5th Year October 4, 1976 Number

US DA Meet; Set:The U. S. Dept. of Agriculture (USDA) will hold a public

meeting on Oct. 13th to consider live animal transportation stan-dards as required by the 1976 amendments to the Animal WelfareAct. The meeting is to be held in the Heritage Room of the AdultEducation Center, University of Maryland, College Park. Md.

Certain provisions of the 1976 amendments — scheduled totake effct April 21, 1977, require the department to establishstandards for shipping live animals. Transportation standards arein effect now for animal dealers and other regulated parties mov-ing animals in privately owned or hired vehicles. New standardswould apply to transportation of live animals shipped by anyonevia airlines, trucking companies, railroads, bus companies or onship lines. Also affected are intermediate handlers taking animalsbefore or after shipment. Standards would (Continued on Page 14)

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Show StarsActs appearing in the Olymp-

ic Int'l Circus, ap the Mid-SouthFair in Memphis, Tenn. (Sept. 24-Oct. 2) included:

Randy & Sylvia, perch, TheReginine Duo, cradle; The Hernan-dez Troupe, teeterboard; The Ger-aldos, space wheel; Trudy Luvas,poodles; Cristiani's elephants;The Gutis Family, comedy and theFlying Armors.

Others appearing with theshow werei Gary Strong, announcerand Al Vernon, band leader, withclowns Happy Phelps and JerryWalter.

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JUGGLING-LIBERTY HORSE ACT

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ROUTESBeatty-Cole CircusOct. 4 Albany, Ga.

5 Valdbsta6 Gainesville, Fla.7 Tallahassee

8-9 Pensacola10 Bay Minette, Ala.

Carson & Barnes CircusOct. 4 Marysville, Kans.

5 Manhattan6 Junction City7 Clay Center8 Lendsborg9 Great Bend

Circus VargasOct 5-6 Springfield, Mo.

8 Lawton, OklaGarland, Texas

Happytime CircusOct 5-17 Fresno, Calif.

Hoxie's Great American Cir.Oct. 4 Brunswick, Md.

5 Strasburg6 Purcellville, Va7 Culpepper8 Warrenton9 Elkton11 Brookneal

- End of Season -

".aye Cont'l CircusOct 8-1G Cleveland, Ohio

K.T Bros. CircusOct. 4 Horseshoe Bend,Ark

5 Harrison6 Branson, Mo.7 Aurora8 Sarcoxie9 Webb City10 Jasper

Ringling-Barnum - Blue UnitOct 6-Nov 7 Chicago, 111.

Ringling-Barnum - Red UnitOct. 6-17 Largo, Md.

Sells & Gray CircusOct. 4 London, Ky.

5 Oneida7 Cleveland, Term.8 Lafayette, Ga.

9-10 Marietta

Shrine CircusOct 5-17 Houston, Texas

Stebbings CircusOct. 4-9 Shelby, N.C.

John Strong CircusOct. 4 Lakeport, Calif.

5 Willits6 Ukiah7 Cloverdale8 Petaluma9 Napa10 Gilroy

TNT & Royal Olympic CircusOct 7-10 Harvey, 111.

OTHER ROUTES

Carnival of BrazilOct. 5-9 Norfolk, Va.

Century 21 Shows - BlueOct. 4-9 Robins, Ga.

Century 21 Shows - RedOct. 4-9 Laurel, Miss.

Chinese AcrobatsOct. 7-8 Seattle, Wash.

James H. Drew ShowsOct. 4-9 Monroe, Ga.

Ken Griffin (Magic)Oct. 8-9 New York, N.Y.

Mid-America Magic ConclaveOct. 7-10 Wichita, Kans.

Royal Lipizzan StallionsOct. 5 Buffalo, N.Y.

9-10 Hartford, Conn.

Shrine Circus SeminarOct. 8-9 Indianapolis, Ind

Tannen's Magic Get-TogetherOct. 8-9 New York, N.Y.

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BILLY BARTON •HAPPY ANNIVERSARY !

