Wednesday, October 1, 2008

Cumberland Valley Fire Company Band Gets New Instruments

It was announced in the October 1, 1886 edition of the Shippensburg Chronicle that the Cumberland Valley Fire Company Band purchased a full set of new instruments, costing about $150. They presented the previous Friday and it was reported that the “boys” had been doing some fine “tooting” since. Mr. Frank Mowers was the band leader.

1 comment:

Anonymous said...

That looks like Dale Myers 3rd from the left. Could that be a family member from years ago. Or might that be Wally himself ?