The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1919-07-26

the bandsmen of the days when Mar
| shalls band was at it's best. None of
the "old guard" in Topeka will admit
/ it was ever better than then. There
was Ted Wear. clarinetist, the Beau
| Brummel of the band; Charles A.
Elder, clarinetist, afterward a million
aire banker in California; Orlin B.
Morse. Santa Fe office clerk, now one
/ of the high officials of a big Chicago
packing concern, baritone saXophone;
| w. NJ. Van Ness, then and now with
the Guild Music company, tenor horn;
George w. Miller, printer, trombone;
James NJ. Smith, marble works pro-
prietor baritone; d. c. Kline, after
ward director of the band. Z bass
and baritone: NJ. c. Holman, now
| secretary Of the board of education,
and his brother. Ed A. Holman, tenor
horns; r. c. Strip, a grocer who
went to Louisiana and became
wealthy in the rice business, cornetist;
/ Joe B. Pagan, another cornetist, and
/ Frank L. Wilcox. the kid" cornetist
, Of the band. There was Charley
Steinberger, another cOrnetist and
| fancy poultry raiser, who manipu
/ lated the ccrnet with his one hand;
Frank Hughes solo alto. the "old re-
/ liable" and probably the only one of
! the early bandsmen with Marshalrs
that still retains his membership;
! Samuel F. Bell tenor drummer and
Harry F. Tew, bass drummer, who
/ Joined the band long years ago.
There were others of more or less
/ prominence in the bands annals
There was Fred D. Place. north side
I druggist, who was drum major:
| Thomas D. Whyte, treasurer; Charles
/ Younggreen. alto horn; L. G. Wheeler.
/ BIB bass; w. II. Russell saXaphone;
/ Harry c. Keener. B. bass: Walter
Peck, claronet. and NJ. F. Wizard, F.
/ bass The later additions to the band
would fill volume of huge proper
/ tons. 1t is estimated that more than
/ 500 men have played with the institu
/ ton since its organization. In later
years the bandsmen did not flock in
= one place long and later still the
unionization of the band made it
purely professional musical organiza-
/ ton and a band of any. size was OBJ
! tainable from the army of sight read
ers" that flocked to Topeka But il
has been an invariable rule in the band
room of Marshalls to practice inces-
sanity and keep in touch with the
latest in music for bands.
Has Taken Many Trips.
Some of the notable trips of the
Z band, aside from those taken with the
/ Topeka commandery No. g., knights
! Templar. of which Marshall's is the
official band. were with the G. A. r.
( of Kansas. One of these was to San
/ Francisco and another to St Louis
| during the national encampments. The
/ band has won the plaudits of vast as
| semblages in Boston, Denver, Detroit
and Kansas CITY when with the
! Knights Templar and has been the Of
/ fetal band on several trips to national
conventions, notably Chicago. St. Louis
and indianapolis. It's visits to Kansas
City with the Shriners TO the Imperial
council. to the national Democratic
convention and to the worlds fairs in
Chicago, St. Louis and Omaha, were
red letter occasions in its history.
J Wherever it has been it has won
! deserved honOrs as being among the
best bands of America and no less a
{ person than Godfrey, the noted Eng
lish bandsman, together with Sousa
and Gilmore, have accorded praise to
Marshall's for its excellence as a
march band. Godfrey and the late
/ friendly. both hailing from the origi-
I nal Queens Guard band.
] Since the death of the great leader
/ his sons. John B. Marshall, Jr., and
Albert Marshall, who began as youngs-
/ ters with their fathers band, have
succeeded to the honor of executive
/ heads of the great musical organiza-
ton. John B. Jr., is director and
manager at present
/ In these days it would be difficult
/ to pull Off some of the really big
things that were comparatively easy
N the early days of Marshalls his
tory On one OCCASION Grand
Army reunion in Topeka-Andy Mani
I fold. then the director of the Beloit
! band, which was closely allied to Mar
shall's in many ways and the leader
Of which was close personal friend
/ Of John B., the elder, Joined with
/ Marshall in a band reunion here that
/ brought the famous Cowboy band
T from Dodge City the Fort Leaven-
worth band. the Fort Riley Cavalry
band. the Soldiers Home band from
/ Leavenworth and a score of other
more or less popular bands to Topeka
and under the direction of Marshall
and Manifold played as one band in
march and concert for two days.
Organization Held Fair.
Another occasion worthy of note