Waco Tribune-Herald from Waco, Texas • 47

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Here they are ma gay rmr un' ilim Modern 4 Pc Mctcl Dresser Set car Pathe News made a movie of them Victor unable to read a note nevertheless seemed to study the score on a stand before him and led impressively Jacques Abram of Houston now a noted concert pianist here and abroad and Victor were five years old at the same time Jacques became the Baby first accompanist but his engage ment was short lived He not the simplicity of the repertoire said so in no uncertain terms With dignity and the understand ing of one musical temperament for another Victor said Jack Some day when con ductor of a really big orchestra invite you to be my guest As young men both boys lived up to this prediction Alessandro as conductor of the Oklahoma City Symphony Orchestra had Jacques Abram as guest artist A great moment in career of the Baby Band was its date to play for the noted conductor John Philip Sousa after his band had played a concert in Houston By that time most of the min iature musicians were asleep but on command of their leader they awoke came unsteadily on stage and gave music One of them Mildred Watson now a Houston newspaper woman dis concerted Conductor Alessandro by laying her instrument a tri angle on the floor drinking from her bottle of milk She exchanged them in time to get in on the number's end Sousa shook hand pre dicted a great future for the tiny band man as a director This 1 1 Pc Lyric Gift Manicure Set Smart Santas Give Gift Chocolates Turbo blower cooling Bright 300 watt bulb General Electric Alarm Clocks Choice of many styles Look far more costly the San Antonio symphony or Non tip 3 legged base One year guarantee ancy Alarm Clock for Her Big 50mm :28 Cintagon lens makes color slides a snap! 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Outfit includes the new Mansfield Holiday 8mm Turrett Movie camera complete with extra bright 500 watt matched Bell Howell projector movie lightbar with two photofloods 50 foot roll of in door color film big 30x40" tripod screen and even a cartoon film ready for showing A perfect Christmas gift to capture hoppy moments to remember Argus C44 35mm Camera with flash and case Tower Slide Prosector With Automatic Changer rwm i uaianco iniowiaiu Waco Texas Page II A thrifty Tf Designed for efficient effncllest shaving Streamlined shape Su perior cutting heads 1 for legs 1 lor arms By V1KGIMA PLUNKETT Trtbune Ilernkl Staff Wacoans find the name tor strangely fa miliar This afternoon Victor Alessandro Jr will direct San Antonio Symphony of which he is conductor for the stage production of the three act fairy opera "Hansel and Gretel" He was born in Waco His father directed a band here moved to Houston a little while after Victor was born and Ales ennrim tbn TTmtelnn an city school band His mother was formerly Josephine Kemcndo of Waco She was one of a family of boys and girls born to the late Mr and Mrs Kemendo who lived on South Eighth in a cottage still standing near Clay Avenue One of her sisters Mary now Mrs Howard Weeks still lives here Another Marguerite Kemendo Se ville lived here for years is now a Houston resident Another sis ter Jenny now Mrs rank Scanio and a brother Charley Kemendo live in Temple Victor Alessandro Sr' and his' musicians used to give concerts Sunday afternoons in Cameron Park They also played nearer his home in South Waco when family groups gathered in the old Eighth Street Park at Connor to hear his concerts from a band stand in the center of the park Baylor University has overflowed into the park now and has filled its once wooded slopes down to Waco Creek with classrooms and temporary laboratory structures We made the acquaintance of i 'Victor Jr when our grand mother the late Mrs Martin was head of irst Meth odist Church depart remark seemed the beginning of ment Houston She organized and trained 36 youngsters ages three to six into a Baby Band She began to look tor a small but compe tent At a performance of Handel's under direction of the late Ellison Van Hoose the Vici tor sa in front of her with their son Victor Jr When the performance began the baby boy because all he was nearly invisible above the back of his seat began to keep time to the music He used his father's pencil as a baton kept faultless time and in his own mind at least directed the pro duction Our grandmother knew she she had found her conductor She introduced herself to his parents secured their infant services Her miniature musicians wore Vblnof rimmnri hifa nnitarmc with buttons They were adept accompaniment led by himself on drums bird whistles tam bourines cymbals triangles They flutist They make their home in Played at imnortant Houston events went through chestra was formerly first chair the state in a special railroad that city 499v I Usually 88 3495 Jfei Tax Japanese binoculars lor hunting fall and winter sports! 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