Fulton County tribune. (Wauseon, Ohio) 1883-1925, 1919-01-17
WAUSEON BOY
SCOUT BAND
WauseOn Boy Scouts Band Organic
ed and in Training Under Leader
ship of Director KOhler-PersOnnel
Of Band of Forty Pieces.

1t is matter of qualification to
every cit zen OF Wauseon and vi
entity that the Wauseon Boy Scouts
Band is actually organ zed and in
progress beng made or trained inoo
a musical organization that gives
promise of becoming a musical or
ganization that Wal reflect great
credit upon the town and make Use. f
known all over the state
Early last summer when the
matter of weekly band concerts for
Wauseon came up for consideration
before the Wauseon Boosters CiuD,
it was decided that at the conclusion
Of the concert season of 1918 the
whole matter of the organization of
a Wauseon Band and open air con-
certs be passed to the Wauseon Boy
Scouts; they 70 take up this service
for the community which has been
under the management of the Boost
ers Club for the past two or three
years. Officers and members of the
Wauseon Boy Scout organizat on CO.
operating with Scout Master C. j.
Ives have been paEning since that
time as to methods and means Of
csrrying out this decision of the
Boosters Club, and the results ac-
complished are apparent in the pres
ent status of the new Wauseon Boy
Scouts Band. The leader and in
structor. Mr.. Koshler is a bard lead
err of national reputation and the
wonderful Toledo Newsboys Band is
one of his achievements. Mr..
hoehler is enthusiastic over the Wau-
seon boys who are under his ira n
ing and says that they give promise
Of becoming an organization that
will make the name of Wauseon fa-
nous all over the United States. He
states that they will be ready as
early as June to give open air con-
certs and before next Summer is
ended they will. if they continue as
they have begun, be abe to play the
most difficult music and compare
favorable with any other band in
this section of the state.
Think of it a Wauseon Band If
Wauseon boys, available for any
civic or public occasion. Its some
thing to make the heart of every pub
lie spirited citizen beat faster for
honest pride.
Bands cost money. Not only must
@they who dance pay the fiddler" but
those who would have the music must
pay the band. Boy Scouts are not
paid for their public services for the
benefit of others; that is one of the
cardinal principles of their orgaiza.
ton. No member of the Boy Scouts
Band will receive pecuniary compen-
sation for play ng in the band; never
theless tn band will cost money
The boys for the most part are pur-
chasing their own Instruments; there
are however a number of instruments
that because of their character must
be purchased by the band and they
are costly. Other items of expense
are repair parts for instruments
music, the supply Of which must con
stantly be replenished and the salar!
of the instructor Mr.. Kohler 4
coming from Toledo to Wauseon eacl
week for an amount which does LITTLE
more than cover his actual expenses
and his services are of quality thst
it would be hard to get at any price
In times past the finances of th'
band were cared for by the business
men of the town acting in co-opera
tion with the council of the Villag
who were able to pay'a small amour
for each concert given. 1t was nee
essary to get players from out o
town and of course these players hai
to be paid.
Under the new arrangement tn
same financial methods will be fol
lowed, business men are max nj
subscriptions to the Band and tn
money so raised will be used to NEE
the expense which are necessaril
heavy Just now, until the band ca
deliver concerts which the Villag
counci will be able to pay fol
There is no rule regulation or lay
to prevent other citizens aside froI
the business and professional peopl
who are now subscrib hg, from sub
scribing to the support and develop
mcnt of this Wauseon Boy Scout
Band.
It Is our own unbiased judgemer
that any amount of money from on
dollar up as high as you want to S
could not be better expended than !
devoting it to this purpose and if an
one who reads these lines shoul
agree: call up the solicitors, Lowe
Harper and Charles Co,e Jr. an
tell them you want to subscribe.
Stand back of this organizatio
that is destined to make you MOI
proud than you ever were before
the fact that you are citizen
Wauseon.