Winnipeg Free Press

Winnipeg Free Press (Newspaper) - June 21, 1969, Winnipeg, Manitoba Winnipeg free press saturday june 21, 1969 a Candy floss Maze by Gordon Arnold thousands have i 1 o c k e d through the Candy floss gambling rides Maze that constitutes the Midway of Royal american shows. Thousands will continue to do so. There s that certain Mysti Cal chimera that continues to draw Young and old to this bustling world of unreality. Perhaps it s the roars and screams that go with the whirling tons of Metal rides. Perhaps it s the fast paced chatter of the Carnie Barker. Or maybe its the smell of freshly boasts of a mile Long Midway. Frank Morissey the show s publicity Man said the whole show is appearing in Winnipeg but in some areas depending on the size of the lot and local Laws some attractions particularly the gambling conces Sions will not be set up. Outside the red Wagon which serves As the publicity office the sky had darkened the Midway took on that extra show to turn a vacant parking new touch of magic and a weary lot into a bustling City in a few with the death of his father in Mother with three youngsters Short hours. 1965, or. Sedlmayr inherited 60 in Tow beads filled with visions presiding Over this portable years of show business Trade of monsters and fairies Stom Empire is Carl Sedlmayr jr., a tradition which has seen jacks full of Candy floss and Corn Midway like a Telescope has a Foreman who is an expert ilife. I want to get out and go at setting it up on lots marked a somewhere else. There is Al out ahead of time enabling the ways a Challenge new towns roasted Corn on the cob that who says of Iti could the show grow from a Small Start on the cob made her Way Watts its Way pc envy a rough the Settle Down in one town a my a 192i to the Point where it now towards the exit. Cool hit Mani Carlo the latest addition to Man sphere 99 s list of attractions is drawing numerous fair goers to its Las vegas Type gambling facilities. Careers at sex open heart surgery by Janice keys procedure and the duties of the various people in the operating a simulated demonstration of theatre. Open heart surgery is one of the the demonstration is made highlights of careers Outlook effective by the flow of some a Man sphere display in the very authentic looking blood upper West concourse of the there Are also Booths giving information on careers in Dif Ferent branches of Medicine such As nursing and Laboratory work. The Section is coordinated by the Manitoba Hospital association. Atomic Energy of Canada Ren s hospitals. One of the Ltd. Features a display from the student doctors explains the White Shell nuclear research Workings of the equipment the establishment. Brochures on Winnipeg Arena. The demonstration is conducted by 90 student doctors and nurses from the Manitoba med ical students association. The exhibit is fully equipped with instruments donated by the Winnipeg general and child the work icing done at the station and on career opportunities Are available. The Institute of technology and the Manitoba Institute of applied arts have a joint Booth. Synopses of the courses at both branches Are offered and a Model of the grounds is on display. Information on Many careers which Are not represented in the exhibit is available at the school counsellors association of Manitoba. Other organizations with Dis plays Are Canada manpower Winnipeg builders Exchange. Metal fabricators association of Manitoba Acme explorations inc., University of Manitoba the University of Winnipeg and Pollock s Beauty school. The University of Manitoba has prepared a questionnaire for evaluation of the different sections which is available at the University s Booth. Arrangements a v e been made to conduct Tours through the exhibit for students from outlying areas. But More than Likely it s that gnawing feeling within you that you May have missed something by not running away to join the circus when you were a Young Ster. In the space of a few hours you try to Telescope years of experience you never had to re capture nearly lost dreams and to watch the youngsters starry eyed with wonder at the mar vels of a seemingly unreal world they too will someday wish they had joined if Only briefly. Royal american has five new rides this year the Zipper whose Workings can Only be described As like a a sky diver which is somewhat like a giant Ferris wheel Only the occupants ride in cages and dive at the ground a new wild mouse Mathorn a Jet Speed ride through the Swiss Alps and the Calixie a souped up roller coaster. Leon Miller Veteran producer of club Lido is Back with another Bevy of beauties presenting this year s theme South terrific a Takeoff on Rogers arid Hamerstein s South Pacific. Man sphere 99 is the first of four Canadian stops for the Royal american shows which Bills itself As the largest travel Ling Midway in the world. Behind the fast moving facade of the Midway there lies another world for Royal Amer ican a world of serious business s3 million of it in equipment alone a Crew of to set it up