From New York to Hugo #1

From yesterday's Barnum & Bailey aritcle we jump ahead to the Green Valley of the Red River, Hugo, Oklahoma where circuses have wintered nearly as long as Barnum in Bridgeport and twice as long as the Ringlings in Baraboo. When my father died suddenly in 1963 these three gentlemen, Herb Walters, Ted LaVelda and Bob Couls immediately came to my aid. The Kelly-Miller quarters was closed since for some reason, the show was wintering in Ocean Springs, Miss. They managed to squeeze our three elephants into the Famous Cole Quarters temporarily until we went on the road and helped with all the difficulties that arise on such an occasion. Real show men.