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DEVOTED TO MARCH, 1951 VOL. X No.3 BARBER SHOP THE INTERESTS OF QUARTET HARMONY (
Cherry Blossoms, Washington. D, C.
The District of Columbia Cbapter is a guild of the Pinafore Sailors featuring bassi profundo. So quartet singers which from the beginning has ad many singers value the privilege o[ membership and mitted to membership only competent singers who desire to appear in public perJormance that it has through auditions have demonstrated the ability to become impossible to use all of the available talent in the Harvest of Harmony held in Constitution sing in a quartet. With few exceptions, the members Hall in October o[ each year. Therefore a second sing in organized quartets, in the Red and Green annual show of equal calibre ",ith an all-different sections of the Singing Capital Chorus, and in cast and with all-different songs will be presented special choral groups such as the Precisionists and during blossom time.
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·VOLUME X NO.3 MARCH, 1951
1500 ALL·EVENTS BOOKS INT'L BOARD OK's 20% Report on Armed FOR TOLEDO ASSIGNED FOR STAGE PRESENCE Forces Collaboration All indications point to an S.R.D. Int'l Meeting at the Palace Hotel, San by Int'l Pres. Jerry Beeler Convention and Contest at Toledo Francisco, January 19th and 20th, June 6th to 10th. More than 1500 the Int'l Board of Directors of the (Pres. Beeler's summaI:Y of the report of All-Events Books had been sent out Society placed the official OK on the the Int'} Armed Forces Collaboration from Detroit Hq. as of February 1st. Int'l Contests and Judging Commit Committee, as presented to the Int'l Add to that several hundred quartet tee's proposed changes in the Con Board at San Francisco, while originally men and wives, for whom rooms must test Rules. These changes will take be reserved, and a very 'Sizeable group effect immediately which means that intended for his column, is important of harmony pursuers is already guar quartets competing in the 1951 Int'l front page news. Eds.) anteed present and accounted for on Preliminary Contests will be judged the banks of the Maumee. according to the new rules. Actually, The biggest thrill I've had in all my the changes, other than the raising years of barbershopping c a ill e on Just as at Omaha last year, limited of Stage Presence from 10% to 20% Saturday morning in San Francisco size of Toledo hotels makes neces of the total possible score, are minor when the Board saw and heard, (I sary the use of two headquarters and have more bearing on Judges and say "saw", because we did see). the hotels. Fortunately, the Commodore the method of judging than they do Perry and Secor are directly across on the quartets. Armed Forces, or rather representa the street from each other. The quar tives of all the services, (and we cer tets will be housed in the Secor. Int'l Henceforth, there will be five Judges tainly heard some stuff - both talk Board Members, Judges, etc., in the instead of foul'. Each will have an ing and singing - tllat convinced all Commodore Perry. After these hotels equal number of points to work with. present that the program is really are filled, the Fort Meigs, Willard, The categories to be judged are the rolling). Hillcrest, Argonne, Park Lane and same with the exception that the old Toledo Club will be used, possibly category, known as "Harmony Ac Unfortunately, Committee Chairman others if needed. curacy and Blend", has b,een split into Dean Snyder was unavoidably held "Harmony Accuracy" and "Balance at Washington. Captain H. H. Cope Large Theatre and Blend". Here's how the five cate land, also a member of our Washing The two Semi Final Contests Friday gories will stack up: ton, D.C. Chapter, represented Dean morning and afternoon, the Finals, Arrangement ~ 200 points and also himself in his other role as Friday night, and the Saturday after Voice Expression 200 points head of the Music Section, Special noon Jamboree will be held in the Services Division of the Army. The fine 3500 seat Paramount Theatre, Harmony Accuroc;y 200 points Captain was ably supported in his within easy walking distance of the Balance and Blend 200 points presentation by four soldier quartets downtown hotels. The Saturday night Stage Presence 200 points and representatives from each of the Medalist Contest v\I'ill take place in services - quite an assortment of the Toledo Sports Arena, a 6500 seat Heretofore, a quartet that sang hal' "brass", 30 or 40 people altogether. auditorium. After Toledo was awarded mony in other than the recognized the 1951 Convention and Contest at barbershop style suffered only the The Committee's report was read by Buffalo in 1949, repeated tests of the penalties exacted by the Arrange Sec'y Adams aft e I' which Captain Sports Arena acoustics \vere made ments Judge. Under the rules now Copeland set out to furnish substan with Society quartets, under Society in effect, a quartet which does not tiation of the claims set forth in the supel'vision, and 1000/0 satisfaction is conform to the barbershop style will report. He called upon Col. Duncan, guaranteed on that scote. The Arena be disqualified. Copies of the re Lt. Col. Croom and Captain Thelen, of is a mile from the downtown hotel vamped rules will be mailed from the Air Force, to discuss the progress area. Detroit Hq to all quartets entering of barbershopping among the airmen. the Int'l Regional Preliminaries. Col. John S. Mallory, Special Serv Earlier Meetings ices Officer in the San Francisco area, Because of the conflict resulting from Membership Requirement told of the introduction of harmony so many meetings being held Satur During the past six months there has in the region his command serves. day, the Conference of District Of been considerable discussion on the Lt. Robert W. Schoen then told what ficers and the Class for Chorus Direc subject of setting a minimum age IColltinued on page 51 (Contin1/C(i on page 4) (Continued on page 4)
Barbershop Bafflers by Charles M. MerrilL 48 I See by The Papen 31 Barbershop Bafflel's (Answers to) 55 Keep Posled______12-13 Coast to' Coast by Districts :38-39 New Chapters Chartered______6 Coming Events______7 Old Songsters! The - Sigmund Spaeth 24 Community Service 40-47 Over the Editor's ShouldeL 36 District Contest Winners 39 President's Column - J. D. Beeler______5 Do You Remember?-J. George O'Briell..- 29 Public Domain Songs_~ 27 Directory of Int'!. Officers and Board Members______8 Registered Quartets______51-55 Editorial Pages ~ 8-9 uSbare the Wealth"-C. A. Ward 20 Founder's Column 10 Stub Pencil Notes from Pacific ~__ ~ 14-20 Information You want (about songs) 30 The Way I See It-Deac Marti"-- 34
MARCH, 1951 4
INT'L BOARD HOLDS "OPEN" MEETING Following the Armed Forces presen tation Saturday morning at the Pal. ace. the Int'! Board Meeting was opened to membel's from the Far At lert-Joo Kyle Western and Pacific Northwest Dis At rl;lht-lnt'l Pres. tricts. Representatives from man y Jerry Beeler chapters w ere on hand, including Hersch Taylor, Eugene, Oregon; Bob Perkins, Brookings, Oregon; Chet Gammel, Santa Monica, Cal.; Howard Cooper, Whittier, Cal.; Dick Miller, LonK" Beach, CaL; Reedy Wright, Bill Hopkins and Otto Ness, Pasadena; Dick Schenck, San Gabriel, Sec'y BOARD OK's 20% PRES. BEELER HONORED Far Western District; '''Hub'' Stone (Continued hom page 3) A notable honor was received by of Klamath Falls, Ore.; See'y Pac limit for membership. Possibility of Int'l Pres. Beeler November 17th when NW District and Ernest Cullen Mur setting up "Junior Championship" the Evansville B. P. O. E. conferred phy. of Eugene, Ore.; C. H. Grnyshel, l"atings, etc., also was considered. on him a life membership, a distinc Brookings, Oregon; Charlie Forrest Proposals as to minimum age ranged tion permitted only to men who have er, San Diego and Les Nelson, of from seventeen to twenty-one. After remained members for twenty years Huntington Park, Cal.; Jack Hare a thorough debate, the Int'l Board after a term as Exalted Ruler. Top and Warren Coutts of San Francisco decided to insert the word Hadult" in U. S. Elk, Joseph B. Kyle, Gary, Indi were there, as were of course, the the lnt' Constitution, leaving it to ana, made the presentation before a the individual chapters to interpret crowd of a thousand, many of whom two Far Western representatives on the word in the light of local condi were barbershoppers from Evansville the Tnt'J Board-Earl Reagan, San tions. and elsewhere. A half hour broadcast Gabriel and Dayton Colville, Reno, featured the presentation ceremony Pres. Far Western District. (There The proposal to increase the mini and the Evansville Chapter Chorus. were others, but the Harmonizer re mum required membership in a chap porter failed to get all the names). ter from sixteen to twenty was de Quartets then put on a show, enliv. reated, the concensus being that ened by the singing of the visiting changed world conditions since last Minor Chords, Terre Haute; Village Pres. Beeler introduced the members June make the move unwise at this aires, Palos Heights, Ill.; Elks Club of the Infl Board and Dayton Col time. However, many members ex Quartet, Vincennes, and the Antlers, ville did the same for the Pacific pressed the opinion that it seems then of Flint, Michigan, now of Mi , Coast representatives after which the hardly feasible for a chapter to oper ami, the last named, en route to the meeting was thrown open to questions ate well with a membership of only Louisville Parade. by the visitors. Many took advan sixteen, considering the usual ab tage of the opportunity to quiz the senteeism, etc. A proposed amend TOLEDO (Continurld from page 3) Board on rules and regulations, the ment to the Constitution calling for cause or -purpose of which seemed election of chapter officers in June, tors have been moved up to Thursday. not too clear. Pres. Beeler called rather than April, a'S at present, was This will mean that Saturday after on various Board members who are also defeated. noon will be free of business meetings specialists in certain fields to answer and conferences so that all may at related questions. Manual for Choruses tend the Jamboree. The Board voted to issue a "Manual Conference of Chapter Officers, SchOOl Typical of the questions asked was for Choruses", similar to that now for Judges, Meeting of Song Leaders that of Herschel Taylor, of Eugene, available for quartets. Carl Jones, and M.e;,., will all be held Saturday Oregon who wanted to know why Chairman of the Int'l Committee on morning. recording of Parades and Contests Chapter Choruses, announced that the The Woodshed, so tremendousl)'- suc is prohibited. EXJ.llanation of the rigid Committee plans to compi17 with the cessful at Omaha and Buffalo, will copyright laws, mvasion of the pri aid and approval of the lnt'l Song be set up and in ope,ration in the vacy of quartets, injection of com Arrangements Committee, a follo of Commodore Perry Hotel on Thu~"S mercialism in various forms in certain less difficult arrangements of public day. Toledo's Assoc. General ChaIr areas brought home quite conclusively domain songs, including hymns and man Chuck Schmid has had it stored the need for an overall ban. patriotic numbers. in his garage ever since it arrived The $1.00 annual "Registration Fee" from Omaha last June. Past Int'} B'd E. C. Murphy, Eugene, Ore., raised for quartets is to be continued for an Member Dick Sturges, of Atlanta, the question of minimum age of mem other year. (See list of registered who built the Woodshed, will be on bers, a matter that had been ex quartets, pages 61 to 55. hand early to supervise the erectioll. haustively explored by the en t i l' e Board by mail and personal confer Toronto Gets Mid- Winter No Radio Broadcast ences in the six months since Omaha Both Toronto and Dearborn, Michi-: There will NOT be a radio broadcast and had been threshed out the day gan, invited the Int'l Board's 1952 of the new champions from Toledo. before on the floor of the Board Mid-Winter Meeting. Sealed ballot Experience has pretty well demon Meeting with the result outlined on vote gave the nod to Toronto. This strated that it is impossible to put on page 9. Discussion of the reasons will be the first time the Int'l Board a live broadcast from the stage with why the Board had refused to set a has held a meeting in Canada. out considerable interference with minimum age lim i t followed and, Pres. Beeler announced to the Board the 'Slllooth running of the perform though Brother Murphy may not have that the Executive Committee had ance. For this reason the broadcast been convinced, he apeared to feel voted to apply for a publisher mem has been dropped. that the Board had made a reasonable bership in ASCAP-'l'he American All previous winners of the lnt'l decision in the light of times and Society of Composers, Authors and Championship who are present at To circumstances. Publishers. Through the publication ledo with t.heir original personnel of folios and song sheets, the Society will be invited to sing on the Medalist Results of the uOpen Meeting", brief has become eligible for membership. Contest. though it was, convinced =Some mem The custom of chapters maintaining The traditional Sunday Morning bers of the Int'l Board that simUar membership of men who enter the Breakfast will be served in the Com gatherings should be attempted, when Armed Services, which came into be modore Perry Hotel. All in all, it time and facilities allow, at future ing during World War II, was en looJ<,. like five days NOT TO BE Jnt'] Board Meetings. dorsed by the Int'l Board. MISSED. MARCH,1951 MAURICE "CLOCK SYSTEM" REAGAN HONORED AT AKRON, OHIO
These are pictures taken during and after the breakfast honor Pres. F. C. "Army" Armstrong. Warren. Ohio; District Sec'y ing Maurice Reagan, Pittsburgh. Sunday morning, November Karl Haggard, Sharon, Pa.; Int'l 1st V.P. J. F. Knipe, Cleve 12th. The Breakfast was the climll:lt of the Johnny Appleseed land: Cormer Int'l V.P. Edwin S. Smith, Wayne, Mich.; District Contest. At top left-a general view of the 200 break left below-Reagan. wearing the 194.8 Champion Pittsbutghen' {asters; lup right-Assoc. Int'I Sec'y Bob Hafer reads a com GtJld Medals around his neck, ("without his coaching we couldn't mendatory message from the Int'l Hq; at middle left, Cleveland'lI ever have won them ••• ")-L. to R.-Bill Conway. bass: Deae Martin presents II plaque to Reagan (left); center- Tommy Palamone, lead: Reagan; Harry Conte, tenor: John Reagan and Int'l Pres. Jerry Beeler Jiitllnd beside a large repro "Jiggs" Ward, barl-below righ~Reagan aJ;Jd the Westina-· duction of the "Circle of Harmony"; right-Pres. Beeler, who house Quartet, Pittsbnrgh, who flew in (rom New Jetsey during .. came aU the way from Evansville to honor Reagan, .IIays II few the night just to be on hnnd-L. to n.-Carl Chada, t,enor; Bill words, ceuler-"the brass"-L. to n.-Akron'. Ed Duplnga, Dis· McDowell, lead: Rea.an; Earle "Pete" Eldet, bari: Ed Uan.on, tTict V.P.; PrclI. Beeler; Deae Martin: Maurice Reaa-an: District bass. The Harmonizer
JOHNNY APPLESEED DISTRICT HONORS GLOSSARY OF BARBERSHOP M. E.REAGAN MUSICAL TERMS A higWight of the Johnny Appleseed B}' Louis Fenner Dow. Dish-iet Contest and Fall Meeting at Burlington, Vt. Chapter Akron, November 11th and 12th was a Sunday morning breakfast held in G Clef-An awfuL precipice, B~'(tce-Half of what some- honor of Pittsburgh's Maurice E. sometimes called a times holds up your pants. Reagan. Maurie probably needs no in Treble Clef-or. terrible pre- Bar-A place for sports. troduction to most members of SPEB cipice. Double Bar-A double order SQSA, but a review of his work f'Or Bass Clef-A low down, no of the same, Mike. the Society in the past eleven years good precipice. Natural-Seven or eleven. may be in order. He became a mem Note--A piece of paper yOU1' Sha~-p---How you think you ber of the Board of SPEllSQSA in banker lets you sign if you have look. 1941 and except in 1945 served in plenty of collateraL Flat-How you really are. that capacity and/or Vice President I{e}'-A gadget that fits in a Double Flat--A two-family af until 1948. PI'om 1942 to 1948, Maurie hole in a door if you can find it. fair. was Chairman of the Judges at every Cho'rd-A certain number of Repeat-What you do when Annual Contest. In 1949 at Buffalo he pieces of wood make one. you get an encore. was Associate Chairman and this past Pianissimo--Chinese naDle for Presa--Whata youra pantsa year at Omaha he again served as piano. needa. Chairman. Not even his ,'... ife knows . Sign-Heard often in barber- Hm"mony-That which reIgns shop harmony, like "when the how many District and Int'l Prelimi when you agree with Y'OUl' wife. winds are sign in the tl'ees". nal'Y C'Ontests he has judged from Discord-"Not dat chord, dis Turn-A movement of the Coast to Coast and from Canada to one". head backwards (involuntary) the Gulf. Staff-The bread of life or when you pass a pretty girl on something. the street. With his engineering background. Measure-What the officials Swell-What that last song Maurie has always been interested in do when there's a question of your quartet sang vasn't. the science of sound. Music, being first down. Sco"e-An intricate system of nothing more than the production of 7'ante-Your French (or Ger· marking, devised by admirers of sounds of varyillg kinds, their rela man) aunt. Torquemada, to prevent your tionship determined by mathematical Rest.-The pause that refresh- quartet from winning any COll formulae, he early began to study the es. test. science of harmony. Out of this study, adapting Bach's Circle of Fifths, Maune worked out a system of chord identification tied into' the figures of a clock. The result, for those who have I'BM0NYill J)islifldlivd /tWtMt; taken the trouble to learn the system, has been a musical Esperanto. WllJi Applied Ol/idal 5.P.E.8.5.0.U. Emblems Arrangements galore have come from Maurie's pen. Many qual·tets have been aided by his patient and careful coaching, including the 1948 Int'l Champion Pittsburghers, the many time medal winning Westinghouse Quartet and many other foursomes in the Pittsburgh area. cuu UNttS 1 :Ill' 10 \1 <;O~ flUfO Complete Surprise $307$ PeR !'AIR The idea of the District testimonial to Maurie was cooked up Dl{)nths be. fore November. Preparations required that several thousand people know about it, including Mrs. Reagan and members of the family. In spite of this, the secret was kept and Maurie had no idea of the purpose of the Sunday morning gathering until half way through Deac Martin's speech present ing the engraved plaque which reads ALWAYS HARMONIOUS IA5tf;r ~VI ftl Qd' tf:lll' l~ 1.,0, OO~O flUff) Maurice E. Reagan $2'.95 fAGH. This token from Johnny Apple .J'llllem. Individually Baxed and seed District, SPEBSQSA, is pre SIripped Prepaid. ""- include Fed sented at Akron, Ohio, November 12th, 1950, in appreciation of ef wllal<- Order direct from forts toward building a lasting organization, particularly in the direction of song arrangements, a harmony system, and contest • judging. MARCH,1951 by J. D. Beeler
When Lt. Schoen finished, Captain while cause. You can't beat the San Copeland then introduced the four Gabriel gang. Army quartets-C amp Roberts' "4 Thence to Phoenix (the wife and my Notes in O. D."; Ft. Warden Warden self driving over with IlFour Part" aires; Ft. Lewis "Recall 4"; and O'Reagan and his charming wife, \..he Air Force
Ind., Regional Prelim. Conte!!t; San Antonio. T(:..."tlts, Regional Prelim. Contest: Kearne}', Nebr.. Parade. 29-Defiance, Ohio. ParAde. Ma~' 4-Springville, N. Y., Parade. 5-Gar}", Ind.. PArade; Springfield, Mo.• Re $tional PNlim. Con~8t; Hornell. N. Y.. Re gional Prelim. Contest; Birmingham. Ala., Re gional Prelim. Contest; Sharon. Pa.. Regional PI·clim. Contest; Manitowoe. Will., Regional Prelim. Contest; Snult 5te. Marie, Mich., Re gional Prelim. Contest; Meriden. Conn.. Re- gional Prelim. Contest: Seattle. Wash.. Re g-ional Prelim, Contest; Plainfield, N. J .. Re J.;:ional Prelim. Contest. :;-G-Rock Island, Ill.. RCA'iOnal Prelim. Con_ test. it-WarSAW, N. Y .. Parade. J.2-Windsor, Ont" Regional Prelim. Contest: I,'all River. Mass.. Parade: Bradford. Pa.. Par· AS REPORTED TO THE INTL. Ade: Apl~leton, Wis" Pal'llde, 19-Providence, R. 1.. Pal'fLde: Tron Mountain. OFFICE THROUGH JAN. 25th MidI .. Pnrade: Kenoshn. Wis.. Parade. PerSOflalized 1951 June 2-Jersey City, N. J" Annual Dance & February 17-Addison, N. Y.. Parade; Tusca QUIII·tet Roundup. loosa, Ala.. Parade; Warrell, Ohio. Parade. G-IO-Toledo, Ohio. Int·1. Convention & Quar I8-Ft. Madison, Iowa, Parade. tet Contests. MATCH BOOKS n-Lennox, S. D.. Charter Night: Tucson. 24-SheboYb"tm. Wia., District Chorus Con_ Arizona. Parade. test. Official Colors 24-Dayton. Ohio. Parade: Phoenix. Al"izona, August l8----0scoda County. Mich.• Parade. Parade: Mt. Vernon, III.. Parade; London, August 3I-Sept. 1-2-3-Charlevoix. Mich.. Red, white. blue and gold Ont., Parade: Oklahoma City, OkIR., Parade. Jamboree. 25-Blooroington. Ill., Parade. IS-Mishawaka, Ind.• Parade. BO:l of 50 Match Books 27-5t. Catbarines. Ont.. Charter Night. 22--oshawa. Ont.. Quartet Festival: Gratiot !'Ilan~h ~-Bay Cit)·, Mich.• Parade; W~lbburg. Count}'. Mich.. Parade: Madison. Wis.. Par .1.00 W. Va.. Parade. ade; Dowagiac. Mich., Parade; Hornell. N. Y•. Carton of 10 Boxes 3-5aginaw, Micb.. BarbershoD Variety Sho'l'l": Parade. Toronto, Ont.• Parade: Elyria. Ohio, Parade. 29-Gowanda. N. Y .. Parade; Derb)', Conn..
DE'..oTED TO THE INTERESTS OF BARBER SHe" Ql)<\RT£T HA~Y
Publishod Quarterly by the International Officers and the other members of the lntllrnational Board HOW TO KILL of Diractors of the Society: for the Preservation and Encouragement of Barber Shop Quartet Singing in America, Inc., for distribution to the members_of the Society. • A "LAME DUCK" VOLUME X No.3 By Int'l V. P. Berney Sirnner MARCH, J951 The International Constitution of the Society provides that chapter officers SOc per Copy be elected in April of each year, and assume office on July 1st of that year. EDITORIAL AND PRODUCTION The interim period has sometimes been a soUTce of annoyance to the new CARROLL P. ADAMS 20619 Fenkell Ave., Detroit 23, Mich. officers, and a problem to the incum Phone; KEn'll"'OOd 2-8300 bents. Officers-elect are not vested with authority and hesitate to in J. F. KNIPE fringe upon the prerogatives of the incumbents, The incumbents likewise BUSINESS MANAGER hesitate to push activities for fear of hampering their successors. ROBERT G. HAFER Actually, with a bit of planning, this CONTRIBUTING EDITORS period can be most beneficial to the J. D. Beeler Robert Hockenbrougb J. George O'Brien chapter for it is an opportunity to Jean Boardman Dese (C. T.) Martin W, Welsh Pierce train the TIe\v officers and executive O. C. Cash Arthur A. Merrill Sigmund Spaeth committee members. On July 1st en Charles M. Merrill F. Stirling Wilson tirely too many of our chapters liter alIJ dump the duties of the various DISTRICT EDITORS offices in the laps of the new men with no plans for the summer ahead Northeastern - Hal Faye. Boston; Mid-Atlontie - Ed Place, Washington; Di3l;ie - Sam Breedon, Tampa; Central·Western New York - Al Leamed, Genna; Johnny Appfeseed - Jim and the chapter activity and interest Emsley, Canton; Indiana-Kentucky - Cari A. ]oneil, Terre Haute: Ontario - Harold Deadman, lag until September-when all awaken London; Michigan - R06COe Bennett, Grand Rapids; Land 0' Lakes - Bill Ohde, Manitowoc; to find a loss in membership and are Illinois Welsh Pierce, Chicat::o: Central States - Ken Way. Centralia; For Westem Dick Schenck. San Gabriel; Pacific Northwest Hub Stone, Klamath Falls; Southwestern - Loyd faced \vith a complete reactivation of Bumpas, Beaumont. Texas the chapter_ lmmediately upon election of new of INTERNATIONAL OFFICERS, 1950-1951 ficers and executive committee mem bers, they should be invited-nay, PresidenL ._. • • • J. D. BEELER, 1830 West Ohio St.. Evanllville 2, Ind. commanded!-to appear at the next J (Vice-President and General Manager, Mead Johnson Terminal Corp.) regular meeting of that committee .' Immtdiate Past PresidenL.~ ._. • __ • O, H. KING COLE. BOJ[ 76, Manitowoc, Wis. and each meeting thereafter until they (President and General Manager, Kingsbury Breweries Co.) assume the full duties of their office. PlUt PrttJicknt . __ ~ PHIL W. EMBURY. SO Park St.. Warsaw, N. Y. Th~s gives an opportunity fot presen (President, Embury Mfg. Co.) tatIOn of new ideas and permits the First Vice-Preaid61lL • JAMES F. KNIPE. 640 Caxton Bldg.. Cleveland 15, Ohio (president. The Martin Printing Co.) new men to become indoctrinated with their responsibilities, and the manner .. CARROLL P. ADAMS, 20619 Fenkell Ave., Detroit 23, Mich. of handling chapter business. Tna~urtr ______. ARTHUR A. MERRILL, 1567 Kingston Ave., Schenectady 9, N. Y (Commercial Engineer, General Electric Co.) The combined groups of officers can Vuo-PreaidenL. . JEAN M. BOARDMAN, Shoreham Bldg., Washington, D. C. then plan the activities of the chapter (Attorney) through the Summer and beyond. DO _~ MATHEW L. HANNON, 817 South Oak Park Ave., Oak Park. HI. NOT SUSPEND MEETINGS DUR. (General Manager, Krhn-Ko Corp.) ING SUMMER MONTHS! Plan out Vice-Prwdenl._. BERNEy SIM"NER, 1811 Ry. Exch. Bldg., St. u>uis I, Mo_ doo~ activities, picnics, joint chapter (District Manager, Acme Visible Records, Inc.) o?tm¥s, .fish-fry~, etc., f.or barbershop Fou.nder and Permanent Third Assistant TfJmporary Vice Chairman O. C. CASH, Box 691. Tulsa 2, Okla pmg IS Just as mterestmg during the (Attorney snd Tax Commissioner, Stanolind 011 & Gas Co.) Summer months and continued activ ity will hold members and their in BOARD OF DIRECTORS terest. The Officers (except Secretary) and In barbershop there is no place for a (Term Expiring in JU1l6 1953) B. F. (MONTY) MARSDEN, 1663 Penobscot ('Lame Duckll-KILL TT! Bldg., Detroit 26, Mich. (Mich. Representative. THOS. H. ARMSTRONG, 1151 Citizens Bldg.. American Bank Note Co.) Decatur, Ill. (Attorney) C_ A. (CHARLEY) WARD, 7861·A South Shore CECIL H, FISCHER, 1923 Hall St., S. E., Grand Drive, Chicago 49, Ill. (Mgr., Industrial Train RECOGNITION Rapids 6, Mich. (State Rep., Portis Style In ing Division, American School) dustries) KEN WAY, S50 So. Collier, Centralia. Mo. (SaICll What do you' have to do to get vour ALEX GRABHORN, Ericson Drive, Williamsville. Management Consultant) name listed on the signs outside towns N. Y. (Alls't Dist. Mgr., Gulf Oil Corp.) WARREN W. ZINSMASTER, 917 Firat Nat'l and cities- CARL C. JONES, Room 10, Chamber of Com Bank Bldg., Miami, Fla. (Attorney) merce Bldg., Terre Haute, Ind. (Gen. Mgr.• Roselawn Memorial Ass'n, Inc.) ROTARY MEETS TUESDAY NOON W. CALVIN JONES, 506 ComJ>s..Worley Bldg., (Term Expiring in June 1951) AT HOTEL STAR Pampa, TexSlJ (Pbysician) A. C. (CRAPPY) CHAPMAN. 3.31 Bay St., RAYMOND C. NIBLO, 3rd Floor, Hubbell Bldg., Toronto 1. Onto (prop. Goodwill Greeting Cards) LIONS MEET WEDNESDAY AT Des Moines. Iowa (Home Office Rep., Aetna DA YTON COLVILLE. Box 875. Reno. Nev. COMMUNITY CENTER LiCe Jns. Co.) (Public Ac<:ountal:lt) EARL B. REAGAN, 2848 Cumberland Road. LEONARD H. FIELD. 2010 Glen Drive, Jackson EXCHANGE MEETS FRIDAY San Madno, Calif. (Coffee Manufacturer) Mich. (Pres.. Field·lngrarn Co.) CHARLES E. GLOVER. 602 West 6th St., James town, N. Y. (E811tern Dilit. Supervisor The Judging by the Community Service (Tsrm Expiring in June 1952) Haverfield Co.) activities reported in every· issue of GEO. H. CHAMBLIN, 209 South High Street, ... FRED N. GREGORY 714 N. Meridian St. the Harmonizer, most SPEBSQSA Columbus, Ohio (Attorney) - Brazil. Ind. (Pres.. Midland Seatil:lg Co.) Chapters qualify as so called Service E. WESLEY ENMAN, 45 Poplar St., Boston 3J, JOHN Z. MEANS. 832 Lincoln Blvd., Manitowoc. Clubs. If any chapters do have such Mass. (Dist. Mgr., The Prudential Inll. Co.) Wia. (Resident Mgr. Eddy Paper Corp.) J. B. HERMSEN, 11 Paget Road, Madison, Wis. EDWARD SPINNLER, 374 Kensin£:ton Drive listing on roadside signs1 send in a (Hennaen Automotive Co.) Ridgewood. N. J. (Pres.. Spinnler·Torbet. Inc.) picture to Detroit Tnt'l Hq.
