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JllAt1?eletMetI-THE 1963 CHAMPIONS Dl 4403 • Dl 14403lS) Dt 4402 • Dt 74402(S) 1962 INTERNATIONAL BARBERSHOP CHORUS WIN· 1958 INTERNATIONAL BARBERSHOP CHORUS WIH· THE TOP TEN QUARTETS OF 1960 • Evans Quartet· NERS • Thoroughbred Chorus • Pekin Chorus • NERS • Dixie Cotton Boll' Pekin, Illinois· Buckeye Town And Country Four· Colonials· Bay Town Four Border Chorders • The Revelaires • Minneapolis Capital' Men Of Accord· Big "0" • Saints· Nighthawks' Easternaires • Sun Tones Commodore Chorus Ol 4313 • Dl 74313(5) OL 8788 ' OL 787B81S) • Four Renegades· Play-Tonics 1957 INHRHATIONAL BARBERSHOP CHORUS WIN· DL 4069 • OL 740691S) 1961 INTERNATIONAL BARBERSHOP CHORUS WIN· NERS • Californians. lake Washington Skippers' NERS • Chorus Of The Chesapeake· Thorobreds • Kountry Kernels. Dixie Cotton Boll. Gary, Indiana 1959 MEDALISTS BARBERSHOP OUAR7H WINNERS 'The Revelaires • Port City Chorus' West Towns Chorus DL 8616 • Four Pitchikers • Evans Quarlet • Town And Coun Chorus OL 418S ' OL 7418S(SI TOP HH 1962 IHTERNATIONAL BARBERSHOP QUAR· try Four. Easternaires • The Short Cuts TET WINNERS' Gala Lads· Town And Country Four OL 8927 • DL 78927(S) 1960 INTERNATIONAL BARBERSHOP CHORUS WIN· • Four Renegades • Nighthawks • Sidewinders • NERS • Chordsmen • Berkeley Californians • East Four·Do-Malics • Four Rascals • Colonials • The York Barbershoppers • Kountry Kernels • Fairfax Auto Towners • Rhythm Counts 1958 MEDALISTS BARBERSHOP OUARTET WIHNERS lubil·Aires DL 4067 • Ol 74067(5) OL 4314 • OL 743141S) • Gay Notes· Four Pitchikers • Uome Town Chorus • West Coasters' Evans Quartet OL 8800 THE TOP HH 1961 IHHRNA7IONAL BARBERSHOP 19S9 INTERNATIONAL BARBERSHOP CHORUS WIH· QUARTET WINNERS' Sun Tones' Town And Country NERS • Pekin Chorus • Chordsmen Chorus' Har Four· Nighthawks' Bay Town Four· Saints. 1957 MEDALISTS BARBERSHOP QUARTET WINNERS mony Hawks • Port City Chorus • Razor's Edge Gala Lads • Four Renegades • Four-Do-Matics • • Lads Of Enchantment • West Coasters • Gay Chorus Ol 8928 • DL 78928(5) Short Cuts' Play·Tonics DL 4189 • Dl 14189(S) Noles· Four Pitchikers • Play·Tonics Dl 8615 ALL DECCA BARBERSHOP ALBUMS MAY BE PURCHASED FROM YOUR LOCAL RECORD DEALER OR BY WRITING TO: SPEBSQSA, INC" 6315 THIRD AVENUE, KENOSHA, WISCONSIN - 53141 November·December VOL. XXlll 1963 No.6 Il--h"I-+,,,",,-J.r#-!Il-lH • HI-\-I-+----~:-....__=-..~---II International Board of Directors International Officers Presidenl, Wayne: Poor, 166 Dclmt'adc Rood, Rochesle'r THE HARMONIZER is Ihe official publiC1.lion of Ihe Soci«y for the PreselVation and 17. New YOlk Encoulagemcn( of D11ber Shop Quarrel Sinsins in America, Inc. II is published in the Immroi.lt Past Prtsident, Louis Laurel, 4617 Walier months of }anuuy, March, May, }uly, September afld N01Lemlxr at 631.5 - 3rd A\,enue, Lane, EI Pno. Tnas Kenosha, ''Visconsin, and entered as s«ond-clas.s mauer II lhe .post office at Kenosha. 1st Vice Prtsidcnl. Dan Wa5clchuk, 1414 Bicmcrct Wisconsin. under lhe ACl of MalCh 3. 