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VOLUME VII NO. DEvOTED TO TH", INTERESTS OF AUGUST, 1947 BARBER SHOP OOM1UT HARM(lflY "DOCTORS" TAKE OWN PRESCRIPTION AND WORK TO WIN CONTEST HILIGHTS OF INT'L. Few of the Judges who gave the nod to the Doctors of Harmonv at the end of the Int'!. Contest Saturday night, June 14, recognize;l BOARD MEETING one number they sang, written by "Jumbo" Smith tenor, which In three sessions of the old Board and lays at rest any buzz-buzz that "you've got to have numbers that one meeting of the new, group poli the judges know and like". Nor did many of the .i udges know cies, methods, objectives of the past how that Elkhart, Ind. quartet had worked for two years right year were thoroughly inspected and up to the contest time. An occupant of the room next to theirs applied to 1947-48. at Milwaukee reported that the Doctors stayed in their room most Among hilights: As of May 31 we had of the time after they arrived, had their meals sent in, rehearsed, 352 chapters with 18,896 members. and rehearsed some more. Washington, Oregon, Idaho and West THE DOCTORS OF HARMONY ern Montana now constitute the Pa Elkhart, Indiana Crowd reaction and comment from cific Northwest District, making 12 in all. Minnesota and the western other quartets, including the second half of Michigan's upper peninsula place Lions Club Serenaders, proved are now part of the (formerly Wis that the decision was a popular one consin) Land-a-Lakes District. and merited by every standard of judging. Extension activities should be directed toward quality, and proper leadership It was hard for the Serenaders to.take in new chapters rather than mere nu merical additions. The need for ad second place (for the fifth time) but ditional district officers to take re they took it standing up acclaiming sponsibility for the welfare of exist the Doctors' performance as the best ing chaptel's is also apparent. of the five finalists, a statement veri fied by the third place Mid-States From the report of the Ethics Com Four, Chicago; the Chordoliers of mittee came the resolution that re Rock Island in fourth place for the cordings should not be made of any quartet without its permission and second consecutive year, and the those who have cut such records Westinghouse Quartet, Pittsburgh. In should be advised not to distribute addition to these, the other 10 Semi them. The Ethics Committee also took Finalists were: (Morning Prelim.~ a full swing and follow through at Friday, June 13) Continentals. Muske suggestive actions and lyrics in any gon; Hi-Lo Quartet, Milwaukee; Jolly public singing by SPEBSQSA quar Fellows, Dayton; Four Naturals, New tets. Haven; Gardenaires, Redford-Detroit; Clef Dwellers, Oakland County, Mich. The Int'l. office is now keeping a du plicate set of information on old songs (Afternoon) Big Towners, Chicago; hunted down by the Old Songs Com Harmonaires, Gar y; Songfellows, mittee. A folio of barbershop arrange Evansville; and the Lamplighters, ments of public domain songs ar Cleveland. Rounding out the 29 quar~ ranged by Society members is con~ tets, winners in the Sectional Pre templated. In judging, the importance liminaries, who reported at Milwau~ of Stage Presence is recognized by kee: Tomcats, Massillon; Jolly Whal the fact that in the future the two ers, New Bedford; Bonanza Four, judges of Stage Presence will deal Reno; Antlers, Flint; Coca Cola Four, with 100 points each, total 200 points Hutchinson (Kans.); Mello-Men, Chi instead of 100 as formerly. Each will Milwaukee Journal Photo cago; Four Kernels, Omaha; Buzz start with 80 points deducting penal 1947 CHAMPIONS Saws, Columbus (Ohio); Harmoneers, ties for poise, presentation, appear Top, down-"JuniDr" Cripe, lead; Baltimore; Food City Four, Battle "Butch" Hummel bad' "Reverend" (Col/tinued on page 4) Kidder, bass; "Ju:nbo" Smith, tenor. (Continued on page 4)
TABLE OF CONTENTS Barbershop Arrangements (list of) __ Page 18 Keep America Singing-George W. Campbell Page 43 Barbershop Recordings (list of) 55 Keep Posted.. _. 10 Barbershop Bafflers by Charles M. MerrilL 40 New Chapters Chartered...... 14 Answers to "__ . 41 Over the Editor's Shoulder...... _...... 34 Cartoon by Beaudin 9 Pioneer Recording Quartets~"Curly.. Crossett._ 46 President's Column~Charles M. Merrill 7 Coast to Coast (by Districts) 26 27 30 Public Domain Songs...... 35 Coming Events ..: : 42 Song Arrangement in this Issue 22 Do You Rememb€'r?-J. George O'Brien 36 Songs Sung at Milwaukee 11 Directory of All Chapters and District Officers.. 62-63 Spark Plugs-for Meetings--Frank H. Thorne _ 13 Editorial Pages (Directory of Int'l. Board) 8-9 Stub Pencil at Milwaukee.. _._ "...... 16 Founder's Column._ . 28 Story Behind Song on the Cover.. . 29 "Good Conduct," Walter Jay Stephens "'._ 8 Swipes~from the Chapters.... . 47 Information You Want (about Songs) 37 The Old Songsters-Sigmund Spaeth .._ 25 I See by th€' Papers 44 The Way I See It-Deac Martin_ 40 It Helps to Know...... 12 With the Int'J. Champions.. . 38 4 The Harmonizer
Judges Study Judging in INT'L BOARD MEETS NEWS FOR SEC'S (Cofuimud from PIJ&' J) Rules-Methods Seminar The Board has authorized the ance, etc. and adding earned credits. issuance of special solid gold Quartets not appearing in costume or Premising the judges meeting, after lapel emblems for Past Chap uniform dress will be disqualified. The noon of June 14, on necessity for ter Secretaries. Order from the Judges committee continues to work judges to know rules and their in Int'l. Sec., $6.00 plus postage. toward international uniformity in terpretations, and on "bending o~er Don't send checks in advance. judging. backward in giving all competmg Just send in your order. Emblem and invoice will be sent by the It was recommended that the Society quartets all possible 'breaks'," Chmn. look into the possibility of setting M. E. Reagan conducted a demonstra manufacturing jewelers, Wey· hing Brothers. convention dates two years ahead in tion-discussion session with certified order for the host city to be fully judges that would have gone all after prepared. Chapter secretaries were noon but for the fact that most had urged to utilize the plan offered by dates to attend the afternoon Jam "YOU'RE ON THE AIR" the Int'!. office for direct mailing of boree. Thanks to Mutual the Harmonizer to members. Inter national Secretar~' Carroll P. Adams Reports and congratulations on the was retained, unanimously, for the Starting with fundamentals, he dem Mutual Network broadcast from Mil 1947-48 fiscal year. The ten·year his onstrated the flladder of tones" (chro waukee continue to filter in. It seems tory of the Society is moving along on matic scales), seven basic chords and that about 19,000 members who did schedule with a wealth of material be their inversions used most frequently 110t attend the Int'I. contest were ing collected for editing into shape by in barbershop quartet work, the grouped with family and friends the time the clans gather at Okla "circle of 5ths" which is an infaIliable around the country's receiving sets, homa City in '48. and they'd notified most of t~eir guide to key changes; and gave the music-loving friends to do likewIse. group a quick taste of the ~'C!ock ~ys The program went out from 400 sta BARBERSHOP HARMONY tem" by 'which each chord IS Identified tions, through WG~, ~hicago. ~he by its place on a 12·unit "clock" face. audience at the AudItorIUm, exceedmg APPROVED BY WAR DEPARTMENT 6,000, received written instructio,!s \Vhen Imm. P. Pres. Frank H. Thorne about the part it was to play, and It Reagan stressed the fact th~t ~ules heard in May that the War Depart played its part like an old trouper ment had banned barbershop harmony must uencourage" quartets whIle pre under guidance of Geo. W. Campbell. serving" barbershop type harmo?y. In among American and allied personnel "Good radio!", the comment of an ex in Germany, his immediate pl'otest to that connection most of the Judges perienced producer sitting in the audi felt that the melody also should be Gen. Eisenhower was loaded with ence, covers the planning, and execu fncts as to why such a move was preserved, though an occasional ori? tion which proceeded with split-second questionable. Letters flew, cables inal note thrown in by the quartet m precision, no flat spots and no gaps. clicked, with the result that Thorne search of unusual arrangements would Cutting into the stage program as the was able to read to the Saturday af not be judged too harshly. It was judges' decisions were in final stages, ternoon Jamboree, Milwaukee, a mes generally agreed that 6th chords. can listeners got a lift from cl'owd sing sage of assurance that singing was be used logically for song endmgs, ing of The Old Songs, learned facts banned only after hours, and that the but that ending on a 7th chord "leaves about the Int'I. contest, "met" Pres. word "barbershop" had been deleted Thorne, and progressed step by step from the order. Furthermore, the the harmony out on a limb" since the through the announcements, introduc 7th is a resolving chord. cable stated that the policy of the tions and song responses of the top Civil Affairs office "favors informal five. and community entertainment on An indication of interest in the School Pres. Thorne was spokesman for the every appropriate occasion." came from the many who asked that enti'l'e Society when he expressed "ap more hours be allotted to the next preciation for the wonderful coopera school. tion given by Mutual network and sta "Doctors" Win Contest tion WGN, not only on this, but on (Col1tiJlu,d fr4m PI1&' J) Several recommendations made by many other occasions." Mutual's judges are now being studied by the 400th station WMID, Atlantic City, Creek; Potomac Clippers, Washington, christened that day with barbershop D. C.; Gamboliers, Kansas City; Committee on Judging. Any changes harmony, is off to a propitious start. will be announced in plenty of time Atomic Bums, Minneapolis; and the Holland Engle announced the show Withered Four. Paterson. for quartets to be thoroughly familiar which was written and directed by with them before the '48 Int'1. contest Bruce Dennis of Mutual's Chicago Of the 139 quartets entered in the 8 at Ohsee. Special Feature Department. Sectional Preliminary contests 119 actually competed: Paterson 15; To ledo 25; Indianapolis 12; Jackson (Mich.) 15; Chicago, 11; Manitowoc, THEY CALLED 'EM THE WAY THEY HEARD 'EM 9; Joplin, 17; Long Beach, (Cal.) 15. Wrote Pres. Thorne to all contestants: "Every quartet in our contest at Mil waukee has fine possibilities, so I hope you will carryon the true barbershop tradition ... by trying you will be a better quartet, and will have fun and enjoyment out of this, the best, the greatest, most relaxing and bene ficial hobby of all time." The alternates chosen in the eight con tests: Paterson-Four Chords, New ark; Toledo-Forest City 4, Cleveland; Indianapolis-Kentucky Troubadours, Louisville; Jackson, Mich.-Barons of Harmony, Saginaw; Chicago-Prom Judges at Toledo Sectional Preliminaries, L. to R.-Herman Struble and Jimmy enaders, Decatur; Manitowoc-Key Doyle. Chicago (Elastics). "Doc" Fendley and Int'l, Bd. Member Art Merrill, notes, Appleton; Joplin-W. O. W, Schenectady, Int'), Bd. Member Dick Common, Dayton. This group might well be termed "typical" of judttes who did the first screening for '47 Int'!' Finals, They Announcers, Omaha; Long Beach combine ability with strict judicial analysis or what they hear. Four Staters, San Diego. AUGUST, 1947 THE OTHER FOUR MILWAUKEE TOPPERS
Don Stone, bass Ben Franklin, lead LION'S CLUB SERENADERS Kansas City
Bob (Mack) MID-STATES 4 Rodriguez,t.; Chicago Forrest Haynes, bari; Marty Mendro, lead; Art Gracey, bass.
WESTINGHOUSE QUARTET, Pittsburgh L to R-Carl Chada, tenor; Ed Beers, lead; "Pete" Elder, bari; Ed Hanson, bass.
t 4th C~ORDOLIERS, Rock Island, Ill.
Above L to R-Walt Chambers, bass; Louis P. J. Coopmans, lead. Below L to R-Harold Gray, tenor; John Gustafson, bari.
(Milwaukee Journal Photos) 6 The Harmonizer
HOW THINGS HAVE CHANGED SINCE ST. LOUIS-'41
More: than 6,000 turned out to the Milwaukee Finals. Almost 8,000 heard them in Cleveland in '46. Here arc the national semi-finals in Corona do Hotel ballroom, 51. Louis in ''11. Maybe 250 if you count some noses twice. Hall so big that photographer cut out judges tables right and left. Without searching. your editor recognized Roy Fox, Red EllioH of the old Flal Foot Four; john Whalen, deceased Flat Foot tenor: Joe Wolff, Bob Shreves. Hank Wright, Harry Brown, Joe Murrin, Frank Dragoo, deceased bari of Harmony Kings; Dick McVay, Ben Franklin, Doc Nelson. Dick Sturges. Rudy Heinen, Leo lves, Maurice Reagan, Phil Embury, Doc Rathert. Hal Staab, Joe Stern, O. C. Cash.
"PERMISSION GRANTED" BY IT'S OKLAHOMA CITY IN '48 REMICK BUT NOT ACKNOWLEDGED Society Returns to Birthplace The Remick Music COql. gave the Society permission to use "Chinatown" Start laying your plans now for June, and for quartets to start a Ilkit_ which appeared on the cover of May headin' to the roundup at Oklahoma ty" that 'vill assure their trip to Olda ',j'1 HAUMONIZER. The court.esy line City, June- 11 and 12, '48. Tulsa hoped homa City. Those Oklahoma boys are "by permission of the copyright own· to have it in celebration of the So experienced in putting on SPEBSQSA ers, Remick .Music Corp." was omitted. ciety's Tenth Anniversary. Tulsans affairs in a big way. Their two Pa~ The Society recognizes the fact that were all set to point oul the building rades were I'national" in quartets that songs are property, and regrets the where the Society was born, April 11, participated, sellouts audience-wise, omission. 1938, to 0, C. Cash and 36 others who and included trips to the Likens and attended the first meeting. But, Tulsa Turner ranches. In invit.ing the Socie doesn't have the auditorium facilities ty to Oklahoma, Gov. Roy J. Turner, necessary nowadays, so we go next a died-in-lhe-wool member \¥Tote in door to Oklahoma's capital city. part; "It is appropriate that our or R. H. (Rudy) Verderber, Cleveland, ganization's convention be returned to transportation authority, is preparing Oklahoma to mark the tenth year of a detailed study of facilities, costs and its founding in Oklahoma ... by con· travel time by h'nin, plane, bus and vening here all of our members will 3 private car from easterly points, which have an opportunity to honor the men will appear in the November Harmon who originated and developed the izer. But now is none too soon to start Society." June comes soon-plan to planning that 1948 vacation for mid· be there-and make it stick. TOP MALE "HOW TO GET TO OKLAHOMA" QUARTETS There are two ways . . . one is to Here is the proposed solution (still "catch" it at the nearest city the strictly unofficial): Oklahoma road show happens to be (1) Each quartet that thinks it's playing ... the other, to hop a rattler good enough to compete next June, IN THE GOOD and go there. Most of our members (Adams, what's the total number of and quartets who plan to l Charles M. Merrill Climaxed by what was unquestionably organization we have come of age and the grandest contest and convention that growth without careful control yet held, the Society's ninth year has will not constitute progress. drawn to a most successful close. To pay tribute to the deserving many We must appreciate our Society for who have contributed to its success what it has become: a unique musical fraternal and service society with a would more than exhaust this column. reputation to prize and protect. Certainly, however, the year would not MERRILL HEADS SOCIETY be complete without recognition of the We must exercise care and discrimina President Charles M. Merrill came outstanding leadership given by Im tion in securing only the right kind of into the Society under the splendid mediate Past President Frank Thorne. things for our Society: the right kind auspices of men's choruses in which Frank may retire from the presiden of members and chapters and officers: he was, and still is, very active as cy; but with talent such as his in all the right kind of public performances Director of Reno Men's Chorus. Society fields, we can be assured that and chapter functions: the right kind Whether or not the Board realized he will continue as one of the most of publicity. active men in our organization. the fact, it carried out a tradition With such Cal'e and discrimination of electing a well qualified musician During the current year we shall reach constantly exercised our growth will as president. His arrangements are an important Society milestone. In continue; and it will be the right kind tried out first on the Bonanza Four June, 1948, at Oklahoma City, the of growth: a growth that constitutes Society at its annual contest and con progress ~ that increases strength in which he sings bari, and many rather than magnifies weakness. are now in frequent use by other vention \yill celebrate its tenth anni versary. quartets. So let us not keep our eyes glued on An anniversary year is a challenge to the future to the exclusion of the day Merrill threatens to be 40 years old any organization. As Society members by-day present. If we so guard the very soon. He was originally from we must recognize the nature of our present that only these right things Piedmont, California, where the girl own challenge and prepare to meet it. come to our Society, we shall vic he married lived just around the toriously have met our challenge and Our challenge is not one of continued wit~ corner from him and his brother, growth. It is one of carefully con will next June, justifiable pride, Arthur A., \vho is on the Board. trolled growth and consolidation. We greet our tenth annIversary. The Merrills have a boy and a girl. must realize that as an international C.M.M. In addition to his singing hobby, Charlie enjoys getting into the high Sierras around Lake Tahoe where the skiing is fast and plenty of it. He "EFER-IFER" DEMANDS "HABUS CAPPUS" graduated from the University of California in 1.928 where he was a by W. Welsh Pierce member of Theta Chi Fraternity. Dear Carroll: perfect except the Referee, Hal Staab, Later he graduated in law at Harvard You might think I had settled that took up Molly Reagan's side of the Law School. His law work leans battle and discoursed at length (be Sofaldi Doremi thing once and for all, tween quartets) on tonic chords. He heavily to the practice of mining but it seems no. legalities, a highly specialized sub knows we aren't supposed to mention ject Last month I was up in Wisconsin drinking in our meeting and so I think chasing a rumor about flying disks he ought to be punished. Say, like Members who want his autograph and happened to be in Milwaukee. takin' away his "tonic" for 90 days. should be sure that they are request The hotel was kinda crowded· and I Later on I meets Molly Reagan in the ing it from the man by the name noticed there was a lot more lobby singing than is usual for the average lobby and he says he is going to sue of Merrill. Recently a bill was re me for malfeasance, malpractice or ceived at Int'!. Hdq. for imprinting Dog and Cat Fur Association type of mal-something. At least that's what the new president's signature on char convention and I asked around and doggone if it wasn't our own SPEB I thought until I see him in deep con ters. The bill read "imprinting name shindig. I knew it was coming up versation with Staab and then I of Charles les Cecerriel." but hadn't noticed any announcements realize \vhat he had said was he was as to when and where. going to "sue me and Hal for griev No doubt Charlie's experience with ance." If he does I'm going to de choruses, both formal and barbershop, I thou.~ht I might as well stay since mand a recount, a habbus cappus, a is back of the many expressions heard I hadn't seen no disks to speak of so moratorium and a change of venison. at Mihval,lkee about the "smooth pro I went up to the room clerk and told It wasn't me that gave· him a Staab fessional handling" of the show on him I wanted a nice corner room, with in the back! which he mc'd. parlor, and mentioned a few decora Don't write me until I give you my tive items I always insist on and he Other officers were named by the new address which won't be until says "Certainly, Sir. We have a choice court adjourns. I can't decide behveen Board as follows: Sandford Brown, for you on the 6th, 9th and 14th floors. Atlanta or Alcatraz. Nev·... York, First Vice President; Have you any preference?" I said Sing-cerely, J. D. Beeler, Evansville, Vice Presi no, so he puts me on the 2nd floor, dent (2nd term); O. H. (King) Cole, behind the elevator, (}ver the boiler Efer Her (Number to be assigned) Manitowoc, Vice President; Edwin S. room ... in the Hotel Mazurka which Smith, Wayne, Mich., Vice President; is 2 miles east of Madison. DISC FANS, NOTE Robert L. Irvine, River Forest, Ill., But about Safoldi. You \WlS there So Those superlative top five- quartets Treasurer; Harold B. Staab, North there is no need to tell you about the heard in the contest finals made a ampton, Mass., Historian. counter-convention held on the 4th set of recordings before the finals floor by Chicago. How did they hap~ in Mihvaukee and the records are Without opposition, O. C. Cash was pen to pick the same day as us? Any now on sale. It's a three record set, re-elected for the ninth term as wayan Friday A. M. over at the Audi the price, $3.60 post paid. Checks Founder and Permanent Third Assist torium we heard some gosh-awful should be made to Wurlitzer, Inc., and ant Temporary Vice Chairman. s\vell singing and it would have been sent to Int'!. office. AUGUST, 1947 8 The Harmonizer ------ OE\oOTED 10 1"'1': ItH£I'ES1S OF BARBH/ SllOP OUI\RTET HAP...,;JNY REPORT OF ETHICS COMMITTEE Publbhed qua:rterl,. b,. the International Submitted to International Board at Office... and the other members of the Interna Milwaukee on June 11, 1947 tional Board of DUectou of the Society fOI" the ~.._.tion and Encouragement of BaI'bel" This Committee has had assigned to it Shop Quartet Singing in America. Inc., fOI" dbtribution to the members of the Society. the question of the propriety of use of record cutters at Society functions. It is unanimously felt that cutting and VOLUME VII No.1 distributing of records without con AUGUST, 1947 sent of the quartet is improper, and that the Society should take steps to 25c per Copy the end that the practice be stopped. EDITORIAL AND PRODUCTION It is recommended: CARROLL P_ ADAMS 1. That those who have cut records 18270 Grand Rh'er Ave., Detroit 23, Mich. in the past be advised not to dis Phone: VE 7-7300 tribute without quartet consent. DEAC (c. T.) MARTIN, 2. That all host chapters for Society j. F. KNIPE functions be advised not to permit record cutting without quartet BUSINESS MA:'lAGER consent. W. L. OTTO 3. That the Harmonizer refuse no· tices to records cut without con CONTRIBUTING EDITORS sent. Roscoe Bennett j. George O'Brien Should the practice continue, further George W. Campbell W. Welsh Pierce action may then be considered. O. C. Cash Sigmund Spaeth Charles M. Merrill Walter jay Stephens Ed. Note: And furthermore there's Frank H. Thorne danger of treading on the toes of music publishers and ASCAP. DISTRICT EDITORS NortlU](lstern - Stub Taylor, Schenectady; Mid Atlantic - Jack Briody, Jersey City; CentralRIGHT SPIRIT Western N. Y. - Chuck Glover, Jamestown: Ohio Jim Emsley, Canton; Indiana-Ky.Because R, B. Borsen, Tenor, The Four Frank Vogt, Elkhart; Ontario, Siz HamiLlon, Kernels, Omaha, expressed such a fine London; Miclligan, Roscoe Bennett, Gra~d Rapids; Lalld 0' Lakes~ Tom I!eedham, MIl· attitude toward quartet competition it waukee: IJlirwis, Welsh Pierce, Clucago; Central becomes an editorial without comment, States, Hec White, Kansas City: Far 'Western, The Four Kernels were chosen to com Dick Schenck, San Gabriel; Pacific-Northwest, pete at Milwaukee. Ernest C. Murphy, Eugene. Ore. "We were privileged to be chosen as one of the five quartets and realize that we arc going to have a lot of hard work to do in order to have any hopes in the Milwaukee competition. The other three Kernels. however, feel that they should have some idea as to how much practice we should put in - whether it should be just every night for the next four weeks, or night and day. If we never get farther up the line than one of the first five at Joplin, I want to express, in behalf of all Four Kernels, our collective gratitude to the Society and its executive members for the best organization yet conceived, bar none," • Clear all dates of Ladies' Nights, Pa rades, Charter Nights, etc. with the Int'I. Sec.'s officer and (equally im portant) with the Secretary of your District. INTERNATIONAL OFFICERS. 1947·1948 BOARD OF DIRECTORS President. .. CHARLES M. MERRILL, 414 First National Bank Bldg., Reno. Nevada Tbe Officers (except Secretary) and (Attorney) [mmtdjalt Post President FRANK H. THORNE. 6216 West 66th Place. Chicago 3B. Ill. (Term Expirillg ill June, 1950) (Vice-President, National Aluminate Corporation) JEAN M. BOARDMAN, Southern Bldg.• Wash Firsl Vice-PTtsidml SANDFORD BROWN. 30 East 42nd St., New York 17, N. Y. ington, D. C. (Attorney at Law) Swefary, CARROLL P. ADAMS, 18270 Grand Rh'er Ave., Detroit 23, Mich. \VILLIAM B. CODDINGTON, Porterville Road, TreaslHer. , ROBERT L. IRVINE. 914 Jackson Ave., River Forest, III. East Aurortl, N. Y. (Asst. Credit Mgr., $ears, Roebuck and Co.) (Dist. Mgr., Uniled Eastern Coal Sales Corp.) Vice-Prtsidtnl. . J. D. BEELER. 1830 West Ohio St., Evansville 2, Ind. WII~L1S A. DIEKEMA, 130 Central Ave., Holland, (Vice-Pres. & Gen. Mgr., Mead Johnson Terrrrinal Corp.) Mieh. (Pres., The De Pree Company) Vice-President...... ,0. H. (KING) COLE. 901 Marshall St., Manitowoc, Wis. (Vice-President, Kingsbury Breweries) JAMES H. EMSLEY, 804 Peoples Bank Bldg., Canton 2, Ohio (Attorney at Law) Vice- President...... EDWIN S. SMITH, 34660 Michigan Ave., Wayne, Mich. (Real Estate & Insurunce) HOWARD C. MELLOW, P. O. Box 373, Peoria, Historian ...... HAROLD B. STAAB, 40 Roe Ave., Northampton. Mass. Ill. (Real Estate Development) (Eastern Sales Mgr., Wm. & Harvey Rowland, Inc.) RUSSELL C. STANTON, 222 Pasqual Ave Founder and Permanull Third Assistant TemporQ'rY Viu-Chairman .. O. C. CASH, Box 591, Tulsa 2, Okla. San Gabriel, Cal. (Attorney & Tax Commissioner. Stanolind Oil and Gas Co.) (Dist. Mgr., john Morrell & Co.) AUGUST, 1947 The Harmonizer 9 -----~ EARLY BIRDS GET HARMONIZER FIRST About 50 secretaries took advantage of the opportunity to mail the last issue of the Harmonizer direct from Cleveland to their members. As a result 4,000 members received the May 15th issue within a few days after publication. Informal investigation showed that some members had not received their copies through the local chapter secre lnr,Y up to the time of the Milwaukee Convention, June 15. All secretaries have been notified that Harmonizers ""ill be mailed direct from Cleveland if they will use the regular Harmonizer envelopes, ad dress them to members, return ad dress them, affix a 3c stamp and send them by Purcel Post or Express to Martin Printing Co., 640 Caxton Bldg., Cleveland 15, Ohio, attention of J. F. THE MID-STATES FOUR-as seen by Beaudin Knipe, President. DEFINES flSCIOT" PONTIAC AIDS VETS ALL BENEFIT WHEN Thanks to W, Vi. Weber, Capt. The Pontiac, Michigan Chapter has U.S.N. (Ret,) for defining "Sciot." L1sed $1,000 of its Veterans Hospital SOCIETY GOES "SOCIETY" 1n the May issue ~eference was made Fund to purchase and install special .~n e.xa11,lple of SPEB.!?QSA coopera to VIlest Coast activities which in blackout curtains for use in many tIOn IS Cited on the society page Chi· cluded the Sciat band, etc., and the wards largely occupied by bedridden cago Daily News, May 13, in a l:eport question was "what is a Seiot?" patientsI at Percy .Tones Hospital, of Barrington, Ill. quartets singing for Capt. Weber, member of Long Beach Battle Creek, so that many can enjoy Greek War Relief. Chapter and former member of Chi~ the benefit of motion pictures during The story, written by a society editor, cago and Oak Park Chapters, informs daylight hours. This unusual type of brought out names of SPEB people co us that Sciots are the West Coast urgent need was determined after operating with the local Relief Com equivalent of the Eastern Grotto, "the many interviews with patients. In mittee. The combination of names playground for Masons who have not stallation of the blackout curtains is welds OUI' Society directly into an ac gone above the third degree." Now being consummated through the co tivity outside its regular interests and we can get a good night's sleep. operation of the American Red Cross. in consequence is a fine example of splendid local public relations. "A BUDGET IS A 'MUST'" It is particularly good in this case be· A budget should be a "must" for every Stationery, bulletins, etc. 300.00 cause the grapevine telegraph informs chapter, Here's aile that may well Bus charters (3) ._...... __ .. 