The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1918-07-25
NEWFANE.
HIGGINS AND HIS BAND.
Former Newfane Boy and Organization
Get Complimentary Notice.

The Haverhill tMass.l Evening Ga
zette of July Is contained the following
very complimentary notice of c. L. Hig-
gins, formerly of this town, who has just
begun his 18th season as leader of the
band at Hampton Beach, y. H.:
Watching Hampton Beach evolve from
miniature summer resort to one of the
most popular vacation spots on the At
lantic coast is the unique experience of
| T. l.. Higgins, leader of the band at this
! place. Mr.. Higgins is now ON his 18th
consecutive season, and besides watching
the beach become increasingly in favor
| throughout the country he has developed
a band that is second to few A promi-
nent musical authority has stated that
he knows of but few aggregations which
are its equal.
| when Leader C. J.. Higgins, posing
his baton, brought it down before his 10
men in the band stand at the casino on
the first day Of this season he, started his
18th consecutive years as head of the
organization whose splendid musical per-
formances have made a name for Hamp-
ton Beach, and as a tribute to them
nightly hundreds of automobiles line up
land listen to their delightful renditions.
THE makeup of the band follows: c.
l.. Higgins, leader; James Early, Jules
Benoit, Tony White, Richard Larocque
Steven Mcdonald, Howard Rowell, Fred
Foss, S. Lewis King, Joseph Cloucier
Thomas Knight L. H. Aiken, Alfred La.
ioie, William b. Cook, L. f. Matthews
William +. Owen, Thurston Pickard.
"Mr. Higgins. assumed charge of the
musical program of the beach the first
year after the opening of the mile long
bridge. At that time there were but two
buildings south of the casino, the Pelham
hotel and the Hill Crest hotel Their,
were no automobiles. At every perform
ance pairs of horses from Rye and many
single bitches from the surrounding
country would be lined up in front of tn,
band stand, which while not the same al
at the beginning stands in the same loca
ton.
1.-The first automobiles which appeared
were quite curiosity One of the earlies
was driven by the manager of the Boar
Head hotel. Now it Is a poor evening
that automobiles approximating from
$500 900 to 100000 in value are not gath
cred In the early days, outside of tn
7 people from Rye, the audience was most
r ly composed of people from no great dis
lance, but now it is not infrequent tina
5 parties drive from 80 to 100 miles to tax
4 in the concert and return home, Will
S the special attractions and the grea
: events of the carnival week undoubtedl
e bring large crowds, yet when all is sal
4 1t is the band concerts given every day a
ll.30, 40 and $50 that tend to keep til
. steady stream of people coming and &C
I ing again.
i "A gentleman stopped on the beac
who has studied under some of the mos
:, famous teachers of music in Europe an
: told the Gazette reporter yesterday tha
= !, outside of some of the great organic;
u tions, such as Sousa's, Gilmore's and Il
: like, he had seldom heard a band playir
2 in such perfect unison. without discord
1 rendering selections of such varied cha
e acter, chosen with great discriminate
IS and daily giving hundreds of peop
$ pleasure by their delightful music"
n c. L. Higgins is the eldest son of Mr.
d Charlotte Higgins Of Newfane and h
IN many friends in this locality congrat
e. late him on his success as musical
lie rector.