NOVEMBER DEVOTED TO THE INTERESTS OF 1946 BARBER SHOP QUARTET HARMONY VOL. VI. No.2
(SEE STORY ON PAGE 15) Published By 'The SOCIETY FOR THE PRESERVAnON AND ENCOURAGEMENT OF BARBER SHOP QUARTET SINGING IN AMERICA, INC, * - -_._--- * * * * * * * *
Start the Holiday Season in Harmony Come to Milwaukee's WINTER CARNIVAL OF HARMONY ... featuring an All-Star Cast HARMONY HALLS • THE MISFITS DOCTORS OF HARMONY MID-STATES FOB R (MILWAUKEE'S OWN) HI-LO'S The 3 MEDALLION WINNERS of Wisconsin State Contest
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MILWAUKEE AUDITORIUM FRIDA Y • TICKETS DECEMBER 6.8:15 P, M. $1.20 • $1.80 .o/Now that the Christmas season ternational Board on January 17 trouble which grounded the Elastic is close upon us, Chapter of Four in South Bend. ficers should dust off those sea 18, and 19, as well as many mem sonal arrangements sent last bers who just can't stay away Two rented generators furnished light December for the folios. Re (far below IES standards, but light) hearse them well in advance for from a Society affair. However, until the Cleveland Lamplighters X mas perfection. If your the parade of quartets to be were deep into the Whiffenpoof Song. librarian can't dig 'em out from staged by Omaha Chapter on the The house blacked out amidst approval his stock, let us know and we'll of the audience for "the .unique stag send some. The songs you night of the 18th will furnish ing" of their number. When lights should have are, "Sllent Night," legitimate excuse for attendance did not return someone in the audi "It Came Upon the Midnight by many from the Middle West. ence yelled "It's still dark, bring back Clear," and "0 Holy Night (Cantique de Noel)." the Lamplighters." They did two The Elastic Four, Four Harmonizers, more numbers in total darkness. The Misfits, Harmony Halls, Chord Hope It's a "P. D. Number" oUers, Kansas City Serenaders, Mixed Judge Harvey Straub, Toledo, Me'd. up Four, Flying L. Ranch and the Melody Macs, Debonaires, Four Mugs, Beacon Four in combination make a Westinghouse Quartet, and the Pitts Nine-feature Attraction. burghers, all home town quartets, had the added harmonies of The Detroit Board meetings will be on Friday ers, Tom Cats, Massillon, Ohio, the evening, the 17th, and on Saturday champion Garden State 4, and George morning and afternoon. Friday morn W. Campbell, song leader extraordi ing and afternoon will be devoted to nary, as welt as Pittsburgh Chapter meetings of the Executive Committee. Chorus. Other standing committees will meet following the Saturday morning and Because of the local labor disputes the afternoon Board sessions. Afterglow was moved from Keystone Hotel to the basement of the Mosque's Omaha Chapter plans an added Hunt Auditorium. Breakfast and Morning Glow for Sunday, just to give its guests of the Board and their wives more out of INTERNATIONAL CONTEST FILM life than there is in it. GAY IN SPIRIT AND COLOR The chapter was organized in the spring of 1943 and now has 125 mem "Best Society film to date," "A bers. knockout," "Funny even to a non member, but both thrill and fun for For general information about this members" are from comment already eighth annual mid-winter meeting ad received about the two-reel, 16 mm Immediate Past International Prui dress C. E. Wilson, General Chairman, dent Phil Embury composing 614 Electric Bldg. For hotel reserva film taken at Cleveland over three (we hope) one that will rank with tions, Charles F. Mabbett, care of days in June. Past International President Hal Hotel Castle, 16th and Jones Sts. For Movie Chairman R. Harry Brown and Staab's "Violets Sweet," Parade ticket l:eservations: W. A. his committee went to town as never Munson, Pres" 321 Park Ave., Omaha. before in filming highlights, 31 semi "BUSH LEAGUE CONTEST" finalists, special pictures of quartets Crows Have Field Day JOINT MEETING IN ST. LOUIS that no one but the camera man and his crew have seen in action. The crows on the lower branches of AREA HIGHLY SUCCESSFUL the tree in the Boyne City Chapter Members totalling 250 and represent The film is titled throughout with have tired of hearing only the star ing Alton, IlL, O'Fallon, Ill., Mexico, fact and comment that frequently harmonizers of Michigan and the na tion and are going to do something Mo., and Herman, Mo. joined hands puts the audience into an uproar. with St. Louis and Clayton, Mo. chap about it. Designed as a record of people and ters, October 16 in a joint meeting On Jan. 25 Boyne City is staging its events, it is Grade A amusement that proved a huge success. "Bush League Contest" and jt is a whether you know the subjects or limited affair. To begin with only Says Secretary Adams, who flew from not. Highlights include "Pass the quartets from chapters of 50 members Detroit to be there: "Fine chorus sing Biscuits ..." by the Elastic Four; the or less can qualify. This rules out ing by Clayton Chapter under direc Food City Four's efforts to get to such as the Harmony Halls, Misfits, tion of Doc Rathert and many quar Cleveland in an '03 Reo; Harmony Westinghouse and Slap Happy Chap tets. ,Finis Jaynes' Syncopators are Halls in a hurry to make their train; pies. Further, no quartet that has better than ever. Clarence Marlowe's all members of the Board; the Stock more than one member who has been quartet, the Nostalgic Four, are doing good work:' yards 4 in a hairbreadth escape; top a qualifier in a state or national con five winners in the International con test can get in. The Boyne City boys Twenty-one men attended the dinner figure one star doesn't make a milky test; the outgoing champion Misfits in meeting of the St. Louis and Clayton way. "Schooldays"; and plenty more color Executive Committees. Questjons and ful sequences. Though of course not an official SPEB ideas sparked on all sides. Much was Contest this should provide a lot of accomplished toward welding the St. Bookings are now being accepted by stimulus and fun for all competing Louis area into a strong territorial the lnternational office. quartets-as well as audience. unjt of the Society. NOVEMBER, 1946 so' that she might better appreciate in our rooms and QUIT SINGING. the fine points of our society. I was Let's take our less thoughtful pals there too and the incessant loud, with us. I could join you but I won't raucous singing and loud talking, all because I can have too darned much night long, was as bad as I have ever fun staying sober and singing where I heard it. This member told me that feel sure I am not disturbing other about 3 :00 A. M., just outside their good guys who want to sleep. To pass door, probably ten individuals tried the time, bellyache about me and all to sing, but argued profanely at one the dumb things I say and do, if you another that someone was off here or want, but do it quietly. Your International President's mail there. His wife awakened and said, Without doubt, chapter officers can bag is indeed interesting. Writing a "So this is the wonderful outfit you and will figure out ways and means of column for the Harmonizer increased are so proud of?" He told me he correcting the situation and I know it. One letter berated me, in friendly wished he had not brought her, and I that I can count on their cooperation fashion, for suggesting that we elim do not blame him. and that of our good members who inate mention of liquor in chapter No harm is meant by. these exuberant realize that our Society is much too articles and publicity photos. Argued members (sometimes their guests), fine an institution to ever let anyone they had to go together. I suppose but I again quote Walt Stephens, even think that it could be dragged like corned beef and cabbage. Chairman of International Public Re through the mud of mis-conduct. lations Committee, THINK IT OVER. Another extremist wrote I did not go F. H. T. far enough - should eliminate all "Public Relations is good con drinks from any Society activity. duct and getting credit for it." Guess he wants us to be a singing But Walt said GOOD conduct. We can President's Mailbag branch of the W. C. T. U. not get credit for misconduct. There I have an interesting note from Robert fore, consider the question, "Is the M. Yoder, Associate Editor of The Well, shucks, T can see both sides be kind of conduct I have described, good cause r like a drink or two-maybe Saturday Evening Post, who states, conduct? I think not. "The boss is away on vacation, and three-if they are far enough apart, any~ so that they do not interfere with my I suppose \ny neck is 'way out by I'm the best bass around here singing. Kid ourselves as we will, now, but four reports in one week of way, so let me thank you for your when we over·drink, we only THINK similar situations requires action, so pleasant letter about THOSE MINOR we sing good. What's more, I can what to do? I would suggest you ap CHORDS." have so darned much fun drinking point yourRelf a committee of one A director sent me a pamphlet, dis temperately T deliberately refrain to see to it that you and youl' pals tributed by the National Association from excess, and because of the good live up to Clause 6. of our Code of of Purchasing Agents, telling of their intentioned generosity of our mem Ethics, which reads: convention policy. One paragraph of bers, that requires careful planning "We shall refrain from forcing it read as follows: when one is a member of a world's our songs upon unsympathetic Our conventions are unusually champ quartet. ears" free of excesses because everyone knows they are not welcome and Gosh, I hate to sound like a blue hard~working The committees that will not be permitted. We do not nosed preacher, but as your Interna handle these Pre and After Glows are tional President, I have a responsibili snoop or censor, but hold the hotel not to blame. It's their guests, it's manager responsible for any ac ty that demands that I try to steer the aftermath that goes hay-wire. our beloved institution away from tivity or conduct that could dis Maybe we should do away with the turb or embarrass other guests. menacing trouble. We must, there Glows altogether. The quartets would fore, think about the problem of the Attendance at our conventions in be glad because, at best, the audience cludes no liberties that are not thoughtless few who, as an aftermath is generally restless. Perhaps the cof of our Pre or After-Glows, proceed to regularly available in a good fee and doughnut breakfasts follow hotel. The hotels welcome this get well oiled and who then must un ing night shows are the answer-they successfully strain to sing barber shop policy and our impartial support are undoubtedly more orderly. Every of it. harmony o.n the street, in the lobbies participating name quartet would vote and-much worse-in the halls of to move the bar about a bloc1, away General Manager Allan G. Hurst of hotels, until 6:00 or 7:00 A. M. They from -the Glows. Then, those who Chicago's Hotel Knickerbocker sup can keep you and me awake because, wanted to drink, could; and those who plied, free of charge, an air condi God bless 'em, we love 'em and for wanted to listen, could. tioned ballroom for rehearsal of the give and understand 'em. But what Chicago Music Festival Barber Shop does the transient or resident hotel Well, there it is, r suppose by now, Chorus. When I wrote and thanked guest think about it? Do you suppose if you have read this far, you pic him, he answered, Hyou have a mag-. that ALL of them remark to their ture me with dark circles under eyes nificent organization and it was a friends, HThose Barber Shop boys are that are pale with worry and con real treat listening to those voices." sure a fine group of men, and they are sternation. Perish the thought. I am so happy and carefree and even not worried for the reason that I have Commenting on my various duties in unlimited confidence in the Barber the Society, a good friend of mine, though they do seem to sing lousy as wrote: the night passes on, I thoroughly en~ shoppers who make up our fine organ joyed their keeping me awake all ization. There is no finer group of I hope that the various duties you night." men, and I am confident that there have taken on, and as outlined, are thousands of members who will won't mean that you are so busy I wish I thought ALL of our listeners lend a capable hand to help keep our )'Ou will not have an opportunity said that. Perhaps some do, but I Society on the right track. It does not to get a haircut. Any Barber wonder about the few souls who do seem to me it is necessary, but if Shop Quartet would certainly ap not. One of our members brought his some of us feel that we must get pear out of order with long-haired wife to a recent Pre-Glow and Parade plastered, let's get safely ensconsed members participating! NOVEMBER, 1946 ·'!TI.~ HARMONIZER 5 ROBERTS ROARS "ROBBER" MANHATTAN "Gross Error" Claims Grosse Pointe BOAT RIDE Chicago Chapter Bulletin, 'The Pitch like better than a good fight, especial Pipe, had no sooner appeared than it ly with you in Chicago and me in De· NO MOON! was in the middle of a controversary trait, and [ will not be appeased or HE Manhattan Chapter tried an still raging. Mark P. Roberts, past bought off by your flattery about T interesting c-"{periment during the president Grosse Point-e, Michigan original ideas or such tripe.... past summer, first suggested by their Chapter and editor of another Pitch "Did you ever hear of copyright assistant secretary, Gus Ensinger. A Pipe challenged Hugo L. Stanger, edi laws? Did you ever hear of squatters Hudson steamer, the Sightseer, was tor of the Chicago Pitch Pipe as to lights? Did you ever hear of ipso chartered for what should have been ownership of the name. Stanger facto or corpus delicti? Did you ever a full moon August evening, to pro utilized his own Pitch Pipe to blow a sing in a quartet with Joe \Volff? vide a ladies' night on the picturesque flock of derisive notes right back at No.... river. Unfortunately it rained through Roberts. "My first reaction to your offer to most of the trip, but this did not Excerpts from Roberts' return blast place my name on your lousy mailing dampen the enthusiasm of the nearly follow: list was to reject it flatly as a viola 300 who took the boat-ride. "Brother Carroll P. Adams, who tion of the Trading with the Enemy A start was made shortly after 7 should be our mutual friend, but isn't, Act, but I have decided against shoot P. M., with plenty of refreshments on promptly forwarded your insulting ing the mailman for delivering it..•. board, plenty of singing, and even a letter and the first edition of the j'While I consult with associate coun little dancing. In the absence of Geoff Chicago Chapter Pitch Pipe, the title sel on your dastardly act you may re O'Hara and Dick Hart, Sig Spaeth of which 'was stolen from that model vel in your cunning outbursts in the had most of the responsibility of run house-organ the Grosse Pointe Chap Pitch Pipe. You toot your pitch pipe ning the partYJ with able assistance ter Pitch Pipe. So you are going to and I'll toot mine but eventually I'm from. Secretary Ted Livingston, Ed pick on poor little Grosse Pointe going to lower the boom on you for Doty and Bob Goepel. The ch~mpion Chapter which barely has 'enough infringing upon that copyrighted Garden State Quartet was right on members to keep its charter. I'll have name, established Dec. '45," claims the job with its full repertoire, as you know, sir, that there is nothing I Roberts. generous as always. The Foul' Le gionaires also made a notable con tribution, appearing in gorg-eous cos tumes that gave the ladies an eye· ful. Among those present was pub SAN GABRIEL BLOWS ITS HORN- lisher Herbert Marks, in whose honor Golden Staters Love IT Sig led the E. B. Marks classic, My Mother was a Lady. Late in the "Twenty-two quartets applauded at made vice president. Walter Holes evening the moon actually peeped out, concert" read the headlines in the apple of Tri-City Chapter was elected but nobody seemed to have missed it. Pasadena Star News, October 7. secretary-treasurer of the association. A good time was reported by all. "Barbershop Quartets Vie" echoed the More than 300 delegates and wives Los Angeles Examiner, under a pic registered from far western points. Whel'cver there is an adequate. body ture of the Sacramento HCapitol City International Vice President Charles of water available, either river or Four," winners of derby hats in the Merrill, Reno, and Tom Rawlings, lake, such a boat·ride (preferably by first SPEBSQSA Parade held west of former member of Oakland County, moonlight) makes a wonderful sum the Rockies, in Mission Playhouse Mich. Chapter, now a Los Angeles mer outing, greatly enjoyed by both Auditorium, San Gabriel, California. resident, were most helpful in de sexes. Music always sounds better At a meeting preceding the Parade, velopment of the organization meet over the water, and there is plenty delegates from Port Angeles, Wash ing and Parade. The former MC'd. of harmony in My Bonnl6. Lies over ington, San Francisco, Reno, Sacra Names with real far-western flavor the Ocean. The Manhattan Chapter mento, Phoenix, National City, Ca1., include The Southern Cals, The intends to m.ake the boat-ride on the San Diego, Long Beach, Tri-City, San· Saguaro Four, Golden Statesmen, the Hudson an annual event. ta Monica and Los Angeles, elected Sierranaders and The Bonanza Four, Russell C. Stanton president of the heard at contest preliminaries in CHORUS MEDLEY FEATURES Far Western Association of chapters. Cleveland this year. PATRIOTIC PROGRAM He is president of San Gabriel Chap Two years ago Phoenix, Reno, Santa ter. He used to sing with Maurice Monica and Long Beach filled the Society chorus and quartet singing Reagan, Doc Nelson and Pete Buckley roster of west coast chapters. It is scored a big hit at a salute to the in Illinois. "Hatch" Graham, Secre now the fastest growing area, with services program presented at the tary, Hollywood, is another former chapters in California, Oregon, \Vash 10th annual Logan County (Illinois) Canton (111.) ite. ington, Nevada and Arizona. Fair in August. The Corn Belt Don Grenfell, San Francisco, was (Pictures on Page 51) Chorus, composed of members from our Central Illinois chapters, scored with a patriotic medley. As a song for each branch of the services was rendered a uniformed representative WHAT! NO MANDOLIN? stepped from behind curtains on a ••• OR LETTERED MUGS? platform high over the chorus. To Archie Livingston is one of the five add to the pageantry, chorus members barbers in the barbershopping Society. half-turned in salute to the one in In his· Harmony Barber Shop on uniform, with hands upraised. Then, South Woodward Ave., Birmingham, with those in uniform at attention, the Mich. he has hundreds of SPEBSQSA chorus sang "The Battle Hymn of pictures, and wants more. He is so the Republic." anxious to make his place the Inter Quartets which appeared on the pro· national Art Gallery of the Society gram included the Misfits, the Chord that he gladly pays for prints and oliers, Gipps-Amberlin Four, and the postage for additional art. Morgan County Four. NOVEMBER, 1946 6 §/'e HARMONIZER
COSTUMING COUNTS outfits than to plan anything really worthwhile. Besides, many of our Published quarlerly by the International With Judges and Audience own people felt it was a good thing Officers ~d Ih. other m.mbau of the Interna· tional Boud' of DiJ'ectou of the Society fot Correspondence between Oklahoman to have our quartets sing in uncomi the Pl'uu"ation and Encouragement 01 Buber Russell Cole and former vice presi cal costumes so that the public would Shop Quart.t Singing in America, Inc.: lor dent J. F. Knipe, Cleveland, on cos bee diltrihution to the membeu of the SOel.ty. come to accept the fact that our sing tuming is particularly thought pro ing can stand on its own feet. To a VOLUME VI No. 2 voking, since both know their stage great extent they were right and NOVEMBER, 1946 effects. Wrote Cole, concerning the the lack of costuming has accom 35e pel' Copy double spread of quartet pictures in plished just that. But now I fear August Harmonizer: that we've gone too far.... CARROLL P. ADAMS "This group of pictures indicates that
INTERNATIONAL OFFICERS, 1946-1947 BOARD OF DIRECTORS Preside"t. . . ,. FRANK H. THORNE, 6216 W. 66th Place, Chicago 38. I1linoi~ (Vice-President. National Aluminate Corporation) The OffIcers (except Secretary) and Immediate Past Presidell/ PHIL EMBURY, 30 Park Street. Warsaw. N. Y. (President, Embury Mfg. Co.) Term upiring in June. 1949 FirM ViCl-Prnidtllt. .CHARLES M. MERRILL. 414 First National Bank Bldg.• Reno. Nevada (Attorney) 0_ H. KING COLE, 901 Marshall St.• Manitowoc Wis. (Vice-President. Kingsbury Breweries) SwdtlTy CARROLL P. ADAMS. 18270 Grand River Ave.• Detroit 23, Mich. TrlaSUrtT .•...... JOSEPH E. STERN. 311 R A. Long Bldg.• Kansas City 6. Mo. W. LESTER DAVIS, 210 Huron Street, London. (Joseph E. Stern & Co., ReaIton) Ontario (Treasurer, john Labatt Limited) Vicr-Presidenl... _ j. D. BEELER. 1830 W. OhIO St.• Evansville 2, Ind (Vlce·Pres & Gen. Mgr , Mead Johnson Tennmal Corp) E. H. DICK. 305 N. W. 27th. Oklahoma City 3. Vicr-Pruidllll.... . C. w. COYE, 1714 john St., Muskegon, Mich. Okla. (President, General Const. Cor-p.) (Industrial Engineer) TED E. HABERKORN. Sr.• Medical Arts Bldg., ViCl-Presid,nl ....•.MAURICE E. REAGAN, 325 Castlegate Road, Pittsburgh 21, Pa. Fort Wayne 2, Ind. (Elec_ Engineer, Westinghouse Electric Corp.) (Vice-Pres., The Medical Protective Co.) Hi$lorio". . . . _R. H. STURGES, Box 1228, Atlanta 1. Ga. (Outdoor Advertising) ROY S. HARVEY, 141 E. Cleveland Ave., Mus· Foundn a'ld Perma"enl Third Assistont Temporory Vice-Chairmo" .. O. C. CASH, Box 591, Tulsa 2, Okla. kegon Height&. Mich. (Att'y & Tax Commissioner. Stanolind Oil and Gas Co.) (Gent. Pur. Agent. Sealed Power Corp.)
