Deseret Evening News | 1903-08-15 | Page 11 | Thomas C. Griggs

I 0 t P A 1 t IP I I L i IL 0 THOMAS C GRIGGS GRIGaS Who Whose o Death a n Pioneer er Musician n From Ml Jit Tho death In Idaho during Juring tho ho week of ot Thomas Thom 0 C l Grigge Orl removes remo a s de do devoted voted musical lII tram from our midst From hi iii en r I lent youth up to the time of or his demise ho displayed extreme me love l ve of or and fidelity to the divine art r Ills His musical bent was hut first publicly manifested In Boston Hoe ton In after he hue h had hid Iden Idell Identified tilled with the tho and arni token taken leave of his hits kindred In Inthe Inthe the old world orld He tie belonged to the bend band both In Doston Bolon and Utah and anal andwan was wan also an active neUve member of ot the celebrated celeb rated ral II Croxall baud band b nd of or early clays Subsequently he ho taught aught both bolh vocal and music and was n a strong anti and pleasing worker In tins lie ranks of the Tabernacle choir for tor years yearn HU Ills ability and amid popularity wore were shown by hi iii appointment tu as a conductor of that or organization while unite ho was VA on ota a n mission III 1111 on to England Meanwhile tire the choir hind had been progressing nicely under tinder the direction ot of Prof And Mr Ir recognizing that hut fact concluded It would be the time pert part of ot wisdom to leave IOe good ROOd goodenough goodenough enough alone ns liS lie ho expressed it Bo So o that thai VII ores va done donI For a long period 1 he was the Iho conductor of ot the Fifteenth WaN choir and mlle made It u II very aery ery effective organization UH U u n N