DEVOTED TO THE INTERESTS OF BARBER SHOP QUARTET HARMONY VOLUME XIII

1st PLACE VIKINGS, ROCK ISlAND ILL COIlO\"I'r. U\·e;;a.}". M:l.Ufllj: Uudlc)'

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~ THE VOLUNTEERS,"\BALTIMORE,1-:MD. Mayor. Madoo,y __""Cuthbort Mjl!~r.. _

13 OF THE SEMI-FINALISTS AT DETROIT (See inside back cover for the other 12) Published by Tbe Harmonizer J TilE The Society for the Preservation and Encouragement of Barber Shop Quartet Singing in America, ]nc. at OE'Y01f:O TO THE" UlTEllH,TS OF 640 CAXTON BUILDING TIME PENALTIES IlJ!ISHlm SIp' C1W:RTH HAq,,()l'/Y by Berney Simner Yol. XIII - SEPTEI\lUEU,I951 - No. CLEVELAND 15. OHIO Subs(Tiplion price $2.00 per )'oor, Chainnan. Int'l Contests and 50e per COP}'. Judging Committee Issued quarlerly. Editorial and Advertising* Onice Deal' Friends: l\huc:'h, June, September. IJcccmbcr 20619 FENI{ELL AVENUE Entered as Seeond ClaM Matter DETROIT 23, MICHIGAN "Time" has always been a prccious at. tho Post. Office at. Cleveland. Ohio. thing, and in our Society Contcst.s it assumes an importance that can be EDITORIAl. AND PRODUCTION CONTRIDUTING EDITORS very distressing! ROBERT G. HAFER llud Al'berg Charlc3 M. Morrin J. George O'Drien In the early days our Judges recog­ (20619 Fenllell Ave" Detroit 23, Mich. Rowland Davis nized that an inequality existed which Phone: KEnwood 2·8800) Robert Hockcnhrough Sigmund Spaeth JAMES F. KNIPE Dose (C. T.) Martin F. Stirling WII,on had to be eliminated if we were to compete on an equal basis~hellcc, our present rule establishing a minimum DUSINESS MANAGER and maximum of singing time. Imag­ Donald I. Dobson ine one quartet presenting two short 10619 Fenkell Ave., Det'roit 28, Mich. Phone KEnwood 2-8300 01' fast numbers of about thrce min­ Eutera Repreuntatlve-S. A. Moscato, 5 Columbus Circle, New York 19, N. Y., Phone COlumbus 5-7256 utes total singing time, and another presenting two medleys consuming six SOCIETY FOR THE PRESERVATION AND ENCOURAGEMENT minutes. Basically, the latter quartet OF BARBER SHOP QUARTE'l' SINGING IN AMERICA had twice the opportunity fot' error. IlICOl'(lOl'ated Therefore, in our prcsent Official Con­ test Rules we find: INTERNATIONAl, OFFICERS 1953·54 PrcHidenL JOHN Z. MEANS. 832 Lincoln Blvd., Milnitowoc, Wis. ARTICLE 14. SINGING TIME lind (Gen'l, Sup't., Eddy Plll>cr COTilOrntion) PENALTIES. The lotal singing Immedill.te Pll.sl President EDWIN S. SMITH, 1310 So. Wnyne Rond, Box 431, WRyne. Mich. (Pres., Edwin S. Smith, Inc.) time of any two songs or medleys Fin'l. Vice-Presidcnt CARL C. JONES, Room 10, Chnmber of Commerce Bldg.• Terre Hnute, Ind. shall be not less than foul' minutes (Gen. Mgr., Roselnwn Memorinl l'ss'n, Inc.) nor more than six minutes. A pen­ Second Vice-President ~ __ ~ DEAN SNYDER, 7 HuntinK Cove, AlesAndl'in, iVfI. alty of five points shall be assessed (U. S. GO\'crnlllenl Omcinl) '1'reRs\lrel'_~ ~~ RA YMOND C. NIBLO, 3rd Floor, Hubbell Bldg., Dcs Moines, lown for each second a quartet sings (Home Omce RCI)., Aetllll LlfJ;l Ins. Co'.) under ·time or over time. In case of Founder-O. C. CASH. deceased variancc between the timing of the Secl'ehU'y ROBERT G. HAFER, 20Gt9 Fenkell Avell\le, Detroit 23, Mich. two timekeepers, the time most fa­ vorable to the quartet shall prevail. BOARD OF DIRECTORS All quartets registering for the four­ The Officers (except Secrctar)') and teen recent Preliminary Contests re­ (Term Expiring June 30, 1955) (Term Expiring June 30, 1950 ceived a copy of thc Rules and yet PAUL F. DePAOLIS. 150 Long Acre RORd, F. C. ARMSTRONG, 429 Lo~nn Ave., S.E., there were twenty-five Time Penalties Rochester 21, N.Y. (Chemicnl Engineer, Wnrren, Ohio (Al'mstron~ Motor Sales) ranging from 5 to 120 points! Some ERslman Kodflk ComjJilny) ROWLAND F. DAVIS, Room 17571 195 Broad- way, N.Y.. N.Y. \Amel"icRII 'lclevhone & of you who suffered these penalties Dr. PAUL C. HAH'rIG, 302 Donnidson Bldj{., 'J'eleJ{'l'lIl)h COllll)l\n~' may have been good enough to qualify MlnnenPOlis 2, Minn. (DcntiBt) FRANK A. GRAHAM, Jnsper, Otegon (Saw- in all five categorics but lost your HARLEY S. MILLER, P.O. Box 1391, PIRnl mill Owner) CilY, FIOl'idn (Attol'ne~') Wr.!. P. HINCKLEY, 256 Lowell Street, Relld- opportunity because of a needless HOWARD D. TUBBS, 16534 Greenview, Dc- ing, MaliS. (Supervisor. Field Sales Engl- penalty. It is inexcusable for an ex­ trolt 19, Mich. (Construction Engineer, neering, Northenst Division, Cherry-Burrell perienced quartet to suffer a Time C&.O Rnilway) Corp.) JAMES S. MARTIN, 12122 Richard Ave., Penalty but one of the Semi-Finalists REEDIE A. WRIGHT. 3787 Mountain View Pnlos Heights, Illinois (President, James in Detroit would have been within six Ave., PnsndenR 10, Culi£. (Kraft Foods Co.) Marlin CompAny) points of becoming Medalists had they not becn assessed a 30 point 'rime PAST PIlESIDENTS OF SPEBSQSA Penalty! 'l'hink of the hours of re­ 1939_40 - Rupert I. lInll, 224 E. 4th, Tulsa 3, 1946-47 - Frnnk H. Thorne, 6216 W. 66lh PI.. hearsal lost in six seconds!! OkIR. Chicngo 38, III. 1940·41 - Dr. NormRn F. Rnthert, 9th Floor, 1947.·18 ----. Judge Chns. M. Merrill, 205 nret It is an established fact that most Arende D1dg., St. Louis, Missouri Harte Ave., Reno, NevndR Time Penalties are assessed for sing­ 1948·50 - O. H. King Cole, Box 76, Mnni­ ing under time, It is natural for a 1941·42 - Carroll P. Adams. 107 Wendell Ave.. towoc, \Visconsin AI>t. No. I, P.O. Dox 425, Pitts­ quartet to step up the tempo and sing field, Mliss. 1950-51 - J. D. Beeler. P. O. Box 607, Evana­ ville, IndIana faster undcr the stress of a Contest, 1942-44 - Harold n. Staab, deceased 1951-52 - James F. Knipe. 640 Cnxton Bldg.. so play it safe - time your numbers 19-14-46 - Phil W. Embury, 30 Park St., Wnl'­ Clevelnnd 15, Ohio SRW, New York 1952·53 - Edwin S. Smith (see Rhove) to run between 280 and 300 seconds. It is not difficult to shorten or lengthen DISTRICT PllESIDENTS the two songs by slllall effective C'lItrnl Stntu ~ GEORGE H. WILLIAMS, 1520 Grnnd, Silencer, IOWII changes in al'l"angemCllt, Ot' in tempo nLde ~ MEnTON H. BARHETT, 1817 Union St. So., SI. Petersburg, Fill. through interpretation of the num­ I-;nrgreell ~_~ WELDON SLOAN, 384 S.W. Fnil'mont St., BeA\'el'ton, Ore. bers, and it can mean the difference Far Western G. MARVIN BROWER, 1403 Wnshington Ave., Snntfl Monien, Cnlif. in winning or losing a Contest. Illinois CHARLES lIECKING. 3507 N. Walcott An'., ChieRgo 13, 111. Indlann·]{.nt'uck)· ~ • GLEN A. REID, 511 Erie Ave.• LognnSjlOrt, Ind. CHECK YOUR SINGING TIME! Johnny ,A.ppleU'ed ~ ~_~ R. TRACY EVANS, 221 13th St., Parkersburg, W. Vn. LAnd O' LAkes ~ ~ __ ~_ALLAN KAPITZKE, P. O. Box 631, Oshkosh, Wis. MichleRll CLARENCE Ii. JALVING. c,fo People's Stnte Bnnk, Holland, Mich. 'l'HE COVER Mld·Atlnntic ~ ~ __ ~ JOHN SALIN, Hotel Wentworth, 59 W. 46th St.. New York 19, N. Y. The Harmonizer is "in hock'" to Bob Northell5tHn ~ CHARLES 1". RlCKE'lvI'S, P. O. Box 186, Edgewood 8ta., Providence 5, R. 1. Hockenbrough again for the fine covel' OntRrlo ~ ~ __ ~ WM. S. HUTSON, 79 McLnughlln 8h·d., Oshnwa, Ont. illustration on this issue. It's a great SeneCA I~And ~ JER]D STINE, 131 StJ;luben SI., PAinted Post, New York help to have that kind of talent on Southwestern JOSEPH E. LEWIS, 2912 Gllston A\'enue. Olllin!, Texfls tap. The Bdito,·s. SEPTEMBER. 1953 Rill. \ --'"' Owen Clifton (0. C.) Cash February 13, 1892-Augus~ 15, 1953

