Birth and death dates and locations, mother's maiden name Bond, from California Death Index Records.
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The Chico Enterprise-Record (Chico, California) 05 Mar 1952, Wednesday Page 1: Former Prominent Bank Leader Dies At Home in Chico. Frank L. (Dick) Adamson, former dance band leader, died Tuesday evening at his home on East 11th Street of a heart condition.
He had never fully regained his health since being interned in a Santo Tomas prison camp in the Philippines by the Japanese during World War II.
He was born in Chico, May 8, 1895. He graduated from the public schools here and his musical talents were recognized at an early period. He was drummer boy in a school band in the second grade of grammar school and later in life had mastered every wind instrument used in the modern dance band.
While a youngster he went to San Francisco and played in the orchestra in the Paramount Theater there. He later returned to Chico and organized a dance band here. He had a band in Seattle for a few years.
Adamson played with several top national bands, including those of Paul Whiteman and Phil Harris.
Returning to San Francisco he organized and furnished band for the Matson Steamship Line for several years. He led the dance orchestra on the SS Maloa for a year before going to China and Japan where he furnished bands for several of the larger hotels.
He organized the first jazz band in Japan with all Japanese musicians. He later went to India and was leader of the dance orchestra at the “Adelphi Roof Garden,” a famous rendezvous for American and European tourists in Singapore.
In 1931 he was married to Sybil Symons in Shanghai, China. When the Japanese invaded the Philippines he was with the US Army Quartermaster corps and both he and his wife were imprisoned in the Santo Tomas Camp, where they spent 38 months. He never regained his health. He returned to the US in 1945.
He enlisted in the US Navy in San Francisco in 1918 and served during World War I, as Musician First Class. He was a member of Chico Post No. 17, The American Legion.
Besides his wife, Sybil, he is survived by three sisters, Mrs. Bertha Curry, Mrs. Maude Eames and Mrs. Pearl Hardy, all of Chico, and several nieces and nephews. Interment will be in the Chico Cemetery.
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The Chico Enterprise-Record (Chico, California) 05 Mar 1952, Wednesday Page 1: Former Prominent Bank Leader Dies At Home in Chico. Frank L. (Dick) Adamson, former dance band leader, died Tuesday evening at his home on East 11th Street of a heart condition.
He had never fully regained his health since being interned in a Santo Tomas prison camp in the Philippines by the Japanese during World War II.
He was born in Chico, May 8, 1895. He graduated from the public schools here and his musical talents were recognized at an early period. He was drummer boy in a school band in the second grade of grammar school and later in life had mastered every wind instrument used in the modern dance band.
While a youngster he went to San Francisco and played in the orchestra in the Paramount Theater there. He later returned to Chico and organized a dance band here. He had a band in Seattle for a few years.
Adamson played with several top national bands, including those of Paul Whiteman and Phil Harris.
Returning to San Francisco he organized and furnished band for the Matson Steamship Line for several years. He led the dance orchestra on the SS Maloa for a year before going to China and Japan where he furnished bands for several of the larger hotels.
He organized the first jazz band in Japan with all Japanese musicians. He later went to India and was leader of the dance orchestra at the “Adelphi Roof Garden,” a famous rendezvous for American and European tourists in Singapore.
In 1931 he was married to Sybil Symons in Shanghai, China. When the Japanese invaded the Philippines he was with the US Army Quartermaster corps and both he and his wife were imprisoned in the Santo Tomas Camp, where they spent 38 months. He never regained his health. He returned to the US in 1945.
He enlisted in the US Navy in San Francisco in 1918 and served during World War I, as Musician First Class. He was a member of Chico Post No. 17, The American Legion.
Besides his wife, Sybil, he is survived by three sisters, Mrs. Bertha Curry, Mrs. Maude Eames and Mrs. Pearl Hardy, all of Chico, and several nieces and nephews. Interment will be in the Chico Cemetery.
