The Carousel News & Trader 1985

COVER: Armored Horse from 1928 Grand Rapids Carousel

CONTENTS:

• Welcome Letter from Editor, Nancy Lynn Loucks

• Carousel Carnival at Grand Rapids, Michigan Museum showcases 35 of the 50 1928 Spillman Engineering carousel animals restored by Tom Layton, Sandusky, OH

• Carousel Society of Niagara Frontier, Inc., and Herschell Carrousel Factory Museum, North Tonawanda, New York Feature

• Norton Auctioneers Annual Consignment Auction features numerous carousel horses and menagerie and a German Double-Decker carousel

COVER: Dentzel Stander with Mule from Pullen Park, Raleigh, NC

CONTENTS:

• 1986 NCA Convention heading to East Lansing, MI

• All wood Allan Herschell portable from Fairfield Amusements broken up at sale

• 1985 ACS Convention Returns from Hershey, Pennsylvania

• PTC #18 Carousel Horse stolen from Roseland Amusement Park, Canandaigua, NY

• 1985 NCA Convention to Burlington, North Carolina, “In Honor of Dentzel”

• 1928 Spillman Carousel for the Grand Rapids Public Museum in Michigan

• Norton Auctioneers sell Roseland Carousel, 1909 PTC #18, intact for $397,500, to Syracuse developer

COVER: Roseneath Merry-Go-Round

CONTENTS:

• Roseland Amusement Park Norton Auction Results - Carousel Intact

• New York State Approves New Hand-Carved Empire State Carousel project

• A Visit to the 1906 C. W. Parker Roseneath Fairgrounds Carousel in Ontario, Canada

• Guest Editorial Columnist, Orvile Loucks

• Review: A Carousel of Limericks, By Harvey Roehl and Pay Hyman

COVER: Santa Rides PTC #62 Carousel on the Santa Monica Pier, CA

CONTENTS:

• Holiday Carousel Art Show, “Magical Horses” in St. Joseph, Michigan.

• Grand Rapids Spillman in Holiday Display at Brenton Village, MI

• Illions Stander and Wurlitzer Band Organ top Selling Carousel Horse at Home Amusement Sale in Rockville, MD

• A Look at a Few Carousel Deer and Holiday Trimmed Carousel Horses