SEPTEMBER 2016 VOLUME 7 • ISSUE NO. 8

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TOLEDO CLUB OFFICERS PRESIDENT Aaron Swiggum Manager’sMESSAGE VICE PRESIDENT Brett Seymour TREASURER Roger Parker, General Manager Greg Wagoner SECRETARY 419-254-2988 • [email protected] Rebecca Shope

TOLEDO CLUB STAFF ADMINISTRATION Roger Parker, General Manager 419-254-2988 [email protected] Dawn Miller, Executive Assistant 419-254-2980 [email protected] FOOD & BEVERAGE SERVICE To all members, welcome back to the September Theresa Carroll, Catering Manager opening of The Toledo Club. I hope that everyone 419-254-2981 [email protected] had a safe and enjoyable summer. Ed Mackiewicz, Food and Beverage Director [email protected] With the September re-opening, there are several Mike Goodson, Executive Chef 419-243-2200 ext. 2964 [email protected] exciting events and Club happenings planned. Charlotte Hall Here’s a glimpse at just the first week. Concierge and Member Relations Manager FACILITY We start the opening week with First Tuesday. The Chef is planning a spectacular late summer Mark Hoffman, Facilities Manager menu and the members will begin the evening with cocktails and hors d’oeuvres in the lobby 419-243-2200 around the newly repaired grandfather clock … thank you Bob Bettinger! MEMBERSHIP Russ Wozniak, Membership Director 419-254-2997 [email protected] On Friday of the opening week, we have the Club’s annual Party in the Parking Lot, featuring ACCOUNTING several local food trucks and musical offerings, Jazz in the Red Room with Candace Coleman Joe Monks, Finance Director and Chris Brown, Rodney Parker and Liberty Beach, and our feature act, Hotel California! See 419-254-2970 [email protected] you in the lot – it will be a blast! Dawn Miller, Accounting Analyst 419-254-2996 [email protected] This is just the start of what will be an exciting fall schedule of events. Besides all these events, ATHLETIC John Seidel, Director/Squash Pro we’re looking forward to seeing members visit the various outlets in the Club. Look for special 419-254-2962 [email protected] menu changes and a special once-a-month Monday offering by the ZIP group in the Main Dining Charissa Marconi, Fitness and Aquatics Director Room. Enjoy a new bistro menu and drink specials in the Tavern, and join in with the five- 419-254-2990 [email protected] SECURITY o’clock-after-work crowd in the Oak Room. These areas are back to their normally scheduled David Rainey, Operations Manager hours. Please see the Club calendar for these times and days. 419-254-2967 Club Staffing Announcements: EDITORIAL STAFF Chairman: Over the summer, Theresa Carroll has smoothly settled David Cameron – 419-536-5272 [email protected] in and acclimated herself as the new Catering Manager. Editor in Chief: Theresa brings several years of experience in the industry Shirley Levy – 419-536-9782 and, in the short time she’s been with the Club, has been [email protected] doing an outstanding job. Layout/Art Direction: Tandem Creative – 419-304-0154 Theresa Carroll Mike Goodson [email protected] Also, with overwhelming member support, Sous Chef Contributing Writers: Mike Goodson has been promoted to the Club’s new Executive Chef. Mike has been the Sous Karen Klein, Cindy Niggemyer and Bob Lubell Chef under the direction of the Club’s recent chefs, and has proven that he has what is required Contributing Photographers: Grand Lubell Photography – 419-882-1984 to fill the Executive Chef position. We look forward to his leadership in the kitchen. Printing/Mailing: I’m looking forward to a very exciting 2016/2017 season at the Club. Millstream-Kennedy Inc. Findlay, Ohio Topics Advertising: Susan K. Zurawski – 419-868-9363 Roger Parker [email protected] General Manager

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All images and articles appearing in Topics magazine are the property of ON THE COVER: Adam Parker and Alana Ellyn Eddy The Toledo Club and may not be reproduced or altered in any way without permission. at Culture Clash Records are ready to relive the 70s at The Toledo Club’s Party in the Parking Lot. © Copyright 2016 by The Toledo Club. All rights reserved. Photo2 by | Grand September Lubell Photography 2016 WHAT’S President’sMESSAGE INSIDE... Aaron Swiggum, President 8 12 419-891-1040 • [email protected]

33 41 DearFriends, As golf season slows and our August shut down comes to a close, we start the fall season off with the biggest party of the year. The Party in the Parking Lot will be held on September 9. Please join Amanda and me for a great night with the Rodney Parker & Upcoming Events Listings Liberty Beach and Hotel California bands! 4 I’m happy to report that early in August your Board held a retreat to discuss strategic 24 September Dining Calendar objectives for the coming year. As members of the Club, you can expect some changes, including but not limited to: 25 September Athletics Calendar • Increased financial transparency to the membership FEATURES • Increased coordination and communication between the Board of Directors and Club committees and members 7 Cover Story: Party in the Parking • Increased focus on member sponsorship of events and marketing for weddings Lot / Sounds of 70s Tribute Bands • The creation of a revenue task force to focus on Club profitability • Increased focus and direction relating to new member recruitment 12 Our Herschede Hall Clock Finds its Voice While some of this will take time to come to fruition, I am confident that the strategies we have in place will help invigorate the Club and provide a solid base for our future. 16 Jon Hendricks: Speaking of invigorating the Club, I would be remiss if I didn’t applaud the efforts of The Poet-Laureate of Jazz Dave Cameron and the rest of the ZIP group. They are a great demonstration of how Club members can make a difference when they truly care and want to make a positive impact COLUMNS on the Club. Looking forward into October, I’d like to point out that our annual membership meeting will 26 Family Focus be held on Monday, October 24, in the Red Room. I’ll end my message for this month by sharing that the President’s Dinner is scheduled for Tuesday, October 18. I am thrilled to 33 Cuisine at the Club announce that our guest of honor this year will be none other than Randy Oostra, President Dining Room Buzz and CEO of ProMedica. Please join me in welcoming Randy on the 18th! 35 36 Sports Grill & Tavern 40 Member News 43 New Members Aaron Swiggum President 44 Squash News 45 Aquatics and Fitness News 46 Committees and Board Members MISSION The mission of The Toledo Club, since 1889, is to enrich the lives of its members by providing a luxurious private club experience in a financially responsible manner with extraordinary social and recreational activities that foster friendship, fellowship, and pride among members. SeptemberJuly/August 2016 2016 | | 3 MARK YOUR CALENDAR!

SEPTEMBER events AT THE CLUB SEPTEMBER 6 First Tuesday – To see many more photos Reservations necessary (see page 22) of all the great events at SEPTEMBER 9 Party in the Parking Lot (see pages 7 and 10) The Toledo Club, or to order photo prints, visit SEPTEMBER 15 Third Thursday in the Tavern TheClubPhotos.com Babysitting available 6 – 10:30 PM EVENT PHOTOS BY GRAND LUBELL PHOTOGRAPHY SEPTEMBER 16 Members Jam – (see pages 32) Family Happy Hour – (see pages 22 and 26)

SEPTEMBER 23 Kaiden Chase at the piano, MDR UPCOMING events SEPTEMBER 24 90s Party in the Tavern (see page 22) Babysitting available 7:30 – 11:30 PM OCTOBER 18 President’s Dinner SEPTEMBER 26 Member Mondayz - Chicken Fried Steak (see page 23) OCTOBER 24 Annual Meeting

OCTOBER Halloween Party SEPTEMBER 30 Jazz by Joel Hazzard (see page 19) 29

SEPTEMBER events AROUND THE CITY Greek-American Festival Huntington Center Stranahan Theater Holy Trinity Greek Orthodox Cathedral September 9–11 Dixie Chicks with Augustana Lewis Black September 23 September 15 Art in the Garden Kristin Chenoweth with the Toledo Botanical Garden Elton John Toledo Symphony September 17 September 28 September 17 Shakespeare Under Glass at the Toledo Symphony and Carl Topilow: Toledo Museum of Art Glass Pavilion Toledo Repertoire Theater A Space Spectacular Toledo Symphony September 24 September 18 110 Stories September 9–11 Frankie Valli and the Zoo Brew Four Seasons Toledo Zoo The Complete Works of William September 27 September 23 Shakespeare (abridged) September 30–October 9 Roche de Beouf Festival Waterville September 24

4 | September 2016 SEPTEMBER anniversaries MEMBERS’ comments 10 years POSITIVE COMMENTS Jessie L. Schmeltz September 29/06 10 105 RECEIVED: 15 years MEMBER COMMENT CARDS Allan B. Kirsner September 26/01 15 RECEIVED 71% JUNE 1-JULY 31 Gary R. Diesing September 30/01 15

