Inside the Clyde Beatty-Cole Bros. Circus Labor Life
Observers follow the nonperforming crew on a muddy day at the Orange County fairgrounds. Footloose workers like the butchers and assistant trainers endure hard hours, minimal sleep, and cramped trucks as they lay out the big top and care for animals, trading travel and rough conditions for steady pay and a nomadic life.
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Mechanicstown
Cole Bros
Fairground
Orange County Fairgrounds
Oxford
N.J
Barry Young
Young
Police Officers Attacked in Monroe After Attempted Arrest
Two Monroe police officers, S. Ast and J.J. Wilantowicz, were assaulted and injured early Friday as they tried to arrest a man leaving the scene of a car crash at Rt. 17M and Freeland Street. Wilantowicz suffered wrist and back injuries, while Ast was bitten on the arm. Assistive units from Woodbury, Washingtonville, Blooming Grove, Chester, Greenwood Lake and state police joined after the scuffle began.
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Ohio
Betty Sue
Gary Thomas
Monroe
S. Ast
J.J. Wilantowicz
Rt. 17M
Freeland Street
Ptl
Wilantowicz
Ast
Woodbury
Washingtonville
Blooming Grove
Chester
Greenwood Lake
Circus A Mythical Kingdom In A Muddy Middletown
Staff writer Chris Farlekas portrays a Middletown circus as a mythical realm bright with flags and color. Crowds slog through mud to see elephants, lions, clowns, and daring aerial acts while the scent of cotton candy and the music of a nine man band fill the tent. Children dream of joining the spectacle as the show ends and the world turns back to mud and daisies.
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Harvard
Middletown
Tiffany’s
Jerry Cuffee
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Thomas
Grit
Virginia
Ron
Mitzie
Chris Farlekas
Todd Strasser
Circus
By Chris Farlekas
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