Ringling Bros. and Barnum & Bailey Route Book, 1951

From: Ringling Bros. and Barnum & Bailey Combined Shows, Route, Personnel and Statistics for the Season of 1951. Sarasota, FL: Ringling Bros and Barnum & Bailey, 1951. Program, staff & performers, statistics. See Routes for this season's route. 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

During 1951, while prophets of doom at every turn in the amusement world wailed that road show business is dead forever, the great Ringling Bros and Barnum & Bailey organization made a phenomenally successful 17,000-mile coast-to-coast tour of the nation, exhibited in 121 cities in 36 different states, made millions happy and recorded another glorious circus season on the Dial of Time.

In amicable confraternity, circus-goers of both sexes and all shapes and sizes, from toddlers to venerables, enthusiastically acclaimed this year's fast moving performances, which, from a standpoint of audience appeal, surpassed those of any preceding season in big top history. This fact was acknowledged by reviewers throughout the land. While some of these writers criticized the general trend toward modernization of the circus, they had to admit that The Greatest Show on Earth is still the most circusy thing extant and that its trend is in line with that of everything else worth while in the Onward March of Progression. And other scribes referred to the Ringling Bros and Barnum & Bailey colossus as THE circus, and commented on it now being alone in the great field it has always dominated. Bill Moiles, whose splendid column in the Worcester, Mass., Daily Telegram is widely read by New Englanders, expressed himself along these lines this summer. On Thursday, June 14, when the circus exhibited in suburban Shrewsbury, a stone's throw from Worcester, Bill's entire column, devoted to his favorite amusement institution, appeared as follows:

The circus is here today, just over the hill and across the lake, and — feeling the way we do about circuses — it is almost inconceivable that we should write about anything else. By "the circus," we mean, of course, the Ringling Bros and Barnum & Bailey Circus. If one speaks or writes of any other circus, protocol, as well as clarity, requires one to give it a name. But when one writes only of "the circus," it's the Ringling one that is meant. It's been that way for quite a while now.

After a spell of fine, cool weather, it was practically inevitable that rain should start falling last evening and that the forecast for today should be warm, humid and showers. So what? Who cares? Who would be crazy enough to wear his best clothes to a circus, anyway? And it is well known that an elephant doesn't really smell his best until he's a little wet. There are some fixed factors concerning circuses that nobody should make bold to fiddle with. It's the spirit of the whole thing that really counts, and, besides the big top doesn't leak. Maybe the showers, if they come at all, will be over by show time, anyway. That spirit, if we can nail it down to one word, seems to us to be the spirit of freedom. Maybe that's why the circus has always had such a powerful and basic appeal to most Americans.

Here today and gone tomorrow — that's the circus. That's the way the circus is for most places. There are, to be sure, some large population centers where the circus lingers for days in fixed buildings. But in those places the advantages of the longer stay seem to us to be outweighed by the loss of the ephemeral, almost magical quality of a tented city that yesterday was and today is no more. For most Americans across the land, the circus is something that rolls in with or a little ahead of the dawn and starts away again at the end of the same day. That makes for three shows in all: the coming, the performance, and the going. They're all good, each in its special way.

The attractions themselves are important, of course, and they are the things that get the biggest play. But for us, the best thing about the circus is a combination of sight, sound, and smell—a mixture that never seems to change much, no matter what names go up on the billboards. The sights, perhaps, change the most. That's to be expected, as new acts are gathered from all corners of the earth. New faces, new costumes, new routines. And don't be one of those who voice the silly old cliche that anybody who has seen one circus has seen them all. As well say that anybody who has seen one sunset has seen all sunsets — even though it is the same sun and one may be looking at the same western horizon.

The smells. Well, a horse smells just about the same today as he did in the days of Attila the Hun. And if you are so unthinking as to turn up your nose at the fragrance of an elephant, you may be doing nothing more than some of Hannibal's soldiers probably did when they started over the Alps. The same goes for all the other animals. The smell of hay doesn't change much, either, nor the smell of freshly cut grass, nor the smells of warm popcorn and sizzling hot dogs and roasting peanuts. They all go with the circus.

The sounds make up another blend that could add up to nothing but the circus. The band plays the same marches and waltzes to go with certain types of acts — even though the names of the acts may have changed. A steady circus-goer comes in the fullness of time to expect certain things to happen to certain tunes. The circus tries to see that he won't be disappointed. For the rest, there are the spiels of the side show men and the cries of the candy butchers and the program-sellers. Plus the whistle of the ringmaster and the clanking of the chains and the barking of the seals. You probably know them as well as we do, and you may also feel, as we do, that it's about time they were heard again.

Somebody, who has our best interests at heart, was a little shocked when we suggested last night that we might be later than usual getting home this morning, because we'd probably be watching the circus come in. "You ought to go to bed," she said. "After all, you've been to enough circuses to hold you for a while." We tried to explain that one never gets that way about circuses — not if one feels about them as we do. There are never quite enough circuses to be sufficient. That's why it's so good that there is always another one. Like today, just over the hill and across the lake. So, let's get started.