25+ years What a terrific idea the Darrell H. Fox September 1/53 63 Zips had. Even better was the response of the Club David Stephen Stranahan September 1/59 57 members. I like to see James F. White September 1/67 49 the dining room full! Best steak I’ve had in David J. Effler September 1/75 41 a long time, also it was Michael J. Hensien September 1/78 38 Celso nice to have a baked potato again. A++++++ William J. Davis September 1/79 37 Nancie Entenmann Roberts September 1/79 37 Robert Bell September 1/84 32 I just wanted to take a moment and thank you Hugh D. White, Jr. September 1/84 32 and your staff for the wonderful job you did William D. Feniger September 1/85 31 today. I booked a private room, the Georgian, for a lunch meeting. Everyone who came was Daniel P. Schmitt September 1/86 30 impressed by the presentation and attention Norman C. Nitschke September 1/87 29 to detail especially how well the table was set. Everything was out on time, the food ready and William M. Wolff September 1/89 27 drinks set. This could not have gone better, I know often you don’t hear enough praise for the many times events go well. So again, thank you for a perfect job! reminder: Really, really, really Steven good lobster ravioli and Food and beverage minimums can be reached with food whole lobster & chowder. and beverages purchased anywhere in the Club, including Enjoyed immensely. takeout orders and wine orders. The amount is calculated by $ spent before tax (or service charge on banquets). To see a Charlotte’s tally of purchases that count toward your minimum, log into chicken was Pat your online account at toledoclub.org, and click on “Member DELICIOUS!!!! Statements.” Ed September 2016 | 5 Advertising rates placement options& Monthly Rates: Full Year Full page – $1,000 1/2 page – $500 1/4 page – $250 Monthly Rates: 6 Months Full page – $1,200 1/2 page – $600 1/4 page – $300 Monthly Rates: Less than 6 Months Full page – $1,400 1/2 page – $800 1/4 page – $400 For complete ad specs and further information, email or call Susan K. Zurawski at [email protected] or 419-868-9363.

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6 | September 2016 PARTYBy Cindy Niggemyer PARKING LOT It’s time to rock at the 29th Party in the Parking Lot. If you have come to every event, YOU are cool! If this is your first, it will become one of your favorites. The date is Friday, September 9 and you can party from 5 PM to midnight. Entry cost for one of the best parties in Toledo is a cheap $15 in advance and $20 at the door. Call the Club, 419-243-2200, or Stranahan Ticketing at 419-381-8851.

Come hungry because the food truck lineup is impressive. Rosie’s Rolling Chef is “Toledo’s Gourmet Food Truck.” Spice up the party with Nacho Danny’s world famous hot sauce. Cool it down with Perrysburg’s Infinite Zen Coffee & Tea. Get a Latin taste of Cubano, plantains and empanadas with The Displaced Chef. Hungry for BBQ? Ron’s Smoking BBQ will be your destination. Then, to top everything off, visit the Cold Stone Creamery. Food at PPL??? No problem!

The opening band, Rodney Parker & Liberty Beach, will start the party off at 6 PM. They may be local, but they play across the country and will keep you dancing until Hotel California takes the stage at 8:30. Their performance is a tribute to the Eagles. If you remember the early 1970s – well, maybe the memories are a bit hazy – you’ll renew your commitment to great rock. If you were not around then, now is the time to acquaint yourself with some of the greatest music ever played. Are you a fan of jazz? Then take a break and enjoy jazz by Candace Coleman and Chris Brown in the Red Room.

Great music and food at the PPL are not an accident and always come together to help a local charity. This year’s worthy cause is the Kiwanis Club of Toledo. Happy 100th anniversary to a club that has been serving the children of central Toledo since 1916! They believe that children and our community benefit from the efforts of a proficient group of caring and involved volunteers. Proceeds will be donated to the Kiwanis Youth Foundation, which supports the Boys & Girls Clubs of Toledo, Leadership Toledo and The Hugh O’Brien Youth Leadership Program. Kiwanis also creates Christmas parties for Sherman Elementary School, donates Thanksgiving baskets, does service work at Mom’s House, and supports area soup kitchens and food banks. If you want to join their good work, they meet Wednesdays at The Toledo Club.

The Toledo Club and staff are excited to again be producing an entertaining event that supports the charity needs of our community. See you at the party! GREAT MUSIC!

September 2016 | 7 PAYING

TRIBUTEby BOB LUBELL PAYING

70s tribute bands re you old enough to have seen the Beatles in concert? Did you make it to Woodstock? Could you afford to see the Eagles or Pink Floyd in the 70s? Many will simply answer no. are big draws – A But it’s not too late to experience the past; welcome to the tribute bands! and one of the best Tribute acts, or tribute bands, play music of well-known rock groups, mimicking the style and sound of those performers. Some musicians organize tribute bands out of love for the original group. is headed to the Many choose to join a tribute band because it is dependable work. Tribute groups pack houses. Some fledgling musicians have joined tribute bands when their independent careers have failed. toledo club! No matter the reasons, the public wants to hear their favorite music live, even if performed by imposters.

The secret to the tribute’s success is that they really are the next best thing to the real thing. Few tribute bands change up the music. The vocals are well rehearsed. Many get dressed for the part. KISS tribute bands wear the make-up, Beatles bands wear the clothes and hair, and one band member had a plastic nose fabricated to make him look like Ringo Starr.

There are also cover bands and interpreters in the entertainment mix. Cover bands play songs written by other known performers. These bands either are true to the songwriter or put a personal style to the song. Cover bands typically play a wide variety of popular music, which fills bars and clubs. They tend to be paid better than original music bands because the music is widely recognized. Original music bands are a bigger risk if their work is unknown. Impersonators choose shows similar to Elvis acts. These impersonation shows are entertaining and often do well.

All three types of unoriginal acts face copyright issues, but few are chased down playing the material; it is good for recording sales and keeps a brand alive. Both cover and tribute acts get

8 | September 2016 legal permission to play music through agencies. A few middlemen serve as performance rights organizations. They grant licenses and collect royalties on behalf of singers, songwriters and music publishers. The two major middlemen are Broadcast Music Inc (BMI) and the American Society of Composers, Authors and Publishers (ASCAP). Most tribute acts have a blessing from the group and a contract with BMI and ASCAP. The secret to the

KISS and the Beatles may have the most tribute bands working today. The Fab Four, 1964 the Tribute, tribute’s success Beatlemania, and Bootleg Beatles top the list. The Beatles song book is recognizable and easy to is that they really mimic. KISS bands tend to be strong on make-up and weaker on music.

The chosen group names are often fun and could possibly be trademark violations. There is Dread are the next best Zeppelin (Led Zeppelin), Blonde Jovi (Bon Jovi), Gabba (ABBA), Nervana (Nirvana) and Alcoholica thing to the real (Metallica). Alcoholica stands well with Metallica front man James Hertfield, who thanked the tribute band for “keeping the spirit alive.” Jon Bon Jovi wasn’t as receptive to the 2009 all-woman Blonde thing. Jovi tribute group. Attorneys said the tribute band created confusion and demanded the name be changed for trademark issues. But more so, the act could no longer cover Bon Jovi tunes due to copyright infringement. The band became Blonde Jersey and, without the name and material, failed in 2010.

This year The Toledo Club’s Parking Lot Party is showcasing the Eagles tribute band, Hotel California, as the headliner.

Apparently, there are a few tribute bands across the globe known as Hotel California. Our committee chose the one with highest regard. Hotel California, the original tribute to the Eagles, has been recreating the sounds of the Eagles worldwide for over 30 years. They had a humble beginning in Canada as a bar band. The group prides itself on having extremely strong vocalists who resemble Don Henley, Glenn Frey, Randy Meisner and Joe Walsh. A great deal of attention is placed on matching the instrumentation precisely.

Close your eyes and hear this four-member band bring back memories of unforgettable tunes the Eagles played in the 70s. Put on your bell bottoms and Earth shoes and join us on September 9 at The Toledo Club Parking Lot for great music, food and drinks!

Hotel California has been recreating the sounds of the Eagles worldwide for over 30 years.

September 2016 | 9 Call The Toledo Club at 419-243-2200, the Stranahan Ticket Office at 419-381-8851 or on line at etix.com

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September 2016 | 11 OUR HERSCHEDE ur beautiful entry hall clock is now back in its rightful place, O the main entry hall. According to the serial number, it was made by the HALL CLOCK Herschede Hall Clock Company in 1919 and was purchased from the W.F. Broer Company of Toledo (now Broer-Freeman). But, our clock’s manufacture date holds a secret FINDS ITS VOICE because the case contains a repairman’s By Cindy Niggemyer (with Bob Bettinger) signed receipt that it was repaired during June of 1913. Unfortunately, the Club does not have documentation of the correct year of purchase, so we are left with a mystery.

Herschede clocks were the “Rolls Royce” of the industry. The case, gracious in stature, is made of mahogany. The beautiful moon dial is hand-painted with silver on brushed gold. The pendulum is one meter long and creates a one-second beat. The pendulum bob is suspended on a Nyrod rod because Nyrod has the lowest coefficient of expansion for temperature compensation. There is a Graham “deadbeat” escapement, massive main plates and weights.

Normal hall clocks have three winding arbors that are all the same weight. One is for the time function, one for the hour strike function and one for the chime melody function. So, during weekly windings, all three must be wound. However, our rare clock has only two winding arbors; one for time and the other to play two melodies and chime the hours. The one for time weighs 15 pounds; the other weighs 30 pounds. At this time, Bob Bettinger has found only six documented clocks in the United States with these rare “two winding arbors.”

