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Information on this page from
TWELVE YEARS OF TROUPING WITH GAINESVILLE COMMUNITY CIRCUS
by A. Morton Smith

OFFICERS AND DIRECTORS

 

President....................................................... George J. Carroll

Vice President............................................... Dr. Jerry C. Price

Secretary-Treasurer....................................... David E. O'Brien

Directors....................................................... Mrs. Wayne Collins

.................................................................... A. Morton Smith

.................................................................... Yancy L. Culp

.................................................................... J. Norman McArdle

.................................................................... Mrs. Gerry Murrell

.................................................................... Joe B. Pettit

.................................................................... Virgil P. Keel

.................................................................... S. G. Staniforth

.................................................................... Mrs. Pauline McArdle

.................................................................... Luther D. Turner

.................................................................... J. L. Webb

.................................................................... W. Alex Murrell

 

EXECUTIVE AND MECHANICAL STAFFS

 

Manager................................................ George J. Carroll

Secretary............................................... David O'Brien

Reserved Seats....................................... Roy P. Wilson

Head Usher........................................... Lawrence Gieb

Equestrian Director................................ J. Norman McArdle

Superintendent of Properties................... Bovell Maniss

Lot Superintendent................................. Floyd Garrett

Producing Clown................................... Joe B. Pettit

Wardrobe Superintendent....................... Mrs. Yancy Culp

General Superintendent.......................... W. Alex Murrell

Chief Mechanic..................................... Pete Saunders

Banner Solicitor..................................... Vern Brewer

Legal Adjuster....................................... Cecil Murphy

Medical Department............................... Dr. S. M. Yarbrough

Boss Canvasman................................... J. S. Conoway

Backyard Superintendent........................ G. R. McKissack

Front Door Superintendent...................... J. L. Webb

Program Director.................................... A. Morton Smith

Assistant Manager................................... Dr. Jerry C. Price

Transportation Superintendent.................. Luther D. Turner

Privileges Superintendent......................... Leo M. Kuehn, Jr.

Program Advertising................................ Cliff McMahon

Personnel Superintendent......................... Carl Kaden

Musical Director...................................... Harold R. McDaniel

Electrician............................................... E. Dow Clements

Boss Hostler............................................ Henry Briggs

Steward................................................... I. M. Rushing

TICKET WAGON

D. E. O'Brien                   David Hugon

FRONT DOOR

J. L. Webb
W. C. Robinson
J. G. Estes

RESERVED SEAT TICKETS

Roy P. Wilson
Felix Hugon
Raymond Allen

USHERS AND TICKET TAKERS

Lawrence Gieb

Sid Anderson

Arley Daurity

Billy McKinley

Cliff McMahon

Leonard Odom

Elbert Perryman

Charles Priddy, Jr.

Sterling Speake

A. W. Wells

PERFORMERS

J. D. Aughtry

Charles Brewer

Ralph Brewer

Vern Brewer

Ray Caves

Anna Mae Collins

Jimmy Craig

Yancy Culp

Mabel Cunningham

Glenna Fox

Sara Garrett

Ted Hatfield

Carl Kaden

Virgil P. Keel

Evelyn King

Gilda Lee King

Ruth King

Yoland Lamb

Francis Leach

Ethel Livingston

J. L. Lynch

J. Norman McArdle

Pauline McArdle

Billy McCollum

Roy Lee McDaniel

John McMurry

Bessie Mae Milner

Barney Mitchell

Marjorie Mitchell

Fletcher Morris

Dorothy Murphy

Dot Murphy

Loveta Murphy

Gerry Murrell

Joe Pettit, Jr.

Stella Pettit

Billie Lu Purcell

Bill Ritchie

Jimmie Scruggs

Opal Scruggs

Jane Sims

A. Morton Smith

S. G. Staniforth

Carl Stewart

Marie Sykes

H. A. Talley

Margaret Talley

Stan Thomason

George Tyler

Evelyn Welborn

Camilla Williams

Jane Gay Williams

Claudia Wilson

Glenn Wilson

William E. Wingert

CLOWNS

Wayne Collins

Glenn Davis

Art Lanford

J. L. Lynch

B. F. Mitchell

Hobart Nowell

Joe Pettit

Rafe I. Piper

Howard Renfro

J. B. Saylors

Pete Saunders

Boyd Shepherd

Portis M. Sims

C. L. Smith

Ray Whittaker

William E. Wingert

Dr. S. M. Yarbrough

BIG SHOW BAND

Ed Albeitz

Cecil Baily

Elmer Blake

William Brooks

Shearon A. Bryan

Kenneth Carson

John A. Cunningham

C. R. Farr

D. Farr

Melvin Farr

Berry Garner

A. B. Garvin

Billy Hayes

A. C. Herrmann

A. E. Herrmann

O. A. Homer

Aubrey Lawrence

Harold R. McDaniel

Nick Mosman

Frank Morris, Jr.

Ed Penton

Shive Powers

W. W. Rike

J. M. Talley

Hurlburt Turner

Charles Van Duker

Ellis Van Duker

A. C. Herrman, Jr.- Mascot

WARDROBE DEPARTMENT

Lucile Cox

Mrs. Yancy Culp

Mrs. Allen King

Mrs. Alice Morris

Mrs. Mary Sims

Mrs. Jim Scruggs

Mrs. Eva Talley

Mrs. J. M. Talley

Mrs. W. W. Welborn

Mrs. Eloise Yarbrough

BACKYARD
G. R. McKissack               Lester Renfro
TRANSPORTATION
Luther D. Turner               Travis Deacon
PROPERTIES AND CANVAS

Gordon Bennett

Ira Bennett

Truman Booher

Vern Brewer

J. S. Conoway

Ray Dickerson

Bovell Maniss

Arthur McCann

Joe Denny Nowell

Davis Olney

Edwin Pearman

Mack Purcell

Foster Renfro

Joe Robinson

Pete Saunders

Boyd Shepherd

Jack Sims

Percy Sparks

Buster Strait

TRAINERS
Ethel Livingston
James Parker
S. G. Staniforth