CHAPTER XXXII FRANKLIN TOWNSHIP (CONT'D)

CORNET BAND.

The Wiota cornet band was organized in June, 1883, with E. V. Burke, of Atlantic, as musical director. The organization at that time was composed of the following members: T. L. Malone, James Horign, F. M. Lahman, Joseph Turner, Edward Brimm, William McClure, George Whitmore, Frank Odell, W. S. Foster and D. D. Hunt. The band is now conducted under the leadership of A. G. Irwin, with F. M. Lahman treasurer, and J. M. Horign secretary. It is a band superior to that usually found in places of this size, and is, indeed, a credit to the town. At present the band is made up of the following members: J. M. Horign, solo B-flat; Joseph Turner, first B-flat; F. M. Lahman, second B-flat; Fred Holcomb, first alto; Russell Ballentine, second alto; Henry Blood, first tenor; Charles Woods, second tenor; William McClure, baritone; F. M. Odell, tuba; William Roe, snare drum; Robert Roe, base drum and cymbals..

MUNICIPAL.

Wiota was incorporated as a town in the spring of 1884, with the following officers: Joseph Turner, mayor; T. L. Malone, recorder; G. C. Hornby, marshal; T. B. Scott, street commissioner; William Christie Jr., D. D. Hunt, I. A. Boyd, William Chambers, John Irwin, E. O. Whitmore, town council. The officers at present remain the same, with the exception that V. M. Lahman and Orren Horton serve in the place of William Chambers and E. O. Whitmore as councilmen.

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Transcribed by Deb Lightcap-Wagner, February, 2014 from:"History of Cass County, Together with Sketches of Its Towns, Villages and Townships, Educational, Civil, Military and Political History: Portraits of Prominent Persons, and Biographies of Old Settlers and Reporesentative Citizens", published in 1884, Springfield, Ill: Continental Historical Co., pp. 807.