Son of J.N. and May Ray Anderson. Married to Laura.
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The Emporia Weekly Gazette, 22 Jun 1950, Thursday
BUD ANDERSON KILLED IN CIRCUS TRUCK CRASH
Former Emporian Was Driving Semi-Trailer in Montana Near Miles City
From Thursday's Daily:
Bud E. Anderson, 55, who started in the circus business with a tiny one-ring dog and pony show thirty-five years ago in Emporia, was killed Wednesday when a semi-trailer truck overturned near Miles City, Mont. The owner-manager of the Seal Brothers circus was driving the big vehicle as his show was on the move. It rolled over, according to the Associated Press, on winding "Government" hill.
Seven of twelve horses in the trailer-truck were injured fatally in the crash. The accident occurred on Montana Highway 212, about eight miles east of Miles City.
Norman Anderson, a son of Bud Anderson, told reporters the circus would go on with shows scheduled in Montana.
The body of Mr. Anderson will be returned to Emporia for burial. Funeral arrangements have not been announced. Mrs. Norman Anderson is daughter of Fireman and Mrs. Frank Ragsdale, of Emporia.
The Seal Brothers circus had been exhibiting in North and South Dakota, and this week went into Montana.
Every spring for 35 years, Bud Anderson either had gone with a circus or celebrated the new season by setting up his own "big top" and hitting the road. He had owned many shows and a majority of them were outfitted and trained in Emporia. For many years he maintained winter quarters in Emporia, first on East Sixth and later on a farm near the Emporia reservoir, northwest of town. He also owned interest in other circuses.
The Anderson circuses had traveled thousands of miles mostly through the middle-west and western states. For years they had been motorized. Bud's shows had not had headquarters in Emporia since 1943.
Anderson's first love was his horses and he had been successful in training them. He worked with horses all his life, first in rodeo--riding, roping and bulldogging--and then in wild west shows. He often said he always wanted to be the owner, however, and his work mostly was as the manager and owner of small circuses.
His first show was his own dog and pony circus. Before the first world war, he opened this little show with a performance on vacant lots across Congress street from Humboldt park.
In 1945 Bud told a Gazette reporter, "It's been a pretty good 30 years. I expect I really liked the rodeos and wild west shows the best and in 30 years I've never had a pair of shoes on my feet--always liked boots the best. I've traveled a lot of thousands of miles over the United States but I've never seen anything prettier than the Kansas Flint Hills. But I'll always be on the road; show business gets in your blood."
Bud frequently admitted he had enjoyed a lot of luck. He said in 1945 that he had had a few wrecks. Once in Utah, he related, two horses got away, but the circus hands rounded them up and caught them, and once a woman (fuzzy) fell from the top of the tent and broke her hip. He used to say his (fuzzy) really was his own happiness (really too fuzzy to make out right).
Survivors include his wife and one son, Norman, both associated with the circus; his mother, May Andeson, and a sister, Mrs. Edna E. Roberts, El Paso, Tex.
Same Edition:
BUD'S FAREWELL TOUR
A real showman was Fred E. "Bud" Anderson who at the end of a long, long circus route card, has come home to Emporia for the last time. Bud's circus will go on, but his broad smile and colorful western attire, which for a quarter of a century identified him from the drugstore cowboys and the Flint Hills cattlemen, will be missed throughout the western states.
Bud Anderson's first love was his horses. He knew animal nature and could make a moronic mule perform like a high school horse. Although uneducated beyond the fourth grade, Bud was highly educated in his way and had a remarkable insight of human nature. He knew what people in the small places wanted in entertainment. The showman's instinct was his guiding light.
Bud had his ups and downs in the circus business. His little career, which marked most of his career, had a wide appeal. He often told Emporia friends that he felt the most secure while presenting his own pony and horse acts. He took his shows to far-away places, frequently had the best crows in localities the largest circuses bypassed. In the late 1930's, at the end of the depression, Anderson's income from his Seal Brothers circus exceeded that of most educated Emporia business and professional men.
The dust and glittler of show business was in Bud Anderson's blood. Retirement, tried once or twice, turned into agony for him. He loved the open road, the night jumps between towns, the noise and thrill of the circus, the new faces and the new scenery -- and he died as he lived, with his showman's boots on!
Only circus music should be played at Bud Anderson's funeral.--R. M. R.