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

John Ringling North, President
Edith C. Ringling, Chairman of the Board
Henry Ringling North, Vice-President
Mrs. Robert Ringling, Vice-President
George D. Woods, Secretary-Treasurer
Edward F. Kelly, Asst. Vice-President

Directors

John Ringling North Henry Ringling North Edith C. Ringling Mrs. Robert Ringling

George D. Woods Herbert Duval William P. Dunn

Executive Staff

Arthur M. Concello, General Manager Frank McClosky, Manager Willis E. Lawson, Assistant Manager F. A. Boudinot, General Agent Lloyd Morgan, Lot Superintendent Theo. Forstall, Treasurer with Show Herbert Duval, Legal Adjuster

Walter Rairden, Asst. Legal Adjuster Noyelles D. Burkhart, Asst. Legal Adjuster Roland Butler, Publicity Director Pat Valdo, Director of Perfomance Paul Eagles, Promotion Manager Nena Thomas, Secretary to the President Grace Killian, Secretary to General Manager

Accounting Office, Sarasota, Florida

James R. Griffin, General Auditor
Fred J. McKenna, Assistant Gen. Auditor
Violet Johns, Secretary
Herbert H. Sicks, Purchasing Agent

Doris Gault Marie Cribbs

Gay Gault Ena Jahn

Joyce Lacek

New York Office, 10 Rockefeller Plaza: Harry S. Dube, Representative; Dorothy D. Fiering, Secretary.

Chicago Office, 139 N. Clark St.: Nat Green, Representative

Fred C. De Wolfe, Show Treasurer Emeritus

Publicity Department

Roland Butler, Director
Press:

William M. Roddy Frank Braden Arthur Cantor

A. J. Clarke Allen J. Lester

William Fields Estelle M. Butler

Photography: Dick Miller

Radio and Television: William B. Antes, Director

Contracting Agents: Leon W. Pickett, William J. Lester

Adv. Car No. 1

John J. Brassil, Manager James C. Ringling, Special Agent Edward Riley, Boss Billposter L. P. Lawrenson, Boss Lithographer John P. Rogers James R. Cox L. C. Langhart Paul Campion

Henry A. Kober S. J. Clauson Julius Marcus Billie B. Belknap J. D. McNeely James G. Boppre Edwin Jackson

Adv. Car No. 2: Clyde Carlton, Manager; Howard Daughtee, Boss Lithographer; Ray R. Long, G. Paul Hale

Adv. Car No. 3: Charles V. Turner, Manager; Herbert Goerke, Boss Banner Man; Samuel Oken

Adv. Inspector: Edward J. Caupert

Banner Puller: Joseph Brown

Lot Superintendent: Lloyd Morgan; William Dwyer, Assistant

24-Hour Men: William L. Carr, L. D. (Doc) Hall, Harry (Bottles) Vernotzy

Medical Department: Mary Kovar, R.N.; Carlos A. Hanks, First Aid

Time Keepers: Grace Killian, William Webster, Joseph Dunn

Personnel Buses: Lawrence Wilcox, Supt.; Harry Klitz, Jr.; Harry Stone, Jr.

Insurance and Auditing: Wallace R. Love

Police Department: William H. Reynolds, Chief

Purchasing Agent: Elvin "The Sheriff" Welch

Mail Agent: Udo F. Kurka

Forage Agent: Cecil R. Montgomery

2 Way Radio Communication: Edward R. Versteeg, Supt.; George Takacs, Jr., Asst.

Commissary: Philip A. Langford, Clifton J. Sparpana

Utility Man: Orville F. "Curly" Stewart

Ticket Department

William P. McGough, Superintendent John M. Maguire, Asst. Mark M. Johnson

William Sweeney Lewis Rosen Wm. J. McAleer

John M. Tyler Warrick W. Weatherson

Downtown Ticket Agents

Richard R. Iannone Lawrence J. Vogt

Thos. J. O'Hare Harry Bert

Thomas A. Reale Frank Pietras

Ticket Distributor: James "Tex" Copeland

Ticket Wagons

Red Wagon: Theo. Forstall, Robert De Lochte
White Wagon: Ray Marlow, Walter Rairdan
Yellow Wagon: Lorne M. Russell, O. E. "Gene" Lynch

Tax Wagon: Edna Antes, Hilda Burkhart

Front Door

Harold D. Genders, Superintendent Michael D'Addario James J. O'Neill

John J. Hilferty Cecil M. Roberts John O. Hanisco

Wodrow Royal John Ahearn Joseph Killian

Front Door Ticket Counter: Richard D. Miller, Joseph Amico

Performance

Pat Valdo, General Director
Robert Dover, Assistant to General Director
Angelo Nicholas, Equestrian Director and Announcer
Antoinette Concello, Aerial Director
(Fred Bradna, Equestrian Director Emeritus)

