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VOLUME XIII NUMBER 3-MARCH, 1954 ® DEVOTED TO THE INTERESTS OF BARBER SHOP QUARTET HARMONY DIN'T MISS.•. THE MOST EXCITING BARBERSHOP ALBUM EVER! "BARBERSHOP INNE S"-. rtt4<J: TWO GREAT ALBUMS BY... THE BUFFALO BILLS "BARBERSHOP GEMS": OL 5361-$3.00 • 9·271-$3.75 • A-882-$4.15 t~\ "BARBERSHOP FAVORITES": OL 5494-$3.00 • EO·551-$2.80 0a.\.t ,,0" Albvm Key: "Dl"-long Ploy 33~S RPM Record,; "ED"-.015 RPM Extended Ploy Record,; v ",0 "9·"-45 RPM Recordl; "A"-78 RPM Record1. ,,~~- (ong Ploy Pricer include Fed. Excise TOj{; 78 & .015 RPM PriceJ do nol include Fed., Stote or local To..-es, .~ ~ ..~ A TREASURY OF HOME ENTERTAINMENT PRINTED IN U.S.A. International VOLUME XlII March, 1954 NUMBER 3 lvIagazine Committee In This Issue Walter Jay Stevens CllOfrmun MINNEAPOLIS REPORT........................................ 3 F. C. Armstrong PRESIDENTIAL COMMENTARY. ........ .. ....•........... .. .. .. 8 Robert M. Hockenbrough Bud Jackson THE WAY I SEE IT............................................. 9 Harley S. Miller HElm's WILSON 10 Robert H. Breunig. Jr. WASHINGTON PREVUE 12 Ediror SUAHING THE WEALTH 16 F. Stirling Wilson WOODSHED ANTICS ..................................•... 18 Robert M. Hockenbrough Deac Martin COUHSE FOR THE DAYS AHEAD . 20 Bud Arberg LRP-DIAGRAM FOR PHOGRESS 22 Charles M. Merrill Sigmund Spaeth THE OLD SONGSTERS 24 J. George O'Brien IMPORTANT EXECUTIVE DECiSIONS 26 Robert G. Hafer Donald I. Dobson DO YOU REMEMBER? 28 Contributing Editors NEWS ABOUT QUARTETS 30 IfHhRM@NIZElR I QUARTET REGISTRY 34 MID·WINTER STun PENCIL 44 SWIPE SWAP SHOP 54 COMING EVENTS ..........•..........•........•..........•..... 55 NEW CHAPTERS 56 .-ll..........._~ THE COVER Professional artist Don Wootton ere.lted the M.uch THE HARr.",0NIZER is the official publication of the Society for the Prrscrvation and cover for The Harmonizer. Encouragement of Barber Shop Quartet Singing in Americ.\, Inc. It is published quarterly in This vigorous pirce of March. June. September and December at International Hc.ldquarters, 20619 Fcnkell Ave.. graphic aft will bl' used Detroit 23, Michigan. and entered as second-class matter <'It the post office at Detroit, Michigan, to illustr,ltc the 1954 can under the Act of March 3,1879. Editorial and Advertising offices He at International Head venlion program. Four quarters. Notice of change of ;lddrcss should be submitted to the editorial ollices of THE colors arc lIsl'd to reproduce HARMONIZER at least thirty da}'s bdore the next publication d.lte. Subscription price is the work. 52,00 yearly and 5.50 an issue, Executive Officers of THE SOCIETY FOR THE PRESERVATION AND ENCOURAGEIVIENT OF BARBER SHOP QUARTET SINGING IN AlVIERICA, INC. Founded by the /Me, belovell, O. C. Cash, Tulsa, Ok/ahoma INTERNATIONAL OFFICERS 1953·54 President , ,., ,' JOHN Z. :MEANS, 832 Lincoln Blvd., Manitowoc, \Vi5C0I18il1 (General Superintendent, Eddy Paper Corporation) Immediate Past President EDWIN S. SMITH, 1310 So. Wayne Rd., Box 431, Wayne, Miehigan (Presidellt, Edwin S. Smith, Inc.) First Viee·President BERNEY SlMNER, 1708 Olive St., St. Lonis 3, Missonri (District l\fana~el', Acme Visible Records, Inc.) Second Vice-President ,, .. , DEAN SNYDER, 7 Hunting Cove, Alexandria, Virginia (U. S. Govemment Official) Treasnrer RAYMOND C. NIBLO, 31'£1 Floor, Hnhhell Bldg., Des