Ringling Bros. and Barnum & Bailey Route Book, 1943

From: Ringling Bros. and Barnum & Bailey Combined Shows. Route, Personnel and Statistics for the Season of 1943. Sarasota, FL: J. C. Johnson, 1943. Program, staff & performers. This edition did not include the day-by-day details of the route. The route for this year can be found on the Routes page. Not included here are the photographs. Permission to place the information from this route book on the Circus Historical Society website has been provided by Feld Entertainment, Inc.™, Ringling Bros. and Barnum & Bailey™. Circus World Museum's Parkinson Library provided the photocopy of this route book. All information should be checked with additional sources. There will be spelling and typographical errors.

The Circus of '43

Blasting the prophecies of the many who predicted that insurmountable wartime barriers would keep the Ringling Bros and Barnum & Bailey Circus off the road in 1943, the Big Show has rounded out the most successful season in its colorful history — thanks to the courageous spirit and indomitable will of Robert, Aubrey and Mrs. Charles Ringling.

Facing the toughest problems ever confronted by a circus, these gracious big top personages last winter left their officers' chairs, rolled up their sleeves and proceeded to run the great amusement organization themselves.

They not only put the show on the road in all its might and glory, but they adjusted it to wartime exigencies in such masterly manner as to win the approval of the U. S. Government.

Co-operating with the Office of Defense Transportation, they trimmed the circus' traveling mileage to about half of normal and played fewer cities by lengthening engagements in the larger ones, in order to stay off railroads as much as possible.

But, paradoxically enough, the need of the citizenry for a temporary relief from wartime worries, which the Ringlings abundantly provided with a real, "circusy" circus back in the gay, nomadic mood of its origin, rocketed attendance.

Spurred by sharp twitches of desire for such refreshing diversion, well over four million persons hit the Ringling sawdust trail this year and saw a show that made their eyes pop and their hearts flutter.

And, while the circus contributed to the public morale by diverting the minds of its patrons from the tragedy of war, it stimulated war bond sales tremendously. Through tickets donated to the U. S. Treasury Department and distributed by its local War Savings Staffs this season, 194,656 purchasers of extra war bonds saw the circus free and at the same time helped defray the cost of Victory to the extent of one hundred million dollars.

Nearly 37,000 men and women in the U. S. Armed Forces were admitted to the show without charge in 1943. James A. Haley, the Big Show's first vice president, who has never forgotten the time a circus in France extended him similar courtesy during World War I, took a keen interest in their attendance. Jim, in the First Division of the A.E.F., was one of those hard-fighting Americans who came through at Chateau Thierry, St. Mihiel and Argonne Meuse. He later spent seven months in Germany with the Army of Occupation. This year found him on the Ringling lot, early and late, to give that certain lift to a trouper's morale that's in tune with "the show must go on."

For generations Army men have studied the ways of the circus. Last year, when organizing the big U. S. Army War Show for a country wide tour, they drank deep at the wellsprings of Ringling wisdom and walked off with George W. Smith, the circus' general manager, to move the huge project.

George, for years technical master in the movement and operation of the circus, handled the transportation of the Army Show in flawless fashion and won the commendation of every officer connected with it. This year he was back home again with a bigger job on his hands — managing and moving the world s largest traveling amusement institution.

Produced by Robert, Aubrey and Mrs. Charles Ringling, the 1943 performance was designed to enlighten the spirit and lift the heart, which it did in a grand manner. It was a more interesting show and far richer in entertainment than any of its predecessors.

The skillful blending of its old and new features, as well as the smart touches that accented its dazzling impetus can oe traced to Robert Ringling, the circus' president.

Robert who became an expert in staging productions during the years he achieved a distinguished career starring in grand opera, has been a tower of strength to the circus in fields of music, lighting and the shaping of pageants and spectacles.

The Ringlings' mid-season replacement of spec wardrobe this year, after but four months' use, was unprecedented.