One yeir ago this week, this column was born -•n intimate communication to those in the indus-try, authored by an active member. In January Iwas given my personal Logo inasmuch as the col-umn reflects my style of thinking and speaking,

which most people know to be the real me, andwhich my editor has had the temerity to let stand.

The wonderful thing about Circus Folks is theirunique ability to laugh at themselves and their mis-fortunes; thus, human foible, funny or sad, takesprecedence in a journal of gossip and rumor, hardnews and information, embellished by opinion andviewpoint culled from 42 yean' experience.

I am grateful to my supporters and...my detractors- one is quite as irr-'ortint as the other. I amgrateful, also, to my editor who has suffered- hair-raising moments because of my outspokenness, butwhose trust and patience has made me so widely

Radio City's program for the week of Sept 2ndlisted the R O L A N BROS., and OTTINI in theircircus spectacle LA FANTASIE DU CIRQUE. . . .Observers inform me that HOLIDAY WITHHORSES is still out, struggling in the East andMid-west, but that its program is very lightweightThe BALE SISTERS and SMAHAS departed afteronly a few days.

M. L. OUPONT reports the stake holes SID K E L LNER forked over a G-note to have repaired at ashopping center in Ruston (La) were never filled.Apparently, as Dupont reported, the deal was arip-off.

CHARLES GERMAINE's new show, the PageCavanaugh Circus which opened in the East isbooked into December at Memphis (Tenn) and atMontgomery (Ala). On the show are the Los La-tinos, The Cuneos and the W al Tims.

VINCENT GAETA. director of the Onstage Cabarat in New York, flies to Yugoslavia for two weeks.Prior to his departure he filled me in on CircusVargas' New York appearance. He and a friend wentto Spanish Harlem only to find a vacant lot APuerto Rican girl told them the circus "didn't likethe neighborhood". I guess not! The show was fen-ced in and had guards with dogs patrolling thearea. After two days and an appearance by CLIFFVARGAS on the NBC-TV "Today" show the cir-cus left town!

FEAST or FAMINE: FOUR elephant acts are up forsale! The Paul Kelly herd. Garden Johnson, the Po-lack bulls and the G-M three. IRVIN FELD nixed adeal he had going with Kellner. The asking price wastoo high. Feld indicated they have too many ele-phants as it is - something that DOREY MILLERwould never admit to!

LETTERS: BILLY RODGERS reports: The day hevisited HINES and PATTI Rucker on the Int'l AllStar, Coco the Clown got married on stilts....EVYK A R O L Y gifted Billy with a new cat and newlytrained Macaw, which is now riding a bike on thehigh wire A visit to King Bros, effected a re-union with good chums HARRY HAMMOND (of-fice) and JO ANN JENNIER who has followed inthe Jennier footsteps with a seal act . . . .PEGGYZOPPE writes: The troupe plays Mexico with theATAYDE SHOW starting in December. "We'll really miss the ice and snow," says Peggy. (I BET theywill!). The Zoppes spent their waiting period forthe Texas dates making all new wardrobe....JIMS W A F F O R D of Burbank (Calif) wonders if Icould explain the inter relationships of troupessuch as the Canestrellis, the Zoppes, etc. He MUSTbe kidding! I doubt that even those families havefigured it out themselves!

Talk about RED CARPET Treatment! When INGEand ROBERT WILLIAMS visited Sells & Gray Cir-cus and parked on an adjacent lot. Manager WILSONSTOREY saw to it that a light cable was strungacross and then sent over the water wagon.

BILLY McCABE, whom I lost track of when he re-portedly went to South America, re-appeared on theSuper Circus date at Union City (NJ) in late Aug-ust Rumors that the show folded in Tampa seem tobe a bit premature! Also seen on the date werethe Apollos, the Flying Medallions, the WinnTroupe and Frank and Janet Burger Spies informme that although the date was no money-makereveryone got paid.