ACKERL: Franz Ackerl Mrs. Ackerl ALZANA TROUPE: Harold Davis Elsie Davis Minnie Davis Hilda Pincemin Rose Alexander Nina Asgard Farris Anderson Fay Alexander Felix Adler Paul Alpert Jimmie Armstrong Irene Burt Dolores Baldwin Kay Burslem Charlotte Bell Robert Brown Charles Bell Ernest Burch Al. Bruce Arthur Burson Eddie Buresh CHRISTY AND GORILLA: Mr. Bisogno Miss Budiakoff CHALUDIS TROUPE: Karl Schwarzbauer, Sr. Karl Schwarzbauer, Jr. Gerda Muller Lucia Muller Hubert Castle Frank Connely Ilse Connely Dolly Copeland Esther Chancy Emma Castro James Crocker Aldo Cristiani Frank Cromwell DEL ORO: Pinito Del Oro Marie Gomez Juan De La Fuente Lola Dobritch Barbara Dubrueil Carl Durbin Dorothy Durbin George Dalbeanie Anna Delmonte FREDONIAS: Elona Fredonia Alfred Fullagrappe Rudolph Neumann Elli Fullagrappe Bernhart Hartenstein Dietrich Havemann Bernt Gohlke FREDDYS TROUPE: Alfred Reiff Gynther Brysch Ferdinand Dubsky Gerda Reiff Alfred Gino Reiff Rinaldo Wunderlich Barbara J. Graham Delbert J. Graham Otto Griebling Jakob Gerlich Edwin F. Green Homer C. Goddard Walter C. Guice

HEMADAS: Fred Hennemann Hannelore Huck Chrystal Hennemanm Martha Henderson Marion Hill Fred Hanlon Rose Hanlon William Hanlon Arnie Honkala Paul Horompo Joe Hodgini Tom Hodgini IDNAVAS TROUPE: Gustav Avanti Marga Kirchhardt Lucia Janz Herta Becker Elizabeth Johnson Elsie Jung Wilhelm Juston Lieselotte Juston Ludwig Jacobs Paul Jerome Paul Jung Elfriede Kareff-Manus Karl Kareff-Manus William Krause Edward Kohl Bonnie Kernan Jeannie Krause Yvette Kohl Emmett Kelly LA NORMA: Norma Fox Andre Fox LONI: Apolonia Abeen Frederick Van Voorden LUCIANA TROUPE: Friedel Paster Oceana Paster Otto Schmidt Anton Claeson-Leoni Frank Luley Margie Lawson Veronica Martell Jack Martell MISS MARA: Mara Papadopaulo Mr. Papadopaulo Tonito MORITURI: Willy Kubik Ilse Krieschen Czeslaw Mroczkowski Eugenja Mroczkowski Fannie McClosky Laura M. McKenzie Mary Jane Miller Dolores Murphy Owen McQuade Fred Meers Polydore Mortier Sally Marlowe Margo Margas Joseph Nawrath Louis Nagy Henry Nelson Phylis Nystron Myron Orton Margie Olson

TWO PLATOS: Syend Christensen Lilli Rasmussen PETERSON'S DOG ACT: Karlis Peterson Karlis Fisers Inge A. Wagner PAULI COMPANY: Willi Pauli Mrs. Pauli Willi Pauli, Jr. Mrs. Pauli, Jr. Erma Pushnik Rusty Parent Beverlee Page RODRY BROTHERS: (Juan Rodriguez-Marcos) Eusebio Gorriaz Berrondo Amparo Gracia Marie Vicenta Profano Contrastin REALE TRIO: Dominque Reale Louise LeGall Rene LeGall RODOLFOS TROUPE: Rodolfo Caroli Carmen Barrigon Silvia Caroli Mrs. Rodolfo Albert Rix Loraine Russo Rose Romig Irving Romig Harold Ronk Brik Robeni John Riley Delbert Rhamy SIMILIS: Romualdo Simili Giuseppe Carrus Mitzi Simili William Snyder Patricia Scott Marion Seifert Dolores Seitz Eloise Sleeter Fay Romig Snyder Alvin Schwartz Carl Stephan Frank Saluto Julio Solemi Peggy Thomas Duane Thorpe Albert White Eva Warner Rose Wong Norma Wright Paul Wenzel Jerry Wooddell George Wong ZOPPE TROUPE: Giovanni Alberto Zoppe Jennie Wallenda Zoppe Ruggera Tosca Zoppe Pasqualino Rizzi

Big Show Band

Merle Evans, Director

Flute and Piccolo: Max C. Ring Clarinets: Howard Johnson Everett Gavin Nicholas Altroth Frank Sullivan Fred Dini Organ: Clarence Woods J. C. Colliver Cornets: Jack Carroll Otis Jones Frank E. Sering Joseph Browning Ramon Essorcia Joe Woeckener

