Show FAMILIES WHO DO THINGS Well-Balanc- ed Family Most dads bounce the kids on their knee — but look what happened when Vernon Schwenke triedit ftp NORTH LAKE WIS Vernon Schwenke like any other father bounced his dren oh his knee But the former weight-liftin- chilld g champion had a purpose — physical fitness One day 18 years ago a theatrical agent dropped in on Vernon’s health studio in Milwaukee and saw him balancing his son Stanley on one hand 'On the spot he signed Vernon and Bumpy (Stanley’s nickname) to go on the road as a show Since then the act has grown Jon 16 Roger 15 Susan 13 and Sandra 9 Mother Lucille makes the costumes Their rou- tine of balancing stunts towering human pyramids flips and somer- saults begins with Vernon and Bumpy on stage As the tricks get more complicated more children join in two-year-o- Today besides Vernon and RISE AND SHINS! Mom gets her sleepy family going early in the morning yer- ffe f y Bumpy $ ’ ' S' there are Steven r tT 11 t- r 18 Dad’s overrun "By the time the act is over” says Vernon "I look like the typical father — completely over- run by the kids” The family spends 10 months the of year touring appearing at Hits f TRADITIONAL RY KRISP I Good RY-KRIS- whole-grai- n P rye flavor j " MW SEASONED RY-KRIS- P Tangy Seasoned tastes $b good it's fun to murich I even all by itself V V u V wvo o THIS WEEK Mogoiln Dcmbr 1 1963 s |