A man who symbolized an important yond his immediate environs; the well as some of his intcrests apart phase of an era is gone. The era was conviction, courage, and tact to win from the IlOW famous harmony avoca­ the 1890s and 1900s into the first others"to his thinkin~j and the pa· tIOn. World 'Val' j the phase was informal tience backed by driving force to harmony singing of popular music. attain an objective which holds no Whcn Owen was about age six his That music is important today because pot 0' gold reward ... Cash has Baptist-minister father took the fam­ it reveals musical customs of an done more than spread wholesome ily from northern l\lissouri, where the earlier era while it.s lyrics carry much enjoyment to the carly 1940s; he bo~' had been born February 13, 1892, of the thought and many event.s of has furnished the means to preserve near the tiny hamlet of Keytesville in those more tranquil days. Also by that a period rich in American traditions Chariton County, on a wagon trek time informal harmony singing had ... It is conceivable that his So­ over the dirt roads and trails to the evolved into a distinct American pat· ciety may in the future be the con­ Southwest. After a trip cOJllparable tern that was basically the same nccting link between whatever gen­ with crossing Africa by motor car wherever foul' or more men able 01' cration is current, the one preceding today they arrived in Catale in the willing to carry foul' parts got to· it, and the one to follow, as oldsters Coo· Wee·Scoo-Wee District, Cherokee gether. and youngsters group in harmon>'''. Nation, Indian Tel'l'itory, to become a part of Oklahoma later. 'I'hey set Owen Clifton Cash was molded bv F'iItecn years and an International up housekeeping in a log house rented those times and by the life in the smail status, as compared with the am­ from an old Cherokee. Subsequently towns in the Southwest where he spent bitious llnational" hopes in 1943, have they lived in Vinita and in Blue ~lis most impressionable years. Long­ brought thousands of members into Jacket where young Cash pla~'ed in I1lg to restore the popular songs and thc Society to whom Cash is merely the Silver Cornet Band and began to singing customs of his youth and early an honorcd namc. Widespread re­ get the feeling of baritone harmony. manhood, songs and customs which telling of the events leading to the He graduated from Bacone College, were nearing the vanishing point in formation of SPEBSQSA and its Bacone, Okla. and was admitted to the 1938, that year he headed a local early struggles inevitably result-s in Bar in that state in June, HH6. Next movement in Tulsa to attempt to re· misinformation and some inaccura­ year he enrolled in the U. S. Army vive them. 'Vithin ten years he saw cies. The Society is fortunate that the but was still waiting to go overseas the results of that localized intent im­ march of events of those days is re­ when the First "'orld War ended in pressed indelibly across great citics corded in "Keep America Singing", 1919. Two years later he joined a sub­ as well as small towns of two nations the book which covers highlights of sidiary of the Standard Oil Company in a different atomic age. The singing the first 10 years, and that every word of Indiana as assistant tax commis­ patterns were preserved along with was approved by Owen Cash with a sioner, and in 1930 became tax com­ the songs. brief "That's how it was" notation. missioner of Stanolind, a Standard Oil pipe line subsidiary. Past Prcsident Hal Staab (also dc­ The Harmonizcl· of December, 1943 ceased) led the drive to get those His profession as a tax law~rcr Jed was dedicated to O. C. Cash by a fore­ early years of the Societ>' down on naturally into activities in the Na· word which said in part: paper as the participants had lived tionaI Tax Association, the Oil In· them. dustries Information Committee, and IlOnly rarely does America produce the Mid-Continent Oil and Gas Asso­ a son with the ability to open the The Man ciation, while his public scrvice duties nation's eyes to what it has been The book of the Society's ten years included work in the Tulsa Chamber missing i.n simple and wholesome does not include biographical facts of Commerce and the Oklnhoma Pub· pleasure that is easily attainable. about the founder, thel'cfore, it is well lie Expenditures Council. More per­ Less often docs such a olle have the to set down salicnt ones .concerning sonally his affiliations included the generosity to share his vision be- the man and his early cnvironment as Presbyterian Church, the Sons of the SEPTEMBER, 1953 1'be Hdrmonizer

Amcrican Rcvolution, and thc Tulsa complaint that the judges were the intense competition in contests Farm Club. The Cash l'anch neal' "deef". w!'he Okies sang in the first "where they've got to throw the book Talala, Okln. is today a well run pro­ preliminary and from all unbiascd re­ at the judges". ducing farm property, The owner's ]J01'ts went over big with the audience, weekend home is replete with memen­ but just to show you how incompetent He said: "If that were ever to occur, tos, photographs, sketches, and souve­ and prejudiced the judges were, one the Society might not last long be­ nirs of 15 years in SPEBSQSA. of them came rushing over and said cause it would dump overboard the the Okies have the honor of being the very thing thnt made it", and has kept The background, the activities, and first quartet eliminated. I can't under­ it unique and apart from other sing­ aCCOml)lishments just outlined give a stand it, until I found out one was a ing organizations, meaning its distinc­ picture of a man who attained much lantern maker (past pres. Embury). tive style of harmony with an appe~d comfort and strength through his The continual hammering and picking to all sorts, degrees, and ages of mUSIC sense of material order, intellectual away on them tin lanterns has made appreciation. order, and moral order. He was a him deef as a board. Then there was prudent man. Reagan who was an electrician by But in 1953 he said he had ceased to trade (Maurice Reagan is a great worry "too much" on that }lOint which His wife Corinnc, his daughtcr Bctty authority on electronics)." would reduce SPEBSQSA to the level Anne (Mrs. Eugene A. Oathout), and of eomparison with other musical his sister, Miss Idress Cash who took Writing of a get-together in Detroit, groups, professional and amateur. the long rough trail with small Owen "Huck Sinclair and me was setting "'Ve've got some good heads; they to the Cherokee Nation so long ago m'ound, listening to all them sweet won't let the Societj' drop what we are justifiably proud of the one who chords and wiping our eyes and Huck stand for". earned the title of Good Citizen before said between sniffles 'Cash I never the outside world knew him as the knowed I had so many friends 01' could He listened to the plans of the Com­ "Apostle of Harmony". sing so good' ". mittee on Long Range Planning as expressed at the first meeting of the Owen Cash's prudence was something He wrote to an out·of-town banker House of Delegates in Detroit, June, that "friends and associates took for who had inquired about membershil) 1953, when Dean Snyder, Committee granted. ,In consequence in countless in the Society, "There is nothing that chairman, said to the House in pad: places he will be l'emembel'ed mOl'e so quickly and effectively restores the II 'The old order passeth, giving way for his humanness and his sense of respectability of a banker as joining to the new' ... It is evidence both of humol·.'At its finest that Cash humor up with SPEBSQSA. Because of the our vigor and our maturity that we is presel'ved in the name of our Soci­ warm hearts and generous souls of could make this significant change so ety and in the title with which he our club the rules have been amended smoothly ..." He cited the many activ­ endowed himself, The invit.ation to the to allow hankers to join .. ," ities now possible to give outlets for original meeting at the Tulsa Club, the energy and interests of every April 11, 1938, was signed by Rupert In 1945 commenting upon the Sweet member, including opportunities for I. Hall, llRoyal Keeper of the. Mmor Adeline organization Cash said in craftsmanship in the technically musi­ Keys" and by O. C. Cash, Hrflurd As· part: "It is a shame this had to come cal phases of barbershop harmony. In sistant Temporary Vice Chairman" of up just when we were getting along closing he quoted Alfred Noyes: ll'lf "The Society for Preservation and so peacefully. I am bewildered, con­ I looked farther ahead, it was because Propagation of Barber Shop Quartet fused, and all messed up besides ... I stood on giant shoulders'. Here in Singing in the United States". Short­ hoping you are the same". the l?reSence of our founder, our \)(\st Iy"after, Propagation was changed to preSidents, and other 'statesmen of Encoul'agement and he took in all of Some of his eatly columns were treas­ our Society, these .words have special America. Still later he headed his own ures of Americana. The May 1945 significance". title with· llFounder and Permanent Harmonizer narrates in detail how ...". The combination of the grandiose they left Missouri and landed in the Afterward, when asked what he applied to such a hobby and the obvi­ Cherokee Nation, the need for school­ thought of the plans for the future, ous tonguc-in-cheek dig at the spread· ing for the children and how his the founder said: "They're sound; ing alphabetical agencies of the New preacher-father picked out a tramp we'll keep on having good leaders"; Deal smacks of Mark Twain with who had been kicked off a Frisco this from one who in earlier years had overtones of Will Rogers, all three of freight train and got him to teach felt, with many other seniors, that them sons of the mid-states. school (where he did a perfect job of note singing was beneath the contempt moral as well as formal education of of a "true barbel'shopper", but who During the Society's first year he an­ the little pupils) until the U. S. Mar­ now endorsed the technicalities of nounced intentions to petition "'PA shal walked into the school house one music I)S one of the things helpful to (an emergellcy agency) for $9,999,­ day, "Pearl handled six shooters dan­ the Society's advancement thus far, 999.99 to survey the male vocal rangc, gling from his wide cartl'idge belt" and necessary for the future. nationwide. Before the first Conven. and took the teacher away to finish tion-Contest in Tulsa, June 1939, he his penitentiary sentence back East. The man who symbolized an important solemnly informed news repol'tel's that It is Cash nal'1'ation at its best, bright­ phase of an era is gone. But for his Herbert Hoovel', Alfred Landon, "AI" hued with local coloring and brimming particular fitness to be the nucleus in Smith, and James Farley, top names over with smiles. the Society's tentative stage of de· in the news of the day, would be Ilin_ velopm.ent, that phase of the 1890s vited to Tulsa" to sing in a quartet. Owen Cash and the Societ.)· 1953 and 1900s might not have beell pro­ What was Cash's attitude toward the jected into this age to give untold At New Yeal', 1942, many Society pleasure to participants and those members rcceived a certificate from way the Society was handled after he turned the reins over to succeeding who love to hear harmony, Fifteen Cash raising' them to the s~atus of years of the Socicty constitute a lCEx-Okies" since they had ·"harnlO· Boards and administrators, and based upon the actions of those administra­ proving period of sufficient time under nized successfully ... with the famous varied conditions in urban and rural Okie Four-World's foremost expo­ tors, what did he think of the organi­ zation's future? areas to demonstrate that popular nents of barhershol) harmony" with songs sung in the traditional barber­ which quartet he sang an enthusiastic shop pattern arc still important in baritone. He followed with keen interest the many intricate phases of expansion the a tomic age. His humor was gentle, frequently throughout Canada as well as the St.a~es. [n general he had nothing but The man who was the symbol of the keyed to some element of self-depre­ lu·eservation and encouragement of ciation, hardly ever conceived in terms praise for the administration of the such singing had faith that its tl'adi. which might embarrass anyone 01' international organization, the dis­ tricts, and the chapters, though in the tions will be passed along by a genera· make the butt of the humor uncom­ tion twice removed from his own, fortable. These excerpts hom The late '40s he expressed some concern over the possibility that the influx of though just as actively interested and Founder's Column in the Harmonizer even more proficient within this So­ are typical: yo\t1lger members, reared in a differ­ ent school of harmony (fland life"), ciety. "They won't let the Society drop After the Grand Rapids Convention­ might " wean the Society away from what we stand for" he said. Contest, 1942, the Column carried the barbershop", parUcuJarlj' because of D. M. SEPTEMBER, 1953 6 Tile H(lrmonizer VIKINGS, ROCK ISLAND, ILLINOIS TAKE CHAMPIONSHIP CROWN

