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15 PRESTO-TIMES June, 1932 OBITUARY H. B. TREMAINE The sudden death of H. B. Trcmaine, head of the Aeolian Company and chairman of the board of directors of that great organization, was a shock to his friends and a great surprise to the trade at large. His passing was the result of a sudden attack of heart trouble and occurred at Washington, D. C, where he had gone, accompanied by his wife, to visit a daughter and son-in-law, Mr. and Mrs. Robert M. Kempton. Mr. Tremainc had been president of the Aeolian Company since 1898, succeeding his father, William R. Trcmaine, or, as known to his many friends, "Billy" Tremaine, at the time of the latter's death. Mr. Tremaine was born in Brooklyn and was sixty-five years of age. Mr. Tremainc and the Aeolian Company received many decorations from abroad, the first being the Order of Leopold and was made a Knight of the Order of Philip the Magnanimous by the King of Belgium. The next year the Pope made him a Knight of St. Gregory, and in 1926 he was made a Cavalier of the Order of the Crown of Italy. In 1927 he was made an Officer of the Legion of Honor, following a previous decoration of Chevalier in the same order. He was a member of the Union League Club of New York. Mr. Tremaine's home was in Pelham Manor, northeastern suburb of New York. He left the bulk of his estate to his widow, Mrs. Maude C. Tremaine. The estate is valued at more than $125,000. On her death, a daughter, Mrs. Ruth T. Swift, of Fairfield, Conn., will receive $20,000 in cash and onethird of the residue, while another daughter, Mrs. Dorothy T. Kempton, of Washington, will receive one-third of the residue. Henry C. Tremaine, a son, receives one-half of the clothing and one-half the jewelry, in addition to a $10,000 bequest on the death of his mother. Other relatives receive small contingent bequests. When Mr. Tremaine resigned the presidency of the Aeolian Company about two years ago to become chairman of the Board of Directors he was succeeded by W. H. Alfring, the present president of the Aeolian Company. Moore married Miss Elsie Warner of Chester. He is survived by his widow and five children and by two brothers. HOWARD B. MORENUS Howard B. Morenus, who passed away at his home in La Porte, Ind., May 22, had had a long career in the music trades and industries, having been connected with the Cable Company, and later with the Hobart M. Cable Company for many years. Leaving the Hobart M. Cable Company, when the business of the latter concern was rapidly declining two or three years ago he established a selling and distributing business of his own, supplying a piano made for him under the name Vogue. Mr. Morenus had been prominent in the music trade organizations pf the county and held official positions in several of these. Mr. Morenus had been a resident of La Porte for upwards of twenty years and had gained a prominent position socially and commercially in that city. He was a member of Masonic and Elk lodges in La Porte and of the La Porte Country Club. His body rests in Pine Lake Cemetery, La Porte. MRS. JOHN DAVENPORT The death is reported of Mrs. Davenport, widow of the late John Davenport of the former piano plate and later piano manufacturing firm of Davenport & Treacy. He who knows what he wants usually gets it. Pianos like people are known by their names. Good collectors keep the respect of good customers. The name is a good part of the instrument. Low prices can seldom be anything else. Low prices and high values are antagonistic. Tell facts and you tell the truth; truth wins. It's fair to sell them what they pay for. A good name is a great piano asset. A trade rule is little known, little sold. An agency that's successful is worth guarding. The name is a part of the piano's value. A good many towns and cities, locations of piano and other musical industries, were hit good and hard by bank and security failures during the past year and in some of these locations the music industries Joseph N. Courtade. Joseph N. Courtade, founder and president of the felt the shock more or less severely. In Rockford, 111., piano manufacturing firm of J. N. Courtade & Sons, for instance, where several bank failures took place, Inc., at 514-518 W. 24th street. New York, died at his the circulation of money was curtailed by several home in Youkers, N. Y., on May 7. He was 70 years million dollars, affecting thousands of depositors. In old. Mr, Courtade had been engaged in the piano a good many instances individuals connected with the music industries have been stockholders in disconbusiness at the same address for 43 years. tinued and failed banks. The death is announced of G. W. French of Ionia, Mich., who had been engaged in the music business for upwards of forty years. The business wrill be conducted by his son, Lyle French. THE LATE J. S. UNGER The death is announced of J. S. Unger, proprietor of Unger's Music House, Reading, Pa., which occurred last month. Mr. Unger had been in the music publishing business for many years and in his list of publications are found a goodly number of worthy pieces, both vocal and instrumental. Mr. Unger was a man of strict integrity, a hard worker, and his friends deplore his passing. HENRY A. DOLGE Henry A. Dolge, who passed away at Dolgeville, New York, a month ago, wTas a brother of the late Alfred Dolge, founder of Dolgeville. The late Henry A. Dolge was born in Leipzig, Germany, eighty-six years ago. He was a leader in many German-American societies and had been president of the Dolgeville Mannerchor. ERNST D. MOORE Ernst D. Moore, well known in piano action, key and ivory business, died at Chester, Conn., on June 4th. Mr. Moore was widely known as an ivory trader and was well acquainted in piano manufacturing centers. His latest business was located at Deep River, Conn. Mr. Moore lived for many years in Zanzibar, Africa, conducting an ivory business and carrying out the family tradition as representative of Arnold Cheney & Co. While residing in Africa he helped to entertain Theodore Roosevelt at Mombasa when the former President visited there on his African hunting trip aqd sent back the first photographs of Colonel Roosevelt from Africa, showing him riding on the pilot of a locomotive. In 1912 Mr. Moore returned to the United States to become secretary of Pratt, Read & Co. of Deep River, Conn., makers of actions. Later he became vice-president of the company. A year ago he retired because of the condition of his heart. 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