Tampa Bay Times from St. Petersburg, Florida • 8

ST. PETERSBURG, TIMES, THURSDAY, APRIL 3, 1941 EIGHT khr Inleire IFir feovol As 1 1 1 "i rt. -V) ft Tf V-v3 I 0 mmmit 1 1.X When the DeLand high school started to unload its 'equipment it looked as though the circus was in town. However, under the capable direction of Don McEmber, left, and Walt Malmborg, right, it proved to be a short task. This ii the fifth year Clate W.

Chennette, left, director of the Amei, state band, hai attended the Florida State achool band contest. Left to right are Chennette, Mrs. Ironi and Col. Earl D. Irons, who is director of bands at North Texas Agricultural college, Arlington, Tex.

This is the third contest in Florida he has judged. luujiii r-risieui, jdiic orannen, uenier, aim can Aseimun, oi me caaeues oi me taison nign scnooi band. iQt; km 1 1 A 1 i if max. s.s,- it imlliUl'iM iirtlil in iflif r-i i i -n in itr- in 1 Mt I ft This trio Maeva Hamilton, left, Nina Clarke, center, and Mildred Berry, right catch up on a little rest before practicing for their Edison high school, Miami, band competition tomorrow. "Come on, let's pep it up, Phil," seems to be what Richard Le Duce, left, and Micajah Pickett, right, are telling Phi Curry, center, shown demonstrating his ability for fellow trumpet players.

All three boys are members of the Andrew Jackson high school of Miami. Lenore Virgin, left, youthful cornet player from DeLand, is welcomed by Henry Fillmore, Cincinnati and Miami, who is president of the American Bandmasters association. Fillmore is said to be the most prolific writer of band marches since John Philip Sousa. The man on the left, above, is John J. Heney, DeLand, director of the DeLand high school band and president of the Florida State Bandmasters association.

He's in working togs here, overseeing the registration of the DeLand band captain, J. C. Bradley, right, at the Suwannee hotel. If I m0mmmmmmm0mmmm' 3 fif "38 -nil i Sj" 0 3 tacular, consisting chiefly of baton twirlers and band drills. Today's contestants will be limited to seven minutes each and the judges will determine winners in the following classes: Henry Fillmore, clarinets; Glenn C.

Bainum, drums, xylophones, drum ensembles, miscellaneous ensembles, solos; William D. Revelli, trombones, flutes, cornet quarters, trombone quartets, flute quartets, saxophone quartets, brass quartets; Clate W. Chen nette. baritones, alto saxophones, alto, tenor, baritone and bass saxophones, clarinet quartets; Col iari u. irons, cornets, fluegel-liorn, cornet trio, hrass sextet brass quintet; Harold Bachman, French horns, basses, oboes, bas soons.

French horn quartets, wood wind trios, woodwind auartets. wooowind quintets, arinet trios saxophone sextets. Bands are classified according to school enrollment and number of students in the bands ranges irom in the Orlando high school to 31 in Lake Plaeiri schnnl. Most of the bands have 50 or more members. ENDS STUDENT TRADE (U.R) For the first time in more than i quarter century Temple univer sity will not exchange students with European colleges this year No students, exchange or otherwise, will come from Europe be cause of the war and no students will be sent abroad for advanced study.

Pi I a I i. -11 1 1 rigni, are an arum majurciit-a DOGS LIKE DE LUXE POUND WATERTOWN, Mass. (U.R) Dog officer Samuel G. Thayer says the new municipal dog pound is so comfortable that the animals don't want to leave. Housing 12 dogs, the pound is equipped thermostatic controlled heating, electric lights and sanitary stalls.

'fit. JA' MMWlllMilM Stepping off the bus with her arms filled with bundles so necessary for that correct appearance upon the drill field is pretty Dixie Lee Vance, DeLand drum majorette. That isn't lettuce in her arms it's her shako. When the Andrew Jackson to the hotel they left their little old, to watch their luggage while Petersburg. ONIONS, NOT ORCHIDS Genevieve Kepler, in the foreground, is making sure she has everything while Jeanne Maxwell, right, is more concerned with getting off the bus as the DeLand band arrives at the Suwannee hotel.

J. C. Bradley seems to want his friends to get out of the bus so that they can look over the town. 2,000 Young Musicians Open State Band Contest Today ifljj fx of 1 1, i British Models Reach U. S.