Moines, Iowa (Home Office Representative, Aetna Life Insurance Co.) INTERNATIONAL OFFICE: 20619 Fenkell Avenne Detroit 23, Michigan KEnwood 2·8300 Robert G. Hafer Donald I. Dobson fntcl'llational Secrelar)' Associat€'{ International Secreta!'y BOARD OF DIRECTORS Term Expiring June 30, 1955 Term Expiring June 30,1954 PAUL F. DePAOLIS, 150 Long Acre Road, Rochester F. C. ARMSTRONG, ll29 Logan Ave., S. E. '\'i'arren, 21, N. Y. (Chemical Engineer, Eastman Kodak Co.) Ohio (Armstrong Motor Sales) DR. PAUL C. HARTIG, 302 Donaldson Bldg., Min. ROWLAND F. DAVIS, Room 1757, 195 Broadwa)', neapolis 2, Minn. (Dentist) N. Y.,N. Y. (Amel'icHn Telephone & Telegraph Co.) FRANK A. GRAHAM, J asper, Oregon (Saw Mill HARLEY S. MILLER, P. O. Box 1391, Planl City, Florida (Altorne)') OmICr) WM. P. HINCKLEY, 256 Lowell Street, Reading, HOWARD D. TUBBS, 16534 Greenview, Detroit 19, Mass. (Supervisor, Field Sales Engincering, North· .Mich. (Construction Enginccr, C & 0 Railway) east Division, Cherry-Bnnen Corp.) REEDIE A. WRIGHT, 3787 Mountain View Ave., JAMES S. MARTIN, 12122 Riehard Ave., Palos Pasadena 10, Calif. (Kraft Foods Co.) Heights, Illinois (Presidcnt, James ~fartil.l Co.) DISTRICT PRESIDENTS Centl'lll States GEORGE H. WILLIAMS, 1520 Grand, Spencer, Iowa Dixie MERTON H. BARRETT, 1817 Union St. So., St. Petershurg, Fla. Evergreen , .. ,, ,, ,\,\'ELDON SLOAN, 384 S. Vi. Fairmont St., Beaverton, Orc. Far Westel'J1 G. MARVIN BROWER, 1403 Washiugton Ave., Santa Monica, Calif. Illinois . CHARLES HECKING, 3507 N. Walcott Ave., Chieago 13, Ill. Indiana-Keutueky ..........•..... GLEN A. REID, 511 Erie Ave., Logansport, Ind. Johuuy Appleseed R. TRACY EVANS, 221 13th St., Parkershnrg, W. Va. Land O'Lakes..... .. ALLAN KAPITZKE, P. O. Box 631, Oshkosh, Wis. Miehigau CLARENCE L. JALVING, c/o People's State Bank, Holland, Mich. Mid-Atlantic JOHN SALIN, Hotel Wentworth, 59 W. 46th St., New York 19, N. Y. Norlheastern CHARLES F. RICKETTS, P. O. Box 186, Edgewood Sta., Providence 5, R. I. Ontario WU. S. ("Sian") HUTSON, 79 MeLaughlin Blvd., Oshawa, Ont. Seneea Land... ............ JERID STINE, 131 Steuhen St., Painted Post, N. Y. Sonthwestern . .•.. ..JOSEPH E. LEWIS, 2912 Gaston Ave., Dallas, Texas The Weather Was Cold But The Spirit Warm And Willing \"'\;'hcn the Society "Mid-\Vintcl' i\Iccting convened, After the Housc of Delegates mceting, the atmo· i'\'[jullcapolis was held tightly in a grip of frigid ail'. At sphere hecame morc relaxed. Business meetings had headquarters, howeYer, the rooms and meeting halls been complctcd. Thc 1I.I01'e than 400 harbershoppers generated energy to wanll the city. and their ladies now looked forward 10 good enter· tainment and much fine singing. The Nicollet Hotel was the principal stamping grounds for tlte faithful. First day of the three-day CRAFT CLINIC DRAWS WELL Convention (Januar), 15.17) was mostly taken up But one picce of hnporlant husiness still remained, with the serious husiness at hanel. The Executive Com The QSubu..ban Chapte.. of La Grange played a hand lllittec mctlong hours in an eleventh floor suite. Down ful of aces. "lith Dick Svanoe as modcrator and the stairs, at tlte regislration tahles, registrants were still BARBER-Q FOUH. as demonstrators, thc mixed audio alTiviug from airports and rail stations. cncc learned sOllie of the fundamentals of barbershop That evening, the