MEANS TRADES BRIEF Four Chorders, 2nd; Sing.Copates, 3rd; CASE FOR "GRIEF" CASE Antlers, 4th; Statesmen, 6th Choice of 1956 Convention In 1951 the Schmitt Brothers, in 1952 the Four Teens, dark horses Citr Deferred until Jannary as black as the ace of spacles, carried off top Society honors. This In the first election conducted by the year's went to the veterans. Three of the top five had previously been H'ouse of Delegates of SPEBSQSA, John Z. Means, of Manitowoc. 'Vis­ Medalists. A fourth had been in earlier Int'l Contests. Only one quar­ consin, was elected Int'l President of the Society. Edwin S. Smith, Wayne, tet, the Statesmen from Sacramen~o, came to Detroit unknown. Michigan/ automatically became Imm. Past Int I President. Carl C. Jones, The Vildngs ran second to the FourTeens in 1952, were Finalists in Terre Haute. Indiana, was elected to a second term. as First Vice-president. 1949, 1950 and 1951; three times running ('48-'49-'50) place(l sec' Dean Snyder, Washington, D.C., was ond in the Illinois District Contest before they finally copped that elected to the office of Second Vice­ president. Ray C. Niblo, Des Moines, title in 1951. Iowa, was elected Treasurer. The London, Ontario Fom' Chorders in Omaha when they reached third Under the new By-Laws of the So­ climbed another notch in their relent­ place. ciety, now in effect, the Int'l Board less l>ursuit of the gold medals. 'fhird . consists only of the five officers, the last year, fourth in '50 and '51, Semi­ The Sacramento, Calif. Statesmen Fonnder, and ten elected litemhcl's, five Finalists in 1948 and '49, the widely never had competed in a Society Con­ to be chosen each year for a two year known Canadians havc won the re­ test prior to the Far \Vestern District term. It was necessary this year to spect and admiration of many thou­ Int'l Preliminary at Long Beach in elect five for one year also. sands for thcir wonderful musician­ May. For the one veal' term-F. C. Arm­ ship. their likable personalities and strong, \Varr'en, Ohioj Rowland F. their outstanding sportsmanship. Ten /IOrie" for Sixth Davis, New York CitYj Frank A. The Appleton, \Visconsin Sing-copates In alphabetical order, these ten four­ Graham, Jasper, Oregonj Wm. P. werc Semi-Finalists last )'ear at Kan­ somes /ftied" for sixth placc-Atomic Hinckle~" Readin~, Mass.; James S. sas City, and the yeaI' before at Bums, Minnea\>olis; Cardinals, Madi­ Martin, Palos Heights, III. ')'oledo but since then changed two of son, Wis.; C licagoans, SOllthtown, their personnel, so in a sense are a (Chicago); Four-in-a-Chord, Cleve­ For the two year term-Dr. Paul C. new quartet. land; Harmony Counts, Warren, Ohio; Hartig, Minneapolis; Harley S. MilicI', Kord Kings,' Oak Park, III.; Lytle Plant City, Fla.; Paul F. DePaolis, The Miami, Florida Antlers have been Brothers, Sharon, Pa.j Notecrackers, Rochester N.Y.; Howard D. Tubbs, up in the top rank for many years, Genesec (Rochester), N.Y.; San Diego Detroit, l\fich.; Reedie A. Wright, Pas­ since 1947 in Milwaukee. Medalists Serenadersj Toronto Rhythmaires. adena, Calif. three times, their top grade was (Collfilllled 011 page 7) achieved in 1949 in Buffalo and 1950 Seven of the Society's fourteen Dis­ tricts were represented in the fifteen­ quartet Finals. Dixie had one; Seneca ONLY A MEDALIST CAN I

PittsbUl'glt, Pa.; Jim EwinJ 'Vash­ ington, D.C. and Loton \ViIlson, Boyne City, Mich. HARMONY ACCURACY-John Hill, Lansing, Mich,; Paul DePaolis, , Rochester, N.Y. and ll' 0 r res t , \ Haynes, Chicago. BALANCE & BLEND - Joe Jones, Detroit; Marty Mendro, Chicago and Mark Roberts, Grosse Pointe, Mich. S'l'AGE PRESENCE-Georgc Cham­ blin, Columbus, 0.; E. V. Perkins, Chicago and Carroll Pallerin, Cleve· land. J\ Ollb· 1\ Gold Medalist knows whnt R thrill It Is to hl\ve those ehRrllled circlels drnIk'd Int'} Treasurer Berney Simner again nround )'our neek. It's 110 more thRn tltting thRt w{'arerll should do lhe limping. acted as Chairman of the Secretaries: Here The Io'our Teens-LtoR-Stelntn('tz, h'-l\on Chinnock, lead; Cahall, ban: Lalllont, George Adams, Oak Park, Ill.; Joe bari, IUllig lho prized award, on the Ylkings-LtoR-1'lIaurul, hnor; Conover, lead: Linlay, bass: Lindh-", bad. (Continued 011 page 7) SEPTEMBER, 1953 The Harmonizer 7

GRAND RAPIDS, MICHIGAN WINS MEANS ELECTED "CONVENTION CHAMPION CHORUS" TITLE (Coll/illuedJrOIll page 6) "Q" Suburban, LaGrange, Ill., 2nd Convention Choice Deferred, One of the last actions of the outM East York (Toronto, Ont.), 3l'l1 going Int'l Board was to defer the choice of a convention city for 1956 The Great Lakes Chorus of Grand bert, Detroit and Clare Wilson, until the Mid-Winter 1\'leeting in Rapids, Michigan, directed by J. R. Omaha. l\'Iinneapolis next January. (Bob) Weaver, finished out front in a field of sixteen chapter choruses in the ARRANGEl\1ENT-Jim Ewil1, Wash­ ington, D.C.; Mark Roberts, Grosse As President Smith \,ut it, "Too often first Int'l Convention Chorus Contest in the past, our chOIce of convention ever held by the Society. flQ" SubM Pointe, Mich. and Loton Willson, Boyne City, Mich. cities has been dictated by emotion urban, La Grange, IlL, directed by rather than by clear, logical thinking Dick Svanoe, came in second. East HARMONY ACCURNCY - J e l' I' Y based on accurate information". York, Toronto, Ontario! with Al Beeler, Evansville, Ind.; Ted Boyd, Shields directing, took third. Toronto and Louis P. J. Coopmans, Advised that the incoming administra­ When the chorus contest was first set Moline, Ill. tion planned to create a new com­ up last Fall, it was of Course an unM mittee whose main duty would be to BALANCE & BLEND-Luke Sletten, studY the entire question of convention known quantity. For this reason, it l\Iinneapolis; John HJiggs" Wal'd, was scheduled to be held in the ball­ locations, the Board voted overwhelm­ room of the SheratollMCadillac. As the Pittsburgh and Ray Jones, Milwau­ ingly to wait until January. months went by and more and more kee. choruses entered, it became obvious Seven invitations had been receivcd­ STAGE PRESENCE-George ChamM Boston, Detroit, Grand Rapids, Los the ballroom could hardly hold just blin, Columbus, O.j Joseph Lewis, the choruses, let alone all audience. In Angeles, Louisville, Miami and New Dallas, Texas and Mat Wilson, HoI· York City. January, the Executive Committee de­ land, Mich. cided to shift the event to Masonic Temple and it proved a good decision Past fnt'l Board Member Dick Com­ A proposal was discussed to hold the as better than two thousand witnessed mon, Dayton, Ohio acted as Chairman next five conventions in Detroit be­ the competition. of the Secretaries - Dean Snyder, cause of the convenience and economy Washington, D.C.; Staff Taylor, Co­ of having the convention in the same In addition to the three toppers, the lumbus, Ohio; Warren Zinsmaster, city as the Hq Office. This was voted other thirteen sang in this order: Miami, Fla. Ray Sandiford, Bloom- down. Meaus Justifies Ends Chorus Chapter> District Director In his brief talk, accepting the presiM Middletown Middletown, Ohio Johnny Appleseed Chsrles (Bud) Apking dency, Means said that he thought Gowanda Gowanda, N.Y. Seneca Land Robert Palcic long and hard before arriving at the decision to accept the Nominating Precisionail'es Detroit l\Iichigan Ed Easley Committee's invitation. Spencer Spencer, Iowa Central States Robert PfaltzgraO' He expressed doubt that he could fill Alexandria the shoes of outgoing President Smith, Harmonizers Alexandria, Va. MidMAtlantic Dr. Harold (Bud) p-rais"ed very highly the accomplish~ Arberg ments of Smith's administration, and Wichitones Wichita, Kansas Central States Virgil Chambers paid a personal tribute to President ca~ Sheboygan Sheboygan, \Vis. Land O'Lakes Henry Beyer Ed for his, If••• abundant ability, pacity for planning far ahead-an Franklin- all 'round good guy, who, when I first Oil City FranklinMOil City, met up with him, I thought talked Pa. Seneca Land W. Roy Wolfe too much ..." Canton Canton, Ohio Johnny Appleseed Lester Green Vote Expenses Terre Haute Terre Haute, Ind. IndianaMI{'y Carl C. Jones When the Society's new By-Laws were Cascade EU6"ene-S pringfield, being drafted and discussed at numer­ regon Evergreen .1. Hubert (Bud) Leabo ous meetings in the past nine months, Muncie Muncie, Ind. Indiana-K'y El'Ilest Boyer Qne constantly recurring question was, IlHow can you ask the fourteen Dis­ London London, Onto Ontario Art Patterson trict Presidents who already are lay­ ing out so much of their own money Montreal, Quebec ami York, Pa., though entered, had to cancel their appearance to do their District jobs properly to at the last minute. atten,d at their OWI~ exp.ense t~,,? .more meetl11gs a year m dlstant - CltlCS 1" Past Int'l Pres. Frank H. Thorne, (Mid-States Four)! ChicaKo, were the Chicago, acted as Chairman of the Timers, Staff Tay 01' (Buckeye Capi· Likewise, how long can the Society Judges: tal) Columbus, Ohio and L. A. Pome­ continue to pick men as officers and roy, Teaneck, N.J. shared the adding directors only after it has been e!'l­ VOICE EXPRESSION-Dr. Lawrence machine operatol"s duties. Int'l Treas­ tablished that they can spend their CalHnan, Cleveland; Henry Sclm· lIl'er Berney Simner of St. Louis was own funds to attend meetings 1 field, N,J, and Bob Mack Rodriguez M.C. Practically everybody can make the Convention and Contest in June, but VIKINGS TAKE CROWN the Mid-Winter Meeting is strictly a business meeting and there isn't much (Contil/tled/rom page 6) /lfun" connected with it. Hermsen, l\Iapisoll, Wis.j Alex Grab· President Jim Knipe and newly ap- horn, Buffalo, N.Y. Timers were Lloyd pointed Society Secretary Bob Hafer Solution-outgoing Pres. Smith ))l'e M LeBaron, Wayne, Michigan and He11l'~' split the Jamboree assignment. sented to the new Board a l'ecommenM dation favored by last year's ExecuM Souchek, Onekama, 1\'lichigan. tive and Laws a11d Regulations COIllM mittees that the railroad fare of all Past Int'l Presidents Phil Embury and members of the House of Delegates King Cole emceed the Semi-Finals, from their homes to Minneapolis and Jerry Beeler the Finals. Ed Smith per­ return be reimbursed. After consider­ formed his final chore as President at able discussion, this measure was the Medal Contest and Immediate Past adopted, SEPTEMBER, 1953 , - by John Z. Means