MARCH, 1951 " . The Harmomz.er 9
NOT A "POLITBURO" At times, the Int'! Board of Directors of SPEBSQSA has been criticized as an authoritarian body, over-prone to throw its weight about. As a matter of fact, the unlimited power which is vested in the Int'! Board of Directors has always been used with restraint. The individual Chapters and Districts have been allowed the widest possi ble latitude in the conduct of their affairs, as long as they stay within the letter and the spirit of the Soci ety's Code of Ethics. Beyond setting up the requirements for a chapter; minimum number of members; annual election of officers; a few reports j the conduct of the affairs of individual chapters is left entirely in the hands of the members. How many times they shall meet; how meetings are to be conducted; whether to have a chorus, etc., js up to the chapter. Suggestion, yes. Com pulsion, no. The Int'! Board's unwiJlingness to in vade the autonomy of the chapters any more than is necessary is well illustrated by the amendment to the Int'l Constitution pas sed at San Francisco regarding requirements for membership. Considerable pressure had bee n brought upon the Int'l Board members in recent months to set a minimum age limit. Suggestions ranged from 17 to 21. The matter "LOVE THE WAr YOU ROLL THOSE was debated by mail and on the floor EYES" at the San Francisco meeting. It was (with apologiel to the late Harold B. Staab, Post Int'l Pres.) pointed out that "many chapters al ready had 'Set minimum age limits. GET THE DUES IN add to their burdens the collection of Buckeye Capital (Columbus), Ohio dues? accepts only high school graduates, It is good business practice to send or equivalent. Others have different an invoice in advance of the due date At the suggestion of many District specifications. ;No matter how the on an obligation that recurs annually. and Cha.\Jter officers, the Int'l Office rule might be set up, somebody would Magazines bill subscribers months in at DetroIt will send to each chapter be hurt. The solution-insertion of advance of the expiration date of secretary on May 1st this year as· the word "adult" in the Constitution their subscriptions. Uncle Sam sends many dues invoice forms as the chap- leaves the interpretation in the chap you your Income Tax Blanks in Janu tel' has paid up members. These wIll ters, where it belongs. ary, though the tax isn't due until be furnished free and will be sent March 15th. Practically all organiza automatically. All the chapter secre The lnt'l Board is sometimes forced tions send dues invoices well in ad tary has to do is fill them out and to set up a universal Tuling for the vance of payment date. mail them. Additional quantities for overall good. Individual chapters may follow-ups may also be had free of The Society fiscal year begins July charge by writing to Detroit. see little need for it in their own cir chap~ cumstances. However, it must be re 1st. New officers take over the membered t hat SPEBSQSA is as tel's on that day. Even if, as Int'l You may be sure the newly elected broad as the continent. There are V.P. Berney Simner suggests on the officers will be grateful for being large chapters and small; cosmopoli adjoining page, the new officers have handed a solid list of paid up mem tan, suburban, and rural; some ho been attending Executive Committee bers, and, with the decks thus cleared meetings since their election in April, for action, the new officers can plan mogeneous, others not. While theo they have a man sized job ahead of and execute a rewarding summer of retically all are striving for the same them in running the chaptel'. Why worthwhile activities. ends, the methods used vary. Noone formula works for all. ~ FOR A SUCCESSFUL CHAPTER WARNING! Regularly scheduled chapter meetings, held in the same suitable place on the same night or nights each month all year 'round. Many of our members are dis appointed that they didn't order Planned meetings. Minimum left to chance. Permanent Program Committee. Spe their copies of our 1949 Medal cial features at each meeting. Singing, activity, and fun for all. Refreshments, ist album in time. We ran out if any, after meeting. a few months ago. The stock of our 1950 Medalist album is now Singing membership capable of producing quartets and a chorus. below 175, so if you are inter Active quartet promotion committee. ested in having a set of these fine records made by the top Regularly organized chorus under capable leadel'ship-emphasis on formation of five quartets at our Omaha Con quartets as chorus work develops abilities. vention you, better hurry. Just drop a note to the International Live wire President. office ordering as many albums On-the-job Secretary. as you want. - send us your check at $5.50 each. The al Active Executive Committee meeting regularly once a month the year 'round. bums are shipped postage pre pa.id. Plenty of worthwhile, interesting Chapter activities-annual show-one 01' two parties for the ladies--Community Service---cordial inter-chapter relations. ~ FOUNDER'S COLUMN
By O. C. Cash
shows off to beat all jjgit out". The 'ItopS." The weird barber shop har bass singer of the Gamboliers, throws mony these fellows put together with out his chest and struts his stuff in their assortment of instruments is cer this number and the boys charge him tainly worth listening to. $1 each time they sing it, which goes I haven't organized any clubs recently I noticed something in the Harmon and I suppose it is about time I was into the "kitty" for something or other. Old Joe Stern ribbed up the izer about the Muskegon Jam SessiQn getting another one started. Three or other arrangement for the boys-liThe at which some Englishmen were pl'es fOUT years ago old Brother Fl'ank Rosary," This l'eally is about the finest ent. 'This reminded me that the Cana· Thorne and I were talking about the quartet number I have heard for many dian boys and their friends in the unprecedented growth of the Society a day. States, should get something started and I asked him what he thought it towards organizing chapters in Eng would be like in 1977, when we were r noticed a picture in the last Bar land. I wonder why Roy Frisby, and in our 85th year. We promised each monizer of the Jamestown Symphonic these other fellows who have been other we would meet at the 1977 Con Four. I heard these boys two summers vention and survey the situation. I traipsing around over England re ago while in Jamestown, and they are cently didn't do a little organizing. mentioned this to Carroll Adams one a unique aggregation. I suppose they time, as he also was born in 1892. He Certainly some effort should be made have been on a lot of Parades in the to get a chaptel' or two started in promised to hobble in to the 1977 Con East. Certainly they would be a hit the British Isles, vention and help Fl'ank and me up the on anybody's show. When they first steps'of the hotel. I recently wrote old came out on the stage when I heard Well, this isn't much of a Column but Sandy Brown of New York, invitin~ them, I was sure I wasn't going to it will have to do until next time, as him to join us on our 85th natal anm like them, because one of the brethren my hands are full of splinters from versary. He is making his pla!1s we.ll had a musical saw in his hand. If fixing fence at the farm and I can't in advance to be with us. So, wIth tIns there is anything that is corny in my write very good. nucleus we are inviting all of you estimation, it is a musical saw. But in brethren who were born in 1892 to this aggre~ation, in combination with Hoping you are the same, I am join the li85 Club" and start building the other Instruments, this saw was O. c. up your wardrobe and making plans for the celebl'ation in 1977. Since the Decl'epits and all these other out law organizations have their dinners and get-togethers at the annual Con ventions, ] suppose Frank, Sandy and Carroll, since they have noth ing else much to do, and since I am busy, will cook up a meeting at the Toledo Convention for our new club.
Of course, if you don't figure on liv ing to be 85, or being around in 1977, there really is not much use in your joining us. If you do plan on celebr~t ing your 85th year at the ConventIOn in 1977. write to any of the three :::::::----..-. brethren mentioned above and get your name in the pot, Has any city .::::::-. asked for the 1977 Convention? I hope F-imals: 8 P.M. SHRINE MOSQ E THEATRE Springfield, Mo. they hurry up and get that detail set tled. How about Tulsa for that year? • An"ual Meeting: CE. TRAL STATES Disl. Sat. May 5. 1951 Not long ago I went up to Spring 9 A.M. Colonial Hotel field Missouri to present the Charter to the new chapter and take in their • show. They have a live bunch of ad Quarlet "CLINIC" Ozark Room Hotel Colonial dicts in that city and two or three Sunday May 6. 9 A. ~1. good quartets, Their chorus was espe cially good, The Kansas City brethren • came down in busses and contributed Afler ·Clo-Sat. night following CONTEST. The Banquer Room. a great deal to the festivities. The Shrine Mosque, AFTER-GLO Tickets 81.00 GamboIiers sang two numbers for me that I liked very much. I don't know • whether any of you brethren are old HEADQUARTERS: HOTEL COLONIAL enough to remember a Gold Seal rec ord of 40 or 50 years ago, by Madame H. B, WALL, General Chairman Contest Commlttee-900 N. Clay St.. Sprillldlt"ld. ,\10. • FOR TICKETS . Homer and Alma Gluek, called "Whis· TICKET I'RICES FOR HOTEL pering Hope". My mother thought this \Vrite RESERVATIONS waS about the slickest thing ever done All SeAts Reserved VIRGIL WILLIAMS and wore out several of these records Ticket Chairman writc Peyton EnJo€' when I was a kid, Well, the Gambo 2.40· Sl.80 . SI.2S 217 E. Walnut Street c/o Hotel Colonial liers sing this numbel' better than Tax Included PhOne 6-4881 Springfield, ?vIa. the two opera stars. If you remember Springfield, ~\I issoll ri the piece, the bass (alto in the duet) MARCH, 1951 HARMONY VARIETY fi;, COM E D Y
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WRITE PANTLIND HOTEL FOR ROOM ACCOMMODATIONS When Past Int'l Pres. Charles M. It is most satisfactory to note that the If the size of the greeting card is a Merrill, Reno, was elected to the Leavens Mfg. people who make SPEB true indication of the sender's feel Nevada Supreme Court in November. jewelry are highly pleased with re ings, the Mid States Four, Chicago, another Past Pres., Phil Embury, suIts from their "small ad in the 1949 Int'l Champions, must really care Warsaw, New York, proferred con Harmonizer". They say that most or about their friends. Opened all the gratulations and inquired whether or ders are rush or note tlw date needed, not Charlie would have time to sing and that many are from SPEBettes. way, their missive measured 28x42 in with his quartet, -the Bonanza Four, Typically: "Must have cuff links for ches-a spectacular display. Next in offering to move to Reno if the posi his birthday-This tie clip is to be a size, and illustrated by his own hand, tion were open. surprise for my dad's birthday-I was Oliver Sayer's, Sec'y, Hagersville, want. the key chain for a gift on-- Ontario Chapter. Cleverest card of all -I'd like to surprise my employer was the Chordettes'. TOURING SALESMEN for Christmas". Does this give any of the Harmonizer's feminine readers 000 any ideas? 000 R. H. "Dick" Sturges, former Int'! Board Member, resident of Atlanta, John Strasser, Secretary of the Wood Ga., Tampa, Fla., and points south Ridge, New Jersey Chapter, recently (depending on the temperature), art visited Detroit Int'l Hq. In his chap ist, song writer (I Want a Date at a'"y ter bulletin "The Hi-Note" he wrote Quarter Past Eight and others), about his visit in detail with cartoon builder of the famous Woodshed at illustrations indicating his impressions Omaha last June and at Buffalo in '49, of the office staff. advises the Harmonizer that, "In rec 000 ognition of his service in wTiting a song, glorifying Frankfort, the capitol The Toledo, Ohio Chapter Bulletin of Kentucky, His Excellency. Law "Harmony Notes" sounds a note of rence W. Wetherby, Governor of Kell warning, H ••••• please treat with tucky, has appointed Richard H. Riding around in an ancient tourina: gentle hands religious, patriotic and Sturges to his staff with the rank of ear. the Clippers of Denver Chapter songs having unusual sentimental Colonel. The celebrated and justly r promoted sales of tickets for the chap ter's Carnival of Harmony. L. to R. value. On the gree.t majority of songs famous song is entitled 'In My Horne Dale Morgan of KFEL, Gil Mauldin, you can show off your fine voices, at Old Frankfort, Ky'!" (Stephen Art Wilson, Chuck Jones and O. C. change key, syncopate, put in trick Foster watch out. Eds) Samuel. Ray Amundsen was the driver. effects, and swipe to your heart's con tent. But draw the line somewhere. 000 That's what the man 'said-conductor The pubJ.ic is not made up entirely of of one of the country's outstanding barbershoppers and there are a few Ak-Sar-Ben (0 m a h a, Nebraska), Chapter members have prepared an male choruses - . - - j ••••• There is special songs they do not like to hear no question in my mind-to master distorted." elaborate scrap book containing a so·called barbershop singing would re 000 complete file of just about everything quire a great background of musical connected with the Society's 12th An knowledge and to apply it, a great Now it's the S.F.H.P.F.B.H.M. Inc., Society for Half Price for Bald Headed nual Convention and Contest. Mrs. deal of musicianship. I wish all my Dwight E. "Jonesy" Slater is credited boys in the chorus could do some of Men, \vhich one Felix Bouvier, of the things the barbershop singers can Southbridge, Mass., is trying to get with the major part of the actual do. We might even have a more spon organized. a'Ssembling of the material. taneous, natural musical expres~ sian ..... " GARY, IND. MAYOR JOINS SPEBSQSA 000 And from a trustee of one of the great Mid-Western Universities to an alumnus, "Barbershop has invaded the institutions of higher learning. The mossbacks may say it ain't high er learning, and they may be right. But, it is high volta~e fun that will keep many rambunctIOUS boys out of mischief." 000 Everybody at the Omaha Int'l Con test last June noted that Winston Salem's Vagabonds were two sets of brothers. It remained for a clipping from the Charlotte, N. C. News to reveal that they're twins-Jack and Bob Bennett, Pete and Hardin Cromer. 000 That solid mmncmn, Archie Bleyer who conducts the orchestra on the va rious Arthur Godfrey shows is now a member of the Manhattan Chapter. Walter Latzko, who's doing the ar Taken at the bnnQuet for the initialion of new members of the. Gary Chapter, the l'anging for the Chordettes, joined at picture shows. L. to R.-Frank Rke. Chapter President; William McLaughlin, Hon. the same time. Eugene Swartz. Mayor of Gary. (initiate); Clark Jones, Harry Kirche. Chapter V. P. MARCH, 1951 ,
Th, HarmoniZ
MANHATTAN (N.Y.) RELAXES AFTER MEETING
Manhattan Chapter'. Dec. 5th meelin,. WIUI titled "E"eninc of Cole Osborne. (Chordettu' Canar)·-Imm. Past Inel Pres. King Stan". Among other. prcosent wert the Chordettes. In Ihe fore Cole's daughter); unidentified; Johnny J\olinc:e; two in back of ground. left. are the Chordettes and somt of the other "Little Johnny is Past Int" V.P. Sandy Brown, of New York: Dotty GodCre"s"-dockwlse from bottom-Archie Ble)'er. (with Irlassts Schwartz. lead: her husband. Bill: Carol Hagedorn, bari or the and slouch); Janet Ertel, baS!! of the Chordettes, (The Sheboy Chordettes. gnn Slider); Walter Latzko, (arranger for the Chordettes); meyer, Latzko, Mince and Shaeffer joined Manhattan Chapter Cy Shaeffer. (best trombone in Bleyer's cOlnbo--Godfrer should at that meeting and tlung 1\5 "Three Cherries and a Lemon". llay him $20,000 a )'fIU jUllt for lauithing-occasionally fills ill Acting Pres. Dun Bierman. Manhattan, S8)'I>, " •••• their fill Chordettes' bass when Janet'!> L.t.n.R. ia late); Dickie Dick, harmony was so unusual and terrific. It was so different that (son of P3.'lt Int"I n'd Member Ernie Dick. Okla. City); Ginny they IHe in a e1allS by themselves •• ,". MARCH, 1951 14 The Harmonizer
FROM THE PACIFIC COAST
Warren Zinsmaster, of Miami, was ex· and Official Photographer Art Mer pected to be on hand but came up riB, of Schenectady, could take some with a broken heel some time before. of his ill fated pictures, (later parti Ed Spinnler wasn't looked for at all, ally destroyed by accident, along with having been ordered to Florida by all the pictures Art took later in San Search as you will. you won't find a his doctor. He and his wife set out in Francisco). more impressive hotel in the country their car from Ridgewood, N. J., 000 than the Palace in San Francisco. It Florida bound, but decided to go a has in abundance what many hostel· mere 6000 miles out of their way Six inches oC snow slowed the train Ties strive for and never achieve Florida via San Francisco. Illness going through the Sierras bringing atmosphere. It can't be defined. It made it impossible for Joe Hermsen, the travellers into Oakland several can't be bought. You have it, OT, more Madison, Wis., and· Ken 'Yay. Cen hours late. Jack Hare and his San likely, you do not. Stub has stayed in tralia. 1\10., to make the trip. Franclsco com mitteemen had a fleet newer, more lavishly furnished, more 000 of Fords, loaned by the Ford local ubeautiful", perhaps better serviced distributor. at the station but the institutions, but whatever it is the That nineteen of the lnt'l Board's Of drivers had to leave because of the Palace has can't be put down on ficers and Directors, out of thu,ty, long delay. Crossing the harbol" in the paper. You must live with it to under made the long trip, (entirely at their ferry boat, bets were laid as t.o the stand it and want to go back for more. own expense), is an indication of how' pit.ch of various fog horns. boat whig· seriously these men regard their obli ties, etc. All agreed· the Verba Buena 000 gation to SPEBSQSA. horn, blowing a low "F". was the most pleasing. One Int'l V. P. will study his Litany 000 of the Saints a good deal more close Mat Hannon's bedroom on the City of 000 ly before he makes any more dates to S. F. adjoined Carroll Adams'. The Most of the sea food loving-visitors meet people in Chicago restaurants. train had scarcely left Chicago when headed for Fishennan's Wharf as soon Perhaps he may be excused for re the Executive Committee had the par as practicable. Pacific Crab Louis naming St. Hubert's Old English Grill tition removed and went to work on topped all advance notices. King with its red coated waiters and strict its lengthy agenda. Far into the night., Cole's efforts to establish a rapport ly London decor and menu, liSt. cutting into Mat's sleeping time, the with the waiters at the Exposition George's", but Toledo's Chuck Schmid, Committee labored until "Host" Hun came a cropper when his only foreign who was delegated to search through non kicked them out. language turned out to be Spanish. the Chicago telephone directory, isn't 000 The only non-Italian Fisherman's in a very forgiving mood. (There are n Wharf waiter died in 1911 thousands of restaurants listed in the "Chappie Chapman got a lesson in yellow pages.) the art of tenor singing from, of all 000 000 people, Pres. Beeler, a bass of some ability. The entire car, fOl'tunately ex· A large delegation of visitors gaping The same Chuck Schmid spent many elusively barbershoppers, got the at the view from the "Top 0' the hours arranging for the railroad ac benefit of it. Mark" was pleased no end to dis commodations of the group of Int'l cover that the four soldiers at the ad· Officers, Directors, members and wives TENOR? SINGER joining table were the Four Notes in who travelled to San Francisco on the O. D. from Camp Roberts. They'd Union Pacific's "City of San Fran. been organized only a short time and cisco". Those who went were well re won the quartet competition at the paid. It's a 'most interesting trip. Camp which entitled them to a San lnel Pres. and Mrs. Beeler, 1st V. p_ Francisco week end and, the chance and Mrs. Knipe, V. P. Mat Hannon. to sing on the Society's San Fran Sec'y Carroll Adams, Treas. Art Mer cisco shows. True barbershoppers, rill, Imm. Past Pres. King Cole, A. C. they were delighted to sit down and Chapman, Ray and Mrs. Niblo, Carl try a few with Johnny Means sug Jones, Alex and Mrs. Grabhorn made gesting all four parts. That same up the list oC InCI Officers and Board Johnny now knows that the Golden i\'1embers. Chuck and Mrs. Schmid, Gate Bridge is not to be seen by "go· Toledo and Col. and Mrs. Bob New ing up one Oight and turning to the man, Sturgis. Mich.• came along for left". the ride. 000 000 Columbus, Ohio's George Chamblin Arriving in San Francisco by other ran into clear evidence of the "Tru means of transportation, the other The filll"er pointing north ill that of man Dollar" while walking through members of the governing body of IJlt'1 Pres. Beeler, attemptiJlI' to IIhow the night club district. A needy gen SPEBSQSA in attendance were-V. P. Chappie Chapman, barely visible in tleman asked George for nine fifty for left foreground. where the tenor should Berney and Mrs. Simner, Ed and Mrs. go. This is ,...hat happenJI when three a place to sleep and a bath. George Spinnler, Chuck and Mrs. Glover, bUllu alld a tenor get together. Mat sputtered a bit, whereupon the plea George and Mrs. Chamblin, Dr. W. HaJlJlon ill at top left. Part of Carl changed to, "How about a dime for a Calvin Jones, Earl and Mrs. Reagan, Jone. head and Ihoulder at right. drink of wine". Charley Ward, Dayton and Mrs. Col Twenty·four hours out of Chicago, the 000 ville, Leonard and Mrs. Field with harmony germ had pretty well spread their two daughters, and Johnny itself through the train and infected Singing at the opening meeting of t.he Means. Following the usual pattern of nearly everybody. At dinner Wednes Infl Board was of the usual qualit.y such things, Dayton Colville of Reno day night, somebody started a song "Chappie" Chapman was the only who lives nearer to San Francisco and the whole crowded diner joined in tenor and V. P. Jim Knipe, casually than any other Int'l Board Member including the steward and some of the following Captain Copeland-'s direc arrived last. Six inches of snow fell waiters behind the scenes. tion, fell off the chair when he found on the Reno area Wednesday night himself singing alone-where the lead and Dayton had to shovel his way to 000 had a short solo. One tenor. one lead. the airport catching the last plane At Cheyenne, Wyoming, the entire nineteen baris and basses. that left Reno for twenty-four hours. party got off the train so Int'l Treas. {Continued on 1lex! pagel MARCH,1951 The Harmonizer 15
Most frequently sung song in wood AT SAN GABRIEL shedding sessions, for obvious J;ea sons, was HChinatown". Barbershop pers don't ever worry too much about lyrics, but somebody got curious a'S to what King Cole was substituting for "-winks his dreamy eyes-". What a howl when it finally narrowed down to "blinks his drinky eyes". the laughter billowing anew when King cracked, "Sometime you should see those eyes from his side". 000 The Far Western District Champion San Diego Serenaders dId a fine job of "singing" San Diego's bid for the 1953 [nt'l Contest and Convention (not to be awarded until June 1951 at the Board Meeting in Toledo). The Buffalo Bills came into the meeting on Friday, serenaded the Board, then The Buffalo Bills pose in front of the beautiful San Gabriel Mission Playhouse sang "Happy Birthday" to Int'l Sec'y with Irene O'Dell, Senior Girl Scout, who made the poster. L to R-tenor Vern Carroll Adams. Forewarned and fore· Red, lead AI Shea. bad Di.ek Grapes. bass Bill Spangenberg. armed, because Carroll's birthday al ways comes during the Mid-Winter "Halls of Ivy", pleased as punch to Scott. Birmingham, Mich.; Mr. and .Meeting, t.he Board then presented find the Buffalo Bills singing it every· Mrs. Mat Wilson, Holland, Mich. Carron an orchid. The orchid ended where, though of course, "The ar Badly missed was Past Int'l Pres. up adorning Toledo's Mrs. Chuck rangement we use is a little better". Charlie Merrill of Reno. The Nevada Schmid who enjoyed a January 19th Bar Association meeting conflicted birthday also. 000 and Charlie, as the newest member of 000 Camp followers who never miss a the Nevada Supreme Court, had to gathering were again on hand-Jack When the lights went on at intermis attend. Dollenmaier, Bay City, Mich. (for 000 sion in the Gay '90's night dub, sur merly Milwaukee); Kansas City's prised barbershoppel's found friend'S Russ Gentzler; Chicago's Joe Murrin, General Chairman Jack Hare came up in every corner of the packed place. tenor of the 1945 Int'l Champion Mis with a truly teriffic cold on Frida}': Tipped off by someone, the manage fits; J. F. McFatridge, of St. Louis; You couldn't hear him talk a foot ment went all out to please. Tom Watts, bass of the LaGrange, Ill. away. How he ever sang on the show 000 Barber Q Four; William David Jones, Friday night, only he and the angels Chicago's Mat Hannon song-plugging Honolulu; Mr. and Mrs. W. Carleton (Continued on next page)
MARCH, 1951 (5)-llIt'l Sec'y Adams, behind "8 ball" gels orchid as Champ ciscans-Cront. L. to It.-Chapter Pres. Warren Coutts, Sec'y Buffalo Bills sing "Happy Birthday". (2)-Mrs. A. M. Merrill. Casey Parker: rear-Ed Eng3trom, Pat Halloran. John Mac mother of Charlie, Bill and A.rt. (I)-San Francisco Choru~ Donald. Frank Walsh. (4)-top to bottom-Jess. Harry. Don, viewed from balcony of Opera House. (9)--out for air at Jeff-the Steers Bros. Quartet. (6)-The Buffalo Bills sing 10 Cheyenne-L. to R.-Grabhorn, Niblo, Chapman. Knipe, Mrs. the IlIt'( B'd. (7)-1 Notes in 0.0., Camp Roberts, Cal., L. tu Niblo, King Cole, Mf'8c. Schmid, Schmid, Mrs. Beeler. Mrs. Grab n.-pcc. Newkirk. PCc. Vevia, Corp. Droz, Pfe. Hanley. (13) horn. Carl Jones. Mrs. J{nipe, Beeler, Mrs. Newman, Hannon. Frum the Quid Sod-8.F'8 Four Shamrocks-L. 10 R.-Jerry Newman. A. Merrill. Adams. (H)-At Friday night Parade-L. O'Nyhall, Jat"k O'Hare, Pat O'Halloran, Warren O'Hanna. to R.-Means, Manitowoc; Colville, Reno; Jones, Terre Haute. TIO)-8an Diego ~renaders sing their invite Cor 1953:-(8)-Air (3)-lnt'1 Treas. Art Merrill ehec,ks Society finances with Chinese Force Barons of Harmony at Fisherman's Wharf-L. to R. adding machine. (H)-At Cheyenne-the "short"-Chapman of Corp. Samra•.Pfe. Quade, PCe. Durham, Pfc. Knickerbocker. Toronto; the ''lonlr''-{:hicago'8 Mat Hannon. (I2)-Sn.n Frl1n~ The Harmonizer 17
STUB PENCIL, (Conlinued) on for hours. Those San Franciscans San Gabriel dinner and show ... A know. AI.Shea. lead of the champion never seem to wear out. nice round of applause for J a c k Buffalo Bills pretty well lost his voice 000 Hare's interpretation of Ballin' the too as a result of a throat condition. Sidelights: The Four Bits of Harmo Jack while the San Diego Serenaders ny from Long Beach had an arrange sang the number at the Sunday To save what was left, the other three breakfast ... The massed chorus of members of the quartet finally pasted ment of "The Thing" that brought lots of applause ... Add to unusual the Bay Area Chapters directed by adhesive tape over his mouth so that ~orm Corey of San Jose was mag the friendly Al wouldn't talk. For an quartet names "Twenty·Four Feet of Harmony", quartet from lngle\vood, !,Ificent ... Easterners enjoyed hear other reason entirely, too iDUch us~. mg the Golden Statesmen of San Pres. Jerry Beeler's voice left him Cal. ... Not one of the boys is under six feet in height ... S. F.'s cabbies Francisco sing "When I First Met Saturday morning. Must be something Kate by the Golden Gate" ... Six in that California air. like {barbershop, evidenced bv the one who refused fal'e from the' pick teen states and. Can~da were repre 000 sented at the Mld-Wmtel' meetinO' a up fa u r who harmonized in his ~iis Can there be a handsomer concert hall fiacre; .. Dick Schenck of San good showing considering the than the San Francisco War Memorial G.abrlel, who incidentally drove all tances traveled. Ope r a House? Kleinhans, Buffalo; nlg~lt to reach S. F. in time, busy 000 Constitution Hall, Washington; The tl'ylllg to corral International Board The San Francisco Chronicle's musil' Peristyle, Toledo; Eastman Theatre members to cheCk attendance for the Rochester; Massey Hail, Toronto, are (Continued on /lex! pagel all lovely in their own way but the S.F.W.M.O.H. is above and' beyond. The onJy thing Stub has seen that can be compared to it is Cleveland's Severance Hall, which is considerablY smaller. . 000 The Buffalo Bills really had a singing trip. Wednesday night they appeared on the Omaha Parade. Friday, Satur day and Sunday they were on San Francisco shows. Monday night saw them at San Gabriel. Wednesday the~T sang at Phoenix-flew from there t~j i\'liami, Florida to sing on that Parade Saturday and Sunday. Thence home. four tired cookies. Only the fact that all four men were able to schedule their 1951 vacations in January made the extensive trip possible. 000 San Francisco's elusive sun s h 0 n e very obligingly for the tour of the city, arranged by local chapter wives for visiting ladies, who viewed all the city's wondrous sights animatedly de scribed by a versatile bus driver. So ingenious was the latter that he man aged to coast gracefully down an incline right into a service station when- the bus ran out of gas. Mrs. Don Grenfell. of San Francisco, es corted the tour while other chapter ladies busied themselves preparing [or the cocktail party which followed late.r in the afternoon at the Palace Hotel. 000 In San Francisco, under the guidance of Whit Benry, the Bills appeared at the Press Club dinner honoring the new Chief of Police and were made members of the "Tnner Circle", an honor reserved for distinguished vis itors. The next day. after the going had been strenuous, Whit put them through the steam bath routine at the Elks Club. 000 MANHA"f1AN CHAPTE~" SPE8SQ5A ioe. . George Chamblin of Columbus had hu»ter college auditorium. N,v.c,friday,,,prlI6,1951 hardly registered at the Palace when he was rushed out to talk S.P.E.B. S.Q.S.A. over Jane Lee's KN.Ee net~ work program. doing a fine job for the Societ).'. fESTIVAL TICKETS COME dKd HEAR 000 IlKd H~O (!fA~) The Lumber Lads of Cascade Chap $2;40 Tlte Buffalo Riffs ter, Eugene, Ore.• had a fine hour's session with Bill Spangenberg, bass YO«r C/rapter Canl/I( tlte ManHaffa;'s Cko,.us of the Bills, who drilled the Lads in 0 • some of the finer nuances of barber BOOK of1(eJ1fel1f6l"aJfce 15.0 10 Otlte,. Top aual'fefs shop harmonics. • 000 rR} DAN BIERMAN 120 G,.and Vokes Raised 'rhe crowd came back for more on ORD~ 1 STAR SQUARE ~aturday night at the Rose Room iK FUK tlKd GOH! In the Palace where the singing went I fRO. LONG ISLAND CITV I, N.Y, MARCH, 1951 /"
...... ••...... • 18 The Harmonizer WHERE'S THE RAZOR?