Our chime tubes create a rich sound and play Canterbury or classic Westminster melodies. Partial tunes play on the quarter hour and a distinctive partial tune plays on the half hour. On the hour, the entire tune plays and the hour strikes.

12 | September 2016 The business card of Georges Cordes, a Monroe Street clockmaker who likely worked on the clock. It was found inserted into the clock, along with a German language newspaper from 1954, both likely placed there by Mr. Cordes.

However, our clock has been silent for many service, so he would have to remove the years and a conversation between Shirley Levy clock and evaluate it more in depth. With and Bob Bettinger at a jazz event began an the assistance of Art Bronson, the clock action plan to preserve the clock. Shirley was was dissembled and taken to Bob’s shop. talking about her father, Aaron Dolgin, being The movement was placed in cleaner and a clock and watchmaker, as well as a jeweler, years of grime removed. The damage was and Bob responded about his clock-collecting now visible and Bob made a list of the parts experiences. Shirley then asked why the hall needed to repair it. clock didn’t chime. ists can be made, but parts for a Bob became curious and asked the guards 100-year-old clock can be hard to became valuable. A phone call was made if he could look inside the clock. His first L find! Common parts like cables to an old friend who was able to find in assessment was that it was very dirty and were not a problem and the Internet is a a storage unit a similar damaged clock that out of lubrication. In fact, the dirt was so great source for them. However, Herschede had the undamaged critical part needed. heavy that he could not tell much about the went out of business in the 1980s and none It was a lucky find. interior workings. He was not surprised to find of the critical parts were available. Here All the power arbors were worn out and that there were no office records of the last is where Bob’s clock collecting expertise new bushings were pressed into the main plates and re-bored to shaft size. Another large problem was the grime and rust. All parts were cleaned with steel wool, and silicone now protects the raw steel parts. Every component was disassembled, cleaned and reassembled.

The original lubrication was whale oil that dried out in two to three years. Many clocks of the day were so overpowered that they could run dry and wear out in a few months. Luckily, that did not happen to our clock and everything is now lubricated with new synthetic oil that should last for years. After the new and used parts were reassembled, the clock was placed in a

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September 2016 | 13 14 | September 2016 WATF1019 PrivateBanking_TolClub_3.5x4.75_FA.indd 1 September 20168/28/15 | 15 3:12 PM All that Jon Hendricks The Poet Laureate of Jazz

by Bob Lubell | Photos by Grand Lubell Photography

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Poets are a special breed of thinkers. They explore the human experience and often share their writings in public readings. Songwriters are also often poets. Former Toledoan Jon Hendricks has been called the “The Poet Laureate of Jazz.” And Time magazine referred to him as “The James Joyce of Jive.” The author, who lyricized over 500 songs, mostly written for music that was never intended to have lyrics, turns 95 years old on September 16. Here is his story, taken from my many conversations with him in his New York apartment and other written accounts. Jon Carl Hendricks was born in Newark, Ohio, the ninth child and seventh son of Alexander Brookes Hendricks, an African American Episcopal minister, and his wife, Willie Carrington Hendricks. The family moved to Toledo for Warren AME Church and lived on City Park Avenue. Jon became a singer, lyricist and song writer. He launched his singing interest alongside his mother when he was only six years old. During the Great Depression, at age 10, Little Johnny made pin money singing secular music in clubs for the family, which by then had grown to 17! Toledo was a busy passenger train town between New York and destinations west, with passengers often stopping in Toledo for a travelers’ rest. One of the most active clubs was in the Toledo ghetto and known as The Waiters and Bellmen’s Club. In a JazzTimes interview Jon said, “When I was young I was hoping for a time that I could learn to sing opera. I lived in a neighborhood in Toledo and learned to speak some Italian, because there were a lot of Italians there, and some of them were the Mafia. They came into the neighborhood without any problem. They wanted to have a place where they could have a good time, so they set up a club called The Waiters and Bellmen’s Club. Those jobs–waiter and bellman–were two of the only jobs a Negro man could get in those days that had respect and could earn a living.” A nearby City Park neighbor and friend of the Hendricks family was Art Tatum, who played the piano. Tatum, who was nearly

16 | September 2016 Judith and Jon Hendricks were married in 1959. Jon met her in NYC, where she worked as a “cigarette girl” while pursuing a career as a ballerina. She was his manager, best friend and inspiration.

totally blind, got Little Johnny a job as vocalist at the Waiters’ and a Greyhound bus station. Encumbered with a wife, a baby Bellmen’s Club. Since Jon was only 13 at that time, he was required to and a drum set, Jon arrived at the Claremont Hotel across spend off-stage time in the ladies’ dressing room. Jon laughed from Columbia University. and told me, “they were protecting me from those marijuana cigarettes Joe Carroll, a vocalist for Dizzy Gillespie and a friend of and whiskey. They would come in between acts to change costumes Jon’s, knew exactly where in Harlem to find the “Bird.” and rip off their blouses and their brassieres, and bare breasts would At first Jon hesitated to go into the theater. He said, “He be flopping everywhere. They would take my head and bring it to their ain’t going to remember me; who am I kidding!” Nearly bosoms and give me hugs! Yes, these ladies would get me in trouble.” heading back to the hotel, Jon gained courage and opened By the time he was 14, he had met jazz greats like Fats Waller, Claude the door to The Apollo Theater. He walked right past the Hopkins, Duke Ellington, Count Basie, and Charlie ‘Bird’ Parker. bandstand, where Bird was playing. Pausing from his solo, A World War II vet, Jon joined the United States Army in 1942, Bird called, “Hey, Jon! How y’doin’, man? You wanna’ serving in the European Theater of Operations. Let’s say he was a sing some?” On stage Gerry Mulligan was on the baritone less-than-perfect soldier. He was part of an all-black company and saxophone, Bud Powell was on piano, Curley Russell on Jon was a smart guy. He became the battalion clerk, keeping track the bass and Roy Haines was on drums. of food and fuel. The black soldiers suffered severe abuse from the After an intermission, Bird called Jon to the stage. “Naw, white soldiers in the Army. Having had enough of the racism, Jon Bird,” bellowed the drummer, Roy Haines, “this is our last took five other black soldiers AWOL on a run through France. They set. We don’t want no singers, man, we wanna play.” lived underground, using Jon’s clerical skills to trade stolen Army Hendricks said in an interview, “I thought I was going supplies on the black market. Eventually caught, Jon spent 11 to die from embarrassment, but Bird cooled Roy out and months in the stockade. This tale, like many of Jon’s stories, may presented me. After that night I knew everything was not be entirely accurate. going to be cool because Bird was my PR Man, and I After the war, Jon heard the tune “Salt Peanuts” by Charlie started giggin’ almost immediately all around the city.” Parker and Dizzy Gillespie and so began his love for bebop. Singer King Pleasure, and his tune “Moody’s Mood for In 1946, he moved to Rochester, NY, with two brothers and Love,” inspired Jon to begin lyricizing the songs of the big considered a career in medicine. By 1949, he learned of the bands. He began in 1955 with “Four Brothers,” a Jimmy In January 2014, I G.I. Bill and enrolled in a pre-law program at The University of Guiffre composition created for Woody Herman. It was took Jon and Judith Toledo. Jon was a part-time singer and drummer throughout released on the flip side of a 45 rpm vinyl record with to the Metropolitan the late 1940s and performed at many clubs, including the “Cloudbust” as the ‘A’ side hit single. “Four Brothers” Room in NYC to hear Gay Nineties Nightclub in Toledo. It was at the Gay Nineties was clearly the hit. For additional vocals, Jon reached out Annie Ross perform. that he met his first wife Colleen Moore, a singer. “She was to Dave Lambert and his singers, who were also friends Jon, the showman an Irish girl, cute as a button,” Jon said. They were married of Charlie Parker. This was the beginning of Lambert, he always has been, in a civil ceremony in Toledo, had four children and divorced Hendricks and Ross, the number one Jazz Vocal Group in found himself on stage in New York in 1958. the world for the next five years. This new form of music, in just minutes. They In 1950, Charlie “Bird” Parker and his Quintet came to “Vocalese,” was changing jazz singing throughout the sang from the LH&R the Civic Auditorium in Toledo. Bird let Jon Hendricks sit world and Jon was leading the movement. song book, and it was in. Parker then suggested that Jon come to New York continued on page 18 magical! City. Bird says, “What you doing, man?” Jon said, “I’m studying law.” He says, “You ain’t no lawyer.” Jon said, “I don’t know nobody in New York.” Parker responded, “You know me.” Jon then asked, “Where will I find you?” And Bird cried, “Just ask anybody.” Two and one-half years later, Jon Hendricks and his family did go to New York. Jon had been arrested for being married to a white woman. While in a holding cell, he sent a note to his wife, placing it in the sole of a shoe worn by a prisoner being discharged. He suggested she start a rumor that she would divorce him for being in jail. It worked and Jon was released. They fled by car to Canada via Buffalo. Turned away at the border because they had too little money, they headed to Rochester. But the car broke down and they abandoned it for a ride to

