Fitzgerald leader enterprise and press., 1927-03-03
Threatened Strike of
Musicians Brings
Results
PETITION SIGNED BY 50
Independent Organization If
Services of Old Leader
Not Retained

Faced by the possibility of having
to rely on canned music" for their
entertainment, the Board of Cover
nors of the Community Band, rescind-
ed their hasty action taken by a por-
ton of the Board, who on Saturday
notified R. Glen johnson that his ser
vices were to cease March 1st.
On learning of this drastic measure
the members of the band, SO active
musicians, met Monday night at the
city hall and passed resolutions to
stand by their director and to either
reorganize the band under independ-
ent management or to have the Board
of Governors rescind their action Mr..
Franklin James, ]. C. Wilson, Ivan
Thurston, Leon KassewitZ, Aubrey
Wilcox and Warren Brown were elect
ed committee, with Franklin James
chairman, to meet with the Board OF
Governors and to present their ultl-
matum, of either to re-elect Mr.. john
son director, or the band would cease
to function under their auspices and
reorganize Independently. The ae-
ton of the board attended by Rev. Z.
S. Winn, F. r. Justice and j. j. Pry-
or was rescinded at the meeting
! Tuesday night when Rev. Bruce Nay,
Henry Powell, Rev. E. S. Winn, +.
R. Justice and ]. Pryor were pres
ent to hear the bands complaint and
receive their petition.
The petition read as follows with
the entire membership signing:
WHEREAS, teh Board of Cover
nors of the Fitzgerald Community
Band have seen fit to pre-emptoriiy
discharge our bandmaster without any
sort of hearing, and
/ WHEREAS, R. Glen johnson has
, been faithful and efficient in his ser
: vices to us and has the success OF the
- band at heart at all times, and
! WHEREAS, we realize that the
4 band means great deal to us and tt
r the city and community and that ii
2 would be impossible to obtain the ser.
vices of a bandmaster at the price
: we are now paying r. Glenn John
son.
THEREFORE, We, the undersign'
, ed members of the Fitzgerald Comu-
nifty Band hereby pledge our unqual-
flied support to R. Glen Johnson
bandmaster, and will seek to retain
his services as bandmaster of the F'ltz'
GERALD Community Band and to that
) end desire to go on record as mem
: bers of the band in support of his ef-
forts in our behalf and in behalf OF
this city.
Signed: ]. P. Manning, w. c. Will
,erson, J. L. Thurston, F. B. Eads,
T. H. James, D. G. Mccormick, Har-
iry Mathews, A. Lagerstrom, A. c.
Reddock by Mrs. Reddock, Mason
Chastain, Helen Chastain by G. M.
Chastain, Evelyn Brown, c. G. Shir-
ling, Alice Hale by E. G. Hale, Thel-
ma Sheriff., Webster Dick by M. l..
Dick, Edward Belvin, Herman r.
Wentz, Warren Brown, c. T. Owens,
Jr., Herman Edison, Eugene Steph-
ems by M. M. Stephens, Lonnie Nc
Lain by G. w. Mclean, Marion Will
son and Edward Wilson by H. E. Will
son, Edward Nelson, Horace Leverett,
j. J. Collier, A. E. Wilcox, Mrs A. E.
Wilcox, Felix w. Branch, Fannye
Williams, Robt. Booker, Marjorie
Owen. Charles Wilcox, M. Wilcox, Fl.
w Radcliffe, Jack Coleman, H. L.
Meeks by L. Meeks, L. c. Holder,
William Flanders Olliff, Leon Kasse-
witz, ]. C. Williams, Chester Strick-
land, A. F. Matthias, Emile Butler,
John Minter, Clyde McCranie, Charlye
McCranie, Eldin Burton, Albert L.
Gelders, Florence Hitch, Lawrence
Earl Justice, James Quinton Adams,
Lawrence Manning, R. B. Shepherd,
W. L. Graydcn, Wade Malcolm, Flet-
obor E,ccalI Rennor Denison