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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. J. C. Price

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

Directors....................................................... Shearon A. Bryan

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

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

.................................................................... J. B. Saylors

.................................................................... Roy P. Wilson

.................................................................... Leon M. Gilmore

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

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

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

 

EXECUTIVE AND MECHANICAL STAFFS

 

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

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

Reserved Seat Tickets............................ Roy A. Stamps

Head Usher........................................... Spencer Kemplin

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

Boss Property Man................................ Ira McGehee

Lot Superintendent................................. Vern Brewer

Principal Clown..................................... J. Benny Saylors

Wardrobe Mistress................................ Mrs. Yancy Culp

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

Police Chief.......................................... W. W. Welborn

Medical Department............................... S. M. Yarbrough, M.D.

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

Front Door Superintendent...................... Roy P. Wilson

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

Assistant Manager................................... Dr. J. C. Price

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

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

Musical Director...................................... Carey C. Shell

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

Steward................................................... Leonard Thurman

Special Agent........................................... Yancy Culp

General Agent.......................................... Leon M. Gilmore

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

Public Address System............................. Glenn Davis

TICKET WAGON

D. E. O'Brien

FRONT DOOR

Roy P. Wilson
F. A. Lloyd
W. C. Robinson

RESERVED SEAT TICKETS

Roy A. Stamps                    J. Robert Evans

USHERS AND TICKET TAKERS

Frank Aldridge, Sr.

Willie Hurley

Spencer Kemplin

G. C. Logan

Cecil McGregor

Cliff McMahon

C. C. Patterson

Ray Patterson

Bill Tanner

PERFORMERS

J. D. Aughtry

Juanita Bailey

Mary Jo Clements

Robert Clements

Bert Davis

Elizabeth Garrett

Clarence Gilmore

Creighton Hatfield

Ted Hatfield

Dorothy Helm

Capt. Tom Hickman

Carl Kaden

Virgil P. Keel

Evelyn King

Gilda Lee King

Hortense Lang

Billy Liedtke

J. Norman McArdle

Pauline McArdle

Bill McCollum

John McMurry

Bessie Mae Milner

Barney Mitchell

Marjorie Mitchell

Fletcher Morris

Loveta Murphy

Gerry Murrell

Woodrow Nesmith

Doris Marie Norman

Louise Olman

Belva Olney

James B. Piper

Jerry Piper

James Piper

Howard Renfro

Richard Renfro

Bill Ritchie

Lorene Saylors

Jimmie Scruggs

Newman Shell

Jane Sims

Portis Sims

Sam Sims

A. Morton Smith

Jerry Spence

S. G. Staniforth

Carl Stewart

Marie Sykes

H. A. Talley

George Tyler

Evelyn Welborn

J. D. White

Glenn Wilson

Steve Wyrick

Eloise Yarbrough

John Young

Joe Zwinggi

CLOWNS

Billy Basinger

Charles Creighton

Bert Davis

Leon Gilmore, Jr.

Art Lanford

B. F. Mitchell

James Piper

J. B. Piper

Jerry Piper

Howard Renfro

Richard Renfro

Pete Saunders

J. Benny Saylors

Ray Van Duker

A. W. Wells

J. M. Wilfong

Bill Wingert

S. M. Yarbrough

Johnny Young

BIG SHOW BAND

Elmer Blake

Bill Brooks

M. Brooks

T. Burk

Kenneth Carson

John Cunningham

H. Doty

Melvin Farr

O. G. Farr

Berry Garner

O. Hefering

Albert Herrmann

Arthur Herrmann

Don Micks

Frank Morris, Jr.

Nick Mosman

Walter Parnell

Shive Powers

Grady Sanford

Carey C. Shell

T. Simpson

Bill Smith

B. Tebow

Charles Van Duker

Ellis Van Duker

WARDROBE DEPARTMENT

Mrs. Elsie Bailey

Mrs. Yancy Culp

Mrs. Rosalie Gilmore

Mrs. Arris Helm

Mrs. Allen King

Mrs. Ed Liedtke, Sr.

Mrs. Joe Mitchell

Mrs. Alice Morris

Mrs. Jim Scruggs

Mrs. Garland Shell

Mrs. Mary Sims

Mrs. Morton Smith

Mrs. Deva Spence

Mrs. W. W. Welborn

BACKYARD

G. R. McKissack

Charles Mitchell

Ed Liedtke, Sr.

TRANSPORTATION
Luther D. Turner               Travis Deaton
PROPERTIES AND CANVAS

Howard Bailey

William Bentley

Truman Booher

Vern Brewer

Bill Butler

E. Dow Clements

Clyde Dozier

John Forbes

E. M. Heald

Paul McGehee

Euin Mitchell

Davis Olney

Mack Purcell

Foster Renfro

I. M. Rushing

Andy Shepherd

Jack Sims

Leonard Thurman

TRAINERS
Arthur Henry

Marie Henry

S. G. Staniforth

Ned Rowland