Thursday, November 17, 2005

Chicago Worlds Fair 1934/ Allen King

6 comments:

Anonymous said...

From the Jan. 11, 1960 Billoard
WOODCOCK-WILLIAMS----
Barbara Ray Williams and William H. (Buckles) Woodcock Jr. at Paris, Tex., were married Dec. 14. She has with elephant acts including Cristiani, Diano and last season, Clyde Bros. He has been with the Woodcock Elephants and other acts. They now are with the Woodcock act.

Anonymous said...

From the Jan.25, 1960 Billboard
Clycde Beatty-Cole Bros. Circus has purchased the five-elephant act of Pete and Norma Cristiani. The show also bought Pete Cristiani's giraffe. The sale of elephants and giraffe included the semi-trailer truck units for transporting them.

Anonymous said...

From the Feb. 1, 1960 Billboard
HERRIOTT-
A daughter, Cynthia Jean, Jan. 7 in Trenton, N.J., to John and Mary Ruth Herriott, of Hunt Bros. Circus
This was in the birth annoucements.

Anonymous said...

From the Feb. 15, 1960 Billboard---
Steve Fanning, elephant trainer, has signed with the Clyde Beatty-Cole Bros. Circus, as elephant boss man and superintendent of the menagerie.

Anonymous said...

From the Feb. 22, 1960 Billboard
John Herriott now is working out of Farmer City, Ill., where he has taken over training of the Swede Fuller Retrievers, sports show dog act. His training barn is a former country school house.
ALSO--- John Ringling's 1923 Rolls Royce was sold for $3,525.00 to John Kilpatrick of Oklahoma City.

Anonymous said...

Thank you to Jim Elliot for publishing my birthdate and full name. For those who are interested, Jim Elliott was born on May 22, 1939. Try to go back in those old Billboards and find that birth announcement!
Sincerely,Cynthia Jean Herriott Wells