chimps,Barry's comedy trapeze, Scalzo, magic, BillyMartin, rola bola, Bill Brickie, poodles andclown routines, Norman Miller, aerial, Gorgo,Gorgo & Co., gorilla parody.

The show presented performances to good %houses at both the 2 and 8 p,m. schedule. Bothshows were presented in the Del Castle HighSchool.

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Animaland ParkPaid a visit to King's Animaland Park in Rich-mond, Mich., on Sept. 3rd and really had a niceday. The park is arranged in a Bavarian styletheme and has 14 major and kiddie rides. Someof the rides were made by the King Amuse-ment Co. of Mt. Clemens, Mich, which Walt'sfather owned unt i l just recently. Mr. Walter 0.King, Sr. is still around and plays an active rolein the park's success.

During the day, three shows are presented forthe public. A puppet show is given at 1 p.m. byBill and Chris King, the owner's sons. At 2 p.m.in an open air arena, the circus animal show ispresented. This show features:1 - The Les Yoxall Family with their MerryMenagerie of two pigs, a dog, goat and pony. Avery different type of act.2 - Omar, the camel, worked by Bill King doinga high school routine, bow and a pirouette on apedestal.3 • Christopher King with "Queenie" in a singleelephant routine. The unique thing here is sheplays the harmonica and the fact that Chris isonly 12 years old, and working a 4,000 Ib ele-phant.4 - The Finale • Lawrence Grant working 8 lionslionesses in a specially constructed arena. Hedoes the fire hoop with all the cats. He has twocats on mirrored balls and also has them jump-ing overhead, etc.

The last show of the day, at 3 p.m., is the ma-gic show, also put on by Bill and Chris King.They do the Doll House, Suspended Girl andGirl in 6 Parts.

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MOORE'S MONGREL REVUE (Jeanne andBob Moore) had a smooth 23 plane flight fromthe U. S. to Brazil where they opened with theIce Follies Int'l Unit on Sept. 9th.

The park has a large picnic area and ball dia-mond and nearby is the Animaland Zoo. Thisis catered to the kids as the animals here are allthe friendly kind - goats, sheep, chickens, pon-ies, llamas, they're all there. Over 200 of them.

In the center of the park is the large barn whereWalt keeps his elephants - Tulsa, Queenie andWanda, when they aren't out on circus dates.Incidentally, Walt and Barbara recently com-pleted a date at the Ohio State Fair with theRingling-Barnum Thrill Circus.

... Tom Henricks

A V A I L A B L E F O R W I N T E R D A T E S A N D 1978 S E A S O N

LAWRENCE GRANTA M O S T S E N S A T I O N A L L I O N ACT

Contac t : L . J O Y N E R , c /o M. J . Sampson

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FOR SALE23 acres at edge of small town, close tolarge cities - 5 bedroom, 2 bath home.All new siding - Large living room andformal dining room - 2 car garage andother out buildings.Pond, wells, springs, creeks, plus citywater - Saleable timber - Many newbuilding sites.

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Ringling Thrill UnitA Variety review of the Ringling- Barnum ThrillCircus, presented at the Ohio State Fair, callsthe show "one of the most successful" everbrought into the fair. In the one week presen-tation, Variety adds, "more than 2,600,000attended the layout" with the show playing toSRO crowds of 40,000 for each of the threedaily performances.

According to the report the circus is in the fairbusiness and Ohio's Gov. Rhodes has alreadyrenewed the operation for next year. The cir-cus owners are already making plans to pro-duce similar shows at other fairs.

"The event," says Variety, "was all the more

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Box 354Huntsburg , Ohio - 44046Phone: (216) 286-3353

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lucrative because of the hike of admissionprices from $2 to $3 for adults and from 50cto $1.00 for children. There was a constantflow of people sometimes 10 deep waiting foradmission."

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