Son of John David and Elizabeth Belle (Thompson) Bader. Never married. Played trumpet in various circus bands, including Ringling Bros., Barnam & Bailey Circus Band.
Russell Albert Bader was born in West Lebanon, Indiana, on December 19, 1903, and played the trumpet while traveling with the Sells-Foto Circus and Ringling Brothers Circus.
When not traveling with the circus, he played in vaudeville orchestras.
He was a veteran of WWII, and played in the U.S. Army Band.
Russell died April 4, 1969, in Springfield, Ohio, where he was living. He is buried in Ferncliff Cemetery there.
! (Copied from the "Green Hill and Medina Township of Warren County, Indiana: An Historical View," 1986, by Vanda M. Wilson, publisher).
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Rusty Bader: A trumpet player who left high school in 1924 to play with the Sells-Foto Circus, Bader learned a bit about playing in range of charging elephants and how to escape from the Big Top when it blows over.
One of his most striking memories however, involved staring down a tiger while armed with nothing but a trumpet.
"(Bader) said he was playing close to the edge of the bandstand, which had some height to it, when he saw the leader motion to him to look down. He did, and found himself staring the escaped tiger right in the face. the cat had one foot on the stand.
"I was so scared I never quit playing," he said. "I blew my horn right in that cat's face. I was so scared it seemed like it was an hour."
He said the band was playing a "gallop" at the time, which is a particular kind of music that builds up excitement to match the action of an act.
! (Copied from an article entitled, "Playing vaudeville, the circus and silent films," in the Springfield News-Sun, Monday, November 19, 2001).
RUSSELL A. BADER
Russell Albert Bader, 58, of 212 W. Columbia st., onetime member of the Ringling Bros. Circus band, died at 7:50 p.m. Wednesday in Mercy Hospital following an illness of one week.
Together with his brother, Lewis, he joined the band of the Sells-Foto Circus. In 1923, Lewis took his trombone over to Ringling Bros. Circus, and when Russell heard of an opening for a trumpet player on the Ringling band, he also made the switch.
Russell came from a family of musicians. His father was once described as "one of the best square-dance fiddlers around the little Indiana town where he lived," and his mother was a piano teacher. All ten menbers of the family played some musical instrument.
A native of Williamsport, Ind., Russell was born Dec. 19, 1903, the son of John D. and Belle Thompson Bader.
He was a veteran of World War II and a member of Musicians Local, No. 160.
He was a clerk of the State Liquor Store No. 67, in Springfield.
Survivors are two sisters, Mrs. Glenn Leichner of Columbus and Mrs. James Fennessy of Springfield; and two brothers, John R. of Detroit and Lewis W. Bader of Springfield.
His body was taken to the Littleton funeral home where friends may call from 4 to 9 p.m. Friday.
! (Copied from the Springfield Daily News, April 5, 1962).
Russell Albert Bader was born in West Lebanon, Indiana, on December 19, 1903, and played the trumpet while traveling with the Sells-Foto Circus and Ringling Brothers Circus.
When not traveling with the circus, he played in vaudeville orchestras.
He was a veteran of WWII, and played in the U.S. Army Band.
Russell died April 4, 1969, in Springfield, Ohio, where he was living. He is buried in Ferncliff Cemetery there.
! (Copied from the "Green Hill and Medina Township of Warren County, Indiana: An Historical View," 1986, by Vanda M. Wilson, publisher).
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Rusty Bader: A trumpet player who left high school in 1924 to play with the Sells-Foto Circus, Bader learned a bit about playing in range of charging elephants and how to escape from the Big Top when it blows over.
One of his most striking memories however, involved staring down a tiger while armed with nothing but a trumpet.
"(Bader) said he was playing close to the edge of the bandstand, which had some height to it, when he saw the leader motion to him to look down. He did, and found himself staring the escaped tiger right in the face. the cat had one foot on the stand.
"I was so scared I never quit playing," he said. "I blew my horn right in that cat's face. I was so scared it seemed like it was an hour."
He said the band was playing a "gallop" at the time, which is a particular kind of music that builds up excitement to match the action of an act.
! (Copied from an article entitled, "Playing vaudeville, the circus and silent films," in the Springfield News-Sun, Monday, November 19, 2001).
RUSSELL A. BADER
Russell Albert Bader, 58, of 212 W. Columbia st., onetime member of the Ringling Bros. Circus band, died at 7:50 p.m. Wednesday in Mercy Hospital following an illness of one week.
Together with his brother, Lewis, he joined the band of the Sells-Foto Circus. In 1923, Lewis took his trombone over to Ringling Bros. Circus, and when Russell heard of an opening for a trumpet player on the Ringling band, he also made the switch.
Russell came from a family of musicians. His father was once described as "one of the best square-dance fiddlers around the little Indiana town where he lived," and his mother was a piano teacher. All ten menbers of the family played some musical instrument.
A native of Williamsport, Ind., Russell was born Dec. 19, 1903, the son of John D. and Belle Thompson Bader.
He was a veteran of World War II and a member of Musicians Local, No. 160.
He was a clerk of the State Liquor Store No. 67, in Springfield.
Survivors are two sisters, Mrs. Glenn Leichner of Columbus and Mrs. James Fennessy of Springfield; and two brothers, John R. of Detroit and Lewis W. Bader of Springfield.
His body was taken to the Littleton funeral home where friends may call from 4 to 9 p.m. Friday.
! (Copied from the Springfield Daily News, April 5, 1962).
