The Carousel News & Trader 2008

COVER: A beautiful row of four carousel horses at Griffith Park in Los Angeles, photo By Emily Bush

CONTENTS:

• From Dan’s Desk, Little Rock Zoo follow up

• Carousel Carving Tips & Tricks; Carving the Saddle and Body

• E. Joy Morris Carousel and Quassy Amusement Park Memories

• Spillman Meets Looff on Grand Rapids, Michigan Carousel

• Introducing the Davis Carousel Family; Oliver F., Ross R., and John O. Davis, carousel owners and operators for nearly a century

• Griffith Park’s Historic 1926 Spillman/Looff Carousel in Los Angeles

• John “J.O.” Davis: A Personal Memoir by Rol Summit

• Restoring a Peek-A-Boo Parker

• The Ladies’ Carousel in Vienna

• Guinness Musical Museum Exhibit in New Jersey

COVER: We all hope that this Sea Lion from the Trimper's Rides Carousel does not wind up on the endangered species list any time soon as the park plans to open in 2008, but is still fighting the tax man, photo by Rick Ellis

CONTENTS:

• Dan’s Desk; Geauga Lake Illions, Tilden Restorations, Herschell Museum Break In and more...

• Carousel Carving Tips & Tricks: Gluing and Carving the Tail

• Limonaire Freres Organ Restoration for PTC #30 in Australia

• 117-Year-Old Trimper’s Rides Fights On in Ocean City, MD. Rides Include 1902 Herschell Spillman Carousel

• New Hand-Carved Wooden Carousel for Lincoln Park in Los Angeles

• Lincoln Park, Los Angeles and Davis Family California Carousel History

• Forest Park Highlands Memories; Dentzel Carousel now in Faust Park in St. Louis

• Carter Toy Museum Opens in Indiana with Antique Carousel and more

• California Artist T. J. Cooling Creates Custom Miniature Carousels

COVER: Carver David Burback of the Brass Ring Carousel in Albany, Oregon shows how tall the giraffe will be, the community carved carousel figures will ride aboard an antique 1909 Dentzel frame when completed, photo: Oliver J. Anderson

CONTENTS:

• From Dan’s Desk: William F. Mangels, Jr., passing; Conneaut Lake Amusement Park fire; Lake Forest Park, TX, carousel; Shelby City Park carousel, NC

• Carousel Carving Tips & Tricks: Painting the horse

• Southern Maryland Carvers to recreate Marshall Hall carousel

• Ken Means Summer 2007 Carousel Figure Carving Camp

• State adds funds to Adirondack Carousel in upstate, NY

• Carousel Works carving new Silver Beach carousel in Ohio

• Brass Ring Carousel Co. Wood-carved Carousel for Butchart Gardens in Canada

• New Carousel and museum in the carving in Albany, OR

CARVERS:

• Scott Harrison’s Carousel of Happiness

• Jim Shulman looks to return a carousel to Western MA

• George Nowack carves for wellness

• Denise Ranish

• Hal Eckstein

• Frank Napoli

COVER: One of the many beautiful carvings aboard the 1909 Looff/Mangels carousel going to auction in Auburndale, FL, on April

23, 2008, photo by Dan Horenberger

CONTENTS:

• From Dan’s Desk; Historic Looff/Mangels carousel to Auction in Florida

• Carousel Carving Tips & Tricks: Painting the Saddle and Trappings

• Missoula Carousel Refreshed: Full Cleaning and Maintenance in the off Season

• A Look Back at Fairyland Dentzel and Kansas City’s Lost Amusement Park

• Cover Feature: Historic 1909 Mangels-Looff [S&G, Carmel] to Auction: Wintersteen Family owned 93 Years - From Harvey’s Lake, PA, to Old Town Kissimmee to Auburndale, FL

• Louisville Conservation Carousel - Contemporary Endangered Species Carvings Populate Historic PTC #49 Frame

• 2008 Buyers Guide Listings

COVER: Five restored horses from the Euclid Beach PTC #19 Carrousel are part of a new exhibit on display at the Merry-Go-Round Museum in Sandusky, OH, photo courtesy of the Merry-Go-Round Museum

CONTENTS:

• Dan’s Desk: More on Wintersteen’s Mangels -Looff Carousel to Auction in FL

• Carousel Carving Tips & Tricks - Painting Body and Hooves

• Euclid Beach PTC #19 Carousel Horses Visit The Merry-Go-Round Museum in Sandusky