(Russell Roberts)
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U.S., World War I Draft Registration Cards, 1917-1918 about Fred E Anderson
Name: Fred E Anderson
County: Lyon
State: Kansas
Birthplace: Kansas,United States of America
Birth Date: 25 Oct 1894
Race: Caucasian (White)
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The Emporia Weekly Gazette, 22 Jun 1950, Thursday
BUD ANDERSON KILLED IN CIRCUS TRUCK CRASH
Former Emporian Was Driving Semi-Trailer in Montana Near Miles City
From Thursday's Daily:
Bud E. Anderson, 55, who started in the circus business with a tiny one-ring dog and pony show thirty-five years ago in Emporia, was killed Wednesday when a semi-trailer truck overturned near Miles City, Mont. The owner-manager of the Seal Brothers circus was driving the big vehicle as his show was on the move. It rolled over, according to the Associated Press, on winding "Government" hill.
Seven of twelve horses in the trailer-truck were injured fatally in the crash. The accident occurred on Montana Highway 212, about eight miles east of Miles City.
Norman Anderson, a son of Bud Anderson, told reporters the circus would go on with shows scheduled in Montana.
The body of Mr. Anderson will be returned to Emporia for burial. Funeral arrangements have not been announced. Mrs. Norman Anderson is daughter of Fireman and Mrs. Frank Ragsdale, of Emporia.
The Seal Brothers circus had been exhibiting in North and South Dakota, and this week went into Montana.
Every spring for 35 years, Bud Anderson either had gone with a circus or celebrated the new season by setting up his own "big top" and hitting the road. He had owned many shows and a majority of them were outfitted and trained in Emporia. For many years he maintained winter quarters in Emporia, first on East Sixth and later on a farm near the Emporia reservoir, northwest of town. He also owned interest in other circuses.
The Anderson circuses had traveled thousands of miles mostly through the middle-west and western states. For years they had been motorized. Bud's shows had not had headquarters in Emporia since 1943.
Anderson's first love was his horses and he had been successful in training them. He worked with horses all his life, first in rodeo--riding, roping and bulldogging--and then in wild west shows. He often said he always wanted to be the owner, however, and his work mostly was as the manager and owner of small circuses.
His first show was his own dog and pony circus. Before the first world war, he opened this little show with a performance on vacant lots across Congress street from Humboldt park.
In 1945 Bud told a Gazette reporter, "It's been a pretty good 30 years. I expect I really liked the rodeos and wild west shows the best and in 30 years I've never had a pair of shoes on my feet--always liked boots the best. I've traveled a lot of thousands of miles over the United States but I've never seen anything prettier than the Kansas Flint Hills. But I'll always be on the road; show business gets in your blood."
Bud frequently admitted he had enjoyed a lot of luck. He said in 1945 that he had had a few wrecks. Once in Utah, he related, two horses got away, but the circus hands rounded them up and caught them, and once a woman (fuzzy) fell from the top of the tent and broke her hip. He used to say his (fuzzy) really was his own happiness (really too fuzzy to make out right).
Survivors include his wife and one son, Norman, both associated with the circus; his mother, May Andeson, and a sister, Mrs. Edna E. Roberts, El Paso, Tex.
Same Edition:
BUD'S FAREWELL TOUR
A real showman was Fred E. "Bud" Anderson who at the end of a long, long circus route card, has come home to Emporia for the last time. Bud's circus will go on, but his broad smile and colorful western attire, which for a quarter of a century identified him from the drugstore cowboys and the Flint Hills cattlemen, will be missed throughout the western states.
Bud Anderson's first love was his horses. He knew animal nature and could make a moronic mule perform like a high school horse. Although uneducated beyond the fourth grade, Bud was highly educated in his way and had a remarkable insight of human nature. He knew what people in the small places wanted in entertainment. The showman's instinct was his guiding light.
Bud had his ups and downs in the circus business. His little career, which marked most of his career, had a wide appeal. He often told Emporia friends that he felt the most secure while presenting his own pony and horse acts. He took his shows to far-away places, frequently had the best crows in localities the largest circuses bypassed. In the late 1930's, at the end of the depression, Anderson's income from his Seal Brothers circus exceeded that of most educated Emporia business and professional men.
The dust and glittler of show business was in Bud Anderson's blood. Retirement, tried once or twice, turned into agony for him. He loved the open road, the night jumps between towns, the noise and thrill of the circus, the new faces and the new scenery -- and he died as he lived, with his showman's boots on!
Only circus music should be played at Bud Anderson's funeral.--R. M. R.
(Russell Roberts)
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U.S., World War I Draft Registration Cards, 1917-1918 about Fred E Anderson
Name: Fred E Anderson
County: Lyon
State: Kansas
Birthplace: Kansas,United States of America
Birth Date: 25 Oct 1894
Race: Caucasian (White)
Son of J.N. and May Ray Anderson. Married to Laura.