120.00 us that the Greek 'Val' Relief Com serve as a model. Based on 13 regular Entertainment, visitors 60.00 mittee had asked fOI' "publicitv" for meetings and 13 special events during 5 possible regular meetings this benefit and were turned dO\;'ll un the fiscal year, the budget takes into (in event no good "special" til the chairman mentioned that account fixed expenses such as Int'I. is dreamed up) 100.00 SPEBSQSA would be on the program. per capita tax; cost of meeting rooms; Ladies' Night (partly self Whereupon the newspaper representa stationery, bulletins, etc.; charter of sustaining).. . 150.00 tive said "Well that's different". So. buses for visits to nearby chapters; Miscellaneous 10.00 good-will all around. . entertainment of visiting chapters; Ladies' Night, etc. The balance on $1225.00 hand in the Treasury, July 1, ]947, Balance on hand 7/1147 $ 500.00 plus anticipated dues collection equal Anticipated dues collection $ 825,00 See the new International the projected expense. Extraordinary $1325.00 expenses such as financial aid to qual'· Directory of Chaplers-back pages. tets qualifying for the I llt'l. Contest Expenses and profit from projected are to be provided for from anticipated Parade are kept in a separate account surplus from projected Parade of and do not enter into the regular Quartets. budget. No chapter should attempt to operate Register your quartet name and per Here's how the breakdown looks: sonnel with the Int'1. Secretary and without a carefully prepared in ad save duplication, confusion and em Int'l. per capita dues ._. $225.00 vance budget. barrassment. 13 regular meetings .. _._ ..._.._.. 260.00 J. F. K. ~ - --~-~~----- CLARE E. WILSON, 61<1 Electric Bldg.. Omah",. A.RTHUR A. MERRILL, 1567 Kingston Ave .• A. H. FALl<. 219 W. Commercial St., Appleton. Nehrdska Schenectady 8. N. Y. Wis. (H. C. Prange Company) (Div. Sales Agt., Pitt~burgh & Midway Coal (CoTnmercial Engineer, General Electric Co.) MAURICE E. REAGAN. 325 Castlegilte Road. Mining Co.) WALTER JAY STEPHENS, 35 E,lst Wacker Piltsbur).;h 21. Pa. Drive, Chicago I. Ill. (Electrical Engineer. Westinghouse Electric (Temj I!xpi'ing ill JUIlf!, 1949) (Vice-Pres. and Director. Stcmar Co.. Inc.) Corp.) HOMER L. SCOTT, 31) Vcr Planck St., Geneva. W. LESTER DAVIS. 242 Huron St., London. Ont. New York (Treasbrer. John Labatt Ltd,) (Easlern Factory Rep.. Renown Stove Co.) E. H. DICK. 305 N. W. 27th. Oklahoma Cily 3, GUY L, STOPPERT. 1326 W. Dartmouth St., Okla. (Presidenl. General ConstruCtiOn Corp.) JOHN J. BRIODY, 110 Lincoln St., Jersey City 7, New Jersey Flint 4. Mich. EDWARD G. FAHNESTOCK, 1600 E. Douglas. (Excc. Sec·y., Associaled Male Choruses of Wichita 7. Kansas G. MARVIN BROWER, 107 Michigan Ave., America, Inc.) (President, Fahnestock, IHC) N. W" Gr3lld Rapids 2, Mich. (Proprietor, Brower Memonals) TED E. HABERKORN, SR., Medical Arts Bldg., Fort Wayne 2, Ind. WALTER E. CHAMBERS, P. O. Box 208, Rock J f (Underwriter, The MedicaL Prolecti\'l:': Co.) Island. Ill. (Personnel Director, Me Cabe Dry Goods Co.) ROY S. HARVEY, 141 E. Cle\·ellln<.1 Ave., Mus· COPYRIGHT, AUGUST, 194; kegon Heights. Mich. \V. D. COMMON, P. O. Box 1018, Dayton 1. Ohio (Genera! Purchasing Agent, Sealed Power Corp.) (General Manager, Moraine Aox Co., The Society ior the Preservation and £ncourallt'lllent of Barber Shop Quartet Singing in America, Inc., DetrOit, Michigan 10 The HarmOfliz.er TAKE A TRIP THROUGH Orchestra couldn't sell a feminine cus Zippo lighters with the official HARMONYLAND tomer five tickets FOUR FLAT TIRES WEYHING BROS. (et1 Keep Posted orndal S.P.E.B.S.Q.S..<\. Jewelers From Louisville Chapter bulletin, AtUlOunciTlg an addition to our June 2: "Barbershop" Singing causes SPEBSQSA LiTle one to exert physical and mental pow~ Official Past Chapter Secretaries' er for the accomplishment of expert I.APEL EMBLEl\IS ness ... The study of a life time in ---10K Gold-- which yon may e3haust yourself but never your subject. It is a contest, $5.00 calling for courage, skill and self con PLUS 20% FEOERAL TAX trol. It is a test of temper, a revealer of Character. It is a cure for care, OlFicial Past Chapter Presidents' LAPEL .EMBLI·;M~ an antidote for worry ~lI1d offers op portuuities for new friends and new ---10 K. Gold-- localities. It affords the chance to act $5.00 the gentleman and relieves one of ,.LU. 10% "IIOIl_L TAX mental cobwebs. It gives one an op portunity to be a champion of courte Sped,l 10K Gold sy, kindliness and generosity. It pro LAPEL EM BLEMS motes general good health and fine for membef1 of 1s1 place quartel in friends." Distrid Contesls Why they call themselves "flat" no body knows because neithe~ thei~ ap $7.50 each pearance nor singing bears out the "LUIi 10% I'"Ii:DIIRAL TAX title. L, to R.-Alberta Parker, bass; P",uHne Hir~h. lead; Marie Murphy, tenor; Lucille Urbans, bari. All arc Spedal 10K Gold Slenographers at the U. S. Rubber Co., EMBLE~iS "Little Doc" Nelson is let down when Fisk Ti~e Division, N. Y. City. On LAPEL a quartet hits a chord that "doesn't invitation they appeared on Ladies' for Past District Presidents Night, Manhatun. N. Y. Chapter pro belong." But a good one shakes him gram. (U. S. Rubber Co. picture). $7.50 each in his. shoes. In the Champions Show PLUS to% FEDERAL T"'X after the b. c the Four Harmonizers • came through to his liking. As a Each Chapter President and each tear trickled, he turned to Maurice Chapter Secretary should have a WEYHING BROS. Reagan and said "They sure milked Chapter Reference Manual and should that one dry." refer to it frequently. Official S_P.E.Il.S.Q.S.A. Jeweler!J' DETROIT. MICH. Order All Abot'e [terns From SONGS SUNG AT MILWAUKEE --SPEBSQSA INY'L. OFFICE- (As Recorded by Ted Tinsman, Rochester, N. Y.) Checks in ndll11nCe not necessary Titles may not be exact in some cases, but songs will be recognizable. All merchandite billed on "open account" PRELIMINARIES Continentals, Meet Me in St. Louis, Heart of Songfellows, Love to Live in Loveland-Med~ My Heart-Medley. ley, I'd Like to Bring Back that Old Quartet. l'iIldstates Four, I Want , Ireland Must Be Zipadee Doodah-Medley. Heaven, Blue Hawaii. 4, Bonan:r.a Four, Over the Hills to Virginia, Withered Four, Moonbeams-Medley, Yona There Will be Some Changes Made. from Arizona. Si.\~ Antlers, I Love You the Best of All, Indi .New llecfJ"ds ana~Medley. SEi\II~}'INALS Coea Cola Four, Lindy, My Little G1rl SOllgfellows, Walkin' With My Honey-Med EACH BOOK OF 3 RECORDS Medley. ley, Thc)' Called It Dixieland. $4.85 Hi-Lo Quartet, Walkin' With My Honey Hi·Los. -\Vhen the Bees Are in the Hive, BOTH BOOKS - $9.70 Medley, Memories. Kentucky, Good Morning. (Shipped ExprUI Charl/es Collect) !'(ello~!'fen, Old Cherry Orchard, My Gal Sal. Gary Uarmoneers, Linda, I'm in Love With Jolly Fellows, Where the Morning Glories You, Violets Sweet. Book No. II Grow, Mil, She's Makin' E~'es at Me. Four Naturals, When the Man in the Moon Lamplighters, Melancholy Baby, My Jo~ Pass the Biscuits Mirandy Says Hello, Dear, When a Peach Way Down sephlne. That's an Irish Lullaby in Georgia Weds a Rose from Alabam. Doeto~s of Uarmony, Mississippi Moon Roll I Hope to Die Gardenaires, Roll on, Tennessee 1\.100u, I'm On, No One Knows How Much I Love You. Darkness on the Delta Forever Blowing Bubbles. Clef Dwel1/lrs, I've Got the Blues, Building Sidewalks of New York Four Kernels, When It's Moonlight, Nellie a Sailboat of Dreams. Sweet Rosie O'Grady Darling, I'm Afraid to Love You. Chordolle~s, Alabama Jubilee, Old Shilalch. Coney Island Baby Clef Dwellers, Down in Loo'siana, Mandy Lee. Four Naturals, Hello, Wisconsin, When Day Book No. III is Done. Uu:r.7. Saws, Red, Red Rose-Medley, Some~ We Three body Loves Me. Mid~States, Rock Me to Sleep-Old Tenn. Home, When I Lost You. Wait For Me Mary Chordolters, Down on the Levee, Tura Lura Way Down South and Irish Eyes. Jolly Fellows, Indiana-Medley, On the Boardwalk in Atlantic City. I Get The Blues When It Uains Harmoneers Quadelte, Mandy and Me, I'm For Me and My Gal Going A\yay Back Home and Have a Won nl!:" Towners, Mean Mamma, You Left Behind Maybe derful Time. a Broken Doll. Food City Four, Southern Medley, Jealous. Gardenaires, Mary-'M'cdley, Darkness on the Delta. Llonalres, Riding Down the Canyon, Apple Di$uibuted h)' SPEBSQSA, hlC, Blossom Time. Westinghouse Four, Don't Cry Little Girl, Smooth Sailing. SEND ORDERS TO 81g Towners. Never Miss the Sunshine, Down the Trail to Home Sweet Home. Continentals, Wonder What's Become of CARROLL P. ADAMS, 1mI. Sec}!. Sally, I'm Alone Because I Love You. Harmonalres, Honey Man, All By Myself. 18270 Grand River Ave. Serenaders, M-o~t~h~e-r, Gal'land of Old Westillchouse Quartd, Where the Roses Have Fashioned Roses. Detroit 23, Mich. Faded Away, Freckles. Mah Ch~dn Pllyable To SPEBSaSA, Inc, Potomac Clippers, Gang That Sang Heflrt of The five Finalists sang the same -"ons!> in the My Heart, Moon Over Brooklyn. Finals. AUGUST, 1947 12 The Harmonize,. 1946-47 ACHIEVEMENT AWARDS IT HELPS TO KNOW ABOUT A PITTSBURGH AWARDED SONG Based upon achie\'ements (l) for com MID-WINTER BOARD munity benefit, (2) for SPEBSQSA, Here are the Song Arrangement Com. (3) for chapter member5, the 1946-47 MEETING mittee's comments upon the two Chapter Achievement Awards we-re The International Board consid songs that have been most recentlv issued, and the song in this issue. . presented at the Saturday Jamboree, ered, by a mail vote, the im'i tations extended to ~ponsor the Mjl\\'~ukee to: KEEP AMERICA SINGI:-lG January 16th-l7th meetings. (June Release) Population Group 100,000 and over, Pittsburgh, Pa., was the winner. F. H. Thorne Version 1st Place, Schenectad)T, N. Y.; 2nd and that chapter is now hard The Committee concludes its assign Place, Tied, Chicago No.1, Kansas at work completing plans for ment for this fiscal year with a rous City, Mo.; Honorable Mention, Fort the entertainment of the 31 ing number whose lyric is based Wayne, Jersey City. member~ of lhe Society's gov upon our Society slogan "Keep Am erning body. erica Singing," 30,000-99,000, 1st Place, Jackson, The music and arrangement are b\' Mich.; 2nd Place, Racine, Wis.; Hon The climax of the schedule will (mm. Past International Presiden't orable J\IenLion, Clarlon, Mo., Hutch be a super-colossal Parade in ,Frank H. Thorne, of Chicago. Of spe Syria Mosque on Saturday eve inson, Kans., London, Ont., Canada, cial interest is the fact that he had ning, the 17th. As we go to press, the Chicago Chorus in mind when Manitowoc, Wis., Saginaw, Mich., invitations have been extended Santa Monica, CaJif. he wrote this number and therefore to all five of the 1947 Medal it is especially appropriate for chorus 10,000-29,000, 1st Place, ~orthamp· lion winning quartets to form use. ton, Mass.; 2nd Place, San Gabriel, the nucleus of the I.rogram, and Try this out at your next chapter Calif.; Honorable Mention, Charles Capt. Campbell has been asked or chorus rehearsal meeting. It is ton, Ill., Mt. Pleasant, Mich. to come to Pittsburgh to lead our guess that you will agree with lhe communil)' singing. Further Chicago's verdict-"they love to sing Up to 10,000, 1st Place, Warsa'\\', N. Y.j details in the NO\'ember HAR it," It's a thrilling song ananged 2nd Place, Big Rapids, Mich., Hon MONIZER. in easy-to-sing barbE'fshop style. orable Mention, Royne City, Mich., \oF East Aurora, '. Y., Marcellus, 1\'1 ieh. "WHEN THE .MAN IN 'THE MOON 1941-1948 STANDING COMMITTEES SAYS HELLO THERE" International President Charles MerrllJ has (July Release) CHAPTER OFFICERS MEET announced the Society's Committees for Hal Staab, Int'!. Past Pres. and now AT MILWAUKEE 1947-48. and here they are: Historian is making musical history Achievement Awards-Edwin S. Smith, ell.; ag~in. This tiJ~1e it's a fast moving, by R. L. Il'Vine w, L~ter Da....is; WIllis A. Diekema; A. H. $01ldly harmOniOus and typically bar 'fhe Conrel'ence oC Chapter Officers Falk and Guy Stopperl. bershop type ballad that picks on that held Saturday morning at the Inter Chapter l\lethod,-Dean Palmer, Cil.; R. Har old romantic standby, the man in the ry Brown; Wm. B. Coddington; James H. national Convention in Milwaukee was Emsley; Arthur A. MeITIIJ; Thomas Need moon, for its subject. As in the case well and enthusiastically attended. ham and J. Frank Rice. of Hal's "CollE'en Mv Own," Charlie President-elect Chal'les M. Merrill Community Service-Arthur A. Merrill, Ch.: Merrill, our recently elected Inter ..presided, assisted by Bob Irvine and W. D. Common; Roy S. Harvey: Russell C . national PreSident, provided the ar Stanton and Clare E. Wilson. rangment, and a mighty singable one Art Merrill, members of the Inter Contest and J!ldrlnr-Maurice E. Reagan, too. national Chapter-Methods Commit Ch.; J. D. Beeler; Jean Boardman; Harold At least 2500 barbershop fans were tee. Numel'ous chapter activit.ies and K. (Huck) Sinclair; H. H. (Jumbo) Smith and Fr.mk H. Thorne. in on the premier of this song pre methods were discussed. Stress was Olstrlcu-Maynard L. Graft. Ch.; C, W. sented by the Four Naturals of New placed on the importanc~ of appoint Coye; Edward G. Fahnestock; Roy S. Har_ Haven, during Preliminary No. 1 at ing good men to committees, proper vey; Homer L. Scott and Russell C. Stanton. Milwaukee. It is not too difficult al instructions as to their duties, and Ethics-Sandford Brown. Ch.; J. D. Beeler: ihough its arrangement calls for skill. periodic follow up to see that com King Cole and Edwin S. Smith. careful attention to accuracy and pre mittee duties are carried out. Executive--Charles M. MerrllJ. Ch.: Carroll cise vocal expression. P. Adams; Sandford Brown: Phil Embtlry; \oF Officers were urged to put the Chap Robert L. Irvine and Frank H. Thorne. ler Reference ,Manual Lo the fullest Extension_King Cole. Ch.; Jean Boardman; KEEP AMERICA SINGING use, making it available to the various Wm. B. Coddington; E. Ii. Dick "nd Willis Dickemo. Version Howard Mellow. standing committees. Merrill pointed (In this Issue) Finance-Robert L. Il'vine. Ch.; Sandford Super salesmen of barber shop har out that the answers to many Chap Brown and W, D. Common. ter problems are covered in the mony put this song over at the Fin Harmonizer-Carroll P. Adams, Ch.; James als, June the m~mbers of thai Manual, but asked that any problems F. Kn;pe; Deac Marlin; J. George O'Brien 14, 1947, stirring Milwaukee Chapter Chorus which are not covered be l'eferred and \"'alter Jay Stephens. under direction of Tom Needham. to Carroll Adams or his Associate, Inter-Chapter Relatlons-J. D. Beeler, Ch.; King Cole; Edward G. Fahnestock; Ted E. Thus a splendid new chorus song ex Bill Otto. Haberkorn and Howard Mellow. pressing the spirit of SPEBSQS..t re International Secretary Carroll Adamg Law, and Refulatlons-Harold B. Staab, Ch.: ceived its auspicious intJ'oductio~ to gave a short talk packed with helpful Sandford Brown, James H. Emsley and Lhe international group. Wm. W. Holcombe. Bill Diekema, author, composer and advice, and explained the procedure lIIembership-Ted E. Haberkorn, Ch.: Jean arranger of this number, was recently and advantages of secretaries sending Boardman; G. Marvin Brower; John J. Briody: Guy Stoppert and Clare E. WUson. elected a member of the International stamped, addressed, Harmonizer en Board and he is serving his second Old Sonfs-J. George O'Brien, Ch.; Russell velopes to the printer for direct mail Cole; Marvin Lee; Ted Livingston; Wm. J. year on the Song ArrangE'ments Com. ing of the Harmonizer to each mem McKenna; SI(mund Spneth and Jerry Vogel. mittee. It is a highly interesting commentary that two men, Frank ber.. Public Relations-Walter Jay Stephens, Ch.: Hatch Graham: Hllghbert J. Hamilton: Thorne q,ud Bill Diekema, each re International President Frank Thorne, Jalnes F. Knipe and Sigmund Spaeth. sponding to his own independent stressed the powel' for good to the Resolutlons-W. Lester Davis. Ch.; G. Marvin thinking that the Society slogan Brower and Harold B. Staab. "Keep America Singing" should be Chapter and to the Society which a Sonf Arrangements_Don Webster. Ch.: Hal expressed in harmony, simultaneously Chapter office carries with it and Boehler: Willis A. Diekcma; Dean Palmer: composed two worthy and entirel~' dif Cecil Rowe. Edwin S. Smith and Paul commented that the large percentll/ite Zeller.-Advlsol'y-Phil Embury; Maurice ferent type songs bearing that title. of Chapters represented at the meet E. Reagan and Frank H. Thorne. In a Society of our magnitude there 1'00111 ing indicated gratifying realization of Ten-Year Hjstor~'-Harold B. Staab. Ch.; O. is plenty of for both, and any C. CaJ;h: Deac MJ'lrtln lind Walter Jay chorus might well include the two of this responsibility. Stephens. them in its repertoire. AUGUST, 1947 by Frank H. Thorne tE'r," etc., distributed them to the they go along the leader suddenly members as they entered the meeting points to another quartet which im -red for tenors, blue for leads, etc., mediately Lakes up the song while the then the men found their comple first remains silent. The leadE"r can mentary parts with the same quartet let them sing a line, a few words, name, practiced a song or two and or eyen break them off in the middle were later called upon to sing as a of a swipe. It's excellent training quartet. Entire chapter "judged" their for the quartets, keeps t.hem on the The success of our Society is depend· effort, not. only on the basis of their qui vive, and gives the auditors a lot ent on the success of its chapters. song renditions but also on the way of laughs when the going gets hot and The succes:; of the chapter is depend they put across the name of their the boy~ begin to stumblE' a bit. ent on the maintenance of interest in quartet. A little imagination used on Chapter Meetings. This new feature this stunt should produce an hour or of the Harmonizer will carry the story so of hilarity. WAUWATOSA REVIVES OLD TIME of interesting angles of our success· t~ "Box Social"-Chapter Benefits ful chapter operations. Send me an Remembering the fun and informality outline of good stunts your chapter A medium sized chapter in the East of the Box-Supper, Wauwatosa, "'is. has used so that other chapters may has developed several pretty fair Chapter l'e·created one for Ladies' benE'fit by your experience. Let's all quartets through group singing of ight. As in bygone days, nothing help each other to get the most oul printed arrangements. As the conduc~ like a box-suppe,' to break down for. of SPEBSQSA. Jim Knipe, of Cleve tor leads the group through the song maHty and make acquaintances land, starts the ball rolling with this several times until they seE'm to have friends. Each lady brought a lunch, flne resume of ideas. Thanks, Jim! the hang of it pretty well, he sizes for two, most of them done up in -F. H. T. up the various individuals present, decorated boxes. At 11 :00 o'clock puts together what he is hearing·, boxes were auctioned to hungry bid t:t what he knows of the men person ders who paid a minimum $3.00 and as Start meetings on time. See to it that ally and then calls upon specific men high as $4.00 for the privilege of sit· great majority of Hbusiness" has been to come up front and do the song ting it out with the lady a.nd her offer taken care of in advance by Execu as a quartet. Results are sometimes ing. Everybody had fun, and the chap. tive Committee so that business ses pt'ctty terrible but sometimes surpris· tel' treasury benefited to the tune of sion may be short and snappy. Always ingly good. In any event it does the $125.00. Here's one for any chapter, remember 99-99/100% of the mem· men good to get up in front of the anywhere, large 01' small. bership wants to sing and listen. entire group and tackle a song. The only way to overcome the natural Here are a few stunts that have been ASKING THE MEMBERS used very successfully by chapters to shyness of most individuals is to make add a little variety. them get up and sing as often as Schenectady Chal)ter recently sent possible. out two questionnaires to its mem· t~ bel'S. One was devoted to quartet t:t membership--"Do you belong to a Borrow or hire a recording outfit. The "robber quartet" has been in use quartet? If not, check thE' reason(s) Install it right in the meeting room on and off for some years in many of below?" the other-dealt with ques and make records of chorus a'ld our chapters. It's extremely simple tions of Chapter policy, length of quartets and play them back immedi· and a lot of fun, particularly for small meetings, etc. Analysis of returns will ately. U's good for a lot of laughs to medium sized groups. Any quartet. go a long way toward showing what and ma~' even deflate some egos as may be designated to start the ball members want--what they think is recording conditions are generally not rolling, preferably singing a song the right, what wrong. perfect and results are sometimes not entire group knows prelty well. After too complimentary. The newer type the quartet is well under way, any wire and tap", recorders are very tenor, lead, etc., steps behind the SOUTHERN MICHIGAN HOLDS efficient and in many cities the sales· quartet, taps his man on the shoulder JOINT MEETINGS people will be very happy to put on a and steps into the spot without losing At a recent nl.eeting of t~ officers of demonstration before a group such as a beat of the song. one of our chapters. the Adrian, Ann Arbor, l\'lilan, Tecum t~ seh and Wayne Chapters, a plan was t~ put into operation that most certainly Noveltv stores often have- in stock r\ similar idea calls for two, three, is proving beneficial to these chapters die cut paper mustaches that cling to or more organized or pick up quartets and to the Society. to line up in a semicircle. A leader the nose. One chapter procured them Each month a joint meeting will be in four colors, lettered them with stands in front of them and one quar tet starts a song at his direction. As held in one of the five communities on fantastic quartet names, "Shinplas the meeting night of the resident chapter. The meeting places are to be rotated. This will not interfere in 1947-48 any way with the regular meetings of OFFICERS the other chapters. CHICAGO, ILL. The first meeting was held in Milan No.1 in June, the secOJld in Ann Arbol' in July. Many Barbel'shoppers from dis L. to R.-Hugo L. Stanger. Sec.. L. tant chapters are attending, evell Wayne Fillll1kner, though they aren't members of the Vice Pru.; Matthew L. Hannon. Pres.; associated chapters. Ray Blake Delegate The chapters sponsoring the idea are District Bd.: Erwin situated within a radius of a.bout 50 B. Bahns~n. Finan· miles. This is not a closed shop idea cial Sec.; Henry G. SlAvik, Treas. and as new chapters are formed it is hoped they, too, will join this "volun tary association." AUGUST, 1947 14 The Harmonizer CHARTERED SINCE MAY 1st., 1947 No. of Members. Date Location of Chapter Sponsored By Name and Address of Secretary 5/5/47 Medilla, Ohio 35 Massillon, Ohio Leslie Ziegler, R. D. No.6. 5/5/47 La Salle. Illinois 68 Princeton, Ill. G. R. Arboit, 1224 E. Walnut, Oglesby, Ill. 5/5/47 Parsons, Kansas 37 Pittsburg, Kansas Roy A. Woods, Box 546. 5/6/47 Stratford, Ontario 42 London, Ontario Lloyd M. Bettger, 649 Ontario St. 5/12/47 Van Nuys, Calif. 18 Glendale, Calif. S. C. 'Wheeler, 5726 Cantaloupe Ave. 5/14/47 Michigan City, Ind. 27 Gary. Indiana Warren C. Ashton, Long Beach, Michigan City, Ind. 5/14/47 Syracuse, New York 35 Cortland, N. Y. Carl Grobosky, 117 Woodlawn. Schenectady, N. Y. 5/14/47 Mansfield, Ohio 50 Massillon, Ohio M. W. Stretch, 187 Poplar Street. 5/16/47 Reading, Mass. 16 Northampton, Mass. Arthur Aldrich, 250 Summer Ave. 5/21/47 Addison, New York 31 Bath, New York Harley Dingman, Addison, N. Y. 5/21/47 Carlsbad, New Mex. 36 Lubbock, Texas G. R. Hunt, 2101 V\'. Church St. 5/21/47 University, Ala. 21 Birmingham, Ala. Joe E. Fl'anzle, Box 1691. 5/23/47 Kearney, Nebr. 24 Scottsbluff, Nebr. F. W. McCready, P. O. Box 444. 5/29/47 Fort Dodge, Iowa 22 Oklahoma City, Okla. Ken Peterson, Apt. 525, Warden Apts. 5/29/47 Salina, Kansas 40 Hutchinson, Kansas Glenn H. Miller, 618 'Vest Prescott. 6/4/47 Inglewood, Calif. 40 Hollywood, Calif. Bob Collins, 6337 W. 84th Place. 6/4/47 Lafayette, Ind. 45 Fort Wa;yne, Ind. Ivey C. McCord, 619 So. 24th St. 6/4/47 Salem, Oregon 19 Eugene, Oregon E. D. Lindburg, 1465 No. 19th St. 6/11/47 Tuscola, Illinois 33 Mattoon, Illinois Jay R. North, Tuscola, Ill. 6/11/47 Springfield, Ohio 34 Columbus, Ohio E. L. Fitzgerald, Ohio Edison Company. 6/12/47 'Vaterbury, Conn. 22 New Haven, Conn. Carlton G. Prevost, 39 Pritchard Road (63). 6/12/47 Ithaca, New York 16 Endicott, N. Y. James C. Avery, 119 Thurston Ave. 6/16/47 Jamaica, L. 1., N. Y. 38 Jersey City, N. J. Frank Steinacker, 194-44 114th Rd., St. Albans 12, N. Y. 6/20/47 Reed City, Michigan 17 Grand Rapids and Evart r"'Ioffitt, 418 W. Lincoln St. Big Rapids, Mich. 6/25/47 Piqua, Ohio 23 Dayton, Ohio Harold DaTSt, 618 N. Wayne St, 6/26/47 Warren, Penna. 32 Jamestown, New York Fred Printz, c/o The Printz Co., Inc. 6/27/47 EI Monte, Calif. 17 San Gabriel, Cal. Dave Ragains, 705 Esmeralda. 6/30/47 Spencer, Iowa 33 Sioux City, Iowa Thomas Thomas, Glass Block. 7/7/47 Roanoke, Ill. 29 Peoria, Ill. Raymond W. Pettigrew, Roanoke, Ill. 7/7/47 Norman, Okla. 16 Oklahoma City, Okla. Earl Maxwell, 10111h College St. 7/9/47 Dearborn County, 51 Cincinnati, Ohio Robert Inglis, 3GO Elm Street, Lawrenceburg, Indiana. Indiana 7/11/47 Longview, Texas 19 Dallas, Texas W. '1'. Crowder, Jr., Box 1868. 7/16/47 Newhall, Calif. 16 Glendale, Calif. Clyde Houdeshell, 1122 Walnut Street. 7/23/47 Bergenfield, N. J. 23 Paterson, N. J. William A. Simpson, 107 Erie Street, Dumont, N. J. 7/23/47 Jasper, Indiana 28 Tell City, Ind. Jerry Enlow, Jasper, Ind. FROM IMM. PAST PRES. THORNE CRITICS MAULED in the back. If he had taken note 011 leaving, he would have noticed many TO MILWAUKEE VISITORS: Many Milwaukee people were highly of us humming the tunes on our way indignant about the music critic's re out ... At least Melchior has broken Barbershoppers you wel'e swell! I POl't on Int'l. Finals as witness ex· away from the old straight laced, age predicted in the little note of greeting cernts from one letter to the editor of old stuff and is giving the public en I was asked to write for the Milwau theJOURNAL: tertainment, for which he should be kee Convention program, that the resi "Isn't it about time that The Journal complimented, not criticized. I go to dents of that community would say of these concerts, as do thousands of us got a couple of new music critics who are versed in all types of music in others, to be entertained, not bored by heavy stuff ... I say give us more "True Barbershoppers are pleasant, place of the two 'highbrow longhairs' who can see only their own type of American music and either keep these courteous, friendly, happy, and con two fellows from these affairs or send siderate sort of fellows. We hope music and criticize anything else as not being fit for the American public? somebody who understands American they will come back again" . . . I music and appreciates it." wl"ote further ... "thanks for help "Several weeks ago one of them ing us to Keep America Singing. criticized the barbershop quartet or ganization in a national contest as May that slogan always live so that ELASTIC FOUR PLATTERS wherever we may be, that place will corny and as a 'fill in' in a second be better because of our presence." class vaudeville show. Either he Two new albums that the disc-collec doesn't know what American folk tors ,.,,-ill be glad to add to their collec I am so proud of, and grateful to you music is or he is one of those who tions are the new recordings of the prefers EUl'opean opera and their folk that that prediction was exactly cor Elastic Four. There are two books of rect. The words of enthusiastic praise songs to ours. When you can fill the Auditorium to the doors at $2.40 a three records each which include many of our gentlemanly conduct - our favorite Elastic renditions, among wholesome good fellowship and be seat and leave a thousand people standing outside, I know you've got them "Pass the Biscuits Miralldy," havior made history in Milwaukee. "Darkness on the Delta," "We Three," They want us back. That is the best something the American people love, recommendation we could have. May and it should be treated that way. "For Me and My Gal." These are we always so conduct ourselves that "Then recently the other critic tore available through International Head~ the host city wants us back. We will into Lauritz Melchior for pleasing a quarters office. Price, $4.85 for each then be one of the most respected, be crowd of 25,000 people. He admits book of three records, both books, loved Societies in this hemisphere. the public loved it, but still stabs him $9.70. AUGUST, 1947 Duc to our interest in everything musical, we present an exclusive new record album as our contribUlion to lhe grand old illSlitllliOIl of Barher Shop Singing. The best of the barber shop tuncs, by the best of the barher shop singers! Six sides, recorded by five international finalist quartets at the Milwaukee contest of the Society for the Preservation and Encouragement of .Barher Shop Singing in America. Needless lo say, these albuUlS will go fast. Get yours cady! ••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••• A prize record album exclusive with Wurlitzer BARBER SHOP QUARTET HARMONIES 3 records, 6 sides recorded by five champion quartets - ~. \,\s\g -c~~"";." r,~(l.fe[[ei'>\ .... \'\01'(1.