Music Trade Review
Issue: 1932 Vol. 91 N. 4 - Page 12
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THE
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OBITUARY
William C . Brooks
William C. Brooks, head of the Brooks
Piano Co., Boston, Mass., died suddenly on
March 29 while on a train bound for that
city.
Mr. Brooks was born in Roxbury on Sept.
13, 1867, and after attending the schools
there entered as a boy the employ of Chicker-
ing & Sons in the plant of which concern
both his father and his grandfather had
been employed as experts in piano making.
While with the Chickering house, Mr.
Brooks became widely known to music lovers
of a generation or more ago through his
management of Chickering Hall.
In 1896 he entered the piano business on
his own account, taking into partnership his
brother, Charles A. Brooks, who has been
with him ever since. Besides his brother,
Mr. Brooks is survived by his widow and one
son.
Warren L. Smith
Warren L. Smith, formerly manager of
the piano department of Frederick Loeser &
Co., Brooklyn, N. Y., and for a number of
years prominent in the trade in and about
New York, died at his home, Sunny Farm,
near Newburg, N. Y., on March 25. Mr.
Smith, who was 54 years old, was a native
of Philadelphia. He is survived by his
widow and one sister.
Everett T. House
Everett T. House, of Mountain Road,
president of Charles W. House & Sons, of
Unionville, felt manufacturers, died March
31, at Port Jefferson, Long Island, N. Y., of
heart disease. Mr. House was active in
town affairs, having served on the board of
finance, reassessment and new high school
committees for several years. He was also
a vice-president of the Unionville Bank and
Trust Co. His widow, two children and a
brother, Herbert C. House, survive.
James H. Weibly
One of the best-known members of the
Western supply trade, James H. Weibly, died
late in March at his home, 1546 Farnwell
avenue, Chicago, and the funeral services
were attended by a number of members of
the local trade. He was sixty-one, and had
lived in Chicago for forty years. For twenty-
two vears he had been in the service of the
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TRADE
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A p r i l , 1932
Wood & Brooks Co., of Buffalo, N. Y., and
its affiliate, the Thayer Action Co., of Rock-
ford, 111. Surviving him are his widow and
two brothers, Edwin and Frank P., of Bev-
erly Hills, 111.
Among the other popular songs of bygone
days originally published by Mr. Haviland
were: "Just Tell Them That You Saw Me,"
"In the Good Old Summer Time," "The
Blue and the Gray," "Good-bye Dolly Gray,"
"Bill Bailey Won't You Please Come Home?"
"Just Because You Made Dem Goo-Goo
Harry Wunderlich
Eyes," "Nancy Brown" and "Mandy Lee,"
Harry Wunderlich, who for a number of
written by Thurland Chattaway; "Blue Bell,"
years conducted a very successful piano busi- "Down in Jungle Town," "Arrahwanna,"
ness in Kansas City, Mo., before selling out to "The Good Old U. S. A.," "Keep on the
the Rudolph Wurlitzer Co., died in that city
Sunny Side," "Keep a Little Cozy Corner in
recently in his fifty-ninth year. He began
Your Heart for Me," "Dear Old Girl" and
selling pianos in Dubuque, la., at the age of "Just a Little Rocking Chair and You."
seventeen and remained in the business all
He had recently published most of the
his life.
songs sung over the radio by Frank Crum-
mit.
William Franznick
He is survived by his widow, the former
Miss Mabel Smith of New York, and a
William Franznick, for twenty years vice-
president of Horace Waters & Co., the New daughter, Mrs. Pauline Haviland Mecray of
Cape May, N. J.
York piano manufacturers, died on March
12, following an operation. He is survived
by his widow and a daughter. All together ANNOUNCES SPECIAL TRAIN
he had served Horace Waters & Co. for over
TO CHICAGO RADIO SHOW
forty-four years.
Announcement is being made again that
the R. M. A. Official Train to the Chicago
Henry A. Morans
Henry A. Morans, head of the music busi- Trade Show, which will consist of nineteen
ness of Henry Morans & Sons, New Britain, Pullmans and two diners and other de luxe
Conn., died in that city on March 17 in Twentieth Century equipment, will leave
his fifty-ninth year. Mr. Morans started his New York on May 22.
