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*Deceased
Owner, Nevins Amusements Shows. Left home at the age of fourteen, joined a small show and learned the ropes. Worked on
O.C. Buck Shows, and joined Victory Shows owned by Billy Giroux and family. Served in WWII and was decorated with a Purple
Heart when he was wounded. After the war, he and his wife, Frances, and two sons continued to work for Victory Shows until
the death of Billy Giroux. It was then that Harold started his own carnival, Nevins Amusements. He started with a 1923 Eli
Wheel, a brand new Warner Merry Go Round, a Smith and Smith Chair-O-Plane, an Oct-o-pus, and a kiddie auto ride he made in
his backyard plus twenty wood framed canvas joints.
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