Roger Boyd, SrRoger was not only an announcer and ringmaster but he was, I think, one of the greatest show painters of all times!
In later years When We played the fair in Valdosta, GA Bill and I looked forward to visiting with the Boyd family and their son Roger, Jr.
Also living in Valdosta during that time were Ozzie and Lila Schleentz who had owned the Royal Ranch Wild West Circus. Ozzie also was a quite talented painter, who at one time owned a sign company in Colts Neck, NJ.
Roger painted all of the Beatty Show Rolling stock for years including Sells and Gray and the King Show. You could always tell Rogers work by his unique style with the scroll work!
I trouped with Roger Sr & Jr. on the King Show & the Beatty Show. Great Family... Roger Sr. ran the sideshow, painted banners and was M.C. .... We use to call him George Dickel the wonder worker.
ReplyDeleteHe had the greatest sense of Humor...one day someone asked him The Big Top is Short of help are you going to help them with the center poles? Roger remarked.. My hemmoroids will touch the water line in the doniker before that event ever occurs.
Roger once did a Rice Krispies commercial with the show background wearing his hunting outfit... He told me they played that commercial so much he bought a Caddilac cash down at the end of the year.