\ ••~'~~,,"\)u?-i.l\\e~~~\U[ ~~~~::' In.S''''iS ~,\el"hS' f~. '{\oJ. " I+. [til' S. \\obC[t ~~l\a",\es. An album that is a "must" for your collection. Sold exclusively at our Wutlitz&r stores. Or to assure getting this, mail the coupon below toda~ Ir------,The Rudolph W'urlitzer Company I I J OS West Adams Street I I ~~p~ru. I I Please send me your exclusive record album, ~'Barber Shop I I Quartet Harmonies." 1 am enclosing the $3.60. I I mE I I AOOHEU I IL ClTY . ZONE STATE______JI 16 The Ha,.,nonizer FROM MILWAUKEE stations were fulfilled. We carried out Red Star Yeast and Products Co. inad the Wurlitzer :schedule without a nrtently scheduled Gray for an im hitch and this involved the l.lppearance portant meeting on the same d AUGUST, 1947 ---_--.....~ ~..------7~ ~ ~" .....,..,----- ANNUAL PARADE OF QUARTETS ===== IN DETROIT ===== where the Parade of Quartets Was Born MASONIC TEMPLE Sl,tul'llay~ Novell,be,' 1st~ 1947 Sponsored by DETROIT and OAKLAND County Chapters d!f«Vl, the ======TICKETS $1.80 and $2.40 ======Including Federal Tax On Sale September 15th at GRINNELL MUSIC HOUSE Ticket Office: 1515 Woodward Avenue .. Detroit, Michigan -----'>...2:>... '><____---- ~,..------"./ 18 The }-fcmnol1izer ------~- STUB PENCIL NOTES (Cominued frQm puge 16) I, ~~.~.~.~~~.~.~.~ ~.~.~.~.~~~.~.~~.;~ '.j,.: Old timers remember Joe's first report of $109.60 in the national treasury. Order from the Publisher or Yo,,·r Locdl Music Dealer , • · . Warning all Qunrte1s: Bettel" start ~ ~ now saving your dough for trip to : ; Oklahoma City. It's 48 hours from the : : East Coast "and a hell of a long walk Barber Shop Harmony, edited by Sigmund Spaeth, published by Mills from here," says Cleveland's "Doe" Music, Inc.. 1819 Broadway. New York City 19 S .60 Ca11han. * More Barber Shop Harmony. edited by Sigmund Spaeth. published by Milwaukee Audience delighted to see Mills Music, Inc.. 1619 Broadway. New York City 19.... .60 and hear their own Hi Los Saturday night along with new and old cham Barber Shop Parade 01 Quartet Hits No. L published by Edwin H. Morris pions. Everybody agrees thal a local &. Co., Inc.• 1619 Broadway. New York City 19 .60 quartet should be a necessary part of future Int'1. Finnls. , Barber Shop Classics. edited by Sigmund Spaeth, published by Remick Music Corp.. 619 West 54th Stree!. New York City 19 _..__ .75 And let's find a place next year and future for the competing quartets Two Barber Shop Ballads. by Sigmund Spaeth. published by Mills Music eliminated from Finals. They, plus the In:.. 1619 Broadway. New York Cily 19 .50 Sectional Alternates, could put on a show worth travelling across the coun try to heal'. Barber Shop Ballads and How 10 Sing Them, by Sigmund Spaeth. pub· ,. lished by Prentice·Hall, 70 51h Avenue. New York City.. 1.96 This departnH:nt thus far has heard ·,., , , ' ., only one serIOus criticism of this year's Int'!. Contest. Phrased in Yari ous ways it boils down to this. "We etc., Art Burger and his Candle Craft ··That station wagon four and 'dem Wflnt to hear the tune of a song. parw ers barber pole candles .. Local note Bums' (Atomic) from l\Iinneapolis," ticularly when it is an old timer that .. 'soda' is sweet stuff. . What commented a gentlemen from Okla we know." you mix with 'Old? ? ?' is 'sparkling homa. "are what we need right now ., water' ..." to put some volume into Society sing· , ing." ,. * Henry Schubert's Detroit Chapter • • Chips describes the new champs as Brisk Tom Briskey, Pres. of our deep High spot of Saturday aftemoon Jam "fine gentlemen, clever barbershopw est south chapter was in practically boree apart from singing ... "Cy" pel'S, and a. distinct credit to the Socie perpetual motion, Ilicking up facts. Perkins, hari of Misfits, walking ty." A unanimous rising vote of atmosphere. tillS to apply in Birming across stage in a little boy's hat, thanks to Henry for his summation. ham until his midnight chao-chao left puffing smoke like a Santa Fe engine for Alabam. upgrade, directly in front of new ofw • * , • flcers and Board. Cl'acked Pres. But for thnt fact that Tom Needham's Thorne, "Somehow or other we just Milwaukee Chapter Chorus has sev Came the Finals and Ed Beers, West can't keep these stagehands off." eral t.imes the required number of men inghouse lead, was so hoarse he could * * * in a Quartet, the audience as self-ap~ barely talk. On that same finals sho\v Writes Hal Staab: ;'The outstanding pointed judges would have undoubted· Joe Murrin, Misfits tenor, had been feature of the Contest, the wonderful Iy rated the chorus among the top five. in Milwaukee Oil Friday and returned singing of ALL of the placing- fifteen to Chicago, worked in Chicago until quartets. The Quartets are improving • • 5:00 p. m-., drove to the lawn of Pabst each year, and the Finals are becom· Comments a Clevelander: "Did you and Schlitz and stepped lightly onto ing more and more difficult to judge. ever ride such cheap taxis? .. six the stage on feet and calves that were "The remarkable job done by Secre people all the way to Miller's High so terribly swollen that they seemed tary Carroll Adams and Associate Bill Life Drewery for GOt . returning ready to burst. But you'd neve,· guess Otto, deserves AUGU3T, 1947 20------The Harmonizer New Members of the International Board of Directors Jean M. Boardman, Wash Jabn J. Briody, Jcrsey William B. Coddington, Willi!> A. Diekema, HoI ington, D. C., Lawyer, City, N. )., Bad of '46 East Aurora, N. Y.• Dis land, Michigan, Pres. De Founder and first Pres. Int'l. Champions. Garden trict Manager, United East Pree Co.. pharmaceutical WashingtOTl Chapter. has State Quartet. former Vice ern Coal Sales Corp. Twice chemists, Pres. Holland demonstrated value of care~ President Mid-Atlantic Chapter Pres., twice Pres. Chamber of Commerce. ful selectivity in building States District, and secre C.W.N.Y. District. Sings member '''6-'47 Arrange chapter. tary of Jersey City Chapter. with the Optimists. ments C(lmmittee. James H. Emsley, Canton, Edward J. Fahnestoek. Howard Mellow, Peoria, Homer L. Scott, Geneva. Ohio, Attorney, has served Wichita, Kansas, President Ill., Rcal Estate-Home Con N. Y., Territory Manager. two terms as chapter seere Fahnestock, Inc. Served two struction, long time Peoria Renown Stove Company. Organizer Geneva Chapter. taty. One term Ohio Dis terms as President Wichita. member. has served chap ter and District in many Society sparkplug in his area. trict Ass'n. Sec. Also first Vice President ways. Sings in Corn Belt president Central Western Central States District. Chorus. New York Ass'n. Harold B. Staab, (His Russell C. Stanton, San Clare E. Wilson, Omaha, torian) Int'J. Pres. two Gabriel. Calif., executive Nebraska, sales executive terms. Super-active in the John Morell & Co.. Meat Pittsburgh and Midway Society since 1941, Elected Packers, organizer San Ga Coal Minin~ Co., two term Historian because few, if briel Chapter, president two any, know more about terms, president Far West chapter president. and pres SPEBSQSA than Hal. ern District, sings with Key ident Central States Dis Notera. trict. AUGUST, 1941 HERE THEY ARE! WITH A BRAND NEW ALBUM OF BARBERSHOP MELODIES The Doctors of Harmony =====~~ 1947 1nternalional Champions The "Doctors" offer a Prescription that's a sure cure for the "Barbershop Blues" A Beautful 3-Record Album! • 6 Unforgettable Tunes! 4.95 POSTPAID Setzd check or "'Olley order to: WOLVERINE RECORDING CORPORATION 207 OTSEGO AVENUE • JACKSON, MICHIGAN "Exclusive Barbershop Quartet Recordings" KEEP AMERICA SINGING AS INTRODUCED BY THE MILWAUKEE CHORUS THOMAS f. NEEOHAM.D1R ECTOR AT THE 1947 CONVENTION ARR. 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I _-,-._.__COLLEGE SONGS for Male Quartet or Chorus at. . $1.00 each I Please send me the following: ___BARBER SHOP PARADE OF QUARTET H ITS, No.1 at. .60 each I I I\lame _ Address I City Zone ___Stato . .. _ I ------1I 24 The Harmonizer SHOW BOAT CRUISE "I Hear 'em but I Can't SEE ,em " The second annuallCShow Boat" cruise (Below) Jack Benny-"Honored sir, these sponsored by the Detroit and Oak arc: my boys. the Sportsmen. all mem land chapters attracted over 2,000 bers of Glendale (Cal.) Chapter. I members and their fdends to the plead with you, Mr. Spaeth, enter them in the Int'!' Contest at Milwaukee. Put-in-Bay steamer the night of July Money is no obj ... what am I say· 28th. ing . somebody stop me, quick!" Plying the waters of Detroit River and Lake Saint Clair passengers were entertained by twelve quartets, com munity singing led by Henry Schu bert and dancing to the strains of Sigmund Spaeth-"Put by your gold, Finzel's 8 piece orchestra. Three decks sir. Not aLi the wealtb of Croesus' of gay, singing lovers. of barbers~op mines could put yon fine feHows into our SPEB International. They're pro harmony spent an enjoyable evenmg fessionals - aha! - and furthermore of good natured fun and music. those mustaches are p,hony, and I didn't spell it f.u-n.n.y.· QUal·tets appearing on the cruise in cluded the Canadianaires, Gardenaires. Benny-"Cune you-foiled agayne!" Clef _Dwellers, Progressives, Four Counts, Old Timers, Harmony Shav ers Monarch Four, Four Notes, Bar on~ of Wayne, Barbersharps, Fam!ly THE SINGING CAPITAL OF A SINGING NATION Four Fakers and the Motor CIty Fou/ Committee members were: Henry Schubert, chairman; Harry Eason, Bert Escott, Joe Wolff and Herman Smith. WICHITA FALLS KEEPS SINGING by Bill Underwood Wichita Falls, rampant young chapter riding a tide of enthusiasm whipped up through presentation of three con certs during May, has decided to "~eep singing" with weekly meetmgs and the throughout the summer. Organized last November, and char DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA CHAPTER tered last Dec. 8 with the Oklahoma City Okla., Chapter as sponsor, the will welcome you at the Wichita Falls membership now ex ceeds 60 including five qual·tets. Early in May the chapter presented a 90-minute concert at Electra, Texas, as a National Music Week feature. Two weeks later it provided entertain ment for the annual Rotary Club in OF stallation meeting, trading a full hOUl' HARV[ST HARMONY of barbershop harmonies for a sump tuous dinner. On May 28, the chapter in beautiful held its first annual installation din ner party at the country club. Guests CONSTITUTION HALL who attended to hear the boys sing boosted the treasury noticeably. fRIDAY, OCTOBER 24, 1947,8:30 P. M. Tom Brown Jr., manager of S. W. Bell Tel., is the new pl'exy, replacing Lloyd Yarbrough, Rock Island R. R. repre sentative who organized the chapter. DOCTORS of HARMONY GARDEN STATE QUARTET Yarbrough and family got a real thrill Champions oC 1941 Champions of 1946 out of Milwaukee Convention. POUR CHORDS HARMONEERS Newark. New Jersey Baltimore. Maryland "WE'LL ALWAYS BE TRUE TO-" POTOMAC CLIPPERS WITHERED POUR A folio of 15 college songs, Mel Washington, D. C. Paterson, New Jersey rose Music Corp., 1619 Broadway, N. ----- t"lnd many more flue quartets ---- Y. 19, includes 4-part male harmon)'" ,\>ith the piano score. The geography SINGING CAPITAL CHORUS is coast-to-coast and includes such Dr. Robert Howe Harmon, Director national favorites as "On Wisconsin," "Sweetheart of Sigma Chi," Notre Dame's "Victory March," and "llti 3,840 Reserved Seats :: $2.40, $1.80, $1.20 and $ .90 nois Loyalty." A complete list is in the publisher's announcement else Commencing September '7th your where in this issue. It will surprise mail orders for tickets will be jilled by many to find that these ever popular college songs have verses, also har Dr. Evart F. Warren - Southern Bldg. - Washington, D. C. monized for quartet use. AUGUST, 1947 by Sigmund Spaeth satile songwriter could produce both TheTe is a Tavern in the Town, repub sentiment and comedy, as Tequired. lished in 1934 as "by Rudy Vallee" { I), Two of his most ..famous sentimental was actually copyrighted in 1883 by titles were A Flower from My Angel William H. Hills, who probably got it Mother's Grave and Empty Is the from a folk-song. It is closely related Cradle, Ba.by's Gone. He balanced to the Bu.tchcT Boy cycle, and the these with such comic succeSSes as I closing stallza ("OhJ dig my grave SOME of the music of the so-called Had Fifteen Dolla?'s in My Inside both wide and deep," etc.) appears Elegant Eighties might well be Pocket and lOwe Ten Dollan to also in Canless Love and elsewhere. called to the attention of barbershop O'Grady. quartets. They had good ideas of AS a final suggestion, how about Harry Kennedy's greatest hits came Banks Winter's White Wings? harmony in those days, and there is a near the end of his life. That lilting big advantage in the fact that all this Here is a song of real distinction, material is today in the Public waltz, lltlolly and I and the Baby, ap dated 1884. with unlimited possibili Domain. You can use it in any way peared in 1892, and was followed a ties for individual harmonizing. Its you choose. Veal' later by Say Au Revoir but not composer was a member of Haverly's Good-Bye, still a sure-fire barbershop Mastodon Minstrels and later the For instance, there was a man named number. (Its melody is built on the old Westminster Chime, like Sweet Thatcher, Primrose & West company, Charles A. White, one of the founders and he had a hard time selling his of the White, Smith music publishing Adeline and How Dry I Am!) They song to the managers as well as the company of Boston. He Wl'ote a song sang his farewell song over Harry's public. called iUargue1'ite, which was the hit grave, when he died suddenly of tu of 1883. It happens to be of the "echo" berculosis. It finally caught on when he himself type,-a natural for barbershop ef sang it in a high tenor key, first at fects. T HOSE perennial favorites, My th~ old Boston Theatre and later at Bonnie Lies ove?· the Ocean and Niblo's Garden in New York. White White was both an instinctive and a Wings was Banks Winter's only real trained musician. He is said to have Good-BIle, My Love?', Good-Bye, both of English origin, reached America in hit, althollg-h he wrote plenty of other manufactured his first violin from a the early '80's and both were /liaked" songs. Incidentally, its title refers not cigar-box. It was on the violin that to street-cleaners but to the sails of a he improvised the melody that de to satisfy the demands of customers. The former, whose real title was bQat, suggesting a really pretty pic veloped into Margue?'ite. He took the ture, just like some of our own bar song to Denman Thompson, who was Bring Back my Bonnie to Me, ap veared as "by J. T. Wood and H. J. bershop quartets. then playing in The Old Homestead at Fulmer." It is now known that the the Boston Theatre. Thompson lis actual compOser was Charles E. Pratt, tened to it back stage and agreed to and he may have been responsible for try it as a quartet in the show. This the words as well. Good-Bye, my. MIDDLETOWN OHIO free promotion madc it a success, and Lover, Good-Bye seems to have been ---CHAPTER-- Margue?'ite continued to charm thea a folk-song, but was credited here to tre audiences for years. "T. H. Allen." Pratt was responsible for two other WILLIAM J. SCANLAN was a dif. "fa.kes," W~i.t T-ill the Clouds Roll By, PARADE ferent sort of composer. He whICh antIcIpated Jerome Kern in specialized in Irish songs, which he 1881. and a sequel which merely pre Saturday, Oct. 18 both created and interpreted. One of fixed ~'I'll" to the first title, thereby HIGH SCHOOL AUDITORIUM his greatest hits was My NeWe's Blue becommg a satisfactory "answer." Eues, also published in 1883. Actually DOCTORS OF HARMONY Scanlan took his tune note Lor note TOSTI'S Good-Bue appeared in from a Venetian folk-song, lIieni suI America as a Schirmer publication Mar (Come to the Sea). Your cor in 1881, and its quartet possibilities CLEF DWELLERS respondent can guarantee this, for he have long been recognized. (The made the translation published by E. writer has made a barbershop ar TOM CATS B. Marks. (It waf; one of the late rangement for Mills Music, Inc. and Caruso's favorite numbers.) Never also used part of it as an introduction JOLLY FELLOWS theless and notwithstanding, My Nel for Bert Lawn's Bye, Bye Blues, pub lie's Bhfe Eyes is a good harmony lished by Bourne, Inc.) song, in a slow waltz time. Joseph K. Emmet, generally known as SONG FELLOWS Scanlan wrote and produced the shows "Fritz," from the ehul'acter that he in which he.starred, one of which was consistently played in German dialect, GEORGE CAMPBELL called Mavourneen and contained a is remell}bered today chiefly by his yodeling Lu.llaby. Unfortunately his song of the same title (not to be con CARROLL P. ADAMS fused with the better known old best sentimental song, Sweet Violets, timer)~ This included also a Molly OJ survives mostly in filthy parodies. Jt might be worth trying straight some and previously there had been a For Tickets If/rite time. Peggy· O'Moore. Scanlan liked girls' L. A. POMEROY names for songs, particularly the Irish Frank Egerton's We Never Speak as 1220 Lind St. Middletown. Ohio kind. We Pass By (1882) is' another fin\" example of the "echo" schOOl of close A PICTURESQU E figure of the harmony, with a wonderful set of old For Hotel Reservations eighties and nineties was Harry f~shioned words. (It appears com HOTEL MANCHESTER Kennedy, whose brother Will acted as plete in this author's BaFbe1' Shop Bal Middletown. Ohio his manager and publisher. This vel' lads.) AUGUST, 1947 26------_._-._-- The Harmonize,. Coast to Coast, - Districts FAR WESTERN CONTESTS by The Far Western Contest staged in News about District Contests and District Meetings Long Beach Municipal Auditorium. May 10, had two objectives: To ·select DISTRICT OFFICERS' MEETING AT MILWAUKEE District champions and to pick one Outstanding in the Districts Officm's' tel'S through frequent visits and Sectional quartet to compete at Mil meeting, Hotel Schroeder, Milwaukee suggestions. waukee. When the judges declared the on June 14, called .by Mayna!d .L. 3. Supervision by district of exten- Bonanza Four, Reno, Nevada, District Graft,.Cleyeland, Chall:U1;a~l of Dlstr~ct sian work to meet the present day winner, the Bonanzas automatically Ol'gamzatlOn and J?-ctlvltles. C~mmlt- objective of .bigh caliber new represented the Golden \Vest at the tee, was the necessIty for dIstrIcts to chapte s assume a large share of the burden r . June Convention. Second place in Dis· now carried by the Jllt'1. Secretary's 4. Need for ample district financing trict, the Four Staters, San Diego; office, the lnt'l, officers, and Directors. to cover expenses of district of- third, the Westernaires, Phoenix, Immediate Past President Frank fieel's in extension and chapter Ariz.; fourth, the Gabrielairos, San Thorne described it as "staggering" supervision, plus the major ex- Gabriel, Cal.; and fifth, the Rounde based upon his personal experience pense of sending district presi- leers, Tri City Chapter. and observation. Among problems, dent, secretary and quartets rep- objectives and methods noW' under resenting the district to the Int'!. According to first hand l'eporl liThe scrutiny by the committee: conventions and contests. good wOl'k of Hal Peary (The Great Gildersleeve) as Mc couldn't be over 1. Importance of district associations All twelve districts were represented emphasized. We do not believe we due to the.fast growth and spread among the 50 individuals present, in- could have a better man from Mov of the Society. eluding 3 from the Pacific Northwest ieland to do the job". Peary is a mem 2. Responsibility of district officers District, which had not yet elected its ber of Long Beach Chapter. Rus Stan in strengthing existing local chap- officers. ton. P. Pres. of the Far Western Dis trict was secretary of the judging WISCONSIN ASS'N. MEETS MICHIGAN CLEARS DATES panel, made up of the Harmony Halls, Grand Rapids, 1944 lnt'1. Champions. At the Wisconsin Association Busi Per Int'l. Rules, the Michigan Dis ness Meeting, Appleton, May 3, plans trict has added the following clause The audience of 3,600 heard a wonder for the second annual chorus contest to its Constitution, recommended to ful show which included: The Aces, to be held July 20 in Oshkosh were Dixie Comedy Four, and The Norse put underway, along with preliminary the serious consideration of all other Districts. "The dates of chapter func men, Long Beach; High Sierranaders. plans for the third annual quartet con and The Hollywoodmen, Hollywood; test to be staged in Green Hay, tions to which the public is invited, The Four Roses, Pasadena; The South November 1. Officers for the 1947-48 Parades, Minstrels, Charter Nights, ern Cals, San Diego; Jewel City Four, term are: Ed Warrington, Madison, Ladies' Nights, etc. must be submitted Glendale; Maywood Four and Way Pres.; Ed Walthers, Manitowoc, Vice for approval to the District Executive Back Four, Tl'i City; Westcoasters, Pres.; Rod MacPhail, Green Bay, Committee which Committee must act Santa Monica; and the Harmony Treas. (re-elected); and A. H. "AI" on all such requests within fifteen Halls, stepping out of the judges role Falk, Appleton, Sec. (re-elected). days after submission." into the musical side of the program. BONANZA 4 FIRST IN FAR WEST RCA Victor Records Made hy the CHORD BUSTERS National Cbampions 1941 AGAIN AVAILABLE Complele your Collection with this -- ATTRACTIVE ALBUM-- containing THREE 12" RCA RECORDS of followln~ Selections: uWhen It'isb Eyes Are Smiling" "Little David Play On Yom" Harp/' "Bltek III The Days" "When The Bees A"e Tn The Hive" At Long Beach District Contest Hal Peary (left) (tile Great Gildersleeve) Me'd. The first place Bonanza Four: B. Abbott. tenor; W. Adams, lead; Chas Merrill. bass; D. Colville, bari. Extreme right, Rus Stanton. Past Pres., Far "Afeet "'Ie Tonight In Dreamland" Western District. "I've Been Lis/ellbl' UBye Bye Bllles" "A Garland ojold Fashioned Roses" "I'll take )'011 bome lIgain Klllbleen" ((Swing Low Sweet Cha.,-iot" FOUR STATERS TAKE SECOND Price $6.75 Set Prepaid FAR WEST L. to R. - Chester 5",d Check or M, 0, to Hadapp.. tenor; Leo Pluris. lead; Bud DR. N. T. ENMEIER Boyle, blHi; Bill 2314 So. Columbia Manthei, bass. TULSA, OKLA. AUGUST, 1947 The Harmonizer 27 C. W. N. Y. ANNUAL MEETING MID-ATLANTIC ANNUAL INDIANA-KENTUCKY ASS'N. The Central Western New York Dis The annual meeting of the Board of The Indiana-Kentucky Ass'n. of Chap trict annual meeting was held in Directors of the Mid-Atlantic States ters held their Annual Business Meet Rochester on May 17th. Out of district Association of Chapters of SPEBSQSA ing at the Severin Hotel in Indian dignitaries in attendance were-Car was held at the Essex Hotel, Newark, apolis, Sun., May 11th. The following roll P. Adams, Edwin S. Smith, Cap N. J., on Friday, May 23, James E. officers were elected:-Fred Gregory tain George Campbell and Sigmund Matthews, President, presiding. Roll of Brazil, President; Jack Byrne of Spaeth. Our growlh most impressive. Call showed 13 chapters represented Louisville, 1st V. P.; Carl Jones of As of July, 1946, we had 13 chapters. and the presence of a quorum. Terre Haute, 2nd V. P.; Frank Vogt By May, 1947, we had 25 chapters, and Announcement was made by Bill Hol of Elkhart re-elected Secretary; Clyde as of July, 1947, we have 3.0 chapters. combe (Paterson) of his intention to Marsh of Indianapolis, Treasurer. Our growing pains just won't stop present at the next meeting a pro 662/3% of the chapter were repre until we run out of space to grow in. posed amendment to the Dis.tl'ict Con sented. The offer of Muncie to hold the Many import.tnt subjects were dis stitution establishing a new quorum. 1948 State Contest was accepted, they cussed, including extension (particu District Officers for the year 1947 are building a new shell. The Ind.-Ky. larly proper investigation of possibili 1948, President: James E. Matthews Ass'n. has sponsored 2 new chapters ties and caliber of key man before go (Paterson); Vice-President: Dr.Joseph since May 11th, Michigan City and ing ahead with organization plans), Eckes (Jersey City); Secretary: R. Lafayette. in district quartet expense-record Harry Brown (Diamond State, Wil F,·.nk D. Vogt. ings-availability of district shell mington); Treasurer: W. P. (Tiny) Ferris, (York). general district policies. Importance N. E. DISTRICT GOVERNORS PLAN of holding our second district contest The Secretary was authorized to com was discussed and October 25th was pile and publish a new Directory of The N. E. District has arbitrarily the date set for it. Host city unde District Chapters, their officers and divided its district into four divisions cided yet. Following are the officers quartets. and elected a district governor and elected to take over immediately: R. Harry Brown, Sec. four lieutenant governors in order to President, Homer L. Scott, Geneva; kef'p a closel' touch with chapters V. President, Jack D. Harby, Roches FAR WESTERN DISTRICT throughout the district. ter; V. President, Robert Arnold, War At the Annual Business Meeting, The plan is a local experiment which saw; Treasurer, William Hotchkiss Long BE"ach. Ma)r 10, the follo\ving IS being watched with much interest. Endicott; Secretary, Charles E: officers were elected for the current by other sections. Hal Staab, a~ Glover, Jamestown. President Eject year: President-James C. (Jack) District Governor, will coordinate all Scott keynoted "cooperation" in his Hare, San Francisco; Sec.-Treas. activities with assistance of District acceptance speech. The fine character James U. BlethE"n, San Diego; Vice Sec. "Stub" 'l'aylor. The liE"utenant ?f our. district members and chapters Pres.-W. C. (Bill) Balsley, Phoenix, governors will make periodic visita IS a trIbute to our past district officers Ariz. The members unanimously ap tions to chapters in their respective and to their ability. We have been proved the petition from chapters in jurisdiction and will report upon all ble~sed with unusually able leadership Washin~ton and Oregon to form their phases of chapter conditions and activ WhICh has reflected in our rapid own dIstrict, which now includes ities. progress and development. Idaho and western Montana. (See Page 30) "Chuck" Glover, Sec. OHIO ASSOCIATION MEETS Hundreds Fourteen of Ohio's then 23 Chapters were represented at the Ohio District of Letters Association of Chapters Annual Meet Received ing in the Commodore Perry Hotel from Toledo, May 10th. Officers for th~ Barber coming fiscal year were elected. !\'lay. nard L. Graft, Cleveland is President. Shoppers Ha~old Chapin, Toledo; Phil Singer, from Coast Alliance, and Jack Moore, Cincinnati, to Coost are Vice Presidents. Carl Murphy Praising Toledo is Treasurer and Charle~ Krick, Dayton, was chosen Secretary. this A/bum November 29th is the date, Dayton the spot for the next Ohio District Quartet Contest. Winning quartet in the contest at Dayton will receive four ORDER * traveling bags. NOW Retiring Pres. and Sec. Nelson White, While Columbus and Jim Emsley, Canton we ean received a vote of thanks from the .till rn..ke delegates for the fine job they did in Prompt the year just ended. Shipment ILLINOIS ASS'N. OFFICERS MADE In th~ report, May lIarmonizer, on Il BY linois state ass'n. meeting, the names R.C.A. '7 of the '47-'48 officers were not includ SELECTIONS ed. They are: President-Robert S. McKinney, 437 W. Murray St., Ma 3-12~ "Mandy and Me" - "I Love You the Best oj All" OOVBLI: ""'CItO "Rock and Roll"- "Sailin' Away 011 the Henry Clay" comb, Ill.; Secretary-To Larry Fa NONBREAKABLE voright, Route No.1, Batavia Ave., PLASTIC RECOROS "You Don't Seem Like the Girl I Used to Know" IN ATTRACTIVE Batavia, Ill.; Vice-Pres.-Vince La ALBUM "Begin the Beguine" - "Lords Prayer", Belle, 4951 Waveland Ave., Chicago, Ill.; Treasurer-Harold D. Kamm, PER ALBUM 6.75 PREPAID RfD No. I, Franklin, Ill. Please I I Mail Check or HARMON Y HALLS RECORDS See your new International Money Order To 214 Houseman Bldg., Grand Rapids Mich. Directory of Chapters - back pages. AU"UST, 1947 by O. C. Cash might as well make this thing encom otherwise has all the qualifications of pass the W~stern Hemisphere. a good baritone, except for one thing * • • -the poor devil just don't have any voice. Jean has the voice all right, I had a letter two or three months ago from Ben Edwards of Anchorage, is handsome and dignified and all that, Alaska, asking about forming a chap but if he keeps up with the other My deal' Brethren: ter there. I hope Carroll and Bill members of his quartet, he will have Probably the greatest thrills I have won't let Ben rest until we have an to go into training, learn to chaw experienced in our Society affairs oc Alaskan chapter organized. Ben was terbacker, and toughen up a bit. I curred during the first year or two one of the first Secretaries of the prophesy that if this Washington.BaJ of our organization. The first meeting Tulsa Chapter, and a good one-a timore quartet competes at Oklahoma of our group (about 37 men) of course, much better Secretary than bass sing City nel.:t year, they will give the was the high spot. Then the ensuing er-although he probably will dispute Serenaders a tough battle for second this_ With nights six months long in good fellowship and enthusiasm among place. The competition is getting to the 150 to 200 men who soon became Alaska, what an ideal place this is for a b81'bershop singing group. the point now where no one cares identified with the Society here in much about winning first place; his Tulsa, was a source of gratification to • • • ambition is to di!