The Norfolk weekly news-journal., 1908-04-24
THE NORFOLK WEEKLY JOURNAL; FRIDAY APRIL "a

NEWS JOURNAL: FRIDAY
witty vein and Glenn Wiley per.
/ formed number OF difficult slack
wire stunts-stunts that couldn't be
surpassed in any circus Mr.. Wiley
was formerly a professional acrobat
with the circus and he has lost none
of his old time skill and cleverness.
| Ollie UeCher gave some first class
buck and wing dancing and Miss Aide
did a Holland dance that was effec-
tive. The audience was disappointed
at the absence of Frank Conley, one
Of the most popular commercial trav-
elers out Of Norfolk, formerly min.
strel star, who was on the program
! but unable to appear. Miss Faucet
was the girl in the electrical swing-a
] swing roped with electric lights.
Much credit must be given individ.
uals for their clever work, For in
stance, Roy G.. Smith was stage de-
siener, Ed Brueggeman and Lorin
Brueggeman were electricians.
Among those taking part and to
each of whom was due a share Of
credit for the shows success, were:
u. j. Boehnke, stage carpenter; Phil
| lip McNeely, doorkeeper; Fred G..
Asmus, ticketseller; Joe Pluhacek, NJ.
V. Avery, Fred Haase. Ray Estabrook,
X. c. Smith, A. c. Vradenburg Herb
Wichman, Ernest Raasch, program
committee; Charles Altman, cos
tune committee; o. Laubsch, Herman
Bechtel, parade committee; A. C.
Vradenburg, X. c. Smith, w. J. Brink
man. advertising committee; Prof A.
G. Vradenburg, director Of voices and
chorus; Frank McNeely, Pete Stat
ford, William Hauptli, Harold Clark,
Clarence Rasley, Ralph Luikart, Lloyd
Pasewalk, Herbert Hauptli ushers.
The Band.
| Members of the band are: Prof
A. C. Vradenburg, director; NJ. v.
Avery, manager; r. C. Smith, secre-
tary; Glenn Wiley, drum major; A.
G.. Vradenburg, cornet; NJ. V. Avery,
cornet; X. c. Smith, cornet; Harry
Butler, cornet; Joe Pluhacek, clari.
net; Herman Bechtel clarinet; Fred
Haase, clarinet; Adolph Moldenhauer,
clarinet; Fritz Draegger, piccolo;
Charles Blank, mellophone; Will
Raasch, mellophone; Daniel Klug,
bone; Charles Altman, trombone;
Ernest Raasch, trombone; Ralph Die
fenderfer, trombone; Herb Wichman,
euphonium o. Laubsch, bass; w. c.
Altman, bass; w j. Brinkman,
drum; Ray L. Estabrook drum.
Orchestra members are: pianist,
Miss Clara Berner; director, Ray l..
Estabrook; other MEMBERSHIP Plu-
hack, A. C. Vradenburg, NJ. V. Avery,
U. j. Boehnke w. c. Altman, r. c.
Smith
Band director, A. c. Vradenburg.
Orchestral Music a Special Feature.
Particular mention should be made
of the delightful music that came from
the orchestra pit throughout the even
ing. Norfolk may we'll feel proud of
the high degree of artistic ability that
was displayed by the band orchestra
under the leadership of Ray ESta
brook. Mr.. Estabrook gave great
deal of time and energy to training
the orchestra for the event, and his
efforts were surely crowned with
pleasing success.
Guests of the Band.
Following the band Ministries Mon
day evening the young people who
took part in the minstrel show were
the guests of the band at the Calumet
restaurant The band management is
very anxious to thank everyone who
helped make the performance a sue
cess.
Eagle Committee Occupy Box.
The. state executive committee OF
the Eagles occupied box at the All
ditorium for the band minstrel show.
They were the guests Of President P.
NJ. Barrett and other local Eagles.
They enjoyed the show, too.
Programs Were Attractive.
The souvenir programs for the min
strel were works of printing art Of
high degree. They were turned out
of The News job printing department
and attracted considerable favorable
attention. ]. NJ. Tanner of South
Omaha, a newspaper man, remarked
that no finer printing than that could
be found anywhere.