Salt Lake Telegram | 1934-05-25 | Page 6 | 'Parting of Ways' Comes for School Saxophone Quartet

PARTING OF THE WAYS WAYS' COMES FOR SCHOOL SAXOPHONE QUARTET S c k L A i x it i 1 S 5 I il r 4 p c S 'S Left to right Ray Morgan Hal LaBelle LaVar Tate Tale and Joe Jette Members of Tooele Four to toS S Separate parate After Six Yea Years rs TOOELE The TOOELE-The The parting of ot the ways comes sooner or la later ter to all alland alland and with the Tooele high school commencement com corn exercises the night of May 17 perhaps c came ime the last time for four tour young men to play together after alter six years of ot continuous association not only as a musical group but as M pals paIs This group is the Tooele high school chool saxophone quartet state stale win winners win ners of or the wood woodwInd wood wind ensemble event In n the music contests at the University ty of ot Utah last M May l The young men who compose this organization are arc Hal LaBelle LaVar Tate Ra Ray Morgan and ond Joe Jette In 1927 they began to learn to tc play the saxophone under the leadership of W. W D. D Holt while they were still In the sixth grade In 1928 t they y first played together in public and since that time have lave pleased many audiences both bOUl here and in other communities They recall with a chuckle that the they made their first big hit when as mere youngs youngsters rs seventh graders then they hey played for the state stat convention ot of f Lions club at American Fork Fol Fol- lowIng owing their appearance there they were wore entertained and shown around until they felt they were somebody The following year their big ap ap- was before the state teachers' teachers convention in the Salt Lake taber taber- nacle Here again they were given high commendation and from then until now they haVe made innumerable able public appearances When school begins this fall faIl they wUl will be separated Jette captain and end on the state championship high school football team will go to the U. U S. S A. A C C. at Logan LaBelle star tackle ackle on the same team and student body president of at the high school last year will wm go to Chicago or to some California school to continue his edu cation Morgan Iorg n also a member ol of he the football squad plans to enter the University of Utah I