September 2016 | 17 All that

Lambert, Hendricks and Ross debuted in 1957 with “Sing a Song of Basie” at UCLA at Sonoma, Stanford University and UC Berkeley. He became by lyricizing the Count Basie song book. Jon had started the project with an activist (watched by the government) and formed a group called Dave Lambert and his Singers. Hendricks told the Village Voice: “Dave the Hendricks Family. Their performances featured McFerrin, George hired his own group, which he called the Dave Lambert Singers – 11 very Benson and Al Jarreau with new versions of “Freddie the Freeloader” white people, which means that they were totally removed from swing. and “Gimme that Wine” (1962) and (1997). They couldn’t swing at all. So there we were with nothing. It was awful. In 2000, Hendricks returned to Toledo to teach at The University of They couldn’t do it so we sent all of the singers home and were at a loss. Toledo. He bought a home in Ottawa Hills, a place he could never visit No offense, but those people couldn’t swing if you hung ‘em.” as a child. He was appointed Distinguished Professor of Jazz Studies Unsuccessful with the Lambert singers, Jon and Dave recruited Annie and received an honorary Doctorate of the Performing Arts. In 2002, Ross, who was only 17 in 1952 when she gained fame as vocalese he was selected to be the first American jazz artist to lecture at the soloist. The Scottish teenage hipster wrote some witty lyrics to Sorbonne in Paris. He took his 15-voice group, the Jon Hendricks Wardell Gray’s “Twisted” on a challenge to pen a new tune overnight. Vocalstra at The University of Toledo, to perform at the Sorbonne. “She is the best trumpet in the business,” Jon said, referring to her For 14 years he taught his class, “Jazz in American Society.” horn-like choruses. Annie could sing the notes of the female vocalist Jon retired from The University of Toledo in late 2015 just prior to his and all of the horns, just not at the same time. They tried again 94th birthday. His most recent projects include lyricising the music of to build a choir to fill the gaps but without success. So quietly, Miles Davis and Thelonious Monk. Lambert took all of the rehearsal tracks and blended them into one recording. This was an early use of multi-tracking. The 12 voices heard on “Sing a Song of Basie” belong only to the trio’s three singers. Lambert, Hendricks and Ross won the first ever Grammy in the Jazz Vocal Group category. Jon wrote lyrics for Sonny Rollins’ “Airegin” (Nigeria spelled backwards) recorded on The Swingers! in 1959. The tune with a fast tempo and complex changes has been described as having “ferociously swinging intensity.” The reviewer went on, “Hendricks turns in a show-stopping extended scat solo on this frantic burner. Lambert follows with an incredibly nimble scat solo of his own before the two vocalese masters go toe-to-toe with some fiery scatting exchanges near the end of the piece.” Lambert, Hendricks and Ross continued until 1962. The Monk project is ongoing and was recorded with Gunnar Mossblad, Unfortunately, Annie Ross had been dating comedian Lenny Director of Jazz Studies and Professor of Saxophone at UT. Hendricks Bruce, who introduced her to a heroin habit. She became ill claims Monk said, “You the only muthuh I want writin’ words to and stepped down. Then Yolande Bavan joined the group my music.” for two years. In 1964, Dave Lambert left the group to do In 2005, Jon introduced the LH&R Redux, pronounced “Redo,” from solo work. He died in a roadside accident two years later. the French, ‘reducere,’ or to ‘bring back.’ Jon created the group with Lambert, Hendricks and Ross inspired many jazz vocal his wife Judith, who took the place of Annie Ross, and Toledoan Joel groups, including The New York Voices, The Manhattan Hazard taking the place of Dave Lambert. They traveled the UK and Transfer and Bobby McFerrin. Bobby sang with Jon Europe with their act. Judith Hendricks, Jon’s second wife who he Hendricks & Company in 1980. Hendricks wrote an married in 1959, died in November 2015 from a brain tumor. album for The Manhattan Transfer, Vocalese. The Jon will celebrate his birthday with friends from the jazz world this album was a runaway success, winning a total of seven month in New York. He may even scat at bit. From one account it was Grammys, including one for Jon. said, “If Ella Fitzgerald is the Queen of scat, Jon Hendricks is King.” Long live the king! Hendricks also wrote and directed the musical The Evolution of the Blues for the Monterey Jazz Festival Be sure to see Joel Hazard and Friends sing “Vocalese” in a jazz in 1960; he would revive it several times over the performance on Friday, September 30, 2016, in the Main Dining following 25 years in San Francisco and in Los Room at The Toledo Club. Reservations are required, this will be Angeles. During 1968–1973, he lived and performed a sellout! in Europe with his second wife Judith and daughters Michelle and Aria. Aria is the only child from Jon’s second marriage. Hendricks wrote a jazz column for the San Francisco Chronicle, taught jazz

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September 2016 | 19 RECENT E v e n ts Charlotte’s Ribs July 28, 2016

Event photos by Grand Lubell Photography. See many more photos of recent club events at www.TheClubPhotos.com. 20 || July/August September 2016 Event photos by Grand Lubell Photography. See many more photos of recent club events at www.TheClubPhotos.com. September 2016 | 21 TUESDAY, SEPTEMBER 6 • 6 PM – 9 PM SALAD Spinach, radish, pomegranate, soy-grilled shitake mushrooms, dragon fruit vinaigrette HAPPY HOUR ENTREES Asian Barbequed Steak 12-oz. strip steak, sesame broccoli rabe, family tarrow root puree, sweet–spicy hoisin Ahi Tuna Belvedere Room Sticky rice, fried nori, mango, coconut, Tobiko Udon Carbonara Friday, September 16 (An Asian twist on the Italian classic) 5:30 PM - 7:30 PM Udon noodles, dashi, egg, bacon, crab, corn, sesame DESSERT Drinks only – Goat cheese–ginger crème brulee, green tea, coconut macaron just head to the Tavern Reservations required. for dinner! 419-254-2961 or www.toledoclub.org

GREAT BOOKS DISCUSSION SEPTEMBERSEPTEMBER 24TH24TH GROUP 7:307:30 The Great Books Discussion Group is an opportunity to TOTO discuss stimulating books with old friends and new. Books MIDNIGHTMIDNIGHT areupdate chosen by consensus of the members, for and each month a member leads the discussion. We publish the selections several months inAugust advance to allow time to do the reading. New members are always welcome. You can simply drop in one of our meetings (the room is always posted in the elevator) or contact me for more information. Carl White cell 419-461-0888 office 419-242-7471 [email protected] PARTY Thursday, September 15, Noon ATPARTY THE TAVERN Book: Middlesex by Jeffrey Eugenides $20/PERSON Discussion Leader: INCLUDES HORS D’OEUVRES Fred Harrington AND A LATE NIGHT PIZZA PARTY

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22 | September 2016 June 27 - featuring Mama Zerbey’s spaghetti Thank you to our members for supporting Member Mondayz dinners brought to you by The ZIP Group The next Member Mondayz dinner is September 26 and will feature Paula Hiett’s chicken fried steak. Paula lived in Texas for a long time ... go figure! See you there, David Cameron

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Hours Party in the Parking Lot | SEPTEMBER 9 Dining Reservations 1 2 3 419-254-2961 CLUB CLUB CLUB • CLOSED CLOSED CLOSED Dining Service Main Dining Room Third Floor LUNCH Monday–Friday MDR OPEN MDR OPEN MDR OPEN 11:30 AM – 2 PM 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 (MDR CLOSED) (MDR CLOSED) DINNER Monday–Friday* CLUB CLUB CLUB PARTY DINING 5:30 – 8:30 PM CLOSED CLOSED RE-OPENS IN THE IN THE PARKING SPORTS GRILL *check schedule for FIRST & TAVERN alternate dining room TUESDAY LOT location if MDR is closed

Sports Grill & Tavern MDR OPEN MDR OPEN MDR OPEN MDR OPEN MDR OPEN (Casual attire) 11 12 13 14 15 THIRD 16 17 DINNER (MDR CLOSED) (MDR CLOSED) TURKEY THURSDAY MEMBERS’ Thursday and Friday IN THE TAVERN JAM DINING 5 – 10 PM BUFFET (BABYSITTING IN THE (Beverage service AVAILABLE) FAMILY SPORTS GRILL until 12:30 AM) GREAT BOOKS GROUP HAPPY HOUR & TAVERN LUNCH AND DINNER Saturday 11 AM–10 PM (Beverage service MDR OPEN MDR OPEN MDR OPEN MDR OPEN MDR OPEN 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 until 12:30 AM) (MDR CLOSED) (MDR CLOSED) Sunday GLAZED KAIDEN Noon–6 PM CHASE 90S HAM PARTY • BUFFET AT THE PIANO/ MDR (BABYSITTING Beverage Service AVAILABLE) Oak Room Pub First Floor Monday–Friday MDR OPEN MDR OPEN MDR OPEN MDR OPEN MDR OPEN 4–9 PM 25 26 27 28 29 30 • (MDR CLOSED) JAZZ Dress Code MEMBER IN THE MDR: Proper business MONDAYZ JOEL casual attire is ZIP DINNER HAZZARD required during (MDR) dining and beverage hours

