The Carousel News & Trader 1995

COVER: Spillman Engineering armored stander, Grand Rapids, MI, Walter Loucks photo of the horse featured on the first issue of The Carousel News & Trader, Sept. 1995

CONTENTS:

• 1995 American Carousel Society Convention in Reading, PA to include visits to 1921 Dentzel/Muller carousel, 1900 stationary Dentzel, and the 1890s wagon-mounted Herschell-Spillman carousel

• Rol Summit remembers Fred Fried

• Carousel animal restoration: Epoxy resins

• Illions first Supreme carousel to sell at Tampa auction

• Carousel carving, Canadian style

• Fall ‘94 Kissel auction

• Grand opening for 1928 Spillman Engineering carousel on display in Grand Rapids, MI Public Museum

• 4th and final American Band Organ Assoc. rally at Gallispolis City Park, OH

• New England Carousel Museum works with Lake Compounce

• Ontario Beach Park Dentzel party

COVER: Allan Herschell horses from the Bill Mann and Judy Benson Cowboy Carousel

CONTENTS:

• Historical look inside the Dentzel Co. Philadelphia factory

• Story Land in Glen, New Hampshire features 1900 carousel with Heyn horses

• Carousel Works Carousel installed at Chapel Hill Mall in Akron, OH

• William Manns and Judy Benson feature on Florida Cowboy Carousel

• The Mangels-Looff carousel in Kissimmee, FL “Old Town”

• Organ Stop Pizza in Mesa, AZ

• Euclid Beach Park reunion at Euclid Mall in Cleveland, OH

• 1918 Spillman tiger and 1905 Muller deer among animals auctioned at The Fort Homer W. Hesterly Armory

• IAAPA to adopt Give Kids the World program for children with terminal illnesses

COVER: 1909 Dentzel in Libertyland amusement park in Memphis, TN

CONTENTS:

• 2nd Annual Endicott, NY Carousel Festival

• Carousel Magic Restoring PTC #51

• Merry-Go-Round Museum in Sandusky, OH receives grant

• Painting carousel animals at Running Horse Studio in Irwindale, CA

• The art of Peggy Sue Seehafer

• Feature on the 1909 Dentzel Grand Carousel at Libertyland in Memphis, TN

• Su Mead Winners Circle poem

• Laura Rock-Smith of Sayville, NY remakes Breyer horses

• Joseph A. Barnett miniature models

• Announcing A Carousel For Missoula, MT

• 1929 PTC #80 in Heritage State Park in Holyoke, MA

• Auction Associates to conduct auction at Adamstown, PA

• Prize-winning carver John D. O’Bryant

• Feature on carver Len Dillon

• George R. Faircloth obituary (memoriam)

COVER: 1910 D. C. Muller & Bros. Western themed prancer

CONTENTS:

• Mid-America Chapter of the Music Box Society International to celebrate 20th annual band organ rally at Cross Roads Village near Flint, MI

• New England Carousel Museum in Bristol, CT

• 1921 Photo session at the Dentzel Carving Factory

• Feature on evolution from standers to jumpers

• Carmel and Illions carousel horses in Bridgeport, CT

• New exhibit at Sandusky Merry-Go-Round Museum

• Feature on master-carver Ed Roth

• European carousel art sold at Brillscote Farm auction in London

• Norton Auctioneers sale in Tampa, FL

• Bob Bickley of Sandusky, OH feature

• April 1995 Buyers Guide Listings

COVER: Stander from PTC #49 at Clementon Lake, NJ. Restorations by Wolf.

CONTENTS:

• Meridian, MS celebrates 1895 Dentzel carousel

• National Carousel Association convention to take place in Pacific Northwest

• Restorations by Wolf holds open house in Welcome, MD

• Artist Carol A. Wallace donates watercolor to The New England Carousel Museum in Bristol, CT

• Seabreeze Amusement Park in Rochester, NY to rebuild carousel

• “Carousel,” Linda Crockett’s novel

• A Carousel for Missoula’s Grand Opening celebration

• Ken Gross feature

• Guernsey’s NYC “Beast” auction

• PTC #79 at Paramount Kings Island in Ohio

• Carrousel Magic! completes restoration on PTC #51 in Elitch Gardens of Denver

• Eldridge Park carousel in Elmira, NY memorialized in miniature

• Fourth annual Mardi Gras Fundraising Party, in support of the New England Carousel Museum, held in Bristol, CT