By this costly innovation, the magnificence of the performance was maintained throughout the tour and harvest time patrons feasted their eyes on the same untarnished spic and span splendor that dazzled Manhattan's opening nighters last April.

Before Merle Evans' band finished the last strains of Auld Lang Syne at the closing performance of the 1943 season in Tampa, plans for the 1944 tour of the Big Show were under way.

And next Spring, straight out of Wonderland, will come new and still finer circus, created by Ringlings, run by Ringlings and presented by Ringlings, as The Greatest Show on Earth continues its irresistible onward march.

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Ringling Bros. - Barnum & Bailey Combined Shows, Inc.

Robert Ringling, President
James A. Haley, First Vice-President & Assistant to the President
Mrs. Charles Ringling, Vice-President
Aubrey B. Ringling, Vice-President
William P. Dunn, Jr., Treasurer
John F. Reddy, Jr., Secretary

Directors

Robert Ringling Mrs. Charles Ringling Aubrey B. Ringling James A. Haley

William P. Dunn, Jr. John North Major George D. Woods

Executive Staff

George W. Smith, General Manager Edward F. Kelly, Asst. to the Gen. Mgr. Fred C. DeWolfe, Treasurer with Show J. F. Reddy, Jr., General Counsel Herbert Duval, Legal Adjuster Roland Butler, General Press Representative

F. Beverly Kelley, Director, Radio Dept. J. C. Donahue, Traffic Manager Arthur R. Hopper, Gen. Agt. Outdoor Adv. J. R. Griffin, Auditor Pat Valdo, Director Perfomer Personnel Jane Johnson, Secretary to the President

New York Office

J. R. Griffin, Auditor F. J. McKenna Herbert H. Sicks

Mary Byrne Rosemary Claffey Alice Miller

Bernadette Kelly Eileen Vernon Dorothy Wilson

Chicago Office: Dan De Baugh, Rep.

Sarasota Fla.: P. H. Sicks, Rep.

Peru, Indiana: Mary Jane Patterson, Rep.

Contracting Agents: William J. Conway, Al Butler

Publicity and Advertising

Press Dept.

Roland Butler, General Press Representative
Allen J. Lester, Hal Olver, Bernie Head

Radio Dept.

F. Beverly Kelley, Director Radio Publicty
Francis L. Morrissey

Outdoor Advertising Dept.: Arthur R. Hopper, General Agent

Advertising Car No. 1

Frederick A. Boudinot, Manager Edward Riley, Boss Billposter E. J. Coupert, Boss Lithographer C. F. Biggs, Biller C. P. Hale, Biller James Kiser, Biller W. F. Hope, Biller Clarence Keyton, Biller

W. M. Feigley, Biller F. L. Maurer, Biller Arthur Outten, Biller J. W. McCormick, Biller Joseph Bernstein, Biller F. J. Crowther, Biller S. L. Clauson, Biller

E. J. Riche, Biller A. R. Stires, Biller W. S. Owens, Biller Mike Covitch, Biller T. M. Clements, Biller Thomas Connor, Biller J. A. Chandler, Biller

Advertising Car No. 2

Clyde Carlton, Manager Frank Geiser, Boss Billposter Pete Murray, Boss Lithographer Frank Coursal, Biller

La Rue Deitz, Biller John Fletcher, Biller George Hanes, Biller Allan Scharmacher, Biller

William F. Albers, Biller William J. Schayman, Biller E. C. Veter, Biller Fred B. Huet, Biller

Advertising Car No. 3

Frank Mahery, Manager Si Semon, Banner Squarer H. Goerke, Boss Banner Man Robert Hiatt, Biller Houston Rhoades, Biller

R. E. Patterson, Biller S. J. Vogel, Biller Hugh Collins, Biller M. D. Ross, Biller

Advertising Inspector: Harry Bert, Lee S. Connaroe

Banner Puller: Joseph Brown

24-Hour Men: Walter S. Wappenstein, William L. Carr

Chief of Police: John H. Brice

Medical Department: Dr. Joseph H. Bergin; Chas. Hohenschutz, First Aid.

