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“Wind Exponents” 1st Row
– Julius Myers, H. J. Mayer, W. Mayer, E.O. Mayer,
2nd – J.C. Webster, Al Mayer, Fred
Schafer, A. Brookmier, Wm. Connolley,
Top – Byron Tilbury, Geo. Kreig, Geo. Beidler,
Ed Anderson, John Bender
“STUBBLEBINE’S BAND”
Back Row: Herman Romer, Geo. Beidler, Warren
Lincoln, Al Mauer, Ed Anderson, Herbert Capps, Al
Lipp Middle Row: Julius
Myers, Geo. Zimmermann, Tony Romer Seated:
Clarence West, Professor
Stubblebine, William Jenner
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“Logan County 4H Club Orchestra” (1926
– 1931) Loren Emery, Gene
Downing, Wilbur Roos, Marion Halstead, Darwin Downing,
Ernest Beck |
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Mt. Pulaski has had a long tradition of quality
music, which was due in large measure to the influx of
immigrants from Europe who brought along their music
traditions. These bands & vocal groups performed both
locally & throughout central Illinois. The
Bloomington Pantagraph reported that a Mt.
Pulaski Brass Band performed at a Republican Rally in
Atlanta’s Union Hall in October of 1856, where Abraham
Lincoln gave an “eloquent” address in support of Col.
Fremont for the Presidency of the United States. On
June 10th, 1869, at the dedication of the Logan County
Civil War marble monument next to the City of Lincoln's
Courthouse, a Mt. Pulaski band headed the procession to
Latham's Park prior to the "bountiful repast" and
ensuing dedication ceremony [Stringer, p. 208].
Much more is on display in the MPTHS Museum, which
includes photos & information of the many successful
years advanced by more recent MPHS instrumental
teachers: Lester Werntz & Klaus Tanner.
Credits:
MPTHS Museum; Lawrence B. Stringer,
History of Logan County, Illinois (1911);
Paul J. Beaver, Abraham
Lincoln in Logan County, Illinois (2010) |