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Foundation For Music Formed
to Finance Promotion of Music
The Foundation for Music has been
incorporated under the laws of the
State of New York as a strictly non-
profit and non-commercial organization
as set forth in the by-laws which
state:
"The stimulation of interest in mus-
ic; the extension and the democratiza-
tion of music education; the fostering
of musical activities which encourage
WILLIAM C. MAYFARTH
participation in the performance of
music-instrumental, vocal, or choral;
the support of non-commercial, educa-
tional or cultural agencies for the de-
velopment and advancement of the
musical arts and self-expression in
music; to secure, hold, and distribute
funds and real or personal property
by the carrying out of the aforesaid
purposes.
"The by-laws provide that members
of the corporation shall be (a) its in-
corporators and directors named in
the certificate of incorporation; (b)
such persons from corporations or as-
sociations, as the board of directors
may elect to membership upon appli-
cation."
Full membership requires the pay-
ment of not less than $100. Honorary
membership may be granted to anyone
who has rendered extraordinary serv-
ice to the advancement of music. The
board of directors shall consist of not
less than nine or more than thirty-six
members. There is an executive com-
mittee of three members.
The officers elected for the ensuing
year are President, W. M. Peterson,
14
New York; Vice President, Fred A.
Holtz, Elkhart, Ind.; Secretary, Jay
Kraus, Chicago, 111.; Treasurer, H. K.
Kuhrmeyer, Chicago, 111.; Asst. Treas-
urer, W. G. Heller, New York.
Executive Committee: Walter S.
Fischer, New York; W. G. Heller, New
York; Matth. Hohner, New York.
The above officers and committee
members plus Ray S. Erlandson, San
Antonio, and R. A. Olson, Chicago,
comprise the Foundation For Music's
Board of Directors.
William C. Mayfarth, formerly with
the War Production Board, has been
appointed Executive Secretary and has
opened temporary offices at 527 Fifth
Avenue, New York.
In a press release from the Secre-
tary's office the purposes of this organ-
ization are set forth as follows:
"It is the sole purpose of this organ-
ization to secure and distribute funds,
seeking out those agencies having
sound programming and efficient per-
sonnel, but lacking the wherewithal
for the execution of their purposes,
and thus to open up new opportunities
for the advancement of the cause of
music in America and throughout the
world. It is the intention of the foun-
dation's founders that any group that
has as its purpose a national or inter-
national promotion of music, the ex-
pansion of music education facilities,
wider group participation in music,
the extension of the recreational use
of music; in brief, the democratization
of music education and bringing of its
manifold benefits to the greatest pos-
size number of people, may look to the
foundation
for
necessary financial
backing, moral support, and advice
and encouragement."
Pfc Bilhuber Home
after Many Citations
Pfc Edmund W. Bilhuber, son of
Paul H. Bilhuber of Steinway & Sons,
is now recuperating from an attack of
pneumonia in the hospital at Fort Tot-
ten, N. Y., having returned from the
war zone with the famous 104 (Tim-
berwolf) infantry on a 30 day rede-
ployment furlough.
A member of a medical unit with
the Timberwolves, which was the first
infantry division to travel directly
from the States to France, he left for
overseas on August 27, 1944. Little
more than a month after landing, the
Timberwolves, led by General Terry
Allen, went into the line and remained
in continuous combat for over six
months. After fighting with the First
Canadian Army under General Crerai
in the successful Holland campaign
which opened up the port of Antwerp
to Allied shipping, the Timberwolves
took their place in the First Army line
at Aachen.
The final phase of the Timberwolf
wolf combat in Naziland saw the men
of the 104th racing to the Mulde Riv-
er, where the last remnants of the
PFC EDMUND W . BrLHUBER
Wehrmacht were crushed between the
Russians and the American
First
Army, making that sector the first in
Germany to be cleared and completely
conquered.
Pfc Bilhuber, who has been awarded
the Bronze Star medal, the Presiden-
tial unit citation for meritorious serv-
ice, three battle stars, a Combat Medic
Badge, and a Good Conduct ribbon,
was ill in a general hospital in Eng-
land from Nov., 1944, to Jan., 1945,
when he rejoined his unit in time for
the Cologne assault. On April 17, 1945,
he was taken prisoner by the Germans
and spent two days as a prisoner of
war in Thurland, Germany, when he
and his fellow prisoners were released
by the U. S. Invasion Force of the
83rd Reconnaissance Troops.
At the end of his furlough Pfs Bil-
huber will be reassigned for training
for further battles against the Japan-
ese in the Pacific.
He was attending Colgate University
when he was called in April, 1943,
after enlisting in December, 1942.
Stromberg Carlson
Quarterly Dividend
At the July 25th directors' meeting,
the Stromberg-Carlson Co., Rochester,
N. Y., declared the regular quarterly
preferred stock dividend $1.62^ per
share, payable September 7, to stock-
holders of record at close of business,
Saturday, August 11, 1945.
THE MUSIC TRADE REVIEW, AUGUST, 1945