Ticket Wagons

Red Wagon: Theo Forstall, Lloyd Morgan
White Wagon: Lewis H. Woodruff, Harry Minor
Yellow Wagon: Joseph F. Boyton, Joseph Paul Boyton

Front Door

McCormick Steele, Superintendent Harry Brown William Brown Anthony Carlysle

William Downing Philip Hall Richard Miller Henry Reynolds

Clyde Sellers William Maxwell, Tax Box Terence O'Rourke, Tax Box

Ticket Dept.

Ray A. Marlowe, Superintendent Michael Gradis Fred Harris

George W. Helms John White

Matthew J. McGowan Richard Iannone

Downtown Ticket Agent: Harry Porter

Time Keepers: Hugh M. Briethaupt, William H. Webster

Big Show Announcer: Arthur L. Springer

Chaufferurs: Harold Nicholson, Robert Wallace

Mail Man: William Moser

Performers

Big Show Band

Merle Evans, Conductor

Evald Snellman, Flute and Piccolo Dan Rickard, Clarinet James Schlanz, Clarinet Frank Tonar, Clarinet Gilbert Dutton, Clarinet Nick Altroth, Clarinet Tony Ramirez, Clarinet Dick Brown, Clarinet Frank Holt, Drums Albert Yoder, Drums Pete Staluppi, Horn Wm. Spielberg, Horn Howard Ham, Horn John Horak, Baritone

Sylvester Larius, Baritone Gabe Russ, Bass Martin O'Connor, Bass Pete Heaton, Hammond Organ Joe Browning, Cornet Robert Nelson, Cornet George Gilbert, Cornet Henry Kyes, Cornet William Phoenix, Cornet H. C. Werner, Cornet Lewis Bader, Trombone Stanley Czerwinski, Trombone Henry Forthman, Trombone Andy Grainger, Trombone

Side Show

Fred Smythe, Manager
Wm. Rhu McKitrick, Assistant
Ticket Sellers: Wm. Rhu McKitrick, Charles Zerm, George Johnson, Charles (Chuck) Gammon
Lecturers: Willard (Doc) Foster, Don C. McIvor
Ticket Takers: C. D. Smith, George V. Connor
Supt. of Sound Projection: Robt. Lee Brazil

Attractions

Senorita Carmen, Snake Trainer Mr. and Mrs. Fischer, Giant and Giantess Freda Pushnik, Armless and Legless Girl Mo-Lay, Comedy Juggler Miss Patricia, Sword Swallower Rasmus Neilsen, Tattooed Strong Man Don C. McIvor, Magician Baby Thelma, Fat Girl Egan Twist, Rubber-Armed Man

Hanka Kelter, Long Haired Girl Major Mite, Smallest Man Percy Pape, Living Skeleton Nabor Feliz, Pueblo Indian Sculptor Tinytown, World's Smallest Performers Joseph Nawrath, Midget Musician Brazilian Troubadors, South American Entertainers Jubilee Minstrels, Premier Black-Face Performers Theresa Rackow, Human Dynamo

Tinytown Midgets

Harry Doll, Daisy Doll, Gracie Doll, Tiny Doll

Brazilian Troubadors

Salomon Pacora, Director, Guitar Tomas Ayala, Steel Guitar Stan Sconza, Trumpet Carmen De Marco, Singer

Alicia Blanco, Dancer Maria Ellena Rivera, Dancer Maria Estella Rivera, Singer

Arthur A. Wright's Band and Minstrels

Wm. Matthews, Clarinet and Sax Louis Ford, Clarinet and Sax Clarence Williams, Solo Trumpet Harry K. Franklin, Solo Trumpet Wm. E. Fields, 1st Trumpet Rufus S. Wiggs, 1st Melophone M. O. Russell, 2nd Mele. and Sax