1879. Edilolial and Advertising officn are at SU«I, Gr~n 01)', \Viscomin Inrttnalional Hcadquaneu. NOlice of change of address should be submined (0 Ihe edilorid ViCt PrnidCnI. Geor~c Dohn, H20 Domich Way, offices of THE HARMONIZER, 631.5 THIRD AVE., KENOSHA, WISCONSIN, u lem SlCC;l.mtnlO 21, California Ihi~IY da)'s before the nexl publicalion datc. SubsCliption pdce is $2.00 )'e~r1y and $..50 Vice Pmidcm, Rudy Han, 1112 Ohio Sneer, Michigln an ISSUC. City. Indiana Vice Presidenl, Chul« \VI. Linker, The Penn Towers, Api. 1916. 1801 ~nns)'l\'lonia Bh·d., Philad~lphia FEATURES 3. Pcnns)'lunia . Tee.nufer, Tom \Vaus, 248 Glendale Rd., Glenview, Illinois Eigbt l'etlrs tlnd Twent)'-eigbt Medflls uter-tbe Cbamps____________ 2 Excollj\'e Oi,c<lor. Dauic Dcn, 6}I5 Third A,"cnuc. '63 Chams Champs Sian of Area Show ........ 4 Kenosha, Wisconsin Societ)J MOllms Renowned Afembers' Loss . ..__ .5 Board iUembers Beller ShaM Are 011 The Way .... 6 Cardinal, Lei Emmcuon, 320G Parntll A"cnuc, Fon HI1RJlfONIZER Compleles T",el1lielh year .. __.. B Wa)'nc, Indiana Ccnrral Slatn, ChCI Fox, 2813 Burncn Road, TOp(ka. Tbe Problem, Tbe RetlJon, Tbe Sol"'ioJJ .. .__ 11 Kann.s Dixic, John D,lwson, 238 Hawlhornc ROJd, N.W., San Autol1io-City 0/ Contrast.._... ... __ . .. __ ...._... .._. ._. __ 12 Wins(on·SJlcffi, NOrlh CaroliflJ Seeds Of Good Adlllillislralioll SOWII by fAD____________________________ 14 E\'ergr«n, Alan J. Fraser, .5 Glenwood Crnccflt, Cal gary, Allxna, Canada II's Great To Be 011 The fob ... __ . 26 Far Western, Wesly R. Mcicr, 8420 uta SU«I. La Men., California Illinois. Charles Kirchner, 624 EaSt Garfield, Spring fidd, IlIiMis COMMENT JohnflY Applested, Ed Duplaga, 241.5 North Ha\'efl The Way 1 See 11 . ._ .. 19 Dh'd., Curahoe l l alh, Ohio Land O'Lakcs, Ired C. Seegw, Jr., 13.5 Wm Wdls Pfm/{(re Prom Poor _ _. ~ .. __ . 22 Stf«t, Milwaukee Wisconsifl Michiftan, ClintOfl Sanborfl, 2612 Edgevale, DU)'IOfi PlalM, Michigan Mid.-Allanlic, Harold M. Schultz, 808 South O\'crlook DEPARTMENTS Drh'e, Alexandria Virginia Nonheaslern, D. ,;qilJiam FitzGerald, G88 Highland Share The WealJh _... ..._.. 20 t\\-enue, Cheshire, Connt<licut Onrario, Hugh Palmer, 46 William Srreet, Orillia, 1 See Prom The B"lIel;IIJ__ _. .. _..... __ . 24 Ontario, Canada Mail Call Prom HarmollY Hall .__ . ._..... 32 Seneca Land, James Steedman, 616 Delaware Road, Kenmore 17, New York Throllgh The Years.. ._ .. __ __ .. 23 Sourhwestern, AI Smith, H20 Bafldy A\'enue, FOri ''(fouh, Tell'as Sunshine, Joe Griffith, P.O, Doll' .52, Sr, PCleuburg, MISCELLANEOUS Florida And Past International Presidents ChrisJmtlJ Mercbmldise Cfllfllog_ . ._. ._.... 15 HARMONIZER l"dex, 1963 .. _. ..__ . .______ 30 ExeclltizJe Director Coming E1Jel1ts ._ __ __ .. _. __ . ._ .. __ ._._ .. __ 31 BARRlB BEST Cellillry CI"b .. __ _.. ._ .. .. 31 Assistallt Trea1llrer·Office !\1anager BarbersboPPerJ Bargtlhl BflJemel1/... _ ._.. _. 31 \VI. L. (IlILL) Orro Director of Mmical ActizJities ROBERT D. JOfINSON Director of Public Relations HUGH A. INGRAHAM ON OUR COVER Administrative Field RepresentatilJe \Vle didn't have to search far to find photographic subjects for what CHESTER N. Fox we hope will convey a Chrisrmas message [Q our Sociery on our cover. Coordinator 0/ Aimic Publishing \Vle decided on the caroling theme and The lmpostors. curreO( sixth place ROBERT ]. MUYBR finalists from Skokie and Couney Line, lIIinois Chapters as carolers because "'lanager of Special Events of their availability and their southern gentlemen type uniforms which CHARLI3S A. SNYDBR