Jasper County Democrat, Volume 10, Number 16, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 20 July 1907 — BIG FARADS OF BANDS [ARTICLE]

BIG FARADS OF BANDS

Forty of Them, with 1,500 Musician* March for the Elka at | Philadelphia. Philadelphia, July 18.—-A massed band parade, with all the bands, playIng at the same time, one of the three' features of Elks week, took place on Broad street In the line were mdra than forty bands, with 1,500 members. 1 The parade was in charge of William F .locher, of the Philadelphia lodge of T’Jks. who arranged the music for the '•'•eaHlon. > After the parade most of the visiting Elks went to the various parks, where entertainments have been provided to keep them busy until evening. The drill contest, in which many of the visiting lodges participated, was at night. The Elks at their Philadelphia convention have elected John K. Tener, of Charleroi, Pa., grand exalted ruler.