Handbook N-P - Fulton County Public Library

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All, with the exception of Nobby True, have long since joined the “Invisible Chorus,” but
the memory of their rich, rare voices, the old songs they sang - - good fellows - - all, still linger
with those who have time to remember.
[The News-Sentinel, Tuesday, January 29, 1935]
OLD TIME DANCE TRIO [Fulton County]
OLD TIME TRIO
The Old Time Trio of this city composed of ALSPACH, LOUGH and ALSPACH will be
on the air from the Culver Military Academy station next Wednesday night. The programs of the
local trio have received many compliments from radio listeners.
[The News-Sentinel, Rochester, Indiana, Saturday, March 24, 1928]
The trio, composed of ALSPACH BROTHERS of Leiters Ford, and Reed LOUGH, who
have delighted listeners on numerous occasions, will broadcast a group of old time melodies
tonight at eight o’clock from station WCMA at Culver.
[The News-Sentinel, Rochester, Indiana, Wednesday, May 16, 1928]
The Old Time Dance Trio of this city composed of Alspach, Lough and Alspach have
signed a contract to broadcast from station WSBT, the South Bend Tribune station on the evening
of June 14. The local dance trio have been on the air on several occasions from the station at
Culver Military Academy.
[The News-Sentinel, Rochester, Indiana, Friday, June 8, 1928]
The Old Time Dance Trio of this city, composed of Milton ALSPACH, Reid LOUGH
and Aaron ALSPACH, were again on the air Thursday night from South Bend Tribune station.
The trio has been asked to return to So Bend on the evening of July 13.
[The News-Sentinel, Rochester, Indiana, Friday, July 6, 1928]
ON AIR TONIGHT
The Old Time Trio composed of Alspach, Lough and Alspach will be on the air tonight
(Friday) from station WSBT of South Bend. The local men will be on the air for 30 minutes,
starting at 9 o’clock. During the past few months the Old Tme Trio has appeared on the programs
of a number of broadcasting stations in the middle west.
[The News-Sentinel, Friday, May 2, 1930]
STATION WCMA IS ON THE AIR WITH FINE PROGRAMS
Station WCMA at Culver Academy is again on the air. A regular feature on every
Monday, Wednesday and Friday from 3 to 3:30 p.m. is the Old Time Trio composed of Alspach,
Lough and Alspach of Leiters Ford. Every Saturday afternoon at 2 o’clock the editor of the
Culver Citizen will give a feature to be entitled “The Newspaper of the Air”. Interesting bits of
news from towns in Fulton, Pulaski, Starke, St. Joseph, Cass, Kosciusko and Marshall counties
will be broadcast. WCMA can be gotten at about 5 on the dial.
[The News-Sentinel, Friday, September 5, 1930]
OLIVE BETHEL NEIGHBORHOOD [---?--- Township]
Located NE of Rochester.
OLIVE BRANCH QUARTET [Liberty Township] [?]
My father [Guy Nellans] played the fiddle and sang for many years with the Olive
Branch Quartet. This was composed of Clyde Champ, Lawrence Hendrickson, Guy Nellans and
Lee Pownall. They usually practiced at our house as my mother [Bertha Nellans] played the piano
for them to sing.