judgment and the expanded fields of rather has served to complicate and knowledge which have been developed intensify them; and so shall it be during its brief span of life and now throughout the Society's lifetime just SIX'1'EEN YEARS OLD/ Yes, the begin to make themselves evident. as it has been in yours and mine. Such Society is celebrating its sixteenth is the demand of normal gl'owth and year-a truly momentous occasion in It seems surprisingly similul', that as development. RIlY young life, and in considering a child is wont to do, the chief inter­ the possibility of a parallel. my ests of the Society in its early forma­ SIVEE7' SIXTEENI Yes, we've had thoughts have been led into some in­ tive years were primarily self-indul­ our uGrowing Pains", Our troubles teresting comparisons. gence and amusement for the indi­ and trialsj and we will undoubtedly \Vhen a child reaches this never-to-be­ vidual member. The passing years continue to be faced with problellls in forgotten age, he becomes suddenly have led us to l'ealize the need for a seemingly endless stream. Yet, as aware that the days of childhood arc more mature thinking and OUl' scope the young life progresses and prospers past-that suddenly the child has has broadened noticeably. toward the fulfillment of its ultimate become an adult and with this adult­ goal, so shall this wonderful Society hood a marked change has obviously At sixteen it seems to me our young of ours continue to progress'and pros­ taken place. It appears that a similar Society shows an amazing amount of per in the accomplishment of its pur­ change, or maturity if you please. poise and self-control. Our public ut­ poses. has taken place in Out' Society. Where terances have begun to command more formerly our accomplishments werc attention. Our bearing and manner­ But to an~' young life one thing is of brushed aside, much as we al'e prOlle isms attract the public eye-our com~ particular importance - having its to brush aside the accomplishments mcnts and conversation, the public ear. share of fun. There is studying to of children, these attainments arc This is as it should be with sound learn, working to progress, but the now being accepted as matters of growth and development. All these old adage callnot be ignored-"All real consequence in the form of sub­ are things that are readily visible to work and no play makes Jack a dull stantial contributions to the enjoy­ the active eye and discernible to the boy"-Let's not forget to have fun ment and well-being of our various attentive ear, but the maturity so and lots of itl and help others to en­ communities, This comparatively evident to the casual obsel'vcr-has llot joy themselves, too! On that course young Society- surprises us 011 occa­ lessened the problems and matters of we'll go far toward our stated desire sion with the sound, level~headed good concern to the still young Society, but to "KEEP AMERICA SINGING."

FLOATIN' DOWN TO ????-TOWN "THANKS FOR 'fHE MEMORIES" Forty three hundred and some people came away from Detroit with memo­ ries of the finest SPEBSQSA Con· vention evel', A big "Thank You Jl was earned b)' the many Detroit area people who worked on the committees responsible. Here they are: MI'. nnd Mrs. Cnrroll P. Adnms, M. J. '\l1dersoll, Milt. Arthur. "'Ill. finny. Mrs. Bill nond. Mrs. D. W. CRrllllclt'lel, Cecil Cl'lIiJo(, .MrII. Ethel CrOllin, Mr. nnd Mrs, Al Enson, Mr. And Mrs. HAlT)' Enson. Mr, nnd Mrs. Albel't. Escott. MI', nlll! MI'8, Bill FAvinger, Mrs. JoSe!llt Fcctenu, Mr8. Victor }o'A\·icl'. . Rll)' G, Fritz, Ron GAmble. MI'. nllll MI's. Rob Huler. Mr. and 1.11'8, Lou Hnrl'inglon. l"rnncis Higgins. FJo)'d HollOWAY, Joe Jones, Mr. and Mrs, L. A. Johnson, Gernld LUl'kins. MI'. and Mrs. SeAborn Lnwl"ence. MI'. and Mu. Herb Klel'sey, lIh·. nnll Mrs. Llo)'ll LeBaron, Mr, and MI'II. Frank Lewis, }o'l'l\nk Lyon!!. MI'. and Mrs. Al MAle!" How­ flnl Mansfield. Mr. and Mrs. Mont.y Mars­ d('n. Richnrd MeArdeli. Mr. nnd l\h-s. Ray 1.. MeCalpin Jr.. Neil n. McLeod, We!!!)' Meier. Mrs. Robert Montgomer)·. Charles Osburn, Mrs. Harold Podvin, Mr. and Mrs. lIuroll! Reinltardt, Mr8. 'fed Robbins, Mrs_ Mark Roberts, Harold E. Scllull, Henry D. Schubert. Alex J. SinR"('r. hh!l. Ed SchWOIJI>E", Ted 'l'hetfol'l.J. Trevor 1'homn!!, Mr. find Mrs_ Fl'unk 'l'rith~. Mr. and Mrs. Howard Tubbs, Mr. and Mrs. Wm. Woles, €olollel Winnick. Mrs. Joe Wolff. 000 CORRECTION "'1'00 late for Herpicide"-an errol' was discovered in the picture of the Washington, D.C. hlrl"! this C&O CRIlRI barge for R ride onc night ill July. In Kalamazoo, 1\'lichigan Town Criers, in­ white shirt, stnndlng just to the right of thc ceuter Ilosl, is 1'3IIt Inl'l V.P. Jenn Boardmnn. 'fhe llunr(cl on the stern-TII,,- Hh)'lholl1nls-I.tort-lln)' 'forrlllo, Joe side back covel'. LtoR, they al'e Cook, Matthews, Chnrlf)' Hhorles, Joe Sl'l'gndller. Bnkel', Johnston, Barl'ett. SEPTEMBER, 19S3 8 7'be I-ImwlOl1izer 9

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JUDGE AND JUDGE SING AT MEDAL CONTEST INVITATIONS FOR 1956 CANDIDA'rES MEETING As has been the custom for a MID-WINTER MEETING The Saturday afternoon meeting of number of years, Past Champion Invitations for the 1966 Mid-wint.er quartets wcre featured partici­ meeting, scheduled for Jnnuary 20th, the Judges and Judge Candidates was pants in the Saturday night attended by Rilproximately 150 mem­ Medal Contest, 21st and 22nd will be considered by bers so deeply interested in perfecting Foul' were on hand this yenr­ the International Board of Directors their judging technique and in dis­ the 1962 FourTeens, Scott at their meeting in Minneapolis on cussing the rudiments of judging that A.F.B., Ill., outgoing chanlpionsj January 16th, 1954. Under the Soci­ they willingly passed up the wonder· the 1961 Schmitt Brothers, Man­ ety's new international by-laws, it itowoc, 'Vis.; the 1950 Buffalo is a l'cquisite that each Chapter wish­ Iul entertainment at the Jambol'ee. Bills and the 1949 Mid-States Foul', Chicago, ing to 'bid for this important event 'fhe first half of the meeting COIl­ The 1948 Champion Pittsburgh­ submit its invitation on an official sisted of a general discussion by the el:S were all 111 Det.roit, but form available from the Society's Category Specialists with questions Harry Cont.e developed a thl'oat Headquarters Office. and comments from the floor. Every condition and they couldn't sing. District was well l'epl'csented and the Prior to this year, the local The host city must bc able to provide" 300 hotel rooms to house two people interest shown was n testimony to the chapter chorus us.yally opened thc show. This t.ime, the wilmer each, and it must have an auditorium sinCC1'ity of every man present to en­ of tne Convention Champion with good acoustics. seating not less courage quartets through a better Chorus crown, the Great. Lakes than two thousand, understanding of their chosen field of chorus of Grand Rapids, Michi­ judging. gan, appeared. Directors of the All invitations should be submitted to 1st, 2nd, and 3rd Place Choruses International Headquarters as far in Certificates of proficiency were then were presented awards during the show. advance as possible of January 10th, presented to 32 candi~lates. who had 1954. . been qualified for cel"tlficatlOn by ~h~ International Board, and the meetm.~ SOME "PICRENS" AT SARASOTA then hl'oke up into six smaller group~ where detailed discussion was held covel'jng all lloints pertin~nt to the respective category, with each of .the Categol'Y Specialists on the Interna­ tional C & J Committee acting as moderator for his group. Berney Siumer reported a part~cularly successful school for Secretaries and 'rimers with new applications being filed b/several men. George Chamblin, who pinch hit for Floyd Stl'ong, Cate­ gory Specialist for Stage Presence (unable to attend due to doctor's orders), also reported good attend~nce and active interest in the finer POl11ts of judging Stage Prescl\ce. Marty l\Ielldro and John Hill, in Bal­ ance and Blend and Harmony Accu­ racy l'espectively, also reported high interest and enthusiasm in discussing the intricacies and problems of their respective Categories, All meetings were well attended and the interest shown, points up the need to secure a meeting time at future Conventions with less conflicts to permit larger at­ One of the fealur~s at the Sarasota SUlnl\lcr Ftsth"al this )·~nr, Jane Pickens, of tendance at these interesting and in­ radio, TV, and the ("on("ut stage, Joined her ,"ol("e with thue Sarasota. Chaptu mrmbt'fI-LtoR-Mert Pla("t'. MOCH Adams, Freddie Angers, Dr. Henry Yomacka, structive meetings, Fortlt Freeman, Earl Eadens, Armand LaFontaine and Ed Miller,

Barbershop Bafflers by Charles M. l\Ierrill 48 New Chapters Chartered 56 Barbershop Bafflcrs (Answers to) 68 Old Songsters, The-Sigmund Spaeth 43 Coast to Coast by Districts _~ 30-33 Over the Editor's Shoulder 38 Coming Events ~______67 President's Column-John Z. Means 8 Do You Remember?-J, George O'Brien 46-47 Public Domain Songs ~ 28 Dircctor)' of Int'l Officers and Board 1\Iembers 3 "Share the \Vealth"-Robert Hockenbrough 44·46 District Contests 54 Songs Sung at Detroit (Choruses) 28 Financial Statement. 63 Songs Sung at Detroit (Quartets) 26 Information You Want (about songs) 47 Stub Pencil Notes from Detroit ~ 15~28 Int'l Committees 66 Swipc Swap Shop 36 T See by the Papers 34, The Wa)' I See It-Deac Martin .56 I~cp Po.ted 50-51 Stirling 'ViIson 62-63

SEPTEMBER, 1953 The Hamwuizer /I SNYDER ADDRESSES H of D ON LONG RANGE PLANNING (Olle of the first t.hillYs Ed. del', 1!Cwly elccted Int'l. 211d V.P. Smith did niter he was elected. 0/ Washillgioll, D. C., 1V(/S 'made lJl'csident 01 the Society -in 1952 chninnnn. Eleven Ot/WI' 1'Cspected was to (t])point a committee on membcrs of the Society also lOllg nlllge 1Jlml1lilly. Dean SllY- served on the comm.ittec. Eels.)

