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

Vice President............................................... Roy P. Wilson

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

Directors....................................................... Gideon D. Bell

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

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

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

.................................................................... J. Robert Evans

.................................................................... Frank X. Schad

.................................................................... Roy A. Stamps

.................................................................... J. Russell Teague

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

 

EXECUTIVE AND MECHANICAL STAFFS

 

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

Secretary............................................... D. E. O'Brien

Reserved Seat Superintendent................. Roy A. Stamps

Head Usher........................................... C. C. Patterson

Equestrian Director................................ Leon M. Gilmore

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

Superintendent of Transportation.............. J. Russell Teague

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

Musical Director...................................... Carey G. Shell

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

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

Big Show Tickets.................................... G. D. Bell

Reserved Seat Tickets.............................. J. Robert Evans

TICKET WAGON

G. D. Bell                       D. E. O'Brien

FRONT DOOR

Roy P. Wilson
Charles H. Clark
Frank Aldridge, Sr.

RESERVED SEAT TICKETS

J. Robert Evans

Dr. J. W. Truitt

J. Ancil Smoot

USHERS AND TICKET TAKERS

Jack Barnett

Truman Jones

G. C. Logan

F. A. Lloyd

J. K. McCann

L. B. Nichols

C. C. Patterson

Ray Patterson

Bill Tanner

PERFORMERS

Betty Bell

Flo Bell

Ora Ellen Bell

Vern Brewer

Mabel Cunningham

Clarence Gilmore

Leon M. Gilmore

Leon Gilmore, Jr.

Creighton Hatfield

Ted Hatfield

Tom R. Hickman

Carl Kaden

Hortense Lang

Billie Liedtke

Jerome McKinney

Bessie Mae Milner

Barney Mitchell

Marjorie Mitchell

Gerry Murrell

W. Alex Murrell

Doris Marie Norman

Belva Olney

Richard Renfro

Bill Ritchie

Newman Shell

Jane Sims

Portis M. Sims

A. Morton Smith

Jerry Spence

Carl Stewart

William Wingert

CLOWNS

Billy Basinger

Truman Cathey

Charles Creighton

Clarence Gilmore

Leon Gilmore, Jr.

Creighton Hatfield

James B. Piper

Richard Renfro

Dan Smith

Jerry Smith

Joe Smith

J. B. Saylors

T. J. Vaughan

Ray Van Duker

A. W. Wells

William Wingert

S. M. Yarbrough

BIG SHOW BAND

Bill Brooks

Carl Chandler

John Cunningham

Melvin Farr

O. G. Farr

Paul Flusche

Barry Garner

Paul Giraudin

Charles Greenwood

Floyd Greer

A. C. Herrmann, Jr.

William Hughes

Pat Leonard

Clark McPherson

Roger Martin

Bill Micks

Don Micks

Frank Morris, Jr.

Jess Morris

Nick Mosman

Davis Olney

Walter Parnell

William F. Powell

Grady Sanford

Carey C. Shell

Newman Shell

Bill Smith

Jack Stewart

Tom Talley

Bill Tanner

Charles Van Duker

Ellis Van Duker

WARDROBE DEPARTMENT

Mrs. Maudora Bell

Mrs. Yancy Culp

Mrs. Rosalie Gilmore

Mrs. Hallie Hatfield

Mrs. Katherine Lang

Mrs. Ed Liedtke, Sr.

Joe Mitchell

Mrs. Joe Mitchell

Mrs. Ruth Norman

Mrs. Belva Olney

Mrs. Lorene Saylors

Mrs. Garland Shell

Mrs. Mary Sims

Mrs. Louise Smith

Mrs. Deva Spence

Mrs. T. J. Vaughan

Mrs. Eloise Yarbrough

BACKYARD

G. R. McKissack

Milt Sparkman

Ed Liedtke, Sr.

TRANSPORTATION
J. Russell Teague               Mrs. Blanche Besaw
PROPERTIES AND CANVAS

E. E. Bond

Vern Brewer

W. B. Gibson

Otis Johnson

Cecil Langston

Orval McGehee

Ira McGehee

Paul McGehee

Ted Norman

Fats Pitcock

Foster Renfro

I. M. Rushing

Paul Schad

Henry Siebman

Jack Sims

J. W. Sykes

Odus Wilson

TRAINERS
Al Conners
Bertha Conners
Jimmy Conners