>lodge the Serenaders all of us. 'Vithin three months after nul' first meeting these fellows--doc~ At each National Convention some from the runner-up position. This i:'> tors, plumbers, bankers, lawyers, mer quartet always comes along to cap very much like it used to be down here chants, et cetera-were meeting on ture my fancy. Usually it is one that in Oklahoma in the election of the streets, shaking hands and ad is not in competition and naturally Governor. We followed the practice dressing each other as "Brother" and that Quartet throws all caution to the years ago of impeaching our Gover whereas they had previously walked wind and just simply hauls off and "busts" them. Such a quartet at Mil nor just as soon as he was elected. It two and two up and down the street, got so everybody ran for the "long they soon began to walk four abreast. waukee was the pickup gang that Jean Boardman brought from Baltimore term"; that is, Lt. Governor. We used to gang up and sing with a and Washington. I had listened with • • • traffic policeman during heaviest traf chills running up and down my spine fic (until the Police Chief put a stop to this outfit singing "You Remind Me Did any of you fellows hear the High to it) at the intersection of two of So Much of My l\'!other" and was im School Quartet from lrVaukesha? My Tulsa's busiest streets. And at Okla patient for Frank Rice to hear them. Betty Anne dug up this outfit and led Frank got in late Saturday afternoon. homa City we had even more fun do them around for me to hear. She ing this because the Flat Foot Four J watched the expression on Frank's said, "If you must listen to a quartet were all traffic officers and we had face when they tied into this number you might as well find one that is good rour different corners to sing on. Britt, and although I did not open my looking, has a trim waistline and Johnny and Red never wasted any mouth, Frank turned to me and said, time getting started, but old Sam wears a pompadour." These kids were "Now, Cash, dammit, don't argue with really on the beam and should have would always argue with us, act con me, I know a barbershop quartet when trary, and threaten to call the hood been on some of our programs. This I hear it, and them is it." Frank and would have reminded many chapters lum wagon and throw us in the hoose I agree that a quartet ought to pitch gow before finally chiming in with us. that organization of quartets in high 'em high and sing 'em loud. As good school should be one of the principal as this quartet was, 1 thought I de Those were the good old days in the projects of our Society. These boys tected a slight weakness in the most were planning to attend college to· beginning of OUI' Sodety. important part. Maybe this is because gether and told me they would un I am so good at it. Jean seemed to be doubtedly slay the co-eds when they But now the big boost all of us get just a little too l'efined, and restrained sang late at night under the windows in our association with the brothers on the baritone. I could have improved of the girls' dormitory. All this re from all over the U. S. and Canada, the qUal·tet considerably by taking minded me of my own great success is the Annual Convention. The last over the most difficult part. Undoubt with the wimmen during my school one is always the best. Renewal of edly Jean was a gallant and thought days when singing with my kid quar acquaintanceship with all the faithful fullover; is a dutiful husband; a good tet, "The Super-Colossal Symphonic brothers is an event I always look provider; as well as a kind and indul Four." By the way, that would be an forward to. gent father; but, commendable as approl>J-iate name for Jean's outfit. these virtues are, this just simply The most delightful of my experi won't get the job done insofar as this • • • ences at the last Convention was meet baritone business is concerned. One Do you brothers realize that at the ing and visiting witl1 so many Canadi must slap his kids around once in a Milwaukee Convention, we had four an brothers. Establishing our organ while, whip his wife occasionally and choruses in attendance? At our first ization among our neighbors to the be aggressive generally to build up Convention in Tulsa in 1939, we had North has been one of our finest ac that self-respect and confidence so only ten or twelve quartets. At the complishments. I wonder if we can't necessary to a good baritone. Oklahoma City Convention next year, ~et up one or more chapters in Mexico r hope we have that many choruses. during this year. Many of our civic There is a certain rowdy, though lov If the Oklahoma City boys and the [nt'I. Board agree 1 suggest we clubs have chapters South of the able, individual, member of a re nowned quartet in a large Midwest arrange to have these various chorus border and we ought to make Our es each put on a 15 to 30 minute re Society truly international by getting city, that I have always thought, with one exception, was the ideal baritone. cital in a hall where there will be a foothold in Mexico and other Latin quiet and everybody can listen under countries to the South. I am SUre He is a lusty, robust, rambunctious, better conditions than existed in Mil Brother Sunny Blevins of San Antonio unrefined sort of singer; knows where waukee. We may have to allot an and his Texas comrades, will help us the chords are and how to put them extra day to get this all on the pro if someone starts the ball rolling. 'Ve together; sleeps in his underwear, and (To top of next page) AUGUST, 1947 The Harmonizer 29 ~-~._--_._. ---- FOUNDER'S COLUMN BROOKLYN QUARTET WINS MISSISSIPPI MOON (Continued) NEW YORK CONTEST The Story Behind the Song gram. It will not be many years, with The annual New York City champion on the Cover both choruses and quartets attending ship for barbershop quartets was won these Conventions, until we will have this year by a pick~up combination The Doctors of Harmony set a pre~ to set aside an entire week, making from our own Manhattan Chapter, en cedent when they won the Int'l. cham~ it a "Barber Shop Harmony Festival," tered as The Brooklyn Dodgers Knot pionship with use of a number com as ,"veIl as a National Convention and hole Four. George Monroe, who had Con~ Contest. Why not have a Chorus previously sung bass in three Bl'ook~ posed by one of their own members, test at Oklahoma City in June, 1948, lyn winners, got his men together for "Jumbo" Smith. Wrote Jumbo: "1 had in addition to the regular Quartet Con~ the preliminaries with last minute quite a time trying to make a short test? If you agree that we should desperation. Lacking a lead and a quartet score of 'Mississippi Moon' do this, write your Congressman, who baritone, he found Tom Jones and happens to be Charlie Menill of Reno, Harry Koch in the audience and because I do not write bass clef ... Nevada. persuaded them to pinch~hit for his I usually compose the songs and write • , regulars. Al Abrams was his stead~ the words ~nd music, but I write only fast tenor. the melody 01' lead sheet. We then There is a comparatively new book The four rehearsed for fifteen min~ go to work on the number, with the out by a fellow by the name of Henry utes behind a tree in Prospect Park boys usually putting in the harmony F. Woods, Jr., entitled "How to Be~ and then went on to ·win the Brooklyn (bari~bass) come 'VeIl Known." He mentions me, title, finishing with Coney Island to match the tenor I sing Lincoln, Andl'ew Carnegie, and a few Bahy, in which a few alterations had ... We have 7 good numbers which other great men, and gives our Socie~ been made for local effect. 1 have written" and another one ty a nice play. But he refers to me as coming up soon. "a little, unknown, obscure lawyer in For the Finals in Central Park, with Oklahoma, who had an idea that acci Commissioner Robert Moses presid~ The chorus follows: dentally developed into a source of ing, the impromptu four tuned up in pleasure and happiness for millions outlandish costumes, complete with "Roll on, Oh won't you roll on " If we had any lawyers in our baseball paraphernalia. Their appear~ Roll on Mississippi Moon Society who could stop singing long ance was actually better than their The stars are shining, my heart is enough to attend to business, I would singing, for they got oft· to a bad pining sue this guy for libel, slander, assault start, with one man beginning the For this little lady love r call "My and battery and maybe something wrong number. Baby" . else, because this bird has certainly Roll on, Oh won't you roll on made me feel very insignificant. Luckily the competition was not too Hide your face behind the clouds Hoping you arc the same, I am severe, and Monroe's quartet at least stuck to legitimate barbershop ma I've been a waitin'-no hesitatin' Owen. terial. (An excellent quartet from So Toll on Mississippi Moon-you our Bronx Chapter practically dis~ know I'm waitin' HERE'S ONE FOR RIPLEY qualified itself by singing concert Roll on lazy Mississippi Moon" numbers.) The voting was close, but An all brother quartet is very unusual, the Brooklyn Dodgers Knot-hole Four but an all brother quartet that has just managed to squeeze through. SUllg together for half a century is Cortland New York's without precedent in the Society. San The judges included Sig Spaeth, Harry SECOND ANNUAL Gab-riel, CaL Chapter has just that. Armstrong and Dick Gerard, of Sweet In 1896 when "Annie Rooney," "After Adeline fame, "\V. C. Handy, composer the Ball," "Maggie Murphy's Home" of the Saint Louis Blues, "Oats" Har PARADE and "Two Little Girls in Blue" were vey of New York University and national favorites the Clapp brothers others. The outdoor audience num ---of-- were singing them in four part har bered about 15,000. mony. Nowadays the same four still QUARTETS ap~ give out with sweet music, and at a A feature of the program was the ('resented By reunion in March this year at San pearance of two professional quartets Gabriel Chapter they sang on exactly and last year's world champions, the FRANK W. LANIGAN CHAPTER the same spot where they sang over Garden State Quartet. Sig Spaeth led -No. 100 50 years before. They had been pretty general singing at the start and finish. well broken up as a quartet since the Spanish War (1898 to you young fel HIGH SCHOOL AUDITORIUM lows-the war that made "Break the OCT.' 18, 1947 :: 8:30 P M News to Mother" popular). In the upper picture L. to R.: Ralph, lead; Albert, tenor; Al'ch, bari; Randall, Featuring Sue!; bass. In the lower picture, L. to R., they ::;tand: Ralph, Randall, Albert, NatiuJla/ly KnOIl.!!l Qllartets Al'Ch. as Ralph, Randall and Arch are members WESTINGHOUSE of the San Gabriel Chapter. AI is GARDEN STATE president of Santa Rosa Chapter. GARFIELD FOUR NEW YORK CITY POLICE together' with 9 other TOP NOTCH QUARTETS and CorUand's Barber Shop ChQrus Tickets 51.50 Ine. Tax L. K. MURPHEY, Sec. 49 Mildred Av~. ~ CORTLAND, N. Y. J' _ AUGUST, 1947 30 Tbe Harmonizer CENTRAL STATES ASS'N. CENTRAL STATERS IN OZARKS HOLDS FIRST ANNUAL MEETING by H. T. White Combining serious business with the pleasure of a Summer weekend out· ing the Central States Ass'n. of Chap ters held its first annual meeting July 12~13 at Holiday House on the Lake of the Ozarks in Ceniral Mis souri. The meeting planned at their January 18 meeting had Berney Sim ner as chairman of arrangements. Members and wives began arriving early the day before the meeting; the total attendance finally reached 97 from every corner of the Di5trict; :svme traveled 850 miles and the aver age distance was 250 miles. Of the Part of group attending annual meeting of Central State~ A~~'n. Holiday House. 59 chapters located in the states of Lake of the Ozarks, Eldon, Mo. Texas, Oklahoma, Colorado, Nebraska, Kansas, Iowa and Missouri, 38 were represented by official delegate or ONTARIO DISTRICT MEETING 6000 ATTEND FT. WAYNE proxy. Business sessions began at by Hughbert J, Hamilton 10 A. M. and continued throughout For two hours on the night of July 17th, 6000 Ft. Wayne, residents the first day; newly elected officers to At the annual meeting of the District serve until May, 1948, are: President, sprawled all over the west bank of organization held at Hotel London, in Reservoir Park to listen to harmonies J. B. Scanland of Hutchinson, Kans., London, Ontario, on Saturday, May 17, 1st V.P., E. L. Vennard, Sioux Citv, from the throats of Ft. Wayne's Col six of the then nine chapters were onial Four, Six Foot Four and Senti Ta., 2nd V.P., W. H. Anderson of Hous represented. Plans were laid for the ton, Texas, Treasurer (Re·elected), mental Four; Butler's Hobby Harmon first District Contest to be held in izers, (who almost missed because J os. E. Wodicka of St. Louis and the Delta Collegiate Auditorium in Berney Simner, Secretary from Clay lead Veri Oberlin was so imminently Hamilton on Saturday evening, Octo a papa), the Ft. Wayne Chorus and ton Chapter. The new officers held a ber 1l. session Sunday morning working on the Int'I. Champion Doctors of Har plans for the new year and laying A feature of the meeting was a round mony of Elkhart. stress on the first District Cor.test to table discussion of Society affairs as bE' held at Topeka, Kansas, November they affect Canadian chapters and 8. Additional committees were ap helpful enlightenment in this regard pointed and plans for sound chapter was furnished by W, Lester Davis, In extension laid. ternational Board member, who was pl·esent. The weekend was filled with close harmony climaxing with sweet bar The District officers were re-elected bershop chords echoing from every for a full term, These are: President hilltop surrounding the 1200 mil~ Hughbert J. Hamilton, London' Vic~ shoreline as the entire convention President, George Stiven, Wi~dsor; made a two hour moonlight cruise S~cretary, Charles E. B. Payne, Sar aboard the steamship Gov. McClurg. ma; Treasurer, Alf W. Neale, Toronto. The bar~er~hop influence has spread tc? Ontano 1ll somewhat of a goodwill MICHIGAN ASS'N. MEETS pmcers movement from Michigan and By Dr. M. J. Kennebeck from the Buffalo-Northern New York The annual meeting of the Michigan areas. Well past is the early pioneer Association of Chapters was held on ing period when thl'ee or four newly May 24th, 1947 at the Pantlind Ho hatched chapters worked diligently to tel in Gr.and Rapids, Mich. The ma grow up themselves and to spread the jority of the Chapters of Michigan gospel of close harmony to other com were represented by one or more munities. The present state of ma delegates. turity was reached with the forma tion of The Ontario Association of Among the items of business 'was Chapters last Fall. chiefly the adoption of a new con stitution for the 'Michigan Distric' Association of Chapters, patterned after the one set up by the Inter national Board of Di rectors. WHAT EVERY MEMBER President Walker paid tribute to many outstanding individuals and chapter~ SHOULD HAVE for their fine work during the past Lapel Button _ $1.50 year. Reports were received and Windshield Sticl{er .______.25 acted upon from all active commit "CALL TO ORDER" tees during the year 1946. SPEBSQSA Auto Plate .50 Song Binder _ _._ .15 Grosse Pointe Chapter's A. J. 'Battle Creek Chapter was highly Celluloid Identification Finkenhoefer designed and made this commended on the splendid way it Badge-3" Diameter .70 beautiful ta~t bronze call-to·order beU carried out the state contest in Feb SPEBSQSA Zippo Lighter 3.00 for chapter meetings. It stands about ruary. 10" high. A double headed hammer, one end wood. the other felt, permits Officers elected for the ensuing year The above items can be obtained from your Chapter Secretal'Y. If all ear splilter or a milder signal. The were as follows: President, Robert emblem is in ~tandard colors, blue. Walker of Grand Rapids, Mich., Vice he is out of stock-suggest to him that he order immediately red. and gold. Without the bell the Pres., Harry Eason of Detroit, Mich., circular bronze emblem makes a beau· Secretary, M. J. Kennebeck of Mus from the International Secre tary's office. tiful desk decoration. A limited num· kegol}, Mich., Treasurer, Horace Conk ber are available through the Int'l. lin of Battle Creek, Mich. office. AUGUST, 1947 The Harmol1iz.er 31 EVOLUTION OF THE HARMONIZER "KEEP AMERICA SINGING"-AGAIN bel'S and friends. Today most people work eight hours a day. This leaves The first copy of this publication was Eighteen year old Margaret Chaney, Onekama, Mich. chose the same title them with many leisure hours. The mimeographed on four pages under as Geo. Campbell's column for her Barber Shop Quartet Society has the title "SPEBSQSA Barbershop Re proven beyond a doubt that this is a high school oration, which she memo very excellent form of recreation. Chordings" by Nat. Treas. Joseph E. rized and delivered without notes: When members get together they Stern, K.C., in November, '41. The Highlights follow: "Do you ever wish the good old days were back when a form friendships, l'eflect good conduct, first page contained, in the following visit to the barbershop meant not only create good will, and they are good order: an announcement by Stern in a haircut but a little harmonizing citizens. N. R. Howard, editor of the which he said "We can't tell you a with your friends as well? You may Cleveland News said, "Our prisons are filled largely with men and women definite schedule of future publication think that those days are gone for ever but the phenomenal growth of who never sing". The Michigan State dates," followed by Hilights from Na the SPEBSQSA has proven beyond a Department of Public Instruction has tional Historian, Deae Martin, in doubt that those days are here to accepted the Society as an important which he asked members to Ucollect stay ... factor of adult education ... Society quartets have made many thousands as many good harmony songs that There is something exciting about of appearances for worthy causes. grew without authorship as possible". Barber Shop harmony that everyone Mr. and Mrs. America the SPEBSQSA Then came an announcement of a enjoys. There is no musical science is you. Yom' support can mean the about barbershopping. It is just pure making or breaking of this force, this Code of Ethics and constitution for tone adjustment by acute ear sense, local chapters, an advertisement for a force which is a factor of democracy the physics of which is lost in vibra that will be one of the pillars of to barbershop decalcomania, and an an tion harmonics, overtones, and timbres morrow's world. Call it barbershop if nouncement by National President that defy ordinary analysis. Un you wish, but - Let's keep America doubtedly it is this departure from the Singing." Carroll P. Adams of six important commonplace which has accounted for committees. the surprised attention and enthusias tic reception of such large patronage. E. AURORA LOSES DIRECTOR Page Two reported Oklahoma City's Good close harmony is emphasized TO DARTMOUTH Memorial Show, benefits of which sometimes at the expense of words, Paul R. Zeller, Director of E. AU1'01'a went to the family of Johnny Whalen, melody, and rhythm ... (N. Y.) Chorus and High School deceased tenor of the Flat Foot Four. Fifty years ago people worked ten to Music Director, has accepted a posi Kansas City staged a show whose twelve hours a day. When their work tion as Director of the Dartmouth Col benefits were donated to the Children's was over, they did not have to worry lege Glee Club. He will take up his about how they were going to spend new duties at the beginning of the Mercy Hospital (our Society had "so their leisure time because they had fall term ... Zeller has been a double cial consciousness" even then). News very little. When they had a few asset to the East Aurora Chapter, di from Northampton, Mass. and St. spare hours, whole families would recting and singing bari with the Louis, Mo., local chapter items and a gather together for entertainment. Optimists. If he takes his barbershop Clergymen often organized Singing enthusiasm along to Dartmouth-a report of the Will Rogers Memorial Societies among their church mem college chapter can bloom soon. broadcast, Aug. 15, rounded out page two. On Page Three were two messages. O. C. Cash, Founder, highlighted his message with the statement, "There are two things I particulady like good music and good fellowship. I take the first for granted when I am around barbershop singers, but . . . only at our Society Conventions do I find the genuine old time small town, neighborly affection and fellowship so manifest when our bunch gets to gether." President Adams' message included a prophetic statement, "We have something that the country needs and wants, an outlet for pent up emo tions and repressed musical desires". History since '41 bears him out. The back cover carried the first SPEBSQSA arrangement ever pub lished, "Sweet Roses of Morn," ar ranged by Phil Embury, who says HI'll never forget the thrill of hearing it for the first time from the old Mound City Four (Bob Shrcves' St. Louis quartet). Scot Gemmer sang the mel ody and his own bass part for me as I wrote the spots on the back of an A envelope. It was 2 :00 a.nt. and Scott CHARLESTON, was so tired that he lay on the floor ILL. QUARTET and moaned the parts at me". 1l1:i4r' .CHAPTER.] WINDOW /t'· Charles toners E ~": ...I·:... looked at the down B5 Q5:1 :~. ~f~he wl~C~)wchdai;r~~·~ ,:. JIII':. April 28 event and f W£'t:~OMES YUU"', ~~ were so ~urious to ,'- . .. d". find what It was all 'U4,J;"ot.'.;;;~,...... ~. '. 'c" about that they filled .. ~:f ; t, '.. the house for the ..' ,fi\,~.. .. first Parade-, AUGUST, 1947 Seated left to right: Mid·States Four of Chicago; Doctors Antlers c MILWAUKEE of Harmony. Elkhart; Clef Dwellers, Oakland County Chapter, Hutchins Michigan; Four Naturals, New Haven, Conn. Standing left aires of PICTURES to right: Jolly Whalers, New Bedford; Four Kernels, Omaha; Fellows Seated left t, Serenaders of I UNCONVINCEDI mooeers of 811.11 Founder O. C. Cash argues that he is a Washington. D. better bari than Past Int'1. Pres. Phil of Gary; With Embury. 1947-48 INT'L. BOARD STATION L. to R. standing: Falk, Stoppert, Wilson, Common, Chambers, Harvey, Brower, Two from Washington, I Davis, Boardman. Emller, Dick, Stephens, Diekema. Haberkorn, Assoc. Int'l. Sec. rehearsed on their drive tl Otto, Mellow. Seated: Irvine, Staab, Smith, Thorne, Pres. Charles M. Merrill. Gedrose, tenor; Dan Cuthl Cash, Brown. Beeler. Cole, RUI.n. Mining-Art Merrill who took the picture, Washington, bari: Fritz Mi Briody, Coddington, Scott, F.hnutock, Stanton, Tom Cats of Massillon; Coca-Cola Four of "CY" (THE HAT) PERKINS Isas; Bonanza FOllr, Reno. Back row; Garden (Bari of the Misfits) d and Detroit; Hi-Los of Milwaukee; Jolly tOn; Mellow Men of Chicago and Pioneer_ Crowds gaped. Traffic snarled. Perkins puffed, TO INn. BOARD MEMBER 'rBig Towners of Chicago; Lions Club of Pittsburgh; Lamplighters of Cleveland. Back row: The City: Continentals of Muskegon; Har Buu Saws or Columbus, Ohio; Lionaircs of Wichita; Food ARTHUR A. MERRILL Standing on Roor: Potomac Clippers of City Four of Banle Creek; Songfellows of Evansville; Atomic Thanks-from more than 20,000 'amboliers of Kanlas City: Harmonaires Bums of Minneapolis. SPEBSQSA members for many our of Paterson; Westinghouse Quartet of the pictures in this issue that recreate t.he Mihvaukee meeting. ON FOUR A GOOD STORY, OR A SONG? ? COAST TO COAST FOUR two from Baltimore. They The pride of Milwaukee, the Hi-Los, earned the acclaim L. to R-Jack Hare. Frisco; Charlie Rickens, New Bedford. aukee, L. to R-Clarence given by the audience at tbe Sat, niiht Finals-Champion Show. Mass, j Holman Weeks, Indianapolis; Don Grenfell, Frisco. alto, lead: Jean Boardman, Puts sunr unknown. alto., ball. 34 The Harmoniz.et Over the Editor's Shoulder Excc-rpts follow, from widespread In the written opinion of Bob Ries, comment since the Harmonizer was Pres. "Q" (Ill.) Suburban Chapter; put on a 25c per copy basis: "Music as the 'universal language' is epitomized by barbershop harmony, "There was no 'barking' at our last Of all the fOl'm::), it alone is truly of, meeting about the added subscription by and for the man in the crowd who fee. They are happy to pay it - and, is unconcerned with favorable re in my opinion, lucky to get the chance. views in tomorrow's newspaper and We will await the invoice" ... Larry who lets go and strives for a perfect Tucker, Sec., Iron Mountain, Mich. chord. It is for this reason that I believe our chapter will bring to its "You doubtless will be glad to know membership something more than all that our Chapter seemed to accept the the lodges and other groups com 'New Deal' with regard to the Har bined; it will bring-and is bringing music on their own terms". From Imm. P. Pres. F, H. Thorne to monizer subscription costs· in good W. C. Maas, Mgr., Milwaukee Audi spirits - realizing the factors which torium: "Will you please thank all made this action necessary" .•. G. H. of those employees for me because I Wright, Decatur, Ill. - III know this am tremendously appreciative of all 8l'rangement is going to take a lot of Writes W. G. (Stub) Taylor, Sec., the little things they did and the headaches away from you and as a Schenectady Chapter, to Int'1. Sec. promptness with which they always proponent of the idea for many years Adams and Assoc. Sec, Bill Otto; "It acted to help carryon our various I am happy that our guiding fathers is much to my regret that my inter programs in an alert and pleasing have finally seen fit to Iforget to be esting and wholly satisfactory corre manner. How those boys on the spot· afraid'." Sing-cerely. Welch spondence with both of ;YOll in my ca lighta figured out just precisely when Piel'ce, Chicago. - HWhen I brought pacity as Chapter Secretal'y is soon I wanted them to switch the lights to end. Your promptness in replying the matter to the attention of my or from one place to another is more to lettel's has been a marvel to me, than I know now, but if I had switched ganization, they were so sympathetic especially in consideration of the vast sugge::)t.~d them myself they could not have been with it, they even sending amount of mail which must reach you, better handled to suit my particular additional money as a free contl'ihu and I have enjoyed the absence of for desire at the moment. We enjoyed tion to help defl'BY the expenses of mality in your letters and admired your fine organization and hope that our Intel'national Office" . . . Chas. their conciseness. The Detroit office you enjoyed us. Ricketts, .l:'res., New Bedfol'd, Mass. of SPEBSQSA is certainly in excel lent hands", • • • Wrote Past Pl'es. Hal Staab, in part, Over the Ed's Shoulder ALAMO FOUR, San Antonio (Continued) TWO derful Mother' and telling me they think it is a mighty nice song. If you could give me a few lines in a future issue of the Harmonizer, UWling Bar NEW bershoppers 1 appreciate their letters I would deeply appreciate it:' » Pat O'Reilly, (Composer)-Battle Creek. • • • SONGS The Alamo Four competed in Sec From Bruce Dennis-Special Features tional Prelims at Joplin. Here they "Waitillg" Dir.-\VGN to F. H. Thorne: "It has Irc at San Antonio airport en route. been most encouraging to me that we L. to R.-Doc Chrisman, tenor; Ray Anthony. Iud; Professor Frank Bue have received a number of letters bendorf. direclor of SilO Antonio "Mist 011 the Moon" practically demanding a regular night Chorus; Hilrry Morg.an. bari; Sunny ly or weekly barbershop quartet pro Blevins, bus and pres. of Ihis filrth "Tailor-made" for harmony. est west Lone Star Chapter. gram. I have just written ... request. Quartet arrangements of ing that ... the Board of Directors "BETTER TO 'BUST' A CHORD consider the same arrangements with both, on!Y 25c WGN-Mutual for 1948's Finals at THAN SPLIT AN ATOM" Oklahoma City. ot that 1 needed any Down in Mother Tulsa the chapter has Piano copies free upon prompting but the Mutual office in elected Dr. E. H. Eckel, Rector of request. New York wired me that they were Trinity Episcopal Church, as presi most anxious to carry the Finals next dent. The rector is a long·time Tulsa year ..." resident, widely known, respected and -. --Write to Us For- • • • liked. An insight into what may be expected when a man of public speak Manuscript Paper To Carroll P. Adams: "The barber ing power heads a chapter comes fl'om Old Sheet Music shop organization certainly stirred up his "inaugural." Said the Doctor: Chorus Arrangements this community and the attendance lilt is better to bust a chord than to you had at your Saturday night pro split an atom," Then he developed "Hard.to·find" Music gram is sufficient evidence to show the Keep America Singing theme, Ouartet Arrangements To Order. the great interest manifested in this Tulsa Chapter is likely to turn out type of singing." just to hear such phrase making as -. \V. C. Maas, Mgr. that ... and perhaps sing one or two. HARMONY HOUSE Milwaukee Auditorium. The Society will be watching a chap ROOM 1654 ter :iteered by u a doctor of divinity 53 W. Jlekson Blvd. Chi"l. 4, III • • • who resides ill (that) vicinity," 'fo Carroll P. Adams: "You have a grand crowd and in my contacts with other convention bureaus around the country, I shall emphasize what a O'BRIEN SAYS ••• ***** splendid convention yours is. I don't TltejollO"dling songs are in Public know when I was so favorably im· * Domain and you may use them pressed by a group of people. 