First repol't of the Long Range Plan~ others pel'form, who, if propel'ly sold the writings of Alfred Noyes, the ning Committee was presented to the the idea may well become interested great English poet and essayist, are House of Dclegates at its first official amT set foot on ·the 'Ladder of to be found these words: 'If I looked assembly Thursday morning, June 11, Growth' ". farther ahead, it was because I stood 1953. on giant shoulders.' Here at this first DEPTH-the personal dimension­ session of the new House of Delegates Speaking from notes, Chairmat} Sny­ the associations members make. -in the presence of our founder, our der defined Long Range Plannlllg as A Lot to Sell past presidents and the other 'states­ "Thoughtful discussion and thinking Dean recalled a conversation he'd had men' of our Society-these words have ahead, not a lot of reports on paper". with the Prcsident of a well lmo\vn a special significance. service club. After looking over some "I invite all of you to consider our Emphasizing that many men had of the Society's literature and mate­ given him their ideas in round-the- future and to look ahead. There are rial and listening to Dean describe giants among us. Find one and stand the workings of SPEBSQSA, this on his shoulders-or better still, be­ man commented, "You fellows cel'­ come one yourself." tainly have a lot to sell, I wish we had one half as much". (Editor's Note. Mimeovra,phed "A lot to sell! To whom?" asked copies t,Wed riO 10' Di.lIlCl1SlOl1S (wd Dean, and answered !limself- 0/0' Opportullities" of Dca:n's complete address to the House of Uto young men, through such pro­ Delegates a'I'e (w(dlable. If you g-rams as Armed Forces Collabora­ wish Olle, WI' ito to SPEBSQSA, tion, cooperation with college and 1110., 20619 FCllkell A venue, De­ high school contests- troit.. ) Uto music educators, whose seem­ ing indifference to the style of sing~ ing we love so much is due almost CONTEST OFFICIALS entirely to their lack of exposure to CERTIFIED it and their complete lack of under­ Thc following were certified for the standing of what we are doing in a permanent panel of Contest officials legitimate field of music- at the Int'l Board Meeting in Detroit: "to the general listening public and VOICE EXPRESSION-Ralph Lou­ Denn Sn}',lcr there we have been doing the best gee, Bob Hafer job to date- BALANCE Rnd BLEND-Carroll P. table discussions as well as in writ­ "to Ollr own membership through Adams, l\'lark Bowsher ing, Dean presented a picture of s u c h programs as 'Barbershop HARMONY ACCURACY - Henry SPEBSQSA as a three dimensional Craft' ". Le,yis, Don Stephens, Tom Grove affair. Dean pointed up his talk with a re­ SECRETARIES - R. George Adams, HORIZONAL-tlle Society is not minder and an admonition, uThe So­ A. C. Chapman, Joe Hermsen, Paul just a qual'tct society, but em­ ciety is yOIl. Long Range Planning is l\:I, Kernen, Ray Niblo, Chuck braces a wide range of activities­ YOI/. What kind of members are you Schmid, Reedie Wright, Darrell De­ quartets; woodsheddeI's choruses; going to bring in. What kind of pro­ witt, O. B. Falls. leadership (through holding of of­ g'ram is yow' chapter going to have." TIMERS-Russ Stanton, R. T. De­ fice); specialists (arrangers, melo­ Concluding, he said "Somewhere in Busle. dy writers, lyric writers) ; collectors (old music, records, tape recordings, pictures); Pal'ade followers i chap­ ter visitors; letter writers. All these have very legitimate rea­ sons for membership in the Society and should be encouraged in their various activities. Dean credited L. A. "Pom" Pomeroy, Teaneck, N. J., with origination of THE OLD the expression uA Hobby 'Vithin a SONGS Hobby", as best descriptive of the "Horizontal" aspects of Society mem­ At right, Hank Dakin, bership. of 51. LOllis, as he I) resented 1'11'0 bundles VERTICAL-the Society is vcry of old sheet lIIusic 10 much like the medieval guilds 01' Founder O. C. Cash crafts. Likely young men wel'e in­ dlll'jng the Detroit troduced into the various crafts as Cnn\'E'lItion. apprentices and progressed gradu­ ally through the journe~'man stage until the~' became master craftsmen. In addition to the masters and the aspirants, Dean pointed out, uThe Society is blessed with an additional class not 'crows', but 'Sidewalk Su­ perintendents', men who come in as intelligent listeners, who like to watch SEPTEMBER. 1953 /2 Ths H"rm01J;Zer "WHAT'S BEST FOR THE SOCIETY?" L~~ad L~/I~ GET INTO THIS CONTEST!

In announcing a contest. for members The constitution should clarify con­ )'OU fully their candid views as to to submit ideas of "What's Best for vention management and procedure in what path would be best for the So~ SPEBSQSA Over the Next 10 Years", the matter of selecting convention ciety to take what our objectives the Committee on Long Range Plan­ cities and that it should also define should be, and what steps are neces­ ning. Dean Snyder, Washington. D. C. the types of membership (one type. sary ... I am sending copies to chairman beheves that it would be active, was decided upon Rnd that is Cash because he was Founder; Em­ helpful to contestants, and enlighten­ all there is today). He said that a bury because he is vice president; ing for others jf the Society's pages chapter should have at least 10 or 12 Stern because he is secretary; and were turned back about a dozen years to see the sort of planning then in progress. Illustrative of what was going on in HERE'S ALL THE INFORMATION those distant days, when H. B. (Hal) Staab was national vice president in ON THE CONTEST 1941 he wrote to President Adams: h~ve 1. Purpose -To draw out ideas from many sources as to the objectives "I a lot on my mind that I want which the Society should set for itself between 1953 and to get ofI ... it might be entitled 'In 1963-and the procedures necessary to l'each the objectives. which direction are we going?'" He devoted seven and a half single 2. Who lI1a1J-Any member in good standing as of August 16, 1953, spaced pages to pointers along the C01n1Jete except members of the House of Delegates and the De~ path. Only a few highlights can be crepits (former Int'l Board members) may compete. repeated here: 3. Type of -Entries shall be not more than 500 words, written on one He asked what path we are taking, Entries side of paper. Be SUl'e to put your name and address on since we should know where we arc every sheet. going before we plan for arrival. Al­ 4. Content -Judges will weigh the content rather than literary quality ways strong for service, he felt that Style of manuscripts received. In other words it's what the the singing ability of members should co~n­ contestant says, rather than the way he says it that will be applied to the benefit of local count. munities. He thought that commumty service jobs would help keep mem~er~ 5. Time -Entries shall be sent to the attention of the Committee ship interested. The three essentials Limit on Long Range Planning. 20619 Fenkell Ave., Detroit 23, needed immediately for 1941 were Michigan-and must be received by December I, 1953. good leadership, efficient organization, and money. His principal worries were -The membel' adjudged winner by the Long Range Plan­ on the last two points. The offices of ning Committee will (1) receive two books of tickets for secretary and treasurer should be sep­ the 1964 Contest at Washington, D. C.-(2) will have his arated and a president should preside presentation printed in the March, 1964 Harmonizcr-(3) over his own board meetings, although will be cited at a suitable time and l}lace before an all­ the immediate past president should Society meeting at Washington in June, 1054. become a lmtional officer automatical­ ly so that the Society could benefit ••• by his experience.

He said that we should appoint a sec­ members before a charter should be i\'lnrtin who would either have to have retary "who has his heart in barber­ issued and that they should have voted imagination and ideas or starve to shop singing but must possess execu­ to adhere to the national constitution death". tive and promotional ability. It is an and must have their chapter fee and imposition to ask a business man to dues. While Staab's comments arc singled devote the necessary time to the sec­ out. this correspondence was typical l'etal'yship". He suggested that each chapter should of what was gomg on among consid­ submit to the national office n list crable number of 1941 members, seri­ We should have a committee on fi­ of its members so that Headquarters ously considering what to do about nance, laws and regulations. would have some idea of size of mem­ a Societ~t organized just for fun. We should be set up by districts. which bership. and he foresaw the possibility would allow the formation of several that chapter secretaries might keep a When the Staab thesis went into wider states into a district. He thought that record of activities for publication. circulation it accelerated thinking there might some day be a national tromendously. In AjJril '42 Staab council of the "district" governors He suggested that the national office wrote Cy Perkins, C licago, that he meeting annually to advise with the issue information that would stimulate was in favor of making duos "large board of directors. interest but that building new chap­ enough so that the national office ters was primariJy an established could function on a business like basis He said that no one knew how many chapter's function. He was quite sure and would be able to offer real as­ upaid" chapters 01' paid members there that there should be some sort of sistance to chapters" b)' an adequate were in the Society and nobod~r knew convention regist.ration fee to cover system of records, publication of a what to expect in annual income. He the cost of advance publicity, badges, magazine, distribution of barbershop suggested that national dues should ticket-s, clerical work, rental of office arrangements, among others. He said be raised from 50c to $1 and when we machines, installation of speaking sys­ that he was in favor of raising dues would have n paid membership of four tems, etc. He. pointed out that the So­ to $2 per year ... "we may lose some or five thousand we could get a part· ciety's constitution referred to the members but the eventual benefits time paid secretary. He added "I "national" board and brought up the would far outweigh temporary loss would even go farther and charge 60c possibilities of international expan­ ... if we increase dues, I would favor more per member to take care of a sion. starting a paid secretary at $60 pCI' small national publication that might month, this rate to contllme l.mtil in­ be issued quarterly". He suggested He said, "It might be a wise idea come warrants an increase." In June a House of Delegates in the future. to ask members of the board to write (CQlIrllllled 011 page JJ) SEPTEMBER, 1953 The Harmol1izer 13

