The Carousel News & Trader 1998

COVER: Rare PTC Hippocampus restored by Steve Crescenze

CONTENTS:

• Restoring the Pen Argyl Carousel Dentzel Menagerie Stationary Carousel

• The Chesapeake Beach, MD, Dentzel-Muller carousel gets a facelift

• Tussauds Collection Auction - 2 feature stories, photos and auction results

• Sandusky, Ohio Band Organ Rally

• Marion, Ohio Band Organ Rally photo feature

• Philadelphia Toboggan coaster announce joint venture with Carousel Magic

COVER: Dentzel cat from The American Carousel Museum in San Francisco

CONTENTS:

• Carousel Society of the Niagara Frontier returns historic Allan Herschell Company to the Tonawandas

• Tampa, FL, Norton Auction photo feature

• Carver’s weekend at The Merry-Go-Round Museum in Sandusky, OH

• The carousel cat: A history feature...

• 1928 Dentzel carousel owned by Annabelle and George Pope of Visalia, CA

• 1997 World Ice Sculpture Championship in Fairbanks, AK

• Steve and Bonnie Davis cat feature

• Lumberton USA sold at Norton Auction

• Euclid Beach Park Days

• Charles J. Jacques “Hershey Park: The Sweetness of Success” book feature

• Dorney Park and Wildwater Kingdom in Allentown, PA announces capital improvements

• San Antonio Fun Park auction results

• 1911 Northwestern Knitting Company of Minneapolis ad

• Stampede Carousel opens in Chinook Centre in Calgary, Alberta

COVER: Carving of Ed Roth’s “Grant,” a Chocolate Labrador

CONTENTS:

• Carousel Magic! Of Mansfield, OH to restore Euclid Beach carousel PTC #19

• Marcia A. Thibeault feature

• Carver Joe Leonard feature

• Carving of Ed Roth, “Grant” a Chocolate Labrador

• American Carousel Society convention in San Francisco, CA

• Auction Under the Big Top in Livonia, MI

• Dr. Terry Collett piece, “Scalpel or Gouge?”

• Bruce and Vi McDonald feature

• Bruce White feature

• Feature on Carousel Magic! - 10th Anniversary

• Feature on Todd Goings

• Ivan Boudier feature

• Ron Purdy’s “Wooden Ponies”

• Rocking-horse carver Gerald Cherny

• Carousel carver pattern

• Carver Diana Woods

• Carousel horse carving at Ken Means studio

COVER: Muller stander, Looff jumper and PTC St. Bernard from the Freels Collection to auction

CONTENTS:

• Midwest Carousel Exposition coming to Mansfield, OH

• Rare 1885 Looff elephant

• Jim Aten Sweetheart of a Carousel auction in Pasadena, CA - Auction Results

• American Carousel Society Convention to be held in San Francisco

• PTC #19 begins restoration at Carousel Magic! in Mansfield, OH

• Strong Museum in Rochester, NY unveils 1918 Herschell carousel

• NCA June 1999 UK Carousel tour update

• Tampa, Florida Feb. 1998 Auction results

• News from the Colorado Carousel Society

• Larry Freels to begin selling off carousel animals from his prized collection

• World Record Carousel Auction prices

• April 1998 Buyers Guide Listings

COVER: Illions armored from the Williams Grove Park carousel, Layton Studio restoration

CONTENTS:

• Kennywood 100 Years Old feature by Tony Sacramento

• Chance Mfg. Americana carousel opens at the Garden Grove Food Court in Phillipsburg, NJ

• Deer Acres Storybook Amusement Park, Michigan feature

• Carousel at Wolfchase Galleria Mall in Memphis, TN

• Conneaut Lake Amusement Park feature

• Burnaby Village Museum of British Columbia feature

• Remembering Freedomland in the Bronx, NY, once home to the Dentzel from Great Escape Fun Park, Lake George

• Carousel Modelers and Miniatures Association to hold 12th annual convention at Kennywood

• A history of the Columbia Gardens carousels in Butte, MT

COVER: Looff jumper from the American Carousel Museum auction, paint by Ruby Newman

CONTENTS:

• Carousel Expo in Mansfield, OH

• Celebration planned at defunct Playland Amusement Park in Seattle, WA

• Carousel Restoration Artist, Ruby Newman feature

• New carousel for Children’s Zoo in Saginaw, MI

• Netsuke, the art of miniature sculpture

• Forgotten Carousel Maker and Carver, Melchior Thoni of Tennessee

• 4th annual “Auction Under the Big Top” in Adamstown, PA Tuscara Park Carousel in Ohio feature

• NCA Technical Conference held in Pittsburgh, PA, visit Kennywood Dentzel.