Horns: Al Burhop Frank J. Simaner Emil Stango Baritones: E. B. Morse John Horak Trombones: Lewis D. Bader Henry Kulik Ray Cassell Andrew Grainger Basses: Tommy Tompkins Harvey G. Phillips Harold McDonald

Drummers: Rex Ronstrom, (Snare & Traps) Kenneth Bladwin, (Bass Drum)

Side Show

William McKitrick, Manager
Charles Zerm, Assistant

Ticket Sellers: Charles Zerm, Scott Hall, Chas. Christensen, Richard Slayton

Ticket Takers: Theol Marlowe, Fred Meers

Lecturers: Edward L. Mundy, Earl Graham

Supt. Sound Projection: Robert Lee Brazil

Attractions

Gilbert Reichert, Giant
Betty Broadbent, Tattooed Lady
Nelson Sanchez Ruiz, Top Spinner
Fred Harris, Magic
Charles Barent, Seal Boy
Josephine Helbing, Snake Trainer
Irene Parry, Fat Lady
Singalee, Fireproof Man
Patricia Zerm, Sword Swallower
Charles Horrell, Escape Artist
Fred Harris, Punch and Judy
Freda Pnshnik, Armless and Legless Girl

Tiny Town Midgets: Daisy Doll Grace Doll Tiny Doll Harry Doll

Cuban Troupe: Roberto de los Reyes, Musician; Bertin Fernandez, Musician; Marcene Fellhauer, Dancer; Margarita Fernandez, Dancer

Calliope: Mike Doyle

Property Department

Robert F. Reynolds, Superintendent
Assistants: Walter Kernan, Fred M. Bennett, Mike M. Petrillo, Edward Petrillo, Edward S. Hebeler, Francis V. Phelan

Patrick Adams Raymond W. Adams John Bishop William R. Broadman Richard T. Brothwick Earl J. Conners Walter J. Connors Lloyd W. Crabb Jerry R. Dean Harold W. Drum Donald J. Dunn George J. Dyer

James R. Estes Duffy Harrison Johnnie R. Hackett Arthur L. Jenks Sheldon D. Knowles Edward T. Lamer Helmer E. Lindh Joseph Meciunas George Nickles Joseph M. O'Brien Lester J. Parker Raymond L. Peoples

Joseph P. Remillet Harold F. Richmond George M. Rickerson William E. Ruch Billy A. Scamihorn William J. Schevey Vincent A. Schweizer Paul Shepherd Richard G. Skiles Harold O. Spradlin Regis E. Wolfe Henry Zechner

Wardrobe Department

Joseph J. McCarthy, Superintendent
Wilson Simons, Assistant
Jean Carson, Wardrobe Mistress
Genevieve McCarthy, Asst.
Wm. C. Nice, Sign Painter

Robert E. Baker Adolph P. Bekawich George W. Black Albert S. Brown Ernest E. Bugg Hugh Burgeon LeRoy Curtright Harry A. Dibble

Michael A. Dowd Andrew J. Edmiston Alfred L. Franklin Truman D. Gard Walter H. Harris Jack R. Hunt Harry J. Inaman Teddy B. Jacobson

John P. Karl John Mooney, Jr. James J. Moriarty Robert L. O'Rourke George E. Pickett Claude E. Squires Max Tolchinsky

Menagerie Department

Cecil R. Montgomery, Superintendent
John B. Pelkey, Assistant

Robert W. Clemenshaw Alfred Galdoni William H. Johnston Donald F. Jones

Ralph Leaf Raymond D. Piker Harris H. Roberts Edward J. Suda

Leonard C. Tharge Roy C. Weaver Fred S. Wells Raymond J. Williams

Gorillas

Ruth F. White, Superintendent
Joseph A. Medeiros, Lorren L. Farrar

Elephant Department

Eugene Scott, Superintendent
Assistants: Vernon L. Duffy, Henry J. Demuth, Joseph L. Grassi

Claude E. Abston Bill W. Cox Daniel E. Dewey Edward E. Grogan Henry Herbert Richard C. Hood

Leroy E. Karczewski Delbert W. Kommer Howard I. Miller James E. Norman Adolph C. Suda

William H. E. Taylor Howard Voyles Robert J. Wild Clifton B. Williams Robert G. Zitzman

Ring Stock Dept.

Harriston E. Johnson, Superintendent
Frank Selock, Assistant
Harry Smith, Horseshoer
Willis A. Dyke, Harness Maker

Frank Arnold George Belavic Jesse H. Bennett George H. Brown Arthur I. Cook William R. Criswell Walter L. Day M. F. DeGraffenreid Charles Faulkner John J. Faulkner Herman G. Frye

Norman E. Gallagher Carl Hobson Lyle D. Holbrook Harold Johns Thomas C. Johnson Willie C. Karr Wallace Kasperek Richard Kissel Walter Laird Carlton D. Loud, Jr. Thomas K. Lynn

Gillis D. McAllister Edward T. Matlock John W. O'Neal Paul R. Pelton Peter B. Petersen Kurt Stuart Joseph Traxler William Warnecke Frank Warner James T. Williams Ralph J. N. Wilson

Veterinarian: Dr. J. Y. Henderson.

