Item 13212info Aroostook County Historical and Art Museum
After World War I, entertainment shifted with the private automobile, radio, and phonograph records becoming more available.
Musicians found fewer jobs available. Even though many community bands continued, vaudeville, amusement parks and similar entertainments began to disappear.
The Houlton Community Band on Market Square on August 28, 1924.
Members of the band included Allie G. Merritt, Walter Melvin, Bert Wetmore, Sam Esters, Arthur McElevee, Emmons Robinson, Elrood Fartley, Harry Tilley, Clifford Wetmore, Cecil Stone, Earl Stone, Wilson and Don Movers.