Edward Carr, 1st Trombone Homer C. Griffin, 2nd Trombone Wm. Thomas, Baritone Harrison R. Hall, Tuba Andrew Gibbs, Drum and Traps Edward Warren, Drum and Traps A. A. Wright, Trumpet, Director

Minstrels

Claude Dickerson, Comedian Billy Freeman, Comedian J. C. Woodards, Accordionist

Horace Hopkins, Dancer Herman Higgs, Singer and Interlocutor

Miller Brothers Concessions

Frank C. Miller, Paul Miller

Jack Harris, Assistant Frank Morris, Purchasing Agent James Horsburgh, Ice Man Bill White, Stock Man

Clifford Porter, Bottles Oliver Hill, Porter Pat Connolly, Personnel

Candy Top: James Mel Hamlin, Manager

Seat Butchers

Stanley Gregory Jack Golden Vernon Long James Grumley Bernard Zeidenstein Peter Phelan

Michael Zenter Tom Lee Smith Eli Drucker Eugene Couture Ruby Newman Gus Signer

Edward Murphy Harold Silk C. Roberts S. Golden William Mack

Big Tip Diner

Paul Fisher, Manager Floyd Hill, Assistant

Vance Jordan L. P. M. McCarthy

W. E. Foster George Smith

Individual Stands

No. 1 Stand - C. Ryan, H. Dutton, Co-managers. H. De Lahala

No. 2 Stand - James Brown

Candy Stands

No. 1 Stand - J. Besser

No. 2 Stand - A. Stryker

No. 3 Stand - E. Hitchcock

Back Yard Lunch Room

L. Delano, E. S. Sheehan, Co-managers

W. Moriarty, M. Sigman

Candy Floss

Victor Pratt, Manger

S. Marks, A. Guardino, W. Brice

Frozen Delight: H. Hoffman, Manager. M. P. Halliday, J. Hewes

Pop Corn

J. Reis, Manager J. Stoffel G. Whitehead

F. Jordan, Stockman H. Banks, Sanitation Engineer B. Guyton, Porter

Novelty Department

Eugene Gutman, Manager W. Lich M. Gustow L. Rosenberg

C. H. Allen L. Blumenthal M. Klien

I. Richenthaler A. Zimmerman C. N. Wilkins

Program Dept.

Circus Publishing Company
Max Tubis, Road Sales Manager
Harry Miller, Victor Le Bow

Animal Dept.

John Sabo, Superintendent Joseph Costa, Assistant Dare Barlow Roy Bates John Bequet John W. Collins Samuel Goldberg

John J. Jeffries Barry Kooser Joseph McGhee Robert Malchin Ray Miller James A. Moore James C. Pave

John C. Pelkey John Joseph Rosen Frank C. Setting Roland Shaw Norman St. Marie Charles J. Tanner

Alfred Court's Performing Wild Animal Dept.

Josef Walch, Asst. Superintendent
Jack Barry, George Scott, Frank Dilts

Ring Stock Dept.

Robert Forsythe, Superintendent Harrison E. Johnson, Assistant Roland Simpson, Assistant Fabel Allen James B. Andrews Andrew Baker William Belknap Nicholas Brewer Lowell Brideson Willard Briggs Benjamin Campbell Oliver Davies Frank DeFransce John Duffy

Vernon Enos Frank Flanagan Bayard Gray Allen Hahn Joseph Harnack Charles Hyvonen William Kachelries George Kelz Richard Kissell Walter Lyons Bradford McCarthy Gilbert Messenger John Miller William Murphy

John Pendergast Arthur Peterson Winfred Rader James Scully Frank Selock Frank Smith Harry Smith Fred Stabler William Steventon Chester Van Orden William Waite William Warnecke George Woods Roy Young

Veterinary: J. Y. Henderson

Harness Maker: George Warner

Elephant Dept.

