Walter Distler , circus elephant trainer in United States in United States . 1911: The following are wintering at the Dode Fisk winter quarters at Brenham, Tex.: Chester White, superintendent; Frank (Dutch) Weliner, boss canvasman; Walter Weldenvondt, boss hostler; Mike Rooney, equestrian director; W. F. Weldeon, bandmaster; George Loley, treasurer; Roy Marble, superintendent of privileges; W. L. Shaw, boss porter; Russell Bourke, chef; C. A. Clark, agent; Mr. and Mrs. Irving, Miss Minnie Hodgini, J. C. Johnson, Guy Repaiz, Joe Pluharek, Pete L. Amoreaux, Champan and Berube, Louie Johnson, Boots Washburn, Walter Distler elephant trainer; J. A. Parker, superintendent of paint shop; Joe Torpey, head waiter; Louise Coucha and Geo. Wyman. -LaMont Bros. Show notes. Salem, Ill., Feb. 11. 1954: Mrs. Elsie M. Murray, wife of James S. Murray, of 9 Everett avenue, owner of the Murray Leather Company of Woburn, died suddenly Friday afternoon, Oct. 8, at her home after a brief illness. Besides her husband, Mrs. Murray leaves a daughter, Mrs. Walter Distler, who has just bought a home in Winchester; and two grandchildren, Karen, also known as the Kayin, Kariang or Kawthoolese, are an ethnolinguistic group of Sino-Tibetan language–speaking peoples'>Karen and David Distler.
