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Adelard and Victoria Dault moved to Rhinelander from Merrill around the turn of the century. Their son, Albert Henry Dault, was born in Rhinelander in January 1902. Albert was a fun-loving child who earned the nickname “Bolly.” During his childhood, Bolly Dault was well known around Rhinelander and could often be found on Brown Street earning nickels from local shoppers as he performed handstands and other tumbling tricks.
As Bolly Dault got older, his tricks became more daring. He began doing handstands on the backrest of kitchen chairs and on the tops of ladders. In his late teens, Bolly Dault worked for a short time at the paper mill, refrigerator plant, and Thunder Lake mill. He married Ruby Lee of Bessemer, Michigan, in 1921, but working as a laborer held no appeal for Dault. Even as he started a family, Dault was barnstorming around small towns in Wisconsin and Michigan, performing feats of acrobatic skill for tips.