NOVEMBER 1946 g"" HARMONIZER 7
GOOD CHAPTER PUBLICITY In accordance with the Society's in tention of stressing its jour-point publicity program 'which 'will be found in a box on another page of this issue, Walte?' Jay Stephe.ns. chairman of the International Public Relations Com m"ittee, enlarges below on the second pubMcity point by 'which Chapte1' Publicity CommUtees shOUld be guid· ed. The first princilJle was explained in the August Harmonizer. "The job of making our chapter func~ tions publicly known through write ups of all the local and national ac tivities is of vital importance to the Society. Many chapters today are handicapped because they lack the guidance of a Public Relations Com mittee. We urge that your chapter appoint a committee without delay to handle publicity matters with your THE KANSAS CITY SERENADERS. (as seen by Beaudin) local papers and radio stations. upublic Relations is, according to the THOSE BARBER POLE CANES new Encyclopedia, "The art of analyz Chapters Meet In ing, influencing and interpreting a We neglected to mention it in the person, idea or group to make its be Harmonizer but those sporty barber Many Places havior conform to the public interest." pole canes, which many of the quar tets were seen "wearing" in the pic A spot survey reveals a wide varie "Abraham Lincoln is credited with ty of meeting places in which our saying, 'Public sentiment is every tures of the competing quartets at the Cleveland contest on pages 26 and 27 chapters conduct their harmonious af thing-with public sentiment nothing fairs. can fail-without it nothing can suc of the August issue, were presented ceed, consequently, he who moulds to each and every contestant by the Cleveland Sesquicentennial Commis At the top of the list in popularity public sentiment goes deeper than he are the hotels which serve as head who enacts statutes or pronounces de sion. It was a fine gesture on the part of the Commission and we sus quarters for more than two-score cisions. He makes statutes possible chapters. N ext are miscellaneous and decisions possible or impossible pect they'll be displayed with pride to halls and clubs (not fraternal), fol to be executed.' future generations of barbershop ad dicts as an heirloom of those who lowed by American Legion facilities. "So in Public Relations we find that "made the grade" at Cleveland. Among the fraternal club houses, the we are dealing in human relations and Elks are most popular, followed by this subject calls for complete team IOOF, Moose, Eagles, Masonic, Lions, work within the Society-teamwork public, and right here is where our K. of C., and K. of P. on the part of all our members to as· chapter Public Relations Committees ~ist our chapter Public Relations Com can do a good publicity job to create Five chapters in the survey, meet at mittees through our own good con good will and favorable public opinion church buildings and a like number at duct and splendid public performances for the Society. Y. M. C. A.'s. High schools also rate with five chapters and four private to secure the right kind of favorable "Let us therefore secure all the good publicity in every possible way. Let's homes furnish members that fireside publicity possible-and keep in mind setting. all do our bit to help in this great that it is extremely important that all work that lies ahead of us. statements be carefully checked and Two chapters meet in City Halls, one "Our members are doing a splendid guarded so that all news items in a Boy Scout Cabin, one (believe it job on community affairs-singing at measure up to the good qualities of or not!) in a court room. At least hospitals, institutions, civic functions, our members' performances and that two chapters meet in radio studios Quartet Parades for the public. Chap it, at all times, reflects the high ideals and one in a dance studio. One chap ters hold special events, ladies nights, and fine principles of the Society and ter meets in a tire shop, another in a outings, etc., all of which make in in this way our final objective will be shoe store and yes, indeed, one in a teresting news items for the general fulfilled. BARBER SHOP! 1\ ARTHUR A. MERRILL, 1567 Kingston Ave., A. H. FALK, 219 W. Commercial St.. Appleton, MAYNARD L. GRAFT, 1350 Belvoir Blvd.• Schenectady 8, N. Y. Wis. (Buyer, H. C. Prange Company) Cleveland 21, Ohio (Commercial Engineer, General Electric Co.) (Service Engineer. Ohio Bell Telephone Co.) I ROBERT L. IRVINE, 914 Jackson Ave., River W. L. OTTO, 18210 Grand River Ave., Detroit 23. Forest. Ill. Michigan (Asst. Credit Mgr., Sears, Roebuck & Co.) WILLIAM W. HOLCOMBE, 869 Broadway, (Associate Secretary. S.P.E.B.S.Q.S.A., Inc.) Paterwn 4, N. j. (Social Work Director) GUY L. STOPPERT, 1326 W. Dartmouth St., Flint 4, Mich. JOSEPH 1. MURRIN. 3340 Beach Ave., Chicalo. Term exPiring in June, 1948 (E:lec. Sec., A&sociated Male Choruses of 51, Ill. (Lieutenant, Police Dept.) G. MARVIN BROWER. 107 Michigan. N. W.• America, Inc.) Grand Rapids 2, Mich. VIRGIL E. PILLIon. 2910 Olive St.. St. Louis 3. (Proprietor, Brower Memorials) Term rxpiring in Jtmt, 1947 Mo. (President, Nu-Process Brake Engineers) SANDFORD BROWN. 30 East 42nd Street, OTTO BElCH, c/o Paul F. Beich Co., Blooming· New York City 17, N. Y. ton, Ill. (President, Paul F. Beich Co.) EDWIN S. SMITH. 34660 Michigan Ave., Wayne Mich. (Real Estate and Insurance Broker) WALTER E. CHAMBERS, P. O. Box 208, Rock Island, Ill. LUMAN A. BLISS, 4001 Lowell Court, Midland, (McCabe Hause Conpany) Mich. (The Dow Chemical Company) COPYRIGHT. NOVEMBER 1946 W. D. COMMON, P.O. Box 1018, Dayton 1, Ohio W. P. FERRIS.t.,225 Springdale Ave., York. Pa. (General Manager, Moraine Box Co.) (President, .t'erris Factories, Inc.) The Society for the Preservation and Encourgement of Barber Shop Quartet Singinll in America, Inc., Detroit, MIchigan by Sigmund Spaeth
company. Later his name was as recently been added: Stephen J. sociated with Billy Kersands' Minstrel Lynch of Utica, N. Y. and Dr. Fred Show, Sprague's Georgia Minstrels erick H. ('ITed") Tinsman of Roches and the huge productions of Col. Jack ter, N. Y. Both are true barbershop Haverly. It was Haverly who intro enthusiasts, filled with a zeal for re duced Bland and other stars to Eng~ search, experimenting with novel ar~ land, presenting a Negro company at rangements and practising as well as His Majesty's Theatre in the summel' preaching Harmony with a capital H. T is rather surprising to find how of 1881. The troupe made a tre Steve Lynch has the misfortune of I little is generally known about mendous impression, and Bland's Oh, living in a city that has no chapter of James A. Bland, the composer of dem. Golden Slippe'rs was one of the SPEBSQSA. (What's the matter CmTy Me Back to Old Virginny. Even hit songs. Its creator was both an with starting one, Steve?) He has to that famous song is often credited to "end man" and official composer for satisfy his yearning with reminis Stephen Foster (of whom it is well the show. cences of great singers and quartets worthy) and an iron curtain seems of the past and with creating material to hide most of the other Bland titles. After several visits to England, Bland that might appeal to modern harmon decided to stay there indefinitely, and Barbershop harmonizers are constant izers. At the moment he is looking for twenty years he was the idol of ly singing In the Evening by the for an old song called When the Last Moonlight (in their own fashion), the British Isles as an individual en~ tertainer and songwriter. He must Rose of Summ€1' was in Bloom. Can without giving Bland's authorship a anyone supply it? thought. A few know the companion have made a fortune in those twenty years, yet in 1901 he returned to song, Tn the MQrning by the Bdght Steve has written a song with Shelton America dead broke. He managed to Light, but this is generally considered Brooks, famous composer of So'me of a rather light Negro spiritual. Simi survive for ten years mare, doing odd jobs for kind-hearted friends, and on These Days, Darktown Stnttters' Ball larly, Ok, dem Golden Slippers passes and other great hits. Cy Perkins is as a folk-song, and that's that. They May 5th, 1911, he died in Phila arranging one of the Lynch harmony are all by James A. Bland, and he had delphia, His forgotten grave was plenty of other good songs to his only recently discovered by a surviv brain-children called Let's P,·etend. credit. ing sister in the little Negro Cemetery Steve himself is at present working at Merion, Pa. But in 1940 the on a list of 300 good numbers for A new edition of Bland's "outstanding barbershop quartets, and that should songs," published by the Edward B. memory of James A. Bland was fit~ tingly honored by the' State of Vir be an item for George O'Brien's de Marks Music Corporation, should go im~ ginia, which adopted his best known partment. His most recent and a long way toward clearing up the pOl·tant enclosure was a Barber Shop mystery surrounding this composer. song as i,ts official anthem. The editor is Charles Haywood, and Bulletin issued by Waupaca Choral he has done a fine job, including a HE new Marks collection will be Supply, Box 23, Waupaca, Wisconsin. biographical Foreword and practical T. of interest not only to historians This contains not only a complete list arrangements for voice and piano of but to all singers looking for some of available collections, with prices, no less than nineteen Bland songs. unusual material. Bland's best har but a lot of individual numbers ar~ There are also some choice illustra mony songs have already been men ranged for male voices, many of which tions from the old song covers and tioned. (There will be considerable are good barbershop harmony. Steve photographs of minstrel days. surprise at the actual notation of In Lynch looks like a useful citizen, the E1Jening by the Moonlight.) There whose activities should not be limited James A. Bland was a Negro, and be~ cause of his natural color he found is a marching song, Tho, Dandy Black to Utica. it hard to get into the minstrel shows Brigcu1e, in the style of Harrigan and Hart (with a direct reference to the A S for Ted Tinsman, he is an active of the past century, although he was member of the Rochester Chapter hi~ Skidmores), a rhythmicallY skipping Cone of the ablest performers of and has a quartet of his own called time. Most of the minstrel companies Listen to, the Silver Trumpet and a nonsense ditty called Tapioca. the 'What Four. (They are working were controlled by white men, who on Play that Bm'ber Shop Chord at preferred artificial blackface to the Harmony is again suggested by The the moment.) Ted likes parodies and real thing. Old-Fashioned Cottage. You Could he quotes an old one to the tune of LAND was a highly intelligent Have Been True and Tell All de Much Obliged to YO?l, which was sup B and gifted member of his race. Child"en Good-bye; and for serio plied to him by our own Jerry Vogel. He was born in New York City, Oct. comic effect one can recommend The (That's the one about Sylvester that 22, 1854, and when his family moved Farmer's Daughter, whose chorus be began "It's mighty strange.") to Washington, D. C., he attended the gins "Treat my daughter kindly" and Ted missed the Cleveland convention, public schools there and eventually ends with "all the little chickens in but is already set for Milwaukee next graduated from Howard University. the garden." Finally there is The summer. He shares with Carroll Even in his college days he had shown Old Homestead and a sincerely re Adams the honor of having graduated his musical talents, and he was stead ligious Way Up Yonder. James A. from the musical University of Michi ily in demand as an entertainer for all Bland was cert,ainly a vesatiIe com sorts of audiences. poser. gan (not bad at football either). Ted is a dentist by profession, and, what His first professional engagement was o the list of steady correspondents is more important, he sings baritone. with Callender's Original Georgia T with this department (still head Jf he can get enough rehearsal time Minstrels, billed as "the great South~ ed by the indefatigable Russell Cole out of his tenor, the What Four may ern Slave Troupe," an all~colored of Oklahoma) two new names have soon be heard from in competition. NOVEMBER, 1946 f7/u HARMONIZER 9
SPEBSQSA, Inc. [LKHART (INDIANA CHAPTER NO. Il presents PARADE OF QUARTETS
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Would,)'t you thillk they'd put him (»/ a chair or sometbillg? ELKHART GENERAL BARBERSHOP BAFFLERS (No. 11) Compll.d by Chlrl" Merrill, (Reno Chlpte,) Inl,m,tion.1 Flnl Vlcc·P,etld.nl HOSPITAL How good are you at remembering 11. 'IAnd when .... don't bury me at 'lwhen?" When you have remem all i just pickle my bones in alco bered, fill out the following quota hol." tions. 12. "When ... the mists began to 1. "Let us sing of the days that fall." are gone, Maggie, when ...." 13. "When .... and I wore a big, 2. "Just a dream of you, dear, red rose." Charity Show when ... !' 14. "When .... sure it's like a morn 3. "How dear to this heart are the in spring." scenes of my childhood, when .." 15. "When .... then my heart am a 4. "I love you as I loved you pinin'. Meet me pretty Lindy by ELKHART when ...." the watermelon vine." 5. "Wait till the sun shines, Nellie, 16. "When . . . . I'll come to you. HIGH SCHOOL when ...." Then the skies will seem more 6. "We roll dem bones de whole day blue." AUDITORIUM long when ...." 17. U\Vhen .... I'll have you to re· 7. "We used to ride around in it member." whE;:n ...." 18. "When .... and m)' ship comes SATURDAY 8. uYip-I-Addy.I-AY! I don't care sailing home." what becomes of me when ...." 19. "When .... and the bloom is on Dec. 7th, 1946 9. U Although I miss your tender the sage." kiss the whole day through, I miss you most of all when ...." 20. HWhen . . . . everybody starts a 8:00 P. M. swaying to and fro." 10. HHow we love to sleep, at the close of day, when ...." (See Answers on Paa-e ?) NOVEMBER, 1946 10 g68 HARMONIZER
CHARTERED SINCE AUGUST 1st. No. of Date Charter Sponsoring Name and Address of Chapter Secretary Chartered Location Members Chapter 8/6/46 Council Bluffs, Iowa 26 Om.aha, Neb. Roy Harding, Box 189. 8/6/46 Iron Mountain, Mich. 67 Chicago, Ill. L. D. Tucker, c/o Iron Mt. News. 9/4/46 Las Vegas, N. Mex. 28 Kansas City, Mo. Ross E. Thompson, 925 7th Street. 9/4/46 Salinas, Calif. 26 San Francisco, Calif. W. Max Gordon, 312 Lang St. 9/16/46 Passaic, N. J. 35 Paterson, N. J. John L. Alfieri, 118 Washington PI. 9/16/46 Batavia, N. Y. 35 Warsaw, N. Y. Merle D. Cole, 12 Park Avenue. 9/18/46 Waukesha, Wis. 28 Beaver Dam, Wis. Wayne Sherer, 248 Maple Avenue. 9/18/46 Hobart, Ind. 18 Gary, Ind. William J. Flynn, 527 E. Third St. 9/25/46 Santa Fe, N. Mex. 20 Kansas City, Mo. G. Page Miller, P. O. Box 1332. 9/25/46 Tacoma, Wash. 26 Port Angeles, Wash. Paul Newman, c/o Pierce County Court House. 9/25/46 West Frankfort, Ill. 32 Evansville, Ind. H. B. Wilkinson, 1801 E. Poplar. 9/30/46 Kewaunee, Wis. 26 Manitowoc, \Vis. Louis P. Kasal, Kewaunee, Wis. 9/30/46 Elgin, Ill. 37 Fox River Valley, Ill. Harold W. Niss, 243 So. State St. 10/3/46 Pontiac, Ill. 49 Bloomington, Ill. Harold Berry, c/o Blessman & Berry. 10/7/46 Conway, Mass. 16 Northampton, Mass. Michael W. Eugin, Conway, Mass. 10/16/46 Laramie, Wyoming 19 Chicago, Ill. Charles W. Street, 1521 Kearney. 10/18/46 Eugene, Oregon 20 Wichita, Kansas Ralph Hanson, Station KUGN. 10/18/46 Wisconsin Rapids, Wis. . 25 Manitowoc, Wis. Morris Nystrom, 90 3rd Ave., No. 10/25/46 Belvidere, Ill. 20 Oak Park, III. John B. Coombes, 504 S. Main. 10/25/46 Cissna Park, Ill. 27 Paxton, Ill. L. W. Kogler, Claytonville.
'1Ua HAPPY DAYTONS! Front seat right to le£t-W. K. Woodard, Treu., Dayton Chapter and lead in the Four Sleepless Knights Quartet; Howard Marshall, Pres. and bass in Daytonics. Rear seat-left to right. Ralph Stutz, former tenor in the Daytonics ; LeRoy "Peck" Lang. Vice Pres. and lead in the Jolly Fel· lows Quartet; Ralph Kneisly. lead in a newly formed Q,uartet not yet named. NOVEMBER, 1946 Site HARMONIZER 11 Central States Organize HARMONY IN THE SOUTHWEST Joplin Highlights Responding to the call of J os. E. I Stern, Kansas City, International Treasurer and E. H. Dick, Oklahoma City, International Board member, as co-chairmen, forty-seven members, representing chapters in Kansas, Mis souri, Oklahoma and Nebraska met, bright and early, at Hotel Connor, J aplin, Mo., Stepember 15, to make short work of organizing a Central States Association of 21 chapters that are hotbeds of harmony with mem bership of 1,400. Practically all chapters were repre sented. President Clare E. Wilson, Omaha, invites all chapters not pres·· ent to join. In addition to Wilson, the following officers were elected: Sam Martinez, Tulsa, Vice President; Edw. G. Fahnestock, Wichita, Vice President; Joseph E. Wodicka, St. LOllis, Treasurer; and H. T. White, Kansas City, Secretary. Members of the Phoenix Chapter with their three sprightly-looking quartets. In Says President Wilson: uThere js barber coats are the Saguaro Quartet, L. to R.-Jack Grdrath. teno~; Raymond Sco~t, evidence that there are plenty of lead; R. Everett Manning. bari; and Paul Jordan, bass. In, the mlddl~, the ,PhoeniX Four-K. Pond, tenor; Bill Hallett. lead; Van Houten, ban; and Ernie Ellis,. bass. normal individuals who are hunting a At the right are the Harmoniacs-Tommy Wygal, tenor; Tommy Clow, lead, Lew hobby to fill that certain void in an Llewlyn, bari; and Bill Balsley, baS!>. otherwise harmonious life. The As sociation will be a big stimulus to barbershopping in this area, and as sectional meetings." through its medium \ve can accom This is the area where organized bar The Chapter Reference Manual should plish many things for Our chapters bershopping got under way. Members be the Bible of aU Chapter officers. and the Society. Inter-chapter meet now threaten to make it the Harmony ings can be better promoted, as well Powerhouse of the country. ATTENTION BARBERSHOPPERSI Just what you've been waiting for. RCA VICTOR RECORDS MADE BY HARMONY HALLS 1944 International Champion Barbershop quartet NOW AVAILABLE! \ Sec consists of three 12" double-faced, noo-break able RCA Victor records grooved for use on auto- ...... JI I matie record-changers. SELECTIONS: "Mandy and Me" - "I LI>Ve You the Best of All" "Rock and Roll" - "Sailil1' Away on the Henry Clay" L.&..,:i - "You Don't Seem Like the Girl I Used to Know" "Begin the Beguine" - "Lords Prayer". Hear "Harmony Halls" as often as you like--with these Wonderful Records Per Set in Beautiful Album $6.50 Postpaid Please enclose your check or money order and MAlL YOUR ORDERS TO HARMONY HALLS, 214 Houseman Bldg., Grand Rapids 2, Michigan NOVEMBER, 1946 12 gfi~ HARMONIZER Chicago Hits New Note In All-Champion Show By Welsh Pierce On October 20 in a two-scene playlet, 1880-1900 era with characters in Gay Scene II represented a modern 1946 "A Phantasy in Harmony," the audi no costumes. The Misfits were the on Radio Studio where a special anni. ence of 4,000 at Medinah Temple, stage characters, with Art Bielan as versary program commemorated the Chicago, saw and heard the six In· a barber, Joe Murrin a policeman, memory of one HArt the Barber" ternational Championship Quartets Pete Buckley a gambler and Cy Per whose memoirs were discovered in that are still intact. kins as a slick salesman. Art, the the ruins of 3. barbershop, destroyed barber, was writing a book-his 50 years ago in a mysterious explo Our special guests of honor, Britt sion. These "Memoirs of Haircut Stegall, Red Elliott and Sam Barnes memoirs of ·Haircut County. Most of of the Flat Foot Four, 1940 Cham the plot was outlined by the off-stage County" were the basis, so the play Narrator, with just enough lines from stated, of O. C. Cash's idea for pions, with Mrs. Thelma Whalen, SPEBSQSA. Quart€ts on the program widow of their beloved Johnny. • the characters to liven up the action. As they reminisced about famous were current champions who had as Beginning with the Chordbusters, quartets that had been in hi::! barber sumed the old time names mentioned 1941 Champions, the show presented, shop Art would write them up in his in the "Memoirs." There was a lot of The Elastic Four, The Harmonizers, Memoirs, the lights on-stage would light-flashing and thunder rolls as the The Harmony Halls, The Misfits and dim and in special picture frames on original Misfits came tumbling out of The Garden State Quartet. Even with either side of the stage would ap space. They had a lot of trouble with such a cast, it was felt that something pear, in a tin-type pose, the quartet the announcer who claimed they were new should be tried. Vince La Belle, under discussion. They then sang an impostors, until they proved their General Chainnan of the show com old timer and when finished the stage identity by singing "like the Misfits." mittee, refused to take the easy way lights came on again and the plot The show ended when the 100-man of having the quar~ts "parade" on continued. In this way all six Cham Chicago Chorus, yelling like mad, and off and, as a consequence, the pions appeared and the "Memoirs of rushed the stage from every corner of "Phantasy" resulted. Haircut County" became completed. the house and put on a program of chorus numbers. Professional script writers prepared Cy the Salesman, had a bottle of the plot; a professional producer "Elixir of Perpetual Grace" he was Comments after the show ranged whipped it into shape and a profes trying to sell throughout the entin: from "Superb" to a mere B.P.O.E. NO. I MAN ARDENT For many years he was active as di DAYTON SINGS FOR LADIES SPEBSQSA MEMBER rector of the Wisconsin Association Dayton's Ladies Nite Program was a for the Disabled. He has served as By O. H. (King) Cole huge success-with an attendance of District Chairman of the Wisconsin 275 members and guests. W. D. Charles E. Broughton,. Sheboygan, Cancer Drive; has been a Member of (Dick) Common, Past Dayton Presi Wise., cunent Grand Exalted Ruler the Salvation Army Advisory Board dent and lnternational Board Mem of the B. P. O. E., is a Charter mem since 1929, and in 1942 was one of ber, MC'd. ber of the Sheboygan Chapter of eight persons to receive the Dis SPEBSQSA. Broughton has been tinguished Service Award. He has Four Sleepless Knights, Standard Register Four, Four Men of Dayton, promoting harmony among his fel been President and Director of the lowmen all his life. Now he sets it to Gem City Four, Jolly Fellows and local Community Fund and YMCA; a The Six Footers entertained the music. His career is a Success Story Trustee of Mead Public Library, and of the Horatio Alger type. guests, and were then entertained in Vice President of the Trustees Di turn by guests. The Page Girls' Darn in a log cabin at Lamartine, vision of the American Library As Chorus, 16 of them, were led by Socie Fond du Lac County, Wisconsin, he sociationj a curator of the Wisconsin ty member Roy Plunkett. "Peck" was working in the fields at age State Historical Society-in 1945 he Lang, V. P., led community singing.. seven. Leaving grade school at eleven was elected a Vice President of that years of age, he started his newspa groupj for many years served as per career as a printer's devil. Hav 'fl'easurer of the Sheboygan County ing a nose for news it was not long Chapter of the National Foundation until he became a full-fledged report er and City Editor of the Fond du for Infantile Paralysis; has actively Lac Commonwealth. supported Red Cross drives, Bond Drives and countless other move In 1907 he took over the Sheboygan ments for the benefit of mankind. Press, and under his management, the Press emerged as one of the finest On the Advisory Council of the Wis Dailies in the State. His paper and consin Conservation Commission, he services have been at the command of almost single handedly restored a every worth-while movement to help marsh area of about 14,000 acres to a the under-priviledged. sportsman's Paradise. In 1926, through his paper, he found Mentioned, endorsed, and drafted to ed the Sheboygan Kiddies Camp, of run for public office varying from fering a free eight weeks vacation to Governor to U. S. Senator, Broughton needy children. He annually raises prefers private life. His hobby is thousands of dollars for its upkeep. In fishing, but he likes nothing better 1929, he helped found the Wisconsin than to hear one of his favorite quar John Beaudin, cartoonist of QUilT' Elks Crippled Childrens' Commission, tets or the Sheboygan Barbershop tets, as seen by Bill Schneck of PQntilll;·llI Four Flushers, previously serving until recently as Chairman. Chorus blend theil' voices in song. cartooned by Beaudin. NOVEMBER, 1946 9"- HARMONIZER 13 From Joplin, Missouri ter at Blackwell, Oklahoma indicate Complains Cy Perkins, bari of champ that barbershopping is anything but Misfits: "That Beacon Four are just static in those parts. mean old applause stealers. I think they ought to be nlled out of any • • • show where past champions are sing Broadcast of visiting champs Satur ing. Next time we sing with 'em on day night and Sunday afternoon from a program I'm going to arrange to local Joplin station should go far to slip four hot potatoes into their Down where Missouri, Kansas, and interest rural districts in membership pusses before they start!' But really, Oklahoma rub corners, representa and attendance at next Parade. Cy loves 'em. tives of those states and Nebraska • formed a district association on Sep • • • • tember 15 and gathered at the Joplin All who hoped to hear 1941 cham • Memorial HaH to hear one of the most pion Chord Busters disappointed as Howard Millington, Pittsburgh, Kan outstanding collections of barbershop in Cleveland in June, when only two sas Chapter shepherded 110 from the Quartet talent ever brought together. showed up-Tom Massengale and Doc home town. Enmeier. Bob Greer, they say, has • • • gone professional on them and is try • • • Account of business meeting reported ing out for three months on the West elsewhere in this issue. These stub Coast. Only compensation Society This Department continued on to notes deal entirely with the Sunday wise for Chord Busters' loss is possi Tulsa with O. C. Cash. Then had the afternoon program and the Saturday bility that Bob may (should) form a opportunity of meeting N. O. Reed, night Pre-Glow at Hotel Connor. new 'Vest Coast Quartet. Secretary, Dallas Chapter, ardent harmonizer and earnest worker to en • • • • • • large and perfect the young Dallas It was particularly satisfying to Sunday afternoon in Memorial Hall, organization. privileged visitors from the East to Hank Wright emceed a program that SEC. REED SOUNDS NEW NOTE hear Wichita's Beacon Four. who last would have had S. R. O. signs in a IN SPEBSQSA QUARTET CIRCLES put in a meeting at a national affair larger city. As they sang: Arkansas WHEN HE SAYS THAT HIS QUAR in 1942. Still on the beam, still one City Firemen, The Beacon Four, The TET INTENDS TO TAKE ANY AND of the sweetest singing quartets, says Four Harmonizel's, 1943 Champs, The ALL COMMERCIAL OPPORTUNI this Department. Misfits, 1945 Champs, Tri-State Ap TIES AVAILABLE AND TURN • • • polo Club, The Flying L Ranch, Tulsa, OVER INCOME TO THE INFANT Gipps Amberlin Four, Peoria, Kansas CHAPTER IN DALLAS. Unannounced and unexpected, on City Serenaders, holders perennially Saturday night Pre-Glow, Interna of second place in international finals, tional Treasurer Joe Stern's Super Harmony Halls, 1944 Champions. Atomic Four from Kansas City, fea Never-to-be-forgotten in Joplin, their S~ turing low comedy, high comedy, all close of the Sunday concert with the ~ .K kinds of comedy. Says Joe "We've .