Evening Republican, Volume 19, Number 182, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 3 August 1915 — World’s Greatest Cornetists Visiting In Rensselaer. [ARTICLE]

World’s Greatest Cornetists Visiting In Rensselaer.

Ernest Williams, world's greatest cometist, and wife, known on the stage as Katharine Rankin, the most wonderful woman corneti’St in the world, are visiting with Mr. «nd Mrs. Earle Reynolds, having returned with them from Chicago via auto. Mr. and Mrs. Williams made a tour of the world with Reynolds and Donegan last year. Mr. Williams was for nine years solo cometist with Sousa’s band, having played cornet solos before the King and Queen of England. He is an out and out Hoosier, and formerly came from Winchester, Ind., and was a member of the I). S. army during the Cuban war, having belonged to the 61st regiment of Indiana. Mr. and Mrs. Williams will spend a few days in Rensselaer as the guests of Mr. and Mrs. Reynolds. It is probable that Mr. Williams will be prevailed upon to render a selection or two at the band concert tomorrow evening. He has written numerous band marches, while Miss Rankin has been a cornet soloist of the Boston Symphonie orchestra for a number of years, until she accepted a vaudeville tour around the world.

Mrs. Edward Spurgeon left this, morning for Lawrenceburg, Ind., for a visit with relatives for several days. While there she will attend a family reunion.