Not even in San Francisco do Teal barbers le,,"(' the lather on while they tTim the- low. San Frandsco Past Pres. Don Grenrell doesn't seem to mind all lone atI the San Carloll Peninllliaires ..h'e with the harmony. L to R-lenl)T Jacl&: Ben. lead Don White, Grenfell, bari Don Libby, ban Charles Sherman.
critic, noted for the severity of Ilis barbershopping for t h r e e nights. diatribes, had, this to say of the show, Among those whom Ray Goman in UMany a professional group of sing troduced and asked to sing were: ers might envy the skill with which most all of the Board Members and these amateurs threaded the mazes International Officers; Kin g Col e of their p'arts, the assurance with (whose name made a big hit); vari which, unaccompanied, t, hey went ous visiting' quartets; several quar through fancy routines and never tets and a double octet of combined sagged in pitch, and t h eo perfect Army and Air Force Barbershoppers, English diction which everyone of directed by Captain Copeland, who them possessed". also led the patrons in some enthusi· ):IMliSBun BREWEIIllS to.• IIlJ1lTOWOC ad SHEBOYGAN 000 astic community singing. When the ...... A special chord should be sounded mike reached the golden voice of Carl for San Francisco's weatherman who Jones. cries of "l\'lore! More!" always predicted "storms" which arrived ex kept it there for awhile, proving that actly on schedule - but they turned goo d things do come from Terre out to be what Easterners would call Haute, Indiana. MUCH "light drizzles". Further, they very 000 IN DEMAND% conveniently arrived ear I y in the When folks in the Palace Hotel lobb)' mornings. Thankee, Mr. Weatherman. san" four tall Board Members (Mat COLORFUL WOODEN BARBERPOLES 000 Hannon, Carl Jones, Art Merrill, and Charley Ward) gathered in a huddle I.'ncbhigh •• were $4.50 NOW $2.00 With so many Barbershoppers travel ing long distances to reach the Mid and looking down as though waiting '2Incb.. were $2.25 NOW S1.DD year Meeting, it was hard to deter for the pitch. they gathered 'round blah for the expected blast of harmony. -8hippinlt Prepald- mine just who came the most miles. But before they get back horne, the They were fooled! The huddle sepa Chapters should have the big pole long·distance champions "'ery likely rated and from its center out walked on officers desk for meetings. Mem will be Mr. and Mrs. 1\[at 'Wilson of none other than Canada's gift to the bers should have little ones for Bolland, Michigan (Editor, Holland International Board, Chappy u3·di· mensionstt Chapman who measures home and office. Windmill), followed closely by Inter nation:tl Vice-President and Mrs. a I mas t four feet 8 inches (sittin', Berney Simner of St. Louis, all of standin' or layin' down). Chappy had whom were returning via Honolulu. just been telling the OO)TS what to expect when the Mid-year Meeting 000 reaches Toronto in January, 1952. When the Mid-year 1\'1 e e tin g was grinding to a reluctant halt at the 000 Sun day Morning Breakfast, who Possibly the most popular man with should wa I k in but Joe "Moose" the ladies at the mid-winter meetingt Murrin, tenor of the Misfits. Joe, was the same Chappie Chapman. His who just LOVES to ride on trains, custom of kissing all the ladies on in had just arrived from Chicago by troduction, was certainly unique, to way of Seattle - because it was say the least. He almost had every longer that way. In between the one in tears when he made the clos songs that he sang to the several ing speech and presented Warren hundred breakfasterst IfMoose" ex Coutts, president of San Francisco plained that he was on his way to Chapter, with the beautiful silk Ca Arizona where he had "... a date nadian Air Force flag. San Francisco to give Art a bath - ARThritis, will never forget Chappie. that is, not Art Bielan." 000 000 The unhappiest man at the meeting. Gom~ln's Gay Nineties, that unique was AI Boatwright, t.O» tenor of the and best·liked (by barbershoppers) top San Francisco quartet, t.he Bar. of San Francisco's many night spotSt bary Coasters. Although they wen M,., ..... IT .'Il'Y o,d,r ,ay.bl.lo .nd lIallt. where the y feature quartets and on the l>rogram to open the Frida)' SPEBSQSA audience-singing of old songs into a night show, Stan Vose, their bari 20619 Fenkell Ave. tone. was unable to get to the DETROIT 23. MICHIGAN traveling microphone, gave its pa trons some fine examples of rea I (C,mtinued 011 p(tge 19) MARCH,1951 19
~TI-IIS IS 51 PETER, SOR.RY YOUR ~USBAND rotJ~ BE
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1Vhat 'would your wife think if night on the road was filled with top of the page -- when the bus liSt. Pete?'" called her at 4 A. M. singing and jollification. At one place reached ~antico at 4 :30 in the morn to tell her you weren't coming the bus was stalled for two hours ing the uantico Four disembarked. homel! UhHuh! That's exactly alongside a regularly scheduled Grey Fritz Mi er, bass of the Station 1uhat M,"s. F1-itZ ilf'iller of Balti· hound bus and the singers visited back Wagon Four, asked Major St. Peter to 'more tJuyught too. and forth, put on an entertainment call his wife in Baltimore and tell her Fritz, along with 64 other members of for the stranded travellers and just what had happened. He did, with re the Washington, D. C. Chapter, rode about had the first "Greyhound Chap sults as outlined. Other wives of to Ft. Lee, Va., in a couple of busses ter of SPEBSQSA" organized when Washington members doubtless spent to put on a demonstration of barber· the road opened up. a somewhat uneasy night without shop harmony for the training classes benefit of an apostolic message from at the Army Special Services Schcol. Getting back to the headline at the the Halls of Montezuma. The entourage left the Capitol at 1 :30 Sunday, December 10th; arrived at Ft. Lee at 5: 30; had chow in the mess hall; then put on a two hour show, featuring the Kensingers, Ken sington, Md., Quantico Four, (four Marines based at Quantico).; Four bv ~ WELC0MEf ~ Twos, Capitolians, Senatones, D. C. Keys, and the Singing Capital Chol"us. One bus got away on schedule at 'WASHINGTON J)C CHAPTERiSPEBSQ5A. 8 :30 P. M. but the other one had mechanical difficulty so the passengers put on an informal afterglow at the Ft. Lee Service Club. They proved to be the luckier ones in the end, as the first bus ran into heavy snow, sleet, and icy roads and the second one caught up on the return trip which came to a close for both contingents at 10:00 A. M. Monday 'morning, 10 hours behind schedule. According to Dean Snyder, (Chair man of the Society's Armed Forces Captain H. H. Copeland leads the Washington Siuginl' Capitlll Chorus in a rousing Collaboration Committee), the long "thank you" for the benefit of the FL Lee hosh".
STUB PENCIL (Conlinuod) got to San Francisco in time for the One oi the big surprises was when regular Wednesday ~ night meeting. the Buffalo Bills stopped at Salt meeting. due to pressing business in Also in time for the Wednesday night Lake. Although it was zero and Los Angeles. Ever)'one was very dis· session were the Barons of Harmony, snowing, th.ere were about for t y appointed not to hear the many the Army Air Force quartet, who barbershoppers there to meet them. tricky arrangements put out by the were flown out from ENT Airfield Al Shea, aiter singing about a dozen Barbary Coasters. Colorado Springs, to take part as a numbers, asked the pilot when he 000 guest quartet. planned to leave. The pilot answered, "The plane leaves when the quartet Jack Hare, chairman of the arrange 000 ments committee, past president San gets ready to leave. What's another Francisco Chapter, and past presi At the Sunday morning breakfast, hour or so, more. when you can hear dent of the Western District, was the Jerry Beeler, Carroll Adams. and King music like this!" I"eal spark plug and organizer of the Cole made presentations of orchids to 000 en t ire convention. Although Jack Grace Merrill, mother of the famous Aided slightly by a double appear lives in Berkeley, it was necessary Merrill Brothers, who orJranized three ance of the Buffalo Billsj plus the for him to move, bag and baggage, cbapters of S.P.E.B.S.Q.S.A.; Mrs. presence of many Board Members to the Palace Hotel, ten days in ad Catherine Murphy of Seattle, Wash and their ladies in the boxes, whom vance, in order to take care of the ington, whose two sons, Ernie and he introduced; plus the Arcadia and tremendous amount of work that Monty, organized two chapters; and Pasadena Choruses; plus fine quar piled up. also l\1rs. Glenn Rounds. whose son tets from the Inglewood, Hollywood, 000 sings with lhe Lumber Lads, the San Fernando Valley, Long Beach, San Francisco Chapter is voting the Pacific Northwest District champions. Huntington Park, San Diego, and It was a fitting and beautiful gesture. Phoenix (Arizona) Chapters, Inter Peninsulair8 of San Carlos the Em~ quartet to watch at the forthcoming 000 national President Jerry Beeler Far·Western District contest. Also, ceed one of the most sucessful Pa San Francisco was grateful for their Whit Henry's rendition of "The Pic rades of his career on Mpnday, Janu response and assistance at the vari ture That Was Turned Toward The ary 22, at the San Gabriel Mission ous I)ublicity appearances, including Wall" was nothing short of sensa Playhouse. That show, put on for the television show, KRON·TV. tional. The outfit, the nose, the song, benefit of the Girl Scouts, ended with were all touching, and when the pic the presentation to the Girl Scouts 000 ture finally was actually t urn e d of a check for $1004, total profits of Leonard Field and Johnny Means against the wall, you 'p:ot a glimpse the performance. were two of the early arrivals. They of Miss Cheesecake of 1951. (Continued on page 201 MARCH, 1951 20 The Harmonizer
STUB PENCIL (Continued) SHARE THE WEALTH The Arcadia Chorus under Charley By Int'l B'd Member Charley 'Yard Sargent's direction did a splendid job of singin~ HI Love the 'Vay You RoB Your E:res" and a nice arrangement shoppers are often stationed in the of HI Love You the Best of All". same camp without knowing it. He In floral patterned sport shirts they suggests that each Chapter send an made a colorful appearance. Sl)eaking Honol' Roll to Cal'l'oll Adams so a of costumes, several ex pert s who Wud master list, revised as needed, could claimed they had seen hund·reds of be sent to these Service Men. Mem gay nineties costumes. unanimously qual'~ (TlJi; COlU1n11. if 'You. wam if c011lil1ued, bers would be retained and new voted that the snazziest model )'et is ·will be (l . mea11J through which Iu tets formed. Sounds good, Tom. But the one worn by Ed Luehrsen, tenor "share {be u'ealth" 01 experie11ce 011 in any case each Chapter should of the 'Yesternaires of Phoenix. The ho1U 10 nm on illlereJlil1g Chapter.} maintain membership for its Service quartet came to San Gabriel for the It isn't the principal of the thing, it's Men. show there and also performed at the INTEREST! Lose that interest, Ph oen j x on 'Yednesdao-. George be it in your job. your wife, or your WANT TO HOLD a quartet "Mara· "T'iny" Pranspill lead of the 'West· chapter and there isn't much left. than" that will be a Lulu? Oak Park ernaires, outfitted as a bartender, pre· Now interest isn't just one thing. It's Chaptet' has it all wOl'ked out, even sented the most imposing expanse- of a lot of things, all mixed together to plans for Supervision, Registl'Y. white apron the Society has yet pro· and done together. Even the, prefix, Eligibility, Judging, Scoring, and duced. "inter," means "n~1(,tual," so give your Recognition. If you have no quartets 000 chapter officers your help. now, you'll end up with some. Get the details from R. George Adams, Tnt'l Vice President and Mrs. Jim Speaking of chapter officers, ~hey are 728 North Grove Avenue, Oak Pad" Knipe with I nt'l Board Mem ber and mighty important in creat1llg mterest. Illinois. Mrs. George Chamblin, rented a U· And right now (if they haven't al Drive-lt car in San Francisco and ready done so) Nominating Commit THE MOST INTERESTING pl. n drove down the scenic coastal high. tees are making up the slates of next I've ever seen has been worked out w'ay to Los Angeles - some people year's officers, who will be elected in detail ( a 5-page, excellently writ are just smart that way - but it in April. So select good men, you ten treatise) and used successfully by was almost their undoing because. Nominating Committees. The fut,?-re Lansing (l\1ichigan) Chapter. The)' after stopping overnight at the ex· ')f the Society is in your hands. Pick call it a uQuartet School," but it's far otically super-swanky Biltmore Hotel men who not only CAN but WILL more than that. You'll find a complete in Santa Barbara. the boys had quite function in their jobs. report elsewhere in this issue. Study a time getting the ladies to leave it. that alluring atmosphere. It should CHAPTER INTEREST also includes be easy to pick up at least two votes maintaining reasonable dignity, de~ LOCKPORT (New York) Chapter, for anothel' Board Meeting in Cali· corum and l'itual in the conduct of accordil1g to President Harry Jack· chapt~r fomia. meetings. At a chapter I son. gets a lot. of fun and much help 000 visited l'ecently, the business meeting from a stunt which isn't new but is was this: The President stood up and ah,'ays good. Put a quartet up in Proof that BarberShol)ping, once it bellowed ... "Attention! Anybody front. Have them sing a standard is in the blood, is transmitted from got any: business tonigh~? O~ay, meet song. Then, with the Lead singing father to son and transported from ing adJourned! Let's smg! So help out and the other three humming, One end of the nation to the other. me, that was IT! Would you )oi,n sing the same song again. Repeat was evidenced conclusively to IoPI such a slip-shod outfit, or stay Ill; It this for each part. It is surprising B'd. Member Charley Ward· at San if it got that way? Would you brwg how few fellows really know how Gabriel when he saw what looked like your friends 01' invite others? No! the other parts sound. This same a familiar face in the Arcndia Chorus. Everyone wants to be rrroud of what's stunt helps build confidence when Going backstage, he found not only his, even his chapter. If he isn't, he used by choruses. and it is basically Bud Yarnell, formerly of South Town quits, even as you and I. the plan USEd by the Armed Forces Chapter, Chicago, but also Bud's (on l'ecol'ds) to teach songs to qua}'. young son, both of them were singing Are your chapter officers properl.y tets. seated up front? Is there an Ameri in the Arcadia as well as in the Pasa dena Chapler choruses. can Flag? Is your Chartet· framed WE HAVE MORE ideas but no space. and displayed? Is the Socie~y's Code Remember, the diffel'ence between n 000 of Ethics fl'amed and displayed? dynamic chapter and a static chapter (COPY for framing is free from Car is nothing but INTEREST, Keep up Object of interest at the San Gabriel roll 'Adams) Is there a barberpole the interest and you keep up the Show was SHERLOCK HOLMES EVANS, Massillon, Ohio Chapter, Master of Ceremonies ... AFTERGLOW ROOSEVELT HOTEL. TICKETS HOTEL $2.60 and $1.95 (tax included) writ. KAYE CUPPLES wrHe NORMAN NEDDE 416 Kingsboro Street Union Nat. Bank, Pittsburgh 19, Pa. Pittsburgh 11, Pa. ======¥)f¥======MARCH, 1951 The Hllrm~iZtY THE SOCIETY MASTER OF CEREMONIES By Past TnP! Pres. Charles M. i\Ierrill. AT PARADES advice about program details; quar overdoing it. That audience tets are going to have any number is there to be amused, not of questions to ask; green quar educated, not impressed. So As master of ceremonies yoU are tets are going to need cheerful buck check your script for ire. not 'Simply an announcer; nor 'are you ing up. Your attitude must be one of quent chuckles. You don't simply part of the show. You are both confidence and constant good cheel' have to be a clown or comic. of these, but more important, when and patience, and most certainl~. not Don't try for the big yak. the show starts to roll vou are the (much as you'd like it) one of go· Just try for the light touch, head man-the boss. The' responsibil way - and - leave - me - alone - for the frequent chuckle, the con it~· for that show is squal'ely on your Pete's· sake - can't - you - see - I'm stant grin. It won't take shoulders. busy. If you can survive the evenin~ much. Those people want to without developing acute irritability laugh if you just give them 1. The Me Backstage-- you've met one of the greatest tests the chance. They're practical Since you've got this responsibility, of the MO. Your own attitude, how ly as l'esponsive as a studio you'll want to check many thi.ngs with ever, can easily be reflected b~' the audience. the. parade chairman before the show. quartets unless they're seasoned show (4) Give special attention to your Since he's likely to prove a rathel' men. If you're nervous and worried, opening remarks. Part of elusive (busy, that is) gentleman, it's they will be. your job is to warm that au not a bad idea to make a definite ap dience up so that they're pointment with him, 2. The IHC Out In Front- ready to cheer the very first A. Check any program changes. In the first place let it be understood quartet. From then on it's a that the Society is in no position to matter of maintaining pace, B. Check the length of the show teach you how to become an effective but the openi.np: gets off to a and L'each an understanding public speaker. This is a demanding standing start; so try to get with him as to the use of en· and specialized chore, and assumes ex· your momentum up right cores by the qual·tets. perience already gained in your out then. C. Check the manner of entrances side life. (5) Beware of overlong com and e..xits by the quartets. A. The script. Probably the first ments. ·Work that blue pencil (From what wing to what question that occurs to any MC overtime to whittle them wing.) to-be is: What'll I say? Unless down. Remem bel' that You D. Check the sound system. Is it you're an ad libber of rare tal· are not the sho\\', The show to be monitored? If not, has it ent and experience, you'II have is the quartets, and your job been thoroughly tested? a script thoroughly prepared in is to maintain pace and pro E. Check the lights and curtain advance. What you say, however, vide a brief bl'eak between and arrange for any cues lS up to you. The Society has no acts. necessary. prepared 'Scripts. Those of other (6) Of course it goes without Mes ordinarily are pretty much F. Check your own stage position saying: keep your script ab. tailored to their own styles. solutely clean. The Society is and facilities. Some Mes can Here, however, are suggestions: operate from the center mike constantl~' reminding its without any stand. Others pre (1) Keep it Society. When you quartets of this. For heaven's fer to operate from a regular get out front, the audience is sake, let's not have any trou speaker's stand with separate going to regard you as Mr. ble with our MCs. Eliminate mike. If you are of the latter Barbershop, Build your script any t h i n g even remotely type, it is a goood idea to spec around the Society, its his. risque or of the slightest ify these facilities in advance. tory, what it is that consti questionable taste. All So ciety shows are family shows G. Insist that the chairman pro tutes barbershop harmony, the idiosyncracies of homo and certainly should be so vide you with a runnel' and treated by the MG. general errand boy so that you barbershopicus. Our Society can be confident lhat the next literature is filled with a So much for the preparation of quartet is ready, and that you wealth of material. The Ten your script. One other sugges always have someone on hand Year History is a must for all tion: keep your scripts filed and to carry messages, scurry up MCs; also the pamphlets orderly, with a record of when information, maintain order. "Let's Harmonize" and "Just and where each item was used. see that the quartets under What Is Barbershop Hal'. This will pro'\·-e a tremendous help stand about encores, entrances monyJJ. on future engagements and keep and exits. (2) Reference to the participating you from too much repetition. quartets or their chapters H. If you don't know the qual'. B. Encores. This may prove to be tets, check with the chairman can often be worked into something effective. So, if one of your W01'st headaches. as to what he knows about You h a v e already decided them, the extent of their pa you can, find out in advance through consultation with your rade experience; is he satis what quartets are appearing and something about them. parade chairman whether the fied they won't use question· nurnber of quartets programmed able stuff. (3) Maintain the light touch. will permit ot' prohibit use of 1. International has banned the This is a happy occasion, so encores. If prohibited, it may be use of recorders; too many keep that grin on the au wise to advise the audience of copyright problems involved. dience's face. Don't cram in this fact at the outset. If per It will be your job to explain technical education about the mitted, you then have the prob this if necessary. make-up of the barbershop lem oC determining by audience seventh as distinguished from reaction whether an encore is Your backstage attitude is important, a diminished minor, unless warranted. too. Don't count on being able to use you're the rare individual who your time in the wings to brush up can maintain the light touch Fil'st: be sure the quartets under on your script and notes; not even while doing it. Don't spend stand thai )'OU and not the quartets after the show has started. You're go too much time bragging themselves are to decide this. You ing to be about the busiest man in about the Society's good may be dealing with temperamental the theater. People are going to want works or dry statistics of lads who will resent not getting' an to say Hello; worried committee mem· growth. There's wonderful encore 'when another quartet did, or bel'S are going to want to be assured script material here if used not getting as many. Unfortunately, that. everything is going well and ask in moderation, but beware of {Continuer! ou next pagel MARCH,1951 THE SOCIETY MASTER 4. Recapit.ulation- more than call attention to them. If you do talk about them, remember the OF CEREMONIES A check-list may be handy: light touch. Don't get pedantic on Continued A. In advance of arrival: what at best is an extremely compli (1) Check expenses cated subject. too. there are quartets who, if per (2) Check MC stage facilities mitted to judge their own right to lt is wise, however, at least to encore, will come back as often as just (3) Get program or list of quar point out to the audience that the one person will give them a courteous ten; jud$"es are, literally, schooled by the hand. Your obligation. however. is to (4) Make definite backstage ap Society. They have been carefully that audience. No quartet should be pointment with par a d e screened, trained and tested and know permitted to usurp the stage beyond chairman just what they are doing in their re the audience's active desire to hear it. (5) Get that sCI"ipt thoroughly spective categories. Tell the audience prepared not to expect to agree with them, be One good criterion is the effect on cause a listener can't expect to catch the audience of the quartet's leaving B. Backstage the fine points in all categories as the stage. Listen to the applause at Just check the nine points men accurately as each judge will catch that very instant. Does it build up, or tioned earlier. them in his one subject. just hold its own, or start to let Your duty is to keep the audience down? That tells you whether they II happy between quartets. Thus far, we want the quartet back or are ready have assumed that the way to do this to hear the next one. AT COI,TESTS (as in parades) is to keep talking to This, of course, assumes that your Here, the MC's activities and re them. That's true of the usual audi audience is sufficiently hopped up to sponsibilities are more restricted and ence, made up overwhelmingly of the make your problem one of restriction. more subject to Society rules than on public. It's not true of Society mem The converse may be the case. If the Parades. bers. Barbershoppers would rather audience seems a bit lethargic, your buzz with each other on the merits job may be to lead the applause and In the first place, you're no longer of the last quartet's performance, do through your own apparent enthu the boss. You're subordinate to the their own judging and arguing. If siasm build audience reaction to the chairman of judges and he will want your audience is primarily Society point where an encore is justified. to confer with you and instruct you members you can, therefore, safely This may particularly be true in the on your particula.r duties. With the adopt an entirely different role as MC. program's early warming-up stages. exception of your own stage facilities, Instead of being a tireless chatterbox Then, too, you must constantly bear the backstage check list is primarilv and interim entertainer, you CaD re in mind the overall program and its his responsibility. If you want to be main entirely mum between quartets, length; the possible encore demands really helpful, you can go over it with confine yourself to the function of by the audience of quartets yet to be him and perhaps take some of the announcer, and let the audience en heard. The successful parade, whjle items off his hands. tertain itself. giving the audience a good full eve Two specific duties are assigned the ning of entertainment still leaves them Out front, the problem of encores is, of course, gone. No encores. The Me by contest rules. First, he must wanting more. Don't satiate them. introduce the judges, secretary and Your host chapter wants them back script remains an item of important consideration, but the length of your timekeepers before launching upon again next year. So a constant check the contest itself. of the program length and judicious between-quartet remarks is no long use of encore'S is important. er within your own control. Your job Second, (a very remote possibility): now is to keep the audience happy as If a quartet is not prepared to 'Sing The whole problem of program long as the judges require to score when called, it is subject to a "late" length and use of encores is one of the preceding quartet. You may not penalty. It is your duty to notify the judgment. This you only acquire with announce the next quartet until the chainnan of judges in the event such experience. Let your early mistakes chairman of judges gives you the go a penalty is to be assessed. Here is educate you. Don't worr" about mak ahead signal. (And be sure you and the wording of the rule: ing mistakes. Everyone' does. How he have agreed on a signal.) t'11. Any qtUlfftet not 'ready to per ever, recognize your mistakes as mis So come loaded with script. If the farm, in a contest when called u.pon takes; and you're not likely to make t,o do so shall be penalized jive points them a second time. judges happen to be slow or there are numerous quartets, you may have a by each judge. Su.ch qU,(Jfftet shall be C. Mishaps. Don't Jet them throw lot of time on your hands. moved into the next posit,ton on the you. It's a rare parade when pl·ogra1n. and if not then ready to something doesn't go wrong, or Oue subject is taboo in contests: peTf onn, shaU a.gain be penall·zed at least something unexpected comment on the particular quartets. five points per ;udge, and this pen· happen. On such occasions just Each contestant must be treated with alty shall be ,·epeated until they ap remember that this is not a for scrupulous fairness and equality. The 1)6011'. The Master of Cenmonis mal or professional show and easiest way to do this is simply not shall 8'ign a penalt-y slip to be deliv that your audience appreciates to talk about any of them. Just an ered to the Chairman o{ the Judges that fact and actually gets en nounce them. i1nmediately following the end 'Of f he Cont8st, showing the number o{ joyment from it. Many a