Eddie Allen, Superintendent Vernon Duffy, Assistant Leo M. Harsh, Assistant Richard Shipley, Assistant Harry Albert Loren Allen Harry Anderson William Bacon George Clark Robert C. Clark

Philip J. Combs Elmo Dallas Chester Damon B. Della-Camera Dale Dickensheets Robert Dusseault Frederick Garvey Mason Harris Arnie Honkala Mickey Kelly

Tony Marty Charles Milligan Arthur Mimlitsch John W. O'Neal Gus Rautenburg Howard Walker Joe Wallace Fred S. Wells Arthur Williams

Mr. and Mrs. Gargantua the Great

Jose Tomas, Superintendent
Harry M. Carter, Air Conditioning
John Farrar

Cook House

George J. Blood, Superintendent Archie Blood, Assistant Charles Landt, Assistant John M. Staley, Assistant Joseph Anderson Edward J. Aspen Thomas Babich Emile Bilodeau Frank Bowen Robert Bowens Edgar W. Bruce Thomas Butler Mathew Carroll Martin Carter John Casper William A. Chapman Thomas J. Costello Tom Crawford Jack Dampher Roy E. Davis Joseph Decauski Val Dickerson Richard Donker

Martin Duffy Grover Fuller James W. Goodrich Willie Griffin Paul Haas Ralph Hart Cleveland Herr John Japes Frank Jobeski Andy Johnson Walter P. Jones Otis Kingcade Edmund Knapp Hormisdas LeBlanc Joseph Lenz Jimmie Lugovoy Edward Lukowski Joseph L. Lynch John W. Martin Frank Mills Ernest L. Morrison Carl Nelson James L. Neuble

James O'Donnell Robert Paul Gerald Plasse Frank Poland Kestutis Pranckunas Peter Pranckunas John Reno Dave T. Richardson Nicholas Rock Kenneth Simpson John Surman Frank Szymanowicz Joseph Taylor Robert Towns Raymond Vaillancourt Albert Welch Ferdinand Welk Walter Wenning Charles Wheeler Thomas White John Wilson Fletcher Winningham Glenn Worthey

Commissary: John Seawell, Jr., Joseph Dunn

Canvas Dept.

Leonard Aylesworth, Superintendent Walter Bingham, Assistant William Dwyer, Assistant James Healey, Assistant John Meek, Assistant Joseph Stearns, Assistant Barney Alkonis Robert L. Bailey Harry Baker George Binder Thomas Brennan John Brewer Henry Brooks Jack Brown Jesse Brown Tom Brown Rhobie Butler William Caley David Carey William Case Samuel Clark William Cole Helmuth Dickau Leslie Dillon Sylvester Dominikowski Leopole DuBois John Fenyar

Walter Fletcher Samuel Graham Julius Guyton William Hines Albert Hale Nathaniel Hall William Harrington Wilburn Hicks Robert Hudson Ernest Jefferson Donald T. Jones Frank Jones Henry Jones George Kelley Henry G. Kelley Jake Kingsbury Joseph Lloyd Milton Luck John McCarthy John McDonald Virgil McMorries Mack McRae Mitchell Mallette Fred Meussling Charlie Mitchell Henry Moore

Arthur Moyen Allen Niver Robert Nordon Louis Odom Elisha Oliver William Peterson Norman Pompey Lymoine Reiff Dalton Rice Mike Simmons Bigger Smith Macon Stith Jesse Taylor Henry Teyo J. C. Thomas Neal Todd Robert Walker Riley Wiggins Charles Williams Robert Williams Andrew Wilson Robert Wimberly Murray Woods Eddie T. Young Joe Young Peter Young

Side Show Canvas Dept.

George Escalara, Superintendent Emil Strand, Assistant John Beatty George Bottorff Daniel Burrell

John Harvey Thomas Langley Joseph Lynch Noah Miller Lawrence Morris

Roy Shipman Jackson Swain John Toth Anthony Urso

Light Dept.

