Saturday, December 22, 2018

LETTERHEAD #3


Posted by Chic Silber at 12/22/2018 04:04:00 AM

3 comments:

Chic Silber said...


I never knew Jack had his own show

22 December, 2018 12:45
Roger Smith said...

Nor did I. But Jack did have a long and varied career. His early animal training rep came from acts of camels and llamas. He had his own paper from shows he was on. He also worked after-show Wild West concerts, and held important staff positions on a number of titles. I visited Jack in the Garden when he was Assistant Performance Director on RB's Blue Unit.

Jack's mother, Ethel, was a next-door neighbor of mine, on Crescent Way, in Thousand Oaks. Mabel Stark lived across the street, but far enough down she couldn't see my door. Nevertheless, morning after morning, she cheerfully recounted my comings and goings. She knew the brand of 12-packs I carried in, and she knew which girlfriends I came home with. It took me 2 years to figure out who Mrs. Joyce was, and that it was she who was telling Mabel on me.

When Mrs. Joyce died, in 1968, Jack and his wife, also named Ethel (Jennier), asked me to be among the pallbearers. Mrs. Joyce is buried, along with many Compound and circus folks, in Valley Oaks Cemetery.

22 December, 2018 16:38
Don said...

An unusually sad looking clown photo for a circus letterhead. There must be a back story.

Don Covington

22 December, 2018 17:23

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