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The Emporia Weekly Gazette, 22 Jun 1950, Thursday
BUD ANDERSON KILLED IN CIRCUS TRUCK CRASH
Former Emporian Was Driving Semi-Trailer in Montana Near Miles City
From Thursday's Daily:
Bud E. Anderson, 55, who started in the circus business with a tiny one-ring dog and pony show thirty-five years ago in Emporia, was killed Wednesday when a semi-trailer truck overturned near Miles City, Mont. The owner-manager of the Seal Brothers circus was driving the big vehicle as his show was on the move. It rolled over, according to the Associated Press, on winding "Government" hill.
Seven of twelve horses in the trailer-truck were injured fatally in the crash. The accident occurred on Montana Highway 212, about eight miles east of Miles City.
Norman Anderson, a son of Bud Anderson, told reporters the circus would go on with shows scheduled in Montana.
The body of Mr. Anderson will be returned to Emporia for burial. Funeral arrangements have not been announced. Mrs. Norman Anderson is daughter of Fireman and Mrs. Frank Ragsdale, of Emporia.
The Seal Brothers circus had been exhibiting in North and South Dakota, and this week went into Montana.
Every spring for 35 years, Bud Anderson either had gone with a circus or celebrated the new season by setting up his own "big top" and hitting the road. He had owned many shows and a majority of them were outfitted and trained in Emporia. For many years he maintained winter quarters in Emporia, first on East Sixth and later on a farm near the Emporia reservoir, northwest of town. He also owned interest in other circuses.
The Anderson circuses had traveled thousands of miles mostly through the middle-west and western states. For years they had been motorized. Bud's shows had not had headquarters in Emporia since 1943.
Anderson's first love was his horses and he had been successful in training them. He worked with horses all his life, first in rodeo--riding, roping and bulldogging--and then in wild west shows. He often said he always wanted to be the owner, however, and his work mostly was as the manager and owner of small circuses.
His first show was his own dog and pony circus. Before the first world war, he opened this little show with a performance on vacant lots across Congress street from Humboldt park.
In 1945 Bud told a Gazette reporter, "It's been a pretty good 30 years. I expect I really liked the rodeos and wild west shows the best and in 30 years I've never had a pair of shoes on my feet--always liked boots the best. I've traveled a lot of thousands of miles over the United States but I've never seen anything prettier than the Kansas Flint Hills. But I'll always be on the road; show business gets in your blood."
Bud frequently admitted he had enjoyed a lot of luck. He said in 1945 that he had had a few wrecks. Once in Utah, he related, two horses got away, but the circus hands rounded them up and caught them, and once a woman (fuzzy) fell from the top of the tent and broke her hip. He used to say his (fuzzy) really was his own happiness (really too fuzzy to make out right).
Survivors include his wife and one son, Norman, both associated with the circus; his mother, May Andeson, and a sister, Mrs. Edna E. Roberts, El Paso, Tex.
Same Edition:
BUD'S FAREWELL TOUR
A real showman was Fred E. "Bud" Anderson who at the end of a long, long circus route card, has come home to Emporia for the last time. Bud's circus will go on, but his broad smile and colorful western attire, which for a quarter of a century identified him from the drugstore cowboys and the Flint Hills cattlemen, will be missed throughout the western states.
Bud Anderson's first love was his horses. He knew animal nature and could make a moronic mule perform like a high school horse. Although uneducated beyond the fourth grade, Bud was highly educated in his way and had a remarkable insight of human nature. He knew what people in the small places wanted in entertainment. The showman's instinct was his guiding light.
Bud had his ups and downs in the circus business. His little career, which marked most of his career, had a wide appeal. He often told Emporia friends that he felt the most secure while presenting his own pony and horse acts. He took his shows to far-away places, frequently had the best crows in localities the largest circuses bypassed. In the late 1930's, at the end of the depression, Anderson's income from his Seal Brothers circus exceeded that of most educated Emporia business and professional men.
The dust and glittler of show business was in Bud Anderson's blood. Retirement, tried once or twice, turned into agony for him. He loved the open road, the night jumps between towns, the noise and thrill of the circus, the new faces and the new scenery -- and he died as he lived, with his showman's boots on!
Only circus music should be played at Bud Anderson's funeral.--R. M. R.
