The Carousel News & Trader 2007

COVER: 1922 PTC #61, from failed Idora Park to fully restored in Brooklyn 22 years later thanks to Jane Walentas

CONTENTS:

• Santa visits US carousels

• Dan’s Desk: Astroland sold, NY’s Chelsea Cove to feature carousel

• Carousel Carving Tips and Tricks: Carving the legs, Part 2

• A look at miniatures and collectibles

• Restoration continues on Bushnell Park’s 1914 Stein & Goldstein carousel in Harford, CT

• New Carved Paul Titus Carousel at Pt. Defiance Zoo in Takoma, WA, aboard antique Parker frame

• Cover Feature: From Idora Park in Ohio to Brooklyn, NY for PTC #61, Now Jane’s Carousel

• Jane Walentas on the 22 year project of “Restoring Jane’s Carousel”

• A look back at the famed Idora Park in Youngstown Ohio (1899-1984)

• Listing of Historic US Carousels open year-round

• Perron’s International Carousel Museum open house in Oregon

COVER: A restored ram from the 1903 Looff/Illions Lakeside Carousel in St. Catharines seems at home in the Canadian Rockies

INSIDE:

• Dan’s Desk: Adirondack Carousel gets a home; Wurlitzer 165 from Playland-at- the-Beach headed to Santa Cruz Beach Boardwalk, Golden Gate RFP; Letensky Carousel in Prague

• Carousel Carving Tips and Tricks: Carving the legs, Part 3.

• Carousel Miniatures and Collectible Art.

• Wurlitzer 150 Reunited with 1915 Herschell-Spillman at New York State Museum in Albany

• Cover Feature: The Great Canadian Carousels:

• Lakeside Carousel, St. Catharines, Ontario, Kremer’s - Looff/Illions

• Centerville Island 1907 Dentzel Menagerie

• 1928 PTC #84 at Paramount’s Wonderland

• Riverside Park Spillman

• Roseneath Fairgrounds 1906 Parker

• Bowness Herschell-Spillman Carousel, Heritage Park, Calgary

• Burnaby Village Museum 1912 C. W. Parker #119

• Chippeway Park 1915 C. W. Parker, Thunder Bay, Ontario

• North Bay Heritage Carousels

• Ft. Edmonton’s New Carousel

• Canadian Carousels of the Past; Queens Park carousel, Sunnyside Dentzel to Disney, 1923 PTC #70 at Belmont Park

• La Ronde’s historic Galopant carousel in Montreal

COVER: The North Bay Heritage volunteer carousel carvers, photo by Ed Eng Photography

CONTENTS:

• From Dan’s Desk: Nunley’s RFP; Carousel and Wal-Mart in Branson, MO; Visit Musee Mechantique

• Carousel Carving Tips and Tricks: Gluing the Legs

• Pottstown, PA Carousel

• PTC #9 History - Revisiting the Pure Beauty in Photos, by Barbara Williams

• Re-carving the Great Marshall Hall, MD Carmel Carousel

• Marshall Hall Park History

• Volunteers Carving the “Brass Ring” Carousel in Albany, OR

• Upstate NY’s Adirondack Carousel Animals Coming to Life

• Cover Feature: The North Bay Heritage Carvers

CARVER FEATURES:

• John Mckenzie

• Scott Harrison

• Ron Purdy

• Ken Keim

• Joe Leonard

• Sharon Walker

COVER: 1901 Armitage Herschell carousel home again in Greenville, MS

CONTENTS:

• From Dan’s Desk: Bonfante Becomes Gilroy Gardens, New Home for Nunley Carousel Finally, More Drama in Memphis

• Carousel Carving Tips and Tricks: Constructing the body

• Colorado Carousel Society Annual Meeting: A look at Colorado’s historic carousels; PTC #51 at Elitch Gardens, Lakeside Park Parker mix, Cheyenne Mountain Zoo Herschell

• Rare Historic Herschell-Spillman menagerie carousel at Lagoon Park, Utah

• Cover Feature: Greenville, MS, 1901 Armitage Herschell carousel is back after more than two decades

• Nancy’s Carousel Restoration Studio in Southern California

• Woodson Art Museum in Wausau, WI, to host Perron carousel exhibit

• Legacy of Charles Wallace Parker lives on at Leavenworth C. W. Parker Museum

• London Holiday Carousels; Noyces Gallopers in Leicester Square; Savage Gallopers in London

• 2007 Buyer’s Guide Directory Listings

COVER: Conneaut Lake Park’s original D.C. Muller giraffe, Peter and Leah Farnsworth photo

CONTENTS:

• Still getting Over-the-Jumps with rare Spillman carousel in Little Rock

• Norton auctions Rocky Point Haunted House in UT

• Carousel Carving Tips and Tricks: Carving the nose, tongue and teeth.

• To paint or not to paint your antique horse

• NCA Tech Conference visits Salt Lake City, UT, Lagoon Park Herschell-Spillman and Liberty Park Allan Herschell carousels

• A look back at the Saltair Looff carousel in American Fork, UT

• Pennsylvania’s Hersheypark celebrates 100 years; host to PTC #47

• Lagoon Dentzel at Knott’s Berry Farm in 1979, Barbara Williams photos

• A Look Back at Conneaut Lake Park’s Lost Muller Carousel as the Park Struggles to Open in 2007

• Conneaut Lake Park Muller Carousel Modern Archive Photos; Peter & Leah Farnsworth, and Rol & Jo Summit.