• Silver Beach Carousel Society carousel figure exhibit in St. Joseph, MI

COVER: Clyde, the Pen Mar carousel camel rebuilt – his head and neck all that was salvaged from the carousel when discovered in Alaska – quite similar to an early camel sketch by Daniel Muller

CONTENTS:

• Seeking info on 1800s broadside advertising for a Flying Circus carousel with suspended, legless horses, manufactured by Daniel Hertzog

• Sertoma Club of Raleigh, NC Christmas ornament

• Feature on Clyde, the Pen Mar carousel [Muller head] camel

• Dutch Village in Holland, MI host to two historic carousels; 1924 Herschell-Spillman and Ca. 1908 DeBoer Bros. Dutch kiddie carousel

• Annual spring carousel Kissel auction results Ross, OH

• Midwest Carousel Expo in Mansfield, OH

• California Santas Village slated for auction

• Miniature Carousel Builders hold 10th anniversary show in Chambersburg, PA

• Billie and Al Noren’s quest to see all the US carousels

• Quilts and Carousels from Louise DeMars, NE Carousel Museum in CT

COVER: PTC #12 Crystal Beach carousel zebra from the collection of Al and Dagne Schoenbach, Rosa Ragan original paint restoration

CONTENTS:

• Editorial, Walter Loucks - Time for NCA and ACS to put away past and move forward together

• Butterfield & Butterfield deaccession auction for the American Carousel Museum/Freels collection - Results and photos

• Norton Alabama and Arkansas auctions report - Herschel half and half sells for $17,700; Laughing Sal fetches $11,000

• Steeds of the Knight exhibit at The Merry-Go-Round Museum in Sandusky, OH features Belchertown carousel armored Stein & Golstein jumper and a PTC Signature carousel horse

• Restoring a Crystal Beach 1906 PTC #12 zebra down to original paint with Rosa Ragan

• The American Carousel Society Convention to San Francisco Bay Area; San Fracisco Zoo Dentzel-Illions mix, Santa Cruz Looff, Golden Gate and Tilden Park Herschell-Spillmans, Kundes Vineyard and carousel figure collection and the American Carousel Museum

• Public Museum of Grand Rapids “Magnificent Obsessions” exhibit to include carousel animals

• Behind-the-scenes look at Carousel World at Peddler’s Village in Lahaska, PA

COVER: Allan Herschell Trojan horse - jumper circa 1917

CONTENTS:

• Neffs Amusement Park in San Angelo, TX slated for Norton auction

• South Beach Amusement Park on Staten Island for sale

• Staten Island Carousel For All Children becomes reality, by Lisa Pisano

• Historic carousel at Chase Palm Park in Santa Barbara, CA

• Grand Carousel opens in Peddlers Village, Lahaska, PA - PTC #59 frame with new Ed Roth carved classic horses and menagerie

• A Day for Dentzels at 4th annual Auction Under the Big Top in Adamstown, PA - Full results

• 3rd annual Denver Old West Antique Show feature

• Restorations by Wolf open house features figures from Watkins Regional Park Dentzel-Muller carousel in Largo, MD

• Book feature on “The American Carousel Organ: An Illustrated Encyclopedia” by Ron Bopp

• Book feature on “The Carousel Keepers: An Oral History of American Carousels” by Carrie Papa

• Marion Roehl recordings at Miner Manufacturing Corp.

• The Return of Euclid Beach - Part II

• Ruth E. (Randall) Long memoriam

COVER: John Anthony Kraley horse painting from the Tony Orlando collection

CONTENTS:

• Santas Village Sky Forest, CA, auction report - Allan Herschell saved intact for $132,625

• Rebirth of a carousel: Regional scenes on Midway Park’s classic ride

• Euclid Beach update: PTC #19

• Photo feature on the International Museum of Carousel Art

• The Golden Gate Park carousel hidden treasures

• Midway Park Classic 1946 Allan Herschell

• Charles Hunt builds miniature 1915 Herschell-Spillman carousel

• Marine World Africa USA gets Chance Fantasy Carrousel

• Carousel Artist Nancy Klenke feature

• Carousel carvers - Richard Johnson, Tim Runall

• Essay on carousels by fifteen-year-old Meredith Marcincin

• PTC Carousel inventory list

• Tammy L. Steamer poem, Another Carousel to Love

• Midwest Carousel Expo in Mansfield, OH

• Carousel Artist Features on: Stacey Baumgardner; Mary Brandenberger, Arlene Landers and Jack Paul Bake

COVER: D. C. Muller Indian-style horse from the Mexican Muller, Bill Manns photo

CONTENTS:

• Euclid Beach Days feature

• Grand Opening for Peddlers Village PTC #59

• Leavenworth, Kansas now has two carousels with addition of primitive ride

• Norton sells Tybee Island, GA kiddie amusement park, Neffs Amusement Park, Angelo, TX, and 16-gauge trains and parts at Zilker Park Zoo, Austin, TX

• John Hughes and Pam Hessey on Restoration of the Magnificent Mexican Muller Indian pony

• August 13 dedicated as “Grand Carousel Day” in Bucks County, PA

• National Carousel Association’s Silver Anniversary Convention in Burlington, NC, feature includes Dentzel menagerie carousel, and some rare Dentzel family photos and history

• The Carousel Modelers and Miniatures Association to host display at International Market World in Auburndale, FL

COVER: Tony Orlando holiday cover features Herschell-Spillman frog and scenery panel restored to original colors by Tony, Tim Hunter photo

CONTENTS:

• Profile of The Muller Horse, includes Muller factory archive photo and Nina Fraley restored Conneaut Lake Muller roach mane stander

• Marianne Stevens Unveils her Tough Decision – Playland Looff carousel sold to Yerma Buena Gardens in San Francisco

• Friends Group formed to bring the Rocky Springs carousel back home to Lancaster, PA

• The Stewart Park Merry-Go-Round in Ithaca, NY, Classic 1950 Allan Herschell

• Spokane, WA Carousel Group formed

• The Ecclecic Tennessee Foxtrot Carousel feature

• Carousel Organ Association of America holds Dutch Rally at Dutch Village in Holland, MI