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24 | September 2016 SEPTEMBER 2016 Athletic & Events Hours

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5:30 AM 5 AM–8 PM 4 5 6 CLUB 7 8 BODY 9 RUNNERS 10 RE-OPENS 5:30 AM Saturday–Sunday CLUB CLUB RUNNERS SCULPT SPIN CLASS 8 AM–7 PM BODY 9 AM 6 AM CLOSED CLOSED SPIN CLASS SCULPT AQUA Adult Swim Hours 9 AM 6 AM BLOOD AEROBICS PRESSURE 8:30 AM Monday–Friday BEE ACTIVE AQUA 5–9 AM CONTEST AEROBICS SCREENINGS FIRST FRIDAY BEGINS 8:30 AM 7–8 AM BREAKFAST 11:30 AM–2:30 PM 4:30–6:30 PM Saturday and Sunday 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 Noon–2 PM 5:30 AM 5:30 AM 5:30 AM RUNNERS RUNNERS RUNNERS BODY BODY Family Swim Hours SCULPT SPIN CLASS SCULPT SPIN CLASS Monday–Friday AQUA 9 AM 6 AM 9 AM 6 AM 9–11:30 AM AEROBICS AQUA 2:30–4:30 PM 8:30 AM AQUA AEROBICS AEROBICS 6:30 PM–close 8:30 AM 8:30 AM Saturday 8–11:55 AM 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 2 PM–close 5:30 AM 5:30 AM • 5:30 AM BODY RUNNERS BODY RUNNERS RUNNERS SCULPT SPIN CLASS SCULPT SPIN CLASS Barber Shop: 1st Floor 6 AM 6 AM Bert Mills AQUA 9 AM 9 AM Jim Schimming AEROBICS AQUA AQUA 419-254-2979 8:30 AM AEROBICS AEROBICS 8:30 AM Monday–Friday 8:30 AM 7 AM–5 PM

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September 2016 | 25 FAMILY focusby Emilie Vassar

Nearly two years ago, I sat at The Toledo Club’s President’s Dinner, family activity at the Club. Throughout much of the past year, The Toledo enjoying Dick Cavett’s speech and feeling very, very pregnant. It was Club has offered babysitting on Saturdays from 9 AM – 2 PM, which the perfect event to transition Zak and me into the crazy world of resulted in an increase in gym, yoga and Tavern activity as parents parenthood. Over the previous five years of membership, we’d spent enjoyed a little break. We’ve also had several family events during the countless hours enjoying food and drink with friends. Our life in Toledo year, including Trunk or Treat, the Christmas Tea Dance, pool parties, was centered at the Club. I remember being so pleased that our movie night, and an Opera on Wheels evening. daughter would grow up and make friends in such a wonderful and I am excited to co-chair the Family Committee with Nick Stack, friendly environment. Gracie arrived the following morning. who has been holding down the fort admirably. Our goal for the next Just three weeks later, Gracie made her Club debut at the Tavern’s Ugly 12 months is to get to know ALL our Toledo Club families. We have Christmas Sweater Party, dressed in the tiniest ugly sweater you’ve ever a strong sense of our babysitting “regulars,” but we hope to build a seen. Now, The Toledo Club is one of the buildings she knows the best. database of members with children and local grandchildren so we can She knows the location of each and every dog painting, she knows the include everyone in our mailings and reminders. Please email me at wonderful staff, and she has made close friends already. Even at just 20 [email protected] with your child’s or grandchild’s name and months old, we can see the Club’s impact on her ability to interact well birthdate if you’d like to be included. with adults. Family Happy Hour Our membership is well aware that The Toledo Club is a jewel. It is a As part of our initiative to get to know our Toledo Club families, we great place to network, meet new friends and sip a tasty cocktail, but will start a monthly Family Happy Hour in the Belvedere Room. Kids The Toledo Club is a jewel for families as well. When considering where of all ages can run around and play (happy kids!), and the adults can to have lunch on the weekends, we often pick the Club because it’s the enjoy a cocktail and each other’s company (happy adults!). Non-parents only dining facility where we feel comfortable letting our baby crawl and parents-to-be are welcome, too! Our first Family Happy Hour around on the floor. will be Friday, September 16, from 5:30 to 7:30 PM. Families are Gracie has been part of a baby boom in The Toledo Club membership encouraged to head down to the Tavern for dinner afterwards (and to over the past few years, and with this growth comes an increase in RSVP, so the Tavern is staffed appropriately). Babysitting Update Another goal of the Family Committee is to offer babysitting more regularly. Nicole Brown has done a phenomenal job of organizing the babysitting room, including planning regular Saturday craft activities. In September, babysitting will be available for Third Thursday and for the 90s Party on the 24th. Beginning in October, we hope to offer babysitting on Saturdays, First Tuesdays, Third Thursdays, select special events, and at least one “date night” each month. Check the Topics calendar and event listings to see whether babysitting is available. Babysitting costs $10 per family, per event, and is held in the St. Andrew’s room (next to the Tavern).

Nick and I are full of ideas, and we have a fantastic committee to help us amplify the family experience at The Toledo Club. We are excited to kick off the season at the first Family Happy Hour on September 16. We hope to see you there!

26 | September 2016 RECENT E v e n ts Fourth of July Party

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32 | September 2016 Cuisine at the club

S eptember is known as the Harvest Month. If you are by Executive Chef Mike Goodson anything like me, then you’ll be overwhelmed with produce from the garden, especially tomatoes! I find that one great way to utilize all the excess tomatoes is to make a delicious tomato jam. 419-243-2200 ex2964 This jam is really good on fish or a simple pan-roasted chicken, [email protected] and is a great way to use excess or blemished tomatoes that ession come at the height of summer. S Tomato Jam

3 pounds ripe tomatoes 2 cups cider vinegar 1 cup packed brown sugar ½ cup Worcestershire sauce ½ cup extra-virgin olive oil Kosher salt 1 nutmeg

Bring medium pot of water to a boil. Make an ice bath in a large bowl with equal parts ice and water. Submerge the tomatoes in the boiling water for 20 seconds. Remove the tomatoes from the boiling water and submerge them in the ice bath to cool. Do not leave them in the ice bath for longer than five minutes. Drain, peel, halve, seed and chop the tomatoes.

Combine the vinegar and sugar in a sauce pan and bring to a boil over high heat, stirring to dissolve the sugar. Boil until reduced by half. Add the tomatoes and Worcestershire, and bring back to a boil. Reduce heat to low and simmer, stirring frequently, until the liquid is a dark brown color and very thick (about 20 minutes).

Transfer the jam to a blender, gradually add the olive oil and blend on high until smooth. Season with salt and one or two gratings of nutmeg (use a Microplane). Pour jam into a clean pint canning jar, cover, let cool, and refrigerate.

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34 | September 2016 DINING ROOM buzz by Karen Klein

Whew, that was one Long Hot Summer! Now a whiff of fall has come Odin, linked to fertility? Was there a five-day workweek then? William as we enter the Club, all freshly cleaned and polished, to gather with of Hasting’s fame, jumped on the bandwagon with an emphatic friends for a bit of fellowship, fistpull and YES! A direct quote is, “Seems better than food and a good bottle of the French Vendredi! I like it. Change the calendar.” wine. And just where might The Norwegians, leaning to the socialist side even we gather? Of course, the then, said “Fredag.” Evidently, not all could pronounce Club dining room is the place cocktail TIME Friggaday properly; it evolved into plain old Friday. to be! September 6 So the tradition continues of cocktails and dinner to celebrate the freedom of F R I D A Y at the Club! Chef Mike, who has been elevated (not physically) from Of course, Members’ Jam is back!!!! Our Toledo Club “Little Mike” or “Mikey,” has cannot be without it! So enjoy that great lively music done his August homework with cocktails on September 16 and then test the with the results being a new menu. Leave smiling! A fabulous new menu. He pianist will play tunes with a loves doing simple foods hummable melody and maybe with a tasty twist; a rivulet a few trills for background of sauce plus a handsome music on the 23rd. Live Jazz plate presentation. Scallops, with pizzazz will highlight chicken, steaks, salmon, the evening of the 30th and pasta, plus others. And pies JAZZ things up be an evening to treasure are back! September 16, 23, 30 as Joel Hazzard and Friends croon Vocalese, a distinct Tick-tock! The old Grandfather Clock in the foyer is set way of shaping a song. for a ceremonious re-start with cocktails for toasting Ella Fitzgerald tried it also, Grandfather Bob Bettinger, who fairly successfully. It will be laboriously fixed the fixin’s to make it SOOOooo NYC!!! whole again. First Tuesday, September 6, is the day. Then up to dinner at The bird is back; turkey, that is – with all the the long table with chatting and an add ZIP to monday traditional trimmings – for Monday, September 12. extraordinary meal. New attendees September 26 The following Monday will feature a different buffet are welcomed, even embraced, as any with glazed ham. Whatever which way the sweet shyness is instantly pilloried. Meal potatoes are prepared, prepare to savor! choices are for that evening ONLY! ZIPS, bringing Zest, is following a fun summer of Everyone knows Fridays are special; quite special Mondays with Chicken Fried Steak,Texas the end of the official workweek style, on the Fourth Monday, September 26. Paula bringing anticipation of college Hiett has thrown a few great recipes the Chef’s way football, a soccer game with offspring, of how Home Cookin’ is done Texas style. And it’s a smidge of yard work, nine holes of NOT a chicken that will be cooked. This is a delish hit-squint-and-putt or just the “My dinner for the whole family to enjoy. goodness, I made it through another Pssst: all Monday Night Buffets include salad, rolls week and I’m still upright and know and dessert. Seniors can lay claim to a special rate, too. No AARP where I am.“ Is celebration too tame a word to party on this day card required. dedicated to Frigga, an ancient Anglo-Saxon goddess, wife of old