mis· One new subject is available: the hap has been turned into a high contest rules. Ordinarjly tbese are late penalties which occurred." point of the $how when an op summarized on the programs, in which portunistic MC takes the audi event, if you prefer, you need do no TORONTO CHAPTER TO ence into his confidence as to BOOST SPEB Bun,DING those backstage difficulties. FUND 3. Your expenses- Action taken by the Toronto, Ontario Chapter on December 11th assures a There is no Society l"l..I1e on this, (l $500.00 contribution to the Society's but custom directs that you are enti. permanent headquarters b u i I din g tIed to expenses (save on an interna fund. The amount pledged toward the tional contest J'ob on the semi-finalist, building fund is to be paid in install finalist or me aUst level. Let thjg be ments of $100.00 pel' year commencing understood with your program chair in April 1951, these payments to be man in advance, and clearly under made approximately 30 days follow stood-as to amount, as to your meth ing the date of the Toronto Chapter's od and cost of transportation, as to annual Parade. To the list of many the necessity (or lack of it) for an worth while activities of the Toronto overnight stay. A clear understand Chapter has no\\! been added this gen ing at the very outset can avoid later erOtts pledge toward a permanent embarrassment. home for International Headquarters. MARCH, 1951 • by Sigmnnd Spaeth suspicious details of identity, although N going through the popular song the general melodic line was decidedly I hits of the past year for his an similar to that of Manana. In his testi nual contribution to the Encyclopedin mony the plaintiff gave the impres BTitannica Yem' Book. this editor was sion of being musically unequal to the struck by the number of successful task of ,vTiting such a manuscript songs of 1950 that were either revivals RECENT court case, ill which without help, or definite echoes of past matedaJ. Ayou)' correspondent appeared as a The clinching argument was supplied The top song of the year, Goodnight, "Tune Detective", brought together by Dave Barbour's own original manu lnme. was copyrighted by the late an unusual aggregation of old and script of Mm1ana, which showed none John Lomax and Ruddie Ledbetter new songsters, with rather spectacu of the elaborate syncopations of Mc ("Leadbelly") in 1936, but is of un lar results. It was charged by an old Kay:s manuscript. They had been sup known origin. The1'e'8 No Tomorrow time vaudeville performer known as plied by arrangers in the prQcess of copies the old Italian 0 Sole Mio note "Hats" McKay that Peggy J,..ee and aniving at the printed edition of the for note. Music, Music, l'vluS'ic repre her husband, Dave Barbour, had song! The inference was clear that sents a jazzing of the closely l'elated stolen their Manana from a Laughing plaintiff's manuscript had actually tunes, Down South and Good·bye. 1111/ Song which he had created in 1918 been copied from that printed edition. Lady Love, with an excerpt from one and sung all over the world ever Neither Peggy Lee nor Dave Barham' of the Hungarian Rhapsodie:j as a since. could possibly have seen this manu "release", script, as it never left McKay's pos In the course of the trial three other rd'1.;~ "laughing songs" of even earlier date se~sion. III fact, his accusation was If I Knew YO'u WC1'e CO'l'lting based upon the mere possibility that Baked (/, Cake is strongly reminhscent were introduced in evidence, all show of the verse of it ing a marked similarity to that of the they could have heard his Lau.gll.'ing Hot T·ime in the Song at first or second hand. It had Old Town. Tonight (actually written plaintiff. One of them was sung on in 1886 according to E. B, Marks) and the wit n e s s stand by Jimmy never been published nor recorded nor even officially copyrighted. La. Vie en R08e goes back to an old ("Schnozzle") Durante, to the edifica instrumental waltz of the same name. tion of Judge Wasservogel, who pre In addition to the old-timers ap The motiQn picture, Thn;e Lit,t.le sided. Another was presented by Jo pearing in this remarkable case WonL" revived a number of the songs JQ Lee, the original "dog-faced boy" (whose defense was absolutely unique of Bert Kalmar and Harry Ruby (who of the circus, with our own Ray Walk in this Tune Detective's experience) will now forever look like Fred As er at the piano. Their recording of the there was testimony from Deems Tay taire and Red Skelton) with Nevertl/r Jo-Jo version was played in court, lor on the defendants' side and from less (1931) the outstanding hit. Best supplementing their personal testi John Tasker Howard (author of OU')' of the revivals was the Rodgers-Hart mony. A third .llaughing song", by a A1ne1'ican Mus-ic) on the plaintiff's. Sew-itched, Bothered and Bew-i.ldet'ed, composer named Johnson, was heard The opposing lawyers were Julian from their 1941 show, Pa..l Joey. As on a tl'anscription made from an old Abeles for the plaintiff and Fl'ancis Jerry Vogel says, {'The old songs are Edison cylinder recorded by Johnson Gilbert for the defense, the best songs". himself. These striking parallels, however, would probably not have been suffi cient to clear the Lee-Barbour team of the charge of plagiarism. McKa~' submitted three manuscripts, one of which he swore he mailed to himself some time before the publication of Ma11a1l.a·. All three were suspiciously similar to the latter, not only in the CAPITOLIANS 16-measure verse (which was practi cally duplicated in the other "laugh Washington D. C. ing s9ngs") but in the short refrain Chapte,.'s Capitoliuns of eight bars. are shown here in lin unusually good lu'.tion The plaintiff lost his case chiefly be shot, taken by a cause one of his manuscripts was just WaJ!hing-ton T I 11\ e 1 too good to be true. It showed an abso Herald Itaft' photog lute identity with the melody of Ma. rapher. The Times iian«., not merel~' in the notes but in Rerald un it lUI a every detail of musical "punctuation", feature three or four particularly some tricky syncopations timu the size it ap of the samba type, requiring a skilled pfal"li here. Front use of ties. dots, etc. This witness left ill Palt Chaptt-r claimed (and proved to the satisfac Pres. John Cullen. tion of the Judge) that the manu lead; right - Waltu script in questiOll must have been Bogley, baliS. Top copied from a printed copy of 111 aiia1w L. It) n.-Martin Mc: instead of the other way around. Namara, tenor and Jerry Bachman. bari. McKay's manuscript was allegedly written in 1939, before the samba rhythm· was generally known in this country. (It would have been physlp cally impossible to find such a rhythm as early as 1918), His own singing of his Lau.r;hing Song, both in person and all a record, showed none of the Washin,tol\ Timell-Herald Photo MARCH,1951 CALIFORNIA? . :-,. :';! " rP' '. "'> * THE BEST QUARTETS OF THE WEST * For TICKETS, any Mutual Ticket Agency * ART BAKER, Radio-TV-Motion Picture * 7000 GOOD SEATS AVAILABLE Personality as Moster of Ceremonies for FURTHER INFORMATION contact REEDIE WRIGHT * 300 Voice Barbershop Chorus under the direction of Paul 3787 Mountain View Avenue McFatridge Pasadena 10, California The Harmonizer HOW DO YOU FEEL ABOUT AFTERGLOWS? I' The HARMONIZER hereby sets a precedent. From time to time, many peo ple have had their say about AFTERGLOWS, frequently in print in this I magazine. There has never before been an effort made to obtain a broad survey of opinion from the membership at large. When the following letter was received by the Harmonizer staff, it was decided to run it, withholding ( the name of the writer. If, after reading the letter, you wish to express an opinion, tear out the page, write or typewrite a note and mail it to Int'l Hq. * * * * * "To the Editor: ...... All in all it was a well planned week end of harmony, but 1 think too much refreshment flowed at the Afterglow. 1 don't think it is fair to the quartets and I don't think it is fair to the people who really want to listen. I am not against taking a drink. I do it myself and so do the other men in my quartet, but we all want to go on record as being against that sort of thing. Actually, the Afterglow was no better and no worse than many others l've attended, but from a quartet standpoint it was a madhouse and no four some should ever have been asked to sing at the affair, ....." S.P.E.B.S.Q.S.A., Inc. 20619 Fenkell Avenue Detroit 23, Michigan Gentlemen: Here's the way I feel about AFTERGLOWS ..... You Can Call Off the Search for We've Found the Lost Chord By Int'l Treasurer Art Merrill, Schenectady Chapter There's a chord in barbershop that Fourth, there must be a volume blend. makes the nerve ends tingle. It's rare The voices should be indistinguishable. ly heard outside of the field of bar Barbershoppers qualify for they bershop. strive to merge their own voices, un The written notes might be C-E-G-B selfishly, into the joint effort. Inde l1at--but it isn't an ordinary 'Seventh. pendent solo voices sometimes make ~ It sounds di~tinctively different. The poor barbershoppel'S ! Compiled and Arranged notes, in fact, aTe sounded on a dif Try to distinguish the' voices in the for Male Voices by ferent scale. \Ve might call our chord best quartets. It isn't easy. HUGO FREY ~ a Super-Seventh I Fifth, thel'e must be a lack of pitch To form our Super-Seventh, we use vibrato. If the pitch of one of the an old fashioned scale-the diatonic. voices is wobbling up and down, the ~ With this scale, the notes of our chord perfe<:t intervals are fuzzed. have the exact frequency ratios 4-5 That's a strenuous list of require 6-7. W'ith these ratios, overtones Te ments! Not all quartets can qualify. ~ inforce overtones. There's a minimum of dissonance and a distinctive ring Choruses find it even more difficult, fOl' the voices are physically separated ing sound. and there are more opportunities fol' ~ The more modern chromatic scale, error. which is used by every keyed instru But there are many opportunities in ment, has many advantages, But it barbershop, Our arrangements are ~ doesn't quite give us the Supel' crowded with sevenths, and everyone Seventh ratios. There 1S a slight dis has the potentiality of promotion to a sonance between the overtones. Super-Seventh. ~ The difference, for most musical pur Ho·w can you detect this chol'd? It's 2S-S0NGS-2S poses, is insignificant. But in our easy. Yon can't mistake it, for the Super-Seventh, the difference seems to signs are clear; the overtones will ~ be magnified. ring in yOtlr ears; you'U experience a Maurice Reagan gives the example of spinal shiver; bumps will stand out TOOl, 1001, 100lSIE .oIIIIl the first line of "Let Me Call You all your arms; you'll rise a trifle in \ I WISH I HAD A GIRL , ll your seat, If you are listening to a Sweetheart , In the phrase "love with ... I NEVER KNEW ...IIIl you" the baritone moves from Do to quartet, )'ou will see four men break Di to Do, taking the 5th of an E flat out into pleased (perhaps surprised) ,. IN IHE OLD TOWN HAlL ,. chord, the 3rd of a G7 and the 7th expressions; you '11 see their heads SWEET CIDER TIME, WHEN YOU WERE MINE! of a C7. Instead of dropping a half Come together; and they'll prolong the PEG O' MY HEART ~ chord. step from Di to Do, he must actually ~ PEGGY O'NEIL ,. drop three qU3l'ters of a step to form When you notice these symptoms, we the proper intervals, That's a definite think you'll agree that Sir Arthur's ONCE IN A WHILE ~ ly significant variation, as you will lost chord has been found! ~ 0, UTHARINA' ~ find when you sing this phrase. I KNOW WHAT IT MEANS TO BE LONESOME ~ Another example is in "Keep America ...IIIl fEATHER YOUR NESI ,. Singing", in the Diekema arrange ,. LINGER AWHilE ~ ment. In the echo swipe "smile the DAVID SILVERMAN SWINGIN' DOWN THE LANE while you arc-singing" the baritone ~ is asked to sing three A naturals on Mu.ic Librarian IT'S A GREAT DAY FOR THE IRISH ~ AROUND THE CORNER .4I1IlI the "while you are", Instead, he must. WJR, The Good Will Station, Inc. .... SEEMS LIKE OLD TIMES ,. drop a quarter step on the second A Detroit natural (that's half way to A flat) ,. EVERYTHING IS PEACHES DOWN IN GEORGIA...IIIl and return to make the proper inter o f) vals for our chord. Says rlH follow",!, s~""s are in FuMi( JA·DA " ~ THE WEST, A NEST AND YOU The five requirements ef the Super DfJmQIn and YfJU may use rhnn nny I'M SORRY I MADE YOU CRY ~ Seventh are quite rigorous. If you will whir" tJnytim" and in any way. r cheek them off, you will see why this ~ DO YOU EVER THINK OF ME ,. chord is seldom heard outside of the Title Composer ,. RAMONA ...IIIl field of barbershop: JOHNNY, MY OLD FRIEND. JOHN NORSES ,. First, the singers, or players, must be William Courtright ... A SONG OF OLD HAWAII ...IIIl unaccompanied, so that they may cut free from the chromatic scale when JUST A WORD FOR FATHER ,. GOOD NIGNT ,. Ford-Bratton they wish. ~ 'P'Ziu $1.00 Uw{tU« Second, the sound instrument must JUST SAY GOOD· BYE AGAIN be capable of varying pitch through Charles Miller KATHLEEN ~-~~;I~;~:;;;~~;;O~;T7o-N-' intervals of a quarter step or less. ~ ~ The human voice qualifies, as does the Helene Mora 199 5evenlh Avenue' Ne.... York 19, N. Y. KATIE GRAY string section, the slide trombone and ~ the French horn. Some reed instru Safford Waters ,. I IOlIclo'e $ ... . Ru,h .. _ H£{2€~ WHEfZE iust as fresh as when they were written '~wEET ADUINE' a new lift far you TTBB 6€Ts ?LJT oUT or UNDER THE BAMBOO TREE ~nz MI ;£f2Y! (novelty) SHE WAS BRED IN OLD KENTUCKY (ballad) GIRL I LOVED IN SUNNY TENNESSEE (ballad) IN THE SHADOWS (novelty) (25c) HYMNS OF THE OLD CHURCH CHOIR (ballad) . DOWN AT THE HUSKIN' BEE (rube) (25c) DAVY JONES' LOCKER (sea song) 20c each except where otherwise lis-ted ORDER NOW EDWARD B. MARKS MUSIC CORPORAJlON RCA Building Radio City New York MARCH, 1951 Don't Hafta Be a Crow GALLERY OF STARS Continued ance records and of membership rec ords. This examination showed that the more efl'ectively a member could sing with three other barbershoppel's, the more active he was in c.hapter affairs. A man unable to sing effectively in a qual'tet much too frequently lost in terest in chaptel' activities and drifted away. Thus it became obvious to the Chapter that there W3-S a definite need to provide bal'bershoppers, especially new members, with a sound founda tion to enable them to do a better job of singing one or mOl'e parts in bar bershop quartet harmony. Too often a new man would come to the chapter meeting, heal' the older members, wish he could sing that way but be afraid to tl'y...The songs would be new to him, Olle of Ihe finellt coUections oC lluartt"l photoll in the country .dorllll th~ wall of the harmony patterns unfamiliar. Dick Cervi~lIo·. restaurant. Dick is an acti\'e IlH!-mber of Jerllfc,. City Chapl~r. L. 10 R. Gradually he would assume a passive nre l\1ik~ Marlon. IJ)'nne Cen'iello and Dick. attitude or acquire a feeling of frU1) tl'ation. get a school started. If you will put as distinguished from chorus. Also The problem, then, was to transform sincere effort into learning, your in note that the instruction was by rote, this ·man who was unable to "do it", structol's will put an even greater not by note, They took thei r parts by this H crow" if you will, into an active amount of effort and patience into ear, not by eye. And no piano. (They warbler who could be depended upon teaching, and the re\val"d~ are "out said they tried it but it worked better to stick with the chapter and even go of this world". without) . out and enthuse about it to his friends. One 0)' two points I noteq particu So go thou and do likewise. If you Most chapters seem to have a group larly: First, that the men singing the feel the information herein is scanty of pet songs that they sing from meet same pal't do NOT sit together. The the International Office will furnish ing' to meeting, and much the same students learn their parts singing you upon request with a more detailed way each time. Up at Lansing the~' AGAINST another, not WITH him. work plan as prepared by the Lansing found a total of 18 of these favorites. 'rhis is impol·tant in quartet training instructors. These they call their "bo'okll and from the book they selected the songs for instruction. Arrangements of these j---'-"-"-"-"-"-"-"-"-"-"---"-"---"-"---"-"-"-''-"-"-"-'j songs AS SUNG IN THEm CHAP TER were then put on paper. Instruc THEJAME~OWN tors were chosen and the members I i were told about the COUl'se and invited I ! to enroll. Ten men signed up in the I NEW YORK CHAPTER S, P, E. B. S_ Q. S. A., INC. ! first class. i will present its I The class met once a week for nine ! weeks, and at the end of that time, I following the instruction method i .....'TH ANNUAL ! which I heard used on "Honey" these fellows had some half a dozen songs I PARADE OF qUARTETS I they could sing a part to adequately, alon~ with any three other members of the chapter. At the end of the i Saturday, April 21, 1951 .. 8:15 P.M. at the I, course, and following a final "exam" 1 " which was a feature of one of theil' i J. H. S. AUDITORIUM ! chapter meetings, they were presented with certificates t.o prove that they iff f ! are now real barbershoppers. And 'II Featuring their whole outlook on barbershop life I is changed. i CLEF DWELLERS .. WESTINGHOUSE QUARTET ! Incidentally. the whole outlook of I THE FOUR CHORDERS ._ THE O-AT-K..'\NS ! the Lansing Chapter is changed too. Compared with a general reduction in membership in the Society as a AN~~:S HA~,MO~~:~~~ORDATRES whole during the past year, their I CLARK. I membership has shown around twenty pel' cent increase. ! other district and local quartets ... plus ! Pel'haps Lansing was particularly I JAMESTOWN'S OWN 50 MAN CHORUS I fortunate in its instructors, having in the chapter some men who could in "I I- dividually hear and teach all four i ~ RESERVATIONS - , pads to a song. But the instruction can just as well be canied out with I PARADE AND A~'TERGLOW: Eo J. Muzzy. [42 Prospect Street -, fou r instructors, each responsible for Jamestown. New York - a part. So all of you listeners, you HOTEL: Hotel Jamestown, Jamestown, New York "doWll-trodden crows", band together I and petition your Chapter Officers to .'-,,-,,-,._ •• _.,-,,-,,-,,-,,-.. -,,-,,-•• _ •• _ •• _,,-,,-,._•• _,,-"-··-"-··-"-··-.. ·ir MARCH, 1951 by J. George O'Brien, 303 State Office Building Jefferson at Tuscola, Saginaw, Michigan dIe of it, as it's a typical Rus Cole "Whether there is any barbel'shop letter, and will give you a better idea abou t them, the forward march songs of why it's so much fun to be the depended absolutely upon the let's get Old Song Chairman, as Rus is only on with it effectJ they were often one of many who write us like this. enough written in march tempo, and Note The New Add'ress. Here tiz: pauses or detours would have ruined The Yea?' 1951 Will See Ye Olde Ed such colossal successes as The Man off on two great adventures. First, ".... , . Db Mister Moon iSJ I thinkJ That Broke the Bank At MOllte Carlo, we're blossoming out in a bralld new a title common to a number of songsJ College Life, (Mother and father pay business. (Sti ding and O'Brien the but there's only one Oh Mister Moon, all the bills and we have all the fun) J Moon, bright and silvery moon, won't new firm, packaging ... package de Maine Stein SongJ McNamara's Band, sign and engineering, representing one you please shine down on me. SPEB, (one of my favorites.) This get on of the large chemical companies with without full pal'ticulal's on this nat with it quality is certainly not can· a new transparent packaging material ural, wouldn't be complete in its fined to songs in the march tempo i for called CRY-O-RAP in the states of records. example, When You Know You're Not Michigan, Ohio, Indiana, Kentucky, "Roughly, in fond recollection, Oh MI'. FOl'gotten By The Girl You Ain't Tennessee, Alabama and Mississippi, Moon figures as a contemporary of Forgot, (a honey). (%, tempo, yet it Eds.) That means that we'll be travel Teasing, If the Man in the Moon was would be ruined if broken into.) ing a lot in this territory for the next a Coon, Come Along My Mandy, The couple of years, and we hope to meet Moon Has His Eyes On You, In Dear "I conclude that the answer lies in the personally many of our bal'bersho)) Old Georgia, I'm Wearing My Heart work credited to Mr. Geoff (K-K friends. Away For You, Way Down In My Katey) O'Hara, 'The Old Saw-aw-ngs, Heart I've Got a Longing For You, the old Saw-aw·ngs, those good old If You'd Like To Spend an evening and Roses Bring Dreams Of You, sawngs for M-ee-eeJ I love to heal' with Olde Ed, chatting over old times though all of these post·date The those Mi~i-i-ner-r-r Kaw-aw-rds and and ola timers, just drop us a penny Governor's Son of 1901, shown by good close Ha-a-ar-l' Mow-w-ne-ee~ee!' post card with your name, address ASCAP as the production in which "But there is no denying that when and telephone number, and we'll look Oh Mr. Moon was sung. the page boy stepped rapidly across you up when we hit your town. Just a the stage to the easel, took down t.he penny post card ... please .. no "The question recurs and recurs, what card reading, 'Carl Emmy's Pets' 01' letter. is a barbershop song? Is it, strictly 'Mme. LaRue's Cockatoos', or 'Lan speakingJ a song in which there are dos Bros. in Feats of Strength', and As If Changing Businesses Isn't long 01' held chords? Is it the song of put up 'Maple City Foul", (not that a Enough . .. Olde Ed had to get him which the echo numbers al'e shining swell quartet was wont to follow an self into still more trouble for fifty examples? The song allowing the opener), and that four came on, sing one by buyin' Ma a new home, so change from the long major to the ing something like 'I don't want a lit sometime shortly after January 15th, long minor chord? We have full op tle cozy home, I don't want a ham we're going to move. portunities for the held chord in such mock built for two--', the effect as Love Me and The World Is Mine, was something, but right along about All This Leads Up To The Fact Tha-t My Creole Sue, Way Down Yonder In there, that four was apt to do some we got a little worried about turning The Cornfield, Sweet Adeline, You Tell thing that seems to make an excep out our copy for this issue, with all Me Your Dream, and When You Were tion to our nile of get on with the these other things to hinder, so we're' Sweet 16. tune. going to let Rus Cole write it for us. Rus doesn't know it. Matter of fact r'Then we have the onward march "They have entered singing as above he may not even see it, as he's bee~ songs, When You Wore a Tulip, On a noted, it sounds swell, the customers touring around the country of late Sunday Afternoon, Bedelia, Down in ate pl'omptly lulled into a state of and at the moment, we don't even Jungletown, Put On Your Old Gray bliss, and the four have proceeded to know where he is. Bonnet, Give Me the Moonlight Give where they sing '--just a little rock Me the Girl, Always in the Way, After ing chair and--'. Masters that they We'?'e Hoping He'll Read His Column The Ball, The Moon Has His Eyes are, they've led up to and prepared and write us, as we SU1'e miss his won On You. the paid customer for that last word derful letters, and it's some time since but without supplying itJ they go int~ we've had the benefit of any of his "In the last named, there is a great a bit of comedy business, after which welcome and helpful observations. charm in what I'd call the running they sing again. Their whole r-outine, tenor, and this quality is outstanding Rus, as near .as we can l~arn, spent founded on hard experience, is based many years WIth the Associated Press in about all of the Charles K. Harris on the old idea of always leave 'em in the East, and devoted much of his hits that I can recall. wanting more when you say goodbye. efforts to music and the theab'e, ItJs.the old tease psychology, and your "In recollection, the variety fours de· va1'lety foul' were masters of it. pended more upon the latter type of His Experiences With l'he Old Time song than upon the Sweet Adeline Do YOll Remember? GAY 90's OF MONTEVIDEO, MINN. COlltinued • el' interests. It was the pretended, (and not always pretended, either), attitude of, 'Do I hate work'? '\Vhy didn't they let me sleep?' "Perhaps the baritone, a little big stomached comedy character in derby and Joe Weberish chin whiskers, spies a pretty girl in the second row, and he makes the most of it. ,rperhaps one member of the fOUl" pre tends to have 'Some outside concern, to which he keeps Teferring, (the tenor owes him $5.00, say), (or he keeps Teturning to an argument with the basso), whatever it is, the busi ness keeps running along with the song, but the primary requirement is that the four must be a real singing combination." 000 Coming Euent~ . A new album by the Chordettes is in the making, and Jinny (Cole Osborn) assures us that it will be a big impro\'ement over theil' Harmony Time (Columbia). Personally, we doubt that, as you just can't improve much on perfection, but j~,,'d I"~'" I'/~ we'll be watching for it, and so will ....( you if you like harmony that's in a ~'Q.t jr( ""'#I ,,.~ class all by itself. CD,. 1". i10 T' 0,.. 1t71.. AN1, ... "(I YOU?' Gnl:ndpappy Yodeled Nancy Till, L. tu R.-,smiley Bol·,;gard, tenOI·; How~\I'd Johnson, lead; Cee Rodekl'g. bud; Lerin written for and sung by White's Sel' Brown, bliSS. JudgIng' by Cee Rodebe1'g's letU:l", tho). Gay ~O'8 1'el\l1.\' get around, .'•• , " enaders back in the 1870's. From the at Eau Cluil'p Ill!!\' week. Last night we WeJ"e lit Aherdeen. ~uth Dakota (17Ii miles swing of the chorus, we have an idea West)-ton.ight we lu'e on the Menomonie, Wis. PIll"Rde (210 milell East)-tomOrtow that White's Serenaders might have we are at Buffalo .Lllke (100 miles Southell!lt), We :ll'e on the Ashland show next been a forerunner of the Gay Nineties wet'"k-then Detl'Oit. Stol'm LHke. 'de." barbershop foursome. It goes like this: Come, love, come, the boat lies low. ALWAYS She lies high and dry on the a-hi-a. "KEEP AMERICA SINGING" Come, love, come, won't you go along look in the Chapter Reference Manual with me, I'll take you down to Ten Has all the answers about SPEBSQSA nes~see. Do you remember? FIRST INFORMATION YOU WANT Each iaaue carries infonnation on 25 IIOngli. To lighten the load of the Old Song8 Committee, members aN! urged to refer to back number-. of the Harmoniur before asking the Commiuee for aid. OLD SONGS LIST TITLE YEAR COMPOSER PUBL1SHER Ah Sweet Mystery of Life 1910 Herbert-Young M. Witmark & Son'S~ Ain't Dat Scan'lous 1901 Cole & Johnson Edw. B. Marks MUSIC Corp. Always In The Way 1903 Charles K. Harris Charles K. Harris Ballin' The Jack 1898 Chris Smith Edw. B. Marks Music Corp. Ben Bolt 1895 Kneass & Sawyer S. Brainard's Sons Co. California Here I Come 1924 Jolson-DeSylva·Meyel' M. Witmark & Sons Call Me Up Some Rainy Afternoon 1910 Irving Berlin Ted Snyder Co. Campmeeting Band 1914 Gilbert & Muu' F. A. Mills Ol'eam Days 1913 Chat"Ies L. J ohn8011 Forster Music Pub!., Inc. Every Nigger' Had A Lady But Me 1897 Carl St. Clair W. B. Gray & Co. Everything At Reilly's Must Be Done In Irish Style 1899 J. & W. W. West Edw. B. Marks Music Corp. Fare Thee Well Molly Darling 1902 Cobb-Mills F. A. Mills Co. Harbor Of Home Sweet Borne 1905 Lamb-Solman Edw. B. Marks Music COl'p. I Ain't Nobody's Darling 1921 Hughes & King Skidmore Music Co. I Guess I'll Have To Telegraph My Baby 1898 George M. Cohan lerr;' Vogel Music Co. Last Roundup, The 1933 Billy Hill Shapiro, Bernstein & Co. Let The Rest Of The World Go By 1919 Brennan & Ball M. Witmark & Sons Make A Fuss Over Me 1904 Madden & Morse P. B. Haviland My Creole Sue 1898 r.ussie L. Davis Hamilton S. Cordon, Inc. Naughty Waltz 1920 Stanley & Le\'Y Forster Music Publ., In~. Oh, Didn't He Ramble? 