~ -~ .... Lord's Prayer. L.Ll ..: ~ never stopped a show, but we sure '"I- ... ~~.= • • • 'fi have slowed down severaL" Percy r-- .... er ~= M. Franks can sub for Chico Marx at Comment from all sides in re the Four 0..... o ~ ~*' w the piano anytime and the audience Harmonizers heard frequently around I ~~ the hotel, "Not satisfied with winning Ql CW f- 'fi will ask for more. His two piano ...... 0 :::> stuff with Harry Denni is a distinct international championship, they're -< c. .- ,..er getting better and better each :year novelty for a quartet program and it I ~ ~ ~ since '43." ... -fc~ '" went big. Last number with Franks () U 'fi 0 doing tenor obligatos on the tonette • • • ~ w r ..."' qualifies this quartet as a top-noteher ;:::.., f- W 0 Visitors from Carthage, Mo. so im ...J ~ for entertainment. Quoting Joe again, pressed by week end that they're go ::: ..: ...J < >--...: Q f- .... "But we may not be International ing to form a Carthage Chapter. 'fi ..: 0 Champions for a while." L.Ll~ 0 > 0 • • • .:l E - er u -J:: $.> :;;w '"~ • • • Flowers to R. L. Starnes, Joplin =: n:s Eighty folks from Wichita, twenty Chapter President and his committees -Ji ~ -fc~ '"z five from Oklahoma City. Clare Wil for advance work that made the week CIl 'fiX '" ~ ~ l$t ero -' son, Past President, from Omaha, end easy to take for out of town folks. w ... While homefolks are already asking -< .. a- Rudy Heinen, fanner International Ql ~ for "tickets to the next one." Q. Q, "'".... Director, from Halbur, Iowa, The Q ~* Arkansas City Firemen. Each giving > ::: 0 <'" Ql international flavor to the meeting. • • • ..:::::- :;; w'" u Among those from St. Louis: Past ~ ~ "u:l er w '" • • • National President ·'Ooc" Rathert, $.> ..: I ~ L.Ll CW I Q. Secre~ *' Q " A high spot in Post Pre-Glow-Rex and wife; Joe Wodicka, who as ~ ,;::) tary helped Doc stage the first real, ... -fc:;; Garris, Arkansas City, Ray Garris, $.> ~ organized Society convention in 1941; .. w ~ Kansas City, Ray 'Voodward, Okla > Ie ,; homa City, Hank (IS) Wright, Okla Tom Collins, current president, St. -~ ..... 'fiI t::f- o . Louis; l\'lelva and Harold Ta)'lor, z~ homa City, singing together for the "";I ~ ... first time in 34 )'ears, actually, and representing 50% of the Mixed Up ~ ,c. Four; and rtlr. and Mrs. Clarence <. doing a darn good job of it. :;; c~ Marlowe. Clarence, faithful in local >< .... a: a; == ~ • • • chapter work while carrying seyeral ~ ... Two up and coming quartets-Clover years of service on the International [2 .~ < leaf Four, Kansas City and a brand Board, announced he's got himself a '" new quartet from a brand new chap- quartet. NOVEMBER, 1946 ...... , FOUNDER'S COLUMN by O. C. Cash to working out those paragraphs in 100 men comprlsmg it, all ages were insurance policies appearing in small, represented-High School boys and fine print, tha.t the unsuspecting never great·granclfathers all singing close read and which, in effect, nullify the harmony for the sheer love of sing entire policy. ing. Wnat a wholesome influence on our way of life it will be when such Us columnists-me and Winchell, • • • groups are organized in every village, Thorne, O'Brien, Spaeth, Pegler, Deae During the war I received an inquiry town and city in the land! and others-all have a little different from Dr. Paul Spangler, Chief Sur style, but it seems to me these other geon of his outfit, and Captain in the • • • nationally known writers have been Navy. He was then stationed some J want to wind up this disconnected imitating me a little too closely late where in the Pacific. I observe from piece with a want ad. Do any of the ly. I think I will change my column clippings from Portland, Oregon brothers know of a girls' camp not up some, fix up separate paragraphs papers that Doe is back in circulation too far from Milwaukee, where I can and put little stars and things in be and immediately upon his discharge put Betty Anne about June I? And tween them, like O. O. Mclnt)'re used from the Navy, organized a sweet is there a cabin on a lake in that ter to do. However, in this plan it just singing chapter in Portland. We ritory that Mrs. Cash and I can rent, occurs to me I may be following Hal's haven't been very well represented in preferably near a chapter that will pattern, 8S it appcnrs in his chapter the Northwest and I hope Brother furnish a quartet to sing all night and bulletin. This reminds me that some Spangler and the boys out there will fish all day with me for a couple of time when I am too lazy to write my do some missionary work and estab weeks before or after the Milwaukee own stuff I am going to ask Hal to be lish other chapters in that area. Convention? I will furnish chewing /lmy guest columnist." I notice my • • • tobacco and tackle, but will want some colleague, Drew Pearson, has guest Recently, in going through four or of the brothers to dig the bait and columnists every once in awhile. five filing cases of correspondence I clean and fry the fish. • • • had with interested brothers all over Hoping you are eager to do same, I Speaking about Chapter Bulletins, I the United States, when the Society am, etc. O. C. get n few of them regularly, and all was being set up, I began to wonder are extremely clever and interesting. where all t.hese fellows were and Likely there al'e many· that are as whether they had finally gotten into a BARBER SHOP PARADE OF chapter somewhere. Many of them I good as or better than "Sharp Notes" QUARTET HITS No. 1 of the Washington Chapter, "Harmony run into from time to time, but others Swipes" Louisville Chapter, "Har are lost to me. I think I will make a Edwin H. Morris & Co., Inc. mony Notes" of the Kansas City list of these oldtimers sometime, put BARBER SHOP PARADE OF Chapter, HPitch Pipe" of the Chicago it in my column and see if we can lo QUARTET HITS No.1, Arranged by Chapter and others, but I just don't cate them. Phil Embury, Frank H. Thorne, Hal happen to. see them. It would be • • • Staab, M. E. Reagan, Charles Merrill stimulating to all the chapters if they Much of the enjoyment I get from my and John Hanson, m e m b e I' s of could be on the exchange list with connection with the Society is in visit SPEBSQSA. A very valuable addition some or all of these bulletins. These ing with various brothers who happen to the literature of Barbershop Har Editors get pretty literary at times. to pass through Tulsa and come up mony. The publishers are fortunate For instance in one, this from Oliver to see me. Last week old Deac, on in getting arrangements by the lead Wendell Holmes struck my fancy: his way to Dallas to make a high ers of SPEBSQSA as sung by the "Alas for those that never sing top-flight qua l' t e t s. It contains: But die with all their music in 'em." powered speech to a group of prom KENTUCKY BABE, SWEETHEART inent Texas citizens, dropped in on OF SIGMA CHI, CAROLINA MOON, • me. Deae is a fanner, you know, and • • o PROMISE ME, AFTER YOU'VE I always read every word in the Har~ he and I went out to my farm and GONE, BASIN STREET BLUES, monizer (after first reading the spent the da.y, riding the range, branding calves, ringing the hogs, FLOAT1N' DOW"" TO COTTON Founder's Column) starting on the TO\VN and many other well known first page with the name of the Of shucking com, and pitching hay. I made some pictures of Deac, all favorites. Every Barbershopper will ficers and Directors, and then examin want a copy of this book. Published ing all the ads and articles. Even the booted and spurred, but they dido't by Edwin H. Morris and Company, ads are interestin~. There is a cer turn out so well. I wish they could have appeared in the Harmonizer. Inc. Price 60 cents at practically all tain ad, of a certain firm, in a certain music stores ... or they can get it. city that I always look forward to. Deac made a mighty good hand for And if I ever need a "Combination about fifteen minutes. Shear, Punch and Coper" to use on a • • • Judge, Jury or Tax Commission, I JOE LAURIE JR. SEZ know where I am going to buy it. The brothers at Macomb, Illinois in vited me to their recent Parade and (about the Harmonizer) • • • it was a dandy. It seems incredible "Thanks a lot for the 'marked Copy' There appeared sometime ago in the that a town of around 9,000 should be ... It makes me feel like gathering 3 Harmonizer an article by a certain in able to put 3,100 people in an audi marc guys and going in for 'singing.' surance man, from a certain large city torium to hear a barber shop harmony Of course wha.t Senator Ford, Harry in Illinois, that to me was extra· concert. I noticed that not a single Hershfield and I do on the Radio ... ordinarily entertaining. I could not person left the auditorium until the just about passes for that. Again I imagine such a fine piece of work Parade was over. The work of the must tell you the issue is grand . corning from the pen of such a poor chorus impressed me especially and fine art work, fine articles etc A tenor singer who has devoted his life the nice thing about it was that in the grand job." NOVEMBER, 1946 II £7"" HARMONIZER 15 "THE LOST CHORD" The Story Behind the Song Pictured on the Cover The CQver of this issue is the first to worked on it, he felt that even if in DAYTON CHAPTER feature a song widely popular in the cold light of day, it were to prove SPEBSQSA circles. The barbe-rshop worthless, it would at least have arrange11l,ent of "The Lost ChoTd" is helped to while away the hours of presents in "Barbershop Harmony," edited by anx.ious waiting. It was his last com Sigmund Spaeth, published by Mills. position for man)' months, for when The arrange'ment is by Cy Perkins. as on January 18, 1877 Frederic died, his sung by The Misfits, OUT 1945 Chambrother ceased to compose. PARADE pions. Later that year when the song was ---OF Most of us think of Sir Arthur Sulli published, it swept through England van as the composer of comic operas, as an inspiration, and eclipsed in a although. perhaps "The Lost Chord" few months in its sales, all the ballads QUARTETS is most likely to keep his name fresh in England in forty years. in memory. That strange, quiet feel MEMORIAL HALL ing which comes over us when we Mrs. Pierre Ronalds, one of the sing it was felt by the composer when sweetest singers of the day in English Dayton, Ohio he wrote it, little realizing that many Society, and life-long friend of Arthur people in the world would be drawn Sullivan, sang it through the years to into the same mood. his great pleasure . • . The first phonograph record made in England How Sullivan came to write it is best was that of Mrs. Ronalds singing told by his biographer: "All through "The Lost Chord." He gave the January 25th, 1947 those days and nights of mid-January, original manuscript to her, which, by 1877, he waited beside the bed of his her instructions, was buried with her. 8,30 P. M. brother, Frederic. Death with its fateful wings appeared to lurk in the Shortly before Sir Arthur Sullivan's hot shadows of the room. So closely death, he wrote to a friend: '41 have had their lives been knitted that the composed much music since then, but ADDRESS RESERVATIONS TO; still figure in the bed seemed as a have never written a second 'Lost part of himself that lay in jeopardy. Chord'.11 C. H. AVEY 341 Park End Dr. ~resently, in the stillness of the night, The verses-written by Adelaide Anne DAYTON 5, OHiO In one of the lone hours of waiting, Proctor, a poet's poet, who died in fragments of some verses which had 1864-first appeared in Charles Dick attracted him a few years before came ens' famous "Household Words," to his mind_f ... struck one chord of What inspiration caused her to write music like the sound of a great Amen ihe words has evidently never been re ... it may be that Death's bright corded. The song we owe to two peo angel will speak in that chord again.' ple who never knew each other, who His brother appeared to have drifted each had his own inspiration, inspires into a peaceful slumber. Sullivan drew everyone, everywhere, whenever it is Decatur, Illinois, Chapter together some odd sheets of paper sung or heard. and sketched out the complete setting Ted Livingston, Second Annual from the first bar to the last. As he Manhattan Chapter. Presentation oj JOHNSON'S WAX FOUR, Racine, Wisconsin Chapter The Cornbelt Chorus and PARADE of QUARTETS SUNDAY DECEMBER 1, 1946 KINTNER GYMNASIUM DECATUR, ILLINOIS TICKETS $1.20 TAX INCLUDED - ADVANCE TICKET SALES Pl~(u~ sePld Check or MoPley OrdtT 10: S. C. Johnson & Son. Inc., sponsors of the radio program, "Fibber McGee and Molly," have their own quartet-an members of our Racine Chapter. L. to R. PAUL F. MARSHALL Walter Bridgeman, tenor, Technical Service Directorj Bob Vance, lead, Assistant 505 County Bldg. Advertiling Managerj Don Huettner, bari, Merchandiserj and Ray Carlson, bass, DECATUR, JII. Sales Manager. Maybe these are the boys who arranged the Fibber-Molly broadcast that caused such a delighted furore in Society circles. NOVEMBER, 1946 16 .0/"-' HARMONIZER How To Become A Champion In 3 Easy Lessons By Jack Briody. Garden State Quartet It all started back in early 1942 (so After receiving this Testimonal I de forced Ul:1 to cancel quite n few as I'm told, I was not around at that cided to take a much needed rest, (I signments. particular time, due to not being able get a kick out of that, 1 was a Ser to duck the draft). Ted Rau, the geant) so I just took it easy for a Lesson Three delicatessen man from Philadelphia while. (Now comes Drama). One (Who quit dilling pickles to take a night I attended a meeting of the We finally got back on the beam about man sized job at the Western Elec.) Glee Club. While engaged in this March '46 and with the help of met a baritone named James Verdick, pastime I noticed three fellows walk "Where the Dreamy Wabash Flows"; who was also an employee of Western. ing toward me. One of them (Joe), "Way Do\\o-n in Georgia," and a I knew, but the others were strangers. prayer, we boarded the train for They were immediately impressed Cleveland in June. Bob showed up with each other, (love at first sight). Joe asked how my Bari was. I told with a beautiful case of laryngitis and him "just as lousy as ever." That we decided we were just going to Jim told Ted he knew a man who did was my downfall for Bob started a pretty good lead living in Kewark, Cleveland for the ride. Upon arrival, leading one, Ted added his tenor, Joe we kept. separated a8 much as pos N. J. So over to Newark they went the bass and I had to show off and and hooked up with Bob Freeland. sible in order to give Bob's throat a sing the bad. Ted suggested Ire· chance. We did a fairly good job at This left them needing only a bass. hearse with them and the following keeping apart (only caught together week we practiced for the first time. on 2·3 occasions) but this, and all the Jim was a member o! the Carden We all seemed to like the blend and lemons, (Bob had two in his pockets State GLee Club of Jersey City and at all times) plus a couple of Doctors suggested they pay the club a visit. after quite some coaching I was able to get three numbers down which they did not seem to help, Of course, we The angels must have been with them knew. This happened in May, 1943. overlooked the guy's fortitude for on for when they arrived at the Glee the afternoon of the Semi-Finals he Club they met Joe Marrese (then Lel:lson Two actually sang over the laryngitis, and living in Jersey City). groaning a few I think he did n much better job in low ones in the gang singing. Ted In June Ted asked if we would enter the finals. was impressed with the little guy's a Barbershop contest sponsored by \'oice quality and invited him to re the City of Newark, N. J. Much to \-Vell, yours truly is supposed to be hearse with the trio. That, was the our amazement we were announced some sort of comic (I wonder why) beginning of the Garden State Quar the winner. We were invited to ap and when I staggered to the center tet. pear in quite a few shows and in the of the stage after we were named lhe fall of 1943 entered the contest staged winners a lot of people thought it was This foursome sang together for a by the Paterson Chapter, SPEBSQSA just one of my antics. Brothers if I couple of months, when Jim Verdick, and were again fortunate in winning. ever did anything real in my life, who had served 3 hitch in the Navy in that was it. It was the greatest thrill World War I, ups and joins the Sea Here we met Hal Staab, who gave us any man could ever have. bees. Jim's enlistment put a damper the idea of entering the National on the quartet, but only until they finals to be held in Detroit in June, That's about the end of the tale with picked up another bari, (Martin 1944. Ted had those bathing suit out the exception of us guys letting the White) and continued with their al fits and with them we figured that entire Society know our only wish is truistic work, (and sometimes made a even though we probably had no to be good Champions. few for the coffers). Bob Freeland, chance of even getting into the finals, just a kid of 42, then received his we could at least give the audience a Meet the Garden Staters laugh. Well, we gave the people a GREETINGS from the President and Ted Rau, Tenor: Born in Philadelphia, left for the Army in July, 1942. But laugh all right and you probably never saw a happier bunch of guys Pa., former night club entertainer. our hero, (Ted) undaunted, set out to Now living in Hasbrouck Heights, get another lead to fill Bob's shoes.. when the Judges decided we had fin ished fifth. The result of the '44 finals N. J. Employed at the Western Elec., After trying out seven or eight he brought quite a few invitations Kearny, N. J., as a plant inspector. throughout the country and we were gave up. He found out it was much Bob Freeland, Lead: Born in Spar easier getting a bari than a good kept pretty busy appearing in pa rades. rows-Point, (Baltimore, Md.) former lead. (He got me didn't he). member of the Irving Berlin show After some months of idleness Ted In May, 1945 \ve entered the Eastern "Yip-Yip-Yap-Hankers." A vaude and Joe learned that Uncle S3m de District Preliminaries held at the villian from 1919 until 1932. Em cided Bob ate too much and was go Bronx Winter Garden and again had ployed by the Egyptian Lacquer Co., ing to discharge him. (Now I come). our rabbit's foot with us. This en KeanlY, N. J. Now living in Newark, titled us to compete in the Detroit N. J. Employed as Head Receiving About June, 1942, (I'll never forget finals. There we were not So lucky, Clerk. that date) those GREETINGS were finishing in a tie for 6th place (along also received by one Jack Briody, then with ten other quartets). This just Jack Briody, Baritone:: Born in a mere lad of 40. (Boy did 1 laugh made the quartet work harder and Jersey City, N. J., former tenor with the day they dragged me away, I even yours trul~' took a more serious the Garden State Trio, Radie> and weighed 221 at the time). Alter atlilude. We did run into a few snags, Night Club Entertainers. Still living streamlining me down to about 186, what with Joe moving to Milford, Pa., in Jerse:y City. Employed by the (that was no laughing matter) and and gasoline harder to get than my Federal Shipbuilding and Dry Dock putting up v.ith me for 9 months and grandmother's mustache. But you can Co., Kearny, N. J., as an Employment 7 days the Generals went into a bet, when he did manage to get a gas Interviewer. huddle and decided I couldn't do the coupOn or two, we really batted our Army much good, so on April 30, 1943 heads and throats out. After the Joe Mnrrese, Bass: Born in Jersey they handed me a piece of paper on petrol situation was straightened out, City, N. J. Has no professional back which was written: "For Honest nnd the Western Electric employees went ground. Now living at Milford, Pa., Faithful Servicelt (Discharge that is on strike which kept Ted Rau locked where he conducts his own Steam son, and I do mean Honorable). in the plant for two months and fitting business. NOVEMBER, 19-46 ~ THE WAY I SEE IT by Deae Martin should be maintained by Society basses, baris and leads who can't find "I dlaa~ with what you say, but I .hall defend to the death that rare bird able to soar above the your right to say it." staff and smile while doing it. Con Allribuud to Voltaire, 1694-1778 tributions, in high figures only, will be accepted by this department anrl ber bring a top tenor with him on placed in esskylark (I almost said that evening ..." escrow) until Leading Scientists can Elsewhere, Howard said there was no desert atom-smashing for constructive bag limit, but suggested bringing efforts toward elevating at least part The way I see it Howard L. Cranford, them in alive, if possible. Both hu of the race. secretary of Washingtondeesee Chap mane and sensible, I call that. Eventually, I want to see the Founda ter has made an invaluable contribu Only recently The Founder and I dis tion housed on Pike's Peak, which cer tion to the Society in publishing his cussed this serious problem half way tainly will keep the trainees above Exec Committee's proclamation of across the state of Oklahoma. We're sounds of bull frog croaking or other Top Tenor Night. Excerpts from his entirely agreed that it's so basic that low influences. Wrens and canaries in bulletin, IISharp Notes/' follow: we should start with heredity and pre cages will be the decorative motif. "WHEREAS ... the Executive Com natal influence. Much of the remaind Only uplifting books will be in the mittee finds that each and everyone er of our lives will be devoted to library. Theme song, to be sung by matching existing tenors with so all, on rising, at bedtimes, and before of its members aspires to sing in a and after meals_uyou Take the High quartet; . . • and WHEREAS, no pranos who will agree to sing nothing quartet can sing without a top tenor; lower than b-flat during the crucial Road .•." and WHEREAS top tenors, who months. Their offspring will be fed A flash from Jean M. Boardman, haven't been claimed by at least one exclusively on bird seed until age 14. President of Washington, D. C. Chap quartet already, are scarce as hen's That and a cricket under every hearth, ter: HOur special night brought in five teeth ... IT IS THEREFORE RE to set the right example, may get re good tenors as guests, several of whom SOLVED that Chapter 199 set aside sults. we expect to get as members. But, the evening of September 23 as Top Unbiased surveys prove the need for better still, an article which ran in Tenor Night. IT IS FURTHER RE a Foundation ~ for - the - Propagation the Washington Evening Star is SOLVED that each and every mem- Training - and - Uplift - of - Tenors. It bringing good results." ~;w;wf~·U'iUi'4;w. ~ JERSEY RAMBLERS RECORD CHARTER NIGHT PARADE ;w. A record, "Bringing Home The Ba Colorado Springs Chapter celebrated ~ con," was introduced on radio station its Charter Night August 13 with a for Christmas Harmony .y WAAT, Newark, N. J., thus: Parade attended by almost 2,000 peo OJ' that'll LAST and LAST ~ "The J e r S e y Ramblers," Harry ple. Special features of the program Give him.,. Give her ••• Give yourself Demarest, Tenor; George Sheridan, included quartet harmony by the Lead; Edward Marsh, Baritone and Scottsbluffers of the Scottsbluff, Ne SPE8SQSA QUARTET RECORDS Ray Sandiford, Bass, are all members braska Chapter, the Harmonizers Fin Record Set of the Newark Chapter of that barber Elastic Four, Chic_so from Denver and the Mountain Check to S.P.E.8.S.Q.S.A., Inc. and shop harmony society of the long Canaries, local foursome. The charter mail to Carroll P. Adams, Interna- ~ name that has recently come so list carried the names of 51 members. tional Secretary. 18270 Grand River Avenue, Detroit 23. Michigan. s t ron g I y to public attention, ~ Price, $6.25 express collect SPEBSQSA for short." Three Record Set-by the top flve And here they are just as introduced. Have you, Mr. Chapter President, and quartets in the 1946 Finals. The program was heard and com you, Mr. Chapter Secretary, a Chap Check to the Neff Recordin!\" Co.• and mail to Carroll P. Adams, Interna· mented upon by many, one of whom ter Reference Manual? If not, we tional Secretary, 18270 Grand River reported that he heard it while dining suggest you order one today from the Avenue. Detroit 23. Michigan. International Office. • Price, $6.00 Delivered in one of the big New York hotels. "" Three Record Set- t:i:l Four Harmonizers, Chic_co. Check should be made out and mailed to Harmony Records. Suite 602.20 w. Jackson Blvd., Chicago 4, Illinois. Price, $5.68 Delivered Three Record Set Mid-States Four, Chicago. Check should be made out and mailed to Forrest Haynes, 2174 Giddings, ~ Chicago. Illinois. ~ Price, $3.50 Delivered Three Record Set-in album Harmony Halls, Grand Rapids Check should be made out and mailed to Harmony Halls. 