Good friend MAE WEST, now before the camerasat the Goldwyn Studios making SEXTETTE, oncewanted to buy a lion cub from PAT ANTHONY. Patwas set to deliver the cub when an urgent phonemessage from Mae informed him of her sister, Bev-erly's, ultimatum: "NO lions running loose in theWest Menage!"

On every show I visit I hear the following refrain:

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SPCA Gets ReadyNewspapers, TV and CB radios

have publicized the stranding ofcircus personnel and animals atAkron (Ohio) after the G-M Circusplayed there early this month. Asa result the show folks are get-ting by on donations from localpeople and the animals have beenhoused at a near-by farm.

Pauncho Magana and LuAnn Ja-cobs, plus three elephants, alion and six circus employees iwere left without money and onlya vague promise of work on thewest coast late this year, accor-ding to the Akron Beacon Journal.The newspaper carried from pagestories and photos on Sept. 18th

and Sept. 22nd, which promptedoffers of food and financial as-sistance.

Last week Sue Pressman, dir-ector of the Humane Society of theUnited States was called in toinspect the animals. One was re-portedly ill and was visited by avet. Mrs. Pressman said she found •the animals were in "nifty shape'.'

Mrs. Pressman has asked loc-al officials for assistance infiling a custody suit for the an-imals. A court fight might devel-op over the charges, she said,and in referring to the circusowner, she said, "I'm going toget this guy for this."

Tell your friends about "CircusReport" they might like it too.

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DWAYNE LEBEAUELEPHANT TRAINER

is back from Ohio and available for workwith elephants or other animals.

Writ*: Star Rout* Box 336Tehachapi. Calif. - 93561

Ptiorm: (105) 822-3196 or (805) 8224094

Quiet PleaseA runaway garbage truck and

its crew were pelted by rocks,thrown by an elephant that didn'twant to be disturbed. The trucklost its brakes on a hill in New-berry Park, Caiif., (Sept. 22)and knocked over cars, hit twopoles and cut off local power andtelephone lines before tippingover in the front yard of formercircusman Tony Gentry.

The 30 year old elephant,Gypsy, doesn't like strangersand she started throwing rocksand sticks.

Alaska DateFor the first time ever the

citizens of Barrows, Alaska,north of the Arctic Circle, had acircus in their city. On June 6ththe DeWayne Bros. Circus, spon-sored by the Lions Club, wasflown in for three shows by a AIAloadmaster plane.

Despite the 35 degree tem-perature roustabouts drove stakesinto the frozen earth and workedall night to get the show up.Then circus performers donnedtheir costumes and for the circusprogram. Of special interest tothe youngsters were the elephant(Bimbo); bears, ponies, lions, acamel, cougar and llamas.

After the show childrenhelped show folks clean up thegrounds and as the plane was be-ing loaded for its return flightone showman said, "This was thefinest circus day I've ever seen?

COL. E. T. BALERoyal Continental Show Horses - Liberty & School

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ERIK ADAMS presents -The On l y C h i m p s in a R e v o l v i n gToo th Hang ing T r i c k .

Agents * Producers - - Some thit

Finishing Our Big Season m 23 Weeks

Something New For Our Competition...

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ERIK fiDfiMS DOGS

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'New for your 1977 Season

Sterling Forest Gardens on Oct. 12Permanent Address: ERIK ADAMS. P. 0. Box 595

Gibsonton, Florida - 33534

Phone: (813) 677-1469

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For available time contact:Howard W. Schultz2525 West Peterson Ave.Chicago, III. 60659

Busy ScheduleMade a 110 mile drive to

see Carson & Barnes at Lebanon(111) on Sept. 6th and arrived inplenty of time to watch the tentgo up. The first folks to greetme there were Albert and AnitaVanderheid, who had been with theshow since June. They were leav-ing the next day so their daugh-ter could get back for school.Needless to say it was a greatday for me.

Also visited RBBB's Red Un-it at St. Louis and then when thetrain passed through Decatur (Il£they stopped to change crews andthe engine. Many people were outtaking pictures, including thelocal TV station.