• Carver Patrick Stanczyk of North Tonawanda, NY

• Gibsonton, Florida’s annual International Showmen’s Association trade show

• 1914 antique carousel in Petrie Plaza in Canberra, Australia Miniature carousel creators Fred and Betty Moritsch of Nipomo, CA

COVER: 1905 D.C. Muller Indian Pony from the Charlotte Dinger Collection

CONTENTS:

• Carousel animals offered at Sotheby’s auction in Los Angeles

• 1921 Dentzel carousel at Dorney Park in Allentown, PA

• Burlington, NC schedules 9th annual carousel festival

• Manheim, PA junior high incorporates carousels into art-class curriculum

• U.S. Postal Service stamp dedication at the Carousel World Museum

• First Southwest Showmen’s carnival and amusement park auction held in Arizona

• Meridian, Mississippi to host 100th birthday celebration of the Highland Park Dentzel

• Kissel’s 1995 spring auction at Strickers Grove in Ross, OH

• “Midwest’s Top Sale” auction heads to Adamstown, PA

• Hampton, VA, home of PTC #50, hosts 8th annual NCA Tech Conference

• Workshops in Denver, CO and Mansfield, OH share restoration effort on PTC #51

• Fabricon to build fiberglass carousel on Navy Pier near the Chicago Children’s Museum

COVER: Dentzel zebra from The Filler Collection

CONTENTS:

• Bob Conant’s organ restoration work

• Dentzel display at Merry-Go-Round Museum in Sandusky, OH

• Joanne Sessions of Tacoma, WA carves award-winning carousel zebra

• Saratoga Springs, NY, Committee formed to save 1910 Illions carousel

• Herschell Carrousel Factory Museum in North Tonawanda, NY acquires Wurlitzer perforating machines #11 and #12

• Photographer and painters - Back to the Dentzel factory

• Restoration of antique Dentzel carousel for Riverside Park, Indiana’s 100th anniversary

• Guernsey’s massive “Beasts” auction in NYC

• Orlando’s first Antique Jukebox Nostalgia and Collectible Show

• Jack Campbell of Culver, IN, restores Allan Herschell merry-go-round

• Restoration Talk with Roger Melton and Alan Anderson

• Riverview PTC #17 carousel at Six Flags Over Georgia in Atlanta added to the National Register of Historic Places

COVER: The many faces of horses on the newly carved Carousel for Missoula, MT

CONTENTS:

• Feature on A Carousel for Missoula at One Caras Park

• Linda Barnicott’s “Ride With Me on the Carousel” painting

• 125 summers of fun at Cedar Point in Sandusky, OH

• American Band Organ Association spring rally at Dutch Village, in Holland, MI

• Nunley’s carousel in Long Island, NY to be auctioned

• Carver Juan Andreu

• Abbott & Riewe’s “Auction Under the Big Top” in Adamstown, PA

• National Carousel Association 1995 Convention Committee to cover the state of Washington

COVER: 1928 Armored PTC carousel horse carved by Frank Caretta to commemorate PTC’s silver anniversary

CONTENTS:

• Perron “Carol’s Carousel” brought to San Francisco for Symphony fundraiser

• San Antonio’s Sunshine Park to auction

• Betty Hull announced as curator and historian for Elitch Gardens in Denver

• 1906 Looff carousel at Shoreline Village in Long Beach, CA is up and operating

• Publisher’s page: Words from Walter Loucks

• Second annual Nostalgia Memorabilia Collectible Show in Orlando, FL

• Frank Caretta horse carving from 1928 to commemorate PTC’s silver anniverary

• American Carousel Society Convention ‘95 travels through Pennsylvania: visits historic carousels at Dorney Park, Weona Park in Pen Argyl, Bushkill Park, Carousel World, Carousel Village at Indian Walk, Firehouse Horses in Millville, Hershey Park and PTC #47, and Knoebels Grove Amusement Resort

• New carousel animals on display at the New England Carousel Museum in Bristol, CT

• Restoration Talk with Roger Melton and Alan Anderson

• Penny and Sergio Proserpi’s carousel animal collection at Flying Hill Farm

• Jon Abbott obituary (memoriam)