214 Houseman Bldg.• Grand Rapids. 2. Mich. Price, $6.50 Delivered Three Record Set- Chord Busters, Tulsa ~ Check shOUld be made out to and ~ mailed to N. T. Enmeier. D. D. 5., 2436 E. 23 St.• Tulsa. Oklahoma. ~ ;w~il~;;;;; ~ "'" THE JERSEY RAMBLERS (Designation of members is in story). NOVEMBER, 1946 18 £It.. HARMONIZER BARBERSHOPPERS 90% of Our Chapters Are CELEBRATE Three members of the Clapp Brothers Quart€t renewed their Barber Shop N owirt Active Districts Quartet Singing under the famous San Gabriel, Calif. Mission grape vine In June, 1940, Michigan was the first tic States District. The New England during the day of the Inter-Chapter to form a District of its four Chapters states and eastern New York have Parade of Quartets, October 5. -Detroit, Lansing, Flint and Grand formed the Northeastern District. Re Rapids. Now there are ten districts, cently the Central States District was Ralph Clapp, of Alhambra, Calif., is covering 90% of chapters. formed with Missouri, Kansas, Ne an active member of the San Gabriel Michigan, Wisconsin, Illinois and Ohio braska and Oklahoma. Most recent Chapter. Two of his brothers were still retain state bound~ries, but In· are the Far West District and On able to come to San Gabriel for the diana has taken Kentucky into the tario, Canada. occasion: Albert, of Santa Rosa, Calif., Indiana-Kentucky District. The cities and Arch, of Kingman, Ariz. The in western New York have formed a Each District operates under a con fourth member of the quartet, Ran Central-Western New York District. stitution approved by the Society and dall, of Stevensville, Montana, could Those in New York City, the states of under a Charter granted by the In not get there in time. Clyde Filbert,. New Jersey, Delaware, Maryland, Dis ternational President. Sacramento, Calif., filled in at bass. trict of Columbia and eastern Pennsyl The Presidents and Secretaries of In 1896 the Clapp Brothers became vania have organized the Mid-Atlan- each District are: famous in the San Gabriel area of California for their barbershop style ASSOCIATION PRESIDENT SECRETARY of harmonizing. None of them knows Illinois Henry M. Stanley Larry Favoright a note of music but they did, and still 315 S. Kenilworth N. Batavia Ave. do, know how to harmonize. Elmhurst, Ill. Batavia, Ill. WRITES FINIS . • . Indiana-Kentucky Joseph Weatendorf Frank D. Vogt Finis Jaynes, St. Louis, writes that 244 W. Suttenfield St. 909 W. Beardsley Ave. while in Pontiac, Mich., he couldn't Fort Wayne, Ind. Elkhart, Indiana pass up the opportunity . . . so to Society meeting he went. There the Michigan Robert Walker Howard Heath visiting Detroiters quartet steamed 1108 Lakeside Drive 1514 Court St. him up to the point of a call to St. Grand Rapids (6) Mich. Saginaw, Mich. Louis. A group of St. Louis Chapter Ohio Neison T. White James Emsley members who he knew would be at P. O. Box 1379 300 Citizens Bldg. John Schmitt's office that evening Columbus, Ohio Canton (2) Ohio were treated to the rare opportunity of hearing the Detroiters via Pontiac. Wisconsin Jack Dollenmaier A. H. Falk 2301 E. Beverly Road 219 W. Commercial f::t. ANOTHER RADIO BOOST Milwaukee, Wisconsin Appleton, Wisconsin HEN Eleanor Wilson McAdoo, W the only surviving daughter of Mid~Atlantic States James E. Matthe\vs R. Harry Brown 65 Jackson St. 3403 Madison St. Woodrow Wilson, interviewed Sig Paterson, New Jersey Wilmington, Del. Spaeth on her radio pro g ram, Woman's CLUb, her first question was Central-Western Wm. B. Coddington Phil Embury "What about the barber shop quar New York Porterville Road 30 Park St. tet?" Sig came right back with the East Aurora, New York Warsaw, New York answer, "It's a most significant factor in modern American life," inevitably Northeast Harold B. Staab Arthur Merrill followed by a solid boost for 40 Roe Avenue 1567 Kingston Ave. S.P.E.B.S.Q.S.A. (Mrs. McAdoo al Northampton, Mass. Schenectady, New York ready knew about the Society and was able to give the full name). Central States Clare Wilson H. T. White 614 Electric Bldg. 4800 Jefferson Ave. Lecture audiences frequently ask Dr. Kansas City, Mo. Spaeth about barbershop harmony in Omaha, Nebraska the question periods at the end of'his Far Western Russell C. Stanton Walter Holesapple programs, and, needless to say, he 222 Pasqual 4761 % E. Gage Ave. makes full use of such opportunities San Gabriel, Cal. Bell, Cal. for publicity. A number of quartets, by the way, are working on Sig's Ontario, (Can.) Hughbert Hamilton Charles E. B. Payne latest effort, The Old Barber Shop, London, Ontario Sarnia, Ontario published by Mills Music, Inc. ONLY 304? The Morgan County Four had tht center of the stage with 300 m embers of the Corn Belt Chorus for background at the Illinois State Fair, Sprinrfie1d. AUifUst 18. NOVEMBER, 19-46 WE LOVE A PARADE -and here are the outstanding keynotes in a HDown East" Winter of Harmony NOVEMBER 15 - PATERSON PARADE NOVEMBER 23 - BRONX ANNUAL VARIETY SHOW NOVEMBER 30 - DIAMOND STATE QUARTET REVIEW (Wilmington) DECEMBER 7 -- TEANECK PARADE DECEMBER 7 - WOOD-RIDGE GAY 90 COSTUME PARTY JANUARY 4 - UNION CITY ANNUAL DANCE JANUARY 11 - ANNUAL ASSOCIATION CONTEST-BALTIMORE JANUARY 25 YORK PARADE FEBRUARY 1 -- JERSEY CITY PARADE FEBRUARY 25 -- GARFIELD PARADE APRIL 12 - PASSAIC PARADE AND MINSTREL ------~------ Let the cold winds blow off the Atlantic. We're ready for them with a hot schedule of heart-warming harmony events from The Bronx to Baltimore. With our grand International Champs-The Garden State Quartet -to show the way, barbershop harmony is on parade everywhere in this Association. And plans are under way for additional nights of good fellowship and tuneful song. Keep your eye on us brothers, and paste the above schedule of events in your hat. If you're down this way, join us in the fun. MID-ATLANTIC STATES ASSOCIATION OF CHAPTERS OF SPEBSQSA (Home of the Garden State Quartet-INTERNATIONAL CHAMPS) BALTIMORE, MD. No.1 CAMDEN, N. J. MANHATTAN, N. Y. BALTIMORE, MD. No.2 DELAWARE No.1 (Wil.) NEWARK, N. J. BAYONNE, N. J. DIAMOND STATE (Wil.) PASSAIC, N. J. BRIDGETON, N. J. GARFIELD, N. J. PATERSON, N. J. BRONX, N. Y. HARRISBURGH, PA. TEANECK, N. J. BROOKLYN, N. Y. JERSEY CITY, N. J. UNION'CITY, N. J. WASHINGTON, D. C. YORK, PA. PENNS GROVE-CARNEY'S POINT, N. J. WOOD-RIDGE, N. J. 20 gil" HARMONIZER "WAIT TILL THE SUN SHINES, NELLIE" FOUNDER FOUND Well sir, back in September our Rov ing Reporter was in Tulsa and decided to look up a man who has been men tioned from time to time in connection with SPEBSQSA. Cash is the name. On a hot tip OUf reporter headed northeasterly from the lovely Cash home in Tulsa proper, sped through Oolaga where Will Rogers was born, and where the sign points to the Rogers ranch near Claremore, left the paved highway; and the pic t u r e proves what he found beside an empty saddle in the old corral. Yes sir, this man Cash was stranded 'way out there without a horse. He's a meat eater, is Cash, and the short age at home bad become so acute that he'd gone out to the ranch that morn ing to rope a steer. But the steers were 'way over in the South Pasture, and Cash got so gosh dumed hungry that he ate the horse. Part of Milwaukee's IOOth birthday was a miles-lone parade. A hilhlight was the That gave him stren'th to pack the Hi-Lo Quanet, sineing from a float depicting an o. f. barbershop with Society saddle and bridle 4 miles back, across members Erv. Hasley and Harold Tishrock as barber and sbavee. The Hoat almost floated, but singer-crowd enthusiasm wasn't dampened. PARTIAL LIST OF COMING EVENTS (As TepoTted to the InteTnational Secretary up to Od. 22nd, 1946 inclusive.) November 15 Paterson, N. J. Quartet Parade November 16 Lansing, Michigan Quartet Parade November 16 Buffalo, N. Y. Quartet Parade November 23 Louisville, Ky. B. S. Quartet Festival November 23 Hartford, Conn. Quartet Parade November ao Columbus, Ohio State Contest November 30 Pontiac, Michigan Quartet Parade November 30 Fox River Valley, Ill. Quartet Parade November 30 Diamond State Wilmington, Del. Quartet Review December 1 Decatur, IlL Quartet Parade December 1 Pioneer (Chicago) Concert December 6 Milwaukee, Wis. Quartet Parade December 7 Elkhart, Indiana All-Indiana Quartet Parade December 7 Cincinnati, Ohio Quartet Parade December 7 Mt. Pleasant, Mich. Quartet Parade December 14 Tecumseh, Mich. Quartet Parade December 15 Beardstown, Ill. Quartet Parade January 4 Union City, N. J. 1st Annual Dance January 11 Baltimore, Md. District Contest January 11 Hamilton, Ontario Charter Night January 17-18 Omaha, Nebraska International Board Meeting January 18 Canton, Ohio Quartet Parade January 25 Boyne City, Mich. "Bush League Contest" a big bottom where oil comes out of January 25 York, Pa. Quartet Parade the ground while blue stem bay grows January 25 Dayton, Ohio Quartet Parade thick on the surface. When tracked January 26 East Chicago, Indiana Quartet Parade down he was about to dump the horse January 26 Northwest Suburban Chapter jewelry into the "shack," O. C.'s name Park Ridge, 111. Quartet Parade for a little building that is the Muse February 1 Elyria, Ohio Quartet Parade um of SPEBSQSA. On its walls are February 1 Fort Wayne, Indiana District Contest pictures and documents covering men February 1 Jersey City, N. J. Quartet Parade and events in the Society from its in February 1 Massillon, Ohio Quartet Parade ception. It's hard for Cash to decide February 5-6 East Aurora, N. Y. Minstrel Show which means most, the big place with February 15 Cleveland, Ohio Quartet Parade its thousands of native pecan trees February 15 Green Bay, \Visconsin Jubilee growing lush in that Oklahoma bot February 23 Bloomington, lIL Quartet Parade tom land, or the collection on the March 9 Princeton, Ill. Quartet Parade walls of the little museum. Pinned March 16 Jacksonville, Ill. Quartet Parade down, O. C. said (and we quote) "Well March 22 Saginaw, Mich. Quartet Parade I could get" along without the ranch April 5 Grand Rapids, Mich. Great Lakes Invitational but not without what's in the Shack." April 12 Jamestown, N. Y. Quartet Parade By the time the Reporter had skimmed April 12 New Haven, Conn. Quartet Parade hurriedly over the collection it was April I? Passaic, N. J. Quartet Parade nearly noon. As he stepped out, every April 12-13 Kansas City, Mo. Quartet Parade horse in the corral took off, over a April 19 Oklahoma City, Okla. Quartet Parade ten~bar fence, and high tailed it for April 26 Port Huron, Mich. Quartet Parade the tall timber. So, we ate the saddle. May 9-10-11 Regional Preliminaries May 18 Rock Island, Ill. Quartet Parade NOVEMBER, 19<46 June 12-13-14 Milwaukee, Wisconsin Convention /11 !V(Ul) !Jilt the INDIANA-KENTUCKY • ASSOCIATION OF O-IAPTERS OF S.P.EB.S.Q.S.A. 1. ELKHART-Pres. Ed. Nance, 2407 11. LOGANSPORT-Pres. Wm. Ma Cassopolis Rd., Sec. Frank Vogt, 909 rocco, 2303 North St., Sec. Clarence W. Beardsley Ave. Meetings-2nd Marocco, 830 18th St. Meetings and 4th Tues. each month, 2nd and Every Mon. nite, Harmony Corner. Marion Sts./ Legion Home. ] 2. KOKOMO - Pres. Bernie Rite, 2. SOU l' H BEN D - Pres. Clem 1301 S. Annstrong, Sec. Leland John DeRose, 407 N. Sunnyside, Sec. Stan son, 11 S. Union. Meetings-1st and ley Kazmirski, 510 N. Birdsell. Meet 3rd Wed., Memorial Hall, Court ings-1st Mon. each month, Blue House. Room, Oliver Hotel. 3. GARY-Pres. William Hess, 646 13. MISHAWAKA - Pres. Pat Pen Elkhart St., Sec. Harry Kirche. 549 singer, 2016 South Bend Ave., S. B., Garfield St. Meetings-1st and 3rd Sec. Geo. Corbridge, 1310 S. Michigan, Mondays, American Legion Hut, 565 So. Bend. Meetings-Every Tues., Massachusetts. Moose Hall. 4. INDIANAPOLIS - Pres. J 0 h n 14. WABASH - Pres. Marshall Hen Saettel, 918 Bosart St., Sec. Clyde derson, 605 Columbus, Sec. Donald Marsh, 3326 Brookside Pkw'y. Meet Brown, 443 W. Main St.' ings-Every Friday, Central YMCA, 310 N. Illinois. 15. WARSAW - 1945-46 Officers 5. EVANSVILLE-Pres. Jerry Beeler, Pres. Mayor Frank Rarick, Warsaw, P. O. Box 597, Sec. Bruce Hitch, Elks Sec. Herbert Dye, Winona Lake, Ind, Club and Florence Gehlhausen, 308 S. Frederick St. Meetings-3rd Mon. each month, Elks Club. 16. HAMMOND-Pres. Julius Mayer, 558 State Line, Calumet City, lnd., Sec. Carl Etter, 625 Sibley St. 6. BRAZIL-Pres. Fred Gregory, 714 N. Meridian St., Sec. Worth Stigler, 8 N. Walnut St. Meetings-Every Tues., 17. WILLIAMSPORT - 1945-46 Of Elks Club. ficers - Pres. Paul Bailey, Deputy State Fire Marshall, Sec. Carroll Pack, Attica, Ind. 7. ANDERSON - Pres. Guy Martz R. R. No.5, Pendleton, Ind., Sec. Chester Young, 254 W. 37th St. Meet 18. TERRE HAUTE - Pres. Carl ings-Alternate Mondays, YMCA. Jones, 2522 College Ave., Sec. Roy McCray, 1638 North Center St. 8. FT. WAYNE-Pres. Claud Sigman, 810 Barr St., Sec. Joe Juday, R. R. 19. MUNCIE-Pres. Glen Stapleton, No. I, Grabill, Ind. Meetings-3rd 323 So. College Ave., Sec. Don Tobey; Thurs. each month, Kries Stolzenau 813 Marsh St. Hall, 1091;2 E. Brackenridge. 20. HOBART-Pres. Rupert Schwinn, 9. LEBANON - 1945-46 Officers 791 Lincoln St., Sec. William Flynn, Pres. W. E. Blackwell, 115 S. Lebanon 527 E. Third St. Meetings-1st, 2nd St., Sec. Robert A. Bell, 523 E. Su and 4th Thurs. each month, Social perior St. Hoom, Hobart Library. 10. EAST CHICAGO - Pres. Mickey' 21. LOUISVILILE, KY.-Pres. F. W. Patrick, 4109 Homerlee Ave. Sec. Drybrough, 620 South 5th St., Sec. Victor Secviar, 3823 Parrish Ave. George Ewald, 2191 Barringer. Meet Meetings-2nd and 4th Mondays, Elks ings-1st and 3rd Mondays, Henry Bldg. Clay Hotel, 3rd and Chestnut Sts. by J. George O'Brien, 400 S. Franklin St., Saginaw, Micb. Coinchief of the YNEWDEU Depart title but here's the pay-off: L. B. ment 'bas a dandy little publication Harrison of Scottsbluff, Nebraska, called "Melody Lane Memories." If in Denver for a charter presentation you'll ask him real pretty like we're called Joe long distance and got him sure he'd be glad to send you a copy. out of bed in the wee small hours of the morning and gave him the words Bob Scarth who's been stage manag and the title a long time ago. Shame ing theatres here in Saginaw since All th~ world will be jealous of nte on you Joe, here we were stewing ... Nnw, don't get me wrong, no 1903 adds to Joe Laurie's list of old our heart out and you never even told body's gonna be jealous of Ye Olde time quartets the following who us. The correct title is "I'm So Glad Ed. That's just the title of the song played the Jeffers Strand Theatre My Mammy Don't Know Where I'm that's been bothering John Beaudin. here during the good old days of At" and it was featured by the Dun We have it on no less authorities than INFORMATION YOU WANT TITLE YEAR COMPOSER PUBLISHER All the World Will Be Jealous Of Me 1907 AI Dubin-Ernest Ball M. Witmark & Sons At The Five and Ten Cent Store 1915 Marvin Lee-Jean Walz M. M. Cole Pub. Co. Blue Sweetheart 1937 Marvin Lee-Terry Shand Forster Music Pub. Call On Me Gal Of Mine (I'll Be There) 1913 Lee-Wall-Breuer Frank Clark: Music Creep, Baby, Creep 1890 Charles K. Harris Charles K. Harris Dublin Mary Brown 1916 Lee-Graham-Hill Roger Graham Forgot Me Not (Means Remember Me) 192-4 Conrad-Hanbury-Gillen M. M. Cole Pub. Co. Give Me the Right To Love You 1917 Ben Bar-Abe Glatt M. M. Cole Pub. Co. Hello, Aloha, How Are You 1926 Gilbert-Baer Leo Feist r Aint Got Nobody 1915 Graham-Williams-Peyton M. M. Cole Pub. Co. I'm Glad I Met You Mary 1899 Monroe Rosenfeld Windsor Music Co. Johno}"s in Town 1919 Yelle-Meyer-Olman Leo Feist Just Kiss Yourself Goodbye 1902 Wm. Jerome-Jean Schwartz Ramick Music Co. Lily of the Valley 1917 Gilbert-Fiedland E. B. Marks Livery Stable Blues 1917 Lopez·Nunez-Lee Melrose Bros. Music Marcheta 1913 Victor Schertzinger M. M. Cole Pub. Co. Mexicali Rose 1923 Stone-Tenney M. M. Cole Pub. Co. Missouri, My Home Sweet Home 1933 Lee-Zaher Marvin Lee My Boy 1913 Lee-Breuer F. Clark Music Co. Only a Tangle of Golden Curls 1892 Charles K. Harris Charles K. Harris Somebody Misses Somebody's Kisses 1919 Frank Davis·Max Prival A. J. Stasny Music There May Be Others Like Her But They're Not In Chas. Horwitz-F. V. Bowers E. B. Marks Town 189; Tippecanoe 1904 H. Williams-E. Van Alstyne Remick Music Co. \Vay Down in My Heart I've Got a Feelin' For You 1904 Madden-Morse Jerry Vogel Music When Kate And I Were Comin' Thro' The Rye 1902 A. B. Sterling-H. Von Titzer Harry Von Tilzer NOVEMBER, 1946 diu HARMONIZER 23 COLE LISTS OLD TIMERS If you're looking for song titles here 191 songs titled "Rages of the they are ..• over a thousand of them. 1920's" being numbers frorn 1920 to SATISFYING I Russell Cole, that grand old barber 1929 shopper from Chouteau, Oklahoma, who used to sing lead with the Alfalfa In addition, he has two more lists, ~4. Corners Moonlight Serenaders, the "Songs Grandpa Sang in the Long Vinegar Blink Four, and the Main Ago" and "Songs Father Sang in the Street Harmonizers, has been collect Good Old Courtin' Days." The first ing data on I'oldies" for 10 these many lists 211 songs prior to 1910 and the the harmony of a champion many years. Purely as a hobby he's second lists 131 from 1910 to 1920. quartet and the full rich cataloged them by years and eras and It's taken years of research to collect has had them printed on 81,6 x 11 these titles, by far the most complete flavor of Kingsbury Pale sheets as follows: list we've seen. Russ, good barber Beer, the aristocrat of 74 songs titled "Songs Father Sang" shopper that he is, has offered these being numbers from 1700 to 1880 lists to members of the Society at one premium beer. 99 songs titled "Father's Old Favor cent per copy (to cover printing) plus ites" being numbers from 1890 to 1899 postage. Write direct to Russell Cole, Chouteau, Oklahoma, include a return 199 songs titled "Good Old Ragtime sL'{-cent stamped business size en Days" being numbers from 1900 to velope and one cent in coin or stamps 1909 for each list you desire. 164 songs titled "Old Free Lunch Take it from us, for nine cents you'll Days" being numbers from 1910 to get enough song titles to keep your 1912 quartet busy for the next twenty-five 171 songs titled "The Hobble Skirt years. Eve r y member of the DaY:i" being numbers from 1913 to SPEBSQSA should have a copy of 1915 these song titles; they'll bring back a 179 songs titled flFirst World War million dollars worth of memories Days" being numbers from 1916 to even if you never want to use them 1919 with a quartet. DO YOU REMEMBER? (Continued from Previous Page) Store." And we thought that ten cent Over the Hills To Virginia and Shame store hit of a few years ago was some On You for E. M. Davis, There's A thing new and original. Also included Vacant· Chair At Home Sweet Home was Aloha Oe and Tales from the for Jerry Nyhan, Give My Regards To the Bowery, When the Flowers Vienna Woods with words by Lee, Bloom In Springtime Molly Dear, and Blue Sweetheart, Call On Me Gal Of Think It Over Mary for George Lucas, Mine, Livery Stable Blues, Missouri and Please Take Me Back To Dear • • • • My Home Sweet Home, My Boy, and Old Ohio for Pat Voyce. In addition a clever number about a "brown Jerry Vogel had about twenty-five di • • eyed" (they aint no such animal, rect requests many of which have been Marv) Irish Colleen called "Dublin taken care of but we can't tell you • • Mary. Brown" all of which he had a who they were as they didn't send us hand in creating. copies. Among these were several for • • Frank Burke and the Melody Mutila Dm~g, tors of Rochester but Jerry says don't III.'. ~.o IGIHII II The "You Name 'Em We Dig 'Em • II"BURY BRlW(Rlrs C, • Up" Department has been swamped let that name fool you. From their IlU1IOI't0(. WlstO_S IN with requests lately and while we're choice of songs they evidently don't • • still farther behind than the caboose mutilate 'em. on a two-engined freight we have With the no.w "old songs" committee • • made some progress. We found a of Jerry Vogel, Bill McKenna, Russ copy of Shabby Old Cabby for Mur Cole, Marv Lee, Ted Livingston, Sig • • ray Welch, Dry Bones for Guy Stop Spaeth, and yours truly we hope to be pert, Sugar Moon for the Clef able to run down just about anything • • Dwellers, My Boy for Wally Nash, that was ever published but honest Charles Daniels' songs for Phil Kane, fellows it's a lot of work digging up • the Moth and the Flame for Art Bow these "sleepers" so please don't write man, I'm Going Back To Carolina, in just to see jf you can stick us ... • for R.' Harry Brown, I Called You you probably can. • My Sweetheart for Jean Boardman. If you really want a song we'll be • • Fussy Rag for Jean and Peter Gell, happy to try to locate it but in fair The Old Canoe for Frank A. Ritz, ness to these grand guys who are • • Sweet Roses of Morn, Bright Was the willing to do this as a service to Night, Every Race Has A Flag But Society members let's not ask for • KINGSBURY BREWERIES co. • the Coon, and Why Don't the Band them unless you actually want them, Mlnilowoc & SbeboYPD • WiltODlt. Play for Don Grenfell, I'm Going please. •• • • • • • • • • NOVEMBER, 1946 [Jl.e HARMONIZER "SO YOU WANT SOME 'NEW' NUM'BERS" When the Society was young, very little in the way of barbershop harmony had been committed to paper. Sigmund Spaeth and our early Arrangements Committee pioneered, continued; others took note, and today there's a wealth of 4-part barbershop-style folios available, literally hundreds of numbers to be fitted to your own quartet style. Just look at these samples: BARBERSHOP HARMONY-Mills Music, Inc., 1619 Broadway. New York 19-60c AKIN'·AGONIZERS Jamestown, N. Y. CONTENTS: Aura Lee I Love You Best of All Bright was the Night I Want to Harmonize Bring the Wagon Home, John Margie By the Watermelon Vine (Lindy Lou) My Evaline Dinah Shall I Wasting in Despair? Dogwood Dell Shine Down Mobile S. P. E. B, S. Q. S. A. Girl of my Dreams Sweet, Sweet Roses of Morn Hearts Win Tonight, You Lose The Lost Chord How Dry I Am Way Down Home I Can't Give You Anything But Love Way Down Yonder in the Cornfield I Had a Dream, Dear Workin' on the Railroad L. to R. -Preston Hoskins, past MORE BARBERSHOP HARMONY-Mills Music, Inc., pr~sident and conductor of Jamestown Chorus; Kenneth Moyle. John Lin 1619 Broadway, New York 19-60c dell; Leonard Morse. The Agonizers SlIng. at Jackson. Mich. Parade, Jack CONTEN1'S: Moonglow son being Jam~stown's sponsoring All Through the Night My Mother's Rosary chapter. By-Lo Nelly was a Lady Canty Island Baby Nobody's Sweetheart Daddy, Get Vour Baby Out of Jail Shine on Me Down Among the Sugar Cane That Tumble-Down Shack in Athlone In the Fields of Oklahoma Tell Me Why Each Chapter President and each In the Gloaming Violets Sweet Chapter Secretary should have a Mister Moon We've Nevu Been Defeated in the U S. A. Chapter Reference Manual and should Mood Indigo While Strolling Through the Park One Day refer to it frequently. BARBERSHOP PARADE OF QUARTET BITS No. 1 Edwin H, 'Morris & Company, 1619 Broadway, New York 19-60c Barber Shop Choruses CONTENTS: Carolina In the Morning Nellie Dean Chinatown, My Chinatown On Mobile Bay and Quartettes! In the Shade of the Old Apple Tree Pretty Baby I'm Afraid to Come Home in the Dark Smiles Get new music for Winter! I'm Forever Blowing Bubbles Sweet Adeline We suggest the best sellers Memories Till We Meet Again Moonlight Bay When It's Apple Blossom Time in Normandy Barber Shop Ballads and My Buddy Your Eyes Have Told Me So How (0 Sing Them $1,96 Barber Shop Harmony .60 More Barber Shop Harmony. .60 BARBERSHOP' CLASSICS-Remick Music Corp., Barber Shop Ballads .35 619 West 54th Street, New York 19-75c Parade of Quartet Hits No. I ••60 Barber Shop Classics (New) - .75 CONTENTS: Favorite Barber Shop Ballads 1.00 After You've Gone It Looks like Rain in Cherry Blossom Lane Two Bubel' Shop Ballads .. • .50 Angry Kentucky Babe MALE qUARTET FOLIOS Basin Street Blues Little Stre~t Where Old Friends Meet Feist Folio for Male Quartets .75 Beautiful Isle of Make Believe Love is Like a Dream Revellers Modern QUllrl~t8 Carolina Moon Marines' Hymn Vol. 1. 2 or 3. each - .75 Drifting Back to Dreamland o Promise Me Mills Handy Tunell .75 Floatin' Down to Cotton Town Somebody Loves You MUls Favorites .75 Go U Northwestern Sw~et Hawaiian Moonlight Robblus Patriotic Songs - .75 I Ain't Got Nobody Sweeth~art of Sigma Chi Southernalres' Hymns Folio _ .60 In the Valley of the Moon W~ Three Golden Gate Quartette Spirlrunls .60 Send for complete list of male Album of Favorite Barbershop Bal~ Two Barbershop Ballads (The Old 1aqs-177 songs arranged by Ozzie quartet music available and Barbershop---I Want to Harmonize) suitable for barbershop Westley-M. M. Cole Publishing by Spaeth-Mills Music, Inc., 1619 Co" 823 W. Wabash Ave., Chicago, singing. 111.-$1.00. Broadway, New York City-50c. Barber Shop Ballads---eontaining 63 Barbershop Ballads and How to Sing Waupaca Choral Supply Them-by Sigmund Spaeth-Pren arrangements by Ozzie Westley Spedallsu in Barber Shop Mudc Box II Waupaca, Wisconsin tice-Halll 70 Fifth Ave, New York M. M. Cole Publishing Co., 823 W. CitY-$1.96. Wabash Ave., Chicago, III.-25c. NOVEMBER, 1946 fJ7I,~ HARMONIZER 25 eEl YO(/RS NOW.! IMMEOIATE DELIVERyl ======@).~K~.~.@.~~. DECALCOMANIA BARBER SHOP f)IAfVI£r£R EACH B[ AMONG TII[ flliST /}AlH}[f)SJ./OPP[R5 TO DISPlAV TIH OffiCIAL [MBL.M ON YOUR WINOSIII£LO FORT WAYNE £HAPTER 81OSoulhBal'rSt. Fort Wayne II), Iud, PARADE OF QUARTET HITS We Specialize in No.1 RAISED PROCESS PRINTING CONTENTS CAROLINA MOON • KENTUCKY BABE • & SWEETHEART OF SIGMA CHI • ANGRY Robert E. Morris Son o PROMISE ME • BASIN STREET BLUES • I AIN'T GOT NOBODY • AFTER YOU'VE Expressiva Printing GONE • MARINES' HYMN • GO U NORTHWESTERN WE THREE and 5267 Second Avenue MANY OTHERS. Arranged by Top-Flight Barber Shoppers Detroit, Michigan PHIL EMBURY FRANK H. THORNE HAL STAAB M. E. REGAN CHAS. MERRILL JOHN HANSON Approved Arrangements by SPEBSQSA WHIZ PRICE 60c IN U. S. A • ...... \:' EDWIN H. MORRIS & COMPANY, INC• ...