• Ongoing Restoration for Pullen Park, NC, Dentzel Menagerie Carousel

• Dorney Amusement Park in PA - A Rich Carousel History

• Stripping a Broome County Chariot to Original Paint by Susan Germain

• Horsin Around With Bud Ellis Carvers in Tennessee

• Bob Kissel’s 2008 Spring Auction - One of the Last

COVER: The 80th birthday season for the Paragon PTC #85 Carousel on Nantasket Beach in Hull, MA, small Dentzels, original to the machine, pull the PTC chariot, Roland Hopkins photo

CONTENTS:

• From Dan’s Desk; News on the Auburdale Auction; Geauga Lake Amusement Park, Faust Park, Proposed Roswell Amusement Park, The end of Old Western Playland Park in El Paso, TX

• Preview of the 2008 NCA Convention heading to Memphis, St. Louis and Arkansas

• A Look back at the 1926 Illions Sesquicentennial Carousel and historic Big Dipper roller coaster at Gauga Lake

• Cover Feature: Paragon PTC #85 in Hull, MA, Celebrates 80 Years

• CONEY ISLAND HISTORY FEATURE - Part 1 of 3 - Once American’s No. 1 Amusement – Coney Island’s Steeplechase Park

• Larry Kern: Band Organ and Carousel Enthusiast

• Spotting a Fake Figure: Tips from Shae Anderson of Carousel Magic

• Memoriam - Marvin Sylvor, Fabricon Founder

• Alan Carr Carving Rocking Horses in Texas

COVER: Proud stander from PTC #80, the Holyoke Carousel in Heritage Park, Holyoke, MA, photo courtesy of Jay Ducharme

CONTENTS:

• From Dan’s Desk: Mechanical work on Balboa Park’s Herschell-Spillman menagerie, and CNT a reader’s vist

• Carousel Carving Tips & Tricks: Carving your own stand

• Remembering Charles Walker: Cathy Crawford looks back

• New Carousel for North Bay, Ontario looks to the 18th Century for Inspiration

• Restoring an 1890s Juvenile Halstead: Artist Katie Morgan Brings Victorian Beauty back to John Barker’s Dobby Ride

• CONEY ISLAND HISTORY FEATURE - Part 2 of 3 - Luna Park: Visionaries Fred Thompson and Elmer “Skip” Dundy brought their Romantic Vision to Life

• Cover Feature - Ca. 1927 PTC #80 - The Holyoke Merry-Go-Round: From Mountain Park to Heritage Park, the Prized Carousel Remains at Home

• Memoriam - John T. Hickey, “Mr. Holyoke”

• New Hampshire, Canobie Lake Park: The Rare Stein & Goldstein/Looff/Dentzel Carousel entertains riders at the Century Old Park

• NCA Tech Conference Visits Miniature Trains, Woodworking Museum and 1913 Herschell-Spillman carousel in Story City, Iowa

• International Carousel Museum of Art carousel exhibit at the Alden B. Dow Museum in Midland, Michigan

COVER: 1920s Dentzel Lion from the historic carousel at Kennywood Amusement Park in West Mifflin, PA, photo by Jerry Horwitz

CONTENTS:

• From Dan’s Desk: Idora Park fire truck in South Pasadena, CA, Fourth of July parade

• Carousel Carving Tips & Tricks: Adding your personal touch to the trappings

• Louie Armstrong Celebrated at Empire Carousel in Cooperstown

• Band organ rally visits Knoebels Grove

• Carousel Tea Party in Pittsburgh

• Carousel Carver, George Nowack’s Phoenix for Wellness

• Adirondack’s new Carousel Heron

• Quassy Memories - Archives

• Geauga Lake Park auction (results)

• Shelburne Museum presents “Art In The Round" exhibit of rare 1902 Dentzel figures

• CONEY ISLAND HISTORY FEATURE - Part 2 of 3 - Dreamland Park; The Dream Park of William H. Reynolds was a favorite of even Sigmund Freud

• Kennywood Amusement Park - 4-Row 1926 Dentzel Carousel spins on from day one at this historic park

• America’s first family theme park, Lake Compounce Since 1846 hosts a rare Murphy, S&G, Looff, Carmel carousel dating back to 1893

• Good old-fashioned fun at New Hampshire’s Story Land with rides on a Bavarian carousel and more

• First annual “Carouselebration” moves to bring a carousel back to Pittsfield, MA

COVER: Originally operating in Chicago at Riverview Park, the five-abreast PTC #17 celebrates its 100th birthday at Six Flags Over Georgia

CONTENTS:

• From Dan’s Desk: Coast-to-coast trip includes time on Route 66

• Carving Tips & Tricks: How to fashion your own special trappings

• A big crate brings Lourinda Bray’s “Big Boy” Muller

• Euclid Beach Park Now Awarded for historic arch restoration

• Coaster fanatics visit Quassy Amusement Park

• Carousel Works and cruise ship unite

• BIOGRAPHY FEATURE: Marge Swenson, Restoration Expert, “Carousel Art” Publisher

• From Coney Island to Central Park, New York City’s Stein & Goldstein Carousel celebrates its Centennial

• Riverview Carousel, 1908 PTC #17 Celebrates 100 Years - Originally operating in the famous Riverview Amusement Park in Chicago – now operating at Six Flags Over Georgia since 1971

• Historic Dutch Carousel from the Netherlands turns 100 years at Windmill Island in Holland, MI

• A century of Celebration for the Art Deco Lakeside Park in Colorado and its very rare Parker mix carousel

• From Philly to Texas and landing in Kansas in 1957, the Topeka, KS Herschell- Spillman grasshopper carousel also celebrates its 100th year

• ACE - Coaster Enthusiasts Feature - Great American Scream at Six Flags, Georgia

COVER: The Ruth & Sohn Style 38 Organ aboard the Crescent Park Looff Carousel in Rhode Island, photo courtesy of John Caruso

CONTENTS:

• From Dan’s Desk: Route 66 travels include Chain of Rocks Amusement Park ruins

• Memoriam - Cynthia Leigh Henning Hanks

• Skylon Tower’s Long Lost E. Joy Morris Carousel

• Silver Beach Carousel Building Ground- breaking

• William Dentzel, III and the Carousel of the Olympic Sea

BAND ORGAN FEATURE ISSUE:

• Diamond Jubilee 89-Key Gavioli Comes to America

• Paragon’s Wurlitzer 146 Band Organ Restoration

• Historic Wurlitzer’s at Pittsburgh’s Bayernhof Museum

• ACE Coaster Enthusiasts Feature: Knoebels Grove Phoenix Coaster

• The Rich History of the Euclid Beach Band Organs

• BIOGRAPHY: Don Stinson; Band Organ Builder and Restorer for Over 40 Years

COVER: A beautiful stander on the rare two-row Dentzel carousel in Meridian, MS,  John Caruso photo

CONTENTS:

• From Dan’s Desk; Please Touch Dentzel, Tilden Park, Six Flags New Orleans

• New Figures-Animals Unveiled for Adirondack Carousel in upstate New York

• Jane’s Carousel, PTC #61 Starts “Friends Group” in Brooklyn

• Feature on Band Organ Folk Artist Ellie Haggerty

• ACE Coaster Enthusiasts Feature: Elvis’ Roller coaster, The Zippin Pippin

• Bushkill Amusement Park’s Lost Long Carousel 

• NCA 2008 Convention to Memphis; visits St. Louis, Meridian and Little Rock Zoo

• Little Rock, AR. Zoo - Ca. 1924 Spillman Over the Jumps

• Meridien, MS - Ca. 1890s Dentzel 2-Row (stationary)

• Memphis, TN - Dentzel 3-Row (all horses - Libertyland Carousel)

• St. Louis, MO, Faust Park - Ca. 1921 Dentzel Menagerie

• Perryville, MO - Ca. 1905 Herschell-Spillman Track

• Greenville, MS - Ca. 1901 Armitage-Herschell Track

• BAND ORGAN FEATURE: The History of the Wurlitzer 165 Band Organ

• Carver’s Corner: Sue Walker

• Product Review: Action Lighting

COVER: The reindeer aboard the 1911 Herschell-Spillman Tilden Park Carousel, photo by Emily Bush

CONTENTS:

• From Dan’s Desk; IAAPA Expo, Joyland Park break in, Celebration City closes, and more

• Notes From Marianne; Meridian Carousel, Illions barber chair at auction

• Granville Trimper Memoriam; 1931-2008

• Paul Kirrage Octoberfest Organ Rally in England

• Youngstown, Ohio Residents Make a Pilgrimage to Brooklyn to visit the freshly restored, former Idora Park, now known world-wide as Jane’s Carousel, Ca. 1922 PTC #61

• Coaster Enthusiasts Feature: Idora Park Long-Lost Wildcat Roller Coaster

• HISTORY-RESTORATION FEATURE: Conserving “Mascott” an 1800s I. D. Looff Stander by William Benjamin, PhD

• Tilden Park Carousel Is Back Better Than Ever for the Holidays

• Keeping Watch on the Historic and Rare Watch Hill Carousel In Rhode Island

• Orange County Amusement Park History

• Carousel News & Trader Through The Years

• New Product Review: Friendly Handicap Lift for Carousels