1902 Will Handy F.dw. B. Marks Music COl'p. Pale Moon J920 Blick & Logan Forster Music Pub\., rnc. Roses Bring Dreams Of You 1908 Herbert fngraham Shapiro Music Pub. Sweet and Low 1919 Royce & Johnson rorster Music Pub!., Inc. Take Me Out To The Ball Game 1908 Norworth & Von 'l'ilzer York Music Co. NOTE: The publishers IisUld may not be present publillhe1'. all !lOngs can change ownel'S several times over A period of years. The IistinR", howeve)·, will enable your dealer to locate the number for you. MARCH,1951 shop style is applied to the pensive NOT GREAT MUSIC Mood Indigo and some Sout~ern !n~lq, dies it strips them of their ongmal A bit late, E. E. Whiting's column in cha;m ... The closing selection was the Boston He1'l£ld, May 21st, 1950 has been brought to the attention of Keep America Singing. That's a the Harmonizer staff. Writing on the message that should be qualified." tragedy of China and at that time he 000 could hardly have imagined just how "OLD MELODIES great the tragedy \vas to be, Wh~ting came ill one jump from the Chll1ese NEVER DIE" "'mass of falsehood and menace" to At the other extreme from Don Free SPEBSQSA's "harmony, genuine val. man immediately above rates an un· nes". "Great Music'? No. Great Amer named writer for the Saginaw, }lich. ica? Yes, Too many of us are afraid News. In the November 26th issue, he to be natural; the barbershoppel's are devoted nearly half a page to. the not afmid of anything but a false note HARMONIZER HAS A story of J. George O'Bl·jen, (Har ..... They have one objective and READER monizer Associate Editor - Do You lohey attain it . , . , . They are as Remember? and liThe Old Songs." According to the Tucson. Arizona, >, democratic as anything we have, , . , . Slar, Arthur Godfrey mentioned on 000 I hope the barbershoppers will stick one of his many programs that he had 2-PLATOON SYSTEM to bal'bershop music and not go hifa come across the Promissory Notes, a lutin. Today's column is one of con 'I'ucson quartet, while reading the INVADES BARBERSHOP trasts. Chilla, a mass of falsehood and Harmonizer, and thought it a nne The News Sentinel. Ft. Wayne, Ind.. menace. The barbershoppers, who do name. (See page 6, December Htlr· recently carried a United Press story not take themselves too seriously, but monizer, "What's in a Name?"). out of 'Washington, D. C., written by are svmbolic of what the world needs Harman W. Nichols, having to do -harmony and honesty". 000 with the Chamberlin Brothers, Misha GOOD FOR WHAT waka tnd. According to Nichols, 000 AILS YOU Chan':berlin pere stands by and listens to the first team consisting of Jack, An editorial writer for the Burling Joe, Bill and Frank. If one of them SOCIETY GETS PLAY t.on Iowa Hawkeye Gazette, is of the drops a clinker, Papa Leonard yanks opinion that, "Music of a type that him and substitutes Charles, Robert, IN JERSEY AND VERMONT the greatest number can .understand Paul, or Kenneth, depending on what Ray Sandiford, Imm. Past Pres. of and enjoy is the best musIc .•.... voice has gone awry, Mid-Atlantic States District, suggest we like to hear John Charles Thomas, 000 ed to the magazine "New Jersey Ezio Pinza, Lily Pons, Bidu. Sayao Music" that an article about SPEB and some of the other operatIc stars REPEAT PERFORMANCE int~rest t~eir as well as anybody else, but we sttll SQSA would be ?f to A year ago, Enid, Oklahoma Morn readers, Cooperatmg WIth the wr~ter believe SPEBSQSA music is good fOI" ing News devoted a fuJI page to pic· assigned to the job, Alan L. SmIth, what ails most of UgH. tures and a story of the Enid Chap~ Ray furnished material for the story 000 ter's Fall Festival of Harmony. On which appeared in the October issue. Matt Weinstock of the Los Angeles December 3rd the News did it again The four page article traced the Kews reports in his column that the in, if anything, even more interesting growth of the Society in New Jersey Angel City Four practic~s ~l th.e iashion. and nationally. Downtown YMCA while theIr wives SIt 000 on the fire escape and listen for clink "SELECT BUNCH OF [n connection with the Northeastern ers. FOLKS" District Contest last Fall, "Pano 000 rama", a magazine devoted to the This may partly answer Don Free glories of Northern Vermont as a re JUDGING CHORUS man or the Louisville Courier News, sort a.rea, used a two color front covel' CONTESTS abo.... e. An Ullidentified columnist, writ· anti a three page, profusely illustrated w. L. Underwood, writing a review ing in the Roswell. New Mexico Rec· article to announce the District Con of the Southwestern District Chol'us ord, said, ".. , Maybe you have to test and teli the story of SPEllSQSA. have a little different slant on the Cont.est in the Wichita Falls, Texns (Opportunities for this kind of pub Record News, raises an interesting world to enjoy inventing a close chord, question that will probably come in or ending an old song on a new note. licity are many. Plenty of good source for considerable discussion as chorus IC you do, you belong to a mighty material is available, especially in the contests become more numerous, Un select bunch of folks, for they 111JSet pages of "Keep America Singing". derwood said in part, ", .. our guess the se,'ious and find ~ome of the Iml of Other material is available from the would be that the 24 young voices livin,q." (Halics, QUI'S. Eds.) [nt'! Office. Eds.) from Dallas were credited with more persistent accuracy of pitch, uniform tone and accurate reading than the AN ELECTION DAY CARTOON FROM THE CLEVELAND PRESS 54..voice chorus .from Oklahoma City. In any situation, 24 voices can be bl'ought to a degree of ensemble per fection on three chosen songs more eaHily than a group of 54 voices ... 7" 000 NOT A FAN Don Freeman of the Louis"\'ille Cour ier Journal, 'Should send a sub next time Louisville Chapter stages a show according to the review he wrote, "For better 01' worse, the Gay '90's are al ways with us ... With its falsetto tones, its falsetto feelings, its peculiar harmonics, its jboom-baums' and PbRTRA/T OF' 'lady-lees' (?), barbershop singing gets slightly monotonous , .. Tradi VOTER TRYING tional barbershop tune'S like Sweet Adeline and Sweet Genevieve rank, in TO REMEMBER. our opinion, only a notch above singing ALL ENDOR.SEME~TS commercials. And when the barber- REPROlXICEO BY COURTESY OF THE CLEVELA1'ID PIlESS MARCH, 1951 The Hamun;zer "R~o.n e~" 0.1 Ute /~~ Paci/lc No.Jdk 'kJB4t or THE "MAROON CORPS" STORMS THE PACIFIC and VICE VERSA Barbel'shoppers in Brookings, Oregon Merle Brainard, the Bl'ookings Ban allow the "road show" to feel it'S way will never forget October 1950. Neither shee Baritone, reports that electric carefully around slides and 'washout's will the hundred odd barbershoppel's power failure caused no end of incon sixty miles north to Bandon where the and \vives from Portland, Klamath venience. Stage lighting consisted of Coquille River was Qut of bounds. With Falls and Eugene, Oregon who jom"· one 500 watt construction flood, undimmed enthu'Siasm Houston and neyed three to five hundred miles to powered by a small generator. No pro the quartets set out to convert Bandon help Brookings stage a Parade Octo grams could be printed. Living quar to Barbershopping, again staging a ber 28th. Brookings is right on the ters that didn't depend on electricity two hour show in the local movie Pacific and was the center of the worst had to be rustled up for the visitors. house before a capacity crowd. Local coastal storm in years, with resultanl Kerosene lanterns were at a premium enthusiasts afterward entertained the flood and slide conditions never before and the Afterglow was strictly a "gas entire group at the Country Club. equalled. light" affair without the bustles. Half of the 60 voice Klamath Falls Deluge Continues Not. to be outdone in spirit by the men chorus, with the What Four, were of the traveling troupe, the wives of towed by huge lumber trucks, ferried Sunday morning the deluge continued the Oswego Four cooked up a couple and waded into Brookings before the and all roads South were closed. Sev of a propos parodies for their hus road was closed. The rest of the chorns enty-five barbershoppers. wives, and bands to sing in the impromptu per with the House Brothers and the 4 even a few babies started North hop formances. One, to the tune of ing to find a way around the floods. Bills from Roseburg were either "Stormy Weather" went like this~ turned back home or were marooned Thirty miles north, the Rogue River in Crescent City, Calif. The Oswego was rampaging and the group was "Can't go on Four and the aptly named Webfoot forced to stay at the town of Gold Everything wc planned went wrong Four from Portland; the Lumber Beach. Led by Johnny Houston, Kla Stormy weather. math Falls Chorus Director, the troupe Lads, 4 Tune FOlll' and the likewise We can't pull QUt' POOl' selves to aptly named Plungers, from Eugene, promoted a Sunday evelling show at the local movie house, the six quartets gether, helped by State Police and various Keeps raining all the time.. " forms of transportation arrived in time and chorus playing to a capacity audi for the show. Al Pearce, the M.C., was ence. By rruesday, the roads became pass brought in by Coast Guard Emergency Monday, the six feet of water on High able and the Robinson Carusoe Road crews, wet and late, but willing. way 101 had gone down enough to Show disbanded for t.he season. WHAT FOUR QUARTET, THE PLUNGERS, KLAMATH FALLS, EUGENE, OREGON OREGON L. tv H.-Funk Graham. lead; Bud I.. 10 H.-MerIon Ferebee, tenor; Ben ba5~; ~l\ho. l~nor. Direttor of tht' Eugent' ny 1.A.£tS211ard. lead; Olne,- Rudd. Johnny Houston. bitri. Houltton and Ch"ru.s; Ted Wood. hari; Boh Hirt. I..... £tl'a:aard are DireCloT!l o( the Klll bass. mnth Falls Chilpter Chorus. LUMBERLADS, WEBFOOT FOUR, EUGENE, OREGON l'ORTLAND, OREGON L. to It.-Glen Hounds, tellor; Dick Busey. lell,l; Harry Huffman, loari; L. to R •.-Bill Gable. tenor; HOIl 11rl.lll_ Ernest Cullen Murphy, bass, formerl)' ill by Deac Martin "I diaagree with what you say, but I ahall defend to the death )'OIlT right to say it," Au,jhllied 10 Voftnj,~. /694-/178 the Society. Because the TV man is win that television contest. Weren't my friend, I detailed several experi those Four Hams funny?'. Nothing in This column has probably been ac ences ,vhich had made that ruling the Society's name indicates that a cused of light·mindedness, one-sided necessary in the interest of good pub main objective is to Encourage quar ness, and goodness-knows-what, but I lic relations for the Society, I told tets on the basis of hilarious failure doubt that it's been accU"sed of talking him that the Society doesn't own the to harmonize. Yet in this case our shop. This will be shop talk. If ex quartets, They 'ma.y sing on commer quartets would have done just that. perience gained in a vocation has avo cially sponsored shows under their Poor public relations for a society de cational applications for the good of SPEBSQSA names but without men voted to harmony'" That's what r the order. why not? I shall utilize a lion of the Society. That reduced his told him, and finally he agreed. case histor)' to try to point out one enthusiasm. He knew several of our difference between mere publicity, quartets casually, but was well aware My friend was quite correct in the which can be dangerous. and good of the Society, from which they thought that it would be "publicity" public relations. stemmed, and its popularity and for the chapter. But, what price pub drawing power, licity if it should result in bad public By way of introduction, there will relations'? We've got another show never be an end to the efforts of the tt was not pleasant for me to add coming up next year, and we want to promotionally minded, outside the So that the Society and its (bitter) ex again pack a theatre with those who ciety, to capitalize upon its interna perienced quartets frown upon out return primarily to hear the incred tional populal'ity and standing. That side sponsorE!d contests. Ulmagine", I ible harmonies that fou r matched is entirely natural. A promoter hears requested, "that several of our quar ,"oices alone call produce. or h<>ars about a Grade-A quartet or tets enter your contest. The non-nlem SPEB show. HAha! That gives me a bel' Four Hams also enter. The Hams OUt' chapter pretty well lives up to new, hot and exclusive idea" he thinks. can't sing, and don't pretend to. But, the definition of good public relations (Sometimes it's a she). Almost jm~ they are so terrible from an appeal'· coined by Walt Stephens when he was mediately some Society member gets ance standpoint, and their singing is international chairman in that depart a call which starts this way: "I've so goshawful that the audience loves ment: "Good conduct and getting got an idea that will be swell publicity them simply as uproarious entertain~ credit for it". Our main Cleveland job for your Spebsl...va quartets ..... " ment. Votes pour in, 3 to I, for the now is not general publicity and more He-she does not add "and a good build Hams as against the nearest SPEB run-of-mine members, but incubating up or nice profit for me'·. SQSA contender. Even though that lnQ-t'e good quartets in the interest of contender has not been announced on more fun within the chapter, in con That was how it 'vas when Cleveland TV as a Society quartet, there are sequence a stronger chapter, and inev chapter was stl'uggUng for existence thousands in 0\11' to\Vll who associate itably improved public relations out~ 'way back in the early '40s, and it was the foursome with Cleveland Chapter. side. How about yours? Some of our still that way in late 1950 when my For days, weeks. months after your strictly Extension minded members phone l'ang, and a fine gentleman TV contest, membel·s of our quartet may shoot me full of holes fol' this. whom I've known long, used that well will hear 'Too bad you boys didn't But it's the way I see it. k now n 0 pen i n g HI've got an idea, ... ". His idea was to put on a SPEBSQSA IN HALLS OF LEARNING commercially sponsored TV quartet con t est including (actually built around) SPEBSQSA quartets, with audience voting, prizes, personal ap pearances, 'n everything. "We'll boost Spebskwa sky high on every program. It'll be swell publicity". While shuddering at his attempt to pronounce an unpronounceable name. I listened and simultaneously pondered the question: "Do we 'Want any gen eral publicity right now?" There's hardly a member who won't agree that our Big, immediate need is a higher ratio of quartets to total present chap ter membership. That means particu· lar publicity and oeining the streets for more tenors, as elusive in our town as the shy brook trout. Even with the aid of n 400,000 circulation newspaper, we've only been partially sliccessful in such sesxches, All of which I kept to myself as he unrolled his Hnovel" idea. \Vhat I told him made him breathe a gusty, but not enth'ely convinced, sigh H. A, PO"'ell Studios Rentllchlen Studio, Ann Arbor lIH·m-m-m-m!". Northwest Arel\ (Detroit) l\tichi,an ChapIn bouts: of t"'·o oollege quartets. the Nile O,,'I!;. of Wayne University and the Lega!llires, rrom U. of l\otichigan Law School. He could hardly believe that it is THE NITE OWLS THE LEGALAJRES At 12 o'clock-Lloyd Bergren. lead: at Sealed-L, to R.-Boh Rizley. bad: against the Society's rules for our 3-Dick Huebner, bari; . at 6-Ward Phil Robertson. baSI. Standlng-L. to quartets to engage in commerc,ially Se-ih:, hau; at 9-Chuck Nollon. tenor. R. Jim Kendall. timor; Vern Witham. sponsored appearances as members of lead. MARCH,1951 SONG ARRANGEMENTS AVAILABLE AT INT'L HQ. Complew Kit of Samples of everything on this plIge-137 songs (Ineludes 47 SPEBSQSA loose leaf songs). .. sa.oo each Complete Set of 47 SPEBSGSA LOOM Leaf Songs In Blndor-Less than 10 - $3.00 eac:h, 10 or more-$1.75 each AVAILABLE LOOSE LEAF ARRANGEMENTS Xl After Dark. X12 1 Want a Date at a Quarter Past X23 Gentle One. X2 In the Evening by the Moonlight. Eight. X24 Juanita. X3 Sailing on a Moonbeam. X13 0 Come All Ye Faithful. X26 America (God Save the Kine). X4 Love is Like a Dream. X14 Colleen My Own. X26 God Made a Wonderful Mother. XI5 Won't You Please Come Back to X5 I'd Love to Live in Loveland. X27 Don't Send Around Tomorrow. Me. X28 Keep America Singinlr-Diekema. X6 Silent Night. X16 Sing Brother Sing. X29 How Can I Leave Thee. X7 Hymn for the Home F:ront. X17 Keep America Singing-Thorne. X30 The Old Songs. X8 It Came Upon the Midnight XI8 When the Man in the Moon Says X31 Give Me the Right to Love You. Clear. Hello. X32 Sweetheart of Sigma Nu. X9 Cantique De Noel (0 Holy X19 Daisy-Annie Rooney Medley. X33 In Walked an Angel. Ni&,ht) . X20 Honey Gal. X34 Dreaming of the One in Lovf:> XIO Beautiful lIIe of Make Believe. X21 SPEBSQSA. Incorporated. with You. X11 You Tell lie Your Dream. X22 That Old Quartet. X 35 Melancholy Lou. Price TOe each for lingle copies; 5c each in loll of len or more of anyone song. Order all arrcmgemenls by symbol number. • Z-l Lost Chord. Z-5 I'll Take You Home 2-9 Carry Me Back To Old Virginny. Again Kathleen. Z-2 Deep River. Z-JO Massa's In De Cold Cold Ground. Z-6 Silver Threads Among The Gold. Z-3 The Band Played On. Z-7 Rose or Tralee. Z-11 Auld Lang Syne. Z-4 The Man On The Flying Trapeze. Z-8 Wagon Medley. 7,-12 ~wing Low Sweet; Chariot. 10c each single copy elllcepl 2-4 and Z-8 which are 20c each. 5c ioch in quantilies of 10 or more, elllcepl Z·4 and l-S which are 10c each. Order all arrongeme"ts by symbal number. • OFFICIAL SPEBSQSA FOLIOS 1948 EDITION (15 ARRANGEMENTS) "SONGS FOR MEN No.1" ~ 1949 EDITION (18 .. J "SONGS FOR MEN No. 2" ) $ 1.00 each (or 50c each in lots of 10 or more) 1950 EDITION (14 J "SONGS FOR MEN No. 3" ~ • OCTAVO FORM PUBLICATIONS OF VARIOUS MUSIC PUBLISHERS carried in stock at Detroit {Arrangers nome in parentheses} 15c each 20c each GMP 401-"What's Become of Ihe Good Old Days" (Ingram and Svanoe) FMP 301-"Down by the Old Mill Stream" (Thorne) GMP 402-"Dreami"g" o"d "Dreams af Y~sterdoy" (Hoeger) FMP 302-"I'm Going Over Ihe Hills to Virginia" lMerrilll GMP 403-"'Whe" There's No One Around But the Moon" (Ingram) FMP 303-"ln the Hills of Old Kentucky" (Embury) GMP 404-"Collon Bolin' Time in Dilllielond" (Svanoe) FMP 304-"Radc Me to Sleep in on Old Rocking Choir" (Smith) GMP 405-"Gone" {Ingram (I"d Svonoe) GMP 406-"I'm Gain' Sock to Moryland" (Ingram and Svanoel FMP 305-"1ell Me You'll Forgive Me" (Thorne) GMP 407-"Dream Girl" (Ingrom) FMP 306-"Tie Me fo Your Apron Strings Again" (Diekemol GMP 408-"Oown in the Old Borbenhop" !Thorne) FMP 307-"When the Maple leaves Were FoHing" jThor"e) GMP 409-"tn the Heart of the Blue Ridge Mountains" (I"grom) FMP 308-"Dream Days" {Websler) GMP 41 O-"HeJlo fa Ev'rYOl"Ie" (I"gram! 58 601-"Ploy ThaI Sarber Shop Chord" (Spaeth) FMP 309-"Dream Train" (Stull) WR 101-"Oon'l You Remember The Time" (Ingram) FMP 310-"HighwQYs Are Happy Ways" (Embury and Rowel WR 102-"Gee! But There's Clan To A Girl like You" (Ingram) FMP 311-"1 Get Ihe Blues When it Rains" (Thorne) WR 103-"I'm Waiting In Dreamland For You" {Ingram) FMP 312-"1 love You the Besl of All" lReogol\) WR 104-''In The land Where They Don't Say Goodbye" (Ingram) WR 105-"When The Moon Plays Peek-A' Boo" (Svanoe) FMP 313-'·My Besf to You" (Merril!) WR 106-''You Haven't Changed" (A new song by the FMP 314-"My Carolina Rose" (Webster) writer of "I'd love To live I" laveland") (Hoeger) FMP 315-"1hot Naughty Woltz" {Reago"j 25c each FMP 31 6-"Old Virginia Moon" (Smith) AMC 201-''Trail To Sunset Valley" (Spaelhl FMP 317-"Only a Broken String of Pearls" (Reagan) AMC 202-"Wailing For The Robert E. lee" (Spaeth) FMP 318-"Sing Neighbor Sing" (Childers) AMC 203-"Ragtime Cowboy Joe" {Spoeth} AMC 204-"Here Comes My Daddy Now" {Spoeth} JV 501-"You'lI Never Know the Good Fellow I've Bee"" IHa"so,,) AMC 205-"Hitchy Koo" (Spaeth) JV 502-"0 Joe' AMC 206-"Mammy Jinny's Jubilee" (Spaeth) Make Check Payable to and Moil to S. P. E. B. S. Q. S. A. 20619 Fenkell Avenue, Detroit 23, Michigan T he Ha,.",.ni~". Over the Editor's Shoulder A Public Forum for Constructive Criticism as well as general Comment. Contributions [ welcome. Keep'em telegraphic. J "HAPPY" HAPPY, TOO? Writes Hal, "In my opinion it would Ben Rabe, See'y Versailles, Kly Chap be a challenge to the other quartets ter, is happy; the members of the of a District to allow Past Champions chapter are happy; everybody is hap to compete after a lapse of two or py about the December 1st Parade. three years." According to Ben, liThe show was a great success-two shows at near capacity. We were very fortunate in HURRY BACK!! having Baseball Commissioner (for (All who heard the Dallas, Tex. Beau with me, however, in comparing early mer Senator) A. B. 'Happy' Chandler Jesters at Omaha marked them a'S issues with the more recent Olles. The as M. C. We're grateful to all the rapid growth of SPEBSQSA seems to comers. Joe Stalin thinks otherwise. have robbed us to some extent of one quartets who braved the icy roads to Eds.) get here. The Society should be proud thing that was quite noticeable in the of them." "I wOllder if you would be so kind as early issues-that little personal touch that was then possible from time to to do the Beau Jesters a last favor? time for individuals and chaptel'f';. We would like to say, through the THINGS PILE UP Harmonizer, a great big THANKS to "I wonder if some day we'll have Traveling salesman A. O. Winp:ender all the wonderful people we met in monthly publication of the Harmon is Sec'y of Marinette, Wis. Chapter. SPEBSQSA '',Tho were so nice to us. izer? If bl'oken down into sections for each District's news, everyone would Recently he \vrote to Detroit Int'l Hq, The Army has called tip our bass and "Behveen Adams' Academic Affidavits, get to read not onlv his o\vn DistJ'ict Divertive District Documents, Random perhaps will send 'greetings' to the section, but all the others as well." Hegional Reports (many requiring an bal'i and me before long. We only got swers) and my own Latitudinous Local to make one Int'l Convention and _.-_._._ ...~ --- Contest but that, we thought, waR Labors, things pile up". ALWAYS wonderful. It is our hope that the other young guys we met there will look in the Chapter Reference Manual ORCHID TO STAFF be able to stay together. So, after four FIRST Writes Charley Matthews, Sec'y~ years, it's finis I suppose you might Treas. Birmingham, Ala. Chapter, "I say, at least fOJ' a while and it's cel' believe the December issue of the tainly been fun for us. Again we say Harmonizer was the best that I have thanks for all that everyone has done seen. Congratulations on an excellent for us. job". Sincerely, Don King for the Beau Jesters" WANTS COMMUNITY SINGING AMERICAN (An inquiry by Stub Pencil in the Sep R. K. Smith, Director of the Depart tember issue about Community Sing· ment of Civic Recreation, 83 Sack ing resulted in Jllany comments which ville St., Halifax, Nova Scotia, writes, were published in the December issue, I, Hats off to Deae Martin for Page 17. Rema.rks of Omaha Pres. his very fine interpretation of I Ameri Jack Berner were received too late to can' in his column 'The Way I See It' appear.) (June 1950 Harmonizer, page 54. Eds.). Canadians are proud to be H ••• J think Community Singing such as we had at the Coliseum (Omaha last called'Americans' in the larger sense, .June, Eds.) appeals to a lot of people. especialIy in these times, when the I believe that on occasions of that future of Democracy is about to be de kind the selection of songs is definitely cided in North America." the key to successful group singing. They should be songs well known to IT'S NEW! IT'S A NATURAL! the great majority in the audience, THANK YOU The cleV'emt ~tuntB in barbershop arranging 8re Il:led in ~he8e so!id !lettin~ by 9eorl!;e P. Becker. Sometimes we fellows who are not so Len Linnehan, in a letter to Int'l Hq. Note thiS hook mcludea hi~ pnze willner. ·'Belle sure of ourselves in the musical world writes of the Harmonizer, "It's a book of the Beach". have a better understanding of what that has a professional touch, and is BdJo of the Beacb 8lrepy Head Lullaby the rank and file of people will be immensely readable-a job that every Childhood Daye &:Imcbody pleased with." Dear Old Homestead Somebody Loves Me onc connected with can well be proud Dreaming All Day Sunshine of ParadiBe of. More power to you!" Indian Rummer Alley Little Darling SlJJl3,n Jane Misa Nancy Swoothl'llrte Still DISTRICT CHAMPS Mietreee Shady Sweet Marie COMPETE? PERSONAL TOUCH GONE'! Muskoka Moon True 81uE' Sue My Mo~her When Rastus Geta An extensive discussion (page 58 Indiana-K'y District See'y Glen Reid Red LeaVell are Falling Hia Pay December Harmonizer) as to whether has this to say about the Harmonizer, Sheet music sh;e-7S Cents of or not District Champion quartets " .. Just finished a session Gel Ihis new book NOW-you'll be hearilrf, should be allowed to compete resulted going through old copies of the Hal'· abO/a it everywhere! from Washington, D. C. Bernie Slebos' monizer. Putting them together with letter in the September Harmonizer. a lot of older copies I had the pl'ivi HALL & McCREARY COMPANY leg,e of seeing at Joe Juday's, it is no Publishers of Better Music Indiana-K'y District Pres. Hal PurdY 434 S. Wabash Ave. Chicaga 5 tosses a new thought into the argu wOlluer we have such a wonderful ment, oIJ~anization. One thing di,d registeT MARCH,1951 TJJI Ho,.",.n;{er 37 HQ BUILDING FUND GROWS 1951 REGIONAL PRELIMINARIES JANUARY 1950 $0000.00 CENTRAL STATES LAND O'LAKES- JANUARY 1951 $1142.50 Springfield, Mo. May 5 Manitowoc, Wis. May.5 FEBRUARY 1951 $1292.50 CENTRAL WEST. NEW YORK- MICHIGAN Sheboygan, Wisconsin Chapter started Hornell, N. Y. May 5 Sault Ste. Marie, Mich. May 5 the Fund with $100.00 donation a DIXIE- MID-ATLANTIC- Birmingham, Ala. May 5 Plainfield, N. J. May:; year ago. Last June, Chicago No. 1 PAR WESTERN- Chaptel' chipped in a $1000.00 Gov Los Angeles, Calif. April 28 NORTHEASTERN- ernment Bon d. "Anonymous" and (District Sponsored) Meriden, Conn. May 5 interest on the Bond account for the ILLINOIS- ONTARJO- $42.50. The $150.00 added in Febru Rock lsland, 111. May 5-6 Windsor, Ontario May 12 ary of this year represent $25.00 INDIANA-KENTUCKY- PACIPIC NORTHWEST- donations by Imm. Past Int'l Pres. Fort Wayne, Ind. April 28 Seattle, Washington May 5 O. H. King Cole, Int'l Pres. ,Jerry JOHNNY APPLESEED- SOUTHWESTERN- Beeler, Int'J V.P. Mat Hannon, Int'l Sharon, Penna. May 5 San Antonio, Texas April 28 B'd Members Earl Reagan and Carl Jones and Col. Bob Newman, Sturgis, Michigan. The purpose of this HQ Building Fund is to some day build a per iust released manent headquarters building in a location central to the bulk of the Society membership. Plans at present aren't too exact, but in general it is hoped the building will be a combi on Columbia Records en nat ion business office, storehouse of pel tinent material, and a sort of museum. Elsewhere in this isssue of the Har monizer is reported the s tor y of Toronto's planned long tel'm series of donations to this Fund from annu~ al Parade receipts. The doorway is wide open to other chapters and in dividuals who may be interested. AMATEUR SONG WRITERS We are NOT music publishers- but send us your new manu· scripts and we will print them fur you at reasonable prices. We will reproduce your manuscripts HARMONY TIME exactly as we print the music for S. P. E. B. S. Q. S. A. WITH THE Please send CHORDETTES your manuscript fuith your request for immediate quo/a/ion. When You Were Sweet Sixteen· Carry Me Back To Old Virginny Shine On Harvest Moon· I'd love To live In loveland When Day Is Done' Tell Me Why' Ballin' The Jack, Moonlight Bay The GRIT Printing Company Lang Playing Record CL 61 I I • Set C-201 on 78 rpm records 745 So. Empori. ,. Telephone 2-1441 WICHITA 11, KANSAS MARCH, 1951 38 gram in Camps and Posts, many chap LAND O'LAKES ters helping. Bids received for May Regional Preliminary and Fall Dis The District Board of LOL District trict Contest. Matter of incorporating met November 3, 1950, in the North land Hotel of Marquette, Michigan, District placed in hands of District for its semi-annual consideration of Executive Comm. \vith power to act. distl'ict business. Following reports Two new AI'ea Counselors appointed, of district officers, a report of recent for 1st Penna. Division and 4th New [nternational Board inquiries was pre J eI'sey Division. sented by Int'l Board Member Joe Hermsen. These covered the question Discussion of Past District Champion of securing continuity of experience Quartets competing again some in and ability in District Officer panels favor and strong opposition. Matter and the varying practices of finan cial returns to the districts from Re tabled until next meeting of Board. gional and District Contests; specifi Announcement of mergers of 2 chap cally, whether host chapters should ters in Baltimore into one chapter, turn total net receipts over to Dis likewise 2 chapters in Wilmington, trict or share on percentage basis Del. with District. The body went on rec ord as opposed to practice of turning total net receipts into District Tl'eas ury and voiced its opinion that pres ent system of sharing equally between JOI-tNNY APPLESEED host chapter and Dishict was a fair method. The question of assuring con tinuity in District Officership was re Johnny Appleseed District Board ferred to the present Executive Board Meeting called to order after conclu with the statement that no hard and sion of the Maurie Reagan Testi fast rule of pro~ression could be monial Breakfast, which undoubtedly reached. An optimistic report on the was one of the most successful affairs LOL Harmony ews was also pre· ever sponsored by the District Board. sented, before adjournment. Major item of business, that of ap proving By-Laws for final action at the May (annual) Board Meeting, had to be postponed due to inability of PACIFIC-NORTI-tWEST Committee members to make -report. Of the 21 Chapters of the Pacific District Chorus Contest Committee ap Northwest District, 11 were repre pointed. Accepted Parkersburg, W. sented at the semi-annual Board of Directors meeting held in Portland, Va. bid for 1951 District Quartet Con Ore., November 19, 1950. The Leth test. Approved support of Boys' Club bridge delegate, Maurice Mitchell, had project of organizing young boys quar a 2000 mile round trip. To bolster the tets and their sponsol'ship of contests District Treasury, it was voted to levy in that field. an assessment of 2% of gross receipts after taxes, on all Parades. President Armstrong stressed the need for more efficient organization and outlined a plan for dividing this huge District into 6 Areas, which plan was included SOUTI-tWESTERN with 10 By-Laws, adopted unanimous ly. Earl B. Reagan, Int" Board mem~ The Southwestern District Board met bel', gave an interesting talk on vari~ on November 4, 1950, in the Adolphus ous phases of Society activity. Hotel, Dallas, Texas. A discussion of e.xtension efforts took up a good part of the time. Area Counselor Robert St. John of San Antonio, Texas, has been MID-ATLANTIC very active and has several prospects lined up; he is doing a good job in his Semi-Annual Meeting of Board of Di area. Of course, the highlight of the rectors of Mid-Atlantic States Assn., meeting was that we were honored held at Alexandria, Va., November 18, 1950, Charles L. Vaile, President, pre with the presence of lnternational siding, R. Harry Brown, Secretary. Vice-President Berney Simner, Berney Dean Snyder (for Int'l Comm, on Col was able to give us a lot of informa laboration with Armed Forces) : tion concerning organization and other Army has gone forward with fine pro problems that confront our district. MARCH,1951 • 40 Serving Our Communities Chapters at Work on the Home Front By At Learned. Com/m.