- _---' _------_ .. _------_._---- __ .. __ .------_ -- EDWIN H. MORRIS &. COMPANY, INC. H 1619 BROADWAY, NEW YORK 19, N. Y. r am enclosing $ for copies of BARBER SHOP PARADE OF' QUARTET H ITS NO.1 Name _ Address _ City . Zone State' _ BLOOMINGTON, ILL. ======S!=E==S: NOVEMBER,1946 26 stu. HARMONIZER It Helps ••• to Know About a Song With each new arrangement released dy line and with its appealing verse shop classic complete with its ex by our International Committee on added, is being made available to tremely beautiful and solidly har Song Arrangements, a brief bulletin is Society members. The Elastics sing monious verse. This number, also issued telling something about the it in Bb but it has been reset in G from the Elastic 4 repertoire, is modi origin and history of the number. where any quartet or chorus can fied to eliminate extended range pas It was suggested that we reprint handle it, even the tag that produces sages. Any quartet that will take these bulletins in THE HARMON such a thrilling climax:. the time to learn it will be amply re IZER, because in that way, the Com mittee can be sure that the back Again we are indebted to Forster warded in harmony satisfaction for ground of the songs is brought to the Music:; Publisher, Inc., of Chicago for its effort. And so will its audiences. attention of each Society member. granting the Society permission to This is the last of a series of Forster distribute copies to its members. Ad copyrights that Forster Music Pub Tell Me You'll Forgive Me ditional copies, in octavo form, will lishers of Chicago have generously (September Release) be available only through the publish given the Society permission to dis Ray Hibbeler and Waiter Anderson er or at music stores. tribute to its members in loose-leaf may not have authored it with barber form. Additional requirements will be shop perfection in mind but that ju::>t available in octavo edition through about describes their famous song, Down By the Old Mill Stream the publisher, or music stores every where. Other Forster songs, in addi~ "Tell Me You'll Forgive Me," the (October Release) Committee's selection for September. tion to those already released, such as Here is a number whose melody har A popular fallacy in the realm of bar "1 Love You the Best of All,'· "I Get monizes just as naturally as Ted Wil bershop is that because everybody is the Blues When It Rains," "Dream liams bats out home runs. Did you familiar with "Mill Stream" anybody Train." HOver the Hills to Virginia," ever watch a quartet singin· it-and can sing it. You who have tried it etc. bearing the Society seal of ap observe their "ain't it wonderful" ex know what a challenge to harmony proval, will soon be available in ex pressions? Bet you have, because perfection this old timer presents; clusive publisher's editions. you also know how fully you were re OfTell Me You'll Forgive Me" always ap~ warded when you mastered that chal Again the Committee voices the gets sung sooner or later and usually preciation of a grateful Society to sooner. lenge. Mr. F. J. A. Forster of Forster Music The Elastic 4 is responsible for reviv To spare you the pitfalls into which Publishers for his cooperation in per ing this harmony favorite. and now this melody has led many a foursome mitting the Society to use some of his their version of it, revised in a few the Committee presents for October a Company's best barbershop songs. spots to conform to the original melo fine version of Tell Taylor's barber Thank you, Mr. Forsterl QUARTET PARADE and CORN BELT CHORUS SHOW ",", . THE BRUSH CENTER FOUR (From tbe book "Newt Plumb", by Wally Bishop) ) ) Sunday, February 23rd, 2 P.M. SCOTTISH RITE TEMPLE BLOOMINGTON, ILLINOIS "The Hub oj the Corn Belt" NOVEMBER, 1946 FAR WESTERN ASSOCIATION OF CHAPTERS "Thanks to the San Gabriel Chapter lor their splendid hospitality extended to visiting members 01 SPEBSQSA at the Far Western Inter-Chapter Parade." Pres.: Russell C. Stanton, 222 Pasqual Ave.. San Gabriel, Calif. V. P.: Donald S. Grenlell, 2126 Balboa St., San Francisco (21) Calif. Sec. Treas.: Walter Holesapple 4761 \12 Gage Ave., Bell, Calif. ARIZONA SAN FRANCISCO-Pres. James C. Hare, 149 New Montgomery Street, Sec. John A. Mac PHOENIX-Pres. W. C. Balsley, 1537 W, Earl Donald, Room 1011, 565 California Street. Drive, Sec. W. C. Hallell, Route No.1, Box 98, Laveen, Ariz. Meets Hotel Westward-Ho, 1st SAN GABRIEL-Pres. Russell C. Stanton, 222 and 3rd Wednesdays. Pasqual, Sec. Richard N. Schenck. 853 Gan baldi Ave. Meels 1st and 3rd Mondays at Boy CALIFORNIA Scout Cabin, 900 E. Grand. LONG BEACH-Pres. Verle Keiser, 3060 E. 2nd Street, Sec. Ellioll Kirby, 1487 Chestnut Avenue. SANTA MONICA-Pres. George K. Dunn, 2108 Meels every Friday night at Elks Club, Cedar 6th Street, Sec. Robert V. Reily, 1732 C Euclid Avenue. SI. Meets 1st and 3rd Monday at Veterans Service League, 1447 Sixteenth Street. HOLLYWOOD-Pres. WilliamCargo, 314 Salem St., Glendale, Calif., Sec. Hatch Graham, 10300 Virella Lane, Los Angeles 24. Meets 2nd and NEVADA 4th Tuesdays at Parkview Manor, 2200 West RENO-Pres. Henry S. Cooke, 217 Reno Ave.. Seventh St., Los Angeles. Sec. John S. Field, Box 1291. Meels last Friday MAYWOOD (Tri-Cily}-Pres. LeRoy Nuller, 3633 every month at Ruth Ryan's Dance Studio, 17\12 East 61st St., Huntington Park, Sec. Walter Hole West Fourth. sapple, 4761'/2 East Gage Ave.. Bell. Meels 2nd and 4th Mondays, Ebell Club, 6337 Fishburn OREGON Avenue, Bell. EUGENE-Pres. E. C. Murphy, Box 143, Sec. NATIONAL CITY-Pres. Russell C. Hamilton, Ralph Hanson, Station KUGN. 1340 NationaL Sec. Allred N. Hinton, 1835 J. Avenue. Meets 1st and 3rd Fridays at American PORTLAND-Pres. Dr. Paul E. Spangler, 816 Legion Hall, 35 East 18th Street. Pillock Block. Sec. E. L. Casey, 6904 S. W. Canyon Crest. SACRAMENTO - Pres. Joe Trousdale, 629 " Forum Bldg.. Sec. John E. Kimble, 523 Garfield Rd.. North Sacramento. WASHINGTON SALINAS-Pres. Ed. Tunison, 14 E. San Luis, PORT ANGELES-Pres. Roy S. Jensen, 131 Sec. W. Max Gordon, 312 Lang Street. Meets West 12th Street, Sec. H. B. Molchior, 126 West 1st and 3rd Tuesdays at Johnson's Radio Shop, 1st St. Meets every Tuesday night at Elks Club, 4i2 Main Street. First and Lincoln Streets. SAN DIEGO-Pres. J. W. Hayes, 4725 Arizona TACOMA-Pres. H. Sanford Saari, c/o Puget St., Sec. Justus R. Kent. c/o Activities Ollice, Sound National Bank, Sec. Paul Newman, c/o Army & Navy Y.M.C.A. Pierce County Court House. • .You are Cor B.S.Q·S.~. S.R~·~E ''PABAlJ SATURDAY NIGHT , • HBAB and BN. THE MISFITS - HJ SERENADERS • BEACO HOTEL FONTENELLE SUNDAY ~fORNING, J~ HEADQUARTERS He Hotel Reservations CHARLES E. MABBETT "PARADE QUARTETS" Tickets c/o CASTLE HOTEL of 16th and Jones ALL SEATS RESERVED $2.40 $2.10 $1.80 $1.50 $1.20 TAX INCLUDED AK-SAR-BEN WALTER A. MUNSON President lly Invited to. • • MID-WINTER INTERNATIONAL BOARD MEETING JANUARY 17 -18 -19, 1947 01 QUARTBTS11 N. 18 - OMAHA MUNICIPAL AUDITORIUM Y INTERNATIONAL CHAMPIONS MONY HALLS • THE HARMONIZERS • • THE ELASTIC FOUR II CHORDOLIERS • FLYING IIL RANCH fOUR • MIXED-UP-FOUR ARY 19 - MORNING GLOW and HUNT BREAKFAST EL FONTENEI.I.E (Bbwk Mirror Room) i , Ticket Reservations General Information WALTER A. MUNSON C. E. WILSON 321 Park Avenue I I 614 Electric Building i HAPTER (OMAHA) OF SPEBSQSA , DWIGHT E. SLATER Secretary AMERICA GOD SAVE THE KING ARRANGEO BY MUSIC BY PHIL EMBURY HENRY C~REY .) ,II , , , J I I I I , , I I I I V I I I MY COUN • TRY 'TIS OF THEE, SWEET L~ND Of LIB - ER - TY, OF THEE I GOD SAVE OUR GRAC ·IOUS KING, LONG LIVE OUR NO • BLE KING, GOD SAVE THE , I I I I I I I J r r r I I I I J J J. J , • I I SING. LAND WHERE MY FATH - ERS DIED! L~ND OF THE PILG - GRIM'S PRIDE KING. SEND HIM VIC TO RI - OUS, HAP - PY AND GLO • RI OUS, I I I .J. I J J J. , , r r I - I - I , • I I EV _ FROM 'RY _ MOUN TAl N SIDE. LET___ FREE· DOM RING. LONG TO _ REIGN __ o VER US, GOD SAVE THE KING. I I I l I I I , ,, r I I r K. C. INNOVATES VETS AID eraJ1S Hospital, Topeka. Serenaders, the Gamboliers, Four Leaf Clovers, Super-Atomic Four and By Hec White K. C. barbershoppers recently organ ized the Topeka Chapter which now Skelly Fortifiers. The Flying "L" On October 20 The Kansas City and has 100 members. More than 150 Ranch Quartet of Tulsa, Okla. and Topeka Chapters scored a success in Kansas Citians participated in the the Chordoliers of -Rock Island, Ill. a program for War Veterans in Tope Sunday program, which was ac were guest artists. ka when they attracted a capacity claimed by Topeka newspapers as the Joseph E. Stern, International Trea~ crowd of more than 4,000 persons, year's stellar performance in addi surer, directed the combined choruses filling the City Auditorium, and com tion to its significance as a war serv of the two chapters. John E. ::Miller pleted a fund of $5500.00 for a ice of the Society in behalf of Vet of Kansas City, versatile Master of memorial illuminated fountain for erans. Ceremonies, brought down the house veterans at the Winter General Vet- Kansas City .Quartets included the with his repartee. NOVEMBER, 1946 =e lC Ie ;e Ie lC 11 I BARBBR SHOP CLASSICS I * ~~T~ Edited By CLEVELAND Sigmuad Spaeth CHAPTER PARADE * CDNTENTS PREITY BABY SWEET ADELINE MOONLIGHT BAY SMILES NELLIE DEAN WHEN IT'S APPLE BLOSSOM TIME IN NORMANDY I'M AFRAID TO COME HOME IN THE DARK IN THE SHADE OF THE OLD APPLE TREE MEMORIES ON MOBILE BAY TILL WE MEET AGAIN I'M FOREVER BLOWING BUBBLES CHINATOWN, MY CHINATOWN MY BUDDY * CAROLINA IN THE MORNING MUSIC HALL YOUR EYES HAVE TOLD ME SO of Approved SPEBSQSA Arrangements by PUBLIC AUDITORIUM SIGMUND SPAETH CHARLES M. MERRILL PHIL EMBURY FRANK H. THORNE MAURICE E. REAGAN * Price 75~ REMICK MUSIC CORPORATION RCA Bldg.• Rockefeller Center New York 20, N. Y. [ .. 'C 't 't 32 .'!lit. HARMONIZER Macomb Goes All Out For S.P.E.B.S.Q.S.A. by Henry M. (Hank) Stanley SPEB In Rotarian Bass Befriended The combined state meeting and In the September Rotarian a splendid Thomas B. Sherman, music critic for Macomb's Annual Show were in my review of the Society is given in an the St. Louis Post-Dispatch, befriends estimation the finest bit of coordina article by Ralph Sharp, (Oakland the "lowly" bass in his column: tion I have ever witnessed. As you County, Michigan Chapter) and a "In music the bass singer usually came into town, the light posts were member of the Rotary Club of De does the dirty work and the tenor trimmed in our Barbershop colors. troit. A two-page article in two colors, and embellished with a picture takes the bow. The bass and his Banners and streamers told you that friends resent this, for to them it is the SPEBSQSA were more than wel M of the 1945-46 International Champion an inversion of the natural order. come. Stores displayed a page from Quartet, the Misfits, tells the story of the local paper showing the various the Society and what barbershop They regard the bass part as the real quartets and the chorus. This page harmony is. The title is "Yes, filling in the pie, the powder in the was paid for by the Chamber of Com Brother, Sound Your 'A'." shotgun, the muscle under the flesh, merce. The restaurants printed their the keystone in the arch, the founda~ menus on the back of our insignia. This is SPEBI tion and true glory of the musical art. Robert E. Stansfield in the Hartford, "When they listen to a male quartet The Pre-Glow featured a broadcast Connecticut C 0 u ran t describes they know where the power comes over the Quincy station WTAD by SPEBSQSA: from. It is not the tenor who shakes the Lamoine Chorus, Elastics, Har "ItR members are the good fellows the floor-boards and makes the monizers, Kansas City Serenaders, with laryngic stamina who are gal chandeliers dance. But it is usually Morgan County Four, various state lantly-and successfully-administer the tenor who releases the final note quartets, the McFees of Joliet, Chord ing wonder-drugs to the barbershop with a smile and a toss of the head oliers, Herman Struble and other en quartet tradition, so that the peculiar just as if he had pulled off the whole tertainment. ly American music of the people, by thing by himself.•.• the people and for the people shall The state meeting opened at 8:30 not perish from the earth. ". . . Though the high tenor is the with a breakfast to all delegates in rarest of all male voices, most males the hotel. State senators, district at ('They are the inspired SOUl-expres prefer to think of themselves as talk torneys, presidents of Rotary, Ki sionists that croon tunes in June, re ing and singing in the rich, deep in wanis, Chamber of Commerce on member in November, stir love's dy flections of the basso profundo. They hand. Immediately upon completion ing ember in December and generally associate it with hair on the chest and of necessary introductions, the meet dispense those lusty 'right from the money in the bank. The possessor of ing was transferred to the Moose heart' chords that bring you up a such a voice has the same pride that Hall. Representatives from approxi rootin' like all git-out. Samson had in his strength and Solo mately 30 of the state's 44 chapters Selection of town for spring meeting was postponed. International Presi dent Frank Thorne closed the meet ing with a stirring address. Cars were ready to take delegates to the show. A Resolution, setting forth the Cash attainments in the interests of Har mony, invested him with "all the pow ers. and privileges" . . . attached to the title "King of Barbershoppers." Orchids to State Vice President and Macomb president R. McKinney, Doc Hermatet, Bill Wagner, and Clyde Weingartner, Director of Chorus. Al so to past presidents Royce Parker L. to R.-Nancy Hecmatet, "King for the Day." O. C. Cuh, Anne Miller. Patty and Tom Berry. Barclay and James Foster, Macomb, Ill. NOVEMBER, 1946 NOVEMBER 1945 "HARMONIZER" 25 CHAPTERS NOVEMBER 1946 "HARMONIZER" 44 CHAPTERS MICHIGAN WATCH OUT! ! ! ROSTER OF ILLINOIS CHAPTERS ALTON-Sec. Arthur E. Brubaker. c/o DIXON-Sec. A. L. Leydig. 210 N. Dixon PARK RIDGE (Northwest Suburban}-Sec. Y.M.C.A. Avenue. Meets 1st and 3rd Monday of Gilbert J. Hahn. 746 Wisner Stree!. Meets month al Loveland Community Bldg.. 513 01 AURORA-Sec. C. J. Neberqol. 1348 every Monday except 2nd Monday Galena. Meets every Tuesday at W. 2nd Street. South Park Fieldhouse. Tolcott and Cum· berland Ave. Park Ridge. Recreation Center. Fox Street. ELGIN-Sec. Harold W. Niss. 243 So. State Street. PAXTON-Sec. Harvey Weller. 802 N. BARRINGTON-Sec. Walter M. Haines. 830 Grove 51.. So. Meets 2nd and 4th Tues ELMHURST-Sec. A. Irwin Leishman. 176 Market. days at Community High School. Hough E. Grantley. PEORIA-Sec. Walter R. Breymeier. 709 Street. GALESBURG-Sec. John Cavanauqh. 46 Howell Street (6). Meets every Friday at BEARDSTOWN - Sec. William Langdon. Public Square. Meets every Wednesday Hotel Pete Marquette. 317 West 9th Street. Meets Monday at Illinois Power & Light Co.. 284 E. PIONEER (Chicago}-Sec. Lester Borgeson. nights at Beardstown High Scbool. Simmons. 1720 N. Kilbourn Ave. (39). Meels 1st BELVIDERE-Pres. Dr. John Klaas. Sec. GENEVA (Fox River Valley)-Sec. Les and 3rd Mondays each month at Tropical Room. Lions Bldg.. 4306 West North John B. Coombes. S04 S. Main. Petersen. 67 E. Wilson, Batavia. m. Meets 2nd and 4th Wednesday each Ave.. Chicago. BLOOMINGTON-5ec. E. M. Lebkuecher. month at Howell Mig. Co. Clubhouse. PONTIAC-Sec. Harold Berry c/o Bless· c/o IIlinols Power Co.. 319 N. Maln. St. Charles. m. man & Berry Insurance. Meets every Monday at Illinois Hotel. 207 West Jefferson. JACKSONVILLE-Sec. Harold Hempel. 817 PRINCETON-Sec. Samuel T. Traynor. 417 N. Main. Meets every Monday at Farm Lincoln Street. CAIRO-Sec. Harold Hartley, 420 Union Bureau Hall. No. East St. Street. QUINCY-5ec. Karl E. Luthin. 714 S. 24th JOLIET-Sec. C. J. Kellem. 415 JoUel Bldg. Sireet. CAMBRIDGE-Sec. Herberl Schamp. Cam Meels every other Thursday from Oct. bridge. III. Meets every Wednesday at 31st at Hotel Louis Joliet. ROCK ISLAND-Sec. Paul Horick, 1340Vz American Leqion Hall. 351h Street. Meets each Tuesday. Har_ LINCOLN (Logan County)-Sec. William S. per House Hotel. 19th SI. and 2nd Ave. CANTON-Sec. D. G. Armstronq, 65 E. Ellis, 2nd floor. Court House. Meets every Spruce St. Meets every Friday at Thursday at County Court Room. Lincoln. ROODHOUSE-Sec. Bob Dean. R.F.D. No. Y.M.C.A. Bldg. III. 3. CENTRALIA-Sec. Dr. M. A. Hicks. 211 E. MACOMB-Sec. J. W. Wagner. Klines RUSHVILLE-Sec. John DiseroD. Rushville. Broadway. Dept. Store. Meets every Friday at III. Meets every Friday at Rushville High CHARLESTON-Sec. William A. Reat. 12 Lamoine Hotel. School. Charleston Nat. Bank Bldg. Meets Every MATTOON-Sec. O. M. Westrup. 916 Ed SOUTH TOWN. (Chicago)-Sec. C. A. Friday at Carl Ryans Shoe Store. gar Avenue. Meets every Wednesday Ward. 7861 A So. Shore Drive (49). Meets CHICAGO No. I-Sec. Hugh L. Stanger. at Holel Byers. 1st and 3rd Tuesdays each month at 5622 N. Wayne Ave. (40). Meets alter· Sportsmans Hall, 7435 Cottage Grove MONMOUTH-Sec. Charles O. Ingram. 314 nate Fridays at Morrison Hotel. (Chorus Avenue. Chicago. E. lst Ave. Every Wednesday-Haw rehearsal every Friday). cock's Cole. SPRINGFIELD-Sec. Earl McK. Guy, 1728 CISSNA PARK-Sec. L. W. Koqler. Clay· NEWMAN-Sec. Robert Smith. Box 146. Spring St.. So. Meets 2nd and 41h Tues toDYllle. IlL days at 411 V2 So. Fifth St. OAK PARK (River Forest)--Sec. George L. WEST FRANKFORT-Sec. H. B. Wilkinson. DANVILLE-Sec. John Mitchell. IS W. Veenstra. 1033 Augusla St.. Oak Park. 1801 Poplar. Madison. Meets every Monday at Elks Meets alternate Wednesday-at Carle· Club. ton Hotel. WHEATON-Sec. Theo. N. Boss. Box 472, DECATUR-Sec. George H. Wright. 1204 O·FALLON-Sec. T. K. Warma. 721 S. Vine Glen Ellyn. m. E. Lawrence St. Meets every Tuesday St. Meels 2nd and 4lh Friday each WINNETKA (North Shore)-Sec. Arthur W. at Old City Hall Bldg.. 243 So. Water month 01 Becherer's Hall. U. S. Route 50 Bergman. 714 Roger Avo.. Kenilworth. Street. -3 miles west oj O'Fallon. lll. ILLINOIS ASSOCIATION OF CHAPTERS 34 -0/'" HARMONIZER PIONEER RECORDING QUARTETS THE AMERICAN QUARTET By Curly Crossett (Flint, Mich. Chapter) The American Quartet began record Brunt, May Kelso, and many other ing for The Victor Talking Machine great singers of the past. Company around 1910, and in a very Billy Murray as second tenor was short time, became one of the most tops. As a recording star, he prob popular singing organizations on the ably made more records than any Victor staff. other singer. Over at the Edison studio, where the His ability to put a song over, and his boys also recorded, they were known rapid fire delivery together with a as The Premier Quartet. most pleasing voice, clear enunciation, John Bieling was the silver voiced and great versatility, had a lot to first tenor, Billy Murray did a bang do with his success. up job with a beautiful lead, Steve Mr. Murray is still around, but in very Porter gave out with some mighty poor health, and I'm sure you will all mean baritone and William F. Hooley join me in wishing him a speedy re brought up the rear with a booming covery. THE AMERICAN QUARTET bass. When these four boys got their heads together the sweetest harmony In my opinion Steve Porter was the this side of heaven permeated the best quartet baritone singer who atmosphere, sending a tingle down ever lived. As a comedian, he was your spine and raising a lump in your one of the best this country ever pro throat as big as a hen's egg! duced. On some of their recordings, they Like Billy Murray, Steve was a most would ring in a guest artist, for in versatile performer, turning with stance, Edward M. Favor helped the ease from one line of work to another. boys put over llDublin Rag," and Will Steve Porter passed away many years Oakland, famous counter-tenor, did a ago, and with his passing the world magnificent job with the quartet on lost a great entertainer. Steve was their recording of that old barber shop a pioneer artist, having started in ballad, "In the Gloaming," all five phonograph recording work away back voices blending perfectly. in 1897, and his famous Irish and John Bieling is still living. He did dialect specialties mad e millions some fine work as first tenor, and to laugh. hear him was a thrill that stayed with William F. Hooley, great bass singer you for a long time. Mr. Bieling was al of The American Quartet, held down so first tenor of The Hayden Quartet, the same job with The Hayden Quar CURLY CROSSETT and he likewise sang many duets with tet, and he, like Steve Porter, has Harry Macdonough, W a I t e r Van passed on and I often wonder if, per haps, some quartet up there in the sky, wasn't just waiting for a dandy bass, and a billion dollar baritone, for "BAT OUT OF HELL" (from Chicago's Pitch Pipe) if they were, they sure found them in Bill and Steve. Hell really broke loose at the last pole, which missed the Bat but nearl~r Regular Meeting when the most dis hospitalized the Vice-President. Answers to tinguished guest turned out to be a By this time most members of the real live bat! He started sailing idly audience were either hysterical or de Barbershop Bafflers around the Roosevelt Room while the lirious and were seriously offering the (See Page 9) Secretary was reading his Minutes, Bat a Life-Membership if he would causing a great many laughs which only sit down and let them recover. 1. u you and I were young" the Secy. mistakenly supposed to be 2. tithe sun is low" or lithe lights are in response to his own laborious corn. He scorned these offers and would not low" President Jackson then gave orders even stoop to go out thru the doors, 3. "fond recollection presents them that the Bat be removed, and a num preferring to hover near the ceiling to view" in comparative safety. ber of our better bat-fanciers took up 4. u you were sweet sixteen" the chase. Somebody finally opened the Venetian 5. "the clouds go drifting by" Benny Allen, who has so often tossed blinds at the rear end of the room, 6. "de cops are out of sight" his hat into the ring, introduced the and the Bat sailed thru to the Ladies 7. "you and I were small" hat-tossing technique. The idea be Kibbitzing Room. Here he was finally 8. "you sing me that sweet melody" came popular, and soon the air was cornered and captured by Messrs. Schwab and Allen. 9. "day is done" full of an ack-ack of fedoras. But the 10. "the joys of the day fade away" Bat avoided the hats like a seasoned Upon their close and expert examina veteran of many a kitty collection. 11. "I die" tion, Hhe" was revealed to be a lady 12. "on the world" Brother Becker, who beats out medals bat, who had just never heard of our eight-to-the-bar, then appeared with 13. "you wore a tulip, a sweet yellow stag rule and had fluttered in, all tulip" a broom, and with one mighty swipe agog! She apologized and took her the blighter he missed! But he leave, promising to return on Ladies 14. HIrish eyes are smiling" cleared that end of the room of Bar Night with the rest of the old bats.. 15. "the moon am a shinin'" bershoppers, and quick! Two more 16. lithe clouds roll by" terrific swipes and, like Casey at the LADIES! Our theme-song is now: 17. "l grow too old to dream" Bat, he struck out. (That's a Pun, "Except the Time I said 'I Love you,' 18. lithe harbor lights are burning" I DIDN'T MEAN A WORD I SAID!" Son!) 19. "it's round-up time in Texas" The Secretary hauled-off' and delivered Hugo L. Stanger, 20. "Uncle Joe plays a rag on his old an official haymaker with the Barber- Secy. and Editorl banjo" NOVEMBER, 1946 g~ HARMONIZER 35 Chorus Incubates Quartets By L. Earl Bach Bloomington, IlL Chapter OHIO ASSOCIATION Most all of us have heard our good OF CHAPTERS OF S.P.E.B.S.Q.S.A. International Secretary, Car roll Announces the Adams, observe that UA Barber Shop Harmony Chorus is a means to an end." He is absolutely correct, but he does not go far enough. It is the means to a lot of ends. It not only creates more interest in close har STATE CONTEST mony, but it builds confidence in the inexperienced, it builds new quartets, (MEMORIAL HALL, COLUMBUS, OHIO) it causes its members to learn many songs which they would otherwise never learn, it makes for practice, it NOVEMBER 30, 1946 encourages better fellowship and it builds better chapters. . Columbus Will Greet You ... and You'll Have a Grand Time When our organization was started in 1938 it was given over to quartet sing -----MAIL CHECKS FOR TICKETS TO---- ing exclusively, but as we grew and chapters got larger there was a cer CHARLES G. SCHAEFER W. H. MARGRAF tain something lacking. A lot of fel 52 E. Broad St., Columbus, O. 8 E. Long St., Columbus, Ohio lows sat around and listened to the organized .quartets. However, a lot For the State Contest For the After-Glow at the tho~e • 50 Deshler-Wallick Hotel of- lIsteners could do a pretty ~1. each $1.00 each good Job themselves, but the basic rule of SPEBSQSA that four men make a quartet, kept them silenced. AKRON-Meets-Portage Hotel, 1st ELYRIA-Alternate Thursdays, Pres. Of course, chapters can get along and 3rd Wednesdays, Pres. Floyd J. Charles DeBracy, Sec. Nathaniel without a Chorus, but they can get Davis, Sec. Harry Matthews, 125 S. Bertholf, Box 27, Y.M.C.A. along better with one. If you can Main St. borrow the services of one of the men ALLIANCE-Meets YWCA Hall Every who has been directing in a nearby Wednesday 8:00 P. M. President Phil K. FINDLAY-Pres. Die Davis, Sec. Joe city it would be well to do so until you Singer, Sec. Wilber Martin, 736 Hart Roether, McComb, Ohio. get started. 