SeptemberJune 2016 2016 | | 35 Perspectives FROM

GUEST BARTENDER Recap We had a very enjoyable and lively guest bartending series in the Tavern this summer! It was an extremely close race at the end! Andy Ranazzi and Joe Simpson earned their spots as top bartenders of the summer by earning $686 dollars in tips to put them in first place. Kyle Wilson and John Skeldon were a very close second ANDREW SPAHR & place team. They were the winners for the most amount of Co-Chairman We could not be more excited to begin our tenure as co-chairs money spent on beverages, at nearly $1,500 dollars! Thank 765-729-7715 of the Tavern Committee. Taking the baton from Zac and Margie you to everyone who came down to support this fun event. [email protected] is a pleasure as we look forward to continuing to build upon the momentum that they have established over the past year. SARAH SNELL We have assembled a fantastic group for this year’s Co-Chairman committee to contribute ideas, enthusiasm and support as we 734-657-1450 embark on what is sure to be an action-packed, fun year at our [email protected] Tavern. We can’t wait to work with our wonderful Club staff and members to provide engaging, fun and fresh activities and programming while embracing the traditions that make The Toledo Club the special place that it is for all of us. We love to Become a Fan of The Toledo Club! have a good time – and will work hard with our committee, on behalf of the membership, to bring a fun year to our Tavern.

Celebrate the ’90s in the Tavern! We are excited to bring back the 1990s with a themed party in the Tavern on September 24! Please join us in your favorite attire from that PARTYPARTY period as we will have music The Sports Grill & from one of our favorite decades playing that evening, as well Tavern will open for as a few other surprises in store. Please ensure that you call or special and private events on Mondays log on to the website and make reservations to attend. Guests and Tuesdays. of Club members are welcome and should be included in Photos by Grand Lubell your reservation. We are looking forward to throwing it back Photography. See more Guest Bartender photos at in style with all of you in September! Keep an eye on The Toledo www.TheClubPhotos.com. Club Facebook page and for an email with more details.

Third Thursday Making Connections Third Thursdays will continue to be an event you can count on at We’re big fans of Toledo and believe strongly in The Toledo the Club. We will be continuing this tradition while bringing Club’s place in the future of downtown Toledo and the some fresh ideas into the mix. We will be soliciting input from importance to its past. In an effort to complement membership our committee to ensure a mix of events that engages all efforts, we want to use the Tavern to connect with members and provides a reliably good time. We hope to provide potential new members and showcase the Club. We’ll at a minimum a quarterly schedule of themes and events for also be exploring opportunities for programming that will Third Thursday so you can get them on your schedule! showcase the Club and encourage membership growth.

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September 2016 | 37 OUR CLOCK FINDS ITS VOICE (continued from page 13)

test stand. Bob had to disassemble it three times before all the friction points were found and corrected. Now the time function was running well and he moved on to the chime section.

The timing of the chime mechanism is critical. Misalignment of gears as small as one tooth can cause the clock to chime at intervals that don’t match the dial. Another lucky internet find was a book written by Stephen Conover, How to Repair Herschede Tubular Bell Clocks, second edition. A second edition, you ask? Was there really that much demand? Well, probably not. However, lucky for us, Mr. Conover found out about the rare two-arbor Herschede clocks after the first printing, and so he added three pages on how to set the chime section and had the book reprinted. Setting the chimes is a very difficult task, and this book is the only explanation on how to sequence the chime gearing that Bob knows of.

he biggest change in the clock appearance came from polishing T the chime tubes. The tubes consist of brass tubing plated with “yellow base for the clock to rest on. So, no more clock so that upcoming repairs can be made nickel.” It is important to not become too water damage. more easily. The cost of the parts was over aggressive with the buffing compound $450 and Bob Bettinger is absorbing that or the plating can be compromised. “It is Bob found several references to past expense, along with contributing his many best,” Bob says, “to take only 90 years of repairs in the clock. In June 1916, for hours of work. He wants to dedicate this oxidation off and let the next guy get all example, the Broer Company installed a refurbishing of our clock to Shirley Levy’s the surprises.” The tubes are now beautiful new chime snail. When removing the steel father, clockmaker Aaron Dolgin. and are clear coated so they will not have cylinders from the brass shells, he found to be touched for years. a complete German language newspaper When you listen to the chimes, please from July 13, 1954. It was inserted by remember our Toledo Club’s great past and The clock case was also recoated. Water Georges Cordes, a clockmaker with a shop contribution to the Toledo community. Then damage from so many years of mopping on Monroe Street. The newspaper has been look forward to our future and how our Club surrounded the base of the clock and reinserted in the clock. Bob has written can contribute to the upcoming downtown needed to be repaired. Bob suggested repair notes, boxed up additional parts and resurgence. putting the clock on a granite base to the Conover book, and placed them in the protect it from more damage. Art and Maria Bronson donated a beautiful granite You can celebrate our clock’s new voice and appearance by coming to First Tuesday, September 6. We will be having cocktails and hors d’oeuvres on 38 | September 2016 the first floor, following by the dedication and a demonstration of the chimes. FROM YOUR NEW CATERING MANAGER

Dear Members, Before I share a few details about me, I want to thank you, all of you. I am thrilled to be your new Catering & Events Director. It is an honor to be a part of the leadership team for your Club. I now consider it my Club, too. The Toledo Club is a place like no other in northwest Ohio. I will work to get the word out about all the Club has to offer: its tradition of service, excellence and quality. Excellence does have a place – it is The Toledo Club. Event planning has been a passion of mine since I began planning Sunday family tea parties at the shore at the age of five. I was proud to have served real tea on an heirloom tea set with tiny sandwiches and cakes I made myself in my Betty Crocker oven. As I got older and a bit more savvy, the events and my client list grew. I have been planning events big and small, from exquisite masquerade balls to simple luncheons, for over 20 years now. I look forward to working with all of you to plan your family events, special parties, business meetings and Club functions. A successful event is all in the details. I’ve never been handed a planning request or a challenge that I could not conquer – so bring it on! As autumn arrives, we will be rolling out new menus, new wedding packages and new event concepts. So let’s plan on creating some fun together! With my best regards, Theresa Carroll

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SEPTEMBER MEMBER NEWS

SO LONG, FAREWELL, he once again began volunteering time to the orchestra, including writing reviews of orchestral selections for the symphony program/ AUF WIEDERSEHEN, GOOD-BYE magazine. His marketing experience in Toledo includes partner at Kathy Carroll, the Toledo Observant LLC (2008-2012) and vice president with Fulcrum Research Symphony’s esteemed president Group (2012-2016). From March 2016 to July 2016 he served as senior and CEO for the past six years, vice president, research and analytics at Communica, Inc. has announced her retirement. She has passed the baton to Zak After Kathy Carroll announced her retirement as president, she and Vassar (see below). other members of the search committee encouraged Zak to consider applying for the position. After an extensive vetting process, he was Kathy and her husband, attorney officially announced as new president and CEO on July 13. Carl White, joined The Toledo Club in 1965. A music lover Zak has been a member of The Toledo Club since 2009. His wife Emilie since childhood, Kathy has been is co-chairman of the Club’s Family Committee. “all in” for the Symphony and its personnel since 1988, when she joined the organization as Kathy Carroll A well-earned honor for Kristin Volk director of development. Under her leadership, the endowment fund has risen from $1.9 million to Kristin Volk, daughter of Toledo more than $17 million and the orchestra has gained in regional and Club members Cheryl and Ron national prestige. The widely acclaimed performance at Carnegie Hall Volk, was among the winners will always be associated with her successful efforts to broaden the at the 47th annual Lower Great orchestra’s outreach. Lakes Chapter Regional Emmy Awards held at Kalahari Resort Less lauded, but equally amazing have been her efforts to broaden the on June 18. audiences’ knowledge and appreciation for different styles of music and musicians. Featured artists have ranged from jazz icons Winston A national correspondent and Marsalis and Benny Golson to classical soloists Itzhak Perlman, Kirill multimedia journalist with Gerstein, Cornelia Herrmann, and Joshua Bell. Unforgettable! Channel 5 WEWS-TV, an ABC station in Cleveland, OH, “I’ve always been involved with learning more about the arts, Kristen writes, photographs, especially music,” Kathy said in a Topics interview (March 2011), produces, and edits daily “and I love hearing things I’ve never heard before. And I also like content for the news channel, how you hear something when you’re 40; then when you hear it reports live on location, and again, you get more out of it.” researches and develops news stories. Bravo Zak Vassar! The WEWS staff was awarded a regional Emmy in the Kristin Volk (right) holds her Emmy Following the retirement of its previous leader, Kathy Carroll, the Toledo News Special category. Its Award as she stands with her Symphony welcomed Zak Vassar as its new president and CEO. Despite its members, including reporters, mother, Cheryl Volk. many responsibilities and challenges, Zak says the position has been his photographers, editors, and dream since childhood. He volunteered producers, were credited with producing the newscast, “Road to Reform: for the Toledo Symphony while a student Investigating the Failures & Uncovering the Solutions for the Cleveland at St. John’s Jesuit High School and even Police Department.” while attending college, he still found time to intern at the Toledo Symphony Kristen graduated from Denison University with a bachelor of arts, then during the summer. went on to earn her master of science in journalism at Northwestern University. Her previous work experience includes national Zak graduated from Boston College – correspondent/multimedia journalist for Scripps National Investigative Carroll School of Management with a Unit; director of online news with United Press International; and bachelor of science in marketing and a minor in music history. After returning to planning editor for WTVG-13 in Toledo. Toledo with his soon-to-be wife Emilie, Zak Vassar