Then I dashed off to Jack-sonville for another day withCarson & Barnes. Several fans hadvisited including V. H. Richard-son, Charles Bellati and MikeSorrell. Many Ringling people al-so visited the show, Dale Long-mire, Bruce Guttilla, Jimmy andSandra Briscoe, Heike and WendyDetjens, Tim Holt and wife andGunther Gebel-Williams.

On Sept. 14th, I drove toBloomington to catch Beatty-Coleand was lucky to be on hand for areal band "jam session." Then itwas a dash to Lincoln for a quickvisit with Sells & Gray, thenback to Beatty-Cole at DeCatur,where Lois Hoover celebrated herbirthday, and another full day onSells & Gray at Clinton.

Allen Babcock

October 4, 1976 Page 13

FOR SALEREAL BARGAIN I I I 50 ft Outdoor iluminum rigging; 10 ft MCtipns; special crane birwith pulley*. Complete with jukes, pulleyblocks, cables and A frame. Rudy to go up.

Only $900Contact: Luben R. Stoylnoff. 1617 Enchanted

Lint, Lancaster, Texas • 75146Ptione: (214) 227-2768

In Mrmnriam -RUTH REPINE, former circus

manager and wife of Ken Jensen,died on Sept. 22nd after a longillness. She has a daughter whois active working with Reid Bros.Circus. Burial was in Norco, Cal.on Sept. 28th.

THE HENNEBERRY FAMILY wor-ked at Hampton Beach (N.H.) inlate August then jumped to Edin-burg (111), Stewardson (111) andSt. Joseph (Mich) for Labor Day

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BirthsBeckie and Freddie Schmidt,

of Owensvilie, Ohio, are the par-ents of "Brandy Natalie Schmidt"who was born on Sept. 10th at8:30 p.m. The new arrival weighed7 Ibs. 8 oz.

School ClosedLast week the Associated

Press reported the Circus WorldMuseum's school for aspiring cir-cus performers had been closedbecause of an insurance problem.The school had been insured bythe state, but recently Wisconsindropped its liability coverage.

Museum director WilliamSchultz told AP that 150 peoplewere enrolled in the class thissummer. The kids were really up-set, he added,

*Ve never had a single acci-dent in the four summers andthree winters we operated, butstill we couldn't find a repu-table insurance company to giveus insurance protection at a costwe could afford."

Collectors ItemsAssorted Material from theGreat James M. Cole Circus -1946 Season.

$5.00 and $10.00 KitsSend Money Orders toi

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WANTEDWANT BABY ELEPHANT

1 to 2 yean old

Send details to

WALTER STIMAX MILDRED HALLP. 0. Box 442

Arkansas City. Kans • 67005or

5090 Marlon Avt.Miroloma. Calif - 91752

JANET and FRANK BURGER,dogs/chimps; ALBERT RIX, bears;THE FULBRIGHTS, horses/ponies andclowns WALT STIMAX, MILDRED HALL,and the SHERMAN BROS, are currently touring with Polack Bros.

NADIA COMA'NECI, Olympicwinning gymnast, will be on FLIPWILSON'S TV special on Nov. 18th.

DOROTHY STOREY celebratedher birthday on Sells & Gray Cir-cus at Fairborn, Ohio on Sep. 21.

THE RONRITAS worked their"Boomer and Co." kangaroo act ona recent Merv Griffith TV show.The program will be aired nation-ally in mid-October.

Thank YouBILL HILL, Manager

Hoxie's Great American Circusfor all the trailers you haveowned over the past 19 years.

"SA VE MONEY Wl TH JOHNNY"

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Honor DueCitizens at Oquawka (111.)

have started a campaign to raisefunds for a stone marker thatwill commemorate the final rest-ing place of the circus elephantNorma Jean.

About four years ago NormaJean was killed when struck bylightning during a circus perfor-mance in that city. The animalwas buried in the town square.

The citizens want to pur-chase a two ton granite marker onwhich will be placed a smallstatue of an elephant. They alsoplan to set up a glass case inwhich pictures of the elephantcan be exhibited.