1£ you cannot do this shorne Street. pick some one with musical ability t~ direct you, but be sure that you use BEREA-Meets-City Hall, Every KENT~Meets-Elks Club, 1st and barher shop arrangements and stay other Wednesday, Pres. Wallace 3rd Mondays, Pres. J. K. Bramsby, away from the glee cluh arrange Force, Sec. Ron Garlick, 71 Adams St. Sec. B. J. Amick, 526 Vine St. ments. It will be rather slow at the start, but in no time you will have a CANTON-Meets Sachsenheim Club, LAKEWOOD-Meets-15905 Detroit couple of the good oldtimers which Every Thursday, Pres. Ralph Norwood, Avenue, 2nd and 4th Wednesdays, you can knock off in pretty good style Sec. Jim Emsley, 300 Citizens Bldg. Pres. H. W. UHy" Green, Sec. Ted and then you will begin to notice a Spieth, 1385 Warren Rd. new interest arise in a lot of your CINCINNATI-Meets-Hotel Metro LORAIN-Meets-Eagles Bldg., 2nd members and your attendance is like~ pole, 2nd and 4th Mondays, Pres. Ray ly to pick up. Greenfield, Sec. Lou Fischer, 6728 and 4th Tuesdays, Pres. Sid Lynn Doon Ave. Sec. Bill Jahn, 2209 Harborview. ' Try and help the fellow who is new at Barher Shopping. If yon feel that CLEVELAND-Meets-Hotel Carter, MASSILLON - Meets - American he should be singing in a different Alternate Fridays, Pres. Tom Brown, Legion, Every Wednesday, Pres. Fred section, suggest to him that he go Sec. Rudolph Verderber, 1407 Termi Justus, Sec. Paul Rutherford, 3178 to that section and try it. If he does nal Tower. Wildwood Dr., S. E. not know the song, or if he is one of COLUMBUS-Meets-Variety C I u b, those fellows who is inclined to be a Alternate Mondays, Pres. Geo. H. NEW PHILADELPHIA-Pres. Guy follower, put him in between a couple Chamblin, Sec. Harry A. Johns, 101 Kimmel, Sec. Terry Moore, cio Van of good singers who know the song. N. High. Lehn Hardware Co. Watch the Director and sing your part as written. Do not try to sing a DAYTON - Meets - Hotel Biltmore, TOLEDO-Meets-Swiss Hall, 1st and different note or put in a slide that is third Tuesday, Pres. Howa.rd Marshall, 3rd Fridays, Pres. Carl J. Murphy, Sec. Charles W. Krick, 920 Noroale Ave., Sec. John T. Ford, 2539 Wildwood not written into your arrangement. Dayton 10, Ohio. Blvd. Remember it is four part harmony that you are singing. After you have DEFIANCE - Meets - Lincoln Club, WARREN-Meets-Elks Club, Alter learned a few songs pick one man 1st Mon. and 3rd Tues., Pres. Paul R. nate Tuesdays, Pres. L. L. Hall, Sec. from eQ.ch section and ask them to do Mootz, Sec. Veatch Smith, City Hall. George E. Seymour, 1771 Norwood Ave. one of the songs, then pick other quar tets and let them try it. This might OFFICERS OF THE STATE ASSOCIATION OF SPEBSaSA be the birth of a new quartet for your chapter. NELSON T. WHITE, President, Columbus, Ohio RUDY VERDERBER, Vice-President, C1evel.nd, Ohio Let's encourage more choruses be E. B. SCHULTZ, Treasurer, Defiance, Ohio cause all of us love so well to sing as well as hear those minor chords in JAMES H. EMSLEY, Secretary, 300 Citb;ens Bldg., Canton 2, Ohio good close harmony. NOVEMBER,1946 49-49 SOD Mt. Clemens, Mich., Sec. Lou Wal~ ley, 3529 Dickerson, Detroit 15. Meets 2nd and 4th Fridays each month at Detroit Turners, 8731 E. Jefferson, Detroit. HAMTRAMCK No. 41-Pres. Dr. Stephen S. Skrzycki, 9434 Latham ADRIAN No. 46 - Pres. Lor n e Ave. (12), Sec. Louis R. Harring Clemes, 427 E. Maumee St., Sec. ton, 1327 Nat. Bank Bldg. (26). Robert Frye, 615 No. Broad St. HILLSDALE No. 37 - Sec. P. A. ALBION No. 15 - Pres. Burnett J. Boyce, c/o Paramount Mfg. Co. Abbott, c/o Gale Mfg. Co., Sec. HOLLAND No. 45-Pres. Clarence Norman Murray, c/o Gale Mfg. Co. Jalving, R. R. No.6, Sec. Willis A. ALLEGAN No. 33 - Pres. A. H. Diekema, 130 Central Ave. Meets Wheeler, 180 So. Main St., Sec. every other Monday (from Nov. Walter Kyes, 151 Pine St. Meets 2nd Tuesday of month-8:00 P. M. at Elks Temple, Allegan. ANN ARBOR No. 34-Pres. Walter Rice, 120lf.l W. Liberty, Sec. Carroll E. Lovelace, 908 Sunnyside. Meets 4th Wednesday each month at Schwaben HalI, 217 So. Ashley. (5). Meets 3rd Friday each month at Book-Cadillac Hotel. BATTLE CREEK No. 10 - Pres. Harold Herrick, 134 W. Bidwell St., EATON RAPIDS No. 47-Pres. Ed Sec. Carl S. Gray, 705 Security Nat. win Breakey, R. R. No.4, Sec. Don Bank Bldg. Meets 1st and 3rd Bothwell, R. R. No.4. Meets 2nd Mondays each month at Post Tav and 4th Thursdays at Veterans ern Bridge. Hall, Main St. BAY CITY No. 16-Pres. Newton FLINT No.3-Pres. Robert Murphy, Stanley, 310 Garfield, Sec. Louis 2126 E. Second, Sec. John G. Ritch 4th) at Wann Friend Hotel, 8th and Coumans, 207 So. Wenonah Ave. ings, 1024 Dupont St. Meets 2nd Central. Friday each month at American BELDING No. 26-Pres. Stanley G. Legion Bldg., 422 E. Kearsley St. HOWELL No. 36-Pres. Wilbert S. Smith, 123 E. Washington St., Sec. White, 322 So. Center St., Sec. Robert E. Rockefeller, 206 Wilson GARDEN CITY No. 30-Pres. Gene Louis T. Siegrist, 821 E. Grand Ave. Oxford, 30033 Hennepin Ave., Sec. River Ave. Vic Favier, 31908 Block St. BIG RAPIDS No. 44-Pres. Urban IONIA No. 22-Pres. Glenn A. Ben 'Whalen, Sanborn Ave., Sec. Jim GRAND RAPIDS No.4-Pres. G. singer, 318 Pearl St., Sec. J. H. Middleton, Route No.2. Meets 1st Marvin Brower, 107 Michigan Ave., Higbee, 464 Lafayette St. Meets Friday each month at Members N. W., Rec. Sec. H. W. Steinbrech 1st and 3rd Wednesday each month Homes. er, 643 Lake Drive, S. E., Cor. Sec. at Episcopal Parish House. Roscoe Bennett, Grand Rap ids IRON MOUNTAIN No. 52-Pres. BOYNE CITY No. 23-Pres. Sam Ar Press. Meets 2nd and 4th Friday 'WilIiam H. Lewis, c/o Lakeshore buckle, Boyne City, Sec. Don Fox, each month at Pantlind Hotel. R. No.2, Boyne City. Meets every Engineering Co., Sec. L. D. Tucker, Friday night at Dilworth Hotel. GRATIOT COUNTY (St. Louis) No. c/o Iron Mountain News. Meets 51-Pres. W. B. Qualls, R. R. No.1, 1st and 3rd Friday each month at CHARLEVOIX No. 19-Pres. Charles Wheeler, Mich., Sec. R. T. Paulus, Dickinson Hotel, 101 West "B" Hamlin, Sec. Charles Duer. c/o Borden Co., Breckenridge, Mich. Street. Meets 2nd Tuesday of each month DEARBORN No. 27-Pres. Merrill IRONWOOD No. 35-Sec. G. A. Dah at Alma and Ithaca. Bird, 22142 Olmstead, Sec. Frank C. len, c/o National Metals Bank. Tritle, 9564 Pinehurst, Detroit 4. GREENVILLE No. 25-Pres. Howard JACKSON No.7-Pres. George W. Meets second Friday of month at Hoffman, 420 West Grove St., Sec. Strickler, 207 Otsego Ave., Sec. K. of C. Hall, 4519 Maple Ave. Ernest L. Fries, 412 West Montcalm \ViIliam H. Fisher, Jr., 2711 Clin~ St. DETROIT No. I-Pres. Harold D. ton Rd. Meets 2nd and last Friday Wright, 1036E Grand Blvd. (7), GROSSE POINTE No. 42-Pres. E. each month at Hotel Hayes, Crystal Sec. Fred J. Fox, 10982 Longview G. Schwoppe, Rt. No.7, Box 513A, Ballroom. Meets 2nd and 4th Friday each month at Lauth Hotel, 715 Lapeer Ave. T'LL BE REDFORD AREA No. 29 - Pres. Arthur C. Olsen, 18027 Faust Rd., Detroit 19, Sec. John J. Corbin, KALAMAZOO No. 13-Pres. Ernest 20821 Santa Clara, Detroit 19. Gibbs, 2129 Parkview, Sec. Louis Meets 4th Friday each month at F. Brakeman, R. R. No.7. Meets V. F. W. Hall, 16874 Lahser Road, 2nd Friday each month at Red Ar MILAN No. 39-Pres. Gerald Heath, Detroit. row Post and last Thursday each 257 Lafayettte St., Sec. Grant M. Jones, 33 Talan Street. ROSEDALE GARDENS No. 21 month at Silver Moon Inn. Pres. W. Earl Rubert, 11310 Au LANSING No.2-Pres. Frank Brown, MT. PLEASANT No. 40-Pres. Fir· burndale, Plymouth. 1005 Moores River Drive, Sec. man A. Steimel, Hotel Bennett, SAGINAW No.6-Pres. J. Luke Sec. Philip R. Kane, 433 So. Mis Homer E. Pm'chis, 512 Carlton Campbell, R. F. D. No.2, Sec. Ed Terrace. Meets 1st and 3rd Monday sion. Meets 1st and 3rd Monday ward C. Bluem, 515 Nimons St. each mOllth at Hotel OIds, Ameri each month at Hotel Bennett, Cor. Meets 2nd Monday and 4th Friday can Room. Broadway and Court. each month at Bancroft Hotel, Gold LUDINGTON No. 50-Pres. Vernon MUSKEGON No.5-Pres. C. W. Room. R. Keiser, 412 North Roth, Sec. Coye, 1714 John St., Cor. Sec. Don SPARTA No. 49-Pres. John Nieboer, M. J. Anderson, 402 South James ald W. Walker, 1201 Ransom St., Sparta, Sec. Marshall L. Vaughan, St. Meets 2nd and 4th Tuesdays Rec. Sec. Guy Slattery, 1148 Fourth Sparta. Meets 2nd and 4th Tues each month at Ludington High St. Meets 4th Thursday each day each month at Lane Elm Inn School Bldg., E. Filer Street. month at Occidental Hotel. . Club Room. MARCELLUS No. 36 - Pres. Riley NILES No. 32-Pres. Charles F. STURGIS No. 48-Pres. J. Paul Wait, Pyle, Sec. Carroll B. Jones, R. F. D., Corcoran, 1517 Cherry St., Sec. 106 Cornelia Ave., Sec. Kermit Phone: 2651. Meets Monday eve Lester L. Liefer, 220 No. 16th St. Hause, 605 Cottage Ave. Meets 1st nings when called at Hudson Me Meets 1st and 3rd Wednesday at and 3rd Monday each month at Em morial Bldg., Jones St. Four Flags Hotel, Michigan Room. and Als Supper Club. NORTHVILLE NQ. 28-Pres. Alfred TECUMSEH No. 18-Pres. Neil De C. Porritt, 504 Plymouth, Sec. Puy, 219 So. Pearl, Sec. Garth Hall, Charles F. Strautz, 442 Randolph. 406 No. Union. Meets 2nd and 4th Meets every Wednesday at Vet Tuesday each month at Knights of erans Memorial Bldg. Pythias Hall. OAKLAND COUNTY No. 9-Pl'es. WAYNE No. 31-Pres. Edwin S. Harry L. Mann, 18090 Wisconsin, Smith, 4520 Newberry St., Sec. Detroit 21, Sec. Glen Rounds, 20779 Harold A. Kahler, 3252 Third St. Panama R. No.1, Vandyke, Mich. Meets 4th Tuesday each month at Meets 1st Friday each month at Fir 5 t Congregational C h u r c h, Canadian Legion Hall, 500 So. Wayne. Main, Royal Oak, Mich. WHITEHALL-MONTAGUE No. 24 Pres. E. Earl Sherman, Rt. No.1, PONTIAC No. 17-Pres. W. L. Otto, Whitehall, Mich., Sec. Preston Mur 18270 Grand River, Detroit 23, Sec. dock, Jr., Montague, Mich. Michigan Association of Chapters Pres. Robert H. Walker, 1108 Lake side Dr., Grand Rapids 6. V. P. H~rry M. Eason, 1601 High land, Detroit. Treas. Horace F. Conklin, Security National Bank Bldg., Battle Creek. Secy. Howard C. Heath, 1514 Court St." Saginaw. MARSHALL No. 43 - Pres. Lynn Mallory, 900 E. Michigan, Sec. John DeMott, 817 W. Hanover. Meets every other Friday from Sept. 27th at l'1arshall Tavern, W. Michigan Ave. Lawrence Beeler, 214 Rensha'..... , MIDLAND No. 12-Pres. Ben L. Clawson, Mich. Meets last Friday Borden, 3505 Dartmouth Drive, Sec. each month at K. of P. Hall, Cor. G. Warren Abbott, 208 Harrison Voorhies and Telegraph Roads. St. Meets 3rd Monday of each PORT HURON No. 20-Pres. M. B. month at K. of C. Club Rooms, 715 McMurray, 1314 Howard St., Sec. Ashman St. Stanley F. Pearson, 626 White St. 38 !!llu. HARMONIZER )) ~eep ,4~ g.UUjUUf . )) By George W. Campbell MASSILLON OHIO CHAPTER "We learn by doing" so said one of ty gets an intimate glimpse of the America's great philosophers. I as Society as a whole. Announces sume he meant something like "ex • • • perience is the best teacher." Once we have the experience we don't have October 11th, 1946. The scene: Pitts to make the same mistake twice in the burgh; Lights: dimmed low; Action: same place. We don't have to follow Pittsburgh Chapter on Parade in the Parade of the "trial and error" method of learn beautiful Syria Mosque; Title: "A ing; certainly we can in many things Night of Harmony"; Power: two gen profit by the experience of those who erators temporarily installed; Talent: have gone before us. Funny thing, the best the Society had to offer, plus Quartets though, we have known for a long three l?cal knock-out quartets; High time that if you put your hand on a "light" of the evening: generators red-hot stove, you'll be sorry, but went on strike while the Lamplighters February 1, 1947 there are people still putting their of Cleveland sang. What a grand hands on red-hot stoves. Many chap. night of harmonyl Hats off to the ters of the Society which have pre Pittsburgh Chapter-God bless 'em! WASHINGTON HIGH SCHOOL sented more than one Parade of Quar Such courage shown under the most AUDITORIUM tets have solemnly said: HA wonder adverse circumstances. The lights ful program, but it was too long; were dim that is true, but there was A regular Massillon whingding or a :show next time a shQrter program; send a glow in the hearts, and an illumina including visiting Quartets and our own 'em home wanting more." Next time tion of spirit and sense of humour four "fours": the program was a little longer. That among the three thousand people who may have happened because a new came in other people's autos (no city FUNMAKERS HARMONIZERS committee not having the experience transportation) to the first Parade of TIGERTOWN FOUR TOM CATS of the former committee, no records the Pittsbul'gh Chapter. Every visit Featuring perhaps, had to learn by doing. ing quartet was thrilled and inspired with the audience. They were great. HARMONY HALLS \Ve have learned a lot from other Harry Smith and his grand committee LAMPLIGHTERS chapters in putting on a Parade of merit the congratulations of the entire WESTINGHOUSE FOUR Quartets. I am impressed with the Society. good sense employed by many chap • • • ters which in putting on their first Parade, sought and profited by the October 12, 1946. Fort 'Vayne Chap experience of others which have pre ter did it again! What? Presented sented several Parades. The Interna its fourth Parade of Quartets to an tional office in Detroit has available SRO house with six guest and three valuable information for the asking, local quartets plus their own chapter based on experience, in planning and chorus and sent the audience home bv • presenting a Parade. What to do and eleven pyem literally shouting fo"-r what not to do are two very important more! And what's more-(P. S.) Al to be at questions. This writer is not suggest so, an after-glow where the members ing that we ape or imitate others. and their guests actually listened to It is one thing to bring together the the visiting quartets. Fellow barber OKLAHOMA CITY'S * best talent the Society affords and shoppers it can be done! Fort Wayne quite another thing to present it in did it. * QUARTET PARADE a way that will accomplish the most '" '" ",. (SATURDAY NITE) satisfying results. At last this column can claim success. The tremendous number of detail::) I have a certified letter from the AFTER GLOW that must be anticipated, not only in Founder O. C. Cash to the effect that * (LATE SATURDAY NITE) * connection with the building of the he has read a Harmonizer column program; planning and presenting it, other than his own: Mine! No other AND but physical arrangements that have Harmonizer Columnist can make that to do with the place, date, securing statement. the quartets (many are booked months * RANCH BARBECUE * in advance), the after-glow; again ADAMS (NOT SEC) SAYS the time, the place enter into the suc MORE HARMONY NEEDED and FROLIC cess of the evening. A multitude of George Matthew Adams, whose syndi (ALL DAY SUNDAY) little items 100m large in making cated column recently dwelt upon the a successful Parade. One chapter soul satisfying values of music, ."PRIL 19 & 20, 1947 finds that a "post-mortem" held im promptly received a letter of apprecia· mediately after the Parade to de tion from Secretary Adams. termine what made it a success; what Equally promptly wrote G. M. to C. P.: 'ITo be the most outstandbzg "I can't sing, but I can listen. Cer to .throw out next year, what to keep Quartet Parade ever held." in, helps, and a careful record is filed tainly we need not only barbershop harmony in this world but harmony for the next year's committee on all around and "goodwill among men.''' Parade. We are a growing Society You can count me as one of your En GRADY MUSGRAVE, President and growing pains are inevitable. But couragers. I went to a movie last we don't have to keep burning our winter in Miami Beach, and there was BEN VAN DYKE, Se Charter members and often referred lo as "The workhorses of Jackson Chapter." Remember when they used to appear in nightgowns as The Nightie Four? L. to R. Tom Riley, lead; "Squeak" Hodg:es. iormer president, jackson Chapter, tenor; Milt Hauck. bad: Benny RciJIy, bass. NOVEMBER,1946 40 gl.~ HARMONIZER {(NOWS Itoms in p.rt cull.od from Ch'Pt,,} SWl'pes from the Chapters Secretaries' Quarterly Activities Reports- Many of these Chapter reports are full of good stuff Don't just read about your own Chapter CHAPTER NEWS parades ... On Sept. 21 the Jackson and also featured at Big Rapids' Pa We simply haven't the space to re bunch featured the International rade of quartets ... Incidentally, the cord in the Harmonizer all Chapter Champions, Garden State Four from VJ appearance was the Tulip City'S Jersey City •.. Some 2,000 auditors first try before a home crowd ... doings. What we are shooting at listened . . . The Achin' Agonizers, They scored ... The boys in the Ionia are stories about Chapter activities Jamestown, N. Y., Acoustical Perse Chapter have been eating most of the that will be of general interest cutin' Four and Tonsilbenders, were to thousands of members. This summer •.. Singing in between bites, some of the fancy named fours that as it were ..• A chorus of 24 voices means that what we want are news gave out . . . Midland's Parade, an is in the making with Jim Hilton do worthy achievements, items that will event of Oct. 6, was widely attended ing the leading ... There are two be of help to other Chapters in plan and highly successful in spite of foot new quartets in rehearsal ... ning their activities and funning their ball, hunting and beautiful weather affairs. Don't fail to send in your · .. A feature of the production was G. Marvin Brower, the president of that every man in the chapter had a the Grand Rapids Chapter, has had no Chapter Activities Reports for these job to do in connection with the show rest this summer ... Glimpse the list; are the main source of Swipes and, · . . Really and truly 100 per cent gave welcome address to Michigan besides, they are carefully screened by participation ..• Harmony Halls of State association chapters meeting at the Chapter Methods Committee for Grand Rapids represented the Inter Grand Rapids, Mc'd Al Vredeveld Achievement Awards. Make them national championship group and the night for Muskegon summer meeting good. Watch other Chapters for good Acoustical Persecutin' Four the at White Lake •.. MC'd Charlevoix ideas and do likewise! State list ... "Every Member Bring Jamboree-three days ... Installed a Guest" night, was a huge success officers of new Ludington Chapter for ~'6 Pad Pijte for the Battle Creek Chapter ... The Muskegon Chapter; mastered Big place was packed •.. Now with food Rapids charter night bill; mastered. by Roscoe D. Bennett controls diminishing Kalamazoo Chap Jackson Parade; did same at Midland Big events, medium events and little ter is going to try its Sunday Morn Parade and in the meantime presided events have kept the barbershop sing ing Breakfast idea again ... Designed at two meetings a month of his own ing movement in full blast through for chapter members and ladies, the the summer and on into the fall in plan got a good start but hotel man Michigan and there is no sign what agers frowned them down, because of soever of any letting up ... Among shortages ... It's so good an idea the the major events of the season was Kazooks are determined to go through ANNOUNCING: the annual Charlevoix Chapter jam with it ... Outdoor meetings in pub The Release Of A boree over the Labor Day week-end lic Island Park were held twice this ..• 'This is a fixture in the midwest summer by the l\tt. Pleasant Chapter. Limited Supply Of and is growing in attractiveness and attendance each season •.. The boys · .. The result was a public audition and girls like to visit the scenic region both times for quartets, gang singing. CHORD BUSTER for the holiday period, sing in the Bill Kerin, the MC, twice got a chance (NAT'L CHAMPS 1941) open, dwell in harmony with each to make a speech and explain other in beautiful resort surroundings SPEBSQSA to everybody ... It is all RECORDS and above all, be guests of the hos leading up to the first Mt. Pleasant Possibly Before Xmas pitable Charlevoix hosts for three full Parade, an event of Dec. 7 ... Mar days .•. Saginaw's Harmony Howl cellus continued through the summer ___ORDER YOURS NOW-- was another of the summer's big ses with a couple of chapter visits and a Price Set Prepaid sions ... It was held at the Saginaw picnic . . • Sparta, just a baby in $6.75 fair grounds and was attended by Car the order, staged a Parade Oct. 12 and THREE 12" RECORDS roll P. Adams, International Secre did all right for itself ..• Now the of your favorite songs tary, and most of the state associa Spartans are going on with plans for tion officers besides all song lovers in a chorus ..• The lone qual·tet so far Including the Saginaw area ... The Harmony is called Melody Manglers-and they Halls, the Detroiters, Sing Sing Sing are not the least bit discouraged ••. • IRISH EYES. KATHLEEN. ers were only a few of the star quar Hamilton, Ont., has held only two • WHEN THE BEES,- • tets that sang, ate and had a good meetings, both times radio stations time ... The Saginaw bunch later was broadcast them and new spa per s also host to all barbershop quartets covered ... Which is something of a - Address- in the Saginaw valley, plus families gala start and of importance to that CHORD BUSTERS ... This took in some 400 people from community of 200,000 souls •.• There c/o "Doc" N. T. ENMEIER Midland, Saginaw, Flint, Mt. Pleasant was something of a letdown in 'Vayne 2436 E. 23 St. and Bay City ... Not content with during the summer but it didn't stop T1;1LSA. OKLA. this there are other big gatherings one gala picnic and a visit to Percy coming up, all designed for fun, con Jones Hospital by the "Barons," the c/o TOM M. MASENGALE tentment and perpetuation of barber top quartet ... "The Tulip City Four," 2831 E. Admiral Ct. shop quartet singing •.. Holland's versatile quartet did the TULSA. OKLA. To Jackson goes the orchid for early music for that city's VJ celebration NOVEMBER, 1946 .0/6<. HARMONIZER 41 chapter and three board meetings .. "THE MAPLE LEAF FOREVER" Allsebrook, Chatham, Ont., have been The rest of the time spent with Rhea recent guests ... Tecumseh is whip at Macatawa Park ... Six Oakland ping its new chorus into condition County quartets have been running for the Dec. 14 Parade ... Twelve hither and thither all summer at hos quartets have been booked . . . A· pitals, parades, chapters, churches and membership cOltlmittee is now at work lodges . . • The chapter has moved revising the list ... Big Rapids start into a new home, Canadian Legion ed its chapter work Sept 20 with a hall, 500 S. Main St., Royal Oak •.. Parade at Ferris Institute Auditorium The chapter was saddened by news of packed to the doors . • . The first the death of Lt. William R. Jackson, quartet in this new chapter is four kHled in service • . . The Redford Ferris students, ex-GI's, the Ferris Chapter now boasts of a regular news Wheelers ... The chapter is now bulletin and two new quartets • . . Three Ontario chapters in one quar settling down to a seasor. of hard work John Groce is the editor ... The tet. L. to R.-W. Lester Davis, presi ... liThe North Woods Chapter" of dent, London. and member of the In Gratiot County Chapter is slowly get ternational Board; Dr. C. E. Higley, Iron Mountain was organized July 27 ting under way with alternate meet past presideot, Chatham; Bob New, with William H. Lewis as president Chatham President; and E. B. Payne, ... A whole list of officers including ing places at Alma and Ithaca . . . American Consul, Sarnia, and presi Joe Jones dropped in from New York dent of Sarnia Chapter. a librarian has been selected, a chorus late in July to revive momentarily organized, three quartets singing the old Ambassadors for an appear publicly and plans for a gala chapter ance at a shindig of the Pontiac Chap prospering and growing in harmony presentation night in January or ter wherein some 150 turned out ... .•. Secretary Carroll P. Adams gave February under way . , . Muskegon The mayor of Pontiac, the city man the Port Huron Chapter and the with its 353 members has kept peg ager, the Oakland County prosecutor Sarnia guests a preview of the re ging along all summer . . . Among and some other big shots sat around cordings of quartets at the National the activities have been entertaining and listened-and occasionally war in Cleveland at the September meet Milwaukee and Wauwatosa Chapter ing .•. Jak Taylor of the Port Huron cruise, Ludington Chapter night, and bled ... Flint Chapte< has been de Blue Water Four is still in University their own meetings ... The Notables, voting most of its summer effort to Hospital, Ann Arbor . . . Mark Mc Pretenders, Old Timers, Chordmas singing for veterans' hospitals and Murray, the new prexy, is doing a ters, Flexible Four and even the Un community functions ..• The boys swell job, his members say •.• Jason heard of Four, have sung the length have been working day and night, L. Thompson, Muskegon and Hilbert and breadth of the state . . . Four To an Unsung Hero In less than "10 easy lessons" you can become a president, a vice-president, a board chairman, a door opener, a door closer, and even an atomic expert. But have you ever paused to consider the plight of that little man that is called a secretary? You know, he is the guy who mails you the meeting notices, he prepares your chapter bulletin, he keeps a record of the meeting minutes, he collects your dues. If you are sick, it is he who sends you a word of cheer. If you are distressed he pulls the Bromo out of his bag. To him the only time you sing H sour" is when you haven't paid your dues. He must be a diplomat, a worker and an apostle of peace. He is not supposed to miss a meet ing or possess any temperament. How long do you suppose your chapter or this organization could prosper without a competent sec retary? They are the liaison between your chapter membership, your state or district associations and your International Sec,rptary. Through them you are privileged to follow the destiny of your chapter. Now then, you ma)-' have sponsored president's night, past president's night, quartet night, Joe Blow's night. Wouldn't it be appropriate at this time of the year to put on a secretary's night? To show him your appreciation for his thankless tasks? While I am certain that there is a special place in heaven for good secretaries, let's not wait till they get there. Let's give them a bit of our thanks now. H. M. "Hank" Stanley Just another president P. S. Yes, and Uhow in heck" can I sell good machinery unless somebody reminds you every now and then. Thanks, secretaries, that last sale was a honey. KLING BROS. ENGINEERING WORKS MANUFACTURERS OF Combination Shear~ Punch and Copers; Rotary~ Bar and Angle Shears: Single and Double End Punches; Plate, Angle. Bar Benders, High Speed Friction Saws and Grinders 1320-34 N. Kostner Ave. CHICAGO 51, ILL., U. S. A. NOVEMBER, 1946 tit.. HARMONIZER work undertaken is furnishing enter tainment for convalescent hospitals ... Marshall is sponsoring a concert by the Kalamazoo Male Chorus for Dec. 11 ... A gavel, 110 years old, made from the oak tree under which the Michigan Public School system was planned was presented the Marshall Chapter ... The donor was William P. Trupiano ... Frank B. Goodwin, the widely known choral director of the 65-year-old Grand Rapids Schubert Club, is di recting the Grand Rapids Chapter Chorus ... A picnic, entertaining The KENTUCKY TROUBADOURS Michigan State Association, the an ACOUSTICAL PERSECUTIN' Louisville Chopter nual Reeds Lake meeting upon a boat, FOUR L. to R.