Interuational Boaru convened. music. The entire session was l'ccorded hy a profcs. Highlights of their deliheration appeal' all page 27. sional recording finn for possible training purposes. A quartet clinic WIlS held at the same time, chair An elaborate dinucr in the hotel's finest dining manned hy Dick Svanoe. Among thc quartets appear· ing befo..e the panel of jndges we..e the BARBER-Q room preceded the parade. Chartercd busses trans FOUR of lhe Q Snbnl'l,an Chapte.., La Gmnge, Illi ported the celebrants through sub.freczing tempera tures to giant Northrup AuditoriuUJ on thc University nois; the CUlTcnt U. S. Air Forcc champions, the RIP of Minnesota campns. CHORDS of Lammie, Wyoming; the LAKEAIRES and a hrand ncw college lluarlet from the local l\'lin The l\Iinncapolis Chaptcr and thc Hearl Hospital of neapolis Chaptcr. the University Medical School have enjoyed for scv eral years, a close association of support and good will. An estimatcd 100 pel'sons jammcd the parlor to at The procceds of the Chapter's Annual Parade of lend the clinic. Thc judges did not disappoint them Quartets arc applied to the purchase of heart research -thcir cOlllments wcre spiced with wisdonl and wit. equipmenl for the hospital. The show is presented Judges were: JClT)' Bcelcr, Frank Thorne, Bud Lcaho jointly hy the local Chaptel' and thc University. and :l\'Ial't)' :i\'Iendro. That Saturday there were two shows: A matinee LRP CONFERENCE lItlended hy thc employees of the :i\linncapolis.Honcy. Early ncxt morning, before those attcnding Frida)' wen Company; and an evcning performance for thc night's Board iHecting had a chance to recoup their gcneral public and for the special gucsts of the Chap. strength, the President's Confcrcnce on Long Rangc tcr, the registrants of the .Mid·"'\'\Tintel' ~'Iccting. Both Planning convened. International Second Vice-Presi. performances were SRO. dent Dcan Snyder prcsided beforc another packed house. There is little douht that this investigative ONLY PAHADE AND MET SRO phase of the Societ),'s activities has now COlne iuto its An interesliug insight into the interest which bar own. bershop harmon)' holds for the residents of the upper Midwest, is the Iael that only the Annual Parade of At nOOn of that Saturday, the ladics were invited to Quartets and the l\Ietropolitan Opera Company rcgu· a lUllcheon in the private dining room of a local dc· larly sell out the house. partment storc. Thcy attcnded en masse and wcrc .pl'esented with miniature orchids and hottles of hand The moment thc stage curtain was raised, the audio lotion. Fashionltblc SlImlllcr cottons were modcled. encc knew it was 10 be a wonderful evening, The nuditOl'iuID, whieh seals approximately 5,000 pel'sons, The House of Delcgatcs Illct a Judf hour latcr for was packed. The slaging was perfect, thc lighting un· their legislativc actions. International Secretar}' Boh usual, the nalTution excellent and thc performances, Hufer presentcd II kCYllote addrcss and thc l\Iayor of flawless. :Many dcscribed thc show as onc of the bcst Minneapolis, Erie Hoycr, formally welcomcd the mem presented anywhere in harhershopdoltl. bers to his cit)' with some excursions into mailers of jails and pm-king fines. Continued on pctge 6 THE HARMONIZER-MARCH, 1954 Seconds before the cur tuin is raised to begin the Parade, t.l,e chorus is given final ;"strllc tio"s.