be elected and the championship quar­ FOUR TEENS ON WHAT'S BEST FOR tet will be crowned. There will be a WORLD TOUR THE SOCIETY? council of district presidents who will ,The Four 'l'eens, Society 1952 Int'l Continued meet at the time of the convention and collaborate with the board of di­ Champions, arc headliners in the All '42 he wrote (long hand) to a board rectors. There will be an association Ail' Force Show fOl'ops in Blue". They member who could not attend the of past national presidents who will will hit the major !\ir bases all across Grand Rapids convention ... "The $2 remain continually active in a con­ the country to the 'Vest Coast, then to per capita tax was voted. I have sulting capacity especially on prob­ Japan and Korea for three months. worked out a IJlatform of accomplish­ lems of the future. There will be a Back via 'Vake and Hawaii to San ment ... which will show what will be resurgence of barbershop quartet Francisco across the southern part done for the 4e pel' week dues". He singing all over America. 'rhe So­ of the U.S. to the East Coast. Then said that he had appointed n song ciety will become one of the most they'll tour up the East Coast to arrangement committee to prepare 15 Newfoundland, Greenland, Iceland, songs to be distributed and that he favorably known Service Organiza­ was planning a quarterly publication tions in the nation. Our Founder, O. C. Scandinavian Countries, Germany, Cash, will become as well known as arc France, Italy, the Balkans, North for September that year. Harris of Rotary and Prince of Ki­ Africa, Saudi Arabia, South America, On March 25, '43 when Staab was wanis. The Society for the Presel'va­ the Canal Zone, then home. president he wrote liMy Vision of the tion and Encouragement of Barber­ Mike Egan is still with the group Future" which was printed in the shop Quartet Singing in America will working as advance agent two weeks Harmonizer. have reached its zenith only when ahead of the troupe, these things have been accomplished. "My vision of the Society in }'ears to come is that of an organization made My vision is not onl.y a vision, it ~·s A "FOUR·MAN TEAM" up of more than 50,000 members with a rn-ophecy. If we love ow~' Society IS A QUARTET a thousand or mOl'e chapters scattered e~!Ouuh, ~ue 1uill 1"eClCh the heights". in every state in the Union. National That was in 1943, "I'IIt.enlaMonal" was Late in June, Secretary of the Army officers and directors will be elected too nebulous to set down on paper. Robert T. Stevens announced that In­ annually by a House of Delegates ... In 1953 it may seem ineredible that fantry rifleman replacements being men were wrestling with fundamen­ assigned overseas will be shipped from National Headquarters will be man­ tals such as outlined in this brief bit the United States in four-man teams. aged by a permanent paid secretary of Staab correspondence because so It is expected that all Infantry en· who will be selected on the basis of many of the items are accepted today listed replacements will be moved ability by the national board. He will as standard practice in the Society. overseas in this manner. be respoilsible for the conduct of the The Army gave as its reason that Society busipess, under the super­ The Long Range Planning Committee men who remain throughout the re­ vision of t.he president and the board feels that the 15th year is the time of directors. District associations will placement system with other soldiers for all who are interested in the So­ with whom they have received basic cover the United States. These will be ciety's future to submit their views. headed by district officers who will training, maintain a higher esprit de become an integral part of a national The committee will weigh values and corps and become more readily ad­ plan of organization, Each district consider them in the light of knowl­ justed to their duties in their first will have its own convention and edge of what has gone on, what is overseas assignment. quartet contest, the climax of the year being planned now) and what is being the national convention and ahead; therefore the announcement of quartet contest at which officers will the contest printed here. Auroroa Illinois Chapter

IS PROUD TO PLAY HOST Hel'e's t.he dope~excuse t.he expres­ 30, NOT 29 sion-better make it pitch- For The The faces of various people at Infl Hq. are red. ILLINOIS DISTRICT Thirty entries were received in the Swipe Swap Shop /fI'm Going Home" QUARTET CONTEST Arrangement Contest. AND CONVENTION Only twenty-nine were mentioned in the June Harmonizer and only that Timo: number of pictmes were printed, (Sec October 3, 19S3-Preliminarles 8 pm page 18 June '53 Harmonizer). October 4, 1953-Flnals 2 pm On June 6th a letter arrived in De­ troit from Sherry Brown, WalTen, Pia co: Pa.: WEST AURORA JR. HIGH SCHOOL "... I turned the pages of the June Headquarters: Harmonizer, saw the winning ar­ rangement and continued to hunt LELAND HOTEL in vain to see what disposition had (Including 2Spoclal"Woodsheddlng" been made of the entry by yours Rooms) truly ... not a word about little Sherry. L Reservallon Chairman: If••• the arrangement submitted 'by Sherry Brown, 417 East St., War­ Brothel' ISkid' Davies is certainly ren, Pa. Age 46. Joined Society in Don Rowcllffe, 2 N. Boadway very nice. But I did burn the mid­ 1947 as Charter Member of Warren, Phone 6-4131 night oil p1entr in putting my own Pa. Chapter. Past Chapter Secl'e· together, and 1f I may be excused tary, 2 years and presently Area Ticket Chairman: for being so immodest, I think it Counselor. Has dabbled in Rrral1g­ Bill Henderson, .57 S. Andorlon, was a dam good one. What hap­ ing for several years, for own Phono 6·2497 pened to my entry?" amusement and use by several near­ Answer-It got to Detmit. It was by and local quartets. Always stuck General Chairman: judged by the judges. It, with all the to sing bad (the part nobody else Dud Smith, 175 Weslern Avenue rest of the material) was returned wants) in any songfests. Phone 2-0113 to Detroit - then - blank! Sherry did not get a letter asking for his pic­ (Sherry writes on letterheads of New ture and thumbnail sketch. His pic­ Process Company, which, if memor;y (Aurora Chapter Meets Tuesday Nltes, ture, etc., did not appear in the June serves, makes and sells men's shirts 8:00 PM, AurorCl., Recreation Center) Harmonizer. He has a perfect right to by mail, That's a free plug to partly be mad. make up for our errol'. ~ds.) SEPTEMBER, 1953 - 14 The Harmonizer MEET THE NEW INT'L PRESIDENT by Joe Schmit!, Tenor 01 the Schmit! Brothers, 1961 Int'l Champions

'fhnt famO\lS "Stetson" now shades the call him Dad. The Society has become With a record and ambition such as pin of the International President. At almost as another member of the fam­ John Means has it is little surprise to 42, John Z. Means, of Manitowoc, ily. l\'large has put aside her household those who know him to think of him Wisconsin becomes the youngest man duties to help her hubby on numerous as thc President of our Society. He ever to take oveT the reins of SPED­ occasions. Together they have written didn't miss a rung on the long ladder SQSA. and arl'an~ed "Sandman" and ffStor~' leading to the tOil-from thc Inter­ Book Girl' . These two original songs national Board to the Chairmanship (Joe hasu't been a society member and arrangements give one an insight of the Contest and Judging Committee JOllY Cl1011gh to 1.:11010 that Chu1'lie into the warm and genuine hominess to the tOl) of the heap. Men'ill, 191,7-1,8, 1VClS only .{.O. Eds.} of 832 Lincoln Blvd. Johnny, as he prefers to be called, If actions tell, we have a giant to was born in Pecos, Texas. One of Education started at Hardin Simmons lead us this coming )'ea1'. His descrip* three children, two girls and himself, for the "Cowboy" and later that year tion of a barbershopper best suits him, he grew up in a typical ranch set· he toured the European Continent as "If you want to be a barbershoppel', ting. Retaining his love for the ranch part of the World Famous Cowboy give it all '~'OU havc and it will come life he still holds PfH't interest in a Band. It was on this trip that Johnny back to you many times ovcr. Singing ranch in New l\:Iexico. first considered music as a career. men are good mcn." Today, as General Superintendent of the Eddy Paper Corporation, he has Again the longing for real home life eight scattered plants to supervise. caused him to say no. Taking his four­ REMINDER! Don't be too surprised if some day he string guitar with him he transferred drops in on one of )'0\11' meetings. to University of Arizona and it was Drop that fan and make out your Short speeches are a specialty of this there that he and Marge met. well versed Ex-Texan Wisconsinite. ordcr right away for loose-leaf copies Music has always played an important Polo was the sport which caught his of official SPEBSQSA arrangemel1ts part in the lives of the Means Family fanc)' then but now an occasional of Christmas carols for the coming and Johnny is no exception to the rule. round of golf suffices. Someone told season. Although, as this item is being Nothing takes precedence over polish­ me that he can still chin himself with written, many barbershoppcl's are ing up a seventh and no pleasure lifts either hand, not bad for 42. him more than a ringing chord. It sweltering under record high temper­ was this love of true harmony that led atures, we can't escape the fnct that Johnny to the Society. He joined the Soon after joining the Manitowoc Chapter, Johnny became an intimate thc Christmas season isn't too fnr oft' 1\'Ianitowoc Chapter, as a Charter and our quartets and choruses should Member, in 1!J4G. His natural ability friend of Milt Detjen. Milt was a con­ for leadershil) pointed the way for him veI'ted uHIGH BROW" and was out be preparing to brush up on Christmas to soon become its president. Under teaching the tln'ills of his ncw found carols. him the chapter grew and sponsored love. Johnny became his most apt others. The next step up the ladder of pupil. Together they used the uChord­ Foul' Christmas numbers are carried cttes" as a quartet to work with!,. nice administration was the presidency of in stock in the International office­ the Land 0' Lakes District. With work if you can get it. Milt and John­ Johnny at the helm, the LOL length­ ny worked out primary arrangements tillos are X-6 SILENT NIGHT-X-8 ened its long list of fffirsts". If anv­ and interpretation, Next on the list IT CA~IE UPON THE MIDNIGHT one wants to know of the accomplish­ for our new President were the CLEAR-X-9 CANTIQUE DE NOEL Schmitt Brothers, just foul' fellows ments of the new Int'l President ask (0 HOLY NIGHT)-X-13 0 COME any member of the LOL. who had heard of the Societ~' and bought a Mills Book. His ability and ALL YE FAITHFUL. Prices nrc 10c Family life and love of home is the diligence in training them will' long each for less than 1O-5c cRch ill only excuse which Johnny's consciencc be noticed, we hope. At Detroit this quantities of 10 or more. Please order will accept for missing 01' putting ofl:' year once again some of his pupils a barbershop chore. Married to Mar­ finished in the top five. The Sing­ by symbol number from SPEBSQSA, garet Haines in 1933, Penny, Jeff, and Copates of Appleton are the latest re­ Inc., 2061!J Fenkcll Ave., Detroit 23, D01'3 Beth are the three Means who cipients of his tireless energy. Michigan.

