Putnam patriot. [volume], December 08, 1949, Page 6, Image 6

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Trapp Family Singers to Appear
In Pomfret Next Thursday
CONCERT ARTISTS
CONTiKUE SERIES
PROGRAMS LISTED
Artists for the 1949-1950 season
of the Pomfret Community Concert
Association have heen announcd by
Edgar J. Page of this city, secretary.
The season opened on Friday. Octo
ber 14. with a concert by Eiena
Nikoiaidi, the Greek contralto who
made a hit at her recital debut last
winter.
The Trapp Family Singers, one of
the world's most famous choral en
sembles. will appear on December 15.
The concluding program will be
given on March 7 by Alfred and
Herbert Teltschiks. auo pianists.
All concerts will be at the new
Pomfret Community School aduitoO
um and not Hard auditorium, as in
recent years. All concerts begin at
8:30 p. m.
Such popular American folk songs
as "Home on the Range." "01* Black
Joe," and "My Old Kentucky Home"
will take their place alongside com
positions of Bach, Mozart and Pur
cell on the program at Pomfret Com
munity School auditorium December
15 when the famous Trapp Family
Singers give their concert under the
auspices of the Pomfret Community
Concert Association.
For although their first renown
was won for their inimitable ren
ditions of oid, pre-c)assica! church
music, and the rareiy performed folk
melodies of their native Tyro], the
talented baronia] brood and their
priest-conductor. Father Franz Was
ner, have been quick to recognze, on
their concert travels through the
United States and Great Britain, the
wealth of charming fo!k music of the
Hnglish-speaking peoples, and have
from time to time added to their rep
ertoire, in new chora] transcriptions
by Father Wasner, the best-loved
American and English foik songs.
"We are surprised," Father Was
ner as their spokesman declares, "to
note that Americans rather shy
away from performances of their
folk tunes in the concert hall, re
garding this type of music as un
worthy of serious attention. At the
same time, the American concert
public revels in the so-called 'art
songs' of Brahms and Schubert and
Schumann, most of which had their
origins and inspirations in the sim
plest folk music of Europe. It may be
just the old story about baker's bread
or the grener grass on the other side
of the fence, but at any rate we,
who have come from another conti
nent and are just beginning to dis
cover the wonders of this, find Amer
ica's folk music as rich in thematic
content and mtlodic grace as any we
have heard anywhere n the world.
The cowboy songs of the Western
plains — the Kentucky mountain bal
lads — the throbbng spirituals of the
Southern Xegroes — all of these
rank as folk music of a high artistic
order and should certainly claim a
place in the serious appreciation of
any concert-goer who waxes enthusi
astic about the chants of the Russian
Burlaks. the Polkas and Czardases of
Poland and Hungary, or the Berger
ettes of old France. If most of our
audiences have been too prone in
the past to underestimate American
folk music merely because its themes
are so familiar and its sources so
close to home, it may be that we.
coupling these charming songs with
great classics of the Old World and
presenting them in a somewhat
novel setting, can help promote for
them the place which they rightfully
deserve in the concert hall reper
toire."
All of the Trapps are now American
citizens; the girls by naturalization
last winter; the boys by virtue of
their service in the U. S. Army.
Dickie Garceau WiH
Be Heard Over WFC!
Radio Station Saturday
Dickie Garceau, 8-year-old son of
Mr. and Mrs. Lucien Garceau of
East Thompson, formerly of Putnam,
will he heard in a radio broadcast
from Fay's Theatre, Providence. R.I.,
Saturday afternoon at 12:30 o'clock.
Station WFCI will air the program.
He is scheduled to sing a duet with
Joyce Lee of Providence. R I , and
will also tap dance. Both youngsters
are students of Miss Marion Palmer
of that city, who teaches dancing and
acrobatics.
The special act was chosen a short
time ago during a special revue pre
sented at the Plantation auditorium
in Providence. R. L, Talent scouts
made the selection, it was revealed.
The followng week. Saturday! De
cember 17. the East Thompson youth
will team with his brother. Lucien.
Jr., in presentation of a specialty
act at the theatre, it was disclosed.
Duo Pianists
Scheduled March 7
POMFRET FINANCE
BOARD ORGANIZED;
BULLARD CHAIRMAN
Accordingr to an announcement
Monday morning the new!y formed
Pomfret Finance Board conducted an
orgranizationat meeting Wednesday,
November 30th, at the home of
Edward J. Buiiard.
A!) members were present as wet!
as Ellis Pritchard, First Seiectman,
who read to members the various par
agraphs relating to the duties and re
sponsibilities embodied in the General
Statutes of the State. During the
reading all members asked questions
about each section until they were
understood. At the end he asked to
retire, but the board asked him to
remain and see the board properly
organized by the selectior of officers.
The following were unanimously
elected: Edward J. Bullard, chair
man; Clarence W. Green, vice chair
man, and Willis Coveil, clerk.. It was
with regret that John Kelly was un
able to serve as vice chairman, but he i
asked to be excused on account of !
the pressure of business.
