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Leader Benger leaves New Canaan band post for theatre organ work
Leland F. Benger, director of the New Canaan band, accepts a position with the Works ney player-piano company and will soon play a large theatre organ in a nearby city. He is a skilled musician with experience in piano, organ, strings and horn and has led the local band to prominence. He also serves as organist at St Mark's Episcopal church and his choir work is highly regarded. The New Canaan grange held a pre christmas gathering on Tuesday with young folks in charge. Mrs Happy Johnson and her father William Mather of West Norwalk plan a trip to St Petersburg, Ma. this week with the 90 year old Mather seeking the southlands before winter.
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New Canaan
Leland F. Benger
Worksney Player-Piano Company
Benger
New
Canaan Grange
Folka
Somh
Happy Johnson
Wiliam Mather
West Norwalk
St. Petersburg
Mather
Mr. Mather
Odd Fellows Hall
George F. Bertine
Dorcas Bible
M. I. ‘Church
Charles Halk
South Avenue
TB. B. Sewing Club
Elsica Wheeler
Hoyt Street
Walter Stewart
Mae Smith
Richmond Hill
William Schmidt
Wooster Lodge
Pop
Mississippi
William I Smith
Sam
Virginia
Howard Miller
Marion C. Dunham
Greenfield Hill
Gretchen c. Barrett
Benjamin Winchester
Harold Banks
Clifford Banks
Thornton Belden
Martin Hall
Js. Pierson Dunham
Wake- Hill
Fairfield
Samuel H. Wheeler
Mary Boncore
Pairfield
Norah Paulding
Joseph Griffin
S$. ET. Sutton
Wheeler
Aline Havard
Tattfield
Cuba
Col
Valery Havard
United States Army
Miss Havard
Lucy
Bob
St. Paul's Episcopal Choir
Andrew BP. Wakeman
Bridgeport
Bacon Wakeman
Hono Roll
War Bureau
Marion’ C. Dunham