operate and tear Down All the rigs on the Midway and an electric computer to handle the payrolls and details of the show. Before its six month travelling season ends the show will travel More than Miles in 80 double length railway cars winding up in october. The Hoyal american carries its own Power Plant with it and generates enough electricity to 1 Light a City of each ride race Ostrich wrestle Tiger happiness is winning a Teddy Bear on the Royal american shows Midway by Janice keys Ostrich races a wrestling Tiger a trick elephant a c cigarette smoking Chimpanzee you can find them All at Gene holler s wild animal show at Man sphere 99. Gene Holter the owner started the show in 1950 with the Ostrich races. The present Riv als Oscar and jughead seven foot specimens so Power-1 Ful that it takes three men to keep them quiet while they Are j being harnessed. I the act that delighted child i Ren at the show at the Velo j drome was Tina the elephant i the highlight of Tina s performance was walking a Plank i pick up a phone at inches Wile placed Between agricultural show at Man sphere when she reaches 99 and you May hear a voice the Middle of the Plank Tina saying Baba hello i am at urls and does a handstand. Baa a i mean hello by Frances Bidwell and Llamas Are Loose inside the tent. The show moves to the Calgary Stampede after Man sphere. The training ranch for the show is in Bloomington Calfi Ronia. Lime Lucky Barry Hobden 27 my master Road fort Garry plucked a Lime Given Leaf from the Man sphere tree Friday night and found he had won he was the first Winner of the nightly attendance prize offered at Man sphere 99. Holders of a winning ticket number who Are present when the draw is made Are Given their Choice of coloured leaves on the Man sphere Symbol. The value of each Leaf is printed on the Back. One prize is awarded each night of the nine Day exhibition to a total of Mother the voice goes on to Tell about sheep the history of the animal and its uses. The telephones Are part of a talk to the animals display set up outside the Dairy building and Are a new feature at the exhibition. Visitors to the pens housing Mother farm animals elephants Are one of the smartest of All animals. They love said or. Holler. Tina and another elephant Are so Well trained that they need no rope to Lead them they follow their Trainer. Children Are allowed to ride them just outside the velodrome. The most vicious of the 68 animals in the show and their Young can simply pick up a phone and talk to the animal they re looking at. Included Are ponies sheep surprisingly its the Chimp an cows and hogs. Chickens can be cheetah Chuck for seen hatching in an incubator. A Holter Sald he u byte anyone near ills Trainer or cycles he rides in the1 or will throw things from i seen hatching in an incubator. In an attempt to portray i agriculture to the urbanite the h16 show has set up a special Dairy barn. Half of the is Cage j barn handles Jersey Dairy tattle j at the incl of ule act and half shows Dairy products i Sils Down crosses has legs Alt j their uses and Dairy equipment flights a am push mending a modern Milker. A a few More Opin off bulk truck and earlier Dairy ill Roll. Hol Ciui Penl. An organic and1 sightseers with a Hurst ran a of soda a Glass of Jersey milk in i the building. Winner of the first Ostrich past surveys show thai Morel race Laszlo a Urb Aniles visit the barns than newsman from Csc received the cattle shows said exhibition j As first prize the privilege of officials. Therefore a major it Greal Tiger a Effort was made to design Cal weighing Over 400 interesting and educational barn pounds. Outside of a scraped i this year. Knee which was tended to there will still be a Strong immediately by application of a emphasis on the three or. Basl Sovansky. Emerged from the contest unscathed. Pat nearly 30 bands from widely scattered Points in the United states Are in Winnipeg for Man sphere 99 s International bands Competition. Some youngsters will participate in a massed band con Cert at 8 . Saturday n the baseball stadium. This will be the first time they have played together. Four selections will be offered by the group. Shows though purebred beef and commercial Dairy cattle. Elories in the classes arc increasing every year an offi Cial said and it is leading to a problem of overcrowding. We lit Ivr in imams said. Henry and his Palomino horse also appeared on the program. Sir. Henry put the horse through i routine of he step s and Skils a set up outside the one of the features of the velodrome in macs other animals allow is the Sale of commercial c allele a he held saturday after the judging lake.1, Piacz. The lop beef in Manitoba is told Al Man sphere. Which children can Pel. Some of Hie in imams in cml i in two baby Hipp Potami Are in separate enclosures but goals St. James Street and exhibitors Empress Street o Maud s creeks youth City of Wirg. Fire pct Alexander show cattle show Wilt animal Snow johm5om Midland free parking Midland shown Here is the grounds layout for Man sphere 99 ;