The special is under the direction of
business career thirty-two years ago and was
prominent in business and civic circles. He Leonard C. Welling and the many innova-
is survived by his widow and two sons, Les- tions on the train will be sponsored by many
leading manufacturers.
lie B. and Herbert E. Morans.
The usual reception will take place in the
Grand Central Station with the one hundred
Frederick B. Haviland
piece Red Cap band in attendance.
Frederick B. Haviland, for more than forty
Headquarters will remain at 67 West 44th
years a successful publisher of popular songs, street, New York City, and those interested
during which time he w r as responsible for
in securing choice hotel and train reserva-
placing on the market some of the biggest
tions should communicate with Leonard C.
hits of the past generation, died at his home Welling, 'phone Murray Hill 2-6767.
in New York on March 30, in his sixty-fourth
year.
Porter Son Co. Move
Mr. Haviland was the original publisher
The B. S. Porter Son Co., old-established
of "The Sidewalks of New York," which
proved the largest seller of any of his songs music dealers of Findlay, Ohio, have moved
and enjoyed a notable revival during the into new quarters at 530 S. Main street, that
campaign of Alfred E. Smith for president. city, not far from the store in which they
were located for the past ten years. The
He first started in the business as a clerk
with the Oliver Ditson Co., but shortly there- company was established in 1888 by the late
B. S. Porter and is now operated by his
after joined forces with Paul Dresser and
Pat Howley and organized the music pub- son, J. E. Porter, and his grandsons.
lishing house of Howley, Haviland & Dresser.
The new company won immediate success,
W. H. Paige & Co., Inc., Terre Haute,
one of its first hits being Dresser's "On the Ind., have been chartered with a capital
Banks of the Wabash Far Away," which stock of 500 shares at $100 each, to deal in
swept the country. Later Mr. Haviland or- musical instruments. The incorporarors are
ganized the Haviland Publishing Co. and Fred L. Paige, Warner H. Paige, Adele E.
published many successes.
Paige and Clara M. Paige.
STARR PIANOS
STARR ELECTRIC REFRIGERATORS
CHAMPION and GENNETT RECORDS
ELECTRICAL TRANSCRIPTIONS £or RADIO BROADCASTING
THE STARR PIANO COMPANY
ESTABLISHED 1872
RICHMOND, INDIANA
THE
12
OBITUARY
William C . Brooks
William C. Brooks, head of the Brooks
Piano Co., Boston, Mass., died suddenly on
March 29 while on a train bound for that
city.
Mr. Brooks was born in Roxbury on Sept.
13, 1867, and after attending the schools
there entered as a boy the employ of Chicker-
ing & Sons in the plant of which concern
both his father and his grandfather had
been employed as experts in piano making.
While with the Chickering house, Mr.
Brooks became widely known to music lovers
of a generation or more ago through his
management of Chickering Hall.
In 1896 he entered the piano business on
his own account, taking into partnership his
brother, Charles A. Brooks, who has been
with him ever since. Besides his brother,
Mr. Brooks is survived by his widow and one
son.
Warren L. Smith
Warren L. Smith, formerly manager of
the piano department of Frederick Loeser &
Co., Brooklyn, N. Y., and for a number of
years prominent in the trade in and about
New York, died at his home, Sunny Farm,
near Newburg, N. Y., on March 25. Mr.
Smith, who was 54 years old, was a native
of Philadelphia. He is survived by his
widow and one sister.
Everett T. House
Everett T. House, of Mountain Road,
president of Charles W. House & Sons, of
Unionville, felt manufacturers, died March
31, at Port Jefferson, Long Island, N. Y., of
heart disease. Mr. House was active in
town affairs, having served on the board of
finance, reassessment and new high school
committees for several years. He was also
a vice-president of the Unionville Bank and
Trust Co. His widow, two children and a
brother, Herbert C. House, survive.
James H. Weibly
One of the best-known members of the
Western supply trade, James H. Weibly, died
late in March at his home, 1546 Farnwell
avenue, Chicago, and the funeral services
were attended by a number of members of
the local trade. He was sixty-one, and had
lived in Chicago for forty years. For twenty-
two vears he had been in the service of the
MUSIC
TRADE
REVIEW,
A p r i l , 1932
Wood & Brooks Co., of Buffalo, N. Y., and
its affiliate, the Thayer Action Co., of Rock-
ford, 111. Surviving him are his widow and
two brothers, Edwin and Frank P., of Bev-
erly Hills, 111.