Birth and death dates and locations, mother's maiden name Bond, from California Death Index Records.
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The Chico Enterprise-Record (Chico, California) 05 Mar 1952, Wednesday Page 1: Former Prominent Bank Leader Dies At Home in Chico. Frank L. (Dick) Adamson, former dance band leader, died Tuesday evening at his home on East 11th Street of a heart condition.
He had never fully regained his health since being interned in a Santo Tomas prison camp in the Philippines by the Japanese during World War II.
He was born in Chico, May 8, 1895. He graduated from the public schools here and his musical talents were recognized at an early period. He was drummer boy in a school band in the second grade of grammar school and later in life had mastered every wind instrument used in the modern dance band.
While a youngster he went to San Francisco and played in the orchestra in the Paramount Theater there. He later returned to Chico and organized a dance band here. He had a band in Seattle for a few years.
Adamson played with several top national bands, including those of Paul Whiteman and Phil Harris.
Returning to San Francisco he organized and furnished band for the Matson Steamship Line for several years. He led the dance orchestra on the SS Maloa for a year before going to China and Japan where he furnished bands for several of the larger hotels.
He organized the first jazz band in Japan with all Japanese musicians. He later went to India and was leader of the dance orchestra at the “Adelphi Roof Garden,” a famous rendezvous for American and European tourists in Singapore.
In 1931 he was married to Sybil Symons in Shanghai, China. When the Japanese invaded the Philippines he was with the US Army Quartermaster corps and both he and his wife were imprisoned in the Santo Tomas Camp, where they spent 38 months. He never regained his health. He returned to the US in 1945.
He enlisted in the US Navy in San Francisco in 1918 and served during World War I, as Musician First Class. He was a member of Chico Post No. 17, The American Legion.
Besides his wife, Sybil, he is survived by three sisters, Mrs. Bertha Curry, Mrs. Maude Eames and Mrs. Pearl Hardy, all of Chico, and several nieces and nephews. Interment will be in the Chico Cemetery.
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The Chico Enterprise-Record (Chico, California) 05 Mar 1952, Wednesday Page 1: Former Prominent Bank Leader Dies At Home in Chico. Frank L. (Dick) Adamson, former dance band leader, died Tuesday evening at his home on East 11th Street of a heart condition.
He had never fully regained his health since being interned in a Santo Tomas prison camp in the Philippines by the Japanese during World War II.
He was born in Chico, May 8, 1895. He graduated from the public schools here and his musical talents were recognized at an early period. He was drummer boy in a school band in the second grade of grammar school and later in life had mastered every wind instrument used in the modern dance band.
While a youngster he went to San Francisco and played in the orchestra in the Paramount Theater there. He later returned to Chico and organized a dance band here. He had a band in Seattle for a few years.
Adamson played with several top national bands, including those of Paul Whiteman and Phil Harris.
Returning to San Francisco he organized and furnished band for the Matson Steamship Line for several years. He led the dance orchestra on the SS Maloa for a year before going to China and Japan where he furnished bands for several of the larger hotels.
He organized the first jazz band in Japan with all Japanese musicians. He later went to India and was leader of the dance orchestra at the “Adelphi Roof Garden,” a famous rendezvous for American and European tourists in Singapore.
In 1931 he was married to Sybil Symons in Shanghai, China. When the Japanese invaded the Philippines he was with the US Army Quartermaster corps and both he and his wife were imprisoned in the Santo Tomas Camp, where they spent 38 months. He never regained his health. He returned to the US in 1945.
He enlisted in the US Navy in San Francisco in 1918 and served during World War I, as Musician First Class. He was a member of Chico Post No. 17, The American Legion.
Besides his wife, Sybil, he is survived by three sisters, Mrs. Bertha Curry, Mrs. Maude Eames and Mrs. Pearl Hardy, all of Chico, and several nieces and nephews. Interment will be in the Chico Cemetery.
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