The board then asked many ques- !
tions concerning various aspects of ;
the work of the town and selectmen I
and the duties of each so that they
would be better able to understand )
the workings of the various groups
handling and spending town funds.
The board i^ fortunate in having
as members both former selectmen as
well as former representatives to the
General Assembly. The board will
meet at times to become more fa
miliar with the work and duties be
fore them, it was announced.
SCHOOL NURSE
REPORT GIVEN
Summary of the Schoot nurse's re
port for the month of November fol
lows:
A)] senior boys and girts have had
a comptete physicat examination by
Dr Margotic-k and Dr. LaPatme. No
tices sent home.
Att boys going out for basketbat!
have been examined.
Ptans are underway for the T.B.
testing, program to be done next
month on at! Juniors and Seniors.
Monthty Report of Activities
Schoot visits 70, home visits 29,
pupits inspected 82, heads inspected
65, exctuded 29, treatments 210, eye
test 20, weighed and measured 471,
physicals 104, chitdren taken home
10, conferences 10. telephone catts
home 116, sociat investigations 24,
catts to doctors 15, ctinic calls 3.
DeHghtfu! Musical
Program at P W.C.
"Guest Night"
The Putnam Woman's Club held
its annual "Guest Night" meeting in
the auditorium of the Putnam high
school, with Mtss Edith Bowen, pre
siding. Monday.
After a short business meeting,
Mrs. Francis Curran introduced the
guest artist. Miss Edith Marshall
Clarke, novelty instrumentalist, with
Miss Rose Richman, accompanist.
Miss Clarke gave a delightful per
formance on'old English hand bells,
xylophone and an old French musical
lyre, fashioned after the Greek lyre,
supposedly the only one of its kind
in this country. Her repertoire in
cluded several operatic and concert
selections and Christmas carols.
Three Christmas numbers were
presented by th Choral Group, un
der the direction of Mrs. Alvin La
chapelle. Members in the gToup were
Mrs. H. H. Ellis, Mrs. Otto Lehrer,
Mrs. Herbert Johnson, Mrs. James
Frost, Mrs Iver Nelson, Mrs. James
A. Ranicar, Mrs. Maurice Foulkes,
Mrs. Robert Huss. Mrs. Glenn Mauer.
Delicious refreshments were served
by Mrs. James Frost and Mrs. Albert
James, co-hostesses- and their com
mittee.
Booklet Tells How to
'Keep Xmas Merry '
, A pamphtet which give! simpte
rules for preventing Christmas Are
tragedies is available from the Na
tional Board of Fire Underwriters,
85 John street. New York City
The pamphlet, titled 'Keep
Christmas Merry," tells how
Christmas tres may be made
safer, how to flameproof chil
dren s holiday costumes, how to
choose safe decorations and safe
toys, and what to do in case of
Are.
Suggestions are also given for
preventing Are tragedies in places
of public assembly. The booklet
will be sent free upon request
Impressive Memorial Service
Conducted By Putnam Eiks;
Grasser Delivers Eulogy
Speaktny at the annua) memonat
exercises hetd Sunday under auspices
of the Tutnam Lodye of Etks, Georye
D. Grasser of WaHinyford. past presi
dent of the Connecticut Eiks Associa
tion. reminded his audience that
''this is a happy day."*
Some 200 members of the oryan
ization. friends and re)atives of de
ceased members heard the speaker
exptain 'it is happy because it yives
us an opportunity to miny)e once
again with retatives and friends o'
our departed numbers as wet! as to
pubticty practice the teachings of our
motto — The fauits of our Brothers
we write upon the sands, their vir
tues I5n the tabiets of iove and mem
ory'."
The speaker continued: "Let us, as
E]ks, took on today as the Happy
day. the day that these tine deeds of
our Brotherhood are recorded atid
put over in your community and
mine as well as all towns and cities
where an Elks lodge is in operation.
Every real Elk wants to add to the
history of our great order and it is
being accomplished every day in ali
of our lodges hy the exemplifications
of the cardinal principles of the
order, Charity, Justice. Brotherly
Love and Fidelity."
"There is an old saying," the speak
er added, "that in the best of us :.here
is some bad and in the worst of us
some good." He reminded "that to
know a person is to like him and if
we don't like him it is generally be
cause we don't know him. Sometimes
the best friendships are made under
the most unusual circumstances
These friendships havF made possible
a better understanding among alf
people in every walk of life. "
Since the local BPOE organization
was instituted in 1900 a total of 218
members have died. Listed as de
ceased members since the last me
morial service are Harry W. Sharpe,
Percy A. Wentworth. Arthur C.
Phillips, Louis L'Homme, Arsene
Dion. X. Earl Andrews and Timothy
Tetreault. Jr.
The ceremony Sunday included se
lections by the Woodstock Trio, di
rected by Nelson Frink, and vocal
numbers by Mrs. Antoinette Marion,
soprano. The lodge ritual was con
ducted under direction of ofHcers
headed by Exalted Ruler John M.
Flaherty.
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