Wednesday, September 27, 2006

"The Lion King"


"Terrell Jacobs and Jean with elephant.....show and date unknown."

(To those unaware, Mr. and Mrs. Jacobs were the parents of the owner of Ford Bros. Circus John Davenport.)

Being something of a Philosopher like myself, Mr. Cox includes quotes along with his messages.
Such as:
IN THE END, WE WILL REMEMBER NOT THE WORDS OF OUR ENEMIES,
BUT THE SILENCE OF OUR FRIENDS.

Posted by Buckles at 9/27/2006 06:03:00 AM

10 comments:

Anonymous said...

It is interesting that Terrel Jacobs children from two different wives would end up with lifelong publicly known nicknames. Terrel and Caroll would be known as Punch and Judy [Ringling press dept.] and John and Charles as Gopher and Termite [adopted father Ben Davenport].

27 September, 2006 09:22
Buckles said...

My dad I went to see Ben Davenport's Shopping Center Show, can't remember the year or town (somewhere in Texas I think).
Ben was operating the ticket box at the Gorilla Show (big chimp) when Jean happened by with the two toddlers. Ben said "Boys, show Mr. Woodcock what the working men do first thing in the morning!" and they immediately began to scratch themselves all over while doing a little dance.
My dad didn't laugh a lot but he chuckled all the way home.

27 September, 2006 09:53
Anonymous said...

I believe this photo was taken shortly before his untimely death at an age under 60 yrs. Buckles as a great phto of him with Mabel Stark and Bert Nelson on Al G Barnes.

27 September, 2006 10:56
Buckles said...

By the way, did you know that Punch and Judy were named by Jack Dempsey?

27 September, 2006 13:55
Anonymous said...

The Lion King was trying to start his car alone by pushing it, the cold, Indiana morning of Christmas Eve, 1957. He fatigued and went back inside to rest, and died suddenly of a heart attack at 9:05 am. He was 54, and is buried in Wabash, Indiana. Look up the excellent two-part article "The Lion King--His Career and Circuses", by Fred D. Pfening, Jr., in the Nov.-Dec., 1985, and March-April, 1986, issues of BANDWAGON. We can name few who generated such a legendary career in so short a life.

Bert Nelson sent me the photo described by anonymous of he, Mabel, and Jacobs, inscribed "Al. G. Barnes, 1936."

27 September, 2006 16:47
Anonymous said...

In 1974, I made a point of visiting Jack Dempsey's Broadway Bar, in New York. It was quite a place, with murals throughout depicting the many great names he had known and who had been his guests there. When he entered to main room, it was like a one-man crowd walked in. When we shook hands, his hand was the size of a cast-iron skillet, but his smile and friendliness were just as big. He said Clyde Beatty had more sheer guts than any man he had known.

27 September, 2006 16:55
Anonymous said...

Buckles, is Ben Davenport any relation to Orrin Davenport?

27 September, 2006 20:28
Anonymous said...

I went in Jack Dempsey place in New York and recall all the enlarged photos of all the great athletes who had competed in various events in the Garden hung on the walls. The only circus one was a huge photo of Poodles Hanneford stepping off the horse with Derby and Fur coat on. What a tribute.

27 September, 2006 21:51
Buckles said...

John Herriott says the three greatest men of his life time were Babe Ruth. Jack Dempsey and Clyde Beatty.
I would include D. Scholl.

27 September, 2006 23:01
Buckles said...

The greatest invention of my life time is the yellow invisible line that indicates a first down during a football game on TV.

27 September, 2006 23:06

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