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Born: c. 1888
Died: May 23, 1948, Saranac Lake, NY
Eugene Gutman was the storekeeper for the Miller Bros.' concessions at the Ringling-Barnum Circus. He came to Saranac Lake for TB treatment in 1947, and stayed at the Alta Vista Lodge. His cure was unsuccessful and he died in Saranac Lake in May of 1948. He was treated by Dr. Francis Berger Trudeau.
Out in the Open [Excerpt] -- [Billboard], May 27, 1943
...Talking about Miller Bros., Eugene Gutman, the novelty gent with Frank and Paul Miller's concessions on the Big Show, threatens to sell more whips this season than were ever used in all the performances and all the companies of Uncle Tom's Cabin--counting each performance as one whip and then multiplying the whole by a couple of thousand or so, then multiplying by the number of companies, etc. This Gutman guy, who can double as skeleton man, must do it with personality or something.
GUTMAN -- [Billboard], June 5, 1948
Eugene (Hunky), 60, Ringling Bros. and Barnum & Bailey concessionaire for about 25 years, May 23 at Saranac Lake, N.Y. Burial in National Showmen's Association plot, Ferncliff Cemetery, Hartsdale, N.Y.
Services Held for Eugene Gutman, Concessionaire -- [Billboard], June 5, 1948
NEW YORK, May 29--Eugene Gutman, for several years the storekeeper for the Miller Bros.' concessions on the Ringling-Barnum circus, died at Saranac Lake N.Y., Sunday (23), after a long illness.
Funeral services were held at Riverside Memorial Chapel in New York, Wednesday (26), with interment in the NSA plot at Ferncliff Cemetery, Hartsdale, N.Y.
The Miller brothers, Frank, Paul and Max, and several members of their staff came on from the Big Show, in Philadelphia, to attend the services. Also among those in attendance were Louis Blumenthal, Nathan Klein, Harry Carter, William Miller, Frank Perez, Abe Zimmerman, Victor Pratt, Joe Goglia, Harry Nelson, Edward Rothman, Michael Zentner, Daniel Klein, Morris Gustow, Larry Neumann, Mr. and Mrs. Joseph Trosey, Al Janpol, Alec Mitchell, Arthur Campfield, Joseph Hughes, Sam Rothstein, Daniel Schnair, Ethel Weinberg and Walter K. Sibley, executive secretary of the NSA.
Funeral services were conducted by Rabbi Gabriel Schulman and Fred Murray, chaplain of the NSA.
Source: TB Society patient records, Historic Saranac Lake Collection.