The Carousel News & Trader 1993

COVER: M. C. Illions 1926 four-abreast carousel of Geauga Lake, Aurora, Ohio

CONTENTS:

• Boblo Island Amusement Park in Detroit to sell at Norton Auction

• Annual Schenevus-Maryland Firemens Carnival in Otsego County, NY

• Tampa, Florida now home to historic Spillman Eng. and Herschell-Spillman carousels

• 1926 four-abreast Illions carousel of Geauga Lake, Aurora, Ohio

• Mangels and Illions descendants meet at Wyandot Lake, Columbus, Ohio carousel

• Peddlers Village in Lahaska, Pennsylvania celebrates 30th anniversary with Museum of Carousel Art and a 48-animal carousel

• Carnival theme at the Chemung County Historical Museum in Elmira, NY

• Artist Anthony, Tony, Sacco of Olney, MD

• Mexican carousel carvers, past and present

• Walt Dunlap Spillman Engineering antique carousel in Danbury, CT

• Peter Newland, Bruce Marston and James Toner to carve Legends of the Forest carousel animals

• Kissel carousel auction in Hamilton, OH

• Ohio carver, Dennis Mackey, carousel Newfoundland dog on cover of Newf Novelties Catalog

• Virginia and Kenneth Krohn of Kerrville, TX build miniature carousel

• Carousel carver pattern

COVER: New Fiberglass Chance Mfg. Grand Carrousel with Dentzel-style scenery

CONTENTS:

• Prancer poem by Robert F. Vitalos

• Albrecht family of Blakely, MN build carousel

• New method for removing old paint; Canobie Lake in Salem, NH tests new product

• Chance Rides in Wichita, Kansas continues tradition of crafting carousels

• Ed Widger, Allan Herschell expert

• Organ rally at the Genesee Country Museum in Mumford, NY

• The Carmel carousel in Prospect Park, Brooklyn, NY wins two restoration awards by the Landmarks Preservation Commission and the Municipal Arts Society

• Rol and Jo Summit of Rolling Hills, CA host carousel open house

• Brillscote Farm Auction in England

• Holyoke, MA carousel to get new building

• Agnes Spaulding feature on the Missoula, MT carousel project

• Carousel carver pattern

COVER: Armored horse from PTC #59, the carousel last operated at Petticoat Junction in Florida, the figures were sold off in 1985

CONTENTS:

• Outside Looff jumper, donated by Chance Industries in Wichita, KS, raffled off by the Pennsylvania State Showman’s Association for scholarship fund

• Lisa Pisano feature on The Carousels of Staten Island, NY

• Chapel Hill Mall Third Annual Carousel & Amusement Park Show and Sale in Akron, OH

• 1920 three-row Spillman Engineering carousel unveiled at Eastridge Mall in San Jose, CA

• Boblo Island in Michigan sold for $3.8 million to anonymous bidder

• Nunleys carousel of Baldwin, Long Island, NY up for sale

• Restored Parker carousel to open in Burnaby Village, British Columbia, Canada

• The largest C.W. Parker merry-go-round built is highlight of Jantzen Beach Mall in Portland, OR

• Creation of The Empire State carousel

• Stan Hawkins Little Hawk Studios in Arcadia, CA

• Stanley Young of Edinburgh, Scotland miniature carousel

• Patrick M. Reynolds Big Apple Almanac comic about Carmel horses

• Marie Lore From the Broken Circle poem

• Sue Summertons The Magic of a Carrousel poem

• Nicole Kump The Cry of a Horse poem

COVER: Large, 78” long, Bayol cow sporting two Bayol plaques, restored by Tony Orlando

CONTENTS:

• 1912 Stein & Goldstein carousel to be auctioned in Belchertown, MA

• New carousel for Bushkill Park, PA

• Gustav Bayol, French carousel maker - historical-biographical feature

• Smithsonian Museum Dentzel carousel

• U.S Merry-Go-Round operated by the All Hallows Guild at the National Cathedral in Washington, D. C. will return for the 54th Annual Flower Mart