Stables Department

John J. Meck, Superintendent

Russell T. Bolstad Oliver E. Coldren Edward W. Ford

Ralph M. Hart Alvin L. F. Hill Rene A. LaFrance

William J. McDonald Karl W. Maas James M. Quigley

Canvas Department

George E. Werner, Superintendent
Assistants: Walter H. Bingham, Charles White, Herman J. Walters

Jack Anthony Horton Banks V. C. Bennett Erwin Bindt Frank Blaker H. Blankenship Saul Britton J. Broaders Gerald Brown Tom Brown Eason Bynum H. Campbell Oliver Cannon Frank Copper Fred Craig Mack Fields Alfred Fimet Frank Fowler Earl France Wm. Gajewski

James Green Nat Griffin I. J. Gunter T. Hartman, Jr. Roy Hatten Tom Hawkins Glenn Hooper Murry Horrie Bob Jefferson Wm. C. Jenkins John Jones, Jr. John H. Jones T. M. Josephson F. A. Junius Dave E. Kelley George Kelley Clarence Kelly Jas. E. Kendall Jas. E. Kenney Willie Kirby

Charles Logan H. D. Lowry Ellis Loyd Chas. Mitchell Ervin Moore Jas. E. Moore E. D. Painter A. B. Pearson James Perry Arthur Powell C. N. Reynolds A. Richardson D. Schmidt Geo. I. Seeds Paul Simpson Frank Taylor Howard Taylor H. Toliver, Jr. L. L. Trammell James Wood

Side Show Canvas Department

George Escalara, Superintendent
Joseph M. Lynch, Assistant

J. J. Bolling Alvis E. Goff

Oliver Mapes E. C. Sampson

Joth Toth Stanley Urban

Layout Department

William Dwyer, Superintendent

Ray Brown Jim Cannon M. Dulczak R. J. Franklin Fred Greene

Nat Hall H. P. Johnson, Jr. M. Lampkin Milton Luck Tom Moore

Arthur Moyen John Sawyer Al B. Smith Don Woodruff

Seat Department

Lester Thomas, Superintendent
Assistants: Emerson D. Brown, Thos. H. Sumrall

Al Benedetto H. E. Cunningham Henry Darr Mike Faust Clare Fowler Walter Glenn

V. A. Heffelfinger Jim H. Jackson Geo. L. Kelly Jr. Jesse Latham John E. Leiden D. J. O'Leary

D. G. Peoples R. G. Robertson Chas. A. Schumann Norman Stearns Ira L. Weekly Geo. J. Young

Cookhouse Department

George J. Blood, Superintendent
Assistants: Anthony J. DeChiara, Albert T. Welch
Joseph H. Lenz, Butcher

George W. Bell Lawrence Burris Edw. P. Carney Andy Cielski Ralph O. Cole Don W. Conger Albert Cook Frank Curtis R. P. Daly, Jr. Steven Deus C. R. Ferrell Jas. M. Finnerty Jas. A. Gammell Arthur C. Gibbs George W. Green Eugene L. Guevel Thos. J. Hawkins James E. Hicks Eli S. Isenard Thomas Johnson Dennis Kennedy

H. C. LeBlanc L. M. LeDoux Will Lee Nat Lewis H. S. McGee P. F. McHale P. J. Madden Silas Madison James Maginnis Benjamin Major Chas. W. Martin John Merritt Herman Mettauer Noah E. Miller Mel Millison Joseph Mitchell Jack Molinari Edwin Morris Joseph Pardee W. H. Patterson Fred Potter

Gene Randolph R. A. Raudenbush Chas. G. Reed Frank Repes Nicholas Rock Roy H. Ross Max H. Schultz B. F. Sessoms, Jr. R. P. Spowart Howard Sutton Wm. J. Swauger James Thomas Wm. Thurston Mark J. Toal Louis D. Tucker Gene Walker Rob't E. Wallace Paul A. White John D. Wilson Oscar Woodard

Mechanical Department

William Yeske, Superintendent
Herman R. Bomberry, Albert E. Robinson, Earl E. Springer, Bayliss F. Watkins

Truck Department

David Blanchfield, Superintendent

Leonard Absher Clyde Anderson Robert Averill Wm. Billman R. F. Brightman John H. Brittan Oliver Campbell Rene J. Caron Geo. W. Chapman M. H. Congleton Frank Cosgrove Clayton Courcy

