The Circus Comes to Town

These days when a circus comes to Central Ohio its usually inside an auditorium, not under a big tent. That was different in Grove City in 1959 when the Grove City Lions Club brought the Mills Brothers Circus to town. The three-ring circus, with a crew of nearly 500, set-up their tents for two shows at Windsor Park. A circus calliope attracted a crowd to the 3,000-seat big top tent for shows that included aerial acts, clowns, a herd of performing elephants, other animal acts and feature attractions.