• Memorial service held for Fred Fried at Forest Park Carousel in Woodhaven, Queens, NY

• Stamp dedication at Carousel World Museum in Lahaska, PA

COVER: Neshama’s Wedding from Albert Shvilly’s “Circle of Eternity” series

CONTENTS:

• David and Diane Francis update “Cedar Point: The Queen of the American Watering Places” to commemorate the 125th anniversary of Sandusky, Ohio amusement park

• Poem by Judy “Diane” and Gerry Roberts

• Herschell Carrousel Factory Museum in North Tonawanda, NY awarded major grant by the Institute of Museum Services

• M&T Pretzel, Inc. to run the 1908 Stein and Goldstein in NY Central Park

• Charlotte Dinger’s speech during the stamp dedication ceremony at the Carousel World Museum in Lahaska, PA

• Bud Ellis Horsin’ Around carousel carving school in Chattanooga, TN

• PTC #85 in Nantasket Beach, MA seeks new home

• Miniature carousel displayed at Hersheypark in Hershey, PA

• “A Carousel for All Children” in Staten Island, NY gains funding; Lisa Pisano

• Albert Shvilly’s “Circle of Eternity” art

• Carousel in Boomtown, NV

• Space Farms Museum and Zoo in Sussex, NJ; Ralph and Elizabeth Space

• Relic Antiques announces the the auction at Brillscote Farm in Malmesbury, Wiltshire, England

• Endicott, NY plans to bring home 1917 Allan Herschell carousel

• Jim Aten’s Antique Carousel Auction Extravaganza II in Irwindale, CA

• Oldest steam-powered carousel at Harold Warp Pioneer Village in Minden, NE

• Safe and sound fate for C.W. Parker carousel at Jantzen Beach Center in Portland, OR

• Restoration Talk with Roger Melton and Alan Anderson

• Long Island, NY communities (Islip and Village of Greenport) receive two 1920s Allan Herschell carousels

COVER: Pair of beautiful Dentzel carousel horses - outside row standers, circa 1920

CONTENTS:

• The Friends of Paragon Carousel in Hull, MA gain in fight to save PTC #85

• The Cayuga Museum in Auburn, NY seeks figures from 1915 Herschell-Spillman machine

• National Carousel Association Collection adds 1895 Looff horse

• Vicky Postlethwaite, restorer of old fairground equipment

• Town of Hempstead, Long Island, NY halts carousel auction

• Restoration Talk with Roger Melton and Alan Anderson

• Preview of carousel books: John Carter’s “Jubilee Steam Gallopers”; Brian Steptoe’s “Jump On, Jump Off ”; and Liz Rosenberg and Jim LaMarche’s “The Carousel”; and Annie Boulanger’s “A Carousel is Magic, the Saving of Parker #119”

• Association of Carousel Artists formed

• The McHale Community Building in Logansport, IN showcases 1919 Dentzel carousel

• Looff carousel at Lakeside Park in St. Catherines, Ontario, Canada

• Restoring a Parker chariot side

• Lourinda Bray of Running Horse Studio responds to August Restoration article “The Urge to Fill”

• Cedar Point amusement park in Sandusky, OH plans to build the tallest, fastest and steepest stand-up roller coaster in the world

• Dentzel family members visit Merry-Go-Round Museum in Sandusky, OH

• The American Band Organ Association summer rally in Angola, IN

• A glosssary of band organ terms

• PJ’s Carousel of Newbern, NJ produces Idora Park lead horse replica

COVER: PTC signature stander and Illions bat-wing jumper in Tony Orlando’s Holiday cover

CONTENTS:

• Circus World Museum in Baraboo, WI presents 1905 Gavioli band organ recording

• Carousel Restoration Artist Feature on Tony Orlando

• National Carousel Association 1995 visits in Washington state

• Mexican carousel figures a hit at Midwest Auction in Southfield, MI

• Restoration Talk with Roger Melton and Alan Anderson

• NCA 1996 convention to be held in Washington, D. C.

• D.H. Morgan Mfg. of LaSelva Beach, CA installs fiberglass carousel at the Broadway at the Beach in Myrtle Beach, SC

• Pennsylvania carver Len Wirick

• Bill and Nell Poole and their beloved dog Toot Toot