1 am t:** VANSVILLE'S not entirely selfish when I express the any<1.Jhere, anltime. "ItYWIJY. hope that the SPEBSQSA will return ==3rd to Milwaukee again and again:' Alvin J. Monroe, BAND PLAYED ON, The PARADE of CHAMPIONS Manager Convention Bureau. DAISY BELL (BICYCLE • • • • BUILT FOR TWO) The May Harmonizer is Tops ... The MEMORIAL COLISEUM cut of the Buckeyes is dandy art ... GRANDFATHER'S CLOCK G. H. (Curly) Crossett's fine write·up Saturday, December 13, 1947 on the Criterion Quartet is of great HOLY CITY, The 8,15 P. M. interest to me as I played their re I'VE BEEN WORKING ON cordings on the Edison disc in 1913 ... Am a proud possessor of two of THE RAILROAD • their recordings, "When the Corn is LITI'LE ANNIE ROONEY Waving" and "O'er the Billowy Sea" EI'ANSI'ILLE CHAPTER CHORUS ... Like the cover and the story be· LOCH LOMOND hind the song on the cover ... Got a KENTUCKI' TROUBADORS thrill when I read that Fred Waring OLD MacDONALD HAD SONGFELLOWS has joined the Society ... A FARM MID·STATES FOUR George Scarbo, Cleveland. • • WHITE WINGS CHORDETTES • McPHEE THREE "I have just heard WGN's broadcast of WHO THREW THE OVER· the quartet Finals at Milwaukee and ALLS IN MRS. MURPHY'S DOCTORS OF HARMONY have voted it one of the finest half CHOWDER ELASTIC FOUR hours radio has given us. 1 am proud HARMONY HALLS to have my husband listed as a mem ber. In a world torn by hate, prejudice MISFITS hop~ and suspicion there is a ray of Ten Public Domain Song Titles when men from all walks of life of various nationalities and interests 'can will be listed in each fu ture --*- become as one through the love of fine issue of the HARMONIZER. singing. SPEBSQSA is a true instl'u EVANSVILLE WELCOMES ment of democracy." •. K.ep Th••• Li.ts For Reference " ALL BARBERSHOPPERS Mrs. Jack Coombes, Belvidere, Ill. AUGUST, 1947 ...... by J. George O'Brien, 400 S. Franklin St., Saginaw, Micb. then Charles Semonsen of Oakland, Guy Stoppe?'t of Plint is looking for a Calif. (who also included a lead sheet) number that was recorded by the Del and still later from Waltel· Griffith ta Rythm Boys called "Liltle Lize r of Grand Rapids who didn't get his Love You, I Love You Best Of All." Harmonizer until he got to Milwaukee. Now please don't write us about As we go to press comes still another "Little Liza Jane." That one is in from W. V. Balduf of Urbana, IlIi~ every luncheon club song book but W$'re writing the August column nois who says he found the verse in thafs not the Liza. that Guy is look from our shanty at Killarney Beach Cole's Album of Favorite Barbel' Shop ing for. Does anyone know her? on Saginaw Bay where, each summer Ballads." from the first of July 'till Labor Day, c. IV. Griswold of BU1Tyton, Illinois our kids swim and get freckles. Today All a,greed that the verse went sub sent in one that tickles us. He thinks is the Fourth of July. The yellow stant'ially like this. "In the evening it goes back at least to the nineties. sands along the shore arc dotted with by the moonlight when the darkies "It was old when we sang it in the American flags. The blue sky and work is over, we would gather 'round army in 1916," he writes. Here is the bluer waters of the bay, the fleecy the fire 'til the hoe-cake it was done. chorus: "Silence was her answer, low white clouds, 1"cd boats and bathing Then we all would eat our supper, she bowed her head, when her boyish suits contribute an added note of after that we'd clear the kitchen, looking counselor arose and softly patriotism. that's the only time we had to spend, said, it':,; not for gold ['m pleading, to have a little fun. Uncle Gabe but value far above, for the prisoner This is Ame1~ica's birthday. This is would take the fiddle down that hung is the mother of the girl 1 love." "It's the day when every red-blooded Amer upon the wall, while the silvery moon corney," says C. N., "but there's har ican should take time out to thank was shining clear and hright. How mony in every note." And we can be those rugged old forefathers of ours the old folks would enjoy it ... etc." lieve that. Did anyone else ever hear who had the foresight to set up this Yes, thanks to those who suggested U, of it? greatest of all democracies and the we are aware of the fact that these courage to see it through. This is the words appear in the "Album of Out George K. Dunn, Past President of day that we should all get down on standing Songs of James A. Bland" the Santa lVlonica Chapter and the edi our knees and thank God that we (E. B. !Harks $1.50) but we wanted tor of their Chords & Swipes" writes were lucky enough to be born under to know how many of you folks knew about his experiences as a trouper these grand old stars and stripes. them. with the old time Medicine Shows. It seems that George did a magic set and Bm'bershopically speaking ... This is What. is a public dom,ain nmnber? doubled as top tenor in the show's the birthday of that greatest of all Marv Lee suggests that we explain, so quartet. Their feature number was American troubadours, George M. here goes. In this country the copy "That's How I Need You" and the Cohan. As typically American as bar right law protects the owner for twen bass used to "wow 'em" with "Can't bershop harmony was this "nephew of ty-eight years. It CAN BE RE You Hear Me Callin' Caroline." his Uncle Sammy" who only told the NEWED for another twenty-eight. 1f George mentions another number by simple truth when he said he was a renewed, the song is private property the writer of "Caroline" which wasn't "Yankee Doodle Dandy . . . born on for fifty-six years. If not, it becomes quite as popular "but was neverthe the Fourth of July," but what a con public property after twenty-eight less one of the swellest numbers for tribution this great man made to the years. Any other questions? minor swipes etc. so dear to the hearts music of America. Not a single answ€1' to Lee Osmon's of bal'bershop harmonizers" called "One By One the Rose Leaves Fall, "Don't You Mind It, Honey." It was The charm of his inwwTtal songs lies Dear." Can it be that no one but Lee written by Carll. Roma in 190t.i and in their simple melodies and even ever heurd of thls song? Come on, certainly should be worth looking more simple lyrics. Songs that are old timers, HELP! ! ! over if you're searching for songs. easy to learn and hard to forget. "You're A Grand Old Flag," "Give F"01n time to time we get interesting My Regards To Broadway," "Harri letters from Charles A. Conrad 3rd Who 1·emc'lnbers the old time vaude gan," "Oh, You Wonderful Girl," "So of Racine, Wisconsin, particularly so ville four with the "pretty boy" com Long, Mary," "Yankee Doodle Boy," in view of the fact that, in terms of plete with cupid bow lips and a blonde and "Mary's A Grand Old Name" to old songs he's just a kid. He's twentv curly wig singing top tenor, the lead mention but a few of his many musi four years old and in our humble a "straight" man, the bari a Joe Web opinion m05t of the songs that will berish big-panted pillow-stomached cal gems that will go on forevel' as Dutchman, and the bass an old time living monuments to this grand Amer live forever were "oldies" when Char lie was born. He writes, "Have found tragedian, and ... "why don't we have ican composer. that there is generally more musical them in the Society," asks Rus Cole thought put into the old songs than who's always asking good questions A merican spines tingle to Ow tune of there is in the current popular num that we can't answer. the "Star Spangled Banner." Ameri bers." How right you are, Charlie. can eyes sparkle at the sight of Old Right now he has some old records Glory, and American hearts will for And by the '/i':UY who remembers when by the HCriterion Four" that he'd like you could take your girl to the movies, ever thrill to the songs of GeOl'ge M. to exchange with some other collector. tJ'eat her to a chocolate soda on the Cohan. Today is the Fourth of July. Geo. Scarbo, et ai, write him at 826 way home, and still have twenty cents Happy birthday, George Cohan! Hap Main Street. He also mentions a left out of a fifty-cent piece? py birthday ... America! ! record by Henry BUlT entitled "That Is the Time For Sweethearts" and You guessed it. Before the last issue says it's good barbershop. Starts out YOWl' G1·atl.dpappy yodeled . "Walk, was off the press we had the words "A sunny day in merry May when Jaw Bone" by S. S. Steele with verses to the verse of ;'[n the Evening By the meadows are in bloom" ... and that by the dozen to fit every occasion, and Moonlight." First from "Deac" Mar sort of intrigues Ye Olde Ed. Them's a chorus that went. like this: "Walk, tin who saw the copy before it went quartet Iyl'ics with a quartet lilt or jaw bone, Jenny come along, In come to press, then Harry Snyder of Sag we're a Chinaman's aunt. Some of Sally wid de booties on. Walk, jaw inaw who used to be in minstrel shows the SPEBtets looking for new songs bone, Jenny come alone, In come Sally with Ye Olde Ed back around 1915, better check up on this one. wid de booties on." Do you remember? AUGUST, 1947 The Hal17zonizer 37 "FANCY FRILLS ARE FINE the Wisemen of the Society (and are SCHENECTADY GOES MASSILLON we lucky to have 'em) straightened BUT DON'T TWIST THE TUNE me out ",vith a hook and then mowed ONE BETTER TOO TERRIBLY" me down ",vith straight rights and In the May Harmonizer, Massillon, lefts. If Leo Ives, Freddy Stein, Char Ohio, challenged the world to beat its Not long ago I complimented a quar ley Schwab and Huck Sinclair had record of having a quartet composed tet on its rendition of "Moonlight and known what I suggested they'd have entirely of SPEB wives. Schenectady Roses," but it turned out that they'd hired someone to take me for a ride. accepts the challenge and goes Mas been singing a medley of "Hello Cen But, they can twist the tune so it sillon one better. tral Give Me Heaven" and "Margie." doesn't hurt. "Melodames"L.toR.; R.Alda Youmans, This was most embarrassing, par It's facts like that, and what is a ticularly to the guy in the corner who "traditional" melody?, that would ,. had just said gratefully "1 always make it dangerous to write such a rule did like that 'Goldmine in the Sky.' as suggested. Furthermore a 4some You boys did it s",vell," and to the might sing a number that the judge lady who asked them to "sing the had never heard, twisting the melody Dipsy Doodle again." until it shrieked, but the judge wouldn't know it. But anyhow most I'm just an old fashioned such-and of the time most of us want tunes such who likes chords, unusual chords, with harmony rather than a succes oodles of 'em, but who also likes to sion of chords minus a melody thr€.:ad. tenor, wife of Jack Youmans; Jean know the tune on which the other Here's a different, though related, Coward, lead, wife of Bob Coward; three parts are built. I have a sneak thought, important enough to make Betty Vernon, bass, wife of Lee ing idea that the man who wrote the me willing to lay my fair young head Vernon; Nita Pettingill, wife of Nels song might feel the same way about on the chopping block once again. 1 Pettingill. it. Thel'e's a trend, particularly no think I was born with an affection for Then for good measure, the HBabes ticeable at Milwaukee, toward sub~ sixth chords, just as I have a weak in the Woods." L. to R.: Barbara Wil stituting an Arranger's idea of what ness for strawberry shortcake that he thinks the composer should have gets keener and keener. But, I written. A bit egotistic perhaps? And wouldn't care for strawberries as an then again, to change the melody too appetizer, then as the main meal, and finally for dessert, three times a day, often or violently can mean weakness And that's what some of our arrang on the part of the arranger, Some ers are doing musically with sixth times he can't handle the composer's chords. A sixth is appetizing but to fast one so he substitutes a slider. pile sixth harmony on sixth harmony Let's be realistic. takes away my appetite for sixths. I was so alarmed at the Milwaukee How about you? liamson, tenor, daughter of member manifestations that I suggested to Deac ... Stan Williamson; Anne Merrill, lead, several "The melody of songs sung in daughter of Int'I. Bd. Member Art international competition must con • Merrill; Barbara White, bari, daughter form to the traditionally accepted or of member Frank White; Evelyn Sa the written melody. One note may dona, bass, daughter of member Paul be changed occasionally, but a de The Chapter Reference Manual should Sadona one of Schenectady Chapter's parture of two (2) consecutive notes be the Bible of all Chapter officers. founders. Put the first letters of their from the accepted melody will draw first names together, 1. to r., and you a penalty." Well, as happens so often, have "Babe." Hence the name. ~---_.------_.._-- INFORMATION YOU WANT Each issue carries information on 25 songs. To lighten the load of the Old Songs. Committee, members are urged to refer to bach: numbers of the Harmonizer before asking the Committee for aid. TITLE YEAR COMPOSER PUBLISHER All Aboard For Dreamland 1904 Sterling-Von Tilzer Harry Von Tilzer At Sundown 1927 Walter Donaldson Leo Feist, Inc. Buckwheat Cakes 1911 Taylor-Sloop Jerry Vogel Music Co. Dream Daddy 1923 Herscher-Keefer Edwin H. Marks Music Co. Everybody Giyes Me Good l\dyice 1906 Bryan-Kendis-Paley Remick Music Corp. Flower From the Fields of Alabama 1901 Dan J. Sullivan Jerry Vogel Music Co. Gold Mine In the Sky 1937 Charles-Nick Kenny BOllrne, Inc, Holding Hands 1905 Sinith-Hoschna M. Witmark & Sons I'd Still Believe You True 1900 Palll Dresser Paul Pioneer, Inc. If You Were the Only Girl In the World 1916 Gray-Ayer Mutual Music Society In the Baggage Coach Ahead 1896 Gussie L Davis E. B. Marks Music Co. I 'Vander 'Vho's Kissing Her Now 1909 Hough·Adams-Howa rd Jerry Vogel Music Co. Just Across the Bridge of Gold 1905 Sterling-Von Tilzer Harry B. Von Tilzer Let Me Kiss Your "Tears Away 1895 Zimmerman-Couchois Jerry Vogel Music Co. Macna'mara's Band 1914 Stamford-O'Connor Jerry Vogel Music Co. My Own lana 1916 Gilbert-Friedland E. B. Marks Music Co. On A Beautiful Night 'Vith A Beautiful Girl 1912 Cobb-Edwards Remick Music Corp. Pray For the Sunshine But Always Be Prepared Kalmar, Puck and For the Rain 1917 Lewis-Young-Abrahams Abrahams Music Co. Same Old Moon 1905 Hough-Adams-Howard Jerry Vogel Music Co. Somebody's vVaiting For Me 1902 Sterling-Von Tilzer Harry Von Tilzer Sweetest Girl In Dixie 1903 O'Dea-Adams Jerry Vogel Music Co. Sympathy (All I Get Is) 1905 Kendis-PaJe'y Remick Music Corp. 'Vhen My Golden Hair Has Turned To Silver Grey 190+ Edward Stanley Larry Spier When Old Bill Bailey Plays the Ukelele 1915 McCarron-Vincent Broadway Music Corp. Where the Silvery Colorado Wends It's Way 1901 Scoggins-Avril Jerry Vogel Music Co. AUGUST, 1947 38 The Harmonizer ------WITH THE INTERNATIONAL CHAMPIONS "Once a Champion Always a Champion" The Bartlesville Barflies. '39 The Flatfoot Four, '40 The Chordbusters, '41 Bartlesville, Okla. Oklahoma City, Okla. Tulsa, Okla. The Elastic Four, '42 The Four Harmonizers, '43 The Harmony Halls, '44 Chicago, Ill. Chicago, Ill. . Grand Rapids, Mich. The Misfits, '45 The Garden State Quartet '46 The Doctors of Harmony, '47 Chicago, Ill. Jersey City, N. J. Elkhart, Indiana THOSE DOCTORS OF HARMONY could win and they trained like Elastics, Hannonizers, Ambassadors athletes to do so. and others. We thought since we were Four names already well known in the hosts that evening in Hotel Elk SPEB circles will become almost Kidder, the bass, is an industrial en hart that we should let every other household words during the coming gineer and has seven youngsters. quartet sing first and the more you fiscal year: H. H. "Jumbo" Smith, Hummel, the bari, heads Hummel sang the more nervous we got and tenor; Max "Junior" E. Cripe, lead; Food Services which services factory pretty soon all you fellows had sung Elton UButeh" Hummel, bari; and Lee canteens. Cripe is an insurance all the songs that we had rehearsed "Rev" Kidder, bass. These boys have al broker. Smith is a masseur and and thought \\'e knew. When it came ready proved that they are a popular composer of the Song on the Cover, time for us to go on we were a bunch choice for International Champions. and others. of sad sacks •.. I hope we can prove An insight into the character of this ourselves worthy of the ranking given Back of the chaml)jonship is an al quartet comes from a note to Carroll us and hope we will be a credit to the most incredible amount of perserver Adams from Kidder after winning the Society, Former Champs and to our aoee. When the Elkhart Chapter was championship: "In the lives of everv selves." organized in March, '44, Kidder, Hum on€' at sometime or other there is an mel, (songsters together since age 9) experience which has no equal, the and Cripe were looking not only for memory of which he would not trade HERE'S GOOD NEWS a tenor but somebody they could'push for all the tea in China. I have just FROM OKLA. around. And they found Jumbo Smith had that experience. All of my life From N. T. (Doc) Enmeier of Chord who stands 5 feet in his socks and I have striven to liv€' and enjoy every weighs 125 pounds soaking wet. They Busters: minute which I have spent on this After several years of semi-activity, forgot the pushing part when they old sphere, and I know full well that found that Jumbo was featherweight the news of lead Holbrook's possible the experience of being a member of return to Tulsa has again revived that champioR wrestler of 1914-16 and }10 a Barbershop Quartet that has just push-over. Then they devoted all their old Chord Buster spirit, and our pro been named 1947 International Cham gram for the balance of the year time to learning new chords, progres pion is my Supreme experience. sions, phrasing, all that enters into calls for a period of intensive work, improving a quartet. They entered I am still unable to fathom how it thereby hoping to add to our reper the June '44 competition-they entered happened, because, as always, I am in toir~ a group of new and novel ar and that was all. Next year, '45, they sort of a daze. However, our one hope rangements. again entered and won fifth place, is this,_ that, as champions, we may be The pvssibility that bari Greer may after having earlier won the Indiana a C!edlt to our International Organi eventually be free from his work on State Contest. This spurred them to zatlOn, our home chapter, and to our week-ends has also enlivened our enter the Internationals at Cleveland selves, as have all the glorious cham hopes to be able to have a part in in June, '46, where they stepped up pions before us." more Parades of Quartets throughout the ladder to third place. Since While Cripe wrote to Frank Thorne the country. (St. Louis and Omaha Cleveland they have \vorked as very as follows: invitations now in hand ... hope few quartets have worked. They went "You don't remember half as we-ll as 1 we can make 'em.) to Milwaukee with the idea that they the first time we appeared with the A bit of news which may be of inter est to all our many friends: ... Cupid is at last delivering the final punch in a long and hard struggle with bass Tom Masengale. Tom will wave the white flag in final surrender on July 19th in Tulsa, Okla., to Miss Katherine Laffoon of this city. Vlhen you meet her you will agree that, although Tom "IN THE BAG-S" lost the match, he is still the lucky winner. Best of everything Tom and Highlighting the Kay!" reception arranged for the new Int'1. Champion Doctors of THE LOST CHORD - FOUND Harmony at Elkhart, was the presentation by Hugo L. Stanger of complete luggage The MISFITS found it! At 2:31 A. M.. equipment, by Fred Sept. 29, '46, in Room 301, LaMoine Gregory. Brazil, Ind., Hotel, Macomb, Ill., they found it: president of the Ind. They were in Hank Stanley's room, Ky. Ass'n. for the singing to an informal group of nota Association. bles and guests. And they were sing Elkhart Truth photo. ing magnificiently. They almost had us convinced that they were better than the You-Know-Whostics! They answered one request after another, and then Pete Buckley said "Folks, r want you to hear our version of 'Dear Old Girl,' it's really a honey!" They sang three notes,-UDear old girl."-and they hit it,-the LOST (Continued on pag, 39) AUGUST, 1947 Tht Harmonizer 39 Lost Chord-Found La and behold, standing in the door Elastic's Adventures way was none other than Cy Perkins. (C"ntint«d Ir"", PiS!,' 38) Well, if you know Cy (and who Jimmy Doyle, bari (or bass, lead or CHORD,-and confidentially it must doesn't) there was no shut-eye at that time. tenor in emergency), Elastic Four, have been lost in hell, and with good stretches the curtain to give us a reason because the stench was almost Another time \\'hile at the hotel in peep behind the scenes: While in unbear'able! This was no ordinary Binghamton, N. Y., J was walking Pittsburgh on a date we sang several sour Swil)e like ~TOU hear from a pick. through the lobby when a very de· in the air tenninal before taking off. up quartet in the Elbow Room. Only mur(l: miss upon seeing my blue blazer The hostess heard u;i and when we four fine, powerful, highly trained and gray flannels approached and in got on the plane she said "Little voices singing in complete discord qUired the whereabouts of the pow Tommy Tucker sang for his supper" could make such a wild cacophony. It der room. I directed her, having just and refused to feed us Wltil we sang shattered eardrums,-it cracked the passed such a room. Who am I to tell one for her. Frisby thoughtfully asked plaster,-and it nearly broke up the a lady that Pm not a bell-hop?" her to have the pilot shut off the Misfits! motors so we wouldn't have competi They came to a screeching stop, with Yessir, brother barbershoppers, this tion. At that time we were only a few Pete Buckley glaring like an enraged year was filled with everything any feet above the top of the Alleghenies. lion. They tried it again and it sound· human could desire and when June ed worse. They changed the baritone, arrived 've felt we could sit back • • • -they changed the lead, they changed and listen to those grand new champs On a trip to Wichita we had double the tenor,-they changed the bass, the "Doctors of Harmony." Then a bedrooms on the Santa Fe, but found (and some day )'ou try changing the glance at our little black book, which they had sold duplicate space to a Rock of Gibraltar!). lists 20 Parade dates so far for next woman. After we failed at get any· season made it clear there would be no where with the Pullman conductor Nothing helped. The guests clamored sitting back for the Garden Staters. Frisby said "I'll take care of this in for something else,-anything else! my o'\'o way." He went into the bed~ But Joe Murrin roared "NO! We'll Who said we're tired! We're just get room and when the woman refused to find it if it takes all night!" They ting warmed up!! leave he started to undress. BelievE' tried it with Joe standing on his head, me we got our space. Picklepuss Perkins sitting on Art Bielan's lap and Pete singing tenor, • • • but it seemed utterly hopeless. On a trip back from Evansville I drew • cours~ By this time they were practically at. a lower berth (of I am used to drawing rooms exclusively) and each other's throats, and we have yet The Chapler Reference Manual is full to see four guys hate each other so decided to entertain some of the sleep hard without committing murder ... of Chapter aids and represents the ing guests. After we were all in our And then somebody (we don't dare greatest forward step taken by the berths I shouted across to Frank Thorne until he replied "What do you tell who!) raised his part a half note Chapter Methods Committee. and they were on the beam again! want?" I replied dolefully "I can't Their faces lit up in happy smiles! get into this damn hammock." a great cheer arose from the audi ence! The Misfits were saved, thank God, and it was a honey of an ar· rangement! A BeautIful Album of Superb Harmony! To a rank amateur, groping around in By the 0';8;n.l CHARMERETTES the twilight between bass and bari tone, it was downright encouraging to hod that even the best of them have * their bad moments. HEART OF MY HEART My Year as a "Champeen" * by Jack Briody TU~BLIN' Tu~mLEWEEDS When we Garden Staters arrived home after the Min\'aukee Convention we were four very tired but e.' by Deac Martin of the old-and hail to the vitalizing "I disagree with what you say, new blood, ad infinitum the way I but 1 Ihall defend to the death your right to say It." see it. Attributed to Voltaire, 1694-1778 • • • A gentleman who shall be nameless, J. F. (Jim) Knipe, Pres. of Martin tions of members ... for preparing a Printing Co., printers of the Harmon slate that will best promote the suc izer, has become a thorn in the flesh. If you study the name of Jim's com Proceeds of the April 26 Parade, New cess of the Society." The report con sidered Hthe necessity of carefully pany very closely you might find some Bedford, Mass., almost $1,000. were weighing qualifications of many, due similarity between the 6-letter word used to start a scholarship fund fOl' consideration being given to geo beginning with M (don't ask for any "local, talented, young musicians who, graphical representation." It said: more hints) and the byline at the top lacking necessary funds to continue "The slate is as notable for some of of this col. As a result folks too often their musical education, may warrant its omissions as for its selections, write to Jim c/o me, and to me c/o the assistance of our Society in the which points up the fact that the Jim. There's no connection, loose, Society is blessed with an abundant business, family, or office location, final phase of their musical training." between the two. \Ve both used to This is splendid public service in line candidacy, as it should be in a healthy expanding organization." Then fol wear hair. One does now, so that with the pmposes and aims of the breaks that up. Knipe has been capi Society. Granted that we aim to "pre lowed the names and reasons for their selections. For example, Past Pres. talizing upon this department too serve and encourage" a particular type Staab is now working on the ten-year long. In fact he says: SWAT THAT PEST! Good clean fun was back of the origin of the Society, and is still a "WONDER cardinal principle. It is regrettable WHO'S KISSING that actions of a few have necessi~ HER NOW" tated an Ethics Committee bulletin Chicago 'Big Town· highlights of which follow: ers aided George )essel (L.j and June lIWhen we are in public we are almost Haver at world pre· mier of "I Wonder always conspicuous because of our un Who's Kissing Her quenchable desir€' to sing ... It be· Now." hooves us to conduct ourselves in sach manner as will reflect only credit upon our institution. lnasmuch as our Society members have a superabun dance of ability to supply good, clean a stag smoker as at a Society Parade. Answers to Barbershop Bafflers "Second: Requests from the audience, (See Page 40) entertainment, there is no necessity no mattE'r how clamorous, are no justi~ 1. Dear Old Girl for questionable lyrics, stories or acts ficalion. Experience has proven that. 2. When Day Is Done which bring discredit to the Societ)' the same audience will contain many 3. All Through the Night who subsequently complain of the low 4. The Rose of Tralee ering of program standards. Such 5. The Road to Mandalay uIt has been brought to the attention complaints are incalculably harmful. 