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Lions club brings circus to Eldridge

Compiled by Linda Tubbs
Posted 8/23/17

Aug. 25, 1977: The Eldridge Lions Club sponsored a back-to-school event during which they brought the Franzen Brothers Circus to town. The circus was held on the ball diamond directly south of the Eldridge water tower in a tent planned to accommodate 1,500 people. Lion Jack Albrecht said that the profits would go to the city tennis court fund. 

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