• Kissel 2007 Spring Carousel and Collectible Auction in Indiana (results).

• Ronald McDonald House Carousel fundraising auction a success

• Euclid Beach Arch stands tall

• PTC #70 at Montreal’s Belmont Park in 1979

COVER: Historic 1911 4-Row all Horse Charles I. D. Looff carousel at Santa Cruz Beach Boardwalk

CONTENTS:

• Dan’s Desk: Trimper’s Rides in Ocean City fights on; Roswell, NM, plans alien amusement park

• John Oliver “J.O.” Davis memoriam

• Carousel Carving Tips and Tricks: Carving the nostrils and eyes

• Euclid Beach plans celebration for 10th anniversary of carousel auction

• Carousel Magic! restores historic Calopant for LaRonde in Montreal

• Carousel News & Trader acquires Tobin Fraley Archives

• Cover Feature: Santa Cruz Beach Boardwalk Celebrates 100 Years with Original Looff Carousel and Looff Roller Coaster

• Centennial celebration for Tuscora Amusement Park in Ohio

• Remembering Jerry Betts

• A peek at the Perron Carousel Exhibit at the Leigh Yawkey Art Museum in Wisconsin

• Norton to auction Beachview Carousel Center in mid-state New York

• Building a Carousel Research Library

• Book Review: “Carousel Odyssey” by Nona Hengen

COVER: E. Joy Morris lion on 1905 The Kit Carson PTC #6 carousel in Burlington, CO, this beautifully carved lion is just one of the many menagerie on the carousel, there is now a new museum to compliment the historic ride

CONTENTS:

• From Dan’s Desk: Nunley restoration; Quassy countdown to 100 years

• Carousel Carving Tips and Tricks: Completing the eyes

• Frank Brodnick Memoriam: Mr. Euclid Beach dies at 57

• Feature: Norman and Evans Steam Carousel: From old barn to Old Threshers Reunion

• Cover Feature: New Museum opens at the 1905 PTC #6 Kit Carson Carousel in Burlington, Colorado

• Original Eldridge Park Looff Jumper Restored for Elmira Carousel

• Carousel Book Reviews: Whisper in the Woods

• NCA Convention Memories, Barbara Williams modern archive photos

• Carousel West 30th Gathering at Asilomar; Special Gift for Founder, Nina Fraley

• Erieview Carousel Home Again at Geneva-on-the-Lake’s Adventure Zone in PA

COVER: Flowered Parker from the Jantzen Beach Super Center 4-Row Parker Superior Carousel in Portland, Oregon; set against Mount St. Helens, Rock Hopkins photos

CONTENTS:

• Charles N. Walker Memoriam

• Dan’s Desk: See you at the 2007 IAAPA Expo

• Rare Looff Carousel Teddy Bear among Big Sellers at Sotheby's

• Carousel Carving Tips and Tricks: Carving the Body - Part 1

• “Gilded Lions and Jeweled Horses: The Synagogue to the Carousel” Exhibit in NYC

• Sights and Sounds of Euclid Beach Amusement Park Remembrance

• Cover Feature - NCA 2008 Convention: Northwest Carousel Adventure to Oregon and Washington State

• Legends of the Forest Children’s Carousel

• 1917 PTC #43 at Puyallup Fairgrounds

• Paul Titus Carousel, new carvings on Parker frame, in Tacoma

• Jantzen Beach C. W. Parker Superior 4-Row Carousel

• Oaks Park 1911 Herschell-Spillman Menagerie

• IMCA, International Museum of Carousel Art Collection at Perron’s Barn

• Bickleton Rodeo and 1900 Herschell-Spillman Steam Merry-Go-Round

• Enchanted Village 1906 C. W. Parker Carousel

• Woodland Park Zoo Welcomes Fully Restored 1918 PTC #45 (Originally located at the Cincinnati Zoo)

COVER: Horse named “Breezy” aboard the “Over the Jumps” carousel at the Little Rock Zoo, Cindy Dawson photo

CONTENTS:

• From Dan’s Desk: Scenes from IAAPA Attractions Expo 2007

• Carousel Carving Tips and Tricks: Carving a Christmas Gift

• Creating a miniature carousel, by Ralph Algarin, Lake Placid Art League

• Remembering Fred Fried, by Barbara Williams

• A Carousel Visit to Prospect Park; Dee Lynch and Vickie Stauffer, with John Caruso

• Cover Feature: Little Rock, AR, rare 1924 Spillman Eng. Over the Jumps carousel; 16 year restoration project comes to fruition at the Little Rock Zoo

• Rare C. W. Parker 4-Row Portable last operated at Bell’s Amusement Park in Tulsa, OK

• Carousel Book Reviews: “Santa’s Village” by Phillip Wenz; “The Twilight Ride of the Pink Fairy” children’s book; Novel from carousel lover, Mary Hjerleid