6. By the Mill (Sweet Cider Time) of our committee ... that quartets "Third: The only proper method is im 7. Neapolitan Nights in mistaken attempts to appeal to or mediatelyand finally to strike all ques 8. Where the Morning Glories Twine satisfy their audiences are resorting tionable numbers from your repertoire. About the Door 9. The Long, Long Trail to suggestive numbers or are present H you are in any doubt as to a num 10. Oh, Mah Lindy (Ain't Yo' Comin' ing what otherwise are entirely propel' ber, strike it!" Home) numbers in an offensively suggestive 11. On the Banks of the Wabash manner through use of gestures and The Committee also called attention of all chapter and district officers to 12. Kentucky Babe actions. the necessity of instructing MCs and 13. Where the Sunset Turns the specialty acts a-ppearing at SPEB Ocean's Blue to Gold "It will be observed that this practice 14. Winter Song functions that Vulgarity Just Doesn't 15. The World Is Waiting For the is a clear violation of the Code, and Belong. one which simply cannot be tolerated Sunrise 16. Oh, Miss Hannah 17. Red Wing "First: The Code recognizes no ex 18. When the Harbor Lights Are ceptions. Use of suggestive numbers The Chapter Reference Manual should Burning 19. Kathleen Mavourneen is technically as much a violation at be the Bible of all Chapter officers. 20. The Bells of St. Mary's NOW YOU CAN LEARN BARBERSHOP HARMONY! OUf sincere apologies to the many who misunderstood our advertisement in the May HARMONIZER. We've received orders for everything but the soprano part for "Asleep in the Deep"! Here's the story: We produce recordings of the four harmony parts to each of three numbers: (1) JUST A DREAM OF YOU DEAR, (2) HEART OF MY HEART and (3) SLEEP KENTUCKY BABE. You can learn one of these parts by hearing it emphasized on a record. If you want to sing TENOR, LEAD, BARITONE or BASS, we can furnish you with the basic har mony parts that will enable you to sing with a quartet. Single Records $1.85 postpaid 4 records $6.75 postpaid Each ~ecord will be made up exactly as ordered - Just check the squares below. 207 OTSEGO AVE. WOLVERINE RECORDING CORP. JACKSON, MICHIGAN WOLVERINE RECORDING CORP. Check 2 squares for each record - one for each side. 207 Otsego Ave. - Jackson, Mich. Enclose check or money order. Please send the records checked below: :151-JUST A DREAM OF YOU DEAR :152-HEART OF MY HEART ~lS3-SLEEP KENTUCKY BABE 0- TENOR PART 0 - TENOR PART 0 - TENOR PART 0- LEAD PART 0 - LEAD PART 0 -LEAD PART 0- BAR I PART 0 - BARI PART 0 - BARI PART o - BASS PART 0 - BASS PART 0 - BASS PART 0- FULL QUARTET RECORDING 0 - FUll QUARTET RECORDING 0 - FULL QUARTET RECORDING Name : . . ._._. . Street and N 0 •. ~______..__ . . __ .. _ Zone. ___ City __ _ State _ __ " _ 42 Tlu Harmoniz{1' February '-Dearborn. Mich.. Quartet Pa rade: Jersey City. N. J .. Quartet Parade. ~I-(tentati\'el Mich. District Contest: War Millions say .. ren, Ohio. Quartet Parade. ~larch 6--Toronlo. Ontario. Quart~t Parade. April -I.5--Kansas City, Mo.. Quartet Parade, U.-Grand Rapids. Mich.. Great Lakes In_ Yitational: Columbus, Ohio, Quartet Parade: Wichita, Ladles' Night. ~4-Defiflnce, Ohio. Quartet Parade. 2;).-Rock Island, 111.. Quartf't Parade. May 1-2-Regional Preliminaries. 8-Appleton. Wls.. Quanet Parade. I~Warsaw. N. Y .. Quartet Parade: Iron Mountain. Mich.. Quartet Parade. June ll-I::--Oklahoma Cit)·, Okla., Conven· tlon. Jul)' IK-Oshkosh. Wis.. District Chorus Con test. best AS REPORTED TO THE INTL· No\·tmuer 6--Detroit-Oaklalld County. Mich.. OFFICE THROUGH AUG. 1st QuaTtet Parade. nickel Aurust ~2-Hollalld. Mich., Ladies' Night. 3O.:U-CharlevollC. Mich.. Labor Day Week· SOFT-BALL A LA BARBERSHOP end Party. Pioneer (Chicago) Chapter's new candy 31-Car15lXld. New Mexico. Charter Night. Kearnc)'. Nebr., Charter Night. President, Vic Listug, was given a rousing welcome at his first official September G-Waterbury. Conn.. Charter there Ni.£ht: Corry, Pa., Charter Night. meeting as gavel-swinger and was so 8-Springfield. Ohio. Charter Night. overcome that he made the mistak~ I:I--Kitchener. Ont., Charter Night: Bingham of challenging his own Pioneer Chap ton-Johnson City. N. Y .• Quartet Parade; IZ-Z! Holyoke. Mass.. Quartet Parade. ter to a softball game against his own lit-Ludington. Mich.. Quartet Parade. "Vic Listugs/' a team which he man· :!l)-Beaver Dam, Wis., Quartet Parade: ages and sponsors. Pioneer had no Ask for WHIZ-Z Olean. N. Y.. Quortet Parade; Elkhart. Ind.. Qual'tet Parade: Trl Cit.)', Callf.. Quartet Pa team but they accepted anyway and rade. Thufsdar, July 10th, was set as the wherever candy IZ-Z! :!·I-Spencer, Iowa. Chartet· Night. date. No need to go into full details ::,-Hornell, N. Y .. Quartet Parade: Jackson. Mich.. Quartet Parade: Lafayette. Ind.. but suffice to say that the foul-line Charter Night. markel'S were big barber poles and October I_Hamtramck, Mich.. Ladles' Night. that the game was interrupted at the :$-Allegun. Mich.. Quartet Parade. 31'd und 6th innings for quartet sing Made by ;l.4-San Gabl'iel. Calif.. Quartet Parade. ing at home plate and that before 4-Syracusc. N. Y .. Chart!:!r Night. the game was over the umpire lead PAUL F. BElCH CO. Chatham, Ont.. QUArtet Parade. Northampton, Mass.. Quartet Parade. the entire crowd, players and specta BLOOMINGTON, ILL. a-Lincoln, III" Quartet Parade. tors, in community singing a la b.s. Ill-I I-Oak Park, D1" Minstrel. II-Hamilton. Ont.. District Contest: Adrian. ... The scol'e? Pioneer 23, Listugs 8. Mich., Qual·tet Parade; Warren. Pa.. Charter Night; Mishawaka, Ind.. Quartet Parade. 18-Berea, Ohio. Quartet Parade: Mt. Pleas· ant. Mich.. Quartet Parade; Middletown, Ohio. Quartet Parade: Joliet. III.. Quartet Pa * * * * * * * * rade: Cortland, N, Y" Quartet Parade: New Haven. Conn.. District Contest: Kenosha, Wis.. Qual·tel Parade. ll)-Monl'nouth. IiI.. Qlulrtet Parade. 2-1-Wilshmg"ton. D. C.. Han'est of Harmon)'. MANITOWOC t5-Lanslng. Mich.. Cavalcade of Quartets: Rochester. N. Y" C-W N, Y. District Contest: Proudly Presents Fort Wayne. Ind.. Quartet Parade; Lorain. Ohio. Quartet Parade; Jamaica..New York, Quartet Parllde: London. Ontano, Quartet ITS THIRD ANNUAL Parade: Manitowoc. Wis,. Quartet Parade. You Saw Them at Milwaukee 'tli-Beardstown, Ill.. Quartet Parade. 2'-28-l\1arIOOro. Mass.. Minstrel. PARADE BARBER POLE CANDLES November I-Flint. Mich.. Festival of Har mony: Ithaca. N. Y.. Charter Night: Green A STAR-STUDDED PROGRAM Bay. Wis.. District Contest: Detroit. Mich.. I deal Jar Gifts. FatlOrs. Souvenirs Quartet Parade: Philadelphia. Pa.. Charter Night; Muncie. Ind.. Quartet Parade; Hamil To Decorate ton, Ohio. Quartet Parade; Barrington. III * BARONS OF HARMONY Quartet Parade. Mlchitan SUHe Champions Tables at Parties, :e--Dixon. III., Concert; Mattoon. Dt. Quar tet Parade. Afterglows. Ladies Nights. etc. "-Teaneck. N. J.. Parade and Minstrel; THE GAY NINETIES III., * Chicago. Quartet Parade. Nationalty Knf)l"n Ki..... nis Quartet :i_Topeka. Kansas. District Contest: Midland, Mich.. Quartet Parade: Bloomsburg. Pa.. 1.50 per pair postpaid Quartet Parade: La Crosse. Wis., Quartet Parade, * THE ATOMIC BUMS 51.30 per pair !.I-Logansport. Ind.. Quartet Parade: La Salle. i\1innl'llpolis in locs of a dozen pairs or mor"", postpaid. III., Quartet Parade. 14-Schenectady, N. Y.. Quartet Parade. nnd other Paterson. N. J .. Quartet Parade, 4 hour burnin~ Ir.-BuRalo. N. Y .. Quartet Parade. Wisconsin Quartets red, white and gold color scheme Omaha. NebI'.. Quartet Parade. IG-Aurora, Ill.. Qualtet Parade. Quartet priflted Ofl Plaque ~t-Lollls\'lIle. Ky.. Quartet Parade: Hartford. Conn.. Quartet Pa. ade; Baltimore No. I. ~ld .. Quartet Parade. Manitowoc's Famous CANDLE CRA~TERS, Springville, N. Y. :!It-Dayton. Ohio, District Contest, ~O-Decatur, III.. Quartet Parade. Please S(!t1tl l~1e * Chorus * 1 pair candle. @ 51.50 paIr December a-Bay City. Mich.. Quartet Pa rade: Pontiac. Mlcll.. Quartet Parade, .. pai, candlos @ S1.30 pair la-Evansville. Ind.. Quartet Parade. (in dO AUGUST, 1947 TIlt HflrJIIOlltZfr 43 -'------ Mass., Conn., and New York east ward; Illinois, Indiana, Ohio, Michi gan, Kentucky and ouI' host state, Wisconsin filled in the middle, Three hours spent in singing together under leadership of class members, the help ful suggestions and criticisms from the class on the performance of the stu dent leaders, warmed the cockles of the heart of this old bald-headed song leader, BY GEORGE W. CAMPBELL The eagerness for techniques and the Hl\1ilw8ukee, June, 1947" fOl' years to desire to do something is a splendid come will mean more t.han the name indication that in the coming year of a city, more than just a date on a more chaptel's will appoint song lead calendar to the near three thousand ers to serve the community. Follow members, friends and fans of our ing Cleveland, 1046, in this column I Society from all over this America reminded our Society that through the and from many parts of Canada who great chapter parades, the thousands came for the convention and contest, of appearances made by the quartets It was more than a convention, more than a contest, more than just a good and the chapter choruses, our motto time and mOl'e than just barbershop "Keep America Singing" is actually quartet singing. It was-well, just becoming a reality, what was it? I can't describe it. I can't. put my finger on it, I am sure Help Your CommunHy it was something more than all the labels you could think of that might We must go one step farther. Most be tagged on to it, It was too deep, progressive communities during the too fine and splendid for mere words. coul'se of a year sponsor several out If yOu think I am up in the clouds fly standing civic programs where large JOIN IN THE ing around on one of those recently groups of people arc gathered to discovered saucers, try to tell a friend gether. Many of these programs CHORUS! what Milwaukee, June, 1947 was like, would be enriched if the people were Have you ever tried to describe to all Learn to sing these new, melodious other your impressions of some great given the opportunity to sing. The personality you have known? Can most recent gathering of this kind in you describe a thing of beauty-like which I participated was held in Buf a sunset? The best most of us can falo last week. July 4th. It was the Songs of say: ult was wonderful!" seventh annual Independence Day celebration. Under the sponsorship of One of the impressions that made it Indiana wonderful, to me, was the high sports the civic-minded Buffalo Evening manship of the 30 competing quartets. News and the News' WBEN a truly AND THE HOOSIER LINE Their spirit was so contagious that great pl'ogram was provided the peo the people attending the semi-finals ple of Buffalo. Thirty thousand people Captivating melodies that all good caught it, and it carried into the vast came. Music fl'om the classics and Barber Shoppers will be singing. audience of 6000 for the finals. the popular; fun, fireworks, and three A feature of the Monon Railway circus acts. But best of all, however, Another impression: I know some of Centennial Celebration. the mechanics involved in the planning (you guessed it) the people sang. and preparation for a great conven They 'VANTJ:.:D to sing (It's the fault tion and contest like ours. Work. of the Buffalo Chapter that I have tedious details, give and lake among appeared on this wonderful program the countless activities of the commit for the last two years.) tees; special arrangements-but why ~1~~~~ 95 go on? Somebody had to do it be On great civic events like the Buffalo $3 cause it had to be done. My impres program our chapter song leaders can discs, prepaid. sion adds up to this-something more beautiful than orchids is due the Mil "Keep America Singing." The chap We include, FREE, the waukee Chapter for creating a setting ter parade committee that provides eiQht songs in sheet music which made it possible for us to have only for the formality of singing the an experience that defies description. national anthem or the national hymn I am at a loss to express my own ap on the annual quartet parade is letting preciation, much less to describe it. If the people down. Let the people sing! l. The Gentleman Who Paid My Fare the Greeks had a word for it, so has SPEBSQSA-it's Music. No-mol'e 2, Monticello Moon Strictly personal: There are several than that, it's the Spirit of Music! 3. Indiana Is So Rich· Where docs it come from? Brother, places where "my year" ends within it's inside of you. Everybody has it. the twelve months: by the calendar, 4. The Belle of The Monon· Our Society is dedicated to the propo of course is one and by the convention 5, Sleepy Little Town sition of helping folks to enjoy it and contest date is another. Since throu¥h singing together. In the Cleveland, chapters from all over the 6, Up and Down the Monon· Spirit of Music, everything is possible. country have complimented me with 7. Hoosier Time Hence, "Milwaukee, 1947." invitations to participate in their pa 8, Last Call for Dinner , , , rudes. Much to my regret I was un able to accept all of them. There are 'Records by Mid-States Four not enough Satmdays in the year for Seud cbeck or money order to More than 66 barhel'shoppers enrolled one reason, but the principal reason for the song leaders class in Mil was the invitation alTived too late. waukee. Twelve states, the D. C. and We will hope for bt!tter connections MID-STATES-FOUR Canada were represented. Missouri, dming the coming year. Best wishes 2174 Giddings Street Texas and Nebraska south and west; for a Happy New Year to all! CHICAGO 25, ILLINOiS AUGUST, 1947 44 The Harmoniz.er al Prelim Contest and commented in Quartets of the calibre of the Old part as follows: "Barbershop quar~ Revelers of Eveready Hour fame, the I SEE tet singing is a highly specialized Eton Boys and King's Men spotted field. It follows a definite formula. regularly on a network program sing BY THE __ and this formula is strange to a re~ ing the best of modern songs and porter accustomed to symphonic mu gems of bygone days that lend them PAPERS. f'5: .... sic, instrumental music and the art selves so readily to quartet al'l'ange song. The Barbershoppel's, naturally, ments would be such a novelty as to ....-, adore a tempo rubato (for which be classified as new. they would be promptly killed, were they singing serious music.) Their Nearly everybody likes to sing. Some phrasing is startling and unconven~ can, a great number think they can, tional. Their choice of breathing and others want to sing but do not places has nothing to do with music possess the ability to carry a tune. or words. It is a bit disturbing. The urge to sing predominate:) at so cial gatherings where the life of the Christian Science Monitor, May 10, But these technical aspects of the party seats himself at the piano and reprinted a Denver Post editorial in singing are proper, it seems, and they is immediately surrounded by a timid part as follows: "Junior, in his hepcat don't really matter, since the idea is quartet, or eventually a chorus that ignorance, may ask us "What is bar not art. Anyway, all 12 quartets pos bursts forth with such perennial fav bershop ?" What shall we tell him? sessed good balance, good blending of orites as Wrote Howard Fitzpatrick in the Robert A. Johns of the Daily Post Boston Sunday Post: "If we can't Tribune, LaSalle, Ill. describing the have something new in radio, why Charter Night Program of the LaSalle Chapter wrote: "There is something THE CHRISTY CO., Fremont, Ohio can't we revive what was good in net ~hk... <>f /,moo, CIIc;,er .J> ROlon work broadcasting 20 years ago about barbershop singing. Said one .nd Dhd.J f", , St"tc»inn, mainly good singing and preferably visitor - who indicated he'd be at the male quartets, trios and manly solo next rehearsal May 12 - 'This stuff ists? (Continued on pag, 45) AUGUST, 1947 The Harmoniz.er 45 I SEE BY THE PAPERS John Bunker, Boston, in the Christian Henry W. Clune wrote in the Roches Science Monitor wrote that Ed Place, ter (N. Y.) Democrat & Chronicle, in P(lg~ (Contim"d from 44) former B 0 s ton newspaper man part, after attending a meeting of the lifts you up, It puts your head in the "brought 4 Washington, D. C. barber local chapter: IIIt was unique, it was clouds where you see everything in shoppers here just to sing a few songs interesting, it was good fellowship, technicolor, you smell nothing but and launch a chapter in the Hub, In and excellent entertainment. And sweet perfumes and hear nothing but stead of just singing a few songs they democratic to the core. I left the room harmonies that float you on a magic sang for two days at the Algonquin, trying a harmonizing chord myself, a carpet. It gets you to thinking every Harvard and Brown University Club, 'swipe' as the barber shop boys call one in the world is a nice guy'," and in local restaurants, lobbies and it." station platforms." Colliers, June 7, "Oh How They Bal' Wrote Tracy Silvester in The Daily In The Christi.ul Science Monitor, Chi monize" told the story of the forma Oklahoman: "Nothing can stir up a cago: "Fnmk Thorne, (Imm. Past) tion of the Bronx Chapter. Describing good fight in music circles like the Intel'national President of the Society the evolution from Club Harmony to a}'guments over the contribution the for the Presel'vation and Encourage SPEBSQSA, accomplished largely by SPEBSQSA (Barbershoppers to you ment of Bal'ber Shop Quartet Singing 'Walter Morris, the wl'iter closed with uninitiated) is making to music in in America, Inc" is boasting that his this comment on Morris. "He takes general ... Well, what is it that will organization finally has broken down barbershop quartet singing with the induce 20,000 men from all walks of the last barrier to full musical rec utmost gravity. Just how he figures life to leave jobs, cities and happy ognition. The National Federation of it is not plain but Walter somehow homes to make an overland trip to Music Clubs invited the barbershop mixes it up with our national security. sing "Coney Island Baby" with 19,999 pel's to appear on the program at its other fellows? We don't presume to He thinks if anythin~ happened to recent convention in Detroit. Three of barbershop singers it would be almost know, but we are sure these boys the Society's best gave a one hour as bad as giving away the atomic really enjoy every minute of their musical program at the Past Presi bomb secret. You can't kid around association with the music they like dent's Recital at the biennial. 'Now with Walter on a subject as serious ... We believe barbershop singing it's the Four B's - Beethoven, Bach, as that." is making a definite contribution to Brahms, and Barber Shop", comment our musical life, and anything that ed Mr, Thorne in a glow of pride'." can draw that many people together just for the fun of it is a good thing," This will inform the many who read about the barbershop quartet which performed at the Firestone-Ford wed ding in Akron, Newsweek, June 30, The Farmall-Inner View, an em that it was 50% SPEBSQSA, since the See your new International ployees' publication, Rock Island, III., bass and bari were Charles Dickinson Directory of Chapters-back pages devoted a page to pictures of the Rock and Don Webster of Cleveland Chap Island Chorus and Tunnel Tunesters, ter. employees of Farmall Tractor who practice at noon in the tunnel between the office and the plant. Dorothy Sangster, Liberty (Canadian Edition) May 24, did an interesting story about SPEB in Toronto, Quot ing J. Gordon Knox of Toronto, she wrote "The true barbershop enthusiast PARADE is filled with a zeal for research, he experiments with novel arrangements, he practices harmony." of The l'ovhlg reporter of an Evansville, CHAMPIONS Ind. paper reported, June 1, that a local quartet was going over with a bang. The members had never sung to such an enthusiastic, hilsl'ious, Featuring group. Mrs. Jerry Beeler, at a closeby table, finally got her husband's atten tion "Thanks, dear," he beamed and DOCTORS of HARMONY turned his back on the audience for a moment. Then said he in an aside to the bari, III never did put too much HARMONY HALLS faith in zippers." MISFITS and otbe1"S An Indianapolis paper addressed a "plea to Indianapolis tenors who have had experience in close harmony" prior to the May 11 Sectional Pre liminaries. The paper said "There November 1J 1947 are quartets here that can sing if only they could recruit suitable tenors . ' . the need is urgent and the emer MUNCIE FIELD DOUSE gency grave, Indianapolis tenors are asked to drop whatever they are do MllN(,'IE. IND. ing, reach for a high note and run not walk-to the nearest quartet." AUGUST, 1947 The Harmonizer 46 ------PIONEER RECORDING QUARTETS-THE AVON COMEDY FOUR BARBERSHOP RECORDS, By G. H. (Curly) Crossett, Flint Chapter FOLIOS AND SUPPLIES The Avon Comedy Four 'will go down chal'aeter known as "Lazy Dan" of Barber Shop Sonl,1,ll:'\Od Swipes - .60 in history as one of the truly great some years ago. Mr. Kaufman, aside Barber Shop Harmony .60 quartets of all time, and they fully from his tine work with the quartet, More Barber Shop Harmony· .60 deserve that distinction, for their was also a solo artist with a most Parade of (,,'uartct Hits No. I - .60 work was both outstanding and pleasing voice that recorded much Southernalres' Hymns Fallo - .60 unique, better than that of the average sing Golden Gate Quartette er, every word being clear and dis~ Spiritmlill • - - - .60 tinct. Barber Shop Classics .7!! Close HarUlony .15 Quoting the Billboard, January 24th, Feist FolIo for Male Cuartets .15 1914, when the boys were doing their Mills Handy Tunes .75 stuff at Keith's Theatre, Philadelphia: Mills Favorites .15 "The Avon Comedy Four, in their Revellers Modern Quartets singing farce, which has provoked Vol. 1. 2 or 3, each .75 more laughter in this theatre than Forster Melody and any act since its erection, cleaned up Harmony Songs .15 again today, Their New Teacher was M1l18 Modern Airs -- .75 regu~ College Songs for new here in 1902 and has been a Male ()ual:tet - • • 1.00 lar riot about every three months O'Hara's 3 Min. Harmonies - 1.00 since." Whenever they appeared, they Favorite Barber Shop Ballads 1.00 rolled 'em in the aisles. They were Barber Shop Ballads and past masters of many dialects, and How to Sing Them 51.96 "close harmony" was their middle Mid States Four record album :\.50 name, This, together with their rib 1946 Cleveland recoTdin~s -- 6.00 tickling comedy, was the key to their Chord Duster record albUITl - 6.75 outstanding success. Kratt (rowld) Pitch Pipe •• 2.50 Mmllachcs. assorted colors· - .35 Victor Hecords by The Avon Comedy Sendfor free lis/ of folios, Four~1916·1920 sheet music dnd records. Record No. The above photograph of the famous 18125 Gila, Galah, Galoo four was taken about 1916 ",Then the 35750 New School Teacher quartet was going great-guns in 35602 Cohen's Wedding Waupaca Choral Supply vaudeville, In August, that same year, Sped,,'u,} In Barber Shop Mluic 18129 On A Summer Night the quartet waxed its first recording 35602 Hungarian Restaurant Scene Box 2S WIUplCI, Wi'OODlin for Victor. 18088 I'm Going Way Back Home Seated in front is Joe Smith, first (And Have a Wonderful teno!'; and wearing a broad grin, mid Time) dle row, right, we have Irving Kauf 18081 My Mother's Rosary man, lead; back row, Charles Dale, 18088 You'!'e A Dangerous Girl baritone; and the almost serious gent, 18081 Yaaka Hula Hickey Dula middle row left, is Harry Goodwin, 35606 Ginsbel'g's Stump Speech Th€ E in Printing ... bass. 18126 Songs of Yesterday 35606 The Professor's Birthday Joe Smith and Charlie Dale are still 18126 Vi/hen the Black Sheep Re~ wowing 'em in night clubs and movie turns to the Fold shorts. Trving Kaufman is also active, 18138 Way Out Yonder in the Excellent though in rather POOl' health~Irving Golden West IS THE WORD will be remembered as the radio 35750 Clancy's Minstrels ----_ _. Excellent Printing CHARTER MEMBERS - SPRINGFIELD, O. is produced in our plant be causeit receives careful planned production. Each department has predetermined standards of quality and the work is handled by expert craftsmen. Constant care and precision always aSSures a uniform pro duct of the finest workmanship. Printers for S.P.E.B.S. Q.S.A. Greetings to newly (:hartered Sprin.lj:fi~Jd. Ohio, from Springfield. Ill., Springfield. Mass. and members between and beyond. Above: is how they looked and here is who they were on (:harter night. Front row (left to right): Claren(:e F. Hunter, F. L. Fitzgerald. seuetary: A. The GRIT Dean Wolfe. treasurer: David W. Welday. president; E. E. Tumblison, George L. Wood, first vi(:e-president: Ralph Johnson. Se(:ond row: Carl Everingham. M. Printing Company David Morris. W. A. Nkely. George G. Sutermaster, Hal Stroh. Vi(:\or R. Kile. 745 So. Emporia .. Telephone 2·8441 Ray Ashenfelter. Dr. H. M. Krapp, sc(:ond vi(:e-prc:sident: Millard H. TUllle. Walter F. Bowers. Ward Owen. Robert G. Clark. Harry D. Watts, Robert S. WICHITA 11, KANSAS Olinger. Third row: Fred Duval. Harold L. Lansing. L. O. Banahan. Harold R. Schmidt. James L. Rogers. Wilmer E. Gibler. Leon M. Ervin. William L. Gaskins. Ross W. Burleigh. musical director and organi?er. AUGUST, 1947 The HarmonIzer 47 ------_. ·pes from (Now> Item. culled in part from Ch,pt.. \. SW1 th eCh a p ters {Secret"i..' Qu,rtorly Acti,ili.. RoportJ- J Many of these Chapter reports are full of good stuff Don't just read about your own Chapter 1~ Mt"9~ eight civic functions plus a big po· 1.. litical rally at Starved .Rock Park ... by W. Welsh "'ll·~C· Elgin's movement is above reproach. Illinois, officially known as Area HE" Quartets and chorus have entertained did alright at the recent International veterans at Elgin Slate Hospital and Contest. From q~lartets sent to the at Great Lakes 3S well 3S numerous Milwaukee preliminaries, three made CIVIC functions. The four lop officers the semi-finals and two of these of Elgin are a quartet, refuting the wound up in the money. Must be the adage about work and play not mixing. air out hPore ... Charleston danced Another fine innovation by Elgin is the a merry pace this past quarter re scrapbook of their charter night sent sulting in visits to Casey and Effing~ Lo International Headquarters. This hum with new~chapter intentions, record is complete with pictures, pro radio programs, chicken and hot-dog gram, press clippings and other inter picnics, a Memorial D3Y program and esting data about a memorable eve a dele~ation to )1i1waukee by air. ning ... O'Fallon has a new meeting That last prompts the brilliant re place that makes it more convenient mark, H you can't keep a good chap for members in outlying districts to ter down" ... Fox River Valley voted attend ... Cissna Park held to its to continue weekly meetings through twice - a - month meeting schedule out the summer and continues to throughout the Summer ,t'"ith satisfac spread its quartets and chorus around tory results ... Joliet has engaged profusely. Big event was June 25th the fine services of Bob Haeger as with a combination Ladies Nite, In~ Chorus Director. Bob sings tenor with stallation of Officers and intra-chap the Tune Twisters of Oak Park Chap ter quartet contest, won by the North CORNHUSKER "SONG-HUSKERS" ter, is one of the founders of the new Q~Suburban westerners. The prize was unique but The Song·Husken of Lincoln. Neb. Chapter and now directs ye editor can't "tin cup" anything to are: L. to R.-Paul Porsche. tenor; choruses for Aurora and Joliet.. He S3)' about it . Bloomington had a Zane Fairchild. lead: Harold Close. has some spare time open next Feb bar;: Jess Livingston, bus. as they lot of singing but also seems to have tuned up in a Lincoln barbershop for ruary we understand ... Dec;:llur dined well" Sec. Lebkuecher reports the Joplin Sectional Preliml5. is doing a fine job. Their Commo splendid affairs such as Ladies Nite, dores a"nd Promenaders have been April 14th, Charter presentation to mighty busy and the chapter as a Champaign in April, show on May 25th for the F.O.E. and a grand, gala whole has been active in extension and annual picnic June 30th. All events veterans entertainment work. The summarized with "lots of gflod eats Promenaders were alternates from and entertainment." ... Oak Park Area "E" to the contest of Milwaukee kept up its annual pace with 40 dates . . . Chicago 1"':0. 1 was host to the at which one or more of their 8 Sectional Preliminary fOI' Area "E," MT. PLEAS ANT qU3rtets made appearances, four from which contest came the 1947 MICHIGAN chorus sho\\"s, a charter presentation third place winners, the Mid States to the new Q-Suburban Chapter spon Four of Chicago and the 1947 fourth sored by Oak Park, climaxed with a place winners, the Chordoliers of SECOND ANNUAL delegation of 44 members and quar Rock Island. Chicago's chorus had the tets to the Milwaukee Convention. pleasure of singing for 2000 diners Whew-w-w!. . Mattoon maintains at the 49th Annual Chicago Real Es momentum with a nicely balanced rec~ tate Board banquet. Big e"ent for the ord of meetings every 2 weeks, inter~ chapter was the spacious headquarters FESTIVAL of chapter meetings with Charleston, in the Hotel Schroeder at Milwaukee. bus-load of cheer and harmony to Vas you dere, Sharlie? Army Air Forces Base at .Rantoul, SOlIt.htown (Chicago) paid a fine trib charter night at Champaign, sponsol'~ ute to their Chorus Director and Chap HARMONY ship of new Tuscola chapter, a picnic ter Founder "Andy" Anderson. A gala and weekly radio programs ...Peorhl "A.A,-Nite" was arranged including had one of its justly famous parades smorgasbord, dancing, a quartet pa on !