(Russell Roberts)
******************************
U.S., World War I Draft Registration Cards, 1917-1918 about Fred E Anderson
Name: Fred E Anderson
County: Lyon
State: Kansas
Birthplace: Kansas,United States of America
Birth Date: 25 Oct 1894
Race: Caucasian (White)
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The Emporia Weekly Gazette, 22 Jun 1950, Thursday
BUD ANDERSON KILLED IN CIRCUS TRUCK CRASH
Former Emporian Was Driving Semi-Trailer in Montana Near Miles City
From Thursday's Daily:
Bud E. Anderson, 55, who started in the circus business with a tiny one-ring dog and pony show thirty-five years ago in Emporia, was killed Wednesday when a semi-trailer truck overturned near Miles City, Mont. The owner-manager of the Seal Brothers circus was driving the big vehicle as his show was on the move. It rolled over, according to the Associated Press, on winding "Government" hill.
Seven of twelve horses in the trailer-truck were injured fatally in the crash. The accident occurred on Montana Highway 212, about eight miles east of Miles City.
Norman Anderson, a son of Bud Anderson, told reporters the circus would go on with shows scheduled in Montana.
The body of Mr. Anderson will be returned to Emporia for burial. Funeral arrangements have not been announced. Mrs. Norman Anderson is daughter of Fireman and Mrs. Frank Ragsdale, of Emporia.
The Seal Brothers circus had been exhibiting in North and South Dakota, and this week went into Montana.
Every spring for 35 years, Bud Anderson either had gone with a circus or celebrated the new season by setting up his own "big top" and hitting the road. He had owned many shows and a majority of them were outfitted and trained in Emporia. For many years he maintained winter quarters in Emporia, first on East Sixth and later on a farm near the Emporia reservoir, northwest of town. He also owned interest in other circuses.
The Anderson circuses had traveled thousands of miles mostly through the middle-west and western states. For years they had been motorized. Bud's shows had not had headquarters in Emporia since 1943.
Anderson's first love was his horses and he had been successful in training them. He worked with horses all his life, first in rodeo--riding, roping and bulldogging--and then in wild west shows. He often said he always wanted to be the owner, however, and his work mostly was as the manager and owner of small circuses.
His first show was his own dog and pony circus. Before the first world war, he opened this little show with a performance on vacant lots across Congress street from Humboldt park.
In 1945 Bud told a Gazette reporter, "It's been a pretty good 30 years. I expect I really liked the rodeos and wild west shows the best and in 30 years I've never had a pair of shoes on my feet--always liked boots the best. I've traveled a lot of thousands of miles over the United States but I've never seen anything prettier than the Kansas Flint Hills. But I'll always be on the road; show business gets in your blood."
Bud frequently admitted he had enjoyed a lot of luck. He said in 1945 that he had had a few wrecks. Once in Utah, he related, two horses got away, but the circus hands rounded them up and caught them, and once a woman (fuzzy) fell from the top of the tent and broke her hip. He used to say his (fuzzy) really was his own happiness (really too fuzzy to make out right).
Survivors include his wife and one son, Norman, both associated with the circus; his mother, May Andeson, and a sister, Mrs. Edna E. Roberts, El Paso, Tex.
Same Edition:
BUD'S FAREWELL TOUR
A real showman was Fred E. "Bud" Anderson who at the end of a long, long circus route card, has come home to Emporia for the last time. Bud's circus will go on, but his broad smile and colorful western attire, which for a quarter of a century identified him from the drugstore cowboys and the Flint Hills cattlemen, will be missed throughout the western states.
Bud Anderson's first love was his horses. He knew animal nature and could make a moronic mule perform like a high school horse. Although uneducated beyond the fourth grade, Bud was highly educated in his way and had a remarkable insight of human nature. He knew what people in the small places wanted in entertainment. The showman's instinct was his guiding light.
Bud had his ups and downs in the circus business. His little career, which marked most of his career, had a wide appeal. He often told Emporia friends that he felt the most secure while presenting his own pony and horse acts. He took his shows to far-away places, frequently had the best crows in localities the largest circuses bypassed. In the late 1930's, at the end of the depression, Anderson's income from his Seal Brothers circus exceeded that of most educated Emporia business and professional men.
The dust and glittler of show business was in Bud Anderson's blood. Retirement, tried once or twice, turned into agony for him. He loved the open road, the night jumps between towns, the noise and thrill of the circus, the new faces and the new scenery -- and he died as he lived, with his showman's boots on!
Only circus music should be played at Bud Anderson's funeral.--R. M. R.
(Russell Roberts)
******************************
U.S., World War I Draft Registration Cards, 1917-1918 about Fred E Anderson
Name: Fred E Anderson
County: Lyon
State: Kansas
Birthplace: Kansas,United States of America
Birth Date: 25 Oct 1894
Race: Caucasian (White)
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