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Show MUSICIANS MAY GET PLACE TO SIT DOWN MUSIC COMPANY EVINCES INTEREST IN MILFORD'S BAND The News office was in receipt Wednesday of this week of plans and specifications for a band-stand, forwarded for-warded gratis by the Conn Musical instrument company, of Elkhart, Ind. The blueprints were turned over to officials of the band for their consideration. con-sideration. Effort is being made by the band to obtain a good band-stand here for evening concerts, and it is generally believed that the Union Pacific Pa-cific Railway will oblige in this respect: re-spect: The blueprints are such that need not be followed in every detail, but are drawn with the idea of allowing perfect acoustics. The Conn company has made a long study of this matter, "-! their specialists can draw designs for a stand which will be perfect as far as sound-carrying properties are concerned. The details which must be followed to obtain the best of scoustics, are the proper heighth of ceiling, distance from ground, and distance of seats from the rails. Interest Aroused Here With the general knowledge that the band is a cejnenunity organization devoted to the betterment of Milford, interest in this musical group is coming com-ing japidly to the fore here. For a long time, the bandsmen's efforts went largely unappreciated in town. Many Potential Recruits The move on foot now to support the hand financially, will doubths f:nd favor with every Milford family. There are perhans fifty or more young people who are taking up the study of ni'.i -iral instruments in Milford. Mil-ford. Tlie band, solidly su pjiorteil as it v.-i:l l:c v 1 1 1 afford an avenue, for ',i-p vfjtm-; peeple to indulge in one of M-.e'r favorite avocations. music. (.,. iiiifi.tly. in addition to adding to tlie communit y's enjoyment of good mo . pi Min": a worth while activity before tlo att, nlion of Milford's v,-, people, it will also mean the eppoi-mnity of securing musical training in a Milford-backed organization. |