The Deggeller Magic Midway Attractions was
started by Allen and Irvin Deggellar and is still a family run business.
The brothers bought a rusty ‘Roll-O-Plane’
Ride after World War 2, and traveled with the Gooding Amusement Company from Columbus , Ohio
They had an aggressive business strategy by
booking Big State Fairs, which most new carnival companies refrained from. Soon
they began to grow.
It took them 3 years to make Deggeller’s
Magic Midway Company one of the largest in the carnival industry, and is still
in business today.
Deggellar’s Magic Midway provided the midway
for the Ionia Free Fair from 1965 – 1978, then back again from 1982 – 1987, and
from 1989 – 1991. They were the fair’s midway for a total of 22 years, longer
that any other midway amusement company contracted for the Ionia Free Fair.
This is a picture taken at the Ionia Free Fair, not necessarily a Deggeller ride.
My Dad, Fred Chapman II at 2 years old in 1932!
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