Edward R. Versteeg, Superintendent Paul Danousky, Assistant Jersey Foster, Assistant Edwin Geeson, Assistant Floyd Barnett Henry Carroll Herman Carroll Buddie L. Childs Robt. J. Clemmons James E. Collins Larry Crandall

Gustave Cron J. A. Crowell John Crozier Edward Doucette Maynard Gifford Daniel Graham Ernest Hacker Amos Hallgarth Henry Hitchcock David LaRose George F. Miller

Marvin Mundy Munzio Palumbo James J. Powell Ray Prettyman Henry Robinson Robert Ryan James Silver Henry Thompson Carol Tucki William Walters William Winslow

Mechanical Dept.

William Yeske, Master Mechanic Charles Chekley Steve Koll

Emil Rhodes Charles Hilliker

Christopher Murtagh Nell Yeske

Porters

Edward Gallagher, Superintendent George J. Browne Harry Corbett Geo. W. Grossman Alfred N. Dennis James T. Duvall Ernest Firth Ulysses Foreman Clint W. Hall John B. Hall

Clarence Hatch Charles Hoskins John J. Kalin Karl Krapf Benjamin Lowe James R. McLaren William Matthews Lillian Merrithew John H. Parker Thomas Payne

Frank Redmond Herbert Schulze Jack Shaw James Skinner Roy L. Stepes Eugene Thompson William Turner Clara Franklin, Private Car Frank Franklin, Private Car Ethel Gadsden, Maid, Big Top

Property Dept.

Walter Kaner, Superintendent James C. Bradley, Assistant Patrick Dougherty, Assistant F. V. Taylor, Assistant Leo Ulinsky, Assistant Raymond Adams John Baron William Butts Willis Cason Donald Connelly Joseph Contreras John Conway

Marvin Cooper Joseph Cremens Carl T. Deifer William Goss Frank Kaner John W. Kerrigan Edward King Harold Laughlin Joseph Liberti John E. Lonergan Vedus McKee Harry Moran

Alfred Newquist Charles Noble Vincent O'Leary Sam Pappalardo Lloyd Prather Joseph Scharick Gordon Searle Richard Skiles Charles Steinbach Angelo L. Tiboni John Witkofski Mike Zobowa

Train Dept.

Ray Milton, Superintendent James G. Gould, Assistant Ross Roberts, Assistant James Allen Fred Baker William Bloch Edward Brown William Carlile Alfred Conlon Oscar Cote Howard Craig Rex Dukes

Thomas Garrett Kenneth Genious Jos. H. Gilbert Harry Gordon John Grant Harry Hannon Wallace O. Hill Thomas C. Kiser Ellsworth Lester Pete Luken Howard McCracken Henry Matthews

Charles Oyler Andrew Robinson Emmet Sanders Theodore Saxl Charles W. Scott Edward Smith George D. Smith Clifford Tainter Broughton Tucker Gene Baldanbrini Charlie Willett Henry C. Wright

Train Electrical Dept.

Joseph Nash, Superintendent
George T. Hill, Assistant

Truck and Tractor Dept.

David Blanchfield, Superintendent Stanley Wacht, Assistant Donald Baine, Assistant Ralph Beaver Charles Boyle William Bush Raymond Clark James Compton Joseph Corio Edward Curry George Davis

Luther Davis Fred Devine Alex Dye Lori Fields James Gallagher Daniel Gill George Hayes Lloyd Holden George Knight Edward Laskowski Arthur McCormick

George Norris Daniel Parker Samuel Phillips Edwin Reid Steve Rhinesmith Ken Robbins Edward Simoncini Clarence Springer Chas. Van Horn John Wallman Rudolph Wojcik

Usher Dept.