-unity Service Committee Editor Serving Our Communities PREAMBLE and came back with $2,500 in 1950/ WaL' casualties, blood banks, or )Ve are cer/ai1Jly pleased ·u:i/b the al/a/planned to do a show to help finance phans, felt the balm of Barber Shop allche of ill/ormatio1/. we J)(Jlle received Abilene Boys Ranch ... "Community - Community Service - during the Irom the cbap/e"$ shOWing the way barService is really taking hold in the past quarter. But these were only a bershoppen bave galle alt out ill CQn Southwestern District," wrote Loyd tributing /heir /alellf$ /01' doing good Bumpas. He cited: Enid. Okla re few. Community carol sings at Christ p~rade mastide. Christmas parties for veter etJerywhere I.hey cau. Thmugh these efports that their third annual ans and children, ]lE~lp in the home forts on 'yoll-r part, many, mallY thousnetted $1,500 to blly drapes for the front ' .... ars against disease, destitu muls of unfol't.umltes, young and old. stage of the city's convention hall. tion and disaster, and myriad othel' enjoyed 4 realty merry Cbristmas. Tltis was can'ying along the idea activities were all part of the sym started last year when they helped The bighlight of our IlltcNhltionQI Board with buying 5,000 worth of sound phony of service by S.P.E.ll.S.Q.S.A. tUid-W'inter Meeting -in San Fra'lCisco throughout the nation. equipment for the hall. Working with U'4$ /0 see for /he /irst lime what om' city officials, this chapter has ar Happy harmonies of helpfulness ran Societys assisltmce iJ· meaning 10 0"1' ranged a long range plan for the im the gamut. They ranged from songs Armed Forces. provement of this property ... Wich. fOI' soil consen'ation to dimes for dis /Iu efforl is heillg 1luult, al· present. to ita FaUs, Tex. chapter repol'ts among ease (polio) to cash for cancer. Here ~}/cmlrage the CtmadialJ' Armed FOrt";s many civic activities that it occupied are the reports gleaned from district to go illto this same type of fJrog1'(/1/l. the choir loft of the First Christian editors, secretaries, newspaper clip Church and started off a week's re pings, so that your chapter may find If this isn't Com'l1llmily Service 'Work in vival meeti.ng ... Carlsbad, N. M. re further inspiration: the 11th degree. we dOIl't know 'what to ported singing on the courthouse lawn colt il. just. a casual observa/ioH. bUI Lexington, Neb. chapter sang a Christ at the opening of the Christmas we'll bet no other service orgalllIatioll in season in connection with the turning mas cantata, furnished a quartet for existence cal," boast of such a great ae· the Thanksgiving service of combined on of the city's Christmas lights. wmptishment as Ihe oue which is 1wfo/d. Chapters reporting Christmas carol chul'ches ... St. Louis and Clayton, ing before our eyes in /he ANlled Porus. Mo. chaptErs joined in a huge Christ ing activities at hospitals for Shut-ins, ~. mas pageant in St. Louis. They also The idca of tying good public relaliom etc., were Carlsbad. i\1., Wichitll joined to sing at the large Koch TB in witb Commuuity SertJice activities is Falls, Tex.. Pampa, Tex., Brazosport, Hospital and a Veterans Hospital cntcbing r)1l tike wildr,,·e. Bectmse 01 this, Tex. Oklahoma City and Beaumont. Christmas afternoon. The Greater St. we 1Iot on!-y can be, btlt If/ILL BE the Tex." Louis Four had nine engagements be leattillg service orgallizntio1J' an')'wbere. D~I1as. '!'ex. sang in a hotel lobby, fore Christmas-two hospitals, two Keep up the goo,l -work, brothen, and old folks homes, one orphanage and raised $00 for the March of Dimes, be mre to get proper recogllition for planned to sing at the banquet honor· four clubs.... Denver, Colo., chapter YOllr effort$, both local and I.broughout gave 500 to the Denver County So ing the S.M.U. Mustangs ... COTIHIS your Society by repor/iug whot you are Christi, Tex. sang for patients at the ciety for Crippled Children a.nd Adults. doing, accurate"'". ... Mexico, Mo. chapter raised $100 Naval Hospital who included manv for the local high school music fund Chuck Glover, Cba;rmou., wounded from the Korean front .. '. ... Wichita, lian. put on a special Iutet'lia/ioHol C HOLLAND, MICHIGAN CHORUS This pie:lure wall mAde. Ilher the Holland Windmill Chorll' had Dernberger. Jr.. Wa)'ne Smith. Johll TerUeek. l'nd Neil Bergell !lung" at the Relt Ha\'en Home for the Aged and broadcast (President). ChriSlJlIali Carol" over 'VHTC. Third and last rOWll, e:ountinl' heads directly across as .eell. Front Row-L. to n.-John Villkemulder. Art Nh'ison, l\!atth"w Pcter Van Iwaardell. Bill BCluilIan. C. C. Wood. Gordon Meeust'n, Wilson. WiIIil; Diel;lema (Chorus DirectClr). Leon Mftod~', Normaul' Ted finker. Jud HolTman. Jim Dilger. Art Prigge. !lance Over Dredeweg. heek. Ken D{'l'rce. Jim Wllrd. Art DeWaard, Bill Jekel and Second Row-Dill Oonk. lo~re.d Wi~c. Bruce VIUI Leuwen. AI Stanley Timmer. MARCH, 1951 41 Community Service Co~tinLled CHAPTER Variety the Spice- HONORED Far to the north. the Ontario, Ca Picture of the plaqut! nada, brethren across that nebulous which is to be in border that's only a line on a map. I!otalled in the con tagious ward of the kept busy with service to their com Cooley Dickin~n }los munities. Hal Deadman, district edi pital in Northampton. l'tlau. The late nat tor, wrote: Staab. a Put Pru. ·'Belleville. Ont. chapter chorus did Ilr SPEBSQSA. led the all out effort or some lovely singing at the Kiwanis the Northampton sponsored 'Festival of Choirs' and the members in support chapter was proud that its chorus was of the local Infantilll ParalYliii'l Fund for a the only choral gl'Oup asked to appear number of yean. re again the following evening ... The sulting in lhouSlmd", of dollars of dona Salvation Army was not forgotten by tions b)' the SPEn the Belleville chorus in its commend SQSA Chapter, main able efforts when it sang at the an 1)' from the proceedli nual Christmas Relief show before a M Pflrade~. packed hOU!3e and to an appreciative radio audience. The Quintones, a Belle ville foursome, also appeared on the ning of carol singing and chorus and Pherson Home for the Aged and the show ... Hagersville, a new chapter, qual'tet entertuinment fOI' the inmates Mitchell Home for the Aged. sang Christmas carols for the com of the McCormick Home for the Aged. munity, and its quartet, the Hager Eight public appearances were made Doing Real Job tones, sang at numerous gatherings by London's Vocal Chords in a little Out in the Land '0 Lakes Del Brad and banquets ... {{enora, Ont. chorus more than two months, including aid ford is doing a real job with his Land 'Sang for the Salvation Army. the Ken ing the Kilworth United Church, Tal 0' Lakes News of Community Serv ora Fire Department, Radio Patrol, bot St. Home & School Club. Westmin ice in the District newspaper uHar· .Empty Stocking Fund. The Foremen ister Hospital. etc. The Medway Four many Kews", published at Sheboy quartet sang for the Lakeside Home sang at two banquets in one night gan. Wis.} with Henry Beyer as Edi and School Association; for the Radio rot' the Vimy Branch, and Branch 29a tor. Del summed it all up well in the Pab'ol program, and for the Kinsmen of the Canadian Legion ... Sarnia January issue when he wrote: "It is Club of Red Lake, Onto anniversary Chapter made its annual visit to the no accident that the most successful 175 miles away, The Blue Notes, an County House of Refuge, bringing not chapters are strong on Community other Kenora quartet, helped out a only an hour of singing, but Christ Service." Lions Club benefit ... Patients of mas presents and fa VOl'S with Santa a~ His reports covel' (our month pe Westminster Military Hospital en well. Later, Santa again appeared riods; ours are for October, November, joyed selections by the LondoH, Ont. with the Sarnia chapter \vnen it wa,:;; December. But here's a pal·tial list of chorus, the Medway FOUT, the Vocal host to 30 underprivileged children. Land 0· Lakes chapter accomplish Chords and the Men about Town. The Cleftones. one of Sarnia's five ment'S, Community Servicewise: London chapter also sponsored an eve- foursomes. made two trips to the lVlc- (Continued ou next pagel DES MOINES CHAPTER S P E B S QS A, Inc. will present its FOURTH ANNUAL PARADE OF QUARTETS April 7, 1951 KRNT Theatre Des Moines, Iowa featuring BUFFALO BILLS, 1950-51 International Champions MID STATES FOUR, 1949-50 International Champions CLEF DWELLERS, Oakland County, Michigan THE CARDINALS, Madison, Wisconsin For Parade Tickets write RA Y NIBLO For Hotel Reservations write LUE ESTES ~ 3rd Floor Hubbell Bldg. HOTEL SAVERY Des Moines, Iowa Des Moines, Iowa MARCH, 195 42 RUSSELL COUNTY, KANSAS, CHAPTER CHORUS Organized in June 1~50. the RuneJl Colln'y Chapter haa been sented Christmas Vespers program twice in Russell and again extremely Adjve. At Christmas, the chorull and quartets pre- in Lucas. James Hower directs the chorus. Community Service Continued chorus made five benefit appearances Wis. Menomonie, Wis. also performed ... Virginia chorus made eight of the some good deeds. Berlin held a public song meeting at same . . . 'Vinnepeg, Man. chorus a new band shell ... Brandon, Mani made six stops, $75 for a church dona Easterners Active Also toba's Ups-N-Downs quartet appeared tion, four quartets made 14 appear In the "effete East" a wide range of at six community functions, the Bois ances .... Escanaba, 1\'lich. octette Community Service was noted. Gene sevain Froth Blowers at one. Chorus from the chorus helped three com· see Chapter at Rochester, N. Y. de saw action twice. Chapter contributed munity affairs.... Sheboygan's chap cided to do something different in the $J2.20 for flood relief ... l\linneapolis ter sang at the county hospital, pre way of Community Service for Christ quartets averaged one benefit per sented a gift to each patient, 290 in mas. It found the Rochester Convales week for a grand total of 152, and the all. Five quartets rang up 24 jobs for cent Hospital for Children a good chorus three. Chapter gave $100 to community service . . . . Wisconsin place to go. There were 23 youngsters flood relief ... Kulm, N. D. sang at an Rapids was represented ten times by from one to 15 suffering from rheu anti-Communist meeting . . . St. four quartets.... Beaver Dam, 'Vis., matic hearts, convalescing from polio, Paul's chorus was out twice, its which advertises the llbest chapter by etc. Most of them wouldn't see Santa Apostle City Four and Centennials 11 a dam site,'! thumped the tub for the Claus. times for Community Service.... Monarch Range Four which appeared With the aid of the head nurse, the Sparta, Wis. chapter sang at the Camp six times for Community Service. The chapter obtained ages. names, Christ McCoy Hospital Red Cross building Kirsch Foundry Four did it four times, mas \vishes, went on a shopping spree, and a week later did Christmas carols the B Flat Beavers and the Unknown then had a Christmas party at the for the community ... The chapter Four, two and one respectively. The hospital Christmas Eve. After Santa has given $316.72 to five projects ... chorus performed twice at park con (Elmer "Bugsy" Myers) gave out Sturgeon Bay gave $25 to flood relief, cert progams, one of them at Madison. gifts, the Geneseeans sang, as did the chorus, movies were shown and re freshments given the kids ... Earlier the same chapter sent four quartets and chonls to help the Red Cross secure donations of blood for the Blood Bank. Community Service variQd from the Geneseeans singing for the PTA, veterans, Red Cross and children, the Note Crackers fot' the Asbury First Methodist church, PTA (37th time), nursery school, the Nondlalants for the 12 Corners Presbyterian church, and the Harmachords ,.... ith the other three for the Red Cross ... Nassau chapter chorus and several ouartets sang at the Mitchel Field Hospital, Meadowbrook Hospital, South Nassau Communities and Mercy Hospitals during a Christmas carol tour. Nassau chapter includes Freeport, Baldwin, Rockville Center, Merrick and other Long Island communities ... Geneva, N. Y., continuing its Salvation Army ajd, sang around the Christmas ket tles, also visited Canandaigua Vet erans, Willard State, Ithaca TB Hos pitals and the county home during the last quarter ... Walton-Downsville, N. Y. gave two performances at which the free will offering went to charity ... In the Central-Western New York district. community Christmas carols were sung by chapters at Addison. Geneva, Kenmore . . . Buffalo gave to the Crippled Children's Guild, News Camp Fund and Kenmore Choral Club. Us quartets did much entertaining "MEBBE WE NEED A PITCHPIPE, HUAS.!" (Corl-tin,ued, on next page) MARCH, 1951 The Harmonizer , 43 Community Service Continued OSHAWA, ONT. chapter chorus, the quartet sang for BENEFITS the local Elks who had arranged a over the holidays. An impromptu out party for Buffalo Veterans Hospital. fit, formed by President Irv Matthews, sang in the Veterans Hospitals. The And Way Down East Discards sang in the county infirmary and the Perrysburg Hospital. In the Right in the midst of a hurricane, words of the secretary, the world Salem, Mass. chapter took a chance, champs, the Buffalo Bills, u were very, drove 120 miles, sang to 400 men in very busy. They are in great demand." six wards at Cushing Veterans Hos· .... Warsaw, N. Y., home chapter of pital, keeping up the "Show-must-go Past Int'l Pres. Phil Embury, has the on" tradition. _ .. New Haven, Conn. district champions quartet, the O-At gave a program at the Masonic Home Kans, (named for Oatka creek there.) in Wallingford, Conn.... Burlington, The lads made 34 appearances, of Vt. turned over $893.75, its share of which at least 13 were Community the district contest, to the Durfee Service. These ranged from singing Memorial Cancer Fund.... Boston. "The Lord's Prayer" and "Silent Mass. with its chorus and quartets, Night" at a United Church Service to sang at two veterans hospitals. One helping the American Legion raise L. to R.-:freasurer Jim Howard and quartet also sang carols Christmas Pres. Jack Sn)·der. of Oshawa. Ontario day over a local radio station. . . . money for a special fund ... Lock· Chapter. presenting a check for $100 port, N. Y. gave a check for $250 to 10 the local Community Cheat. Brockton, Mass., in addition to two the Salvation Army to provide Christ· hospital visits, broadcast Christmas mas cheer for the needy. It had earned carols for the Chamber of Commerce, the money at its November parade. Seneca, N. Y. raised $400 for com and greatly aided a minstrel show for The chapter's Stewards of Harmony munity purposes, and its chorus and the benefit of the Veterans' fund: ... quartet sang at the Buffalo Veterans quartets visited churches, lodges, the Burlington, Vt., whose cancer gift Hospital. The Tuscarora Four sang for PTA, etc. (Modest secretary didn't brought their total to $3,200 toward a Republican party dinner, among list which or how many.) A 'Fulton a $4,000 pledge, also made a Christ other jobs ... Kenmore, N. Y:s N. Y. quartet did likewise . . . Go· mas pilgrimage which included three ChOI'US ran up an impressive record. wanda, N. Y. chapter turned out hospitals and two old people's homes. It sang for the Lutheran Old Folks strongly to sing at the annual Christ ... Enfield contributed $100 to the Home in Buffalo, the Crippled Chil· mas tree celebration. The Crow-mati· building fund of its Youth Center, and dren's Guild, in the Village Hall where chords sang at the Adam Hospital the whole chapter joined in the com a loud speaker took their tunes Yule party, for the Holy Name Society munity Christmas sing in a body.... throughout the shopping district, and and the PTA ... The Tone Wanderers Hartford, Conn. held a Christmas at the German Ramal) Catholic Or~ of the Tonawandas, (N. Y.) aided the party for about 100 children.... Leo phan's Home, complete with Santa Amaranth, Community Fund drive minster, Mass. donated $500 and sang Claus and candy for the. children. The dinner, PTA's, church guild concert, at the dedication of the Community Synchromaniacs of that chapter were YWCA, Town Club of Buffalo and Recreation Center. . . . Marlboro, on at the latter two places ... West Veterans Hospital there. With the (Continued ou next page) at the "TOP" of the iVlichigan District where you will hear the "TOPS" IN QUARTETS Compete in the 1951 Michigan District INTERNATIONAL REGIONAL PRELIMINARY CONTEST SATURDAY, MAY 5th at 8:15 P. M. RITCHIE AUDITORIUM •. SAULT STE. MARIE HIGH SCHOOL • OUR PARADES PLAY TO CAPACITY HOUSES SO GET YOUR TICKETS EARLY Price $1.00 each Including Tax ~::~ NO RESERVED SEATS Write to MASON KABKE. Ticket Chairman, 120 Park Place. Sault Ste. Marie, i'vlich., Phont::' 466 or 138 For Hotel Reservations and General Information " 'i'I Write to WHEELER BAT DORFF, General Chairman, c/o The Evening News ~t'f r,) Sault Ste. Marie, Michigan. Phone 19 or 2740 -::J"JG(. AFTERGLOW AT CHRISTOPHER COLUMBUS HALL-TICKETS $1.00 EACH ~j Quartets write for contest entry blanks to , J~t SPEBSQSA International Headquarters, 20619 Fenkell Avenue, Detroit 23. MiChig~n )~1~ ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~.L''''~:l!~~~ '" ,.,~~ ..~ f(\ MARCH,1951 44 The Harmonizer CommWlity Service Continued Mass. quartets made their annual visits to the local hospital at Christ mas time. They held a benefit show in the neighboring town of Westboro for the Kiwanis Children's Fund, started off the Red Feather banquet and assisted at two children's parties. . . . :Montpelier, Vt. went out caroling as a group in one hospital and two homes for the aged. The chorus assist ed in a show to raise money for the benefit of the National Guard unit called into service.... Naugatuck. Conn. made two contributions to local charities. As a group, it made singing trips to the county hospital and the State Training School. ... The New Redford-, !\'lass. chorus and quartets J'an a benefit show for a local church, v...'ent 25 miles to neighboTing Taunton to sing Christmas carols on the town green; staged a show at Camp Ed wards; sang at a local hospital. Two of their quartets made separate trips to hospitals to sing, and one quartet, the Helmsmen, participated in the Community Chest drive in Williman tic, Conn. over 100 miles away. After heloing restore the Berkley, i\Iass. . Quartets not appearing in costume or uniform dreu will be disqualified ..•" chapter, New Bedford and its foster child joined together both at Taunton and in a Christmas program for sana~ Portland·, Me. chorus and quartets the Kiwanis Children's Fund. One of torium patients.... j\-Qrwich was went to two hospitals for annual its quartets helped open the Federated very active. It turned over $1,450 Christmas programs.... PrQvidence. Charity Drive.... Gardner, Mass. from its parade to its hospital, bring R. I. quartets made six visits to vet sang for State Hospital patients.... ing the total contribution in the past erans and civilian hospitals and took St. Johnsbury, Vt. sang sidewalk 1:3 months to nearly $2,500. The chap a major part in the cancer fund drive. Christmas carols.... Hartford, CQnn., ter organized and carried through a ... Schenectady, N. Y. divided its with Governor and Mrs. Chester Christmas Carol Caravan in which the group to put on extended evening pro Bowles heading the list of sponsors, whole chapter, including quartets, grams in two homes for the aged. did a cerebral palsy benefit perform visited the local hospital, the Odd Fel The chapter presented three $100 ance.... Quincy, Mass. chapter did Community Service Continued BUILD CABIN FOR BOYS $4,000. Despite a terrific blizzard, the chapter put on a show, netted $1,200. wards) Richmond Dad's Club, Sabin This was the second time the barber School athletic benefit for equipment. shoppers had helped the local high ... Klamath Falls, Ore. sang at Bly, school. Their parade last fall supplied Ore. to raise mone\' for a school ten the high school band with overcoats. nis court there. ... . Eugene, Ore. In addition, the chorus and quartets chorus and quartets made several ap sang at the Peoples and St. Mary's pearances to battle polio. . . . Glas Hospitals in Peru and La Salle, TIl. gow, Mont. also listed several home resp~<:tivel,¥, ... Newark, N. J. chap town helps. ter JOIned III a huge Christmas party at Halloran Veterans Hospital 011 Back in the Middle of Staten Island. The chorus covered the Country four full hospital units and put on its routine nine times in three hours. Akron, O. presented a Cub pack with Snit Lake Cit,. Chapter staged a show an American flag.... Ashtabula, O. and built s cabin for the Y. M. C. A. lJJini in Line Boys Club with the $580 net proceeds. chapter helped the YWCA building Picture shows the cabin and Roger Out in the Illinois district, Welsh fund.... Buckeye Capital (Columbus, Freund. member of the chapter and Pierce studied the records, found these 0.) chapter used the proceeds of its Secretary of the "Y". reports: first parade for high school barber shop quartet contest awards. . . . Crile Hospital. ... Washington Coun "From the records, visits were made by either choruses, quartets or both Charleston, W. Va. chorus tended the ty, Pa. ended the year with an envi P~ria, Salvation Army kettles, sang all af able record of service topped off by a to Veterans Hospitals by Oak ternoon and evening to the tune of caroling tour for the less fortunate Park. Centralia, Champaign-Urbana. $280.... Parkersburg, W. Va. quar ... Wellsburg, W. Va. solicited the Rock Island and Pioneer. In addition tets and chorus aided in a huge benefit local churches for the names of the to these we see that Peoria aided and show for the Logan Children's home. city's shut-ins, visited 15 homes in one abetted the Salvation Army at Christ ... Pittsburgh, Pa., "All Out for day with its chorus, and later at the mas time, as did Oak Park. First there Charity" show, with all SPEB talent, St. George Old Folks Home met up were the usual carols, but when the amazed the sponsors by grossing $10, with some old time barbershoppers boys opened up with regular barber 000 for. the Eye and Ear Hospital. who taught them some "tricks of the shop numbers they had to call out the The Home for Crippled Children heard trade." ... At Wellsboro, Ill. the police to chase the crowds. Beards. Pittsburgh's quartets and chorus and Downers Grove chapter gave a pro~ town whipped up a minstrel show for received Santa's gifts, and in 'turn gram at the Youth Center for the the benefit of the American Legion contributed their own quartet com holidays. Memorial Fund. This same fine group posed of two kids in wheel chairs, one also turned out for the St. John's on crutches and one in a cast.... Footballel's Helped Too PTA and the Schmitt Memorial Hos Warren, Ohio's entire membernhip The LaSal1e, Peru. Oglesby, Ill. pital as well as to four nursing homes. bussed to Cleveland for an all day football team was invited to the Gold Centralia went in for some good work tour at the Marine Hospital and the Dust bowl at Vallejo, Cal. It needed ICon/limed on nexl p(tge) MA TITOWOC INVITES YOU _ TO REGIONAL THE LAND-O-LAKES CONTEST Lincoln High School Auditorium SATURDAY, MAY 5th, 1951 Where you w,:u hear the best Quartets in the District J [ Qualifying for the International Contest at Toledo PRELIMINARY CONTEST 1:30 P. M. FINAL CONTEST 8:15 P. M. Tickets $1.20 Tax Included * Tickets $1.80 Tax Included -ADDED ATTRACTIONS DISTRICT BOARD JlIIEETING - FRIDA Y. MA Y 4th, 8:00 P,j\![, CHORUS DIRECTORS MEETING- SATURDAY, .i\![A Y .ith, 9:00 A.M. QUARTET CLINIC-SUNDAY, MAY 6th, 9:30 A. JVf. For Tickets \Vrite For Hotel Reservations Write JACK SPIEGEL JOHN Z. MEANS c/o RLlmmele's Inc., :: iVlanitowoc 832 Lincoln Blvd. :: Manitowoc MARCH, 1951 The HQf1mmi~er Community Service Continued nando Valley, Calif., with five quar at St. Mary's Hospital, while Dixon tets has been quite busy. The five entertained at the State Hospital and INT'L BOARD RECOGNIZES foursomes made over 20 appearances the Lee County and Mansion Nursing GOOD WORK for Valley civic activities, and also Homes. Norwood sent their Clipper. held a Christmas party for the kids. tones to the Odole Park PTA, whereas San Bernardino, Calif. Chorus put on Aurora put on a full show for the WHEREAS the activities of a program at six local shows and Geneva School for Girls. The Fox Jack Le Maitre of the Bl'ant helped cheer the Vets at Long Beach }{iver Valley Chapter advises tnat ford, Ontario Chapter in orga Naval Hospital, and held a benefit for their Du-Kane Foul' visited the State nizing and directing a quartet Crippled Children's Sanitarium.... Training School for Girls and, just to known as the "Interchapter San Diego, Ca1iL-Chorus and four even things up, the Fox Valley Four Four", are deserving of special quartets sang for Korean Vets at held forth at the State School for attention and credit because the Naval Hospital, visited Vauclain