RARE HONOR
Jones' Talent for His Hobby Wins Him Election to ASCAP
WHEN A MAN, through a hobby, succeeds in attaining the highest honors so avidly sought by those who make that field their life work —that is news!
But that is exactly what Heywood S. Jones 'l5, of Bangor, Maine, accomplished in the realm of music, when he was re- cently elected to membership in the ex- clusive American Society of Composers, Authors and Publishers of New York— one of a negligible number of such mem- bers in his native State of Maine.
You see, Jones is the head of a lucrative century-old fish business in Maine, where folks know their fish as in no other place in the world. From grandsires. down to the present owner, the firm, has held a high place in that far-north Maine metropolis which for years has been famous for send- ing the first-caught Penobscot salmon to the President of the United States.
But music is his hobby, his love, his life— and. he has been able to advance his talents, first apparent at the age of 10 when he be- came a master of piano and violin and or- ganized a grammar school orchestra. While a freshman in Bangor High School he started the career of writing music which has continued until today.
Some of his best compositions include "Libertas March," "On the Way March," "Hot Sands March" (dedicated as the name indicates to the Shrine, of which he is a member), "Right in Step March," "At the Circus," a descriptive novelty overture; "Gipsy Carnival," a descriptive tone picture with vocal and band accompaniment; and high school songs for schools in Bangor and Brewer, Maine; Fitch High School in Conn.; West Springfield (Mass.) High School, and likewise the high schools of Rumford and Bar Harbor in Maine.
"At the Circus" was played by the United States Marine Band in forty states on their last concert tour, and this famous band has, in its concerts over the National Broadcasting System, used Jones's compositions in toto.
No ghost writer is in this picture; for in all his compositions, Jones alone is the author of both words and music, and since his original arranger died, he has likewise done all his own arranging. Band music is his particular forte—the stirring strains of his band music are familiar to musicians everywhere.
His directorates and memberships are countless, but include Assistant Director of the Shrine Band of Bangor; founder and for four years Director of the American Legion Boys' Band of Bangor; member of the Bangor Symphony Orchestra and of the Bangor Band; and member of the Board of Directors of the New England Music Camp at Oakland, Maine. His publishers are the leading music publishers of the country.
Coming to Dartmouth in the fall of 1911 from Phillips Andover Academy with a fine football reputation, he at once became a member of the 1915 freshman football team, but before finishing his course at college it was necessary for him to return to Bangor to take up the family business. In college he was a member of Delta Kappa Epsilon. He is a past president of the Kiwanis Club of Bangor; a 25-year member of James W. William Post of the American Legion of Bangor and a 32nd degree Mason.
When he sleeps is a mystery; his days are filled with his own personal business affairs so that all of his writing of music must come at night—still further indication of the truly remarkable achievements he has been able to attain in his beloved hobby.
HEYWOOD S. JONES '15