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The ultimate pothole! Kudos to Adam Levine Toledo Club member Adam Levine has been promoted to Associate Director and Associate Curator of Ancient Art at the Toledo Museum of Art. As associate director, he is responsible for brand marketing and communications, education and engagement, and information systems. Adam came from the Metropolitan Museum of Art as part of the Museum’s Mellon Fellowship program. His background includes doctorate and master’s degrees in art history from the University of Oxford, where he was a Rhodes Scholar, and bachelor’s degrees in art history, anthropology, and mathematics and social sciences from Dartmouth College, where he A sinkhole with a depth graduated summa cum laude and of 30 feet opened up Phi Beta Kappa. He is an expert in in July near the Club Roman art. Levine is a co-founder parking lot. The City of of Art Research Technologies and Toledo called in a special has consulted for Sotheby’s and Art & Auction magazine. He has also contractor, who solved Adam Levine served as an art market and policy the problem by installing (photo by Nick Amrhein for Toledo CIty Paper) analyst for Oxford Analytica. a special combination sewer made of brick. We’re celebrating! HOW I SPENT MY SUMMER VACATION Uncompromising AMenswear TOAST TO THE MONTGOMERYS!© NOW AT THE TOLEDOCongratulations CLUB. to Kate and Boyd Montgomery on their 74th anniversary. This year also marks 54 years as members of The Toledo Club.

Michael David relocating We are pleased to announce our move to theto mezzanine The Toledo level of theClub Toledo Club. Having supplied business clothing to men in the greater Toledo area for 40 years, we fullyMike understand Brinker the importance is excited of GENUINE to announce QUALITY and GENUINEhe has SERVICE. relocated his business, Our presence will add yet another convenience available to you when you visit the club, and hopefully make a necessary part of your life a little easier. Michael David, to the mezzanine level of The Toledo Club. Michael We look forward to showing you our little corner of the club. David has been serving the clothing needs of businessmen in the Toledo Hours: 11 AM to 6 PM Monday through Friday area (AND for BY 40 APPOINTMENT) years, the last 32 having been spent in downtown Toledo. Store Phone 419-255-1039 Cell PhoneConsidering 410-509-4180 the (419) 255-1039 importance of 701 MADISON AVE, TOLEDO, OH convenience when www.MichaelDavidLtd.codealing with men, it is hard to imagine a 71621_MDL_ToledoClub_Half-PageH_F.indd 1 better location for a quality-driven men’s clothing business 8/10/16than in 9:47 the AM This is former Toledo Club president Joe Zerbey IV on one building in downtown Toledo that has acted as the centerpiece for vacation, working on his son’s organic farm sorting business for 100 years. radishes. For the record, Joe says he doesn’t want to see a radish ever again. The farm is located in Rock Stream, If you are not already familiar with Michael David, take a moment to New York, on the west shore of Lake Seneca. stop in on your next visit to the Club and introduce yourself. Looking your best just became a lot more convenient!

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MORE MEMBER NEWS ThankYou to ALL our tremendous 2016 Hats off to Robert W. Lucas “Party in the Parking Lot”sponsors! Congratulations to Bob Lucas, the newly inducted chairman of the Ohio Historical Board of Trustees. Bob previously served as a member RHODIUM SPONSORS - $4,000 and chairman of the Ohio Historical Society (now the Ohio History The Blade Connection) Development Board, and as trustee and treasurer of the Buckeye Broadband Ohio Historical Foundation. Recently he and his wife Karen hosted a tour PLATINUM SPONSORS - $2,500 of the OHC archives and collection Materion Brush Inc. warehouses in Columbus; participants ProMedica included a dozen Toledo Club members. (See the July/August issue Heidelberg Distributing Co. of Topics, page 42). Bob will celebrate his 30th year as a Club member in GOLD SPONSORS - $1,000 November 2016. PNC Morgan Linen Services, Inc. Bob is a former president of United Yark Automotive Group Citizens National Bank Buck Brothers Asphalt Way of Greater Toledo and former Bob Lucas Fifth Third Bank president and CEO of DeNovo, Inc. Paving & Maintenance LLC From 1971 through 1999, he was a senior executive with Huntington National Bank, including president and CEO of Huntington Mortgage DIAMOND SPONSORS - $750 Company and the Huntington Leasing Co. in Columbus, as well as Palmer Energy Company president of Huntington National Bank of Northwest Ohio. During his career in business, he served in the U.S. Army Special Forces eScapes Dental TV Private Television Network LLC Airborne (Reserve) for 29 years and retired with the rank of Command SILVER SPONSORS - $500 Sergeant Major. Hylant Shumaker, Loop & Way to go, Louis E. Tosi! William Vaughan Company Kendrick, LLP Toledo Club member Louis Tosi Farmers & Merchants Huntington Insurance was among four attorneys in the State Bank Michael David Ltd. Toledo law firm of Shumaker, Skylight Financial Group First Federal Bank Loop & Kendrick LLP who Seymour & Associates Schindler Elevator have been recognized in the Toledo Tent & 2016 Chambers USA Guide to Premium Transportation Group Party Rentals America’s Leading Lawyers for Business. BRONZE SPONSORS - $250 A partner in the law firm and chair of the firm’s Ultra Car Wash in Roger Parker environmental group, Louis Perrysburg Greg and Jen Wagoner has a wealth of experience The Optical Shop John and Liz Skeldon in environmental and Keith and Susan Burwell Louis Tosi Kyle Wilson administrative law. He is Rebecca and Greg Shope well known for representing clients before government agencies Russ Wozniak and working with clients on Superfund and rulemaking matters. He Cameron and Pete and Elizabeth Shawaker Patricia Lee Hahn also regularly represents a number of industry groups in a variety of Toledo Clinic rulemaking settings and matters related to the Superfund. Andy Rannazi, Zac Huizing Glenn Whitted, MD and Dan Skilliter Louis earned hisbachelor of arts and his doctor of law degree (J.D., Orthopedic Surgeon both cum laude), at The Ohio State University and was elected to Renaissance Toledo/ Stem Cell Treatment the Phi Beta Kappa honor society. His professional and community Renaissance Hotel Michael T. Noble affiliations include the Ohio Chamber of Commerce Energy and Melissa and Bo Freeman Burnor Appraisal Service Environment Committee, American Bar Association Section on John and Mary Fedderke Massage Bliss, llc Administrative Law, Ohio EPA Air and Solid Waste Public Advisory Pete and Kristin Winovich Group, and chairman of Ohio Governor Voinovich’s Task Force on Internet Payment Exchange Brownfields Reform.

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Introducing new members

Peter Handwork Handwork Mediation Services, LLC

Bradley Lagusch Bradley Lagusch is new to the Toledo area. He relocated here from Columbus in early June after accepting the position of executive director at the Toledo Bar Association. He has worked in the legal profession for the majority of his career, spending more than 19 years at The Ohio State Bar Association, where he served Bradley Lagusch as its director of marketing. He joined The Toledo Club at the recommendation of several attorney members of the Club. “I plan on using my membership for both work and personal entertaining, RUSS WOZNIAK fitness and establishing friendships in the Toledo area,” he said. Membership Director 419-254-2997 Bradley has an 11-year-old son. His hobbies include golf, downhill skiing and 419-254-2992 Fax sailing. [email protected] J. Christian Piazza J. Christian Piazza was born and raised in Ann Arbor, Michigan. Now 24 years old, he earned his BS, BA and MBA from Bowling Green State University while playing J. Christian Piazza www.twitter.com/TheToledoClub five years (2011–2015) on the BGSU football team’s offensive line. He enjoys traveling, golf, concerts and sporting events of any kind.