Boys. We ,...'eren't told who had the Home and entertained the patients other three members of the there. All quartets have been doing most fun. Wheaton-Glen Ellyn was ill quarte~ are blind and the quar there pitching but summarizes for us plenty in providing entertainment at tet is considered an outstanding community activities." by saying "Our three quartets were one, NOW THEREFORE very active in the usual community activities". Over in Woodstock we are BE IT RESOLVED that the commendation of this Board be Now Let's Move East Again advised that a quartet sang at the and hear about the Mid-Atlantic dis County Home and l'took a ladies quar given to Jack Le Maitre for the great and unselfish work he is trict from Ed Place. Here 'tis: '''Phila tet with them". The report failed to delphia's chorus and several quartets state in which direction-to or from. performing in bringing joy and happiness into the lives of these entertained the inmates of the Naval Charleston wus helpful to the Metho Home at a Christmas party.... dist Church in one of its activities and men who might otherwise be de. nied that rare privilege and ex WOOdbury, N. J. chorus put the punch our old friends at Pioneer (Chicago) into a P. T. A. entertainment. went in for a Hallowe'en show for th~ treme ecstacy· of singing in a barbershop quartet. ... Paterson. N. J. chorus, together Police Boys Club in an effort to "Keep with Withered Four, HiUtoppers, Them Off The Streets". Boys, that is. Dated {II Sa If Fmllcisco Riverside Four, Excello Four and Farmingt.on reports visiting eleven Ja.nuary 20, /fJ51 other talent, was active in such places at Christmas with carols and good causes as Hope Dell Sani stuff, and Streator lIl:ied $100 of its torium, St. Joseph's Hospital Fund, show profits to aid the Community Elks Crippled Child.1·en's Fund, Com Chest. Our review closes with a nota· that night but were used to stage a munity Chest, Red Cross, rl'uberculosis tion from South Cook that their quar Christmas party for the Sawtelle Vet League. Heart Fund and the Exempt tets sang at church, school and civic erans Hospital. Chapter quartets very Firemen's Home at Boonton, N. J .... functions at least a dozen times." active in helping the under privileged. Bridgeton, N. J. Community Chest . > > Huntington Park collected 722 Drive opened with a broadcast over Far West books in a drive and they were turned WSNJ, on whiCh the Uncertain Four From Dick Schenck of the Far West over to Red Cross for distribution in sang certain favorites.... Montclair. ern District, we learn: ··Chandler, hospitals. Chorus and quartets staged N. J. quartets never turn down re Ariz. Faculty Four sang at four dif shows for, P. T. A., Press Breakfast quests to sing at church, civic and ferent community clubs and entertain and the Indoor Sports Club.... San charitable functions.... Harrisburg. ments-Cactus Flats Four at foul> Francisco chorus and quartets helped Pa. chorus, together with Senators and others-Four Fathers Quartet sang at out on Community Chest drive and at Lendanear quartets, gave a show for six. These entertainments took in Kiwanis palty for Korean Campaign the Pennsylvania Industrial School, Service Clubs, church shows, Air Base Veterans> ... Los Angeles, Calif.. and the authorities pronounced it and handicapped persons. The quar held a Christmas party and proceeds "good medicine" for the 1000 boys. tets and chorus assisted in show at. were donated to charity.. ' Colton, ... Harrisburg observed its annual Florence. Ariz. for the benefit of Ari. C1.lif. quartets sang at six community Christmas Sing by visiting three hos zona Boys Ranch. They were assisted activities. San Gabriel, Calif. joined pitals, Harrisburg, Keystone and by the Tucson and Phoenix Chapters. with other musical groups of the city Polyclinic, and the Dauphin County $543 was raised fol' this very worthy in staging the annual Christmas show Old Folks Home.... Jersey City cause.... Santa l\'lonica held Christ· for the communit:,>,. This is free. The Chapter's Garden State Quartet, mas party with everyone bringing a ..:horus also helped out on several Blasting FOUl> and One Two Three gift. The gifts were not distl·ibuted other local activities.... San Fer- Four really get around. The Garden Staters appearances have included a Presbyterian Church benefit at Kear ny, N. J., a PTA benefit at Morris town, N. J., and a Catholic War Vets benefit at Elizabeth, N. J. Benefit shows for Crippled Children at Nut ley, N. J., VFW at Newark and St. Paul's Church, Jersey City, highlight Blasting Four appearances. The One Two Three Four appeared at Halloran Veterans Hospital at Staten Island, N. Y... >Reading, Pa. quartets have made a score of appearances at has· pitals, sanitodums and church func tions during the past quarter. The chorus made the rounds of three hos pitals to sing Christmas carols.... Plainfield. N. J. has been represented in community activities by the J-M Club Quartet, which appeared at Lyons Govel'1llllent Hospital. and by the Four-Fifths Quartet, which sang at an Eastern Star function in Somer ville, as well as at a K. of C. Christmas Mernben of Huchelltt'r Genesee (New York). ChRp~r Rnd childrell of thll Huc::heSlt't party there.... Wihnlngton and Dia COIl\'alescence Hospital snapped durinll the ChriHtmali party stalled for the youngster., mond State Chapters have consoli by the chapter membftll. ICoII/hwcd 011 III'X/ page) MARCH, 1951 The Harmoni-.{er 47 0-.-.....-..-..------0 ( THIRD ANNUAL Community Service Continued dated, and the Diamond State Foul' ( Parade of Quartets PLAINFIELD, N.J. and Wildela Four set a hot pace sing ( Steubenville, Ohio ~ C HAP T E R ing at churches, veterans hospitals Saturday April 7,1951 and for other worthy causes, .. , The ( ) entire chapter, chorus and quartets 8:15 P.M. invites you ro the paid a visit to the Elsmere Veterans I STEUBENVILLE HIGH SCHOOL ) Hospital to participate in a Christmas ( AUDITORIUM party.... Wood-Ridge, N. J. Chapter ) MID-ATLANTIC provided a quartet on invitation from ( ".Ifost F.1ljoyable MusIcal Pr()f!.ram ) the Everyman's Bible Class of Ruth of the Year" erford, N. J., to sing for 800 members ( ) REGIONAL of the class. The chapter presented a ( fellurinl SPEBSQSA'S To,·N.l~~ ) 2-hour show at Clifton, N. J. for the GARDEN STATERS Jerney City, N..1. Clifton Women's Club. The Chapter ( 1946 International Champions ) PRELlMINARIES Glee Club appeared for the second MINOR CHORDS Terre Haute, Ind. year in a variety show of the Wood ( 1950 International Finalists ) Ridge Educational Association to aid ( TUNE VENDORS Dowagiac, Mich. ) CONTEST the Students' Assistance Fund. Other 1950 Michigan District Champions ( appearances include Lion's Club Mem TRI-CI-SYNCHRONIZERS ) bers' Nights in Wood-Ridge and Pas Johnson City. N. Y. Saturday, May 5, 1951 saic. , .. Linden, N. J. chorus per ( Comedy Quartet ) formed at the Linden VFW "Cooties" ( HARi\WNy COUNTS Warren, Ohio ) PLAINFIELD HIGH SCHOOL Charity Dance; for the Linden Ameri FUTURAMICS Steubenville, Ohio can Legion, Linden and Cranford ( Steubenville'g Own ) 8:30 P. M. Hadassah meetings, at the Linden ( Moose Club Christmas activities. The 114 STEUBENVILLE BARBERSHOP CHORUS ) Lion's Club of Linden has asked the ( CARL C. JONES, Master of Ceremonie» ) chapter to stage their annual spring (lnt'!. SPEBSQSA Board Member) charity show, which Chapter President ( ) Head'luarters Earl Pierner is writing. , , . Wash TICKETS AfTERGLOW - lUI PARK HOTEL ington, D. C's Hummbuggs and DC ( S1.71 & SUI (Slticll~ Umild Te SPEBSQSA) ) Keys featured a Navy Mothel's Club ( ) entertainment for patients at Mt. Alto Headquarters at Fort Steuben Hotel Hospital. The Keys appeared on tele ( ) For Tickets or Rooms write vision shows for the Community Chest For all Tickets Write and U. S, Savings Bonds; at Bethesda ,JULES DIFEDERICO ) RUBE CAIN Naval Hospital and Walter Reed Hos 426 South St. Steubenville, Ohio ) R. D. 2, Box 346, Plainfield, N. J. pital for the Red Cross; in a 2-hour 0--? ______Phone 2-0148 0 concert for the Y. M. C. A.; before the Am e l' i can Municipal Association, Washington and Silver Spring Board of Trade groups, and at the American Public Relations Association Christ mas Party in the Nation's Capital." SPARK PLUG NEW ENGLAND REGIONAL (;HORUS and qUARTET CONTEST Saturday, May 5 Meriden, Conn. CHORUS CONTEST 2:30 P.M. QUARTET CONTEST 8:30 P.M. Meriden Town Hall East Main Street Admission $1.80 Tax Incl uded INCLUDES AFTERNOON AND EVENING EVENTS 1--Zi::O::;::n;ou::~n::I-;;'~11 I Wrile I Steve Dickinson, General Chairman I I 60 Collage St., Meriden, Conn. I 1 ::Enlry~::':n~:::n.:... -, Thill ill how "Smilin' Doc" Seidel. made the newspapers to plug- the Sparta, Will. Chapter Parade. Tab: C(t1nmunity Service Definition & Importance IA 1.2 1/2/50 Music Scholarships 2" 1.2 1/2/60 Tab: Ethics Code of Ethics______1A 1.2.3 1/31/4& Code of Ethics- Opinion No. 1 21\ 1/31/46 Statement of Policy 011 Article 7 of thE; Code of Ethics _ r,/22/4f~ Sllltement of PoJic~' Oil Article 7 of the Codf' of Ethics _ 2 No. 28 Tab: Extension & Memwrship OrR'anhing for By Chas. M. Merrill, Past Int'J Pres. Extension 1A 2/20/46 How New Chlll)tel's Animals, too, have figured in song 5. ..10' )'0' breakfast when Start .______113 2/20/46 How to Conduct nn (and not just Bill Grogan's goat and yo' sleepin' time is done. Organiutlon MeetinJ:;: IC 2/20/46 old dog Tray). Figure these out. 6. And in Monkey Land the _ How to Conduct an 1. The went over the mountain sing in the trees. Organization Meeting IC , W/15/50 FOI'eword & Index_____ 0 11/1/50 to see what he could see. 7. We're poor little who Qunlifications fOl' 2. Even see a dancing with have lost our way. 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Charter Pre'ilentation & Officer Installation __ 8e '.4 3/10/fiO for you from headquarters in Detroit. $6.00 Instl!.lIation Cerenlony- Suggested Outline __ 8C 6.7.8 2/15/4'7 Chllpter Chorusc!! 90 1 to t 1 9/1148 Make check payable to and mail to Quartet Promotlon~ Marathonll 9E I 6/10/4.6 SPEBSQSA, 20619 Fenkell Ave., Detroit 23, Michigan Minstrel Shows .lOB 1.2 8/30/48 MARCH, 1951 The Harmonizer 49 YOU LIKED THE FIRST TEN ! ! ! SIXTH ANNUAL HERE WE ARE AGAIN GRAND DADS OF BARBER SHOP QUARTET CONCERT HAMBURG, N. Y. sponsored by Newark Chapter of the 11 Brand new Ind origin,1 Barbershop longs, arranged by (A) Waher Ingram, (8) Richard $vlnoe, (C) Frink -J Society for the Preservelion Ind Encoullgemem of Thorne, (D) BUll Haeger, (E) Rex Reeve, (f) Marly Barhr Shop Quartet Singing in America, 'nc, Mendro (G) Chas. Scheler. featuring 11. Your Mothe,', the Best Pal Of All (G) THE GARDEN STATE QUARTET 1946 International Championli from 12. It', A long. long Wr:JY To My JERSEY CITY. N. j. Old Home Town (E) 13. You Leave A Troll of Broken Hearls te} THE MELLOAIRES 1951 Mid-Atlantic District Champions 14. .Just To Think I Believed '" You eel PENNS GROVE, N. ]. 15. Those DelYs Are Gone, But Not Forgotten (A) L. 10 n.-Paul Clark. b0U!8: Gwrg~ THE FOUR ATURALS Hipp, tenor; Ed DavidAon, lead; Fred 1950 International Finalist 16. I'm Always Looking For Sunshine (A) Low, bad. The last named, in offering NEW HAVEr-;. CONN. th.e ,ervices or th.e quartet to hi. daugh 17. I Don't Wanna Wake Up ter'. f!Tm, nalIled $75 per prOitram ali When I'm Dreoming (A) their regular fee for a commercial ap THE BALLADAIRES pearance. Nine parall'raph, later, ha,· Four llllrmO'lious GirlJ 18. linger Longer, Lucy (A) in,. knocked off a few buclu hen and JERSEY CITY, K J. 19. Chick, Chick, Chick, Chick, Chicken (A) Ihere for ob"loua failinp of the quar tet, thf- fee was 1I0wn to .$5 a.nd in the 20. Georgia Minstrel Band (8) po~l.scrlpt Fred wanted to know just Newark Chapler Close Harmony Chorus ho~' 21. Down The Rood To Sunshine Land (Sl milch it would cost the foursome with their Singing, Novelti(>s &- Stage to itet on the projtram. Effects - one of the hits of 22. I Love To love You In My Dreams (8) Last Year's Show. 23. By The Rolling Sea, I" Brittany (8) MAYOR SINGS Dirultdby HARRY FIORETTI 24. Just A Smile, Just A Kiss From You (0) 25. It', The Same Old Pattern af Love (D) 5 local Quartets ... Communlly Singing 26. My Heorh Achln', Nearly Breakin', FRIDAY EVENING, MARCH 16, 1951 Ju,t To Be In Macon G. A. (D) at 8:30 P.M. 27. Dixieland Jamboree (D) 28. Forgive Me (F) The Mutual Benefil Life Insurance C~. Auditorium Oclavo copies Twenly-five cenls each JOO Broadway .. Newark, N. J, Ortler from Detroit Headquarters or direct Tickets $1.80 & $2.40 Tax Included GAUMONT MUSIC PUBLISHERS, Ltd. Muke chub and I/lIJ/ley ordrrs Payable IQ 111 W. Washington St. Chicago 2,II1inois Tkket Chairman CHA RtES SHERlDAN 10 Grant. ,\venue .. Irvington, N. J. :::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::mm:::::::::iii:::::::::::: Mayor Owen M. Beglf-Y, second from lett, join. with three members of ::mm:::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::: Sehellecf'ady, N. Y. Chapter to "Keep America Sincinll"". The SPEB'en, L. to H.-Ray D. Andrf-wa. Ralph lt1. Tur COLUMBUS CHAPTER ner and Charles G. Allyn. ""tayor Beg· ley proclaimed the day of the Chapter S.P.E.B.S.Q.S.A.• INC. Parade "Barbershop Quartet Day". In VINCENNES his proclamation the Mayor said. presents its "Close harlnony In living, ju.t as In INDIANA CHAPTER barberlihop singinl', is welcome and Sixth Annual lliealiinll' to the lIOul as wt>U 8S the ear. and SPE8SQSA by ita stimulus to Third Annual PARADE OF QUARTETS muaic endea\'ors to spread the spirit of harmony throughoul the world," Saturday, April 7, '95' PARADE 8:15 P. M. Chapter Reference Manual MEMORIAL HAll-Columbus, OhIo (Continued !I'om page 48) April 19th 7 and 9 P.M. Constit.ution-Chlt»terll PANTHEON THEATRE + + + (Suggellted) 3A 1.2 6/l/47 Chapter InoorPOrntion _ 4A 1 3/1/46 Featuring the Tab: Public Relalions Pllblicit)'-WaY5It of G~U.ing'lA Hi Chords • Westinghouse :>0/1/46 Pattern No. L______2A 3/1/46 Antlers Pattern No. 2______28 3/1/46 The Four Chorders Pattern No. 3______2C 3/1/46 Typical Photos- Quarlt:t .____ 21) The Note Blenders 9/15/46 Chamberlin Bros. Soeiely Emblems Chamberlin Four AvailablOlUse & Their ._ 2E 4{l5/47 Songfellows The Four Carpenter Bros. Publicity I...e$l:iOn No. L 3A 3/1/46 Nat Howard in Buckeye Songbusters • Buzz Saws Cleveland News 38 1.2 3/1/46 Four Chips PublicityDon'ts Oo's and 4A Melotones 3/l/46 How to Handle Minor Chords Publicity for Your and the Chanter .. SA 1.2 10/10/48 COLUMBUS CHAPTER CHORUS Tab: Miscelliineou, Bnr!>ershol) Qu,u1et ~,,- Arrl\ngements Misc. I '" 7/1/50 + + + Albums of Barbenhoro Stardusters Quartet Recordings AFTERGLOW-NEIL HOUSE Misc. t 2 1/1/60 Barben\hol'"J QUlIrt.et Elks Quartet Arrangements III " Show Tickets Folios Misc. t 7/1/60 H. RALPH KAGAY, 299 N. Ogden Ave. Mailing of, Ma~llr.ille to Members Misc. 2 lI/1/ljO Night Howls After Glow Tickets Olficilll Ruleli-Annulll Quartet Collt.e~t Mille. 3 I to 8 4/1/4.9 Chorus of 40 Voices RAY HUNT, 2971 Palmeto Gt'ol'ge W. Cnm»belJ ~llggestions fOI' Song i:ii:::::::::::::::::::::::::mm::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::: Lendenr MiliC. 4 I to5 9/L/47 MARCH, 1951 50 Tile Harmoni'{If GRAND RAPIDS, MICHIGAN CHAPTER CHORUS The Great Ll\ku Chorus of the Grand Rapid~. Mil': II i If: II n Chapter togged out in their new brnwn and lrold uniform8 liS till';)' appeared just prior to an appearance a8 ruest artists in the annual C(lncert of the Knickerbocker band. Franchi lIodgll'boom. in white (,(lItl. direct!\' lhe thorn•• WOULD SHED CARES? hear under the old WOOD SHED. For instance, do you want to hear Percy QUARTETS! ! ! THEN WOOD SHED, Franks and "The Vaudevillians"? They'll be there. Want to see the Car To be eligible to compete in SPED SAY DECREPITS penter Brothers do their famous SQSA conlesls, all quartets must be (As reported to Harmonizer "Street Car Scene" 1 OK, sit down in front of the WOOD SHED and you'll registered at Detroit Headquarters. correspondent Efer Her) see 'em. An~' other feature act you Toledo is a girdin' its loins for the want? Don't worry a thing about it, rootin-est. tootin-est most rambunx because right now, this minute, all the Have YOU Perfect Pitch? iam; session of WOOD SHED activi. great acts of SPEB are being booked ties that ever graced this or any other for appearance at the June session of planet. As per usual, the fun features the WOOD SHED. Saturday morning and frenetics has bin assigned to the is being reserved for Chapter Chor ADDPMSPEBSQSABDWVWP, other uses. Get your gang together and plan wise known as the DECREPITS: a now to sing at the WOOD SHED. supposedly feeble bunch who have Only be sure to write to Marvin long since used up their own and are Bro~verJ 727 Twelfth Street, Santa now on their Aunt's last legs. You Monica, California, for acknowledge can take it from your reporter, how ment of your request to appear and ever, that a private eye, or even a for a time spot. The DECREPITS say sleuth, trailing these so-called physi they will have to limit choruses to cal frailties eround would soon be dis those who write in as there will not unlusioned as to the aptness of their be enough time to accommodate the self-styled cognomen. So many and last minute guys. varied are the activities of these DE CREPITS in preparation for the The WOOD SHED will officially forthcoming WOOD SHED PRO open at 10:00 A. M. on Thursday, GRAM next June in Toledo that OUI" June 7th in the Hotel Commodore private eye would be crossed up, and Perry A staff of M. Co's. will the sleuth extremely ~loth, as a re be on hand at all times to give every Our statisticians have 12345's which sult of tryin' to keep up with them. feature and act a proper introduction. show that only one man in 77,43S~ You can tell the MC from the trained Dick Sturges' masterpiece of an seals by the distinctive costume to be has perfect pitch. worn by said MCs. And there is no use tique architecture, as seen first in H your quartet has only the "71 Omaha, will be reassembled as the shooting one of them as we have a (ocal point for the DECREPIT'S large staff and he \vill be immediately pitch", better pitch two bucks fift~· DONNY BROOK in the Hotel Com l'eplaced by one you may dislike even toward Detroit for a Kratt Chro modore Perry. This escapee from the more. Besides the hotel management matic "Master Key" Pitch Pipe. back yard of some impecunious home has asked us to keep the rugs clean. steader (the shed, that is, not Dick) With Society emblem attached, add will draw many an admiring eye from So, if you want to have the- time another buck. Emblem alone, (can those who remember what an honest of your life, come to the WOOD be attached to your present Kratt), to-goodness back yard used to look SHED. Come 'early and stay as long as one buck. like, while its authenticity of detail you like, but .the sale of box lunches will be appi·eciated by the most ardent and refreshments will be barred as, city slicker. The ·wonder to many is with thousands waiting to get in, the Make cheek payable to and mail to that it does not collapse at the first only way we can seat nevi customers SPEBSQSA, INC. burf.it of cacaphony-only there is will be when some of you have to 20619 Fenkell Ave., Detroit 23, Mieh. nothing phoney about the "eaea" you'll leave. . MARCH, 1951 • 5/ LIST OF S.P.E.B.S.Q.S.A. "REGISTERED" QUARTETS ALABAMA Slln Gabriel Senlltones - Kenneth Gould. 7103 Elgin Birmingham San Gabriel Off Key Four-Gu)' Georgia Ave.• N. W. Elgin Rh)·thmaires - Dr. \Varllc Fool Notes-Jack Pickett. 21:i Oak Karl'. 1418 S. Charlotte. Singing SCjuires-Dean Snyder. i BlackmAn. Suite 702 Profeuiolllli St.. TruMville. Ala. Major Chord!! - Ric h a r d N. Huntill){ Covc Place. AlexandriA. Bldp:. Schenck, 8966 E. Gltribnldi Ave. Va. ProwlerlJ-Ben \Villey. aOi Hnmil· ARIZONA Short)· Jo'Ollr-Jeny Bl'yant, 1710 Slation Wagon Four-Jelln BOl\I·d· ton Chandler Fletcher Ave.. South Pfl!iAdenll. man. Shol'ehnm Bldll. Farmington "'(lUT F;ttheTS - James 1I. 'Cr'oes. Calif. Washingt.on Town Criers - Ralph Midlilllflniru - Lee M. HOlVel"ter. Box 836 San Jose Wlllb.m:son. 4405 Colfnx 81.. 412 !'~llSt Court SI". Phoenix Men (If Not...... -Bill Ed<'k:o.oll. "3 Kensington. Md. Geneva Cactus Chords-Bill BaI811!~'. 1537 Pickford. Fox Vall.)' Four-LAI'ry FAlrOl'ighl. \V. Earll Drive FLORIDA TraveIRires-Ol'.l.ie P!llos. tii So. Ft. Lauderdale N. Bntavia. Ave... Bntavia. IIi. Stepping Stones - Russ Scholb;. 12th St. NorthwesLernaire!l - Ken HIIACk. 1101 W. Roma Ave. TropiCllires--Roland Paulson. 1:120 Santa Monit'A N. Andrews 323 Arbor Ave.. West Chien~. WestuJlRire.s-G. 0. "Tiny" Pnln D()n Jays-Glenn Jonel'l. 221 Ren Ill. spill. 10(11 N. First St. Miami nic Ave.. Venic€'. Calif. Anliers-Gu)" L. StoJll1ert. 1326 W. Jacksonville Tucson Golden Gate f·our-L. J. Ullton. DlIrtmouth. Flint. Michiglln. Morgan Count)· Four-HLlI'Old D. De.llert.-aires - Hal Sh<*mnker. 25 ..l11 12th St. Choral Key!!' Quartet - W. W. Kl\mm. !'rAnklin. 111. East 6th St. Van Nuys Zinsmaster. 917 First Nat!' Joliet PromiS!J()T)' Notu-Hal HJlITI!'i. P. Dis Organized Four-W. G. WIlI_ Bank Bldg. Chordslnen of Joliet - Cliff Rob O. Box 5092 lin. 15656 Valerio Sl. Miami Fordather!' - Rnh>h W. hin;;. 351 Western Ave. CALIFORNIA Forty Niners - J<>lTY B~ntnflll. Hills. no :;.. E. list Place. LaGrange Bakersfield 1>911 Nagle Ave. Hialell.h. Fla. Rarber·Q·Jo~ollr - Tom Watts. S3l Four Tune Tellen-Dr. John Pa. Jubilaires - Edwin Cownn. 8918 Orlando N. LaGrange Road cina, lR06 Chester Ave. Kee"h:ln St.. Culver City. CHli£. Orlandoalls-Elmer ErickilOll. 1246 FOI'-Tun-lls-PeflfcE! NolarH.J. 342 Berkele)' COLORADO Rid)tewood Ave. So. l:lth Ave. SOUT DQ'lI-Rw:lSl"lI HnulfOJ>d. 120 Boulder St. Pete.rsbu rg Four TiSJlimos-Dille Allison. 311 Stratfonl Ave., San Lenndro. Boulder lJallndeers-PlIul G, Stein Chord Crnckers-Duane E. Haille.!'. W. Calendar Ave. Calif. furth, 2956 11 th St. 1500 IIlt.h St. South LaSalle Tunl!draCler.!' - Johnny Goerill~. Uncalled Four-John 1". McEII':!v)o'. Timberlinen - Rohfl't G. Tnrnlln, Tampn 2114 McKlnl"'y Ave. (:t) 2011 13th St. Florida Knights - SHm BI·eeclon. 224 Marquette. ("hord~wipers - E. 1,'. M;llltooth. 1612 Vir)tinia Ave. (9) Lombard Colton GoodtimNlI - Richflrd K. Shirer. Hub City Tu\'der_DHIi<' KllIT. 1019 1st Ave. Lea!lellrukt'rs-J. R. Edwards. 116 Colorado Springs Morgan 8t. 2:;ii W. Hickory St. 221 West I St. Chol'(laire~ Macomb Railroadt'rll-Cash Phelptl. 18i E. Perl'Y C. "Pete" Two Towners--M. K .. Zigler. 614 Tyl"e(l. 601 MelSJI Roml Monterey Bh·d. HarmOl1aires-John Naber. l:l:l S. F St. Ed .....al'd St. 1<;1 Centro Den,"er ILLINOIS Four StattS Four - Ed. Pe'II·<;o'. Mt. Vtrnon B·LO-C·4-Bell Blakely, 1234 Lo:n Alton Egnltiall Ke)"Il-LPe BUlch. :!701 Rey Ave. 1831 Vine. Alton Four 8harps--Cltrl Rosa, Denairs - Man'in Hi.·It. 3:t, I W. Mannen Gle.ndale-Burbank Box 18. God(rey. ]11. Norwood (Chiugo) 34th Ave. Aurora Je"'eJ City }'our-Don Plumb. ,Ii Prospectors-E. B. Zabriskie. 2033 rlippertOlles - Jump!< F. Talbot. N. Geneva St. Four C)'linden-Barrie H. TIlol·IW. Albion St. (7) 710 IOWA Ave. 6818 W. Palatine A\'c.. ChkaJ,.."O Huntington Park Longmont ;j l. JII. !-'our CoI'Cl/lnuhl - Justin l)amel1. Fuur-Note Trumps-Don M. Beflli Longmont Pitchblellder~ - Hil'lIlll ley. 14 N. Ohio St. Oak Park .';344 31·d Ave., Los Angeles. !301·ellmll. 923 Pratt :"l. FOLlr Frets-Doe Colditl'.. J tS S. CaliL Semm_A_f'/lllr - Jess :r.fO~SgTQV~. Wesley Ave. StuJing 94Z Downer Place noundelCCrII-J ud MeM illnll, 182(l Four Elks-Gordon Hull. It1 TlIY' Four Porters - DI·. \Vade C. W. 431'd St.. Los Angf;les, Calif. Inl' St. Belleville Hl\rket'. 44!iS W. Ml\di!101I St.. Stall" Beer Four-WilliAm C. M,"" Chicll./?o 24. III. Il\glewood CONNECTICUT tin. 2317 Caseyville Av{'. 24 Feet or Hllrmony-J. H. Young'. Bridgeport Harmonntorll-Geurgc E. \Vlit,;on. BloomingtOIl 214 N, M;lytilOld Ave,. ChiCt\$t"o 3410 W. 80th St. Cavalieu-}<~nll'lk Armsll'OIlK. ~jS Firl$t Nhrhters - Cleo JeWel·son. LaCanada Hanover St. t4. 111. 1506 N. Linden St. Hometowners-G. R. Comery. 43 Foothill Four-David BOJ2"cn. 446" Derby Melodiers-Merle F. Rohler. 404 ("wOuld Ave.. Pasndena 3. Calif. Chord Scramblers-E. J. Wlld~ KeYllltone Ave.. River For"'Sl. E. JllckllOn III. Lakeside worth. 48 Hill St.. AnsoniA. ~1ixers--Forrest ~t..ahh·, Melod,· G. Kord Kinlr5--Bob JacklKln. 159 N. Tune Picl Chordca~lers-C. J. Duykers. 9200 Lonellum __ - George &Itemac:chi. RUSlell Melody Men - Jam I' II Falmouth Spring St.• Highland. Indiana 208 Fourth St. Hower. 384 West 10th St. Cape Chorders-J. Franklin Leach. Four Spel:l! -- Harold A. Baxter, Marion Ruuell Tune T(lpper.s--Robert J_ Box 561. 8431 Mllryland Ave.. Chicago 19, Chord.lllippers - Jim Stokes. 320 Shields. 421 E. Third G...dner III. West 30th St. Salina Aee.idental Chordt-Irving Con· l~itchbh~ndl'rII-JamM Large. 7430 Mishawaka Salina Four Notes-Glenn Miller. 1l0rtl, 38 Pelley St.. I~eowood Ave., Chicngo. 111. Chamberlin Brothers Leonard 618 W. Preseotl Minute Men-Warren E. TOUl'tel Springfield Chamberlin. 123 N. Wenger Seneea lot. 18 Pleasant St. Baldwinville. Capital City Four-Unknown Ave. Chantieleeu-Da.rvin C. Hawley, MRS!!. llarmOIlY Rillgs-Unknown Harmony Hoosiers "Jumbo" Goff, Kansas Holyoke Washburn Smith. 428 State ::5t" Elkhart, Sene1:l:an Quartet-Chnrles A. Jer ClIre Free Four-Fred W. Hunt. Vocalieu -- Spencer E. McCully, Indialla manI'. Seneca, KanS8:' Jr.. 146 Sycamore St. Wl\lIhl)\lrn, Ill. Muncie Topeka Leominster WR.ukegan Templairs - Don Tobey, R.F.D. State Journal Quartet-Unknown. Apple Chordlr-Arra. S. Avakian. Watlkeean Notes -- Elwyn F. No.6 Top Steps-Chet Fox, 3825 W. 45 Merritt S1. WiJ;htman. 4 S. Genellee St. Ric:hmond 12th St. New Bedford Wheaton-Glen Ellyn Eight "'eet Four-Wilson \Vright. Topeka Little Sha"f'rs-Charles Four Smoothies-Charles R. Palm· FOllr Leah 01 Clover-Jerry Ger 126 So. Easthaven Ave. Axton. 1155 Wayne. er, 140 Rockland St. 1.(>0. 226 \V. Jefferson. Naperville. Seymour Wichita Helmsmen-Anthony S. Catojo. Ill. E:xterminato~- Marion Reinhold. Air Capital Quartet (Midian Jr" 182 County St. Gten Ellyn Lost Chords -- Theo. 620 N. Pine St.. Shrine Quartet) Edw. G. Jolly Wbaleu--Edward J_ Steuon. Presootl. 716 Forest Ave.• Glen South Bend Fahnestock, 1600 E. Douglas. P, O. Box 586. Ellyn Studebaker Four--George Shuman, Cessnaires-Willard C. Hamilton. Northampton Illinois,. Four-W. E. Callarman. 2806 Hepler St. 226 N. Glendlde. Harmony Knicht.-.Jac:k Roman 844 Crescent Blvd.. Glen Ellyn, Terre Haute Chief's Men-Kenneth H. Chis cier, 16 Bridge St., Cushman. III. Four Shades of Harmony-Gonway holm, Wichita Police Dept. Mass. Winnetka (North Shore) Hltrrold, Harrold Beaut.y Mart Lion-aires-Claude DeVons, 319 S. Rambling Four-J. Arthur LlI· Hectic: Four-Dwight Myers, 2721 Minvr Chords-Carl C. Jones, P. Muin. prade. 1 Pomeroy Place, East. Noyes St.. Evanston, JlI. O. Box 591 Union National Bank Notes-Jim hampton, MasS. Treble. Shootliln-Donald Lord, 1400 Vincenntl L. Hl!.l"ris, 1521 So. Market. Quincy H/nmlln Ave., Evan8~on. 111. Vincennes Elks Quartet - Robert Ellsternaires-Denill F. Shea, 35 \Voodstock G. Moore. 1309 Old Ol'chard Road. KENTUCKY Greenview St. Tonic: Chordsters-J. W. Mc(',on IOWA Frankfort Quincy Beachcombers-Fred "Mall· Mil, Route 3 Rebels - WillJam Lea, Leestown ning 35 Russell St., North Cedar Rapids Rond. INDIANA Checkmates-James E. CoQuillette. Quincy, Mass. Louisville Quinc:,. Lost Chords-William F_ Broad Ripple (lndianapoll6) 845 Fir&t Ave_. S. E. Ke.ntuckians-Joseph D. Cutsinger. Ripchords-Hal Purdy. 5825 In. Skunk Hollow Four - Robel·t B. Innocent. 24 Ramsdell Ave" 1010 Dresden Ave. Roslindalo? Mass, diAnO!;t. Indianapolis. DlIvis. 330 29t.h St.. Drive. S. E. Ken t u c: k ,. Troubadours-Jack Connersville Clear Lake Readln.. Byrne, 2538 Garland Ave. Aberjona Moaners--Stan \VeSt. Tunec:ab - Murray S. Stephens. Clear Lake·aires-L. C. Stuart. Louis...lUe Mello Chord_Kenneth c/o Chamber of Commerce 21& Main Ave. 156 Bedford Road. Woburn, G. Hughes. R. R. 4. Buechel. Mass. Wnod.llhc:ders-Delma Cox. 466 W. Clinton Ky. 7th St. Clinton Lampligh1eu-l)ellllf- Jr·!). Bum Chords-Earl Campbell. 87 Paduuh Bancroft A VI'. Corydon sen. tOll S. 'ith St. Gay Nineties' Four-Dr. Earl Uni"ersity Four - ElIl'l Miller. Des Moines Earbenders-Eric Anderson. 16 Stivers. Citizens Savings Blink Pennsylvania AVE. C'.