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

Vice President............................................... Joe M. Leonard

Secretary-Treasurer....................................... Gideon D. Bell

Directors....................................................... T. Harold Chaffin

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

.................................................................... B. Arthur Dillard

.................................................................... Portis M. Sims

.................................................................... Charles B. Stringer

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

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

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

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

 

EXECUTIVE AND MECHANICAL STAFFS

 

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

Secretary............................................... Gideon D. Bell

Reserved Seats....................................... T. Harold Chaffin

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

Equestrian Director................................ Roy A. Stamps

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

Producing Clown................................... J. B. Saylors

Wardrobe Superintendent....................... Jane Harris

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

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

Backyard Superintendent........................ J. Russell Teague

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

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

Transportation Superintendent.................. Charles B. Stringer

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

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

Boss Hostler............................................ Henry Skaggs

General Agent.......................................... Joe M. Leonard

Legal Adjuster......................................... Frank X. Schad

Press Agent............................................. Cecil H. Tinsley

Ring Stock Superintendent........................ Portis M. Sims

Public Address System............................. G. L. Mitchell

Steward.................................................. O. P. Ryan

Boss Canvasman..................................... Paul McGehee

Police Chief............................................ Luther McCollum

Chief Mechanic....................................... Foster Renfro

TICKET WAGON

G. D. Bell

Nick Mosman

Paul Schad

J. Ancil Smoot

FRONT DOOR

Roy P. Wilson

C. H. Clark

B. A. Dillard

C. B. Stringer

RESERVED SEAT TICKETS

T. Harold Chaffin

J. D. Cope

J. Robert Evans

USHERS AND TICKET TAKERS

R. M. Alderson

Frank Aldridge, Jr.

Lennox Betts

William Blanton

Hal Brooks

Travis Budlong

Hal Culp

George G. Davis

Sylvan Davis

Elmo Faubion

Ralph Harbus

Melvin Harris

Clarence Hayworth

William Head

Kenneth Heath

Harry Herrmann

Douglas McCann

Jack McElrath

Houston Maupin, Jr.

L. B. Nichols

James O'Neal

C. C. Patterson

Kenneth Perkins

Lee Reese

Buddy Richardson

Bradley Spires

R. F. Spires

Dorsey Truitt

Wayne Truitt

James Walker

William Westbrook

Bomar Woods

PERFORMERS

Charles Brewer

Vern Brewer

Maybelle Brown

Dorothea Cox

Mabel Cunningham

Catherine Fischer

William Gunter

Fannie Hall

Juanita Hall

Koleta Hall

Elsie Harrell

Jack Haynes

Jimmy Haynes

Creighton Hatfield

Darleen Hatfield

Annabelle Hull

Carl Kaden

Ernestine Kaps

Imogene Kaps

Mauris Lucas

Luther McCollum

Gerry Murrell

W. Alex Murrell

Doris Marie Norman

Elfrieda Parker

Richard Renfro

Bill Ritchie

Helen Ryan

Jane Sims

Portis M. Sims

A. Morton Smith

Roy A. Stamps

Perry Stephens

Terry Stephens

Marian Tanner

Cad Wingert

William  E. Wingert

CLOWNS

Sam Beattie

James R. Cunningham

Creighton Hatfield

Charles Hofferek

Humes Hogue

Robert Jordan

Harry Lewis

Jack Lewis

A. W. McCann

Ted Norman, Jr.

J. B. Piper

Richard Renfro

J. B. Saylors

Dan Smith

Jerry Smith

Ray Van Duker

A. W. Wells

Cad Wingert

William E. Wingert

Betty Yarbrough

S. M. Yarbrough

BIG SHOW BAND

William Brooks

Charles Buchanan

Don Clack

Charles Findley

Irving Findley

Berry Garner

Paul Giraudin

Charles Greenwood

A. C. Herrman, Jr.

Bud Hughes

Van Gene Kaden

Pat Leonard

Adolph Lohmann

Roger Martin

Bill Micks

Clark McPherson

William F. Powell

Dick Pyle

Grady Sanford

Carey C. Shell

Tom Talley

Bill Tanner

Terrence Wyatt

WARDROBE DEPARTMENT

Mrs. Jessie Brown

Mrs. T. H. Chaffin

Mrs. Charles Clark

Mrs. Vera Gilbert

Jane Harris

Mrs. Hallie Hatfield

Mrs. Vera Kaps

Mrs. Mauris Lucas

Mrs. Florence McCollum

Mrs. Ruth Norman

Mrs. Mary Sims

Mrs. Louise Smith

Mrs. Rita Stamps

Mrs. J. D. Stephens

Mrs. Eloise Yarbrough

BACKYARD

J. Russel Teague

Charles Fischer

A. B. Garvin

PUBLIC ADDRESS SYSTEM
G. L. Mitchell
 
C. L. Smith
TRANSPORTATION
Charles B. Stringer                  Mrs. Blanche Besaw
PROPERTIES AND CANVAS

Derow Adkins

Woodrow Adkins

Kermit Baker

Luther Bentley

Bill Bentley

Vern Brewer

Emmett Cameron

Price Christmas

Otis Johnson

Buster Kerr

Weldon Kerr

Chubby Locke

Elbert McGehee

Ira McGehee

Orval McGehee

Paul McGehee

Ted Norman, Sr.

Howard O'Mary

Joe Prestage

Foster Renfro

Jack Sims

Cecil Wilson

Odus Wilson

RING STOCK

Howard O'Mary

James Rowland

Portis M. Sims

Henry Skaggs

McC. H. Wilson

TRAINERS
J. D. Stephens
 
Mrs. Ida Mae Stephens