| Dear former Hugonaut, Jim Royal, Kelly Miller Circus, cell 580 734-3782. " Marching the K-M herd to downtown Hugo for the Circus Roundup Parade, March 16, 1950. Jimmy Hamiter, Bill Woodcock, Irish Kelly, Alonzo Dever, John Carroll, Fred Logan and Smokey Jones." |
Wednesday, October 31, 2007
Hugo Christmas Parade 2007
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Hi Jim Royal,
I am so glad you all had a great season under John Ringling's new ownership.
John and you are great circus folk.
I had alot of fun meeting John for the first time at the Hugo opening and what a very nice person he is.
I feel like i helped Kelly Miller some as I bought ticket number 1 nad 2 for the new season.
Jim with all your circus knowledge I know you were a great help.
Thanks also for the great Al G. Kelly and Miller Bros photo the way it was in Hugo.
Harry Kingston
Well I met and knew five out of the seven leaders on that heard.I wonder what the names of some of the ladies being lead are?
"A great photo"
First team is "Elsie" and "Margaret", second team is "Sally" and "Dixie" followed by "Victoria" and that's all I can make out.
They had seven punks in training that they didn't bother to include.
The punks were "Jenny", "Kay", "Hattie", "Barbara", "Anna May", "Hazel" and "Norma".
Dixie would that be the Silver lake's Dixie? or I can't remember the name of Louis McNeece's cow?
On the punks and leaders I got five out of five.
No this "Dixie" was a former Christy Bros. elephant. Came to K-M in 1946.
She would tip you over.
I guess I should have said I got five and five on the leaders and punks.
In regards to the Silver lake's Dixie. She would not have been of that age however like her name sake she would also not hesitate to tip your hat with you still in it.
P.S.Thanks.
To elaborate on that, when Art Concello returned to the Ringling Show, he sold his Russell Bros.- Pan Pacific Circus to Clyde Beatty but his elephants "Margaret", "Elsie", "Daisy", "Dixie" and "Myrtle" went to K-M since Mr. Beatty already had eight of his own "Mary", "Sidney", "Anna May", "Babe", "Marian", "Addie", "Cora" and "Inez".
Buckles: I think Concello sold the Russell herd to Kelly-Miller the year before he went back to RBBB.
Remember he had the Beatty rail show out in 1946 which I believe only had the eight Beatty elephants.
Then in 1947 Beatty took over the show (along with a healthy debt to Concello) and Arthur went back to Ringling.
Congratulations on a season well done Jim. I think I worked four fairs this year three weeks behind K-M and never quite caught up.
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