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- George Frederick: Beaver Dam needed a new YMCA because the building that they had been using was simply inadequate. The YMCA hired A. E. Bergman as its director in 1941. He brought with him an idea for fundraising which was a combination parade and circus. I mean, it was wide open to anybody that had an act and wasn't afraid to be	in front of an audience had the opportunity. Probably the most noteworthy was a dog which balanced a shot glass on its nose.

From 1946 to 1959, there was	a circus every year. It was monumental in terms of its importance to the community. I mean, virtually the entire town turned out for that circus.

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