Among the other popular songs of bygone
days originally published by Mr. Haviland
were: "Just Tell Them That You Saw Me,"
"In the Good Old Summer Time," "The
Blue and the Gray," "Good-bye Dolly Gray,"
"Bill Bailey Won't You Please Come Home?"
"Just Because You Made Dem Goo-Goo
Harry Wunderlich
Eyes," "Nancy Brown" and "Mandy Lee,"
Harry Wunderlich, who for a number of
written by Thurland Chattaway; "Blue Bell,"
years conducted a very successful piano busi- "Down in Jungle Town," "Arrahwanna,"
ness in Kansas City, Mo., before selling out to "The Good Old U. S. A.," "Keep on the
the Rudolph Wurlitzer Co., died in that city
Sunny Side," "Keep a Little Cozy Corner in
recently in his fifty-ninth year. He began
Your Heart for Me," "Dear Old Girl" and
selling pianos in Dubuque, la., at the age of "Just a Little Rocking Chair and You."
seventeen and remained in the business all
He had recently published most of the
his life.
songs sung over the radio by Frank Crum-
mit.
William Franznick
He is survived by his widow, the former
Miss Mabel Smith of New York, and a
William Franznick, for twenty years vice-
president of Horace Waters & Co., the New daughter, Mrs. Pauline Haviland Mecray of
Cape May, N. J.
York piano manufacturers, died on March
12, following an operation. He is survived
by his widow and a daughter. All together ANNOUNCES SPECIAL TRAIN
he had served Horace Waters & Co. for over
TO CHICAGO RADIO SHOW
forty-four years.
Announcement is being made again that
the R. M. A. Official Train to the Chicago
Henry A. Morans
Henry A. Morans, head of the music busi- Trade Show, which will consist of nineteen
ness of Henry Morans & Sons, New Britain, Pullmans and two diners and other de luxe
Conn., died in that city on March 17 in Twentieth Century equipment, will leave
his fifty-ninth year. Mr. Morans started his New York on May 22.
The special is under the direction of
business career thirty-two years ago and was
prominent in business and civic circles. He Leonard C. Welling and the many innova-
is survived by his widow and two sons, Les- tions on the train will be sponsored by many
leading manufacturers.
lie B. and Herbert E. Morans.
The usual reception will take place in the
Grand Central Station with the one hundred
Frederick B. Haviland
piece Red Cap band in attendance.
Frederick B. Haviland, for more than forty
Headquarters will remain at 67 West 44th
years a successful publisher of popular songs, street, New York City, and those interested
during which time he w r as responsible for
in securing choice hotel and train reserva-
placing on the market some of the biggest
tions should communicate with Leonard C.
hits of the past generation, died at his home Welling, 'phone Murray Hill 2-6767.
in New York on March 30, in his sixty-fourth
year.
Porter Son Co. Move
Mr. Haviland was the original publisher
The B. S. Porter Son Co., old-established
of "The Sidewalks of New York," which
proved the largest seller of any of his songs music dealers of Findlay, Ohio, have moved
and enjoyed a notable revival during the into new quarters at 530 S. Main street, that
campaign of Alfred E. Smith for president. city, not far from the store in which they
were located for the past ten years. The
He first started in the business as a clerk
with the Oliver Ditson Co., but shortly there- company was established in 1888 by the late
B. S. Porter and is now operated by his
after joined forces with Paul Dresser and
Pat Howley and organized the music pub- son, J. E. Porter, and his grandsons.
lishing house of Howley, Haviland & Dresser.
The new company won immediate success,
W. H. Paige & Co., Inc., Terre Haute,
one of its first hits being Dresser's "On the Ind., have been chartered with a capital
Banks of the Wabash Far Away," which stock of 500 shares at $100 each, to deal in
swept the country. Later Mr. Haviland or- musical instruments. The incorporarors are
ganized the Haviland Publishing Co. and Fred L. Paige, Warner H. Paige, Adele E.
published many successes.
Paige and Clara M. Paige.
STARR PIANOS
STARR ELECTRIC REFRIGERATORS
CHAMPION and GENNETT RECORDS
ELECTRICAL TRANSCRIPTIONS £or RADIO BROADCASTING
THE STARR PIANO COMPANY
ESTABLISHED 1872
RICHMOND, INDIANA
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