Large touring tent shows recount Iowa memories of 1914 era
An nostalgia piece recalls Terry's Big Uncle Tom Show in 1914 Northwest Iowa with livestock acts and a big parade, plus distant roots of tent shows starting in Rock Island 1855. It details families of Schaffner Players, Brant and Darren Davis, and their touring life with 15 performers, 7 trucks, and 7 trailers.
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Terry
N. W. Iowa
Terry's
Louisiana Quartette
Jubilee Singers
Plantation Melodies
Jones
Laitenberger
Phineas Fletcher
Rocky Pass
New Orleans
Legree
Red River
Eva
Toby
Rock Island
Illinois
Yankee Robinson
Schaffner Players
Jimmy
Juanita Davis
Schaffners
Brant Davis
Darren
Brant
Tuffy Tolliver
University of Iowa
Neil Schaffner
Missouri
Marshalltown
Schaffner Players Tour And Personal Show Tales
Don Buchan recounts the Schaffner Players tent show's Iowa State Fair run for 60,000 over ten days. Veteran Bert Dexter recalls long showbiz career, early quartette days, a freezer car ride, and meeting Bing Crosby in Spokane in 1920. The troupe features Jimmy Davis written works, wraparound brass, and acts by Leo Basca, Don Strong, Bert Dexter, and Goldie Gray.
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Iowa
Toby
Jim Bailey
Hogscratch
Ponderosa
Jimmy Davis
Leo Basca
Don Strong
Bert Dexter
Goldie Gray
Parsons
Kansas
Dexter
California
Chicago
Harrington
Wallace Bruce
Milburn Stone
Doc
Gunsmoke
Schaffner Players
State of
Washington
Spokane
Harry Crosby
Bing
Local Social News from Graettinger Area May 3 1973
Locals recount weekend visits to Le Mars and Graettinger as families gathered at the Stueve home. Ward Scherer and family visited Merlin Nielsen and relatives who once taught in Graettinger. Mike Petersen celebrated First Holy Communion with a church breakfast and family godparents from Graettinger and Ringsted. Mrs. Jim Spies attended the 6th District Women’s Republican Meeting at Westmar College, joining nominating duties. Emmetsburg guests also present.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ward Scherer & Family
le Mars
Merlin Nielsen
Graettinger School
Mike Petersen
Lloyd Petersen
Henry Thiel
Mike
Jim Spies
Graettinger
Alfred Petersen
Ringsted
Margaret Johnson
Westmar College
Iowa
Emmetsburg
Easter program at Golden Rule Circle unfolds at church
At 11:00 AM to 2:00 PM the Golden Rule Circle presented the Easter program If I Should Die Before I Live. Participants included Hilda Luke Gladys Hankey Verlae Nicol Bess Munson Antionette Carter and Mildred Warren. Lunch and fellowship followed in the church parlor.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
The
Golden Rule Circle
Hilda Luke
Gladys Hankey
Verlae Nicol
Bess Munson
Antionette Carter
Mildred Warren
Also Mentioned on This Page
Toby Tolliver
Don Buchan
Gilbert Stueve
Kenneth Jewell
Hampton
Stueve
Fletcher Hoyt
Park Rapids
Minn
Merle Jensen
Henry Thomas
Dona Eversole
Estherville
Wm. Hewett
Trimont
Bob Rooney
Billy
Dolliver
Henry Stueve
Pisgah
Your Times
Aesses Roof Garden
Arnolds
Peck
Boogie
Shadrack
Raettinger State Bank
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