-Pat Dunlevy, Iud; Helm and two meetings each summer month This quartet, present Michiean Herbert, tenor; Jack Byrne, bad; and State Champions, are suine plenty of Ray Graft, ban. They lang recently besides chorus rehearsals kept the before SOO Community Chest workers Furniture City boys busy no matter action &found tbe State this year. L. and the Kentucky Bankers Association. what the temperature . . . Great to R.-Francis Hodgeboom. tenor; Lakes Invitational committees are Robert Breitmaier. lead; Forrelt Com quartets are in rehearsal in the Lud now at work for the April 12 classic stock. bad; and Fred Foster. bass. ington Chapter. One of them is com . . . The Harmony Halls have com posed of Lions Club members solely pleted the process of making a new ... Vernon R. Keiser is the first Lud album of their classics which will go ington president ... on sale shortly ... Carl Ptluecke has '7~(4 '7du,,9~ The Sturgis Chapter has set Nov. 13 resigned as corresponding secretary as its Parade date ... State President and transferred his membership to by W. Welsh Pierce Robert H. Walker was a guest recent Chicago His business bosses made ly ... Dearborn held its Parade Oct. him do it Roscoe D. Bennett is Chapters in Central 111inois who are 5 and there were 50 tickets unsold, taking over the job ... members of the Corn Belt Chorus look much to the consternation of every back on Sunday, August 18th, as the body. Otherwise the Fordson High INTERNATIONAL HARMONY highlight of the past Quarter. It was School Auditorium was packed ..• A FEATURES CRUISE new quartet, the Orioles, has joined on that date that they all journeyed to up and it is good ... Grosse Pointe Sarnia, Ontario Chapter had its First Springfield for the close of the Illinois has gone to the two meetings a month International Cruise and Ladies Night State Fair and it was on that occa plan and it is working ... The big aboard the S tea mer Noronic jn August. The skipper, Capt. Wm. Taylor is a member. Members of the London, Ontario and Port Huron, Mich. chapters sailed. down the beau "Vas You Efer In tiful St. Clair river. In the evening ZINZINNATI?" Annual Dance the boat docked at Windsor, where members of the local chapter and De troit area members and their wives Cincinnati Chapter and came aboard for dinner and harmony. President Charlie Payne of Samia PRESENTS ITS Quartet Round-Up emceed, and ten quartets were on hand, including the Detroiters, the PARADE OF Gardenaires of Redford Chapter, the ----Sponsored by _ Four Shorties of Detroit and Port QUARTETS Huron's Blue Water Four. London's Gruesome Twosome (President Les Davis and Gordon Kent) did their Sleepless Knights Union City Glee Club stuff to the delight of all. Other special musical features included a Westinghouse Quartet New I....' Chapter No. 4 SPEBSQSA selection by Cleveland's Carroll Pal Harmony HaUs lerin, tenor of the Forest City Four. in town for the occasion. Lamplighters In all, not less than a dozen chapters Misfits were represented; Toronto, London, SCHUTZEN PARK HALL Chatham, Sarnia, Port Huron and Tomcats Windsor on the Canadian side; De· 32nd St. and Hudson Blvd. troit, Cleveland, Redford, Minneapolis, and the best oj our own NORTH BERGEN. N. J. San Antonio on the state side. Truly International Harmony. MUSIC HAll Dec. 7 8 P. M. BULLETIN IDEA PAYS SATURDAY EVENING Decatur, Illinois Chapter has come up with an idea of how to pay for their For tickets contact Chapter Bulletin. Cost is covered by RAY GREENFIELD January 4th, 1947 an ad at top with words, IlYour Bul c/o RICHYElN COAL CO. letin reaches you this week through First National Bank Bldg. the courtesy of-." Then at the bot CINCINNATI 2. O. tom they give the advertiser a nice plug. Looks good. NOVEMBER, 1946 Stu HARMONIZER 43 sian that the Corn Belt Chorus fur speak, by playing host to the Oak THE FOUR GENTLEMEN nished a full program that was well Park and the Fox River Valley Chap of Ver - Toronto received and for which they have been ters at a regular meeting of the chap highly complimented. Governor Green, ter on September 30th. There were of Illinois, who is a member of the about 50 guests who were induced, Bloomington Chapter, publicly thanked with difficulty, to give out with chorus the Society for their contribution and and quartet numbers to the extent complimented the Chorus on its fine that Sec. G. J. Hahn of Northwest program. Suburban states lithe evening seemed The Corn Belt Chorus got in other very short." licks in "Fair" competition, namely Jacksonville has joined the Cornbelt at the Logan County Fair in Lincoln, Chorus and are having the time of Illinois, on August 4th. their lives. Their two fine quartets, the Kings Four and the Morgan Coun Sec. John Cavanaugh reports a re ty Four, are in popular demand all They look like their title. They surgence of activity in the Galesburg the time and a large amount of good are heard regularly over CBC. Jack Chapter. 'With the acquisition of a publicity for the Society follows in Reid. tenor (left) says that Bill Mor new Director in the person of A. Wal their wake. The Morgan County boys ton (next) is their idea man. He hails lace and the activities of the Forgot from Regina, Sask. John Harcourt. were featured on the Macomb show the bass, is English born, and an old ten Four in creating interest at lodges, which is reported elsewhere. band concerts and other public func timer in entertainment. Ernie Berry tions, Galesburg is awakening to a Peoria's Chorus has had an active (right end) is bari. He's also English new interest. This is not surprising summer highlighted by an open air by birth but has lived long in Toronto. appearance before the Veterans of Jack Reid. who reported these facts, to your editors since we never ad came from Scotland ;It age one year. mitted that barbershop harmony was Foreign Wars and at the Eureka With time out. and some replace a dead issue in Galesburg. Pumpkin Festival late in September. ments for war, they've been together Our reporters who travel that section since '39. Sorry. girls. They're all Beardstown and Rushville may be bit· indicate that there is certainly no married. ter enemies when it comes to High shortage of pumpkins and that we can School football, but they are virtually all look forward to lots of good old married to each other when it comes pumpkins for Thanksgiving. to barbershop. They have the same Secretary William S. Ellis of Lincoln quartet, the South Town Chapter is Chorus Director who r e h ear s e s taking its place in the limelight on Beardstown on Monday nights and writes "as time goes on the public is Rushville on Fridays, and the funny becoming more accustomed to the idea Chicago's South Side. thing is that it is virtually a combined that our Society is a service organiza The new Aurora Chapter, chartered meeting on each night as the members tion" and then goes on to prove his on June 8th, has found the right sys flit back and forth to each others point by listing some seven or eight tem. They have meetings every Tues· meetings just as though they be· appearances that have been made by day night with chorus rehearsals and longed. The combined towns present their quartets and chorus at band con quartets keeping the interest at high a chorus of 60 voices and they have certs, State fairs and various club and pitch. Secretary Nebergal tells us made a goodly number of public ap association gatherings. One appear that the "Neons" of Aurora have been pearances in the interest of good sing. ance that topped all others in enthusi making appearances at hospitals, ing. More power to them. astic reception was a program at the clubs and P.T.A. meetings on an av Lincoln State School and Colony for erage of once a week. A large dele The Northwest Suburban Chapter feebleminded children. The hit song gation from Aurora, including the of Park Ridge, Ill. had a full and di was you guessed it, "Daddy get your Neons, attended the Illinois State versified quarter. On July 1, their baby out of jail." Lincoln staged and Convention at Macomb. chorus and quartets gave an hour pro presented their first all barbershop gram at the Veterans of Foreign Wars show on August 4th and claims it to In spite of a housing difficulty during Carnival in Des Plaines; on July 29, have been eminently successful. which they had to compete with Muni· t.he chorus and quartets, with the help cipal Band rehearsals Decatur has of two quartets from Oak Park, pre The new South Town Chapter in had an active and interesting summer. sented a delightful and well appreciat Chicago is off' to an auspicious start. Secretary George Wright states that ed program at the Norwegian Old From 28 members at the time of or· the band took second place for volume Peoples Home in Norwood Park. This ganization on July 1st they have in their contest with the Decatur same chorus aided and abetted the grown to 50 as of September 25th Chorus. George tells us further that barbershop chorus of 300 that so many with an active chorus under the direc~ "in July we had one of our regular heard on the Chicago Tribune Music tion of Andy Anderson, who inci~ meetings in the pavilion at the main Festival on August 17th. Northwest dentally is assistant director of the park here, with newspaper publicity Suburban wound up its season, so to Chicago Chonls, and one organized beforehand, and the public really OAKLAND COUNTY Oakland County, Mich. Chapter enjoyed an all day picnic, July 14 at Middle Rouge Parkway near North ville. Mich. * NOVEMBER, 1946 44 ~e HARMONIZER loved it. There's an idea that other of thf} Chordoliers from Rock Island. SOUTHERN CALS QUARTET chapters might well copy since it cer Cambridge is n vivid example of the tainly stirs up local interest and right kind of sponsorship and the San Diego, Calif. brings in new members." right kind of assistance given a new From Charleston comes word that the chapter by one of its older neighbors. Friendly City Four of that active Joliet with its 137 members has chapter appeared four nights at the joined the famous Corn Belt Chorus Vermilion County Fair and four days with John Hanson directing. There at the Coles County Fair. Seems that are a lot of fine quartets in Joliet and this fine quartet must be working their Smeets Brothers quartet, third "night and day." Of interest is the place winners in the 1946 Illinois State fact that the Charleston Chapter is Contest, are more than just a threat working in close cooperatioin with the for top honors next year. Eastern Illinois State Teachers Col. lege band and as a result are interest As indicated by your editors earlier in L. to R.-Bob Farnham, tenor iRed ing a number of college men in the the year, the dogged persistence of Waddell. lead; o. ]. Crites, bari; and chapter. When these young men scat the eight chapter members of O'Fal· George Cox. bass. ter to their respective homes to be Ion has been rewarded by success. come teachers, undoubtedly, they will Since the last quarter the O'Fallon become missionaries for the Society. Chapter took in 40 active and capable members with the result that they Cambridge reversed the usual process now have four organized quartets and scheduled for twice a month, the~' by first organizing as a men's chorus are off to a start that will make them have been rehearsing once a week for with 19 members and then decided it a permanent addition to the civic life the past four months, working on would be a good thing to become a in the community. new numbers for their Second Annual chapter of our Societ)·. From a nucleus of 19 members they have Secretary Armstrong reports that all Night of Barbershop Harmony to be grown to an active membership of 55; t.he quartets and the chorus of the held in St. Charles on November 30th. have organized one or more quartets; Canton Chapter have been active have become part of the Com Belt throughout the summer. Canton The Mattoon Chapter is a local in Chorus and have been having a whale joined up with Peoria to entertain a stitution. Sec. Westhorp says that of a time at various Civic, State and large crowd at the Fulton County Hlocal gatherings seem incomplete Society affairs. . Strip Miners picnic on Labor Day. Not knowing what a "strip miner" is, without a Barbershop Quartet and Cambridge was sponsored by the very let us hope that the day was warm if our three quartets are popular favor capable Rock Island Chapter. The they did very much stripping. ites among the ever increasing family chorus is under the direction of Louis Coopmans whom most people know as . The Pioneer Chapter which meets of Barbershop Harmony lovers here the smiling and talented lead singer twice a month on the \Vest Side of in Mattoon." Chicago has settled down to a steady, tuneful and enjoyable pace. With a membership of 86, a Chorus of 50 and several fine quartets, they are fast be JACKSONVILLE, ILLINOIS coming typical of the average size Sure Fire for a CHAPTER successful Barbershop Quartet Society Chapter. With a NOVEMBER, 1946 .a7kJ HARMONIZER 45 BLOOMINGTON BLOOMS putting on tonight." The crowd sure From letter by Joe M. Bunting, enjoyed it and at the close of the pro Bloomington, Ill.: gram yelled for more of the same next Brazil, Indiana Chapter's August year." "After fiddling around for some picnic was one of the State's biggest months with the idea of staging a Incidentally, the Cleveland boys got harmony events. From miles around quartet contest the officials of the that same reaction from HFitz" Fitz upwards of 300 barbershoppers and Illinois State Fair, at practically the gerald, long time in charge, back their wives flocked to Forest Park for last minute,. decided to abandon the stage, at the Public Auditorium. (Ed.) the festivities. The prime purpose of contest idea and just stage a bIg quar the picnic was to cement and develop tet show. They asked Earl Bach and friendships between not only the sur me to take charge of the affair and rounding chapters but also quartets jf I do say it as shouldn't we reall~ from each and to encourage the de gave them a show. Had the Morgan Barbershop singing was way "out Yelopment of local quartets from as County Four, Gipps Amberlin Kan front" as one of the features of the sociation with the visitors. sas City Serenaders, Elastics: Har 17th Annual Chicagoland Music Festi monizers, and Misfits, and the Corn val on Saturday night, August 17 in On Sunday afternoon, August 3, the picnickers gathered at the home of B~lt Chorus, John Hanson directing, the great Soldiers Field before a huge wlth more than 300 voices. audience of almost one hundred thou Chapter President Fred N. Gregory sand spectators that jammed the am for a get-acquainted meeting after The affair was productive of a criti phitheatre. Five thousand performers which all adjourned to the Park for cism of barbershopping that I prize as from twenty states did their bit in chicken and harmony. Other barber highly as any I've heard. An old, one of the most dazzling settings of shoppers and their wives \vere enter weatherbeaten, hard-boiled chief elec the year. Phil Maxwell of the Chica tained at a pre-picnic gathering in the trician, whom outwardly you wouldn't go Tribune directed the Festival Ac home of the James Stitzles. expect to have an ounce of sentiment tivities. Two of the nation's famous in his system, laid his head down on opera stars, Helen Traubel, dramatic The Carpenter Brothers of Gary and his instrument board and cried like a soprano and John Charles Thomas, the Ken t u c k y Troubadours from kid when the Misfits sang "That Old Louisville were on hand, also the Gang of Mine." He said "I've worked baritone lent their rjch voices to the program packed wit~ outstanding tal Evansville Elks. Among other visi every show at this fair for 40 years ent. The great Barbershop Chorus, di tors were lnternational Vice-Presi and I've never seen one that can even rected by President Frank Thorne, dent Jerry Beeler of Evansville, Fritz compare with the one you boys are was composed of Chorus Members of Drybrough, President of Louisville Chicago, Pioneer, Oak Park, North Chapter, Ed Eismueller of Chicago, west Suburban, Wheaton, Fox River and Carl Jones, Pres. of Terre Haute Valley Chapters, over three hundred Chapter. strong-and what barbershop sing ing! The huge crowd applauded each On Sunday Brazil Chapter's chorus number sung by the group. and the "Troubadours entertained 4 000 people at a concert in the Park. ' To quote The Chicago Tribune.. uBar bel'shop singing has as great a place in the hearts of Americans as any other music. This thoroly American spectacle would not be complete with "BUTTON BUTTON out it and so the Festival did it up brown. A quartet of 300 voices, if WHO'S GOT THE BUTTOI" there can be such a thing, rode Oil down with '0 Joe' and 'The Bells Why the International of St. Mary's.' II Office, of course. A broadcast from coast-to-coast was At $1.50 each for a beautifully made over the Mutual Network of 325 enameled lapel pin (about as big stations, also over WGNB and the as a dime). It often leads to recog Canadian Broadcasting Corporation nition by a brother and pleasant from 9 to 10 P. M. Central Daylight meetings with those who'd pass Time. you by otherwise. KIWANIMANIACS The Four HilT maniacs. Canton, ~ I I 1. (upper left) sang at every luncheon - dinner Chapter secretaries should keep program of 11· linois-Eastern Iowa a supply on hand. Kiwani!i Conven· tion at Congress Hotel, Chicaro in September. ORDIi"R li:ITHIi"R IN LOTS DR SINGI.' FROM O. E. Peterson, Int. Sec. Kiwanis; CARROLL P. ADAMS. Int. Sec. M. J. Kudlick, Gov. 18270 Grand River Ave•• 1·1 Dis!., both of Detroit 23. Michigan Chicago; Hamilton Send me._ •• _. Lapel plDll at $1.50 each. Holt. Int. Pres., Macon, Ga.; J. B. Nanle •••••• • __ • _ Mosser. Int. Treas.. St. Mar y s, Pa.. Address .• __ •••• _. • .. __ ._. d res sed for the Cameraman in fin· Clly. ._••••••• State...•..•• ._. cry borrowed from Chapter__ .••• . • _. _ the Harmaniacs. NOVEMBER, 1946 46 f}he HARMONIZER "SWEET ADELINE" (by Lou Lilly) Hutchinson, Kans. reports new quar --~?-~;::-= tet, the "Mellonaires" all high school seniors, enthusiastically received ... "Tune Twisters," "Coca Cola Four" and "Blue Noters" kept busy filling -...... -~~ requests for entertainment ... Kan sas City, Mo. assisted in Charter Pres entation at Topeka, Kansas, then chorus and quartets joined Topeka 011 Oct. 20th in huge benefit show to raise funds for Memorial at 'Winter Hos pital . . . extension work continued with sponsorship of Santa Fe and Las Vegas, New Mexico Chapters ... chorus and quartets entertained 2500 at American War Dads Convention J J · .. Tulsa, Okla. new quartet "Four L~L Half Pints," claim "Four Half Pints" should make a good quart-et ... "Fly_ \LlIL ing V' Ranch boys now residing far apart, yet still singing together all over the country ... outdoor meeting held at home of Les Applegate, ... recordings made of all quartets . . . Quartets and chorus of Clayton, Mo. joined St. Louis again in regular scheduled entertainment at Veterans' Hospital, Jefferson Barracks . . . - "Nostalgic Four" and "Political Four" ("Reprinted from THIS WEEK Magazine, Copyright 1946 by the United Newspapers Corporation") reported still going strong ... Special program enjoyed by Hermann, Mo. when chapter was host to St. Louis, and East Aurora Annual Outing ... will be soon hearing great things Clayton and Mexico, with Clayton held annual picnic and Ladies' Night from this chapter ... Niagara Falls President Simner officiating as M.C. •.• chorus and quartet at Warsaw had two outdoor meetings-"Stub" · .. "Bluffail's" of Scottsbluff, Nebr. Centennial celebration ... "Frequent 'Whitmore, Chapter Secretary, claims after experiencing travel difficulties, ly Flat Four" kept busy entertaining moonlight on lake lends atmosphere arrived in Denver, Colo. for Charter at Parades, civic affairs and at Ba to harmonizing ... chapter promoting Night taking in stride on way a tavia Veteran's Hospital . . . Large vjgorous fall and winter campaign broadcast and entertainment at Fitz attendance from Endicott at Warsaw ... from reports, looks like "Doubtful simmons Hospital ... also were on Jamboree ... had two quartets on Four" and "Experimental Four" are program at Colorado Springs Charter programs at Hornell and Cortland neither doubtful nor experimental ... Night and made many other appear . . . Secretary Homer L. Scott of Rochester "Silver Dollars Quartet" ances in Nebraska and Wyoming ... Geneva asserts with pride that chap filled several engagements at Sampson Mexico, Mo. Co u r tho use Square ter chorus and quartets turn out Naval Hospital and Veterans Hospital blocked off while assembled townspeo 1000/0 for regular bi-monthly visits to at Batavia ... ple hear election returns from local Sampson Naval Hospital ... lists 14 newspaper. during intervals, appearances of "Four Chefs" . . . 1'1_ &1t9taltd Stata ULittle Dixie" chorus and "lVIello Headlined by "Garden State Quartet" Aires" entertained the crowd . . . and "Harmoneers" of Schenectady, ad &44U1ue ~ ~M" chapter embarked on extensive Inter· Hornell had successful Parade on Chapter relations program ... Sept. 28th with 1200 in attendance, Bridgeport, Conn. enjoyed visit of Past International Pres. PhH Embury "Garden State Quartet" at outing ... in role of M.C. and Harold Alberts of the Champs were presented with Endicott as song leader ... Batavia "Harmony Keys" to City ... chapter Buffalo members in attendance at had organization meeting Sept. 3rd continues to play important role en East Aurora Picnic and Jamboree at and Irom news of interest aroused, we tertaining returned service men . . . Warsaw ... "Gas Light" and "Melo Tones" entered in District Contest ... energy of chapter centered on promo IRON MOUNTAIN, MICH. HITS HIGH NOTE tion of Parade, Nov. 16th ... James town gaining recognition as most popular service organization in com munity ... plans for Christmas activ ities now formulating ... 50-voice chorus and 3 quartets make frequent appearances at civic, church and fra ternal functions . . . Binghamton sponsors District Contest Oct. 26th · .'. 3 quartets are "Four Sharps," 'ITri-City Synchronizers" and "Vel vetones" ... \Varsaw host to CWNY Board and Barbershoppers at "Jam New. ch~pter in. Northern Micbigan is off to a Ayini start. Above is the group boree" . , . present were delegation at oreanu:atlon meetm&". Fourth from the left front row is Treasurer Ernest W. Brown and Chapter President Neale from and then L. to R.-Vice-President Allan C. Wiltkopf. President William H. Lewis and Secretary L. D. Tucker. The group includes two sets of brothers who sing in Toronto, Onto . . . 16 quartets from two separate quartets, Ben Weber. Jr. and John Weber, and John and Lawrence area on program ... delegation at Gunville. John Jelsh. Iron Mountain superintendent of schools, is second from rieht, tended Batavia organization meeting front row, and is the only pianist in the group. NOVEMBER, 1946 !!llu HARMONIZER 47 Increased activity nqted at Terryville, Conn. after vigorous campaign of publicity . . . Northampton, Mass. continuing policy of program urging every man to sing in quartet ... ac tivities include sponsorship and pres entation to Pawtucket, R. 1. Chapter . . . sponsored chapter at Conway ... extension efforts directed toward five others.. Maintains constant in terchange membership attendance with Holyoke ... Quartet from New Haven, Conn. with Jack Emerson M. C. staged program for Service Organization and effective aural demonstration barbershop harmony presented membership increasing rapidly current effort directed to ward active trained chorus ... host to Bridgeport Chapter at special Hamilton. Onto Chapter as seen by the Hamilton Spectator's photographer, Front meeting . . . Successful season in row-third from left-Larry Hore, Treas.j Herb Hodgson, Sec., Bert McLean. Pres. New Bedford, Mass. included outdoor (with badge) j Jack: La Maitre, V. P, meetings ... "Harpoon Harmonizers" and quartets took over program for local church, entire proceeds to church 23rd go to Shrinel's Crippled Chil and missions ... Schenectady, N. Y. dren's Hospital, Springfield, Mass.... concentrating on Parade Nov. 1st ... chapters quartets are "Four Shaving Long Beach, Calif. had first public novel e>.."})erience chapter quartets en Mugs," "Chromatics" and "Linen appearance including four quartets at tertaining fans between double-head Dusters" all busy at hospital, church, er baseball games •.• chorus and four fraternal and civic affairs ... Shriners' Dinner, President Veri quartets again at Saratoga Veterans Keiser expounding purposes and aims Facility Hospital ... outdoor Ladies' of Society backed up by sweet har~ Night and boat ride on Hudson fea mony· ... major objective now Min tures season .•. 26 appearances by During summer months District of six quartets reported ... Net pro Columbia held outdoor meetings and strel Show in February . . . Chorus ceeds Hartford, Conn. Parade Nov. boatrides ... quartet school sessions of Santa Monica, Calif. with "Saw held weekly as usual. '.' special "Top Tenor Night" produced new high voice talent ... "Club Hannony Four" Bronx, N. Y. entertained veterans at BOYNE CITY, MICH. Kingsbridge Base Hospital •.. York, "We're from York" =No. 23 CHAPTER=== Pa. resumes regular schedule with re hearsal hall having special acoustical presents and recording equipment ... Report PARADE OF QUARTETS of Jersey City, N. J. hig.hlighted by at FIRST ANNUAL numerous appearances of their pride the "Garden State Quartet" ... other WM. PENN HIGH SCHOOL quartets in chapter active and have York Penna. BUSH LEAGUE J many programs to their credit . . . • Newark, N. J. supported "Close Har Twin Performances CONTEST mony Contest" sponsored by County Park Commission .