Jasper County Democrat, Volume 21, Number 7, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 24 April 1918 — LARGE CROWD TURNED OUT [ARTICLE]

LARGE CROWD TURNED OUT

Friday Night to Hear the Grdat Lakes Naval Training Band. One of the Great Lakes Naval bands, which is touring Indiana in the interests of the Third Liberty loan drive, and which gave a con'cert in Rensselaer last Friday evening, attracted a very large crowd : notwithstanding the cold, cloudy ’weather. The boys arrived on the ■6:50 train from Delphi, where they had given a concert in the afternoon, and were immediately to the Makeever hotel where an ele,gant supper was served to them. At about 8 o’clock they marched ■ down Washington street, then proceeded to the band stand which had been erected in the court house yard and delighted the large crowd ,with a number of selections and 'drills, but owing to the extreme cold they were soon taken to the Christian church .where the remainder of the program was carried nut, and in connection with the regular band music a number of songs and I stunts given by the boys was greatly enjoyed. Rev. Geo, Henninger of the First Methodist church of Indianapolis, made the address of the evening at the church, which was good, but rather brief, as the speaker said the people would rather hear the band than hear him talk.