CHAPTER HONORS PRESIDEN'l'S

Nextr beraTe in the hlstor,. of SPEUSQSA hAs one chApler Menlls, I'llst Jnt'l Pru. King Cole, Prnll nnd Paul Schmitt gin'lI the Sodel)' two Inl" Presidents. Mlllllto\\'oc. Wlscol1~ill Hellry Ile)er, Land O' l.nkes Dislrh·t V.I'. II need hardt,· h~ gr(,l'led Johl\~\" J\ll':\IU on his TfluTn (rolll Detrolr. LloR-C. C. sRid lhnt the Schmitt Urolheu He Ihe Hodeh"s 1951 Int'I M('Curd", Dlstrirt V.P.; Jim 11l1d Joe Sdllnill. Int'l Pru. Chnmlliolls. SEPTEMBER, 1953 Tbe Harmonizer ' 15

FROM DETROIT

Perhaps lhe visitors shouldn't bc The final meeting of the 1952·53 Int'l blamed too much. The cit!. of Delroit l308rd was supposed to be a condensed actually rechristened "ashington affair-a one night stand-'Vcdnesday Boulevard for the duration and erect­ night to be exact. Just the one meet.­ The tornadoes in lower and central ed flHarmony Lane" signs exactl)· like ing was scheduled, in contrast. to the Michigan failed to hold back the usual the regulation s"treet markers. usual two or three sessions. Called for early arrivals. Personnel of various 8 PM., as usual a few just made it b) Int'l Committees began to check in at 000 )lassing Ul) dinner, expecting to be free the Shel'aton~Cadillac Monday and early and catch up on the food situa· Tuesday. By Wednesda:... morning it Detroit's Hobby Chord Four Ed Red­ tion. Four hours later, all business was not at all unusual to heal' a ful­ dick, tenorj Earl Rubert, jeadj Joe finished, lhe meeting closed, but in the some chord now and then. Jones, bari j Howard 'rubbs, bass j meantime so had all food facilities at were on deck as carl). as Tuesday to the Sheraton-Cadillac. Stub knows at 000 gl'eet incoming barbcrshoppers.. least. one Past Int'l Pres. and one Vice. Pres. who never did get to ellt until Among the earliest birds wus Stirling 000 breakfnst time. Wilson, of Washington, D.C., who, with Dean Snyder, also of Washing­ What has become of 'the grand old 000 ton, Mark Roberts, Carleton Scott, custom of ha,'ing competing quartets Carroll Adams and Howard Tubbs, of register as a unit and sing a song as Detroit, Rawle)' Hallman of Pontiac, First meeting ever of the House of they check in? A lot. of conventioneers Delegates drew very nearly 100% at· and Int'l Pres. Ed Smith, helped to registered early then hung around the tcndance. l\linneapolis' Dr. Hartig was judge the finals of the world wide Sheraton-Cadillac registration des k Air Force barbershop quartet home sick in bed; Wisconsin's Dick U.S. for the specific purpose of hearing Donahue's wife had just given birth contest at Selfridge FieJc1 on June the competitors but few cOlUll1ied with 4th and 5th. to a youngster and Dick sent a box this old tradition of "singing in". of cil?8rs to represent him. Decatur, 000 (Natch! The)' were all at the Statler. IllinOIS' Tom Armstrong touched only Ed•.) the high spots along the road blit Eight years had passed since the last couldn't qUite make it in time. Ed SPEBSQSA Contest and Convention 000 Hackett, of Louisvillc, has been un~ were held in Detroit. Probably very well for some time. With the further few of the same persollnel were oil Again this year, the Convention coin­ exception of Past Int'l Presidents Em· duty in the headquarters hotels. In cided with the local baseball team's bury and Cole (who al'l'ived later) and !945'JJCrhaps 300 barbershoppers at~ schedule. 'rile Yankees werc in town 1\Ienill, all eligibles were on hand. tendc from outside Detroit, a fal' early in the week and the Nats camc in for the weekend. Some of the play­ C1'y from the 4000 odd who broke all 000 records this year. What makes bar­ el'S and Bob Addie, Sport.s Writer for bershoppers different from average the Washington Times-Herald, were convenltoll gael'S is perhaps best illus­ happy to get standing room at the After the Rev. Erwin nrittoll, of h'ated by the comment of the young­ Medal Contest. (For an opinion see Wayne. Mich. Chapter, opened the ish Statler Hotel cashier who said on "I See by the Papers" in this issue, session, Detroit Common Council Pres. Thursday, "That's beautiful music page 34. Ed•.) (Colltimtcll 011 Page 16) the~"l'e putting out. I hope the~"re still singing when they leave Sunday." She was onl~' too well acquainted with thc NEW INT'L BOARD MEETS al'tificial1~' stimulated vocalizing tlmt all too frcquently ends up in a terrific letdown. She had ~1et to learn that barbcrshoppers sing just as well the day they lcave as the day they arrive. There's a difference when you sing because )'OU love to and know how. Bellhops at the Sheraton were thor~ oughly indoctrinated. On Sunday, their farewells to departing guests included, "See you in Washington next year". One rcmarked, "This is the craziest, sanest crowd I've ever scen". 000

This year's convention WlIS preceded in Detroit by the Baggage Traffic Managers AssociatiOli and was fol­ lowed b)' the Coal Dealers of America. ('rhe Society will nol accelll the re­ sponsibility for any "clinkers" or "miner" chords left lying around after Sunda)' evening. Eds.)

000 The Sodel)". new Int'l Bonrd cOllsists of on1)' side... n men, Her(' most of them 1'11(' shown In the first lIleeting of the new Roard Thuuda)' afteillooll at Detroit, Stnrtlng Credulous carly arrivals took a bit of at bottom left-Past Int'l Pres. Jim I{nipe. Chw('land; Rm Hincklc)', Reading. Mnss,; kidding from natives who solemnly lo'rank Graham, Eugene, On.;. Pete DePaolis. Ho('huter, N.Y.; Reedle "'riRhl, Pasadella; Howard Tubbs, DetrOIt; IlIt'l Treasurer Rn)' Niblo (ngninst the curtnin); asserted the numerous stands being Int'l Pr('s. Johnny Menns (alanding); Int'l V.I'. Denn Snyder, Washington, D.C.; erected along Washington Boulevard I'ast Int'! Pres. Frnnk H. Thorne, Chit-ago (In far ('orner). werc to be shells for quartets and St'arlilli( dowII right hnml sldo of tnble-Cnrroll Adams, Detroit, Imm. Past Int'l choruses. Actually they were Ford Pres. Ed Smith, 'Vayno, Mich.; Harle)' Mllter, Tampa, Fin,; F. C. Armstrol1g, Warr('I1, Ohio; Past Int'l Pr... l. Jerr)" ReC'lrr, E'"ans,'i11e, Ind., Howlnnd D:wilJ, New Motor Co. displays in conncction with York Cit)', Jhll Martin, Palos lIel'l:hls. III. Pnst Inl'l Presidents ReC'ler, I{nipe lind the company's Golden Jubilee. Thorne nttended b)' speelal hnilntlon. SEPTEMBER, 1953 16 The Harmonizer

STUB AT DETROIT THEY SANG NIGHT AND DAY AND '1'HEN SOME Continued. Louis i\liriani welcomed the assembl)'. In their customary fashion, the dele­ gates Crom the G-r-c-a-t South­ west had· been extolling the virtues of their section of the country nlld Miri­ ani RIlUy turned the tables by an­ nOl1ltcmg he expected to see any day now signs along Detroit's Eight Mile Road - "You Arc Now Entering 'rexas". 000 The meeting got off all a stirring, yet amusing note, when the assemblage sang "America" and "God Save the King" under the direction of Inter­ national Board Member Art Patter­ son of the London Ontario Chapter and the Four Choniers. Mil'inni, capi­ talizing on tlte errol' made in announc­ This Illcture, III the Ojllllioll of the editors, Is nbollf 8S flne n study III "whAt mAke. ing "God Save the Kin~" instead of barbl.'uhoPllUB click" AS All)" camerA Is ever likely to record. The picture WAll "God Save the Queen I, said that made outside the Masonic Temll!e, probably at Intermission time. everyone there would be glad to trade the lCing for the Queen if they had The same "Doc" at the Decrepits '1'0 give all the members of the House been privileged to meet tllat charming meeting Saturday noon when the air of Delegates- n chance to see the Hq lady as he recently had. raid sirena let go, couldn't stand it Office, chartered buses hauled those any longer and bellowed, "Dig that who could go out lItcre on 'fhursday 000 crazy pitchpipe". evening. Each delegate was asked to hold up 88 many fingers as ho would Under norma) circumstances, at least 000 bring guests on the trip. Noted tee­ one-half of the time of each Conven­ totaler Gordon Grant, Saginaw, Mich.• tion Chairman is spent in eXI)laining Another large laugh was unwittingly caused by a waiter in the Sheraton's cracked. "First time I've held UIJ two that the weather in the Convention fingers in a long time". After 45 min­ City is unseasonable for that particu­ Book Casino when he asked in purest utes en roule, Int'l VP Alex Grab­ lar time of the year. For ouce this Central European broken English, horn, unaccustomed to Detroit's vast­ year's Chairmen, LOll Harrington and IlWould anybody like peach pie"? Both ness, inquired if the office were in Seaborn Lawrence, didn't have to Johnny Means and Commandcr Sever­ Michigan. " make excuses as the weather turned ance had their pitchpipes out of their out to be a8 good" as advertised by the pockets and ready to go before the~' Detroit Chamber of Commerce. realized what he meant. 000 000 000 The term "crow", as applied to non­ The Evergreen (formerly Pacific Founder Cash in his talk to the House singing members of the Society has Northwest) District and the Johnny of Delegates. recalling an old remark always been regarded with disfavor Appleseed District both arranged to of Wi1l Hogers, "Opera is a whole lot by many members. These and others pass out apples to visiting bal'bershop. better than it sounds", enl)Jhasized were pleased to heal' Int'l V.P.-Elect pel's. Evergreen District President that barbershoppers, far from being Dean Snyder rechristen that class of Obie Falls got the jump on Johnny lowbrow musically, arc aclually dis~ members uSidewalk Superintendents". Appleseed by making an announce­ criminating, have grown out of opera As far as Stub is concerned it would ment on the floor of the House of in"to higher realms of musicianship. be nice if it would catch on. Delegates meeting to the effect that 000 two representatives of the Evergreen 000 District were stationed at the door to Past Int'l Board Member Russ Gentz­ give Yakima (the apple capital of the ler, Kansas City, appeared at the The Vagabonds of 'Vinslon·Salem, World), Washington apples to each House of Delegates meeting to pre­ North Carolina, Finalists last )'ear, person leaving the rOOm. Johnny sent a scrap book of ICC. Convention qualified for this year's Contest as Appleseed District President Tracy and Contest publicity. Austin Thames well. However. personal commitments Evans then asked for the floor and and his wife did most of the compila­ oC one of the men prevented- him from briefly invited everyone present to tion. Artist Dan Jacobson (See Har­ devoting the necessary time to com­ compare the Evergreen apples with monizer covel' Dec. 1951 issue. Eds.) petition in Detroit. Knowing this the those available in the Johnny Apple­ hand tooled the leather cover. barbershol)pers on hand early for the seed District Headqual'tel's. Convention were startled to see and 000 hear the Vagabonds on a sllccial pro­ 000 Bob Hafcr, the Society's new Secre~ gram presented br, the 100 Club in Falls extcnded an invitation for the tar)', made a host of friends at thc the Sheraton·Cadtllac the Tuesday Society to come to the Pacific-North· House of Delegates Meeting br being night before the Contest. wc~t in 1963. 'l'he LOlliS\'iI1c, ]('y dcle· extremely brief in his llHeHo" to the gation is asking for the 1956 Con­ group. 000 vention and might weU takc the hint. 000 Ft. I