John M. Carson, Superintendent Michael D'Addario, Assistant Kenneth Gwinnell, Assistant Robert Pittman, Assistant Ray Rowan, Assistant Charles Ash Ambrose Barren Raymond Beardsley Robert Blackburn Lewis E. Brown Clifford Chapman William Dunn

Charles Ewig Albert Gauette John Gloss William Hines Marshall Houser Thomas R. Kloss Walter C. Lake Charles Land Raymond Lionberg Raymond Maxwell Walter Mock

William Moss Tad Moore Elmer Myers Sherrill Price Robert Reed Elmer Santana Julius Scholz Paul Stecik Frank Weber Eugene White Chandler Williams

Utility Men

John T. Howard, Lawrence Vogt

Watchmen

Frank Burgett, Eugene Patterson, William Smith, Harry Ferguson

Boss Painter: Michael J. Carey

Wardrobe Dept.

Joseph McCarthy, Superintendent William Howard, Assistant Margarette Graham, Wardrobe Mistress Edythe Bowen, Assistant Jean Carson, Assistant William A'Hearn Adolph Bekawich Harvey Britton Ernest Bugg Hugh Burgoon George Champagne James A. Cunningham

John T. Duncan Joseph Grassi Edward Grodivant Charles Haley Joseph Higgins Fred Hube Bernard Kelly Charles Kniebbe James Lake Joe Land Homer Matlock

James Moriarty William Murphy Norwood Padgett Leonard Polaski Charles Portz Frisk Rhodes Harley Rivers John Sawyer Robert Shirley Thomas Waddill Albert Whitehouse

Tent Manufacturing Dept., Sarasota, Florida

Leif Osmondson, Superintendent

Sail Makers

Ralph Harding, Floor Foreman.
John D. Auldridge, Osmond Osmondson, Frank B. Wright, J. G. Kicklighter

Machine Operators

Mrs. Genevieve P. McCarthy Mrs. Eva D. Harris Mrs. Rosa T. Osmondson

Mrs. Marjone M. Kicklighter Mrs. Corene M.McElreath

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Ringling Bros and Barnum & Bailey 1943 Program

The Greatest Performance Ever Presented by the Greatest Show on Earth. Produced by Robert Ringling, Aubrey Ringling, Mrs. Charles Ringling. Staged by John Murray Anderson.

For Ringling Bros and Barnum & Bailey:

Pat Valdo, Director
Fred Bradna, Equestrian Director
Vander Barbette, Aerial Director
Max Weldy, Production Manager
Swana Beaucaire, Assistant to Mr. Weldy
A. A. Ostrander, Designer & Supervisor of Properties

For John Murray Anderson:

Hugh A. Anderson, Mgr.
Carlton Winckler, Technical Director
Assistants: Thomas Becher, Erl Franke

Billy Livingston, Associate Art Director
Lauretta Jefferson, Choreography
Merle Evans, Musical Director
Score by Bert Knapp

Display No. 1 - Opening Spectacle: A Treasured Memory of Present and Past Generations, a Nostalgic Revel. "Hold Your Horses," a Fond Reproduction of the Circus Parade at the Turn of the Century. Just as It Traversed the Main Streets of American "In All Its Glittering Immensity," with Brass Blaring from Bandwagons, Be-plumed Horses Pulling Gilded Cages of Wild Animals, Tableaux Wagons, Clown Carts, Cavaliers and Ladies, Lumbering Elephants and the Hoarsely Hooting Steam Calliope. Staged by John Murray Anderson. Erl Franke, Asst. to Mr. Anderson.

Display No. 2 - The De Ocas, Frank Shepard, Victoria & Torrence, The Wolthings, The Mardons.

Display No. 3 - Under the direction of Alfred Court. Natural Enemies of Jungle Depths Educated Beyond Belief. Great, New Mixed Groups of the Most Treacherous and Ferocious Wild Animals Ever Assembled. Siberian Tigers, Numidian Lions, Royal Bengal Tigers and Berber Tigers, Sumatran Spotted Leopards, Black Jaguars, Pumas, Black Leopards and Ocelots.