•• Diamond State, AFTERNOON & EVENING Wilmington. Del. reports numerous JANUARY 25th SATURDAY appearances of "Wildela Four" on wide variety of programs ... Ladies' January 25th, 1947 Night pronounced huge success •.. Champions 8:00 P. M. A "Welcome Home" party by Union GARDEN STATES, ELASTICS City, N. J. honored "Garden State Quartet" ... chapter l'eports many Quartets from all Chapters in visits to and from nearby chapters WITHERED 4, JERSEY RAMBLERS ... New quartets at Penns Grove, (Outst"nding) Michigan with membership of 50 N. J. the ({Toppers" already busily or less are invited to compete fa engaged ... held successful Ladies' determine the best quartet in this Night. , . other quartets are "Happy 10 other flourishing fours from EAST. dass. ll York Ch"pter Chorus of 60 trained Four" and "Cordsters • • • Intra voices, singing their stuff in a be"u Everyone is invited to come fa Chapter Quartet Contest featured at Wilmington, Del. on 7th Anniversary tiful SPRING GARDEN SETTING. Boyne City, to enjoy this week end. , . , "Chordmen" declared winners and There will be Winter Sports, Ice presented with trophy ... Paterson, Write Joe Mosser, Sec'y. Fishing and of course all members N. J. g-iving freely at charitable and c/o Reynolds & Co., York are invited to our Chapter Meeting civic affairs ... with 5 organized and Friday Nite. 8 other quartets in rehearsal ... had successful annual outing 4th Pa DON'T MISS IT! rade will be held Nov. 15th . NOVEMBER, 1946 48 .0/"- HARMONIZER dust Four" and "1890 Four" in two three occasions ... chorus in public hour program for patients, U. S. concert before 2,000 assisted b)' quar Military Hospital, West Los Angeles tets before 10,000 more . . . buses ... entire chapter attended Parade chartered for visit to Oshkosh Picnic at San Gabriel ... "Sawdust Four" and Beaver Dam Charter Night ... BALTIMORE sang command performance for Con Madison has been busy ... Highlight vention of Justices of Peace and Con ing Manitowoc's activities, last quar stables and still at liberty to accept ter highly successful, second Parade CHAPTER other engagements . . . these boys of Quartets, October 12th ... chorus have read membership certificates ... tied for first place at Wisconsin's first ==No.1== Tri-City (Maywood) quartets "May Chorus Contest ... HInter City Four" wood Four" and "Tri~City Four" ac entertained Veteran's Appreciation tive in church and civic functions ... parties ... with chartering of Wis "Maywood Four" appeared at San consin Rapids, Manitowoc has spon~ Announces Gabriel Parade . . . chapter takes sored four new chapters this year ... pride in Secretary Walter Holesap "Chordials" kept busy at many State pie's election as Secretary of Far affairs ... No slowing up in Racine The Sponsorship of The Western Association ... Port Angeles during summer season ... 6 meetings (Elks Naval Lodge) organized in and 14 chorus rehearsals ... new June ... first large public appearance quartet lOBel-Rae" reported, and an MID -ATLANTIC at Elks Club Golden Jubilee, two other organizing . . . lIWhat Four" quartets and chorus sang for audi made three appearances for veterans STATES ence of 1500 ... prospects bright, ... chorus and 3 quartets entertained membership increasing, good talent American Legion Convention ... 35 ASSOCIATION being attracted . . . charter to be members attended Beaver Dam Char~ presented .r-,·ov. 18th ... "National~ tel' Night ... movies are taken at im Aires" of National City, Calif. after portant chapter events and shown at epidemic of sore throats, now back later meetings . . . Waupaca par pitching ... chapter confident of sev ticipated in "Veteran"s' Homecoming eral quartet entries in next Far West Day" with entry of float loaded with ern Parade . . . Hollywood, Calif. harmonizers . . . host to Appleton (Formerly Los Angeles) had three Chapter at meeting Sept. 16th ... QUARTET new quartet organizing, this will make quartets in San Gabriel Parade, "Barberchords," "Melodymen" and five ...Baraboo Chapter substituted "Sierranaders" ... welcomes to mem for regular church choirs on three oc bership Bobby Greer, bad, "Chord casions during quarter . . . warm CONTEST busters," 1941 National Champs ... breezes, moonlight and harmony pre Recently organized, Salinas, Calif. vailed at outdoor lakeside meetings, fast finding favor in community and and at pot luck supper with ladies on shows signs of rapid growth . . . another- occasion ... "Four Beats" of inaugurates system of quartet train Sheboygan participated in Commun To be held in Baltimore's ing, one quartet no\.... well advanced, ity Sing. chapter conductor Principal and Distinctive training second quartet, both in turn Charles Faulhaber directed both Band will then instruct others in endless and Sing ... shortly afterward, "Four chain fashion ... President Ed. Tuni Cl ippers" and Director on similar oc son former member Reno, Nevada casion . . . first Parade a huge suc ... San Gabriel, Calif. proud of being cess on Sept. 7th ... chorus awarded Lyric Theatre privileged to be hosts at organiza third place in District Chorus Con tion of Far Western District Associa test ... Algoma fast forging ahead SATURDAY tion and at Parade, reported else . . attended as guests "Algoma where in this issue ... chapter quar Night" meeting at Green Bay . . . .I,uuf,ar"l.l. 1947 tets sang 28 engagements at wide chapter now has two organized quar • variety of churches, hospitals and tets ... Kenosha getting excellent 8:30 P. M. service functions ... start with organization of 1 quartet, "Specialty Brass" \.,.ho have been ac tive in community ... chapter chorus now forming . . . Beaver Dam had ROBERT MacENERY. Sec. Current efforts of Madison centered Charter Night Program on Sept. 21st, 1729 North Payson Street on 2nd Wisconsin State Contest Oct. a highly successful Parade at the BALTIMORE 17. MD. 26th, will be reported next issue ... High School Gymnasium ... array of "Cardinal Quartet" made 10 appear quartets headed by "Harmony Halls" ances before over 32,000 people ... and "Hi-Lo" and featuring both triple quartet entertained at Charity Beaver Dam and Milwaukee Chapter BARTLETT S. KILDUFF Baseball Game before 6,000, and at choruses, Beaver Dam living up to Mid-Atlantic States Representative Mendota Hospital for Veterans on its motto "The Best By a Dam Site." 2004 Boone Street BALTIMORE, MD. Tlle Lyric Theatre has perhaps the best Acoustics of any Aud itorium in the Country. -Walter Damrosch Cambridge, Ill., Chapte:r Choru. NOVEMBER, 1946 §t. HARMONIZER 49 THE SENTIMENTAL FOUR Ft. Wayne, Ind. Chapter Entire net proceeds of Elkhart Pa rade Dec. 7th will be used to equip a VARIETY second Delivery Room at the Elkhart General Hospital ... during summer season Elkhart held second Jamboree COLOR \vith 1,500 in attendance ... quar tets on program were "Northern HUMOR aires," HTolle Poets" of South Bend, "Carpenter Bros." of Gary, "Four HARMONY Keys" and "Vocalizers" of Mishawa ka, "Note-less Airs" of Fort Wayne, and "Alibi Four" and HDoctors of Harmony" Elkhart ... Mr. Russell L. to R"~Fred Hagerdorn, tenor; !)e Wayne Schele. lead; Bob Klophen Poyser now Director of chorus . . . 5tine. bari; Walter Vallmer, bass. Gary, Ind. reports long list of en GRAND RAPIDS gagements by chapler's two quartets ?ftt-e4Dt4 "Harmonairs" and "Carpenter Bros." Demands for chapter chorus and CHAPTER'S ... chapter quartets attended South quartets keepiug Virginia busy sing Bend Annual Fish Fry, and chorus ing at various functions . , . mem =FOURTH ANNUAL and quartets attended East Chicago bership growing rapidly ... chapter "Night of Harmony" .. Chorus, has inaugurated initiation ceremony Quartet and members of Fort 'Vayne. adding much color to meetings ... Ind. Chapter very active in ',l'isiting recent visitor was Ed. Carlson, for other chapters ... other appearances merly of Garden City Chapter near listed are five by "Note-less Airs." Detroit, Mich. .. Outstanding ac tivity of Minneaj)olis was sponsoring five by "Trail Blazer!'," tell by "Sen GREAT of a four-star revue, old time minstrel timental Four," six by the chorus show, and barbershop quartet contest and several others by the I'Summit at the Lyceum Theater running for Cit). Four" before a wide \"ariety of six days entitled "This is It" ... pro hospitals, civic, fraternal and other duction was staged under direction of affairs. , . Newly organized Hobart. Francis "Pat" Comlan. Practically Ind. setting their sight to Charter the entire membership of chapter Night Program in November, credit participated. A contest was staged LAKES is given to Gary as sponsoring chap and as a result the "Atomic Bums" ter for their support ... Secretary have been chosen to represent the Minneapolis Chaplet' in the 1947 Re· "Bill Flynn summarizes briefly by say gional Contest .. INVITATIONAL ing, "we are having fun" ... Indi anapolis, Ind. staged out-oC-doors 7e;t ON ONTARIO LUDINGTON RECEIVES ITS CHARTER Saturday evening Oct. 19th, capacity filled Beal Tech Auditorium, resound ed with Barbershop Harmony of truly International significance when Lon don, Onto Chapter presented its Sec ond Annual Parade of Quartets. From the opening uGod Save the King" and "America," to the closing "Lord's Prayer," the well planned, smoothly executed program 'was enthusiastical ly received. Participating were: Har mony Halls, Doctors of Harmony, Cowling Bros., Toronto, Clef Dwellers, Oakland County, Mich., Four Shorties, Progressive Four and Detroiters, De troit, Londonaires and Four Aces, London and Three Corns and a Bun yan, Pontiac. Edwin S. Smith, Inter Part of the group of Ludington and western Michigan SPEBSQSA members who n a t ion a I Board member, Wayne, participated in chapter presentation night. L. to R.-Seated in front center are John Mich., acted as Master of Ceremonies. Buitendorp, Muskegon (light coat); Bob Harvey. vice presid~nt. Muskegon Chapt~r; G. Marvin Brower. International Board Member, and preSident of Grand RapIds Radio station CFPL broadcast a half Chapter; and Frank Morse, Muskegon, former National, Board .Member; :Ve~non hour program during the course of Keiser, Ludington president; Robert H. Walker, Grand ~aplds. presldent of Michigan the show, over entire network of CBC. State Association; and Dr. M. ). Kennebeck. pt.st president Muskegon Chapter. The London Chapter is to be compli mented for this and its many other KEEP 'EM CLEAN! Detains Court While outstanding contributions to the rapid listening to Barbershoppers spread of SPEBSQSA interest in To Pres. Thorne, from Welch San Gabriel Police Judge. Harry M. Canada. Harrison, Pryor, Okla. Hunt, was attracted to the auditorium At a meeting in the afternoon of on the second floor of the City Hall Presidents and Secretaries of On "I just want to express my apprecia during the morning of the Parade by tario's 9 chapters, the Ontario District tion for your article in the August the melodious limbering up of the Association was formed. Officers 'Harmonizer,' particularly your atti early registrants. While listening, his eleeted were: Pres. Hughbert J. tude toward foul stories and songs. ;lssistant infonned him that some of Hamilton, London; Vice. Pres. George Many a quartet has done themselves his clients were waiting. "Just tell Stiven, Windsor; Treasurer, Alf. W. considerable damage by resorting to 'em to wait," said the young, white Neale, Toronto and Secretary, Charles this sort of thing. A foul story or hail'ed attorney and judge, "I gatta' E. B. Payne, Sarnia. song will always get a laugh and ap heal' more of this." plause, but in the over-all picture, a quartet which uses them is on the way out. The cleaner we keep our meet New Type Harmonica ings the longer we may hope to grow and prosper, as I see it." Why not an official SPEBSQSA RING "WORTH 10 TIMES THE COST" as a Christmas gift for that man of yours From Oscar Boenicke, Chicago visi Sterling Sliver ----- 56.00 Sterling Silver tor at Sheboygan, Wis. Parade, Sept. with 10K Gold Tip -- 5'.50 7 ... to Lester Raatz, Pres. who is 10K Gold Throughout • - 520.00 aIso president of Chamber of Com PLUS zo% FEDERAL TAX merce, Sheboygan: '''OOD GAVELS The All-Plastic Harmonica developed by NOVEMBER,1946 ghe HARMONIZER 51 OM6 I{t-Lttu Another Ohio Chapter, Alliance, has shifted to weekly meetings. The Al liance boys gave Phil Singer, Chap ter Pres., chorus director, and Lions Quartet bari, an engraved, gold plat ed pitch pipe as a token of their esteem. The chorus and two quartets sang in the city's Annual Park Day Program and made a hit. Sec. Wilbur Martin reports several new fours are jelling) which, with the Lions. Op portuners and Sunsetters will put Al e 1 liance well up in the "Preservation and Encouragement" . . . Toledo seems to be qualifying for member ship in the Mich. Association ... July saw seven quartets from Jackson, Oakland County and Tecumseh in Toledo. In August a quartet and sev eral members went to Tecumseh's picnic ... 15 Toledo-o-o-ans went to the Milan, Mich. picnic ... sixteen attended the Wayne get-together. In September five earfuls drove to the Jackson Parade and a Detroit delega tion of SPEBSQSA GOLDEN STATESMEN San Francisco L. to R.-]ack Hare, tenor; W. Coutts. lead; C. Vase. bad; D. Gren· fell, bass. GAS HOUSE FOUR Long Beach L. to R.-E. Final, tenor: W. Less man, lead; E. Thomas, bari; C. Final, bass, KEYNOTERS. San Gabriel L. to R.-Frank Kessler, tenor; Russ Stanton. bari; Dil;k Schenck, lead: .pave Trout, bass. SAN DIEGO FOUR, San Diego L. to R.-G. Barstow. tenor: E. Swaine, lead; L. Ebner, bad; F. Ahrens, bass. 4 Four of the quartets participating in the first Parade of Quartets west of the Rockies. 4 (See story on page I)') NOVEMBER, 1946 52 She HARMONIZER FREDERICTON FRED DIES La4 1/e9a4, ?t, ?It. SCOTTSBLUFF (NEB.) FOUR Las Vegas, one of our recently organ ganized chapters has been centering activities on organizational work and group practice sessions. Will hold Charter Presentation program before very long and may be joined in this ceremony by Santa Fe, another new ly organized New Mexico Chapter ... from news items coming in, we can expect great things from these two new chapters in the Southwestem L. to R.-Butts. Boggs. Harrison New Brunswick, Canada's first quar and Loshbaugh-"Swell fellows ••. tet-L. to R.-Herb Kitchen, Claude section of the country. and real missionaries of harmony" West, Ray Edgecombe, Rag. Cooper. 1eI~1t4Ue says Joe Stern. ---- Four visited Berea, Lakewood and the Green Bay had as guests 60 members organization meeting for Parma ... and friends of Algoma Chapter at re Warren's chorus under Dr. Carl cent party ... program included a South Bend comes up with impressive Scheig, is leading up to a minstrel Marathon Quartet Sing ... enjoyed list of 25 engagements by UNorthern show in the near future. Better quar by all ... "Note-able Four" has in aires," "Tone Poets" and IIFour ters have been secured through the teresting story of its' formation ... Eagles" at hospitals, churches and kindness of the local Elks ... Massil three traveling drug concern sales fraternal, civic and other organiza lon and Canton Chapters, (They're men snag bari druggist customer ... tions.. only seven miles apart), threw a joint result-one quartet known to drug picnic in Aug us t. Massillon's trade as "Pestle Packing Papas." ()M6 SPEBSQSA road troupe got back into Lorain presented Past Presidents the swing of things, presenting its 1«t1«Jt4 emblems at outdoor fish fry meeting first show of the season at Dover. Monmouth active \'lith family picnics, ... chapter has instigated an active Their itinerary in the past year has fish fry and watermelon feed . . . program of visits to other chapters covered a dozen appearances in near summer attendance greatly stimulat in area ... outdoor meeting high by communities and various hospitals. ed by these social affairs ... chapter lighted by visit from "The Yachts The chapter has enough talent to put sang with "Corn Belt" chorus at men" of Lakc\'lood Chapter. on a complete show--ehorus, quar State Fair . . . has two organized tets, solos, trick acts, etc., and every quartets and another organizing ... "lexa4 time out has been a marked success Oak Park had 5 quartets at llOak Lubbock fast gaining recognition in ... Dayton's been going to town this Park Quartet Night" at Chicagu community ... one organized quar quarter. Attendance at meetings is Chapter ... chapter presents a long tet has made a number of public ap up 20%. Ladies' Night, Stag Night, list of appearances before Hospitals, pearances.... plans for the January Parade, Sleep School and civic organization audi less Knights, and Four Men of Day ences.... ton busy as all get out, chapter ex tension being seriously tackled with NOTELESS-AIRS, Fl. Wayne Sidney a hot prospect ... Sec. Charles Krick covers it all in most interesting MT. PLEASANT letters and reports . . . Harry A. "Mat" Mathews, Akron Sec., has been MICHIGAN No. 40 sending out some rare meeting notices that'll probably be collector's items some day. The October 12th issue Presents was the final and the coup de grace. "Mat" advises that delegations from ==FffiST== Kent have been regular visitors at the Rubber City, Kirby Bransby and the Atomic Four having added a lot PARADE OF to choral and quartet singing. Colum bus is busily prepping for the State QUARTETS Contest November 30th at Memorial L. to R.-C. W. Sigman, bass; Jim Hall ... Canton is the Chapter f.or Southern, bad; Roy Eckhart. lead; us. They throw a Steak Dinner for and Carl Rowdabaugh, tenor. • The Best Quartets members and wives ... yeahl STEAK. • The Liveliest Show Chapter and (State Sec.) Jim Emsley THE FOUR FRETS,• Oak Park writes that meetings are being held • The Finest Audience weekly and that the chapter's quar tets-Non-Chalants and Good Night ers fill engagements practically every Central Michigan other night. -:------: College Classy . . . bilt too late to classify Auditorium 1It«~alf Milan host to several visiting quar Saturday, Dec. 7th tets from neighboring chapters at 8:15 P. M. basket picnic attended by members and families ... Albion also held pic nic and were entertained by HHarri Sing With or Without "Fretting" Tickets $1.20, Tax Incl. Bill Runbele. tenor; Chafe Roberts, gans" of Jackson and their own "4 lead: "Doc" Colditz. bari: Charlie A.M'ers." ... Jessuf, bass. NOVEMBER. 1946 tlh" HARMONIZER 53 These pa~es are open only to members. WrIte to Carroll P. Adams, 18270 Grand DIRECTORY and ANNOUNCEMENTS ( Rh'er Avenue. Detroit 23, M1ch1can J (f4.."edk«t 1~ ~ BRIDGEPORT CHAPTER CLAYTON CHAPTER (Connecticut No. 4) Meets 1st and 3rd Wednesday Every Friday 8:30 P. M. WES GUNTZ at 8,30 P. M. Rosebud Hall 671 Barnum Ave. Shaw Park Club House Jack Lawless, Pres. "Society's Greatest Listener" Berney Simner, President Joseph Damato, Treas. Arthur H. Nolan, Secretary Frank Esposito, Seey. Ship's Cafe-Chicogo CEo 4940, Res. HI. 2350 98 Norman St. Bridgeport, Conn. Roy A. Campbell, Treasurer Latch string always hangs out HARTFORD CHAPTER AL GREGG'S "GREYHOUND" NITE CLUB JOPLIN CHAPTER (Connecticut No. 2) 221 20th Street Meet With Us the 2nd and 4th Wednesdoy Meets 1st and 3rd Tuesdays, Hartford Where Good Fellows ond Song Feltow5 Meet Nights of Any Month at the Coco Cola Audi- Soengerbund Holt, 266 Woshington St. Rock lslond Drop in ond SING-Brother torium, 1310 Virginia Ave. Arch Daley, Pres., A. La Fontaine, V. P. Home of the "Roinbow Four" Dick Allen, Treas ~-.uu KANSAS CITY CHAPTER Wolt 'Kane, Sec., 2326 Albany, --. Meels 7:30 P. M. West Hortford, Conn. 3-5129 HUTCHINSON CHAPTER On the 1st and 3rd Mondoys TERRYVILLE CHAPTER Meels lst and 3rd Tvesdays-8 P. M. BUSiNESS MEN'S ASSURANCE BLDG. (Connecticut No. 1) American BISONTE Legion Recreation Lounge, 215 W. Pershing Rd. Meets Every Monday 2nd and Walnut Ray Koenig, Pres. Bert Phelps, Secy. At Eogle Lock Co. Joe V. Fleming-President 19 E. 56th 6035 Park Ave. Paul Go~dmon-Secy.-Treas. JA. 1727 Phones HI. 3509 "l)etetwa-re 624 East 6th ST. LOUIS CHAPTER DIAMOND STATE CHAPTER Meets 2nd ond 4th Wednesdays Wilmington, Del. ROOSEVELT HOTEL Meets 2nd and 4th Tuesdays WICHITA Tom Collins, Pres. K. of P. Hall, 906 West St. last Wednesday Each Month Dick Bernhardt, See. Pres. Wm. F. Young 4 N. 8th St., Room 416 HOTEL LASSEN GRILL -_. Sec. R. Harry Brown, 3403 Madison -- WILMINGTON, DELAWARE CHAPTER NO. 1 ~a Fifth Chapter to be Chortered ~ in the Society AK-SAR-BEN CHAPTER OMAHA Meets 1sl and 3rd Wednesday Nites, Ameri- BALTIMORE No. 1 CHAPTER Meets 8:00 P. M. 4th Wednesday of Each Month ,on Legion Home, 2103 Lancaster Ave. Meets 2nd and 4th Tuesdoys President, Harry T. Farrow CASTLE HOTEL Secretary, Thomas Haley, SPEBSQSA Hall, 1436 No. Goy SI. (Omoha Room) 803 W. 291h St., Wilmington 270 Pres_ Howard Peacock W. A. Munson, . Pres. D. E. Slater, Seey. Robert MacEnery SCOTTSBLUFF CHAPTER 17~(JI(f4~ 1729 Payson St .• Baltimore 17, Md. Hall Open Every Evening Meets h' and 3rd Tuesdays DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA CHAPTER BALTIMORE No.2 CHAPTER At Elk's Washington, D. C. Meets lst and 3rd Tuesdays Jack L. Raymond, Pres. Elks Club-West Fayette St. Pierce Hall, 15th and Harvord, N. W. Secy.-Treas. Leonard Horrison Pres. Lee B. W~ight 2415 Avenue A. Progrom Meeting 710 N. Hilton St. (29) F,?urth Monday of Each Month Seey.-Treas. Roland L. Cavalier QUARTET SCHOOL 626 Ingleside Ave, ?t- ll"""dW(e~ All Other Mondays Catonsville 28, Md, Jean Boardman, Pres. FREDERICTON CHAPTER Howard Cranford, Secy_ 1Ita4~ 93.0 Randolph, N. W. (New Brunswick No.1) Home of the Rog. Cooper, Presidenl "Washington Waddlers" NEW BEDFORD CHAPTER "Potomac Clippers" "Songsmiths" Every Friday 8:30 P. M. G. Herbert Kitchen, Secretary "Capitolians" "Metropolitan Police" Y,M.C.A. Woodstock Road "Diplomats" NORTHAMPTON Winner of Four Achievement Awards ?t- pU4etf "1t THE "GARDEN STATE GLEE CLUB" CHAPTER JAMESTOWN CHAPTER ()~~ New Jersey No. 1 Meetings: 1st and 3rd Mondays Home of the Garden State Quartet Unitarian Church at 8:00 P. M. OKLAHOMA CITY CHAPTER Meets the lst and 3rd Tuesdays at 1738 Hudson Blvd" Jersey City Word Belknap, Pres., Phone 46662 Meets 20d ood 4th Tuesdays Guertin, Jack Briody, Seey. E. A. Seey. BILTMORE HOTEL 110 lincoln St. Lakewood, N. Y. Grady Musgrave, Pres. PATERSON CHAPTER MAN HAnAN CHAPTER Ben Von Dyke, Seey.-Treas. N. J. Chopter No. 3 (New York City No.3) "Where Good Fellowship Abounds" Ruppert's Tap-Room TULSA 1639 Third Ave. Meets 20d ood 4th Tuesdays Parent Chopter of SPEBSQSA Once 0 Month 38 Pork Ave. 8:30 P. M. Meets 2nd Mondoy eoch Month, 8 P. M. President Sigmund Spaeth Akdar Bldg" Fourth and Denver Sts. PATERSON Secretcuy Ted livingston E. G. Winningham, President do Mills Music, Inc., 1619 Broadway S. J. Martinez, Secy.•Treas. UNION CITY CHAPTER 1830 E. 15th St., Tulsa 4 (New Jersey No.6) (MAPLE CITY CHAPTER) Meets 2nd and 4th Mondays Hornell Greenwood Tavern Monroe C. Kase, President () NOVEMBER, 1946 glie HARMONIZER 55 SHEBOYGAN CHAPTER KENOSHA CHAPTER 'Ult4M.. ~,... (Wisconsin No. B) Finl and Third Mondoys Pres. O. H. "King" Colc Simmons Club House Sec. J. A. Sampson clo Phoenix Choir Co. BARABOO CHAPTER Pres. Samuel A. Odelberg Seey. Chesler A. Andrews Treos. Chorles Ellman Meels Every Mondoy-8:30 P. M. Meets 1sl ond 3rd Mondays 6910 32nd A~e. Ed. Swanson's Rumpus Room .. 01 Phoenix Recreation Rooms _ ------.-~- .. ------_... 3D. 10th Ave. ... MADISON CHAPTER WAUPACA CHAPTER NO. 13 Meels aod 3,d Mondoy each month BEAVER DAM CHAPTER Regular Meetings Every Wednesdoy 1" (Wisconsin Na. 17) Odd Fellows Holl-8:00 P. M. Castle Hall-1st Noll. Bonk Bldg_ Meels Each Mondoy Night E. W. Warrington, Pres. Norman Anderson, Pres. Eogles Holl, 8:00 P. M. J. B. Hermsen, Sec. J. Clyde Johnson, Secy. 11 Poget Road Raule ., Waupaca, Wis. f. A. DuPuis, Pres. C. R. Foulkes. Secy, -- . 415 York Street 111 E. 3rd Street -- MILWAUKEE CHAPTER WAUPUN CHAPTER (Wisconsin No.5) Meets Odd Fellows Hall BELOIT CHAPTER President, Jack M. Dollenmaier, 2301 E. Bev- Every 'od aod .th Saturday Moose Hall 626lf:t .th 51. erly Rd., Secretary Bob Scott, 4143 N. 27th, Ward A. Rasmussen, Pres. Meets lsi and 3rd Tuesdoy, 8:00 P. M. Milwaukee 9. Bert l. Blaesius, Secy. fuo Fa' Everyone Meet aod 3,d Fridays, General Chas. 1" 21B Roundsville SI. King Post Na. 406, 2708 N. Third 51. ._ - _. GREEN BAY CHAPTER RACINE CHAPTER (Wisconsin No.4) WAUWATOSA CHAPTER 1) Meets Pompeion Room, Hotel Northland (Wisconsin No Meets 1si Thursday and 3rd Friday Richard D. Miller, President Adorns Pine Sh. Wauwatosa Recreation Hall Ave. First and Third• Mondays-8:00 1127 Lake 1155 No. 73rd Street Arthur Blitz, Pres. Earl L. Boatright, Secretary M. T. Tonsor, Pres. 1502 St. Chorles (13 1127 Pork Ave. J. Leo Hauser, Secretory E. C. Dietzler, Secy. Meets and .th Monday 1206 Tenth Ave. 'od 4743 W. Woodlawn ei. (13) Wergeland Hall 1343 Stole SI. • WE LOOKED LIKE THIS IN 1898 In 1898, the year we starled, lool-power was imporlanl in a printshop. In 1946, high speed presses in our plant produce "THE HARMONIZER" at speeds that would have made the "scorchers" of '98 so breathless tbey wouldn't have been able to sing a note. TI-lE MARTIN PRINTING COMPANY Caxton Building . Cleveland 15, Ohio JAMES F. KNIPE, P.o,. 'Ad Gen'l Mg,. • ILLUSTRATION COURTESY Of' DAYTON RUBBER ,MFG. CO. NOVEMBER, 1946 -is what you say when you hear a bunch of the boys doing their doggoned-est at one of, those SPEBSQSA get-to-gethers. That's what you also say as you smack your lips over a glass of good old Frankenmuth Beer. That delicious flavor tells you there's perfect blending of hops and grain and it's this "Harmony" of ingredients that makes Frankenmuth so doggone good. FRANKENMUTH BREWING COMPANY • FRANKENMUTH, MICHIGAN ,. HEAR-J1THE FRAMKENMUTH BARBEl CSHO'P' QUAR~ET' EA(H WEEKDAY EvtNING ON STATION W J R 5:45 to 6;00 p. m. E. ~. T. PRINTED IN u. s. A.