BILLY BARTON (Continued)"They just won't listen to ANYBODY!" "They"being the management end/or department heads.Well....one day, those of us who know how to doeverything RIGHT, will band together, take outour own show and •- promptly go broke!

See you down the road luvs.

USDA MEET SET (Continued)cover all warm-blooded animals ex-cept livestock, horses, birds,rats and mice.

Interested persons may at-tend the meeting or written com-ments can be sent. Formal posi-tion statements and other commentmust be received by Oct. 23, 1976Write: Animal Care Staff, APHIS,USDA, 770 Federal Bldg., 6505Belcrest Road, Hyattsville, Md. -20782.

Comments will be availablefor public view in that office.

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Detroit NotesThe elephant "Stoney" was pro-

viding rides for youngsters atthe Plymouth Mall and those whopreferred were able to ride adonkey. Thus both major politicalparties were given equal repre-sentation.

Dee Dee, the Clown, was making

balloon animals for youngstersat the Northville shopping area.

Meanwhile at Suwanee Park anold-fashioned carousel was prov-ing to be a popular attraction.

Young guests at the BelleIsle Zoo were permitted to pettheir favorite animals, whilethe big zoo offered many inter-esting features.

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October 4, 1976 Page 17

YEARS AGOPittsfield, Mass. - July 11, 1925Hagenbeck-Wallace Circus.

The Hagenbeck-Wallace Circusarrived here from North Adams at4i30 a.m. The flat cars had to beturned around at the Junction soit was about 6 a.m. before theystarted to unload.

They have one train of 29cars (14 flats, 7 horse cars, 8sleepers and 56 wagons). The carsare yellow, while the wagons areall red. The baggage stock con-sists of 100 horses and there are12 elephants, 19 cages, 62 ringhorses, 16 ponies, 2 mules, onezebra and 3 camels.

The reserved seat section ison both sides and are built on 8wagons. Four large wagons with 20rows of seats and four small wa-gons with 14 rows of seats, all12 high. They have seats, plusthe bandstand and performance en-trance on one side, for a totalof 2,464 seats.

The tents are: 4 pole bigtop; 6 pole menagerie; 3 poleside show; 3 pole dressing andring horse top; Three 3 pole hor-ses tents; 6 pole dining tent; 2pole cookhouse; 2 pole kitchen; 2pole band top and 2 pole wardrobe

Everything was unloaded by8:15 a.m. and the parade was at10:30 a.m. with 23 sections, and26 cowboys and cowgirls.

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Big E ShowAccording to General Manager, George Jones, of theEastern States Exposition at West Springfield, Mass,this year's appearance of the Royal Int'l Circus atthe fair, drawing a total of 49,500 people for nineperformances, made it the largest-drawing single at-traction in the fair's 55 year history, shattering allprevious records.

The show played Thursday through Sunday, Sept16-19, with two shows per day and three on Sat-urday. The first two performances played to nearly-full nouses, and literally thousands were turned away for every show thereafter. For the weekendshows the 6000 seat coliseum filled up so rapidlythat the fire inspectors had to order the doors clos-ed as much as 50 minutes ahead of the scheduledperformances.

The show's producer, Wayne McCary. is also Execu-tive Assistant on the administration staff of the BigE, and has been touring circuses under the RoyalInternational title for six years. Favoring a one-ringformat. McCary takes special pains to formulate aprogram run-down that shows off every act to thebest advantage. The show he brings into WestSpringfield is especially tailored to the requirementsof the fair. This year's edition, lasting precisely onehour, was a glittering concentration of all that acircus should be.

The program featured: Wm. "Boom Boom" Brown-ing, band leader; Lilli-Ana (Kristensen) leopards; theApollo Duo, cradle; Al Vidbel's pony revue; Satani,fire act.The Flying Dells, Vidbel's elephants and the3001 Exploits in Space with Johnny Zoppe. Jr.