Mr. Court's Famous Staff of Wild Animal Educators: May Kevar, William Storey, Joseph Walsh, Harry Kovar, Robert Tate, Jack Berry.

Display No. 4 - The Wallendas, World Renowned Stars of the High Wire in New and Breath-taking Achievements, Incredibly Daring and Dangerous.

Display No. 5 - An Equestrian Offering in Which the High School Horse is King.

Ella Branda, Los Asveras Troupe, Bobby Steele, Tex Elmlund, Estelle Butler, Albert Ostermaier

Display No. 6 - Ringling Bros and Barnum & Bailey Present the Most Beautiful and Inspirationsl Spectacle in the History of the Circus, "Let Freedom Ring," in Which the United Nations March and Engage in Festive Ceremonials, Garbed in Native Holiday Finery, Rich, Exotic and Appealing. Exultant in the Vision of Happy Tomorrows, When the Four Freedoms Shall Be Shared Alike by All the Peoples of the Earth.

Devised and Staged by John Murray Anderson. Designed by Billy Livingston. Choreography by Lauretta Jefferson.
Assistants of Mr. Anderson: Thomas Becher, Erl Franke

Display No. 7 - Massimilliano Truzzi, the Foremost Juggler of the Age.

Display No. 8 - Introducing Big-fotted, Double-dizzy, Red-nosed Funmakers from the Near and Far Raches of the Earth. The Famous Ringling Foolish Phalanx of 100 Clowns.

Display No. 9 - A Mid-air Rhapsody in Emerald Featuring the New Star of the Big Show, the Lovely High Priestess of Rhythm Aloft, Lalage, in the New and Stunningly Beautiful All-Girl Aerial Ballet. Staged by John Murray Anderson. Aerial Director, Vander Barbette. Thomas Becher, Assistant to Mr. Anderson.

Display No. 10 - Harry Rittely and His Tower of Toppling Tables, Fun and Suspense.

Display No. 11 - Three Troupes of Magnificent Liberty Horses in Flashing Sallies and Precision. Formations Presented by Their Trainers.

Alexander Konyot, Tex Elmlund, Arturo Konyot.

Dr. Herman Ostermaier and "Doheos," the White Wingless Pegasus, on the Hippodrome Track.

Display No. 12 - The Big Show Clowns. The Neighborhood Club "Shares-A-Car in a Ludicrous Wartime Demonstration.

Display No. 13 - 50 Coldstream Guard Elephants and 50 Coldstream Guard Girls in Gorgeously Garbed Parade Formations, "The Changing of the Guard."

Staged by John Murray Anderson. Choreography by Lauretta Jefferson. Thomas Becher, Assistant to Mr. Anderson.

Display No. 14 - Loyal-Repensky Family, the Largest and Finest Bareback Riding Troupe in the World. Intimitable and Incomparable.

Display No. 15 - The Clown Fire House. Back by Demand - With Its Clamor, Its Clanging Midget Fire Engines, Its Clown Cops, Its Midget Firemen and Ridiculous Fire Nets.

Display No. 16 - New and Unparalleled Equilibristic Surprises.

The Del Montes, The Unicycling Shyretto Trio, The Chinese Naitto Troupe, Reynolds and Donegan Six Pyramid Skating Girls, The Brannock Troupe.

Display No. 17 - Merry Andrews in Convulsing Convention. Monkeyshine Monarchs From Every Clime.

Display No. 18 - The World's Greatest and Most Daring Mid-air Somersaulters.

Flying Comets, Flying Concellos

Display No. 19 - A Breath-taking New Grand Finale Ending the 1943 Performance on a High Note of Emotional Fervor, "Drums of Victory." Staged by John Murray Anderson. Thomas Becher, Assistant to Mr. Anderson.

Statistics of the 1943 Tour

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