Crave Food, Spurn Flowers "They can't do this to me," says charming Faye Hunter, Miami Edison high school cornet player, who is left with a man's hat, plenty of luggage and a disgusted look, while the other banr members are out enjoying themselves. 5 (Miami) high school band got mascot Irene Ehrlich, 10 years they went out to look over St. Maugham, a niece of the author W. Somerset Maugham. "It's a lovely thing," was the dreamy tribute of blond Rosemary Cross, a relative of Lord Willlngdon.

The onlv peril in their con voyed trip across the Atlantic about which the girl would talk was that inherent in the plentiful food aboard ship. They are terrified lest they have simultan eously paten themselves out of their clothes and their jobs. All the lovely models marie of British fabrics for the South African trade by such famous courturiers as Worth, Paquin, Molyneux, Norman Hartnell, Creed and Lachasse wese fitted to the mannequins' war-time chassis in London. All frankly moaned they had eaten like pigs and loved every bite of it on the long voyage over. "We haven't seen so much food in ages as there was on board that little ship," said vivacious Irene Brown.

"We had what would be a whole week's ration at home for a single meal. "We ate and ate and the stewards kept running bark to the kitchen for more. The dining room stewards used to watch us eat In amr.emrnt. Finally, one of them said, 'Miss, 'ow ever do yon keep yer girlish And I said, 'I'm More than 2,000 of Florida's; most promising young musicians -members of the 41 Florida high school bands here for the fifth annual Florida State School band contest will tune up their cornets, saxophones and other musical instruments this morning as they prepare to take part in the competitions that will be held at First Avenue Methodist church today and at Stewart field, senior high school, Friday and Saturday from 8 am. to 5 p.m.

Officials of the American Bandmasters' association will Judge these contests and the winners will receive medals as awards. Those who attain a first division rating will be eligible for participation in the national contest at Richmond, next month. It won't be an easy matter to pass these tests which will fall Into 10 classifications ranging from tone to intonation. Judges are to make their rec ommendations as to which divi sion first, second, third, fourth or fifth the contestant is eligi ble. While today's contests will be limited to soloists, the contests to morrow and Saturday will be for bands, baton twirlers and drills.

Permission will have to be procured to attend today's contests, but those on Friday and Saturday will be open to the public at 10 cents per person. The Saturday contents will be especially spec Pretty drum majorettes Betty Pearce, left, Elise Garret, center, and Jean Wardell, right all of Andrew Jackson high school, Miami take time out to compare notes on band leadership before registering at the Huntington hotel. By INEZ ROBB NEW YORK (INS) Glamor girls, beautiful and in full possession of their mental zippers, who prefer onions to orchids are something new in the female of the species. Yet such is the case history of 18 lovely English mannequins, each an indubitable chickadee, who arrived in New York yesterday. They are en route to South America on an official government mission to display English clothes, arouse interest in English fashions and prove that Britain not only delivers the goods but the girls.

"Orchids!" they cried scornfully and literally In chorus as they registered at a New York hotel yesterday. "We don't want orchids. We want onions! We haven't had any at home for months!" This uninhibited longing for onions on the part of such orchi daceous creatures even threw the press off its stride momentarily As for the girls, the hazards of crossing the submarine-infested. bomber-menaced north Atlantic in a convoy of slow, uncomfort able ships was instantly forgotten in the general rejoicing that followed assurance that the United States was a land flowing with milk and onions. "An onion Is like a jewel," lovingly crooned Cynthia After the long cramped trip from DeLand these junior members of the band relax with their favorite comic book.

Left to right are Edward Clarke, Arthur Borgh and Jimmy Madlin. not sure that I have, but I don't As for their first American meal in New York well, that was equal to two weeks' rations in tastiness. variety and with the precious onions to boot. The girls were torn between joy and terror at the prospect of 11 days in New York before they sail on their South American mission, duly chaperoned by British officials. They are jubilant at the chance to see New York, but horrified lest the food tempt them beyond their fast waning strength to resist anything edible.

Despite the tales of prodigious and continuous meals on board ship, the girls looked as slim, svelte and slat-modeled as do all English rotagravure duchesses. Three of them arrived in New York yesterday on board the Dutch freighter and passenger ship Bodegraven. The rest of the party came by train from Halifax, where their ship had docked. Nine of the 18 girls gave a "command performance" at Buck- ingham palace, showing the clothes to both King George VI and Queen Elizabeth. "We didn't know the king was to be present," one of the girls explained.

"But he seemed to enjoy the show just as much as the queen.".