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TWELVE YEARS OF TROUPING WITH GAINESVILLE COMMUNITY CIRCUS
by A. Morton Smith

1935 PROGRAM

Ring No. 1 Ring No. 2 Ring No. 3

DISPLAY ONE

Gainesville Community Circus presents its spectacular opening pageant,

"A SPANISH FIESTA"

featuring Mme. Pauline McArdle, Prima Donna ; Robert Clements, leading man, and the dancers, Mickle Menzie and Carl Stewart ; Rachel Cheek and Eugene Robertson.

DISPLAY TWO

An auspicious offering of gymnastic feats by acrobatic artist

Rope Skipping Novelty                                                              Contortion        

John McMurry                                                                      Jimmie Scruggs

Triple Horizontal Bars

Bill Ritchie                         Carl Stewart

DISPLAY THREE

Dainty darlings of the air in spectacular flights through space

Cloud Swing                                                                               Roman Rings

Evelyn Welborn                                                                           Gerry Murrell

DISPLAY FOUR

It's fun time with the Gainesville Community Circus' host of merrymakers in a conglomeration of mirthful maneuvers and laughable antics.

DISPLAY FIVE

A blending of artistic acrobats with equestrian equations

Acrobats

Evelyn King         Gilda King         Loveta Murphy

Fletcher Morris         Bill McCollum         Newman Shell

The Riding Keels

Barney Mitchell         Dorothy Helm

Ted Hatfield         Creighton Hatfield

Virgil P. Keel, Ringmaster

DISPLAY SIX

Accomplished canine stars of the sawdust ring presented by their trainers

Pogo, German Police                                  Pat, Rat Terrier

Wire Walking Dog                                    High Diving Dog

Alex Murrell                                           Yancy L. Culp

DISPLAY SEVEN

Tight wire artist in a variety of graceful and difficult feats

Gerry Murrell                 Vern Brewer

Jane Sims         Evelyn King         Clarence Gilmore

DISPLAY EIGHT

Agile comedians demonstrate amusing feats of strength and acrobatic skill

Comedy Acrobats

Fletcher Morris         Bill McCollum         Newman Shell

Bill Ritchie         Carl Stewart

Revolving Ladder

Bill Wingert         Richard Renfro

DISPLAY NINE

Animal actors-real and imagined-perform amusing feats.

Performing Pony                                       Jargo Giraffe, that

presented by                                              would-be animal

Barney Mitchell                                               Benny Saylors

DISPLAY TEN

An equestrian review in which masters of the whip present their sleek and educated charges in a beautiful display.

Gerry Murrell               Pauline McArdle

Marie Sykes                 Frank Keel        

DISPLAY ELEVEN

   

Clever ground and aerial performers presented in a melange of acrobatic and juggling skill

Hand Balancing              High Perch             Juggling       

Bill Ritchie                 Evelyn King            Piper Trio

DISPLAY TWELVE

Pantomimic presentation of an exciting and amusing baseball game.

Benny Saylors and Billy Basinger

DISPLAY THIRTEEN

Double trapeze performers in a startling precision feats aloft.

Evelyn Welborn         Bill Ritchie         Jane Sims         Joe Nolan

DISPLAY FOURTEEN

A congress of bareback riders demonstrating their remarkable skill

Gerry Murrell               Vern Brewer

Mickle Menzie              Robert Clements

DISPLAY FIFTEEN

Graceful poses high in the air by two misses suspended only by their teeth.

Marjorie Mitchell                            Bessie Mae Milner

DISPLAY SIXTEEN

Three troupes of shoulder-to-shoulder acrobats in fast and furious exhibitions of strength and alacrity.

Evelyn Welborn               Bill Ritchie

Mickle Menzie      Carl Stewart

J. D. Aughtry         Dale Aughtry         Dan Moore

Bill McCollum               Fletcher Morris

Loveta Murphy          Evelyn King

DISPLAY SEVENTEEN

The clowns venture forth once more for their version of the dare-devil stunt of shooting a man out of a cannon. What a cannon ! What a man !

DISPLAY EIGHTEEN

Feminine pulchritude displayed in a glittering aerial ballet

Single Trapeze

Jimmie Scruggs               Evelyn Welborn

Aerial Ladders

Gerry Murrell         Mickle Menzie         Sara Garrett

Ladders on the track - Jane Sims, Loveta Murphy, Bessie Mae Milner, Marjorie Mitchell, Sara Levine, Ruth King, Opal Scruggs.