Thirty years ago a baseball team made up of employes from Marshall Field's, No.1 Chicago department store, wound up its season with a deficit. Great was the stew among Marshall Fielders until William Burnell Towsley came forth with a suggestion. Mr. Towsley liked to exercise his resounding bass voice. He knew other Marshall Field employes who sang, suggested a Marshall Field Choral Society which might give a concert, raise funds to clear another baseball season. The Marshall Field baseball team has long been forgotten. The Marshall Field & Company Choral Society gave its 30th annual concert last week as an established...
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