"Swing and Sway the Orton Way"

SAVE2223, originally uploaded by bucklesw1. From Mike Naughton Swing and sway the Orton way on the Bertram Mills Circus in Olympia, London 1955 http://www.britishpathe.com/record.php?id=40019 Question, weren't the Ortons divorced and the gentleman kept using the Orton name when he was not the original Orton, the former wife was the Orton? Clarification for historical purposes, please? "You are correct Mike, above is my cousin Gracie Orton and her husband Verne "Dutch" Lidke who had been boss prop man on the Orton Show. How they happened to get into the sway pole business is unknown to me but one thing for sure, for a prop guy, Dutch was a pretty clever, he had the act , the trade mark and the name "Orton" copywritten in his own name and after their divorce and although Gracie continued with a sway pole act she was unable to use her own name." Buckles When Carl Wong had a sway pole act on the Ringling Show, Bobby Gibbs used to say, "Swing and Sway the Wong Way!