The public ledger. [volume] (Maysville, Ky.) 1913-1968, 1921-02-16
WANTS OUR BAND
TO PLAY IN SOUTH
THIS SUMMER
Former Maysyllle Man Offers to Boost
Local Band for Big South.
ern Engagements.

Manager ]. Barbour Russell is in
receipt Of this letter from Frank B.
Miller, former Maysville man, now
prominent Knoxville, Tenn, business
man:
"My Dear Friend, J. Barbour
Doubtless this letter will come to
you as a great surprise, but when you
stop to think that several of the men,
bers of the Boys Band, Maysville,
Kentucky, are children of boys and
girls that grew to manhood and wo-
menhood during the twenty year
period of my life in Maysville, and
when | think of the most wonderful
reputation they are making for them
selves as musicians, and the fact that
| always was crank for good band
music, is it any wonder that | feel
such an interest in their wonderful
work?
"This interest has prompted me to
write you regarding two engagements
that with any effort on my part could
have any weight in securing same for
the Boys Band, my delight would be
supreme.
1.-THE Knoxville Fair Association
called meeting Of directors at the
Business Mems Club last night for a
Get Together Talk for an early be-
ginning in work to insure the big
gest fair ever last years fair was a
record breaker, and the fact that one
of Knoxvilles' successful business
men, Mr.. Sterchi, has bought the
grounds of the Chilhawee Park, and at
the expiration of ten years gives it
over to the City of Knoxville to be
used as a pleasure grounds and for
the use of the Fair Association. The
date September &c to October / has
been fixed for the fair this year. You
will note this will take two Sundays
and the time between that the Band
would be away from home. Last year
they had an Italian band of l think
sixteen pieces and nothing extra in
my judgment.
1.-THE city of Asheville, N. c., has
been employing band for a term of
about 16 weeks through the Resort
Season. Two concerts daily in the
various parks and on Pack Square
evenings. | certainly would be de-
lighted to know that these children
could spend a summers season or
drought the resort season in beauti-
full Asheville, since feel assured
that they would make themselves a
fixture.
Barbour, if securing one of both
of these engagements will not inter-
fere with their school work, there Is
nothing that would delight me more
than to exert myself with my best
efforts to secure both engagements
"The Knoxville fair dates will come
very close to the close of the music
term at Asheville that it is quite like
ly that the transportation plus the
fare from Knoxville to Asheville
would serve both with considerable
saving, even if the children had 10
stay over in Asheville few days with
out work, every hour would be en-
joyment.
"Now, Barbour, prospects may not
look as good to you as it looms up be-
fore me. but give me an expression
and 1t might be the project may prove |
4 delight to the children and we too.
Judge A. NJ J. Cochran is on the |
Federal Court bench here this week,
[ have been trying to get chance at
him but he is so busy that so far !
have failed.
SHOULD you report favorable to
either or both the prospective engage
ments let me know with all the in
formation you may have and I will
get busy on both propositions