Tuesday, November 22, 2005

Elliott Billboard items #3


Well, here am I at the conclusion of the 1960 season, a year older and much wiser. After sending home money off the top, feeding elephants, buying fuel and spending foolishly as young people do, I came home broke. Rather than return to Hugo with my hat in my hand, we camped at the Fairgrounds in LaGrange, Texas (also mentiomed in Elliott's items) where Corky Plunkett made a deal for us with the local feed dealer to sell elephant rides behind his store on the weekends at fifty cents a pop. This kept us and the elephants alive until some show would open in the Valley after New Years and then North for Shrine dates and Fairs.
This is "Anna May" and I giving the kiddies the thrill of a life time while Barbara takes the money.

Posted by Buckles at 11/22/2005 06:09:00 AM

3 comments:

Anonymous said...

From the Nov. 23,1946 Billboard--

SARASOTA TO HAVE CIRCUS MUSEUM
Sarasota, Fla., Nov. 16--State of Florida will build a $75,000 park directly in front of the Ringling Art Museum and will establish a circus museum on the grounds of the John Ringling estate here.

22 November, 2005 08:35
Anonymous said...

From the Nov. 30,1946 Billboard--
Under the Marriages column

NORTH-BARNUM--Henry Ringling North, a director of the R.B.B.B. Circus and a nephew of the late John Ringling, and Mrs. Elizabeth Palmer Barnum in Sarasota, Fla., Nov. 18.

22 November, 2005 08:42
Anonymous said...

What animal person on the circus ever got rich? Every dime I make goes right back to the animals. They eat first and if anything is left it goes for houseing, medical, etc. for them. A/R is full of *$%^&# when they say we mistreat our animals. I have never seen whip marks on an elephant like that fool they are parading now at the RBBB shows. A few REAL marks on the idiot and that foolishness would be forgotten in a hurry. No self respect what so ever. I would be the first to volunteer to apply them.

22 November, 2005 11:24

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