• Carousel horses join the Lifton Studio in Stillwater, MN

• Don and Gail Alexander bring 1937 Allan Herschell mixed machine back to life in Smith Mountain Lake, VA

• Carving a Carousel Horse video review

• Miniature carvings at Mississippi’s Crickhollow Farms

• The Encanto Carousel of Phoenix, AZ

• Tampa, Florida Auction Under the Big Top results

• Maryland artist Carolyn Hartman creates watercolor paintings of carousel animals

• Skip Conover Carousel Day poem

COVER: The original Eldridge Park carousel of Elmira, NY, a mix of Looff, Carmel and some Dentzel

CONTENTS:

• Display of 44 animals from the American Carousel Museum in San Francisco in special exhibit in St. Paul, MN

• The legacy of Robert Long and the Eldridge Park carousel in Elmira, NY

• Savage 1881 English roundabout at Six Flags Great Adventure in Jackson, NJ

• Sal Napolitano and the 1908 Central Park, NY carousel New England Carousel Museum receives grant

• Fun Expo moves to Nashville, TN

• French-Candian carvers Ronald and Lisa Rondeau and their woodcarving school, L’Atelier - Ecole Rondo, in Beauport, Quebec, Canada

• Amusement Arts owner Bruce Zubee announces 7th annual show and sale in Burlington, CT

• News from the Merry-Go-Round Museum in Sandusky, OH

• The Carousel Works begins restoration on Logansport Dentzel

• Artist Arlene Landers

• The Chambersburg Mall in Pennsylvania hosts fifth annual Miniature Carousel Builders, Trains and Dollhouses exhibit

• News from the Colorado Carousel Society

• Carousel carver pattern

COVER: A Carmel lion, Herschell-Spillman tiger, Dentzel stander, Looff stander, roached mane Dentzel stander, and an armored Parker jumper

CONTENTS:

• Bushkill Park in Easton, PA new home for Willow Mill carousel

• American Carousel Museum in San Francisco open for visitors

• Carousel Magic feature

• New building designed in Holyoke, MA for PTC #80

• Washington State unique 1906 C. W. Parker carousel

• St. Paul, Minnesota holds 1993 NCA Technical Conference

• AUCTION RESULTS - Historic 1912 Stein & Goldstein carousel brings $440,000 at Belcherton, MA auction

• Kissel 1993 Carousel auction results from Strickers Grove in Ross, OH

• Illinois State Fair Park auction results

• Chance Rides wins award

• Miniature builder Carrol Burdick of Angelica, NY

COVER: Restored Stein & Goldstein carousel horse, circa 1905-1910, from the T. M Harton, Muller-Stein & Goldstein carousel that last operated at West View Park, near Pittsburgh, PA

CONTENTS:

• Roseneath carousel grand opening in Ontario, Canada

• Solomon Stein and Harry Goldstein carousel carvers and manufacturers - Biographical-Historical feature

• 1993 American Carousel Society convention in Portland, OR

• Steve and Kris Crescenze host annual open house in Welcome, MD

• Circus World Museum in Baraboo, WI celebrates the Bicentennial of the American Circus

• 1928 Allan Herschell carousel in New Matamoras, OH broken up

• Merry-Go-Round Museum in Sandusky, OH opens new display

• Cedar Point in Sandusky, OH feature

• 1926 Dentzel at Carousel World in Peddlers Village in Lahaska, PA

• 1917 Herschell-Spillman carousel at Circus World Museum in Baraboo, WI

• Monkey Organ rally at Sauder’s Farm in Archibold, OH

• Carousel postmarks

• Carousel carver pattern - Parker Flag Horse stargazer

COVER: 1913-14 Herschell-Spillman King Neptune chariot

CONTENTS:

• Queens, NY Forest Park carousel opens under new management

• Guernseys summer auction held at Frick Estate on Long Island, NY

• Mickey’s Rides of Staten Island sold twice in span of six months 

• Carousel postcard collecting

• 1926 Dentzel at Six Flags Over Texas

• 1914 Herschell-Spillman carousel scheduled for auction at Agassiz Village in West Poland, Maine

• Toy carousel fetches $66,000 at auction in Bloomfield Hills, MI

• Third decade of The National Carousel Association begins

• Horsewoman Betty Hollan Dye of Williamsburg, VA

• Burlington, NC carousel festival continues to raise money for 1906-10 Dentzel menagerie carousel

• A look back at Belchertown, MA 1912 Stein & Goldstein carousel

• Carousel artist Laurel D’Agnillo

• Waterloo, NY home of Memorial Day

• Carousel carver pattern

COVER: Dentzel stander at the Children’s Museum of Indianapolis

CONTENTS:

• Miniature Carousel Builders rally at Knoebels Grove Amusement Park in Elysburg, PA

• PTC #43 at The Puyallup Fair in Washington State

• Indianapolis Children’s Museum Dentzel carousel undergoes additional restoration

• Rare organ sculpture offered at Brillscote Farm Carousel Art Auction in England

• PTC #50 at Carousel Celebration in Hampton, VA

• ACS celebrates 10th anniversary in Portland, OR

• Grand Opening of Roseneath, Ontario carousel

• Dentzel horses stolen from Williams Grove amusement park in Mechanicsburg, PA

• Mother and son Harlene and Dan Strauss of VIP Marketing

• Tana and Lou Taylor of Baltimore’s Merry-Go-Room

• Carver Arnold Baker

• Carousel carver pattern

COVER: 4-Row 1923 Herschell carousel in Broome County, NY

CONTENTS:

• Swen Swenson Memoriam

• Idora Park Historical Society hopes to reopen Idora Park in Youngstown, OH

• The Mary Lockman Collection at the Herschell Carousel Factory in North Tonawanda, NY

• 1914 Spillman carousel of Agassiz Village sells at auction in West Poland, Maine

• 21st Annual NCA convention held in the Carousel Capital of the World, in Broome County, NY

• Dedication Day at Johnson City, NY

• Euclid Beach A.B.O.A. rally

• New carousel mobile activity kit released by Ron Boehm of Impact Media

• Artist Cortlandt Hull

• Carousel carver pattern

COVER: 1909 Looff menagerie carousel in Riverfront Park, Spokane, WA; formerly at Natatorium Park, Seattle

CONTENTS:

• Poster benefits Glen Echo Park carousel

• CMMA convention at Libertyland in Memphis, TN

• Carousel preservationist Rosa Ragan

• Washington national Cathedral carousel comes to life

• Parker #119 carousel at Burnaby Village Museum in Burnaby, British Columbia, Canada

• Cedar Point in Sandusky, OH to build record-breaking coaster

• The 1909 Looff Sparkle of Spokane carousel

• American Carousel Museum exhibit in San Francisco

• Safari theme at The Merry-Go-Round Museum in Sandusky, OH

• Agassiz Village campground carousel disbursed at auction

• Muller lion found in Illinois basement

• Canadians making and donating pony to the Missoula, MT carousel

• Remembering the Rocky Springs 1923 Dentzel carousel

• Band/Monkey organ rally in Genesee County Village in Mumford, NY

• Carousel carver pattern

COVER: Tony Orlando Christmas setting with Muller stander

CONTENTS:

• A look at Pen Argyl, PA 1917 Dentzel

• The Magic Carousel at Disneyland honors as best amusement park

• PTC #17 at Six Flags Over Georgia

• 1902 Dentzel of Logansport, IN

• Carousel Festival at Ontario Beach Park in Rochester, NY

• Norton Auctioneers in San Francisco

• Brillscote Farms auction

• Cedar Point in Sandusky, OH receives IAAPA best Amusement Park award

• Around the world with carousel stamps

• Gene Bass obituary

• Carousel carver pattern