Shull Junior High School - Shullton Yearbook (Easton, PA)

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The Shullion The Big Top CLARK BREISCH, JOHN SHOBER, MARY KEMPSEY, VIRGINIA REILLY, 9-4 Ladies and gentlemen! Step right up and see the great- est three-ringed show in the world, cried Walter Kriel, the bavrker. Everyone made a rush 'for the entrance. Inside, there was a mad scramble f-or seats. Robert Huff in a loud voice was sell- ing pop-corn and soda. With the blare of trumpets, the circus began. At the head of the parade marched the band led by Jack Moser and Jay Herb. What's this coming? Oh, yes, the clowns. They are made up ridiculously, but under the make-up we recognize James Rissmiller and Jack Altemus who are per-- forming to the huge delight of the crowd. At the end of the parade comes Mademoiselle Mata, Queen of the Circus, mounted on an elephant. As the parade ended, the loudly dressed ringmaster, Steve Denes, ent-ered the ring. In a booming voice he announced that in one ring the world's greatest lion tamer, the fearless Orville Seiple, was about to face twenty-man-eating lions and tigers. At' this moment, he was interrupted by the entrance of Robert Hockin and Kenneth Riley, the midgets, riding a tiny Hre-engine. After the laughter had subsided, Ringmaster Denes proceeded to the center ring. Here were the equestrians. Among them were Josephine Bright, June Garrison and Janet Featherman. Loud applause greeted these artists as one, Jane Wagner, completed a difficult feat on the back of her horse. Occupying the third ring was the Dare-Devil High Diver, Margaret Peters who plunged in her perilous dive, 150 feet into a tank. As she accomplished her dive, the other rings were cleared, and preparations were made for the main act, that of the trapeze artists. They entered the ring and bowed to the audience. The three feminine aerial'- ists were Nancy Martin, Josephine Regina and Mary Daraio. The male performers were Lawrence Iudicello and Patty Gara- fola. They took their places on the bars and rings and thrilled the crowd with their performance. Suddenly, a bugle blew, and into the ring stepped the famous Flying Aerialists, Betty Donnelly and John Mclnerney. They climbed to their danger- ous perches and flew through the air with the greatest of ease. On one diiiicult turn, Mclnerney lost his grip. The crowd held its breath as he hurled toward the ground, but in an instant the fcontinued on page thirty-sevenj tngenty-three

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The Shullion twenty-two SECTION 9 -4

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The Shullion H twenty-four SECTION 9-5