Sewickley Herald

              The Herald
  The Sewickley Valley's Home-News Weekly
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Vol. XXIX.   No. 15.
SEWICKLEY, PA., FRIDAY, FEBRUARY 26, 1932
Price 5 Cents
Hundreds of children, parents and
friends of tho Sewickley Y. M. 0. A.
thoroughly enjoyed tho fifth annual
Barndoor and Baled Hay Circus presented in the Y gym last Saturday
aftornoon and evening. The adults,
who will soon bo approached in the
annual canvass for funds, saw tangible
bonefits as members of tho various
groups demonstrated thoir gymnastic
ability. In the afternoon, tho audience, composed mostly of small children, woro as funny as tho performers
as they sat eating peanuts and shouting
advico to the performers.
Tho grand parade was colorful, with
tho Bluo Triangles in gay Oriental costumes, cadets in purple shirts and grey
shorts, elephants in gay carpets,
clowns in patched outfits and a brown
panther bringing up tho rear. As a
proof that even tho circus had gono
modern, tho scarlet coated ring mastor
was replaced by a broadcasting equipment loaned by R. D. Ritchey & Son,
with Robert Ritchey at tho mike. Tho
first event announced was Olympic
capers by tho cadet preps, who performed wand and dumbbell drills, to
the tunes of Clark's Serenaders orchestra. The clowns, Euth Challis, Christine Doughty, Helen Ford, Jano Tiernan and Gwendolyn Kirk, burlesqued
tho exercises, using mops, spades, car-
pot boaters and othor household articles.
Tho Bluo Triangles then performed
intricato marching designs, carrying
lighted Japanese lanterns and tho
clowns followed with candles and odd
electric light bulbs. Tho ValdOS
troupe, not Wallrose, as thought by
somo people, including L. Malono, G.
Nowborry, W. Tiernan, C. Hunter and
E. Haley, presonted a sories of stunts,
including pyramids, on the sido horse
and tlio "ponderous pachyderms," Sur
prisingly enough, made their appearance
on roller skates. Three scarecrows,
Josita Roach, Dorothy Ohlman and
Dorothy Roy, were dragged out, set up
and then they Went into a vory peppy
tap dance.
The chums of Cheops, not lamb
chops, in groups of three, formed pyramids, bridges and then grouped in a
circle and formed a living cylinder.
Tho chums were K. Newberry, J.
Brand, W. Ford, E, Hahn, G. Barrio,
J. Elkins, D. Johns, J. Massi. Tho
Clowns were not so successful and thoir
pyramid soon foil. Hart, Schaffner
and Marx brothers hung by their heels,
swung high in tho air letting go and
performing a somersault before touching the floor and turned rings insido
tho swinging rings. A Cowboy, in a
shirt composed of decorativo flags
which used to bo in every Can of tobacco, a ten gallon hat and long woolly
chaps, lent a western air, oven if his
only gun was a cap pistol.
The Walonda troupe demonstrated
tho many stunts which may bo performed on the parallel bars and the
comics appeared with ono of thoir
number in a baby carriage, umbrella
overhead and another running alongside
pouring rain out of a watering can.
Thoy then, with much difficulty pulled
out mats and weights for tho uso of
Samson and Atlas—Edward Grant and
Frank Tiornan. Samson oven allowed
Atlas to stand on his chest, held him
up on a chair around his ncek and then
burst the chain by his chest expansion.
After each and every act, he received
a largo medal. Balancing balls on tho
endof a stick is easy, said kids in the
audience, whon each ball is fastened
and tho weight lifting was a joke, as
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