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Carmen Monge, Carmen Monje, Cha Cha Monge
Familiy Tie	Carmen Monge is the wife of Bob Hamby.

Carmen Monge and Kitty Baker double teaming Rachel Dubois

CLIPPED FROMThe Wichita BeaconWichita, Kansas12 Jul 1968, Fri • Page 22

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CLIPPED FROMThe Sun TimesOwen Sound, Ontario, Canada12 Jun 1972, Mon • Page 11

Beverley Shade not Shay

Beverly Wenhold Shade
Weight and Height	145 lbs. (66 kg) at 5’8” (1.73 m)
Birthplace	Nashville, Tennessee (United States of America)
Date of Birth	21st March 1936 (age 86)
Debut	1957

The Hammer
Familiy Tie	Beverly Shade is the wife of Billy Blue River.
Trainer	Was trained by Ella Waldek.
Student	Trained Natasha.
Finisher	Top Rope Axe Handle (The Hammer)
Trademark Moves	Armbar, Full Nelson, Indian Deathlock, Russian Legsweep, Short Arm Scissors and Stepover Toehold
Tag Teams	Arm & Hammer Connection with Tracy Richards (as Beverly Shade)

June 1968 Carleton Place Canadian

Bill Slade

I recall a wrestling bear and troupe at the Almonte Arena very late 70’s early 80’s. All I can recall is the smell when the bear entered. There were midgets wrestling. After the “matches”, they all went to the lobby for autographs and to sell the usual junk. Whoever wrestled the bear, he would get his arms around the bear and the bears around him. Then the bear flicked him like a flea out of the ring. A greasy, smelly bear, what a way to make a living.

read-Anyone Remember Terrible Ted the Wrestling Bear? Need Your Help!

Bears at Lansdowne Park- From a Bear Feeding Ground to Terrible Ted

Ivan Putski and the Time He Was Overpowered by a Bear

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The Ottawa Citizen
Ottawa, Ontario, Canada25 Feb 1939, Sat • Page 30

In 1868-The Ottawa Agricultural Society acquires 19 acres of land east of Bank Street and adjacent the Rideau Canal for the purpose of a fairground.The fields used for the Exhibition are later turned into a permanent park. Many citizens question the location of the park so far out in the country. Ottawa at the time does not extend much beyond Bank Street and Maria Street (later Laurier Ave. West). Southwards, Bank Street is little more than a trail with fields on either side, but there is a toll gate where McLeod Street now intersects Bank Street. A three-plank boardwalk runs down one side, but comes to an end near McLeod Street. It seems that the bears went away after that and only were mentioned when the famous beloved wrestling bear Terrible Ted came to the Civic Centre.

Ron McConnellThe land was granted to the Society by my ancestors, the Williams family, who owned most of the property on both sides of the canal at the time. The condition was that an “Agricultural Fair” be held there at least once a year. When the City of Ottawa decided to move the Exhibition out to Rideau Carleton and discontinue the annual fair, they weren’t aware of the condition. Needless to say, there was a lot of backroom dealing happening for a number of months to get out of the agreement.-