Become a Fan of The Toledo Club! “My mentor Mike Wilcox, whom I am working for at Wilcox Financial – Wilcox Sports Management, strongly suggested I become a Toledo Club member because of the great opportunities to exercise, meet and socialize with fellow Toledo residents,” he said. He is looking forward to learning how to play squash and to meeting other members.

Andrew Schaetzke Andrew Schaetzke is an Advisor at SJS Investment Services. Originally from Andrew Schaetzke Toledo, Ohio, he came home to Toledo from Cologne, Germany, where he played professional football and worked for Deutsche Bank Private Equity. Prior to his time overseas, Andrew began his financial career at Morgan Stanley Wealth Management in Washington, DC. He received his BS in Finance from Georgetown University McDonough School of Business, where he was a member of the school’s Division I-AA football program. Andrew currently resides in downtown Toledo. Sponsored by Don Mewhort.

September 2016 | 43 Athletic News Athletics & Squash

Welcome Back! Squash Directory/Yearbook When you return from our annual two-week shutdown you The Squashworks system is great for having all of the will find a clean and fully outfitted department waiting contact information for our players. Still, there is something for you. The Athletic Department staff has been very busy about having a hard copy booklet to quickly locate players’ while you were away; deep cleaning, wiping down things phones and email without having to log on. The Directory/ and polishing up every area in preparation of your return. Yearbook is just that, along with past results and photos Welcome back! from past years. A half-page business-card size ad is only $50, and a full-page ad is $100. We can create an ad for Squash League Sign-Up you, or you can submit your own ad. See John for more The sign-up sheets for the upcoming 2016/17 Winter Squash details to place your ad. League are posted behind Court Four. Players of all ability levels are welcome to join the league, from complete novice to advanced players. This season will be another busy one John A. Seidel Athletic Director and and our winter league is the keystone of the season, so don’t Squash Professional miss it. The first 64 players to sign up will be placed in the 419-254-2962 popular “First 64” handicap tournament. Don’t worry about too much time commitment either, as last year you had 112 [email protected] days to play your matches. Your $100 league dues covers all of the following: Top-quality Under Armour tee shirt Reduced cost of our Improved Draft Night Dinner Our excellent Squashworks reservation and match scheduling system Awards for all of the following: Handicap Tourney, Team Champions, Team Finalists, Tier Champions, 100% Club tankards, and an excellent dinner at Finals Night in the Main Dining Room. JOIN US!

WELCOME BACK!

44 | September 2016 Athletic News Aquatics & Fitness Center

Pool Party Thank you to Andrei and Kelly Kotchetov who hosted a birthday party for their children, Nikolai and Helena, who turned 10! With pizza, a magic show, grass skirts, and pirate patches and, of course, a lot of swimming, it was a blast. If you are interested in having a party at the Club, please contact Charissa.

Quarry Swim Thank you to Bob and Karen Lucas who invited the Yoga Restart – Session 1: swimmers-Master’s Class, Aqua Aerobics – and anyone OCTOBER 1–NOVEMBER 5 CHARISSA MARCONI who wanted to come out for a night of fun – to their home. David Schmenk will begin yoga classes on October 1. The BS, WITS We swam laps around the quarry at their Pemberville session will be six weeks. There will be two classes – one at Fitness & Aquatics Dir. home, paddle boarded, and even had remote control boats. 9:30 AM and another at 11 AM. They will be hour-long classes. 419-254-2990 The evening wrapped up with appetizers and beverages on The cost for a six-week session will be $48; a single walk-in [email protected] their beautiful patio. class is $12. The fee for non-members is $60 a session; $15 a single walk-in class. No reservations need to be made, but I would like to know who is interested in coming to class. I would like to start an email list as last minute changes can happen. Join me on www.twitter.com/charissamarconi Lucky Duck Swim Thank you to Melissa Shaner, our swim coach, who put on the 2nd Annual Lucky Duck Swim. With a little over 60 participants, the race raised money for Nature’s Nursery.

First Friday Breakfast The Morning Group meets for breakfast on the first Friday of each month; sometimes their breakfast takes them out of the Club. For July, the group was invited by Judge Jack Zouhary for a tour of the federal court house and breakfast. Thank you Judge Zouhary for having us! If you would like to get on the email for the morning group, please contact me. The group pre-orders in the Fitness Center, works out, gets ready for work, and then meets upstairs at 7:15 AM when breakfast is served.

September 2016 | 45 Committees Sports Grill Family Marketing & Tavern Co-Chairman Chairman Co-Chairman Nick Stack Fred Harrington SEPTEMBER Sarah Snell meeting schedule

Food/Beverage Committee (First Thursday) September 1 • Noon Chelsea Room 419-321-1392 Business 419-385-2322 Home 734-657-1450 419-215-1628 Cell [email protected] Social/Entertainment Committee [email protected] [email protected] John Fedderke (First Tuesday) September 6 • 5:30 PM Co-Chairman Co-Chairman Jessica Jackson Andrew Spahr Emilie Vassar Tom Klein Chelsea Room Shirley Levy Cindy Niggemyer Athletic Committee Rick Rudnicki (Second Tuesday) September 13 • 11:30 AM Conservatory Room House Squash Committee Chairman (Second Tuesday) September 13 • 7:30 AM Marianne Ballas 765-729-7715 Cell 419-206-8557 Cell Georgian Room [email protected] [email protected] House Committee James Raymound Bailey Laura Berling Katherine Joslin Lonsbrough Katherine Boolles Meeting date TBA • 5 PM Megan McKean Jared Lefevre Chelsea Room Alex Suffron Ian Malhoit Craig Witherell Alanna Paully Family Committee Renee Stack (Third Thursday) September 15 • 6 PM 419-265-5607 Cell [email protected] Sports Grill & Tavern Food/Beverage Finance Lauren Douglas Sports Grill & Tavern Committee Chairman John Fedderke Ben Brown Chairman Paul Sullivan (Third Thursday) September 15 • 5:30 PM Gregory H. Wagoner Tom Uhler Sports Grill & Tavern Shelley Walinski Carl White Membership Committee Elizabeth Wolfe September 26 • 5:30 PM Red Room or phone Social/ Finance Committee Entertainment 419-254-7382 Business September 26 • 4 PM Chairman 419-787-7382 Cell 419-241-9000 Business Mike Mori Board Room [email protected] 419-321-1206 Direct Tom Baird [email protected] Board Meeting Susan Conda Larry Boyer September 27 • 4 PM Dan Effler Neil Garrison Board Room Becky Fuhrman Doug Kearns Karen Klein Jim Knapp Marketing Committee Bob Lubell John MacKay John MacKay Mark Ralston (Last Tuesday) September 27 • 11:30 AM Kathy Mikolajczak Mark Ridenour Ann Sanford 419-724-6380 Business Ivy Room Dirk Van Heyst 419-392-3050 Cell Bruce Schoenberger [email protected] Topics Committee Betty Sherman Anna Bremer (Last Tuesday) September 27 • 12:30 PM Linda Varga Greg Wagoner Jim Burnor Board Room Eileen Eddy Joy Hyman Cindy Niggemyer David Quinn John Skeldon

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Membership Topics Athletic Squash Chairman Chairman Chairman Chairman Scott Libbe David Cameron Bob Lucas Mike Goetz Be an Active Toledo Club Member 419-241-5000 419-536-5272 Business 419-833-1505 Home 419-245-2531 Business [email protected] 419-266-4742 Cell 419-494-1185 Cell 419-351-3595 Cell Laura Baird [email protected] [email protected] [email protected] If you are interested Jackie Barnes Fred Harrington Todd Berman Steve Bogart Tim Effler Mark Keesey Mike Goetz Jim Burnor in serving on a Club Matthew Harper Karen Klein Zachary Huizing Rich Effler Erica Jennewine Shirley Levy Christopher Kozak Tyson Fankhauser committee, please Matt Rubin Bob Lubell Will Lewis Melissa Freeman Dawn Miller Kathy Mikolajczak Jeffrey Levesque contact Dawn Miller Cindy Niggemyer Brett Seymour Frank Manning Kristi Polus Melissa Shaner John Skeldon at 419-254-2980. Bruce Yunker Renee Stack Greg Wagoner Kimberly Walter Peter Winovich

Members of the Board of Directors

President Vice-President Treasurer Secretary Legal Counsel Aaron D. Swiggum Brett Seymour Gregory H. Wagoner Rebecca Shope Justice G. Johnson, Jr. 419-891-1040 Business 419-517-7079 Business 419-241-9000 Business 419-321-1453 Business 419-249-7100 Business 419-206-9518 Cell 419-467-3302 Cell 419-321-1206 Direct 419-957-1117 Cell 419-262-0312 Cell [email protected] [email protected] [email protected] [email protected] [email protected]

Director Director Director Director Director John Fedderke Michael T. Marciniak Jacqueline Barnes Andrew Berenzweig David Quinn 419-297-6559 Cell 419-842-6112 Business 419-254-2820 Business 419-259-6080 Business 419-537-1741 Business [email protected] 419-343-3401 Cell 419-261-0781 Cell 419-345-7969 Cell 419-367-3601 Cell [email protected] [email protected] [email protected] [email protected]

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