Edw. E. Curry Geo. F. Davis James T. Duvall Daniel F. Gill R. C. Hiawassee Otis W. Hodges Perry Howard C. B. Hunnicutt Roy E. Ivey Arthur C. Janke Edward J. Kohl Carl J. McGee

Ray Merritt John Milliron Jeff Quillin Ken Robbins Elmer Sowada Clare Springer Millard Thomas Bert Thompson Eddie A. Tulppo Chas. VanHorn Marvin Weber John D. Wilson

Laundry and Dry Cleaning Departments

Foy Large, Supt.
John E. McDermott, Connie McDermott, Eugene Byrd, Lonnie Hendley, James Hornyak

Light Department

Edward R. Versteeg, Superintendent
Assistants: Oliver Wescott, H. E. Carberry, Frank Weber, E. I. Whiticker

Randolph Baldwin Glen Bohon Joe Buffington William S. Butler Harry F. Cole Leland S. Coursey Benjamin W. Davis Harry Freeman Robert H. Hall Ray R. Hayman

Roy E. Hughes Clyde R. Jones Frank Karcouski Ross Laurenson Charles LaVigne Hume R. Phillips George S. Porter Dyer M. Reynolds Jas. E. Reynolds Harvey Schweda

Norman Smith Allen Stevenson Geo. Takacs, Jr. P. Ed. Thomas Wm. N. Thorpe Julian W. Vest Walter A. Ward Frank Weber John Yorke, Jr.

Train Electricians

Donald M. Kidder, Superintendent
William H. Walters, James A. Moore, William E. Winslow

Chauffeurs: Harold McCarthy, Kenneth Gwinnell, Horace Lamb

Train Department

Paul J. McLane, Superintendent
Assistants: Fred Baker, Joseph Yuhasz

James Allen Edward Bonsall Chas. R. Checkley Sanford Cox Howard W. Craig Herman L. Croft Chester R. Damon Raymond R. Davis Marion A. DeJean Hugh E. Duffy Harvey France Levi General

Oscar Hailstock James W. Harris Robert M. Harris Morris C. Hill Joseph Hornsby Charles Jacobs Claude Johnson Louis F. Julius Lavern W. Keim Victor G. Larson A. S. Lewandowski Lonnie Linville

Arthur McCormick Warren McCrossen George Mays John T. Mitchell John T. Mohr Harry Richhart Robert Shimmin Clarence Spikes James W. Tunnell Samuel Veneziale Charlie Willett

Usher Department

Peter Grace, Superintendent
Assistants: Louis E. Runyan, John V. Leach

Daniel Baker Glen Barlow Phil Carlucci Francis J. Carr F. D. Connaughton Robt. J. Couture Charles Ewig J. B. Gallagher Homer Gardner

Harry Greenberg Stanley Gripp Ellis Haynes John R. Heiman Wm. E. Kotchka Edw. T. McAleer Don McGuinniss J. A. Montgomery Gerald O'Connor

Thos. J. O'Neill Sherrill Price Solomon Ring Marshall Romer Fred A. Steele Walter Uchniat Volta Porenza Frank Warren Robt. R. Ziemski

Ice Department: Scotty Horsburg, Superintendent. Steven Kaner, Clarence Guffey

Watchmen

Back Yard: Andrew Robinson, Superintendent; Harry Lukens, Asst.
Paul Haas, Special

M. C. Bicknell Wm. Hartman Lee R. Slusher Byron R. Warren

Royal Crawley Larry Johnson Ray Tylenda B. Dellacamera

Clarence Malone A. J. Robinson Bert H. Wilson William Hanley

Porters

Charles J. Burslem, Superintendent
John F. Martinez, Assistant

Earl Arseneau Roland Bacon Wm. E. Bailey E. J. Bilodeau Elmer Brown Joseph Burke Elmore Conley Julius Gerlick Ed Grodivant Clinton W. Hall

Charlie Hoskins Walter C. Lee Frank Lockett Benj. F. Lowe Arthur C. Lunt R. H. McCloud Horace McDonald Lewis Monahan Chas. W. Morris Robert Nordon

Robert G. Paul W. F. Patufka Mack Plyler John B. Siner Simon Stephens Agnes Stewart John M. Thomas John Woodard C. W. Holdness

Department of Sanitation: James Horsburgh, Rigistered Sanitarian; Charles H. Carter, Assistant Superintendent; Julius Weathers

Tent Mfg. Dept., Sarasota, Florida

Leif Osmundsen, Superintendent
Osmond Osmondson, Foreman

Sail Makers: John D. Auldridge, James B. Burrell, James Traylor, Samuel W. Clark, Osmond Osmondson, James Traylor

Machine Operators: Corene M. McElreath, Anna M. Miller

Miller Brothers Concessions

Frank C. Miller, Paul Miller
Jack Harris, Assistant
Jas. Mel Hamlin, Mgr. Candy Top
Pat Connolly, Midway Mgr.

