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ABBOTSFORD T RIBUNE PUBLISHED IN ABBOTSFORD THURSDAY, JULY 10, 1952 Circus coming to town Traveling on its own special caravan containing car after car crammed with wonders and cage after cage of animals from every land, the all new, streamlined Wallace & Clark Wild Animal Circus will arrive in Abbotsford early in the morning of July 24. A tented city will quickly rise in the air. The first tent to be erected will be the cook house where all circus personnel are fed. Next to be erected will be the animal tents followed by the the big top and sideshows. Huge elephants and horses play a prominent part in the erection of the tented city. For the first time the public will have an opportunity to view mighty Goliath, the largest hippopotamus ever captured. This huge beast weighs over four tons and is transported on a special iron bound and steel barred den. At 10 a.m. on circus day, this mighty creature, together with all the wild animals, will be fed and watered; a spectacle to which the public is cordially invited to view for free.
The performance of the Wallace & Clark Wild Animal Circus is acclaimed as being high class in every respect and no doubt the popular traveling institution will be greeted by large audiences when it comes to Abbotsford for an afternoon and night performance on July 24. The Circus will be held on the Francis Melvin farm, located on Highway 29.
THE TRIBUNE-P HONOGRAPH PUBLISHED IN COLBY THURSDAY, JULY 6 1972 May F. Bartholomay was from early pioneer family May F. Bartholomay, a long time resident of Withee who died June 27 at the family home, was the daughter of the late Mr. and Mrs. Theodore H. Barber, early pioneer school teachers in Withee and Owen and other sections of north central Wisconsin.
Bartholomay came to Withee at the age of three with her parents when her mother, Mrs. Flora Barber, became the first teacher in Owen in 1894. In her young years she was particluarly known for her outstanding talent in leading roles in home talent plays and was a lover of classical music and was active in vocal roles and accompanied other vocalists.
Her husband, Herman Bartholomay, was water superintendent marshall and constable for 34 consecutive years in the Village of Withee. She and her husband were active in civic affairs during this period.
In 1932 after the death of her father she took over his insurance agency, the Barber Agency, and continued in that capacity for 13 years.
Mrs. Bartholomay’s ancestry dates back to the Revolutionary War on the Barber side and the Civil War on her mother’s side, the McCartys. Her great grandfather, J. Barber, came from England and fought in the American Revolution.
Her grandfather, Florence McCarty, served in the Tenth Wisconsin Light Artillery Divison at Red Oak Station during the Civil War.