Son of John David and Elizabeth Belle (Thompson) Bader. Never married. Played trumpet in various circus bands, including Ringling Bros., Barnam & Bailey Circus Band.
Russell Albert Bader was born in West Lebanon, Indiana, on December 19, 1903, and played the trumpet while traveling with the Sells-Foto Circus and Ringling Brothers Circus.
When not traveling with the circus, he played in vaudeville orchestras.
He was a veteran of WWII, and played in the U.S. Army Band.
Russell died April 4, 1969, in Springfield, Ohio, where he was living. He is buried in Ferncliff Cemetery there.
! (Copied from the "Green Hill and Medina Township of Warren County, Indiana: An Historical View," 1986, by Vanda M. Wilson, publisher).
!ARTICLE-
Rusty Bader: A trumpet player who left high school in 1924 to play with the Sells-Foto Circus, Bader learned a bit about playing in range of charging elephants and how to escape from the Big Top when it blows over.
One of his most striking memories however, involved staring down a tiger while armed with nothing but a trumpet.
"(Bader) said he was playing close to the edge of the bandstand, which had some height to it, when he saw the leader motion to him to look down. He did, and found himself staring the escaped tiger right in the face. the cat had one foot on the stand.
"I was so scared I never quit playing," he said. "I blew my horn right in that cat's face. I was so scared it seemed like it was an hour."
He said the band was playing a "gallop" at the time, which is a particular kind of music that builds up excitement to match the action of an act.
! (Copied from an article entitled, "Playing vaudeville, the circus and silent films," in the Springfield News-Sun, Monday, November 19, 2001).
RUSSELL A. BADER
Russell Albert Bader, 58, of 212 W. Columbia st., onetime member of the Ringling Bros. Circus band, died at 7:50 p.m. Wednesday in Mercy Hospital following an illness of one week.
Together with his brother, Lewis, he joined the band of the Sells-Foto Circus. In 1923, Lewis took his trombone over to Ringling Bros. Circus, and when Russell heard of an opening for a trumpet player on the Ringling band, he also made the switch.
Russell came from a family of musicians. His father was once described as "one of the best square-dance fiddlers around the little Indiana town where he lived," and his mother was a piano teacher. All ten menbers of the family played some musical instrument.
A native of Williamsport, Ind., Russell was born Dec. 19, 1903, the son of John D. and Belle Thompson Bader.
He was a veteran of World War II and a member of Musicians Local, No. 160.
He was a clerk of the State Liquor Store No. 67, in Springfield.
Survivors are two sisters, Mrs. Glenn Leichner of Columbus and Mrs. James Fennessy of Springfield; and two brothers, John R. of Detroit and Lewis W. Bader of Springfield.
His body was taken to the Littleton funeral home where friends may call from 4 to 9 p.m. Friday.
! (Copied from the Springfield Daily News, April 5, 1962).
Russell Albert Bader was born in West Lebanon, Indiana, on December 19, 1903, and played the trumpet while traveling with the Sells-Foto Circus and Ringling Brothers Circus.
When not traveling with the circus, he played in vaudeville orchestras.
He was a veteran of WWII, and played in the U.S. Army Band.
Russell died April 4, 1969, in Springfield, Ohio, where he was living. He is buried in Ferncliff Cemetery there.
! (Copied from the "Green Hill and Medina Township of Warren County, Indiana: An Historical View," 1986, by Vanda M. Wilson, publisher).
!ARTICLE-
Rusty Bader: A trumpet player who left high school in 1924 to play with the Sells-Foto Circus, Bader learned a bit about playing in range of charging elephants and how to escape from the Big Top when it blows over.
One of his most striking memories however, involved staring down a tiger while armed with nothing but a trumpet.
"(Bader) said he was playing close to the edge of the bandstand, which had some height to it, when he saw the leader motion to him to look down. He did, and found himself staring the escaped tiger right in the face. the cat had one foot on the stand.
"I was so scared I never quit playing," he said. "I blew my horn right in that cat's face. I was so scared it seemed like it was an hour."
He said the band was playing a "gallop" at the time, which is a particular kind of music that builds up excitement to match the action of an act.
! (Copied from an article entitled, "Playing vaudeville, the circus and silent films," in the Springfield News-Sun, Monday, November 19, 2001).
RUSSELL A. BADER
Russell Albert Bader, 58, of 212 W. Columbia st., onetime member of the Ringling Bros. Circus band, died at 7:50 p.m. Wednesday in Mercy Hospital following an illness of one week.
Together with his brother, Lewis, he joined the band of the Sells-Foto Circus. In 1923, Lewis took his trombone over to Ringling Bros. Circus, and when Russell heard of an opening for a trumpet player on the Ringling band, he also made the switch.
Russell came from a family of musicians. His father was once described as "one of the best square-dance fiddlers around the little Indiana town where he lived," and his mother was a piano teacher. All ten menbers of the family played some musical instrument.
A native of Williamsport, Ind., Russell was born Dec. 19, 1903, the son of John D. and Belle Thompson Bader.
He was a veteran of World War II and a member of Musicians Local, No. 160.
He was a clerk of the State Liquor Store No. 67, in Springfield.
Survivors are two sisters, Mrs. Glenn Leichner of Columbus and Mrs. James Fennessy of Springfield; and two brothers, John R. of Detroit and Lewis W. Bader of Springfield.
His body was taken to the Littleton funeral home where friends may call from 4 to 9 p.m. Friday.
! (Copied from the Springfield Daily News, April 5, 1962).
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