(>l'ydon, Ind. Hawkeye ,,'our-Ben JOl'dllll. 25:;17 BldF:. . Elkhart Dellver Ave. Phonietones-Norman Paulsen. a;; DC/don of Harmony - Mllx E. Fort Dudge MAINE Warren St.. Woburn. Mass. Crhll~, 412 S. 2nd St. Chord HUllkers-Lyle EI{Ii. Box lli. Portland Salem "'our Mugl! of Harmony-O. L. Mnn::;on. Iowa (;asco SerenadeflS-CIIJ) Cowan, 192 Curly Tops--Thomlll' Spil'ito, 1-1 Horn, 311 Virginia Ave. GYf!sum City Four-LlOYd E. Stice. Middle St. Lexington St., Lynn. Mass. Evansville 10th & 1st Ave.. N. Harbor Lights-Merrill Lllthe, 355 Gobs of HarmonY-!"l'ank SJ)irilo. Dixielinerll - James NegleY. 1506 Humtxlldt's Four Bitll of Harm.ony Forest Ave. 14 ~xington St.. Lynn. MallS. Lincoln Ave. -K e n 0 y Kunel·!. Livermore. Otrkey Four-Richard M. Tyler. lords of Chord_Kenneth Sid. Elks Club Quartet - Jerry D. Iowa R. F. D. No. I, Cumberland more, 61 Center St.. Danvers. Beel~r. 1830 W. Ohio St. Fort Madison Center. "Maine. Mass. Merrymakers - Frank Mueller. Distortionaires---Grahnm Jenninl,,"$. Sacearappa Yapper_John G. North Shore Four-Joseph H_ 2309 Bellerneade Ave. (l4) Donnellson. low:. FOll'g. 1004 CongrESS 51. (') Fried. 32 Porler St.. L:!;nn. Regal·Aires - Norman WilkinllOn. Pen City Four - Joe Frederick. elo Standard Brands, Ine. MflJ!S. 2517 WeISt Indian" St. 2601 Avenue H Witehburgher5-Chllrles A. Bi~}..'1!. MA. ITOBA 2 Briggs St. Soncff'lIo"'·.Il - Verllon C, Ashb}', Sioux City Brandon Idelll Pure :Milk Co. SiOUllland f.'our-R. D. Ihtggbillde. Ups 'n DO\lVl1s-Harold Ward. 1040 Southbrid,e Port Wayne 301 Ele\'enth St. (I ) 10th St. Spectones-George Anderson, Tht' After Clo Four-Wayne Thomas. Sunshine Four - AI Henderson. Brand(ln Four-tune Hunters-Don News. 715 N. Ja~k80n St.. Auburn. Box 3;;1. Beresford. So. Dakota Smalley, Hut 49, Suite 4. Three F', and a G-Jo8eph Ber Ind. Storm LAke Winnipeg thil!.ume. 244 Marey St. Colonial Four - Ted Haberkorn. K-Ot'tll - Kenn"th Ingl'l:lm. Rem· Ashpit Four-Charles BI·enan. 41 Springfield 2002 Dodge AVI'. bl"lIndt. IDwl!. Mllger Drive. St. Vital, Man. Home City Fore.llom6--Charles H. Reddy Klllowatts-Le:.1ie H. Em Sturm Lake Accidental Four-Lou Fvrt Garry Four-Gordon Gooding. Hegarty. 85 Jeffersoll Ave. merson, 3206 Parnell Ave. Shllrll. R. F.D. No. 2 689 Rosedale Ave. Springfield Harmon,. 4-Josellh M. Sentimental Four - Wl\lter VoU Edwards, 763 DickinliOn St. KANSAS Harmony Honers-Lorne McMil Sprinitfleld MeJodiers - William mel'. 2519 S. Lafayette St. (5) Abilene IILII. 301 Nokomils Bldg, Waynaires - Jnck Dobson. 44::19 Sing.c:ro-matics-Bill Aikens. 507 Fit.7:gerald. 50 Hartley St. LAfayette (5) Smoky Valley F"ur - Or. E. "'. Melody 'Weavers-ElIrl@ RW>Sf"II. 35 ..Do.... Stark. 314Y: Broadway The Ambasgador. CIiCtwood St. Franklin Arkansas City Wildwood Clippen - Jack Gal· Doubleaires - J. O. VIIIlAntwerp. Shell Quartet-Unknowll braith. 27/ Wildwood Park. Fort Worceder 38Y: N. Water St. Hum a c: h (l r d s-Walter Bllrh~. Great Bend Garry. Manitoba. Shrewsbury, Mall!;. G.", Elks Minor Chords-Emil Lewill. Sand Pipeu-Richard 1>. Ander· Box 36'io MARYLAND MICHIGAN liOn. 2636 Flo)'d St. Junction City Annapoli, Bay Cit,. G05hen Junction City Elks Club Quartet Crabtowners-James W. Hamburg. Aetna·Cementer...... charle;; T. Por. (;roonaden - Arthur Tingwald. :-amuel M. Cohen. Chi c ken 91 Cathedral St. t.er, 203 DavidliOn Bldg. ~nton 208 N. 3rd. HOlll'~e Baltimore Harbor-St. Joseph Gr~nsburc Kansas City Freestaters-Thomas Lynch 153 S. Benton·aires-Howard D. Brink. Melody "~our-Harold Whale)' 132 Kudy Fiek Royalaires - A rio Monll.stery Ave. (29). 208 Fidelity Bldg. W. Hendricks Moore. 4419 South 27th St. Globe Quartet - Lawrence O'Con. Harvest·aires-Ken Lawrence. R. Huntingtoll Kingman nor, 2324 Aiken St. No.1, Box 368. Lime Cityf.·our - Robert Guthier. Kingman Songfello.... /1 K. B. Hamiltones-Lloyd Hemmick, 4632 Overtones - Maurice Humphrey, 731 E. Tipton. Wulthe]' Blvd. (14). 171 E. Main St.. Hunlingtones-Clett Olinger. 304 Snnkey. 332 N. Mnin St. Newton Volunteers - Robert MacEnery, Copper Country (JIoughton) Wl'ight St. 1530 North Gay St. (13). What For-Milton W, Johns. 200 Indianapolil< A.O.U.W. Keynoten - Jean W. Vlvilln St. Fall Creekers - Franklin Chllreh. Colelnll.n, 619 East 4th. MASSACHUSETTS Dearborn Coachmen - Hamid Ewert, 60LlI., Boston 254-D Jacobi St. (T.T.) Ma.in St. • Family Four-Phil Mann, 11331 Jasper BeantOl'l'ner_Stuart G. Currie. 112 Asbury Park. Detroit 27, Mich. De.llk City Four-Victor Bohnert. Osborne County Devonshire St.. Rm. 614. Mf'lody Lane Quartet-Ira French. R. R. No. ;) Men of Notes-Roscoe Robinson. Hub Cily Four-J. J. Donagher. 13169 ·Washburn. Detroit 4. Kendallville 131 South 5th. Osborne, Kansas 195 Huron Ave.. Cambridge. Mic:h. Elb Nobluir_Bud Smith. 130 Osborne·aires - Emmett Kissell, Mass. Detroit S. Grant St. Portis, Kansas Old Timer&-Jerry Girard. 23 Four !Shorties-A. L. Zelano, 3554 Kendal Kords-Lewis Fool'. 422 Rhythm Ramblen-Olivcr Nu:tUrn. Cedar Road, Medford. Mass. Gladwin (14). Lewis Be Osborne. KanS8s Tonsileers~John p_ \Vhalen. 174 Sharptirters- R a 10 h Schirmer. Kokomo Pittsbur.. Porthmd St. 14627 Roselawn (21). Ko-Ko-Noles - Glen H. Shrock. Melodie Men-William A. Kling. Brockton Do....agiae 746 S. Buckeye berg, 1903 S. Elm Hi-toners-Edward Naves. 4.88 Ash Tune Vendors-Bob 'Mullen, 106 Laf.,.ette MJrza Shrine Quartet _ Clarence St. West High St. Tunica-HIIIl Baile}'. 2208 Rainbow Turner. 1604 N. Grand Con",.y East Detroit DrIve ,. RUSleIl Pioneer Valley Four-Richard Has· Clippers-Albert Mn)·worrn. 14929 Varsity f.'our-Ed Easley, 160 Pal Dorrance Four Notes - Bethotd ~ell, Conway. MttSs. Lincoln Ave. lister. Detroit 2, Mich. Hirt, Dorrance, Kallsas Fall River Escanaba wcansport Hussell Harmony FulJr - Clem Fall River Velvetonell-John Cor· Escanaba Four Tisshnos-Art Jen· Hoosier lIarmoni:lers-Gail Brown, WOI·th. 29 South Lincohl r"iro, 105 Fourth St. sen, 167 North 3rd. 316 Grove St. MARCH, 1951 The Harmoni(er 53 Fenton Four Keys of Three Riverll Omaha Buffalo Night Howls-Kline Sprague. 709 George M. Wright, 716 Seventh Four Tones-Lyle E, Berry, 2112 Buffalo Bills-AI Shea, 61 W. Main St. St. Emmet St. Cleveland Drive (21), Flint Ypsilanti Kernels-Jack Dufford, Central Central City (Syracuse) Grand Rapids Four Huron Hoarsemen Bill Natl. Ins. Co.. Farm Credit Chin Choppers-Joseph D. Kieffer, Co~mollolitanll- Peter Pell. 1627 Lucht, 213 N. Normal St, Bldg, 519 Robineau Rd. Delwood, S, W. MINNESOTA Melody Mugs-Richard F. Fergu· Jd"al Four-F. Byron Neff, 82i Harmony Hnlls-Ray Han. 341 Minneapolis son, 5110 Underwood Ave. (3), Coolidge Ave. Somerset Dr. N. E. Aquatennials-Bob Anderson, 302 Scottsbluff Syra-chords - :Mike Germain, 141 Hodge Podjil'€ Four-B. C. Beebe. Court House. Brown Bean Four-Wayne Snyder, Hickok Ave. 640 Crescent. N. E. Atonlie Bum_Maynard Saxe. Morrill. Nebr. Cortland Party Line Four-D. A. Konkle, 3437 Girard Ave. S. NEVADA Seven Valley Four-Port Keator, 7 421 Woodlawn, S, E. Ewalds Gold{n Guernsey-Walter Reno Banks St. Pitch Piperll-Byron Dodge, 130 Becher. 1907 Benjamin St. N. E. Bonanza Four - Dayton Colville, Dansville Mayfield Ave. N. E. Gay Nineties Quartet-Cee Rode Box 875. Metronomes-Roy 101oyel', 20 Sew Gratiot County berg, Montevideo. Minn. Sierra-naiders - Nick Stosie, 614 ard St, Eallt Aurora Impurairll-Wendell Derby. Roule Northern Pikers-Will G. Sheldon, North St. No.2. Ithaca. Mich. 2743 N. E. Garfield St, (18). Silverstaters - Robert Baker, 836 East Aurora Commulers - C. H. Grosse Pointe Lander St. Cochrlln. Jr" 51 Elmwood Ave. Northmen-Eldon Christeson, 805 Fee Fi Fo'-Donald M. Codding Four Hoarselllen-Pete Fisher, 371 West 1st St.• Northfield. Minn. Drexel. Detroit 15. Mich. NEW JERSEY ton, 236 Porterville Road, St. Paul Bridgdon Optimists-Bill Coddillb"1on, Jr.. Vocalaires - B. Landino, 21)151 Apostle City Four-Herman Mad Uncertain Four-Kenneth Hor_ Dodge, Roseville, 'Mich. E. Bowell Road, Elma. N. Y. land, 935 W. Iowa Ave. (3). ner, 103 South East Ave, Geneva Holland Virginia Jersey City Rarmaniacil-D. A. Vander Yacht. Rhythmairs - George Chase. 50 Iron Rangers-Leon Beery, 310 Blasting Four--L. F. AJexander, Seneca St, 341 East 5th St. Sixth St. s. 2961 Boulevard. Holly Gowanda Holly Hometowneu-Allen Jones. MISSISSIPPI Garden State Quartet-John J. Crow-matichords-Harold Gates, 388 Jackson Briody, 110 Lincoln St. (7). Buffalo St. 109 Clarence St. Magnolia Staters-John Miller, 1-2-3 Four-Frank Ferguson, 635 Kernals of Korn-Al·thul' C. Ment_ Hudson S. H u d son Treble Makers _ Don 304 Deposit Guarant.y Bk. Bldg. Belleville Ave.. Belleville, N. J. ley, 105 E. Main St. Yazoo City Linden Mello-Larks - Howard Beaver, 46 Wright. Box 37, Addison. Mich. Poker Dots-Lee Gibbs. Jr.. Box Lindenaires-Ed Murphy, 925 Acad· Perry St. Three Pints and a Peck-Robert 467, emy Terr. Montclair Hamburg Huebner. M. D .. 421 Steer St.• Hamburg Granddads- Edward O. Addison, Mich. MISSOURI Commuters-E. C. Marshall. 24 Clayton Davidson. 201 E. Prospect Ave. Huron Valley MariOn Rd., Upper Montclair, HarnlOlly Hoboes - William J. Mil-Toues-Wm. W. Abbott, '746 Clayton Chord Crackers-John C. N. J, Wray, 7608 Wayne Ave., Uni Davidson. Abbott Rd., R. F. D. E. Libel·ty St.. Milford, Mich. Mltntclair Clippeu-J, A. Schu No. L Ionia versity City 5, Mo. mann. 23 Kenwood Ave.. Ver Greater St. Louis 4-Clarence R. HammondBport Common Aires-Robert Tasker, ona N. J, Champagne Four - Norman H. Palo, Mich. Marlowe, 10 N. Bemiston St. Montclair Mountainaire... - George Fulton Emilson. 28 Lake St. Jackson BrandeU, 9 Lynwood Rd.. VerOlla, Dad 'n Lllds-Chandos R. Shullrt, For-tnne Tellers-Sam Cushman. Klngdomairs-Dr. Howard Berry. N. Paterson HammondspOI·t, N, y, R. No.1. Manchester, Micn. Maughs Bldg. J. Wit her e d Four - James E. Ithaca Tonsilbendcrs-Gwrge W. Strick· Kings Row Four-Roland W. May, Finger Lakes Quartet-Ralph R. leI', 207 Otsego Ave. Saults Addition. Box 154. Mathews, 65 Jackson St., Pater son 3. N. J. Kingsley, Jr., 108 StewaJ·t Ave. Kalamazoo Independence Jamaica Town Criers-Louis Johnston, Harmoniacs-DI'. W. H. Mowder. Newark Jersey Marksmen-Wm. J. Gibson, Queen's Men - Richard GordOll, 130i Clinton Ave. 121 E, Lexington. 246-28 Van Zandt Ave., Doug Lansinjil' Kansas City 34 Oak St., Nutley, N. J. Jeue)' Ramblers-Ray Sandiford, lastowl\, N. Y. Songmasten - Harold McAttee. Crosstowners-Ben Franklin 3211 Jamestown 1822 Ray St. (10). Cypress St, (3). 17 Windsol' Place, Bloomfield, N. Jamestown Harmony Kinirs-Wllrd Lowell Gamboliers-Rod Turnbull. 6804 J. Belknap. Box 787. Flat River Four-Forrest L. Buck. Mont~all. Penull Grove-Carneys Point Melloairell - Frank H. Lauc.irica, Silver Chords-R. L. Hitchcock. 517 High St. Hy-Power Serenaders - Bert F. 147 Chautauqua, Lakewood. N. Ludington Phelps, 6036 Park Ave. 329 Washington DJ·., Church. Y. Ludillgtones-Stedman Rohn. Na Kansas Cilians - Elbel·t Witten. town Rd. R. D., Penns Grove, Kenmore tiorul1 Bank Bldg. Sr" 5531 Olive St. N. J. Plainfield FumbHn' Four-Dave Schoepf, 710 Marquette Kansas City Police Quartet-Un Niagara Falls Blvd.. Buffalo 23. known. Four Fifths-Reuben Cain, Round Harmoneerll-Jack Harvey, 515 \V. Top Road R. D. 2. Box 346. N. Y. Bluff St. Riss Rhythmalres-Joe Fehrenbach, J.!'rI Club Quartet-Jim Fitzpatrick, HUmm-dingers - Dell Makely, 251:l 4035 Charlotte. l\lidland P. O. Box 599. 121 So. 9th Ave.. Knowlton Ave. (28). lllterludes-Lumnll Dliss, 4001 Kennett Manville, N. J. Vocalol'ds-Dave Schoepf. 710 Ni Lowell Col11't. Tune Tappers-T, Paul King, 400 Ridgewood agal'll Falls Blvd.. Buffalo 23, Mt. Pleasant 81. Fl'ancis. B!elldsmen-Ed. Liebermann, 39 N. Y. Plellsantaireg-John Hackett, 310 Mexico Park View Dl'ive, Park Ridge, Little FaUs S. Pine. Malo-aires-Terry H. Everman, 7 N. J. Harmony }'our - Eugene Jacchia. :Muskegon Southmor. Tune Twisters-Donald Tanis. 2G1 31 N. Main St., Dolgr;ville. N. Y. Continentals-John Bishop, 1073 Moberly Rea Ave.. Hawthorne, N. J, Melody Messers,-Kenneth Brown_ Ada Ave. Moberly Pitchpipers-James Lip Teaneck ell. R. D. No.4. Crow.lnatix-Harold R. Dobb, 330 sey, 816 W. Coates. Little Shavers-Tom Durkin. 538 Lockport CaUlwbn Av",. Neosho Terhune St. Stewards of Hannony-R. W. Bl MARCH, 1951 54 The HQrTn()nh..u U.rIOOIl)" Hucksteu -- Ralph H, Note-a·l1uI-R. E. Delamater. 1247 WelIinl10n Eugene Weller, 207 Chamberlain St. (9). Quillinms. Cl. H'gts. (21). Well-in·tonians - W j, n AVE'ry. A&,ony Four - Bob BlaIr, c/o Nonchalants-Pele Knox. 660 Lin Pioneers - Earl W. Cornwall. R. F. D, No.4. Monroe Furniture Go.. Monr~. den St. (20). P.O. BoX' 2435 (2). Young-Ito,,"," Oregon. Note Crackers-Clayton C. DeLon~ Cleveland Heiehu DraW'bars - Donald A. Bell. 7042 Anonymoul Four - \\'eldon Sloan. 164 Thornton Rd. (17). Hilltoppeu - Red Liddicoat. 9337 Marinthiana Ave. (5). 2960 Kineaid St. SchenectadT Pratt Ave. (5). Four-tulle~aire5 _ Roberl Joyce. Lumber Lads - Ernest Cullen Dutchltlen-R. H. HOl'el's. 16 Town Columbus 2241 Goleta Ave. (4). Murphy, P.O. Box 1175. ley Dl"ivc, Burnt Rills, N. Y. "'olr H.orn Four-John Bohannan, Klamath Falls 2512 Westmont Blvd. (12). OKLAHOMA Melody Knights -- Dick Heckman. Bartlesville House Brothers Quartet - Bill Melojones - Merle Setll"oeder. 266 House. Box SOl. DIy, Oregon. 1343 Nott St. Barth:.'sville Barflies - Her m II. n Mohawk ClijlJlers - Bob Coward. N. Lowell Rd, (9). Orc"oll What Four - John H. Dayton Kaiser, 1'/0 Phillips Petl'Oleum 1032 Glenwood Blvd. Co. Houston. 114 N. 7th St. MohicDnll - G. Richard Kitchen, B Flat Four - Bob Woodcock, Portland J61 Illinois Ave. EI Reno 106 Marion Ave. Three Flats and II. Sharp _ R. A. Chortl Masters - CyrO L. CunninK· Schenectady Rylhmaires- Ralph M. Blue JaYI - Paul Chenoweth, 603 hllm. 6616 S.E. S~le St. (6). West Second St., Xenia. Ohio. Bruce, Box 302. Turner. 1220 Baker Ave. Enid Chords O' Portland-Glen Craven, Sidney Jolly Fellows - Carl L. Lang, 6324 S.E. Milwaukie Ave. (2). 1658 Watervliet Ave. (0). Enid BarmQnaireli - CliHord Bond. Southern Tier.> -- Kenneth Truhn. 716 South Washinitfon St. Four Men and a Son&, - Bobby 35 Clifton St.. Unadilla, N. Y. East Liyerpool Hoch, 4708 N.E. 33rd • Apt. II. JolI)' Boys - Tiny Fisher. 2021 Sooner Sta te - Romayne Baker. T""in Riven Four - Keith Latham. 9:>0 Bnu Bldg. Lake Oswego Four - L. C. Lava· Masonville. N. Y. Lisbon St. cbek. 47 N. State St. Staten Island Elyria Snlc MatHs - G e n e Carrier. Portland Columbians-Loren Cain, Mii-4-lunell - Nnthanial Berthoff. Carrier. Okla. South Shore Four - Ra)' SlI.fford. Oklahoma City 3236 S.E. 57th Ave. St Acacia Ave. (8). 519 Park Pla«o. Web t'oot Four - G. C. Millington. Gay Blades - Earl Holbrook. 101 Borelome Foursome--]. S. Wright, Throggs Neck 2600 AIleo Tower. 7908 N. E. Tillamook. FridllY Night Four-Fred Magrath. Bruee Lane. Ro~eburg Fremont Flat Foot Four - Britt SteKIlIi. 3098 Dare Place, Brome 61. N. Y. 3601 Liberty N. W. (7). Pour BlIIs - Daun Lillard. 203i Tonawanda5 Four Tune Hunters - Charles A. Todd St. Johnson, 915 Christy Blvd. Four "'itlJ - Hal'Old K. Rusk. TOlle Wanderer&-Arnold C. Gatb. 36M N.W. Park. Timber Four - Ernie Lentz. 327 J01 Mullen St.. Tonawanda, N. Galion North Main St. Galion CliplJerS - Chnrles Line, Leopard City Four-Tommy :fulber PENNSYLVANIA Y. Utica 239 So. Union St. 8On. 1313 S. Roekwood. Fou~ Barber Polecats-AI P~est.on, Okle Dokey Four - Granville Selln~ AlIentoW'II (Bethlehem) Marion Buekc}'e Four - A. A. Allentoncs - Al BellesflE'ld. 3'13 18 Pt\lmc~ Ave" Whitesboro. N. Ward. 1043 E. Center St., Ma.ri· Innd. Co. Attorney· Court House. Southern Serenaden - G r a d y Chapel A ~'e. Y. Walton~DownliVillt' on. Ohio, Globetrotters - Claude Missmel'. Lakewood MUllgrave, '112 Colcor,j Bldg. DamtoW'n Four-W. Wells BaldW'in Tulsa 1508 Liberty St.. Downsville. N. Y. Fi"e Foot Four - Dan Wolf. 1342 En~ Ke}'stone Four - Don Fehr. Summit Ave. (7). Chord Busters - Dr. N. T. 538 Warsaw meiel'. 2611 15th Plae@. Willow Road. Hellertown. Pa. O.at-kana-Robert A~nold. 64 Wash HaH Pasl Four-John J. McKenna. Tune Timer!-Peter Skelh'. Fogel& 3385 Weal 44th St.. Cleveland 9, Mainltreelers - George MeCaslin. ingtOn St. Westfield Ohio. 1148 N. Main St. "iIIe, Pa. Bloomsburc Con-chords - William t~ortune. Lorain ONTARIO Keynoter Four - Edwin B. Da\·.,n She~man. N. Y. Hi·Chords - Robert E. Meske, Belleville port. 21 Pine St. 'Vul !knt'... ~ 301 W. 30th St. Quintllne" - R. L. Brett.lngham. Susquehanna Synehronizer..-Harry Polkadot. _ Willus A. Yox. 2394 Steel Blellders - Stan Brobeck. 30 Creslview Ave. R. FIlUx. 112 w. 6th St. seneca St.• Buffalo. N. Y. 329 Indiana Ave. Brantford Bradford NORTH CAROLINA Massillon Inter·Chapter Four-J~ck LeMaitre. Brad. Four ~ Tunes _ W. H. Van Tigertown Four-Sheldon Bunting. 243 West St. Dyke. 39 Walker Ave. Asheville 1039 Williams Ave, Sk)'larks _ Paul D. Amsbary. 3 Guelph Corry Wind JRmme.rs - Don Fricker, Canadian Velvetuncs-Burt Hanna. SlJ,ellettones - Cal Pickens. Box Lynmnr ~n~~beth City 920 Wales Road, N.E, 37 Mttrgnr«t St. No. 1. Easton MediUM Royal City Four Keith N. Chordblenderl! - Gernld R. Batt. SundoW'neril Quartet-Ftank Stil· Medillamilctll - Art Swartz. 815 well 807 W. Colonial Ave. Dolson. 45 Alma St, So. 314 S. Broad St.. NlIl(al·eth. Pa. , Winston-Salem Oak St. Hamilton Harrishurg- Crome~. Quadratones George O'Brien. Ambitious Cily Four _ Lou i s Lendanear Quartet - L. P. Short. Va&,abQnds - F. T. Box Route No.3. 2441. _ Simion!. 547 Cannon St. E. 'i02 BE'nton St. Middleto....·n Hamilton Kord King, _ Jack H. Senatou - "Suds" Sourbeel', 1614 NORTH DAKOTA Closealrel - Charles Apklng. 401 Smith. 130 Sanford Ave. N. Third St. Kulm GarCield St. K.ys-Ll\w~ence Kenora New CMtle Kulm A. Koenig, Enginairts - Arthur S. Tyng. Blue Noteli - D. MePherson. No~th E. Smooth:airell - Thomas Johnston, Kulm. Dakota. 2912 Armco Drive. 321 First. Ave. So. 526 Wildwood Ave. OHIO Hi-Lifers - William T. Thorn. Pittsbuflch 1307 Woodlawn A\"t>. Kitchener Akron Grand Uh'er Four-Louili Guenther. Buecanairl!s - F. D. MeColium. Po~ta&,e Palhfinden - Robert A. Roun'towners - T. H. Bell. Jr.. 223 Stevens Drive (27). 127 E. State St.. Trenton. Ohio. 68 Weber Sl. E. Bartley. 1713 F.ourt.h St..• Cuya MeI-TonelJ - Bill Miteh~ll. 364 Four Maldehydes-J. KaYE Cupples. hoga Falls. OhiO. Tune Toppers - Thomas F. Wal. Ednfl St. W. 416 Kingsboro St. (11). Bellevue burg. 1019 Jaekson St. KeYJltonaires - Milton Edgar, Box Newark London Bellaire. - Lee McCarthy. 1012 Four Chorders - Art Pflt.terron. 69~, R. D. No.8. East Main St. Mound CII,y Four - Leslie Berger. Pittsburg-hers - J. M. Ward, 343 180 Moull St. '192 Elias St. BeTell Medway Four - Floyd Harrington. BailE'Y Ave. (11). Be~ea }'our Tune Tt.lIeu - Frank Niles Sall&,ulgni Trllf.kcrs-Pet.el· Smoley, Niles·Tones - Unknown. 70 Langarth St. Znchal"lus. 188 Beech St. Vocnl Chords - Bob Berry. 44(; 2923 Mullins St. (2). Magpies _ E. H. Mellenbrook. 232 North Canton Steel City FOlir - 'W. W. Frank. North Canton Nonchnlant, - Gon Ontario St. FrnnkJin Drive. Oshawa 1336 Grotto St. (6). Bowling Grean I'ad E. Piero. 1904 49th St. N.W. WestinJ:huuse Quartet - Harry W. Vikingaires Joe Peters, 516 Duld-tonu - H a r 0 I d Murray. Campus Four - Charles SofiOll. 125 Alma St. Smith. P.O. Box 101'1. N. Gro\'e St. Pierce Ave. Reading North Olmsted QUllr-tones - Tom Hart. 94 Oak Note Knl&,hts-Clare Mills. 1'(0 Park Road. So. Curbltone Four - R. E. Slxmagle. Crosby Jewelry Co.. 148 S. Main Chord Climbers-W. J. Patterson. 1046 Terrace Ave.. Wyomissing. 25836 Lorain Road. Suffocatln' Sef(,naders - M ike WOOO Chordefil. - E. E. Rlehprd. Fllirhart, 174 Church St. Po. Box 27.A. R. R. No. 1. Painenille Peterborough Readlnll Chords - R u sse I I E. Buckeye Capital (Columbul) Country Gentltmen-F. W. Evan,. Sponagle. 1046 Tel' r 8 e I' AvE'.. Buz~ SaW'l!-George Chamblin. 209 Chesterland. Ohio. Kawartha Fou r-Harold J. Coulwn. Wyomissing. Pit. 675 McKellflr St... S. Hh::h St. Piqua Readin&, Chordsmen - Harold W. Has Been5--Staff T8ylor. 208 Ea.lJt. Clodhoppen - Marvin Apple, Con Sa.rnia Fidler. 920 North Fourth St. Brond St. over. Ohio. Cldtone, - Norm MiJls. 468 De Seranton Hummers - Dr. John WiSlerman. Favorite City Four - Harold Darst. vine St. EIl'ctrie City Four - Herb PhillipK. 6SS East Bl'olld St. 618 N. Wayne St. Hilltop Four - Gordon Croekard, 10-18 North Irving Ave. Legal Notes-George Chamblin. 209 Piquadl - Forest Hostetler, 617 R. R. No.2. Rhythmators - Vincent Hugbes. S. High St. Cherry St. l\tinstrelalres - Harry Simpkins. 1'105 Dorothy St. Subtle Airs-William Huntington, Sandusky 338 Shepherd St. Sharon 44 W. Gay St. lighthouse Harmony Four - Bill Sudbury 1 Keystoue Quadll-Robert E. Lytle, Canton Westerhold. 522 h Hancock St. }>'our Nickels - Thoml1s Tucker. il6 E. State. Four .'ellows - Larry Scott, '109 Steubenvi.IJe 104 Wembley Drive, \Varren McKinley Ave. S.W. Futurnmics - BllldiE' J. Pineiaro. Nickeltonell - Sam Rogers, 120 J(enconl - S. E. Browli. 41'1 East Memory Lanen - Bernie Hnrme 745 N. 7tb St. Larch St.. Apt. :I. St. link. 167 24th St. S.E.. MftS8i11on. Lorraineairs - Glenn E. Bateli, Toronto Hum-bu&,$ - :fulgel' L. Hendrick Carroll County (Carrollton) Lorraine. Kansas. Canadian Tunetwisters - Frank SOil. 7 Brook St. Toneless Four - H. E. Davis. Sub""ay Four Quartet - Thomas Riel', 380 Manor Road East. Washin&'1on County Sherrodliville. Ohio. Lon", 3i>01 Riverview Drive. CoW'lIn,. BrothE'n - William C. \Vashin&'ton County Hometowneu Cindnnati Wierton, W. Va. Cowlinlr. 2 Toronto St. Morry Uppstrom, 870 Dunean Juterl _ John P. Bolten. 2629 Toledo Queen City Four - J. Gordon Ave.. Wa!lhington, PRo Strat.ford Ave. (19). Doehler Quartet - E. A. Meh~er. Kno_(. 88 King St. W. li>20 Shenandoah (6). QUEBEC Cleuland T(Jrontonu - W. A. (Ted) Boyd. Grand'Mere Bucke)'e Four _ J. PeterllOn. Four DischordlJ - Peter Glann. J. 1480 Yonge St.. Apt. B. Grand'Mere !\Ielodians - Charles 1401 W. nth St. 4i61 Dorr St.. 0). WalJaceburg Forest' City Four-Gtlfl'oll Pnllerin, Marksmen - Nonnan L. Fitkin. Marcotte. 331 9th St. Three Quarts & A Pint - L, V. Norlhernaires - Ted Hanna. 200 362 Unloll Commerce Bldg. 2721 Gunekel Blvd. (6). MaNn. 206 Duncan St. F(lur Aees - Jack Kaminsky. 3344 Toledo Troubadors - Jack Ford. 2nd Ave. E:lst 140th St. 2539 Wildwood Blvd. (14). OREGON RHODE ISLAND Lamplig-hter.ll - J. Cecil Rowe. Warren Brookings Providence Lamp Dept. Gen. Elec. Co.. Nel!! Harmony Counts - Las Shafer. Oe(Jnnalre, - Charles GraYilhel, Ch(Jrd Jesters - Carroll McKennu. Park. Cleveland, Ohio. 306 Belmont St. N.W. Bro"klngs. Oregon. 50 Haile St.. Warren, R. 1. Tbe Harm~nj'{er 55 Mello·Tones - George H. Nowell, Wichita Fans Parkersburg Manitowoc 82 Lexington Ave. Pipcliners - Walter Bernard. 2012 Muzzle Loaders - R. Tracy Evan!!. Schmitt Brothers - Raymond M. Neotuners - Alfred J. Maino. VidOI·Y. 405 18th St. Schmitt, P. O. Box 357, Two Mendon Road, Berkeley. R. 1. Wellsburg Rivers. Wis. Noblemen - Murray A..Rigby. VERMONT Freshmen - Albert Devaul. 1447 Menomonie 133 Uphill Ave.. Gl'eenwood, War Burlington Charl£s St. Fuur Salesmen - Earl Knight, 713 wick. R. 1. Ethan Allen Four - C. 1. Taggart, 11th St. Providence Wind Jammers-George 214 Summit St. WISCONSIN Lcinenkugal Four - George Cham F. Pierce, Jr.. 111 Bal·tlett Ave" Four Bucks - William Challin. Jr.. Appleton bel'lain. 1312 lIbin St. Edgewood, R. I. University of Vermont. Chord <"'litters - Stuart Elsner, 130 Note Nudgers - Art Barnhart, R. Small State Four-Dick Severance, Maple Sugar Four - Robert E. S. Ont-Ida St. R. 2. Sr., Neverville St.. Johnston 9, Titus, Jericho. Vermont. Slng·cop",tes - tlike Hammond. fi9 Milwaukee R. r. Montpelier Bellair., Ct. Hi Lo's-Paul Alexalldl'otr. 6103 W. Battered Beaus - BrYCe Kinney. Ashland Greenfield Ave. TENNESSEE 57 Clarendon Ave. Howlitzen - Roy Hopkins. J 500 High Life Four-John J. Sutschek, Memphis St. Albans 9th Ave. W. 4161 N. Montreal St. (16). Rebelairel5 - George H. Evans. Four Steps - Clement R. Ferland. Treble Milkers-Lester Fry. 607 8th l'rlilwaukee Police Quartet - Henr)' P.O. Box 1650. 84 UjlP(]l" Welden St. Ave. W. W. Kresnicka, 426 E. Chambers • Beavllr Dam . St. (12). TEXAS VIRGINIA Kirsh F 0 u n dry Four _ Hubert OR' Shore Foul' - Stan Wallin. Abilene Alexandria Roberts, 3221;6 East Third St. 721 Michi,gan Ave.. South MIl Crude Oilers - Guy M. WlIlkel", Virginia Gentlemen-Frank Mann, Monarch Range Four - Williarn waukee. Wis. 80;:': 718. 211 Cameron St. Ptaschillski. 511 W. Maple Ave. Wcst Towners - Baldwin Schubert. Amarillo Virginia Hams - Vi i I bur A. Unknown Four-Paul Drennan. 116 3030 N. Cambridge Ave. Blackburn-Shaw Quartet - Wendell . Schmidt. 702 Enderby Drive. So. gllring. Portage Heiny, 1503 Travis. Ean Claire River City Four - Norman C. Corpus Christi WASHINGTON }o~our Corners-Allen Snoddy, 1317 Stowers, 119 W. ConAnt. Coastal Blenders - William J. Bremerton Jefferson Court. Racine Burke, 129 Adams. Carusers - Russell Owens, Star 4 Teens - James Chinnock, 1037 Chordial Four - John Allen. 404 Sharp Shavers - Jack RandolDh, Route L Box 7. Barland St. Parkview. 4410 Cedar St. Kirkland Fond du Lac Mountain Boys-H. Jack Schulz. Lake Washington White Cap!! Commander Quartet - Fred Gumz. 1414 Ann St. Dallas Chester Green, 400 3rd St. S. 14 West First St. Sheboygan Beau Jester!! - Don Ki.ng. 510 E. Lion Tamers-AI'ch Adrian, 14 12th. l\lt. Rainier Four Clippers - Ed. Heidenreiter, Mountain-aires - Alan L. Corn East 2nd St. 1223 SUDerior Ave. Chord Sharks - D. C. McNe«h. Green Bay 1520 Bella Vista Drive. welL 1829 Washington, Enum Sturgeon Bay claw, ·Wash. Barons of Barbershop - James Cherriaires-8ob Papke. 21 N. Cliff Men - Beverly D. Pattf!rson. Campbell. Doty St. 3219 Icandell St. Puget Sounders - H, T. Allen. 829 Third Ave. Dallasaires - Stanley Mal·tin. 508 2207 Griffin Ave.. Enumclaw. Harmony Limited-Noel Ross Saf. \Vallkesha Wash. - ford. Architccts Bldg. Dallas Nat!. 8k. Bldg. Unpredictablel5 - Stanton L. Sper!. Seatlle Janesville 622 Beechwood Ave. EI Paso Kurn·aires - Earle F. Cook. 14110 Village Limits - Bud r-.!tutison, Waupun Desertaires - E. E. Winter. Jr.. Pacific Highway So. (88). 1410 Clark St. Prison City Four - Bert Blaesius. Box 1916. Old Songsters-Art Riebow, 11334 Kenosha Z18 Rownsville. Houston 17th N.R. Uamblers - Arnold Boyle. 1720 'Vallwatosa Four Flats - Charles Underwood. SeatUe Queen City Four - Tom 75th St. Tosa Toppers - Fred Hauser. 7905 6445 Rutgers (5). Westbrook. 1217 24th Ave.. N. Kicl Rogers Ave. (13). Galena Park Minors - Vernoll (2) , Little City Four-K (Sequenoe of exerCises is optional) use any neutral syllable e Ex. A No 1 No .a ,tl~ "I.'""' I I I No 5 I I I I I I I \ I I I I MARCH, 1951 Walch for FAYE EMERSON PEPSI COLA TV Show, release dale probably April 61h in most FLASH Cities. Buffalo Bills (Inl'j Champions) and James F. Knipe (Inl'l lsi V.P.) will appear. The HflrJ/ltJllI'Zer 57 INT'L CHORUS COMMITTEE PERSONNEL OF COMMITTEE REPORTS ACTION ON CHORUSES COMPLETED The newly neated Committee on 57 Songs Chapter Choruses is very grateful to Int'l Pres. Jerry Beeler recently ap the more than three hundred Chapter pointed Raymond W. Jones, Central You Love 10 Sing Presidents and Chorus Directors, who National Bank and Trust Company, so graciously repl!cd to the Chorus NEW BOOK Des Moines 4, lo\\"a Director of the Questionnaire, which was sent to all l SPECIALLY ARRANGED Chapters last November. Chapter Chonls in that city, to the FOR QUARTETS From these replies, the committee has 1nt'] Committee on Chapter Choruses, A wonderful collection of poplliar songs, hymns, COll~ collected a wealth of information thus completing the make-up of that and spirituals arranged for mole qllortet harmon..... cel'ning the many local problems of Songs Indllde Old Black Joe, Pop Goe~ the Weasel, Chaptel's and Chol uses. Each of these gl'oup. It is chairmanned by Int'l The Old Rugged Cross, and Dry Bonet, 53 prohlems, as well as the many ex('el· Board Member Carl C. Jones and the other~. Attroctive, durable, large deor type and L music. Send $1.00 for I copy, $3.50 set 01 .lI copies, lent sugge:stions received. is being' other members are: Captain H_ H. prepaid. Mone .... bock in S do .... ~ if not delighted. Itiven careful consideration by the Copeland, Rudy H Pla"ing em "clost' to Ihue yutl;" might be dangel·olls. The)' definite!,' (jon', ",hispel" L. CO R.-Maurk<- f{u~~, Make Check Payable to and mail to Gerald LlIuer, Wilily Goel"it~ and Curt Carlwn-lhe l\'iaht Hawks of l\-tinnt'· SPE8SQSA, 20619 Fenkell Ave., Detroit 23, Michigan apolis Chapter. MARCH, 1951 Printed in U. S. A,