\'1a~' 3rd and 4th. Two perfor rade with a capacity crowd in atten SATURDAY mances with a sell-out both time~ dance. A new wallet with :jl200 of A delegation of over 40 Peorians visit crisp new money proved to Andy that October 18,1947 ed Beardstown recent.ly in the interest "AA ,. did not stand for Appreciation of inter~chapter relations and a regu Absent. 8:15 P. M. lar periodical schedule of visits to the local T. B. Sanitarium has been set up. ... Rushville's second annual parade LUj«id Setlt4M.te CENTRAL MICHIGAN on May 25th was a huge success. The By Dick Schenck COLLEGE AUDITORIUM highlight was the Doctors of Har International Sectional Contest for Illony who, at that time, were not the Far West reported to be a great )'et Champions. Somebody must read success by Long Beach, Calif. Chap~ tea leaves in Rush"ille ... Pioneer ter chorus and quartets very active International and (Chicago) is off to a big year with in civic affairs ... Had booth ai L. B. Hank Stanley re~drafted as secretary Jr. Chamber of Commerce "Port 0' State Champions and Vic Listug as president. Ex Trade" exhibition and publicized the in change meetings with six neighbor Society. . Four organized quartets ing chapters have been set up for -The Buzzing Bees, Capitol City MICHIGAN'S the Fall. . Whealon's new slate of Four, Harmonaires and The Sharp officers have scheduled a very active Four of the Sncramenlo Chaptcr mak FINEST SHOW program fol' the chapter. . 'LaSalle ing numerous appearances. Publit.:it~.. is rather new as chapters go but still committee ver~' active .. San Fran they have made chorus appearances at cisco still active in organizing new AUGUST, 1947 48 The Harmonizer chapters, Bakersfield, Berkeley and Bonanza Four to Milwaukee, feeling Santa Rosa being the newest ... The that it is p"etty hard for a quartet to Golden Gate City also assisted the raise the money for an 1800 mile trip. Eugenc Oregon Chapu-r in the fonn All chapters responded nobly and are t LANSING to be congratulated for their splpndid ation of Orinda, Calif. Chapter ... (MICHIGAN CHAPTER NO.2) Orinda, Calif. has already one or cooperation. ganized quartet the Crossroaders PreseuJs making many appearances before civic 'J::e..t«d'f the clubs and showing the city what the 'l..dt4lt4_ Society stands for ... Music week by Frank D. Vogl ANNUAL CAPITAL CITY was observed in San Diego with the Elkhart-Ladies night Box Social was CAVALCADE 01 QUARTETS entire chapter taking part in a music held in the Empire Room, Elkhart Ho festival held in the Organ Pavilion at tel, May 17th, with about 250 present. Balboa Park. Six quartets from San Door Prizes to all women. Lots of """' good fellowship and good harmony Octabe .. 25, 1947 Diego and So. Calif. chapters staged a with many quartets from all over ... Parade for an audience of 3,000, the On Jul}' 12th a Recognition Program EASTER HIGH SCHOOL chapter chorus also assisted in this for the 1947 International Champions show ... Hollywood is really going to town. Had a Parade of Quartets on Mother's Day, May 11 ... High Sierranaders made 14 appearances. Viet> President Wayne Allen has in augurated a program for the inter 4th change of quartets from the L. A. County chapters with scheduled ap ANNUAL DISTRICT pearances at all chapter meetings a OHIO which promises to be stimulus to chapter attendance and will serve as ASSOCIATION OF CHAPTERS === swen training for the visiting quar tets , . . Sec. Hatch Graham pre sented the bid of the Los Angeles Chamber of Commerce to the Inter national Board for the Society to hold its llnnual convention and Con test in Los Angeles in 1948. Now plan CONTEST ning for 1949 or 1950 ... 'I'ri-City (M"lywood) making plans for Parade of Quartets on the evening of Sept. 20th ... Enthusiasm still high in the San Gabriel Chapter. Staged a min sttoel show on the nights of May 16 * and 17, sponsored by the San Gabriel DAYTON, OHIO Lions Club all proceeds to be used for welfare work i.n the community. November 29, 1947 Quartets give freely of their time for all civic and community affairs. Forming a chorus using the Chicago chorus as a model ... The San Gabriel Chapter radio broadcast from KXLA, Pasadena is still a high spot for San Gabriel and is doing a great job of * publicizing the Society in the Far MEItIORIAL AUDITORIUM West. Have added EI Monte, Calif., to its growing list of newly organized chapters. All members very busy mak ing plans for the San Gabriel Parade of Quartets to be held in the Mission * Playhouse on the nights of Oct. 3rd and 4th. All members proud to have For Tickets Write: their President Russ Stanton elected to Int'l, Board ... All chapters of the CHARLES KRICK Far-Western Dist. report excellent at 920 Norda!e Ave. terldance and steady growth. If your DAYTON 10, OHIO chapter is not mentioned here get after your secretary to get his re ports in 011 time ... Western spirit For Hote! Reservation Write: comes to the front once more. The BILTMORE HOTEL Far-Western Dist. Board recom mended that all chapters be asked to DAYTON, OHIO make a voluntary donation to a fund to help defray the expenses of The The Harmonizer 49 was held in the Athenian Room of the Hotel Elkhart with about 275 pres ent, Big Joe Westendorf as M.C. being a natural. Present were such GREEN BAY notables as Bill Otto, Jerry Beeler, FOUNDER'S Fred Gregory, Joe Juday, Clyde WEEK Marsh. Doctors broadcast direct from Tied in with an the Athenian Room from 10:15 to April 14 r~dio broad 10:30 P. M. over WTRC with Fred cast by Green Hay Gregory as announcer. Grand party Chapter, this Found· er's Week window and a huge success. Gary-Chorus and added to local inter Quartets at Bet h a 11 y Reformed est in the Society. Church before 200, May 5th, Night of Harmony and Rhythm in Marquette Park before 250 followed by dancing. On June 3rd Musical Festival and Chorus before 4000 in a miniature L"fnyette-Still in process of organ in Tell City. The Delinquent 4 com stage setting (presented by Carnegie ization, charter night set for Sept. 27. posed of High School students attend Ill. Steel). Chorus went over big Already has 6 quartets filling civic ed the Ladies' Night in Louisville and thanks to De\vey Kistler, Director. engagements and have started a 16 nearly took the house down with ap week, 15 - minute broadc8!5t over plause. .Ft. Wayne-Ye Editor at April 20th special programs for WASK with different quartets each tended the open air Jamboree before nurses and x-ray technicians. In week. A nice chorus is under way an audience of 12,000 and heard such dianapolis - April 11-13 members, under the capable leadership of Buzz quartets as Colonial 4, Six Foot 4, RippJeaires and Medley 4 gave a 1 Haeger. Auburn-The chorus and Hobby Harmonizers, Sentimental 4, quartets have appeared at a variety and the 1947 Int'!. Champions, The hour program for Military order of of Sunday School Classes, Sororities, Doctors of Harmony besides the Cooties, Veterans Hospital. May 11 Women's Clubs and Saturday Night chorus and that dynamic song leader -sponsored the Ind.-Ky. annual Town Meetings. Have also signed up Geo. Seebald. After listening for 2% Board Meeting and Sectional Prelim several new members with good talent. hours the audience still wanted more. Corydon-The new President Robt. inaries Area C, at which the Doc Sample is l'eally interested and active. tors, Harmonaire!.' and Songfello\Vs Enth'e chapter sang at Good Friday ------went on to lYlihv3ukce. June 26th Services of all churches combined. WES GUNTZ -New chapter ojbcers held a Banquet Quartets sang at District Legion Con "Society's Greatest Listener" vention and District Pythian Sisters Ship's Cafe-Chicago and Jamboree at Canary Cottage, hav Convention and attended charter night ing as guests the Minor Chords of Terre Haute. Ft. Wayne---The chapter chorus sang at 3 places, Sentimental 4 at 17 and the Colonial 4 at 8. Spon sored a new chapter at W. Lafayette. Meeting place changed to Anthony Tl,e New Haven Cllnpter, SPEBSQSA, Hotel. Old fashioned picnic suppel' AUgllst 14th. Doing a good job o( In c'orJicllI.y invites all IHtl.l)e"shol)Ft'I'!'j ter-Chapter relations thanks to Lil lie Joe Juday. l\1ishawak.a-Had priv· to attenJ tile ilege of having first Elkhart, Misha waka, So. Bend Chorus rehearsal with 67 present. Watch this Northern Indi 2nd ANKUAL NORTHEASTERN ana Chorus grow. At.t.ended Michigan CityChartel' night in a group. On June DISTRICT CONTEST 12--ClosE" Shavers sang at .l<....athcr anti Sons Boy Scout Banquet and on June 18 sang at St. Joe. Wabash The show given by Wabash Chapter at Manchester College turned out to be such a huge success that they re~ peated two performances at the Eagle Theatre, Mar. 24. Tell City-Chorus SATURDAY EVENING, OCTOflEI< 18, 1917 sang at Good Friday Services, Ohio Theatre, April 14, at William Tell Ho tel, Ex-Governor Henry Shricker be ing present, April 24, on April 2] • and 28th at P.T.A. meetings followed by Farmers Night l)}'ogralll. June 3, went to Jasper, Ind. Received charter Tickets $1.80 and $1.20 on April 27 presented by Jerry Beeler. The Songfellows, Elks Club and Cory Contest Sf'c., Geo, F. Kelley, 5 Ridge St., Nt'w Hn"t'n, COI1I1. don quartets gave out with some fine Harmony. Swiss City 4 and Tell Tun Host QUlil·!('t; "Four Nflturalfoi", 19--16 Distl·jC:t "Yinners ers sang at the Foreman's Club, June 2. The Tell Tuners gave out at the graduation of Dale Carnegie Class June 18th. AUGUST, 1947 50 The Harmoni'{tr THE ELKHART CHAPTER --NUMBER 1-- Home of The Doctors of Harmony Presents its ANNUAL PARADE OF QUARTETS Sut"r,'u". Septell,ber 20th. 1947 GEM CITY FOUR ELKHART HIGH SCHOOL AUDITORIUM Dayton, Ohio This handsome ilggregation reads, L. ~- to R.-Dick Driscoll, lead; Marion ------ McKay, tenor; Charles Smith, bad; Earl Mehaffie, bass. They s.ay they Featuring get their greatest satisfaction from singing at the Veterao's Hospital where music means so much 10 the DOCTORS of HARMONY - 1947 Int'l Champions men confined there. THE HARMONIZERS - 1943 National Champions ?Itut-rlttc..tte St4U4 and By J. J. (Jack) Briody seven other exceptional Quartets The Harmoneers of Baltimore. No, 1 are busy appearing at charitable af fairs for the Kiwanis, Lions, Rotary, AFTERGLOW, ELKHART HOTEL etc. Publicized the Society on the ------>E»<=<_ ------ Tuneful Traveler Radio program sponsored by the Baltimore Transit PARADE TICKETS - $1.50 Co. Also sang for disabled soldiers (Reserz1ed Seats] Hotel Reservations: at Aberdeen Proving Ground. The AFTERGLOW TICKETS Four Steps entertained at benefit for write to Gold Star Mothers given by the $1.00 American Legion. Chapter proud to Write to ELKHART HOTEL have own meeting-- hall. Invites any Ronald Younce - Elkhart, Ind. Elkhart, Indiana Society member to visit. Bloomsburg, : , , , ; Pat Chapter organized with 42 mem bers. Held Charter Night, April 19th, at High School with 850 present. YOl'k sponsored the new chapter and sent 44 members to participate. The Grand dads Four and Parlor City Four busy at all civic and chal'itable affairs. Plans underway for first Parade, November 8th. The Hook and Ladder THE JOLIET CHAPTER Four and the What Four, Bronx, N. Y. Chapter is hoping, will get it back s. P. E. B. S. Q. S. A., Inc. into qual'tet competition. The latter, making first pubhc appearance) took will present its third in the N. Y. City Ballad Contest. The Four Sharps sang at dinner for == SECOND ANNUAL == retired firemen, May 15th. The Diplo mats of Washington, D. C. Chapter, guests of the Algonquin Club of Bos ton, presented a performance of bar bershop singing for members of the PARADE olQUARTETS club. The quartet visited Brown and Harvard Clubs and made two Radio S,d'lI-""'1 Eve"i"". Oct. 18. 1947 appearances. Neale Miller, Treasurer, presented check for $650.07 to Georg~ -AT Was h i n g ton University Hospital Fund. Money derived from benefit J. T. H. S. AUDITORIUM .. JOLIET, ILL. show at Lisher Hall, March 1st. Nine chapter quartets put on shows at Walter Reed and Fort Belvoir Army ?~ Hospitals. Potomac Clippers with 5 other members made trip to Milwau Championship Quartets from the Middle West kee. On April 16th, Harrisburg, Pat Chap ter held Annual Ladies Night. High lights were turkey with all the trim mings. Chapter chorus now in forma For Parade Tickets tive stage, AFTERGLOW I $1.50 plus tax Jersey City Chapter held its 9th and Hotel Reservations Dance and Quartet Round·Up on June • 7th. Quartets from the area helped HOTEL LOUIS JOLIET Write C. J. Ke/lem to make the affair a success. 18 mem I 511 Joliet Bid"., Joliet, Illinois bers made trip to Milwaukee. The 1------1 1-2·3 Four, The Blasting Four and The Garden State Quartet filling en !~! !~! gagements. President Frank Fergu I~I !~I son Emceed at Parade of Wilmington AUGUST, 1947 The Harmonizer 51 A·TONIC FOUR, TOLEDO "If you do not see your chapter mentioned in Swipes please I BELIEVE IN check ~th your chapter secre· tary and ask him why he .di.d!t't THE OLD SONGS, too send in the Quarterly ActlVltles Report so that it would reach Detroit on the stipulated date 1" pital and Coatesville Veterans Hos pital. First Parade by Wilmington, Del. No. 1 Chapter held at the Playhouse of Du WRITE Fon Pont Hotel, May 17th. Fifteen quar My FREE Complete Cntalogue tets from Delaware, New Jersey, New of "MEMORY LANE MELODIES" L, to R.-Howard F. Kuu:, tenor; York, Pennsylvania, Maryland and John T. Ford. lead and 1mi'll. Past District of Columbia rounded out a Sec.; Carl J, Murphy. bari and Imm. Past Pres.; William R. Bates, bass. real good program. Frank Ferguson, !rWuf VO 3rd Annual » GREEN BAY « PARADE 1''U4ettU the first annual Land 0 Lakes LONDON, ONTARIO Saturday, Oct. 25th DISTRICT QUARTET CONTEST HEAL TECH AUDITORIUM November 1, 1947 --- • Featuring the West High School Auditorium /947-48 I nO Champions 2 GUEST QUARTETS The Doctors also of GREEN BAY'S CHORUS Harmony! under direction of Horton Roe - other outstanding American 2nd Place winners Land 0 Lakes and Canadian Quartets District Chorus Contest - TICKETS $1.50 • Address requests lor ti,kets GOld otha j'lfOl'matio,r /0 Iht S"rtlory Write J. LEO HAUSER, Sec'y H. J. HAMILTON 1206 - 10th Avenue - . - for information 23 Renwick Ave. LONDON, ONTARIO, CANADA ",UGUST, 1947 52 The Harmonizer BLOOMSBURG BLOOMS SECOND ANNUAL DISTRICT CONTEST sponsored by c. W. N. Y. DISTRICT ASSOCIAliON October 25th,* 1947 • Eastman Theatre • Bloomsburg, Penn. bloomed out with a new chapter April 19 under sponsorship of York. The York Chorus in background (Harry Steinhauser, dir., left, in sports ROCHESTER, N. Y. coat) and in the foreground the Bloomsburg Chorus of 33. WAUPACA CHORUS Preliminaries,* morning and afternooll, 5 Fhudists ill evenitlg pblS GARDEN STATE QUARTET THE HARMONY HALT~S and other lOp flight foursomes Waupaca, Wis. Chorus of 35 has 5 organized quartets. Chorus and quartets For in/ormation,* write are unusually active in public service work wherever good' music will help. John Schroeder is director. District Vice President J. B. HARBY, Gen'\' Ch. Wilmington. 20 members made trip sentative chapters in every province 46 Park Lane Rochester. N. Y. to Milwaukf'e. York High School by 1948 Convention time. was packed to capacity, May 7th, 'Vallaceburg's Parade, held at Prim~ when chapter put on barbershop show rose Hall on May 31, was highly suc on invitation of National Music Week cessful. The hometown chapter chorus, BEAVER DAM Committee. ably schooled and led by E. V. Ayres, was a distinct highlight and the BEST LITTLE TOWN tJntM(bIf~ Michigan and Ontario quartets par Bya ticipating gave the capacity audience By Hughbert J. Hamilton full value for their admission money Activity-that, in a word, describes which was earmarked for a worthy DAM SITE the state of things in all the chapters civic project. , . A first Parade has in the heart of Wisconsin's ] [ famous cheese country comprising the new Ontario Associa every member at Chatham on his toes tion of Chapters. New quartets are with expectancy and a share in the PRESENTS blossoming, other-than-meeting-night work. The date, October 4. The city -----2ndANNUAL---- functions have been held or are where the composer of the theme song planned for the Fall and Winter and spent his boyhood will go all out to the work of "Preserving and Encour honor The Old Songs and their illustri QUARTET PARADE aging" continues at a rate calculated ous townsman Geoff O'Hara ... Lon SATURDAY EVENING to extend the international organiza don is keeping up with its record of September 20th, 1947 tion from coast to coast, with repre- providing not a dull moment for its at members and others, The annual com~ New Wayland College Auditorium bined Ladies' Night, Birthday Party LUMBER LADS LET LOOSE and Founder's Observance was held (SEATING CAPACITY. 2.,000) on April 25, in the Crystal Ballroom We promise to have it packed of Hotel London with 300 in atten dance. All of the chapter's organized Featuring quartets-The Londonail'es, The Odds MID-STATES 4 'n' Ends, The Four Blends, The Four Aces and The Rusty Hinges, honored H I-LOS (Wis. '46 Champs) the wives and the Founder by demon FOUR KEYNOTES strating that meeting nights and fre~ (Wis. '47 Champs) quent rehearsals are worthwhile after alL The Medway Four, lately organ and other famous quartets ized, shows promise of being one of BEAVER DAM'S FAMOUS the chapter's best ... The new chap FOURTEENERS ter at Brantford \vill hold its Charter plus other top notch Wisconsin Night on November 1. By that time quartets and Beaver Dam's its sponsors at Hamilton will have popular chorus. had the experience and the satisfac tion of staging Canada's first Quar WM. O. MORGAN, Gen" Ch'mn. tet Contest scheduled for Saturday, The Lumber Lads, Eugene. Oregon October 11, in the Delta Collegiate HUBERT ROBERTS, Sec'y Chapter, look like real timber toppers. Auditorium. Hamilton's Ambitious 322 J1 East 3rd Street L. to R.. they arc: Rudy Ness. Dewey City Four, along with quartets from Roberts. Ed Lockleer and Ernest Murphy, chapter president. other chapters helped to put over an AUGUST, 1947 The Harmonizer 53 enjoyable Charter Night at Stratford THE PITTSBURGHERS on Friday, June 20. A good portion of the pl'ogram was broadcast with ADRIAN, MICH. the happy result that applications for membership are being l'eceived at a Presents its rate necessitating a waiting list ... Kitehener's unique plan for organiza ====2ndAN 'UAL==== tion took the form of a Ladies' 1 ight at the Grand River Country Club on PARADE OF May 16. About 300 attended by in vitation and, from what the hand QUARTETS picked audience learned and heard, the chapter officers feel that their up Adrian Armory coming Charter Night, September 13, will see a gratifying paid up member SATURDAY EVE ING ship of keen and talented barbershop 8:30 P. M. fans. L. to R-Tony Palamone. lead; Harry (ChUlnmy) Conte. tenor; Bill Conway, bass; John (jiggs) Ward. October 11, 1947 bart Jiru sang bari in the quartet organiud in the Sth Division Marine Corps in the Pacific. one of the eight by H. T. (UHec") 'Vhite armed service chapters, JillS is "ery active in the Pittsburgh Chapter, of FEATURING This District, known for its expansive which he is now Secretary. ness, records its events proportionate ly. In these wide open spaces our new quartets from Oklahoma, Kansas and Barons of Harmony chapter Salina, Kans., in the heart of Missouri for their project ... "Come Mlchlll3n 1947 Champions the wheat belt, is noteworthy. Its unto me all ye little children ..." charter was presented before an audi exempl1: gmtia. Clayton, Mo. put on a The Acoustical ence of 2500 persons. The sponsoring show before 1200 persons to raise chapter, Hutchinson, Kans., rounded funds for a children's shelter. Their Persecutin' 4 up quartets from Wichita, Abilene, chorus of 70 in full dress participated Mlchi~an 1946 Ch~lmplons Manhattan and Kingman Chapters and in the feature llMemories of Vodvil"; brought its chorus of 50 and foul' results; more than $2200, for the kid~ The Antlers of Flint quartets. The show moved with zest dies and swell publicity for the So under the capable direction of Ed. ciety, Joining the St. Louis Chorus the Fahnestock of the Wichita, Kans. Clayton singers united to make the Adrian Chapter Chapter, the MC. The Pittsburg, Granite City youth fund successful. Chorus Kans. Chapter devoted the entire pro The l(ansus City Chorus, 60 strong, ceeds of theil' charter presentation for were applauded by an audience of vet the benefits of the crippled children's eran patients at the V-A Hospital at COME AND HAVE FUN hospital there. They assembled 14 Excelsior Springs, Mo. 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In celebration of the TO THE EYE 50th anniversary of the Missouri Re publican Club 500 prominent pel'sons were entertained by the entire chorus and the chapter's quartets . . . The RIGHT Serenadel's quartet sang its 15th pro gram for the 15th time to disabled TO THE TASTE veterans of the V-A Wadsworth Hos~ pital, Leavenworth, Kans. . . . the Gamboliers won popularity by their original renditions for the Veterans of Foreign Wars program. Under the leadership of Russ Gentzler, prominent civic leader, the chapter has extensive plans. Staging its first Parade of Quartets the Scottsbluff, Nebr. Chap ter was given a rousing reception, May Four members of Bridgeport. Conn. 2, and the event was so successful that Chorus who banded together in early '47 and have appeared at many Parades it has been calendared as an annual and radio shows since. L. to R.-Frank event. The all-western show featured Armstrong, bass i Richard Lawless. their own chorus and quartets, two Bari; Herb Appleby, tenor; Joe Ap pleby. lead. Dick Lawless is the sun girl quartets and chorus all of the of Jack Lawless, Imm. Past Pres. local city. Denver provided three ad Bridgeport. ditional quartets for the event all ar riving by chartered plane ... The Bluffairs traveled to Omaha to be fea by three Schenectady quartets. Sum tured on the Festival of Music, there. mer activities limited to monthly out Sioux City, lao rounded-up 50 of its ings. Past-Pres. Shubel Cooke, Chap members and friends and two of its ter organizer, made permanent hon quartets to help stage a program at orary Pres. Terryville, Conn. intro Bearesford, So. Dak. and with the as duced barbershop singing to full house sistance of local quartets and one from of enthusiastic Bristol, Conn. residents Vermillion, So. Dak. put on a shov..· on June 7 by putting on a Parade, to a packed house. Parsons, Kans. sponsored by the Rotary Club, for has big plans for their Charter Pro benefit of the Bristol Boys Club. Frank gram, early this Fall. Civic clubs of Lincoln, Nebr. were so inspired with the non-partisan membership of the Society that they called upon the chap ter to furnish judges for an all-sports event which included five Barbershop quartets. Junction City, Kans. prom PARADE ises a large chorus and membership drive. Near-by Abilene, Kansas, prom BLOOMSBURG, PA. ises a program of chapter alliance. Oklahoma City, Okla. is already mak November 8th - 8:15 P. M. IB~Bm ing extensive plans as host for the '·'.'D .~D IDIIl(1 n 1948 International Convention. The HIGH SCHOOL AUDITORIUM IltSHu Ry BR Ewe RIfS Ct Sooner State's capital din be depend 'l•• IIO"'DC. WISCC.SIM ed upon for the celebration of the lOth anniversary of the founding of Featuring the Society. Judging from the numer ous appearances of the Hutchinson, GARDEN STATE QUARTET Kans. quartets they are mighty popu 1946 Champions lar with civic clubs and state conven tions and the chorus did a proud pro WESTINGHOUSE QUARTET gram in the Flag Raising Ceremony, GARFIELD FOUR June 14. The chapter promises that Great Bend, Kans. will be their next WITHERED FOUR Crowning achievement of a new neighbor and don't be at all sur and other "TOP" quartetes prised if this western Kansas Chap full century of master ter adds 5 or 6 new neighbor chapters J J J before snow flies. . . . The smallest brewing expeTience. chapter of the greatest District Cen Ticket~ $1.50 tralia, .Mo. attracts quartets and mem bers from Clayton, Kansas City, Mex ico, Herman and St. Louis Chapters I I I * to bind inter-chapter talent for an audience of 400; the chapter's two Dinner 6:30 - $1 .50 qU{lrtets recently did the honors for the A. B. Chance Co. (fit'll of the J I J secretary) and a benefit for the Kin dergarten. Afterglow - $1.00 1tMt4e • Order by Mail ! FREMONT, O. CHARTERED Barher Shop Ballads Pres. Carl J. Mur cnl phy, Toledo Chapter, hands framed charter to La Mar Christy, Pre,. of Fremont Chapter, "'hile Int'l RECORDS Bd. Member Ed Smith, who me'd. alld hi looks at his notes. FOLIOS • (rom Grinnell's Daly of Hartford made a hit as MG. Hal Staab elected District Gov Fo/ios: Hartford Chromatics were wildly ac ernor to promote official chapter claimed. Meriden, Conn. Silver City visitations, and Harvey Taylor Lt. o Barber Shop Harmony, edired Chapter charter night held June 2, Gov. 2nd Div. Don Tiffany will con by Sigmund Spaeth. .60c MCed by Vice-Pres. Harry Heflin, duct barbershop and sight reading (Mills) sponsored by Hartford which fur clinic in fall. Schenectady, N. Y. won nished chorus and quartets. Only 12 1st place achievement award for 2nd o More Barber Shop Harmony, days later Meriden Chorus appeared time. Two of 3 chorus appearances edired by Sigmund Spaeth. 60c in Festival of Music with 4 local glee were in Troy and Schenectady in Ma (Mills) clubs, highlighted by High School stu sonic show depicting life of Stephen dents in barbershop medley. Festival Foster, benefit of crippled children. for benefit of H. S. Band. Waterbury, Quartets gave 48 performances, as· o Barber Shop Parade of Quartet Conn. organized June 5 with 20 char sisted Middleburg in Schoharie con Hits No.!. ..60c ter members and two more later. cert, sang at sanital'ium at Tupper (Morris) Visit made to New Haven Chapter, Lake, and at Southbury, Conn. Train June 26. Marlborough, Mass. Charter Barber Shop Classics. edited Night held May 24 with Hal Staah ing School, appeared in 4 Parades, o as MC. Meetings held weekly. North~ sang at Syracuse organization meet by Sigmund Spaeth 7Sc arnpton, Mass. won 1st place achieve ing. Ladies' Night May 20 had 14 (Remick) ment award, making 5th award won. acts including debut of Four Babes, o Two Barber Shop Ballads, by BARBERSHOP RECORDINGS Sigmund Spaeth SOc Three record set, tOlJ five quartets, 1946 Finals Check should be made out to the Neff Recording Com $6.00 Barber Shop Ballads and How pany, and mailed to Carroll P. Adams, International Delivered o Secretary. 18270 Grand River Avenue, Detroit 23, Mich. to Sing Them-Spaeth...1.96 Three record set, Elastic Four (Album No.2) $4.85 Check should be made out to The Elastic Four and mailed F.D.B. Detl'oit o Barber Shop Ballads, arranged to Frank H. Thorne, 6216 W. 66th Place, Chicago 38, Ill. by Ozzie Westley 2Sc Three record set, Elastic Four (Album No.3) (Cole) Check should be made out to The Elastic Four and mailed $4.85 to Frank H. Thorne, 6216 W. 66th Place, Chicago 38, Ill. F.O.B. Detroit Five record set, Elastic Four (Album No.1) o Album of Favorite Barber Check should be made out to S.P.E.B.S.Q.S.A. Inc. and $6.25 Shop Ballads. 1.00 mailed to Carroll P. Adams, International Secretary, F.O.B. Detroit (C .Now's the time! ALLIANCE CHAPTER CHORUS ON PARADE Mighty nice compliments are abroad about the work of Alliance. Ohio's Chap ter Chorus.. which sings under the direction of chapter president, Phil Singer, also v. p. of the Ohio Ass'n. teen-age girls' qutu'tet whose fathers soon, All thoughts now are concen This 4" x 5" colored red, white joined them in an octet. Lee Mohler trated on Parade next month. . elected Lt.