Saturday, August 09, 2014

More Showmen #4


9 comments:

Chic Silber said...


Although Wilson "Willy" Storey

passed away long ago his spirit

lives on through his daughter

Renee who is a very integral

part of the "Cole Bros Circus"

Chic Silber said...


Johnny Pugh in my estimation is

the best thing that happened to

the American Circus industry in

my lifetime (God bless him)

John celebrated his 76th on the

18th of June

Harry Kingston said...

Chic,
I have know Johnny since 1970 and yes sir he is with it and for it and the best to come along in a long time.
Still coming up with new ideas to make it better.
A tent with no quarter poles and a stream lined circus and a well rounded performance.
Chic,, yes God bless him for sure,
Harry in Texas

Cindy Potter said...

Yes, Chic!

-and-

Thanks to "whomever" for cropping this photo, and leaving just the important "parts!" That's exactly what I did with mine!
:-)
Cindy Potter

Chic Silber said...


Me did it Cindy & I had to do

some fancy tailoring on John's

suit jacket to match the rest

Cindy Potter said...

Chic, the first year I was in the Ticket Wagon on the Beatty Show Willie celebrated his 83rd birthday! As a towner-turned-showbroad, I learned ssooo much from Willie...AND...Harry Hammond was in the office, too. To this day, whenever I have to be responsible for money/cash, I use the same accounting principles that I learned at the HARRY HAMMOND SCHOOL OF CIRCUS ACCOUNTING!
:-)
Cindy

Chic Silber said...


You learned from 2 of the best

circus "educators" Cindy only

sorry you missed Arnold Maley

Those of us fortunate to have

known these gentlemen should be

very grateful (I certainly am)

Chic Silber said...


I took the advanced class from

Arnold Maley in making change

Chic Silber said...


I also quickly picked up the

"Art Of The Soft" which became

my primary focus in business