Candy Top: Jack Sanders, Stock Man; T. Pence, Checker

Seat Butchers:

S. Gregory B. Begun R. Grant J. Brice B. Egan M. Whited C. Reilly W. Postak

R. Swain J. Hoy C. Elbey E. Zapata F. Kora E. Couture W. Dragon L. Lauriello

F. Dillon M. Kora J. Grumley A. Palmero E. Sewell E. O. Connor L. Travers

Soft Drink Department: S. Washington, Mgr.; C. Lee

Menagerie Stands: Stand No. 1 - J. Besser, Mgr., J. Dasnoit; Stand No. 2 - F. Morris, Mgr.

Novelty Department

Morris Gustow, Manager
M. Gustow, No. 1 Stand; Vic Le Bow
L. Gustow, No. 2 Stand; R. Palmer
E. Vaughn, No. 3 Stand
A. Zimmerman, No. 4 Stand
L. Blumenthal, Menagerie Novelty Stand

Seat Men: Wm. Hayes, R. Horning, E. Kestler, F. Perez, I. Chrzan, K. Newswanger

Stock Man: W. Powell

Station Wagon: H. Carter

Midway Stand: J. Spencer, Mgr.

Midway Stands

No. 1 Stand: Wm. Maguire, Mgr.; R. Bittinger

No. 2 Stand: L. Simerly, Mgr.; T. Myers, C. Gay

Diner: M. Moran, A. Anderson, G. Mills, Wm. Carroll

Stock Wagon: O. Smith, Mgr.; E. Hall, G. Allen

Back Yard Lunch Stand: W. Coyle, Mgr.; W. Daniels, G. Morris

Frozen Delight: M. Miller, Mgr.; F. Mills, J. Pilla

Candy Floss: P. Anderson, Mgr.; H. Mansfield, F. Volocsuk, C. Newswanger

No. 2 Floss: A. Christiani, Mgr.; D. Reale

Popcorn: J. Littler, Mgr.; A. Camili, L. Lacelle, H. Bush

Chameleon Department: J. Trosey, Mgr.; J. Amico, L. Rosenberg

Program Department

The Circus Magazine, Harry S. Dube, President
Will Karshan, Advertising Sales Representative
David Dietz, Advertising Sales Representative
C. A. Sonnenberg, Road Sales Representative
Salesmen: Robert W. Brown, John B. Hall, William R. Snyder, Stanley Collins, Harold Wright

Winter Quarters, Sarasota, Florida

Horse Trainer: Franz Ackerl; Heinz Bartell, Asst.

Gorillas: Jose Tomas, James Cowan

Maintenance Department

Tim Milburn, Foreman

William Kachelries Frank C. Setting Sancho Howell

Jones Matherly Frank Burgett Orville L. Daniels

Harry F. Hannon Charles G. Snowhill Isaac Newton Bright

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Ringling Bros and Barnum & Bailey 1951 Program

Produced by John Ringling North. Staged by John Murray Anderson. Designed by Miles White. Musical composed by Henry Sullivan, lyrics by John Murray Anderson.
Pat Valdo, General Director
Richard Barstow, Choreography
Thomas Farrar, Art Director
Antoinette Concello, Aerial Director
Angelo Nicholas, Equestrian Director
Merle Evans, Musical Director
Sammy Grossman, Orchestrations
William Krause, Vocalist
Doug Morris, Lighting
Frank Thompson, Assistant to Mr. White
Robert Dover, Assistant to Mr. Valdo

Display No. 1 - Amazing Animal Actors.

Roland Tiebor, World's Highest and Most Perfectly Trained Mixed Group of Marvelous Educated Sea Lions.

Albert Rix, Performing Bears.

Peterson's Jockey Dogs, Internationally Famous Riding Canines.

Display No. 2 - Clown Promenade, Perambulating Pantomimic Pranksters. Slap-happy Funmakers from the Earth’s Four Corners.

Display No. 3 - Hazardous Hurricane Horsemanship.

Bareback Riding Parents.

The Riding Zoppes, with Cucciola, Famous Midget Comedian.

Bareback Riding Romigs.

Display No. 4 - Wench's Waggish Washeteria. Committing Mayhem on America's Washline Pastime under the Direction of Paul "Sudsy" Jung.

Display No. 5 - Acclaimed Aerial Artists.

Miss Mara, first time in America; La Norma; Lilo Juston.

Display No. 6 - Magnificent Melodic March "Circus Serenade." Stupendous New Musical Super-spectacle of 1951. Glorifying in Stirring Pageantry, Whimsical Fantasy and Processional Splendor the Songs That Uplift the Heart of Mankind.

Display No. 7 - Startling Surprise Sensations.

The Great Morituris and Their Awe-inspiring Pendulant Globe of Death. First Time in America.

The Man in the Moon, Incredibly Perilous Feats Aloft. First Time in America.

The One and Only Leoni, in Unbelievably Dangerous Feats atop a Lofty Swaying Pole. First Time in America.

