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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....................................................... Emmett F. Curtis

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

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

.................................................................... Cecil H. Tinsley

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

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

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

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

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

 

EXECUTIVE AND MECHANICAL STAFFS

 

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

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

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

Legal Adjuster........................................ Emmett F. Curtis

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

Reserve Seats........................................ T. Harold Chaffin

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

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

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

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

Press Representative............................... Cecil H. Tinsley

Musical Director..................................... John W. Nay

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

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

Lot Superintendent................................. Verne Brewer

Backyard Superintendent......................... Chauncey Betts

Ring Stock Superintendent....................... William Blanton

Wardrobe Superintendent........................ Portis M. Sims

Wardrobe Mistress................................. Mrs. O. P. Ryan

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

TICKET WAGON

G. D. Bell

A. Raymond Porter

Anton H. Fipp

Leroy Robinson

Paul Schad

FRONT DOOR

Roy P. Wilson

Dr. Houston H. Terry

Albert S. Brient

B. Arthur Dillard

Charles B. Stringer

Cecil H. Tinsley

RESERVED SEAT TICKETS

T. Harold Chaffin

J. Lacy Burch

J. Ancil Smoot

USHERS AND TICKET TAKERS

R. M. Alderson

Henry Beaver

Albert Biffle

Weldon Blanton

William Brooks

Mrs. Harry Brune

Don Couch

George Glenn Davis

Joe Davis

Sylvan Davis

Charles Dobkins

Harold Dobkins

Elmo Faubion

Shelby Fletcher

Joe Gieb

Kenneth Heath

Van B. Hill

Douglas Hobbs

George Hobbs

William Kemplin

C. M. Leach

Earl M. Leonard

Fred McCain

Mrs. W. J. McCracken

Billy Martin

Clyde Matherly

Joe Miller

Sam Murrell

Paul Nieball

C. C. Patterson

A. L. Parker

James Ralston

Lee E. Reese

L. H. Ritchey

Lloyd Roane

Mrs. Lloyd Roane

Bradley Spires

Dorsey Truitt

Francis Weiss

Paul Weiss

Frasher Westbrook

Clyde White

Hubert White

O. J. Wilhoit

Mrs. O. J. Wilhoit

PERFORMERS

Sue Ella Beaver

Charles Brewer

Vern Brewer

Genevieve Coin

Glessie Mae Coin

Joan Cowan

Dorothea Cox

Mrs. A. A. Davenport

Catherine Fischer

Margie Fischer

Suzanne Gilbert

Creighton Hatfield

Darleen Hatfield

Jimmy Haynes

Carl Kaden

Ernestine Kaps

Imogene Kaps

Mauris Lucas

Maxine Mitchell

Gerry Mitchell

W. Alex Murrell

Dorene Marie Norman

Gloria Wanda Norman

Jane Sims

Portis M. Sims

A. Morton Smith

James Smith

Burch Spires

Roy A. Stamps

J. D. Stephens

Jimmy Storms

Mrs. Katie Terry

Wanda Joe Ullmer

Pansy Lee Way

William Wingert

CLOWNS

A. A. Davenport

Humes Hogue

Herbert Kaps, Jr.

William Kemplin

Wilson Kermickel

Albert A. Marx

G. W. Michaels

Ted Norman, Jr.

A. L. Parker

Richard Renfro

J. Benny Saylors

Dan M. Smith

James Smith

Jerry Smith

Louise Smith

Ray Van Duker

A. W. Wells

Austin Westbrook

Cad Wingert

William Wingert

Betty Yarbrough

Bunk Yarbrough

David Yarbrough

S. M. Yarbrough

BIG SHOW BAND

Louis Bomar

R. L. Brookings

Robert Brooks

J. B. Carlisle

Robert Collins

John Hardy, Jr.

Sam Hayes

A. C. Herrman, Jr.

David Holman

Howard Homer

Morris Jones

Cecil Lohn

Charles McWilliams

John W. Nay

Perry Stephens

Terry Stephens

Tom Talley

Tubby Wade

William Wiess

WARDROBE DEPARTMENT

Mrs. Maudora Bell

Mrs. Ruth Blanton

Mrs. Willie Cox

Mrs. Hallie Hatfield

Mrs. Vera Kaps

Mrs. Ruth Norman

Mrs. Mary Sims

Mrs. Raymond Porter

Mrs. Ethyle Ryan

Portis M. Sims

Mrs. Louise Smith

Mrs. Margaret Smith

Mrs. Rita Stamps

Mrs. Ida Mae Stephens

Mrs. Fern Storms

Mrs. Leota Wingert

Mrs. Eloise Yarbrough

BACKYARD

Chauncey Betts

Charles Fischer

Charles Mitchell

C. C. McCorkle

PROPERTIES AND CANVAS

Derow Adkins

Woodrow Adkins

Kermit Baker

R. D. Baker

Luther Bentley

William Bentley

Weldon Blanton

Robert Bryant

Emmett Cameron

Foy Carmon

Charlie Carter

Ray Caves

Wayne Cloer

Vern Brewer

A. E. Cogburn

Charlie Copeland

Joe Davis

L. W. Day

Clyde Fraim

Joe Glenn

Tommy Gould

Buster Kerr

Weldon Kerr

Naud McCain

Elbert McGehee

Paul McGehee

R. L. McGehee

Charles Moore

Yancy Nichols

Bill Peavler

Wayne Pedigo

Foster Renfro

Howard Renfro

I. M. Rushing

Jack Sims

J. W. Smith

Ernest Sluder

Ray Van Duker

Cecil Wilson

Odus Wilson

Travis Wilson

RING STOCK

William Blanton

Otto Blevins

Jesse Bolten

James Briggs

Henry Briggs

James Rowland

Henry Skaggs

Calvin Sluder

David Walker

TRAINERS

Dollie Conners

Jimmy Conners

Arthur Henry

Marie Henry