-GoY. Hudson River Div. Never a dull moment at Buffalo's and green Xmas Card made a big Springfield, Mass. Street Walkers, monthly meetings - April's annual hit around New York last year, unique quartet of mail carriers, filled election of officers-Discards and Melo The snow is falling. you're on 8 engagements, including Terryville Tones on the beam-large delegation Parade. Four Guys sang at Shrine went to Milwaukee-two other quar the "outside of a Barher Shop Hospital June 8. Quartets appeared tets appeared in June, The Newcom looking in." in 21 events, chorus in 2. Attended ers, and the Town Criers. July meet Chicopee Charter Night June 14 ing was Ladies' Night-enjoyed bv all. Complete with envelopes (their baby). New Hayen. Conn. Alex Grabhorn's Discards put on an netted 7500 dimes from their 1st Pa hour show at Batavia Veteran's Hos Postage paid -- $/.35 per dozen rade April 12, for benefit of county in pital ... Cortland planning for second fantile paralysis fund. Parade pub Parade in October. They have spon licized by quartets over local radio. sored new Ithaca Chnpter and co Chorus Hnd quartet appearances at 10 sponsor of SY1'acuse , .. All efforts at Parades and Charter Nights. Chorus Corry, Pennsylvania being concentrat received only encores in joint church ed on successful Charter Night next MARBRIDGE PRINTING CO., INC. benefit concert with Mendelssohn and month-chapter chorus and quartets ns \I.rick Sireel NEW YORK, N. Y. Men's Club choral groups at Torring getting better, and will hit their peak ton April 25. Sponsored Waterbury -,--- 'r.IIIlD , IIIlIlII IIU . Chapter. Four Naturals only easlern quartet to make Milwaukee Semi. Finals. Fredericton. r. B., Canada, held Chader "ight and 1st Birthday Party April 11. Chapter has given 4 concerts in local area. Harmony Hunters and Maritimes filled 10 en gagements. Joan Marshall, leading The only thing left to say IS radio commentator, devoted 30% of one broadcast to describing Hobby Show performance of the Harmon)' Hunters. Hal Staab reports: "The Hartford Chapter held its Parade last winler for the benefit of the Springfield. Mass. Shrine Hospital, and presented $3,250.00 to that institution. In re ciprocity the Hartford and Spring "MilwaUKee field Shrines arranged an affair, June 8 at the Hospital and the Springfield Shl·ine Club Hall. Quartets from Springfield, Hartford and Holyoke and the Hartford Barbershop Chorus sang in !:leveral wards. Part of the half hour program went over Station You W ACE. The barhel'shoppers wel'e en '0000' 1t" tertained royally at the Shrine Club Hall by the Shriners afterwards, and each quartet that had sung in the winter Parade received a Shrine ap preciation Certificate. ~_1fIe4ee- KLING BROS • ENGINEERING WORKS 'Jt-. *,,~ Son1 (!44t4 1320 N KOSTNER AVE. CHICAGO 51, ILL., U. S. A. By Chuck Glover MANUFACTURERS OF Great activity in Binghamton-Johnson Combination Shew. Punch and Copers; Rotary, Bar Cit.y-three quartets, Velvetones, Tri and Angle Shears; Single and Double End Punches; Cy~Synchronizers, and Four Shal'ps, PiaIe, Angle. Bar Benders. High Speed Friction Sows all aeLive in community affairs and and Grinders Parades. An outing coming up real mm...__....'-.mlIllll1llJlallltm~lnnl1lllllJllllIASlIlDllllIIllQllI8IIIIIBU~ - ...... 1iIlIlUJ.lIIiUDIGIllfllIII AUGUST, 1947 The Harmonizer 57 then ... Endicott all set for big year of Canton, who with the Rubber City on a 2-auditorium show. Cincinnati's with new. slate of officers,-Parade 4, The Akronaires and The Atomic 4 quartets, The Antlers, the Queen City planned for next April . . . When gave a preview of the first parade of Songfellows and The Brimstone 4 co you're near Gowanda, you'll feel the quartets scheduled for Oct. 4. Berea's operated with Hamilton, Middletown barbershop influence-what with four first parade set for Oct. 18 has the and Dayton to promote the Festival active quartets, namely, the Four Magpies1 the Lost Chorders and Clip of Harmony at the Miami Valley Crows, Ina Lather Four, The Valley pers faithfully rehearsing during the Chautauqua near Franklin, Ohio. Four, The Razor's Edges. In May, summer. Canton is making the rounds Cleveland climaxed a busy spring they sang at Smokes for Soldiers' of small towns and Middlebranch and with a "moonless" moonlight boat ride Benefit. Highlight of chapter was Magnolia have already contracted for that attracted harmony hounds from Charter Night, May 23-guest quar fall shows-The Crusader's class of Elyria, Lakewood, Lorain, Warren, tets from many C W N Y Chapters in the Congregational Church sponsored Massillon, and Canton, and also fos attendance was a huge success a 2% hour show, and the Nat'!. Con tered a quartet named Sem-A-Four Ladies' Night held in June was most vention of Sachsenheimers held in which initiated itself at Mansfield's popular . . . A barbershop minstrel Canton preferred the singing of The charter party. Columbus chartered a and Gay Nineties Review was fea Nonchalants to their well trained de luxe coach which took 35 from tured at Hornell in April-chorus chorus. ThE." Good-Nighters are active, Columbus and the Tom Cats of Mas made trips to Canisteo and Bath, both as are 4 more fellows who hope to sillon to Milwaukee. Dayton is plan for charitable causes-Parade in Sep have a name by Jan. 24 when the ning a parade- for members and their tember ... East Aurora activities are Doctors of Harmony are to appear wives only, and will play the good many and varied-members always in attendance at District functions sponsored Gowanda and co-sponsored Springville. Annual stag picnic was a huge success. Chapter bulletin inaugurated and most interesting ... Jamestown most active-has spon 2nd Annual Parade sored chapters in both Corry and War ren-reports two other new chapters about set-successful Parade in April, by featuring our present champs-annual stag picnic held in June-boat ride in mid-August - our three quartets CAPITAL CITY OF CONNECTICUT Four Notes, Songsters, For Fun Four, all kept busy participating in com munity events-planning second Pa rade in early spring-return of chorus director, Pres. Hoskins a welcome happening ... Niagara Falls really on the beam. Exec. committee func tions smooth as a solid minor chol'd Buffalo night at the Falls a huge suc chap~ ARTFOR cess-over 90 members of both tel'S in attendance. Chorus and quar tets,. participated in Beaux Art Ball sponsored by local art organization and stole the show. Lost Chords and Experimental Four along with chorus CHAPTER featured several times on local radio station-July stag picnic was tops. Ladies' Night and Old Timers' Night coming up soon-wonderful newspa per recognition lately ... Summer pic * * * nic at Penn Yan a huge success. Ladies were invited and Homer Scott and wife were special guests. Meet BUSHNELL MEMORIAL ings during summer are being held at various homes, and have been most NOVEM:BER 22, 1947 enjoyable. Chapter chorus assisted Kiwanis in their annual minstrel ... Small town does things in a big way \Varsaw's activities for past three months include a special C W N Y * * * meeting attended by Frank Thorne and Carroll Adams. Successful Parade featuring Elastics, among others Featured Quartets many chorus appearances at commun ity and charity functions. Annual picnic and Ladies' Night very enjoy International and N. E. District able event late in July. Plans already set for second Parade in May, 1948 ... Charter Night at Addison, June GALA AFTERGLOW 28th had many area quartets in at tendance and program very interest ing ... Chapters in S)'rncuse, ·Warren, and SUNDAY MORNING BREAKFAST and Itha.ca all to be chartered soon. at I/attuotd .$7a~1!1~t(,al!d By James H. Emsley Akron's ladies night on June 9 at Weathervane Playhouse drew the PRICES TO BE ANNOUNCED LATER FOR ALL AFFAIRS Buckeye 4 of Cleveland, the Medina mites of Medina and the Nonchalants AUGUST, 1947 58 The H"rmonizer host to the Ohio State District Con Pittsburgh's second "Night of Har '1~ test Nov. 29 and have 6 quartets mony" ,,'as staged May 31 with 5 4d ?t- ?NeUe<> to enter. Their Jolly Fellows com local quartets and the Progressive 4 W. E. Ryder, Secretary of our Albu· peted in Milwaukee, and sang with the of Detroit, the Forest City 4 of Cleve querque. New Mexico Chapter reports Gem City 4, the 4 Men of Dayton and land, the Misfits of Chicago and the that the group has moved into its new the 4 Sleepless Knights at the Fes· Tom Cats of Massillon co-operating meeting place, the EI Fidel Hotel tival of Harmony. Defiance has made to furnish the harmony to an atten and meetings are held on the first a reputation in northwestern Ohio for tive and receptive audience at the and third Monday of each month. He their minstrel shows, and closed up Syria Mosque. The nightly radio their year by entertaining Sec. Adams series sponsored by the chapter has adds. "We would welcome any visitors when their new officers were inducted, been discontinued, as the chapter felt to Albuquerque to sit in on one of and proved themselves a worthy it has accomplished its purpose, but our meetings if they happen through civic organization when they donated the broadcaster has received innum our city on or near a meeting lUght." a record library and a wire record erable requests to renew the series. Any excuse for a banquet seems to ing machine to the music depart The Westinghouse Quartet honored be the order of the day in our Flor ment of the public schools. Fremont Pittsburgh by placing 5th in the In ida Chapters. Tampa threw one in showed careful planning on their ternational Contest. Our executive honor of the outgoing Pres. J. Frank charter night which was broadcast board will petition the Ohio District Davies, June 27 at Columbia Res Assn., to admit us to membership, over WFRO. Quartets from Toledo taurant. Eighty barbershoppers and and Findlay and the Barons of Wayne, there not being sufficient chapters in Mich., were on hand wit'l. Carroll the locality to form an association of wives attended. Dick Sturges, of At Adams, Inti'. Bd. member Edwin S. our own, so, soon we hope to be 10· lanta, past Int'I. officer was there Smith as M.e. and Carl Murphy of cated in the Ohio-Western Penn., as a guest and gave a demonstration Toledo keeping things moving along. Ass'n., (or some such name) if our of four part harmony on the piano. Jack Moore of Cincinnati, vice-pres, company is agreeable to our Buckeye St. Petersburg Chapter banqueted its of the Ohio District Ass'n., installed neighbors. incoming slate of officers on June the officers. Lorain is looking for 23rd. Pres. Davies and Sec. Bob Ald ward to its annual parade Oct. 25 now rich, of Tampa, attended and installed that 4 of its old faithful are safe after the new otficers-W. H. Zumwinkel, their expedition to Milwaukee. Mans fl'a.d/te-1tntkt.e4t it?eftMt4 field held its breath when the char By E. C. Murphy Pres., M€'rton Barrett, V. P., R. Carey Jacobus, Sec., Burl McCarty, Treas, tered bus from Canton and Massillon Portland charter presentation was arrived with the Nonchalants and the held April 26th with President Paul Mayor Blackburn was there and cut Harmonaires and 17 singing crows Spangler and Secretary G. T. Mc the big aniversary cake. George R. (if there are such things) who treated Dermott in charge and 8ig Spaeth Hunt, Sec. of the new Carlsbad, N. M. them to "The Old Songs." Jim Knipe representing the East. of Cleveland presented the charter, Chapter, writes that one quartet if:; and Ralph Hughes accepted it on be Port Angeles, located at Northwest already in action and others are form half of the club. Massillon's eon corner of U. S., on May 14th, under ing assisted by the coaching of Dick ce.rted efforts to\val'ds chapter ex direction of Herb Molchior, conducted Harding. tension brought forth results in Mans the first parade held in Pacific North field and Medina. On April 26th Mas ,vest. "King" Cole emceed. Parade sillon's chartered bus set out for and afterglow highly successful with Medina, where the Medinamites who guest quartet from Bellingham and .._---_ .. _----, had been singing together since high~ others from Eugene, Portland and school days (except during World Tacoma singing. CENTRAL STATES ASS'N. War II) exploded their arrangements Klamath Falls making vigorous start, in songs. Several from Medina also under leadership of Pres. John Hous attended the Mansfield affair. Mid ton and Secretary L. H. "Rub" Stone, dletown's Razor Edge lists 16 groups with four well-received public appear who have heard the Middletones, the ances thus far. Charter presenta ~~~i~~~i Close-aires, the Footwarmers, the tion held July 19th with "Lumber Sour Dos, The Kiwanis Four and The lads" present from Eugene and Jnt. Burning Shingles, as well as the President Charlie Merrill doing the chorus. Their landlord, the gas and honors both as emcee and utility bari electric company even provided food bass-tenor or lead. He also played the ~illJ~i~~i and sundry beverages for a party, outfield as a youth. which was attended by a quartet from Franklin, Ohio, and one from the Eugene chapter furnished three quar local high schooL Oct. 18th is the tets and choruses, under direction of TOPEKA, KANSAS date of its first parade with Carroll Chas. "Sarg" Sargent, at Eugene's Adams as M.C. and the Doctors of "Trail to Rail" quadrennial pioneer Saturday, November 8th Harmony setting the pace for 4 other days pageant July 23-26. Eugene's top-notch quartets. Springfield, char "Four Plungers" sang at Lilkeview tered June 14, has 34 members with Oregon roundup of Order of Antelope, Quartets from Ross Budeigh as its ChOl'US director July 18 and 19, by invitation of Gov~ D. W. Welday as President and E. L: ernar Snell through Frank Graham. TEXAS KANSAS Fitzgera ld as Secretary They meet This organization of outdoor life the 1st and 3d Mondav at the Shaw boosters whose membership contains NEBRASKA MISSOURI nee Hotel where they will welcome many brass hats of national stature OKLAHOMA all members of the Society with :l meets annually at Hart Mountain glad hand. Toledo finished the sea antelope preserve. Meetings are at COLORADO and lOWA son in a whirl after successfully p'romoting the District B contest, and "Blue Sky Hotel." Participants sleep under the stars. No dogs, HO guns, spons'oring the Fremont chapter, The Ask YOll r Chapter Secretary A·Tonic 4, Toledoaires, 4 Naturals, no children, no femmes, plenty of Glass City 4, and the Doehlers have singing and jollity. Plungers accom for details alternated in broacasting over WSPD, plished some splendid advertising for WTOL and WTOD and giving service SPEBSQSA. to the community at appropriate Organization meeting for new Pacific For Hotel Space Write functions. Tiffin and Bowling Green Northwest District 12 held too late to CLEM YOUNG are on our prospect list of new chap announce results but. plenty of indi HOTEL KANSAN, Heo{/quartel's ters and things should develop there cations that the district will be heard before long. from continuously and favorably. --..-.,-..._.,,. AUGUST, 1947 irhe tlar~onizer 59 TRI-CI-SYNCHRONIZERS opment. Special arrangements of such old favorites as Just Before the Bat A laugh to Every Note tle Mother, Tenting Tonight, and Bat· By Tom Needham tle Hymn of the Republic were sung by the Kewaunee Chaptel' Chorus North Woods Chapter at Iron Moun for Memorial Day exercises. , , Folks tain, Michigan, has 100 members .. ' old enough to remember loved the old 60 sing in chorus. First parade, May songs and the youngsters seemed to 17, was presented before a capacity approve these "old" numbers . , audience, featuring the Harmony Summer schedule includes special ap Halls and Four Harmonizers. An pearances at picnics and civic pro nual chapter picnic held May 26 on grams . . . Chorus has appeared Menominee River . . . Large dele numerous Farm Bureau meetings. gation, headed by President Lewis, Wisconsin Rapids membership irJ attended lnt'l. Convention ' . . pre creasing as they make more public sented charter to Mal'queUe Chapter, appearances ... inspire enthusiasm in a special program May 26. At amongst both members and people close of fiscal year chapter presented who listen . . . Bernard Ziegler, Chorus Director T. Ray Dhlinger with Chol'Us Director, also directs the city $250 check. Specializing in comedy stuff these band and gave a joint concert with Kawbawgam Chapter, Marquette, boys from New York State's Bingham his barbershop chorus and band. , . ton-Johnson City Chapter are shown Charter night was June 28 . , . Chap Michigan, held its charter night and here in action, L. to R,-Jim Foy, installation of officers May 26 . . tenor; Ed Vincent. Lead; Bill Beddoe. ter is now busy planning Parade of Donald MacDonald, President , . ' bari; Norm Lanyon. bass. Lanyon is Champions to take place this fall. Earl H. Closser, Vice PTesident .. ' pres. and Vincent is sec. Marinette has two new quartets which Dr. Luther West, Secretary, .. and have Slll)g for a Chamber of Com Frank L. Denny, Treasurer. New merce meeting, Fourth of July Civic quartets included the Educated Four ChOl'US director, not only writes spe celebration, and Lions Club. LaCrosse and the Lions Four, in addition to the cial arrangements for this chorus but had to turn people away from a Northern Lights, Mustachio Four, he himself performs as a conCC1't art packed house for their first pamde Kawbawgam Kids. ist on the piano ... Milt and King and charter night April 26 ... have Cole represented Manitowoc at the 3 hardworking quartets .. , and a Virginia, Milln., "Queen City of the first parade of the Iron Mountain, lively chorus ... The Old Style Quar Rano'e" toured Lake Vermilion on Michigan, Chapter ... Manitowoc's seco~d tet has set the pace by appearing at annual Goodwill Boat Trip July first ladies night was held .Tune 16 one dozen different banquets and 13 ... Entire chapter made trip ... and was attended by 80 members and meetings in last two months. For the sang at 12 resorts . . . Plans being their wives ... special entertainment 9th Annual International Convention made for annual Minstrel Show again 'was furnished by the chorus . . and Contest, the .Milwaukee Chapter next December . ' . Sent quartet to Detjen also directed a special chorus was host to bal'bershoppers from big Minneapolis Aquatennial .July 24 of the members' wives ... the Song everywhere. Each man in the chapter . . . Ladies night held in spring. sters and the Dandee Lions rounded labored long and eagerly to help "put Austin Mim1., has 27 hardworking out the program. Big event of the the contest over." O1embe'rs promoting chapter activi Baraboo Chapter was the Minstrel ties . . . meeting once a week to Show April 16 and 17 at the Al Ring step up pace. On May 3, Appleton. ling Theatre with two evening per Wis., Chapter staged its third annual formance and a matinee" all sell LAND 0' LAKES CHORUSES Parade of Quartets in the Appleton outs . , , Chorus and quartet enter COMPETE Senior High School Auditorium, filling tained Lions Club at Prairie du Sac The third annual Land 0' Lakes it to capacity .. Program featured . . . Baraboo quartet sang for the picnic and Chorus Contest took place the chorus, Maurice Lewis directing State L\lmberman's Convention at on Sunday, July 20, at the American , .. Quartets highlighting show in Lake Delton and. , . In Mav held lad Legion Clubhouse on the western cluded the Misfits and Mid-states of ies night at Lake Delton, ,~ith enter shore of beautiful Lake Winnebago Chicago and Four Keynotes of Apple tainment by chorus, quartets . . at Oshkosh. Morning rains bowed to ton , , . Green Bay . , . Founders' and hig steak dinner. afternoon sunshine as barbershop Week observed April 9-16 with a On June 25 Waupaca's Harmony Jubi pel'S and their families arrived. Dis beautiful window display by prom lee filled the Palace Theatre to capac trict President Ed Warrington of inent concern . , . Chorus sang on ity .. in addition to the chorus, Madison i n t I' 0 d u c e d the contest WTAQ during week ... on special under the baton of John Schroeder, judges: Andy Anderson, Chairman, Mother's Day program .. ' and also and four local quartets, there were Jimmy Doyle and Huck Sinclair, all sang on WDUZ on June 21 ... Ap fOUl" guest quartets, all of Wiscon from Chicago. Ray Kessenich M.e. 'd peal'ed at Orpheum Theatre on Dec sin, highlighted by the FOUl" Key as the contest got underway at 2:30 oration Day . . . Wisconsin's new notes of Appleton . Chapter is p. m. Top honors went to the She Governor, Oscar Rennebohm, is chap proud of new quartet, the Sons of boygan Chapter Chorus, Henry Beyer ter member ... On May 19 played Harmony. The Madison chorus and directing. Second place went to Green host to Waupaca Chapter (ladies in quartets have been very active enter Bay, Horton Ro.e directing. Milwau cluded) ... Harmony Limited quartet taining at clubs, civic affairs and kee took third place with Tom Need has sung at half dozen local affairs in hospitals, including Veterans Hos ham directing. Joe Ripp conducted the cluding radio appeal'ances over "VDUZ pital and the State Hospital at Men Madison chorus into fourth place. , , . New quartet is Packer City Four dota. Beaver Dam Three O'Clock ... Paul Selissen, tenor ... Karl 'Mohr. Four joined with the chorus in sing Every chapter in the district was lead. , . Frank Slama, baritone, .. ing at Waupun, and on the Watertown represented as all barbershoppers Lawrence Selissen, bass ... the boys Legion Program June 28 . , . The joined in the mass chorus singing. made sweet music at Wisconsin Rap Monarch Rang-e quartet appeared on Each director for the four top chor ids charter night and "Vaupaca Par the Appleton Parade ... The B-Flat uses directed one mass choral number_ ade .. , Big summer evellt for Beloit Beavers sanjl at banquet on charter The listeners were amazed at the Chaptet was annual boat ride during night for Wisconsin Rapids, and at beauty of close harmony and blend Julv ... everybody enjoyed smooth local hospitals. The Four 1. eeners ing of voices by such a large group. sailing a11(1 smoother harmony .. nerfol'med on Racine Pal'ade, on They just couldn't get enough of it. Loyal Four made a big hit at State Municipal Civic Concert at Ripon, Dinner was served by the gracious Picinc in Oshkosh ... New officers, and the FHA Convention ., Harvey host, the Oshkosh Chapter. including Rav Ramquist, Secretary, Vorpahl, Chorus Director, was chair An informal parade, including im and Georg'e Cravcraft, Vice President, man of Music Committee of State promptu quartets, rounded out the ~,re pl ~aH'4 the Antlers at a recent meeting ... gavel in Grand Rapids and resumed 'Pad 'Pt{u It also participated in the Allegan his old place in the lead section of the by Roscoe D. Bennett reorganization and preliminary or chorus ... Cecil H. Fischer, bass of The chorus movement has definitely ganization meeting in Hastings ... the Travelers, is the new chapter taken over all Michigan and this com A demon for figures, Louis A. Har president ... Dr. W. H. Campbell monwealth is singing energetically in rington, secretary of the Hamtramck has taken over as chairman of the harmony ... There are more than 15 chapter, reports a membership growth Great Lakes Invitational replacing choruses now going full blast in this of 375 per cent in one year ... It Roscoe D. Bennett ... Brower com state. The latest to take form is that grew from 8 to 38 ... Hamtramck pleted his fourth term as president in Detroit. There are choruses func has organized a chorus ~nd is plan and Bennett his fourth as GLI boss tioning in Grand Rapids, Traverse ning a public show on Oct. 1 ...... Grand Rapids held its annual City, Adrian, Ludington, Holland, Chapter officers have visited many picnic entertaining a number of prom Hamtramck, Marcellus, Jackson, Royal neighboring chapters and took in the inent quartets including the Harmony Oak, Ionia and the Great Northern national at Milwaukee ... The Dear Halls and the Continentals of Mus composed of Gaylord, Charlevoix, born chapter has reached the 50 mark kegon . . . It also was host to the Boyne, and others in that region. This in enrolled members ... But it boasts Michigan State Association summer is only a partial list . . . Maybe a an average meeting attendance of 63, . meeting ... Meetings have been held chorus contest and championship is something of an unique rating . . . regularly throughout the summer ... not too far in the future. Dearborn turned out in force for the The 1948 Great Lakes has been set for The principal event coming up in the Barbershop Moonlight cruise of the April 10 . . . Particularly active Detroit chapter. among the quartets have been the immediate future is the fifth annual Cosmopolitans with a nf'W lead Pete Charlevoix Quartet Jamboree over the Something new has been added to the Labor day week-end. Cabin and hotel Van Den Bosch. Peter Pell, a con Detroit chapter ...Joe Wolff, one of tractor, Cecil Watson, tool designer space in this popular summer place the original of all original barber and Ed Bloem, a draftsman, com is at a premium. Grosse Pointe is shoppers, is back in the presidential plete the group. upping its membership list from 75 seat ... He is surrounded by a strong to 100 ..• 17 were at the Milwaukee group of aides, Bill Favinger, vice convention entertaining at an open president, Henry D. Schubert, secre TOO LATE TO CLASSIFY house at the Schroeder ... Four chap tary and Alfred Karkowski, treasurer The Tulsa, Okla., ehapter is happy ters, Boyne City, Charlevoix, Gaylord · .. Allegan is considering holding a that the 1941 Int'l. champs, the Chord and Petoskey are ganging up for a parade some time this fall ... Marcel busters are reunited by the return huge chorus to feature the Charlevoix lus is organizing a new chorus and it's of Bobby Greer; members of Tulsa Jamboree ... Gaylord received its nearly ready for unveiling ... Ann and Oklahoma City were featured charter June 11 from the hands of Arbor is going to go on a twice a on the Quiz of Two Cities radio pro Dr. Douglas Nettleton of Charlevoix month basis pretty soon . . . That's gram. Members of the Pryor, Okla. · . . Walter Noa is directing the because interest is high ... Jackson chapter attended the June meeting of chorus ... Dignataries such as Gov. has been receiving praise for its work Tulsa and in May the chapter enter Kim Sigler and International Secre in conducting the regional preliminary tained the wives and featured the tary Carroll P. Adams have boosted contest ... A Family picnic was the visiting "Chordettes" of Sheboygan, the SPEBSQSA movement in Adrian big event of the summer, July 13 ... Wis., who presented O.C. with a huge · .. Gov. Sigler posed with the Five Oakland County chapter put on a Wisconsin cheese made to resemble Men of Note in April and Secretary whole show for the Grant School PTA a barber pole. Adams pepped up the chapter with a last May ... All of the talent came July visit ... l\'Jidland is having quar from the chapter ... The glories and One hundred and eighty members and tet trouble in gobs ... One of the fame of the Oakland chapter have wives united to install 1947-48 officers Sing Sing Singers has gone over to been sp..!'ead far and wide by the of 'Vichita Falls, Texas Chapter at help organize the Metrognomes (nifty activities of the Clef Dwellers, inter the Country Club where chorus and name) ... One of the Kitchen Blend national finalists twice and runners five quartets delighted crowd. The ers has been ill ... )11. Pleasant is up in the state contest ... Flint was chorus contributed generously to the turning its attention to Oct. 18 when prominent at the Milwaukee conclave packed house of the auditorium on the the annual Festival of Harmony will with Guy Stoppert buzzing about and occasion of National Music Week be staged ... In the meanwhile the the Antlers singing exceedingly well where the chapter's quartets also took two quartets of the chapter have been · . . A special chapter program at top honors. going about busily . . . The state which tickets were sold helped the champs, Barons of Harmony, featured Antlers make the trip ... Belding's Secretary Clarence M. Stowell of the the spring party. a ladies night affair June meeting was featured by the ap Santa Monica Chapter reports that · .. Another name nifty quartet, the pearance of the Tonia chorus . . . chapter meetings are now being held Crownmatics of the Ludington chap Howard Heath, bass, Barons of Har on the 1st and 3rd Mondays of the ter, have reorganized with a new lead mony, and ex-secretary of the Michi month on the 4th floor of the Am and top ... The Beachcombers have gan State Association of Chapters, is bassador Hotel. disbanded and the Ludingtones are now president of the Saginaw chapter busier than ever ... Ludington is · .. Gordin L. Grant installed him at planning a parade for late September the June meeting and made it stick A chorus committee is at work. · .. Ray Campau is back at his old IN A RIG \VAY · .. The new Hart Chapter held a pub post as treasurer while Ed Bluem is lic Ladies Night affair June 21 ... vice president and Harold Reid is The Cosmopolitans of Grand Rapids secretar)' ... Ionia has been concen were a high spot as were the Rusty trating upon singing . . . "'ith a Four of the home chapter . . . The chorus ready for the public and three Now in Stock name of the Wayne chapter has been quartets, everything is hunky dory ... 4" Diameter kept before the public through the Don Gooch-moot was host to the Jul)' work of the lone quartet of that group meeting . . . For the sake of the PERMANENT -the Barons ... They went to Fre record Don is the father of three CELLULOID BADGES mont, Ohio, to assist in chartering members of the Farmonizers and the a chapter and have shown before vet father-in-law of the fourth ... He .70c each eran hospital groups besides doing a really rules . . . Traverse City's whale of a job over station WKMH chorus and quartets were much' in · .. Although a youngtser the Hol prominence during the Centennial with large window land chapter is growing lustily ... there this summer ... The local chap for members name It has a chorus, a music director, ter even had a float in the gala par quartets, member of the international ade ... The Northmen and the Three~ Available to C/MjJlers from board - Willis A. Diekema - a com and Three Quarter quartets made a poser, a song arranger and 76 active total of 12 appearances this summer. Int'I. Secretary's Office members Holland entertained G. 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