The show's staff included Ken Mattoen in charge ofbuilding staff and lighting; Roland Cote, rigger and

prop boss; and Charley Van Buskirk, ringmaster.The sound crew was headed by Lew Bianco.

Lilli Kristensen, billed as "The Amazon Queen",perhaps looked more like a Nordic Goddess, butstriking withal, with a cascade of platinum hair flowing to her waist. The act opens with Lilli and fivespotted leopards. Her presentation is strong, but fe-minine, with a distinctive delicasy that puts the actin a class by itself. She doses by putting a blackpanther through his paces, which includes a firehoop and poses atop a revolving globe. He's a bigsleek animal and works with just enough sullen re-luctance to bring the danger factor of this act intochilling prominence.

The Apollos emphasize the boy-girl relationship intheir cradle-bar act to excellent advantage. They 'open on the ground with a well-choreographed en-trance set to a swinging, hard-beat arrangement of"Big Spender", setting a tone of subtlay under-play-ed sexiness that they carry tastefully through theirentire act.

Satani Demon has done the impossible. He's just onesingle man presenting a ground act Yet with light-ing, wardrobe, and imagination he has put togetheran act that can be featured anywhere, replete with"spell-binding effects" that really do "take-over thewhole arena," as his announcement promises.

The closing act on this bill shouldn't really be call-ed an act at all; it truly deserves to be termed an"aerial production." Every aspect of this numberreflects consumnate showmanship and the incrediblescope of its creator's imagination. Johnny Zoppe Jrs"Exploits in Space" brings a whole new dimensionto the circus experience.

Producer Wayne McCary is at present setting actsfor the April 16, 1977, opening of the shows tra-ditional spring tour of Maine Shrine dates.

Charley Van Buskirk

AVAILABLE FOR BOOKINGS AFTER NOVEMBER 1. 1976

MARCANSMALE AFRICAN LIONS

(First Time to Tour U.S.A.-Best Male Lion Act Available)Contact

JOSIP MARCAN818 13th Avenue Green Bay, Wisconsin 54304

Phone: (414)4325692

October 4, 1976 Page 19

CONGRATULATIONS to

CHARLES GERMAINEWe knew you could do it

Ivan Henry

AUCTIONAt 10 a.m. on Sunday, Oct.

10th, Harry and Louise Primmer,owners of the Rose Gale Pony Farirat Clinton, 111., (on Route 10about 8 miles east of town) willsell all their animals and equip-ment at public auction.

Included on the sale listare ponies, horses, circus wagonsa calliope, and several fancy wa-gons. Other items include varioustypes of equipment and trailers.

Bob Emrico has a series of26 magic show dates set for him-self in the Pacific Northwest.

TNT ShowThe TNT & Roval Olympic Cir-

cus played to capacity crowds atthe Westwood Mall in Jackson(Mich) on Sept. 21 to 23. Theygave three shows a day -1,4 and7 p.m.

The program included: EarlTegge, ringmaster/owner; EvelynTegge, organist; Tim Tegge, drumsThe Houcs, juggling; Twinkles theclown; Jose Cole, balancing; TheTorreanis.

The show was very clean andwell-paced and was beautifullystaged. Several fans were on handduring the engagement and allwere made more than welcome.

Clarence Hastings

PROFESSIONAL PUBLICITYYour show deserves the best . . . . professionally produced publicity packages,press kits, well staged photography, feature stories, backgrounding. Get it donefor one date or the season by people who care how you and your show looks.

Packages developed, advance work covered cooperative with sponsors and pro-ducers and individual acts. Design work in posters, ads, coloring books, programs,rolling stock, arena decor, props and wardrobe available from the most imagin-ative designer in the business today.Call or write us now and be ready for your next season. It can be your biggestever with our expert help. Look as good as you are. Don't settle for less thanthe best.Services booked on a first-come basis. We can handle only a limited number ofassignments.

CIRCUS PROMOTIONAL SERVICES547 New Center Building. Detroit, Mich. • 48202

Phone: (313) 871-0407