Display No. 8 - Wire-walking Wonders.

Lola Dobritch, Talented Toe-dancing Star of the Tight Wire.

Hubert Castle, World-famous Bounding, Tumbling, Somersaulting Sensation on a Taut Steel Thread.

Senor Tonito, Spain’s Renowned Slack Wire Genius. First Time in America.

Display No. 9 - Enchanting Ethereal Extravaganza "Luawana." Heavenly Hawaiian Hula Featuring Pinito Del Oro. Beautiful Swinging Trapeze Star Riding Tiptoe on a Moonbeam with a Ballet of Sixty Alluring Aloha Girls Aloft. Theme Song: "Lovely Luawana Lady." Music by John Ringling North, Lyrics by E. Ray Goetz.

Display No. 10 - Cataclysmic Continental Comedy.

Christy & Gorilla, First Time in America.

Clown Claustrophobia Caravan.

Pauli's Musical Clowns, First Time in America.

Display No. 11 - Peerless Performing Perfectionists.

Miss Loni, Holland's Foot Juggling Wonder.

Veronica Martel, Ireland's Juggling Marvel.

Realles Trio, French Foot Jugglers Par Excellence.

Display No. 12 - Acclaimed Aerial Artists.

Three Hemadas; Kareff Manus, First Time in America; the Platos, First Time in America.

Display No. 13 - Merry-making Monkeyshiners. Another Avalanche of Fun from the Big Show's Department of Tomfoolery. Grotesquerie Rampant.

Display No. 14 - Distinctively Dynamic Divertissements.

The Maxellos, Astounding Agile Artists.

The Chaludis, Unparalleled Feats Awheel.

The Haslevs, Trampoline Whirlwinds.

Display No. 15 - Spangled Harlequinade, Capering Clown Caprice, Circusdom’s Foremost Laugh Producers in New and Ingenious Comedy Creations.

Display No. 16 - Extraordinary Equestrianism En Fete "Picnic in the Park." Regal Cavalcade with Queen Marie Antionette and Her Gay Court of the Royal Horse Show in the Forest of Fontainebleau, Featuring in the Rings Three Matched Groups of Unbridled Liberty Horses. Trained and Presented by Gena Lipowska, Czeslan Mroczkowski, Andre Fox, and Presenting on the Hippodrome Track the World Renowned Haute Ecole and Dressage Riding Stars - Franz Ackerl, First Time in America and Luciana and Freidel.

Display No. 17 - Cavorting Cowboy Cavalcade. Riotous Rescue of a Western Damsel in Distress and the Adagio Apprehension of the Lawless Loafers Who Are Zipped to the Hoosegow in an American Airlines Flagship. Ringling Ribald Revellers.

Display No. 18 - Marvelous Mastodonic Mammals, the Ringling Bros and Barnum &. Bailey Performing Elephants, 144,000 Pounds of Alert, Agile Mountainous Masses of Brawn and Brain in the Most Splendid Exhibition of Pachydermic Skill the World Has Ever Known. Training and Presentation under the Direction of Eugene Scott, Superintendent of Elephants.

Display No. 19 - Eminent Equilibristic Exhibits.

The Rodolfos, Balancing Foot Ladder Marvels.

The Similis, New High Perch Sensation, First Time in America.

The Idnavis, Peerless Perch Performers.

Display No. 20 - Boisterous Buffoon Battalion. Here They Come Again - the Red-nosed, Chalk-faced Worshippers of the Bluebird of Happiness. Colossal Clown Conclave.

Display No. 21 - The Rodry Brothers, Top-flight Trapeze Thrillers. First Time in America.

Display No. 22 - Matchless Mid-air Marvels.

Flying Artonys.

The Flying Concellos, Starring Antoinette Concello, Triple Somersaulting "Goddess of Flight."

Flying Comets.

Display No. 23 - Convulsing Clown Congress. A Hurricane of Howling Hilarity in Which 100 Masters of Mirth Indulge Their Exhibitionistic Urge. The Big Show’s Famous Fun Contingent.

Display No. 24 - Astounding Acrobatic Aces.

Freddi Troupe; Fredonia Family, First Time in America; Bokara Troupe.

Display No. 25 - Compressed Circus Comic. The World’s Smallest Automobile, Carrying the World’s Funniest Clown, Is Serviced at the World's Smallest Filling Station. Lou Jacobs and His Midget Auto.

Display No. 26 - Desperately Daring Deeds. The Intrepid High Wire Alzanas with Harold Alzana, Whose Disregard of Danger Has Made Millions Gasp.

Display No. 27 - Prodigious Panoramic Pageantry, "Popcorn and Lemonade." a Breathtaking Circus Day Jamboree, Animating in Never-to-be-forgotten Excitement and Beauty, the Grand Finale of the 1951 Edition of the Greatest Show on Earth.

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Statistics of the 1951 Tour

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