seemed to fit quire nicely into our idea. The children posed in our Harmony Edilor Hall solarium window, with two exceptions, are members of headquarters Lno \VI. FODART personnel families. Itlternatiol1al Office The ln1postors are from left to right: Boh Brock, bass; Ed Jensen, 6315 THIRD AVDNUB baritone; Joe \Varren, lead and Harry Klepstein, tenor. The children KI!NOSHA, \'Q'ISCONSIN to OLYMPIC 4·9111 enjoying the singing are from left right, front row: Bobby Meyer, C011lributors Michele and Virginia Fobarr, Mary Kay Anger, Lori Meyer and Scott BARRlB BEST HUGH INGRAHAM lngraham; back row: Robert and Pat Ingraham, Bridget( Anger, L'1.urie LEO BLASCHUK DUAC MARTIN Ingraham and David Poba£{. The Anger girls are daughrers of photog CAL BROWY Lou SISK rapher, Tom Anger. KEITH ELLIOT \'qILDUR SPARKS \'1/AYN n FOOR ELMBR VORISBK PRINTED IN U.S.A. THE HARMONIZBR-Novm..fIlllR·DIKBMDBR, 1963 1 Eight Years and Twenty-eight By Lou Sisk, Member, Pittsburgh, Pa. Chapter Town and Country Four, 1956 Human nature being what it iS J we can safely say that all the world loves a winner. The rribuce we pay each year to our Inter· national Quartet Champion is no exception. To the four runners up we give either silver or bronze medals and tag then"!. with some well deserved superlatives. To the other forty competing quanets we give plenty of admiration and our best wishes of better fortunes to come. But for that one and only Champion each year we go all Out. Upon them we shower an abundance Mary Lou and Larry of praise. and place the more expensive golden medals around Autenrelth are shown their collars. \VIe toast them and pay homage to thell) with upper right as lhey step standing ovations. Year aCrer year the script is unchanging as oul of a pl(lure frame. winner takes all! This is as it should be for rhey arc the kingJ Photo lower right shows who will rule in the name of S.P.E.B.S.Q.S.A., Incorporated for Larry hard at work on I one year. T & C arrangement. \'X'ith the crowning of a new Champion, the other fony-four quaners, from second place on down the Jist, return home un· daunted, and puc even more efIoer inco this labor of love .with the hope that their star will shine the brightest at the following year's competition. At the same time hundreds of other hopeful quartets in the United States and Canada put their shoulders co the wheel) noses to the grind-stone and ears to the barbershop sevenths as they reach for possession of rhe beautiful Landino Trophy that goes with the winning of our Society's highest honor. It is this spirit that molds our perfection-minded [Op barbershop quaneters. From the beginning they dedicated them quali[}' quanets. selves and set their sights on the moment when they would step ]n that spirh, our 1963 International Champions, THE into the beaming stage lights as Champions of the world's TOWN & COUNTRY FOUR, proved to be four never.say·die greatest singing society. \'<Ie saw early indications of their fu ture success in the manner in which they invited advice and Below left: Loll, Jack and Holly Elder; right, Ja(k gets set to drive one. criticism. The door to suggestion was always open, and whenever information was not avail able through this channel they sought assistance from the experienced pros at this four-pan game.