Posted 7/18/2006 8:52:08 PM by Editor
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Tuesday, July 18, 2006 - Altoona/State College, PA
6th Annual Forepaugh - Lubin OABA CIRCUS FUND is off and running with the help of Circus Day Altoona 2006 and private donations. All monies donated will be given in the memory of Gunther Gebel-Williams.
Circus Professionals - Friends of the Circus – Circus Fans Anyone donating $15.00 or more will receive the NEW OABA TIGER PIN and will be eligible to WIN one of the following prizes. * Beautiful P.T. Barnum's TRAKENE Stallions plates. Milwaukee, WI July 11-14, 1990 - CFA C. P. Fox Tent Convention - donated by Duke Shumow – plates in the original boxes with descriptive brochure. * Fred Logan – February 8, 2006 – 60 minute video- Dick Mong, Circus Historian conducted the interview at Hanneford Circus Winter Quarters. Fred discusses his many years in show business. * Ringling Bros. circa 1940's midway print by Joe Servello, well known Altoona artist. * OABA 40th Anniversary Umbrellas * Steam Engine wall clock. Different steam engine announces each hour. * 2007 CFA "Grandma" Hershey Convention wall clock. * CFA baseball cap. * OABA - Grandma Tees Drawing takes place at the Forepaugh - Lubin Holiday Tent Party - December 3, 2006, R WAFFLE KING Restaurant - Altoona, PA. You don't have to be present to WIN. If you choose to donate via snail mail, make check payable to OABA CIRCUS FUND, mail to: David P. Orr, 629 Brentwood Drive, Duncansville, PA 16635. I will be available to accept OABA CIRCUS FUND donations on the road as follows: * July 21-23 - Circus City Festival/Circus Hall of Fame, Peru, IN * September 24 - Lubin Tent Meeting - Train Station - Tyrone, PA * October 21 - Emmett Kelly Tent Banquet, Hagerstown, MD * November 11 – Leonard Aylesworth Ring / Bob Dover – Peggy Williams Tent Banquet, Harrisburg, PA * December 3 – Forepaugh-Lubin Tent Holiday Party at R Waffle King Restaurant Train Room, Altoona, PA
See me at any of these gatherings for your OABA Circus Fund Tiger pin. Or if you would like to assist just ask. Thank you in advance for your cooperation and continued support during this the 6th Annual Forepaugh – Lubin OABA Circus fund Drive. Info: dpowhitetiger@aol.com
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