Jasper County Democrat, Volume 22, Number 10, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 3 May 1919 — THE WEATHER WAS BAD AGAIN [ARTICLE]

THE WEATHER WAS BAD AGAIN

So Not Many People Were in to Hear Blue-Jacket Band. It seems as if the weather is bad every time the Great Lakes naval band comes to Rensselaer. It was cold and disagreeable “on both former occasions, and on Thursday it was showery and rather cool, so much so that the brief concert and sipeaking was given almost entirely in the Christian church. There was a fair-sized crowd out. The band was in charge of Col. Charles A. Gassard of Indianapolis, and the speaker was George M. Barnard of Newcastle. The committee had advertised that the concert and speaking would be in front of the court house, but on account of the weather it was held in the Christian church, as above stated, and members of the band ate so much dinner that they did not feel like tooting their horns before the train left that was to take them to Laflayette at 1:57 p. m. Quite a number of people came in after dinner expecting to hear the band, but all were disappointed, as they did not play a note after Alling their stomachs. All in all, this visit of the band was very disappointing. The fighting tank, which was supposed to visit many towns in this section of the state, including Rensselaer, traveling overland, has not reached here yet and probably will not come at all. It seems that so much engine trouble was had that all schedules were practically abandoned and -the tank has probably gone into dry dock.