STUB AT DETROIT Force Champions, the Rip Chords. hoked up to show evcl')'body how 'fhe 'reena arrived June 3rd and sang Mandy Lee should be sung. anywhere and everywhere they were asked right through Sunday the 14th. 000 Twent.)'-seven store windows on Wood­ The Rip Chords are members of Lara­ ward Avenue, main shopping street, 'l'his year's Woodshed was bigger and had displays featuring SPEBSQSA. mie, Wyoming Chapter, competed in and won the Air Force World~Wide better than ever. The ballroom at the At least four persons told Stub the Barbershop Quartet Contest at Self­ Statler was by far the biggest room bass in the quartet in one of J. L. ridge Field. ever, with the exception of the one Hudson's windows was a dead ringer used at the Statler in Boston last for Int'l Treasurer Berney Simner. 000 January. Even so, despite repeated efforts, Stub Hever got inside the 000 Mrs. (InCI First Vice-President) Carl doors. There aren't any accurate fig­ Hemark made b)' George Lauder of Jones, Terre Haute, Indiana, could ures on just how many people were the Detroit Convention and Visitors' legitimately claim the title "Fore­ in and out of the Woodshed but it Bureau on his first visit to the Regis~ most· Barbershop Widow". Carl ar­ must have been well up in the thou­ tration Headquarters in the huge rived Tuesday; attended committee sands. Crystal Ballroom of the Sheraton­ meetings Tuesday night, 'Vednesday Cadillac Hotcl: "This is a men's Con­ morning and afternoon; Board meet­ 000 ing \Vednesday night; House of Dele­ vention, but it takes the women to run Past Int'l Board Member, Man Brow­ it". gates Thursday morning; Board meet­ ing Thursday afternoon; Detroit er, now President of Far 'Vest, nOw 000 Contest Judges meeting that night; of Santa i\Ionica, formerly of Grand judged Semi-Finals and Finals Fri­ Rapids, took charge of the 'Voodshed Leading the crazy hat parade this day; directed the Terre Haute Chorus l\I,C'iug for the Decrepits again but year was the Sheboy~an, Wisconsin turned much of the actual i\I,C'ing lJ Saturday morning; judged Saturday Chal)ter Chorus with' 20 gallon red night Medalist Contest; sang in be­ over to Bob Moffatt. Bob is Past Pres. and white s"trilJed caps similar to tween times with his quartet, The of L.A. Chapter, a woodshedder deluxe those worn by the I\lid-States with Minor Chords. and he kellt things moving along beRu­ their zoot S~litS. Ed Duplaga, Past Vice tifully with the hell} of 'Voodshed President of the Johnny Appleseed 000 Chairman Frank Lewis of the Redford District, from the Akron, Ohio Chal}' Area (Detroit) Chapter. Bob held on ter, was there with his perennial red Int'l VP George Chamblin, ColumbUS, for 18 hours straight in one session. derb)·. Jack Ford of Toledo, Ohio, was Ohio wasn't too far behind. He acten resplendent again in his ensemble of as Judge in the quartet and chorus 000 many colors top)Jed off with his Sher­ contests, attended various Board and lock Holmes hat. Dr. Browne of the committee meetings and tried to keep The Society's long time official photog­ Minlleapolis Chapter doffed ))rofes­ the other three Buzz Saws happy, not rapher, Past Tnt'l Treas. Art. Merrill, sional dignity for the Convention of Schenectady. was sadly missed. to mention Mrs. C. who remarked Foto Kam, of Toledo, had two men wearing an unusual cocoa brown straw Sunday morning she hadn't seen him on the job, taking specified pictures calJ· since Wednesday. for the Society and a multitude of 000 000 candid shots of the members and their families all around town and in the There were a record-breaking 181 "Of all sad words of tongue 01' lien, hotels and Masonic Temple. All these ladies present at the Thursday noon The saddest are these ... 'Our ten­ pictures were made for sale to inter­ luncheon in the Italian Gardens of the or couldn't come at the last moment' ". ested people. If you want to get in Sheraton-Cadillac Hotel. Marie (Mrs. In no other place can you find such sad touch with Foto Kalll, their address Frank) Tritle, Chairman of the Com­ sacks as two or three men, rarin' to is 213 Main St., Toledo, Ohio. \Vrite mittee, presided, with Elsie (Mrs. go but minus the Ilart or parts to to the attention of Zenny Cieslikowski. Joseph) Fecteau, Co-Chairman, assist­ round out their quartet which was all (Conthmed on Page 18) ing. At the speakers' table were also Mrs. King Cole, :Mrs. Ed Smith, Mrs. Phil Embury, Mrs. Norman Rathert, THE FOUNDER FINDS AN ATTENTIVE AUDIENCE Mrs. Rupert Hall, Mrs. Frank Thorne, Mrs. James Knipe, Mrs. Carroll Adams, and Mrs. Hal Staab. Enter­ tainment included the Pinaforesj the Rip Chords; Foul' Teensj and Schmitt Bros. Mrs. \Vm. Favinger, Chairman of the Ladies Hospitality Committee welcomed everybody and outline(i plans for their entertainment. Favors were small bottles of perfume donated by the J. L. Hudson Company through the courtesy of their Advertising Man­ ager, Bill Bond, bass of the Wolve­ rines.

000 It took .Mary and Ro)' Harvey, former Michiganders, 1I0W living in St. Petersburg, Florida, a few days to get used to wearing shoes again. Among the first to greet. the Harvcys was Past Int'} Presl(lent Franl{ Thorne, who was anxious to check with them on his lIew home built in the Harvey's Sf. Pete neighborhood, where Frank hopes to retire when the National Aluminale Corporation ad­ mits that it must find a new Vice President.

000 Two of the busiest quartets attend­ O. C. Cash, left. "light" hair, can well afford to IlllSS Ollt a few IiIIS on how fo sing-twen to a c1H\lllplon qUl\rtet. Bruce Conover and Doh Liu-sl\)' listen with nil ing the COllvention were the Foul' cars, hut Dob Lindle)· couldn't resist a peck at the nnshbulh anti Dob Maurus should Teens and the newly crowned Ail' Ilrobabl)' change his brand of rigarettes. SEPTEMBER, 1953 /8 The Harmonizer

STUB AT DETROIT if Embury would take the lrouble to nadel'S did "Hul'l'iganIJ in the contest look he'd lind the bool(s had been last year and again this year. The~"ve COlllilll/cd emptied of tickets, thcn sotto voce to added a little jig b~' Chet Hodapp and Tracy Evans, President of lhe Johnny a fricnd next to ,.him, ""'ait 'til ] Budd noyle toward the end that's very Allpiesecd District, got a million dol­ catch UII wHh Laurn. I'll give her effective. But the prize for dancing, lars worth of free publicity Frida)' 'what for' for littering up that bus". if there was Ollel would have to go morning at the Semi-Finals when 000 to the Yakima, Wash. Evergreen Emcee Embur:)' announced his hooks Quartet. ]n the Jamboree, one of them of tkkets had been found. AclualI)', First names of members of the com­ did a soft shoe routine while the other they weren't Tracy's tickets hut an­ peting quartets listed in the Con­ threc sang "Night in June." vention Program helped straighten out other's in an envelope with Tracy's 000 name on Embury about gave up a many puzzles. Vaughan Liscuml bari­ it. tone who sang with the Cardinals at litUe later when he laughingly an· fiy 1957, there'll probablr be a qual'· nounced that Int'l Pres. Smith's t,hree Kansas Cit)'l didn't lose that. much weight in the past year. His brothel' tet !)ulling rabbits out of a hat to books of tickets had been llicked UIJ the t.une of Easter Parnde and b)' 'GO on a bus and turned, in by the driver. Mike stepped into his place in the quartet when Vaughan's business or '61 they'll be strlltting their stun' Smith had the last laugh when he while performing a Giant Swing. All calmly anlloullced from -his seat that commitments tied him up. However, :Mike sings tenor, and tenor Joe RipI' of which wHl perhaps be alright pro­ moved down to bari. "hied no animal acts are allowed. I{ANI{AKEE I{APERS 000 000 The Founder, O. C. Cash, never one to Perhaps no one so evidently enjoys pass Hll a bit of fun, turncd to a singing as Fritz l\liller, bass of the neighbor during the morning Semi­ Baltimore Volunteers. How those boys Finals and said, "Do you know how can tUl'Il on the volume. Only the to pick the winners-if you sce any Atomic Bums approach them. Had gra)' hail' 01' a bald head, just scratch either the Vols or the Bums been 'cm ofT". singing Friday aftcl'Iloon when the 000 hail storm hitl they'd probably have Page Helena Rubinstein! John Hook­ drowned it out-not that the Vikings can't pour it on at times. erl lead of the Warsaw, N. Y. O-at­ Kans, has very light eyebrows. When 000 appearing before the footlights, he uses e~'ebrow pencil. Backstage, be­ Sa}'s Dl'ac l\Iartin or Cle\'claml. "Even thi~ \~ t)'lle isn't sllwll E'nollgh 1'0 eXllrE'SS Ill)' opilliOIl fore the Semi-Finals - no eyebl'ow or those who would dh'ide cOlilpetition into agE' pencil. ThoughtfullYI the management groups so the oldster fjlHl.rtets will 'have a hadnIt washed the windows of the chance against the kids'. One or Ill)' most henrtE'lling obsen'lItiolls W:lS the "ollth or tilE' dressing room - Presto! - eyebrow Finalists amI j'HE'd:llisls-that wa,' the SoriE't}' makeuPI cOllrtesy l\lasonic Temple. gou 011 and 011. That's life :lnd !lrogl'css. Anti ~ W:lS po youth w,I:E'1\ the Soricl)' WRS orgall­ 000 17.l'd, I" )'E':lrs ago. If you have never heard 4421 barber­ 000 shoPllers and their fumilies sing, you huve never heard singing. This was Admiral Perkins came all the wav the first time in history so many of from Hawaii again to attend the COIl­ the clan had, a chance to put their ventiOil. Past Int'l Pres. Beeler called voices together and the result was on him to stand up and take a bow awe inspiring. Not only did the crowd and reminded the audience that the do u fine job on the old fa,,'oritcs, but Hawaii Chapter had been extremely YOIl nC\'er kllow whnt )·011'11 rUlI Into when Ray Jones, of Milwaukee, led hospitable to Jerry and the Mid-States whclI )'011 Illwe!\'t got It gUll. These Bill Diekema's "I{eell America Sing­ Foul' when the~' were returning home hirsute Rdor/ul\('II!s Wl'rC IIIl\ch ill ('\.j. dClIce al Detroit. KnnkAkee, 111. is felc­ ing", by no means the easiest song from Korea ill 1951 and to the Buffalo brnling an allllh'('rsar)' this rcar and in the world, the crowd came throllgh Bills last year. these I{ankakE'E'RnS Rre getting read)' 000 ror it. like a well rehearsed chorus. 000 Just abollt all Past Inl'l Presidents of Stub enjoyed seeing members of Past the Sociel)' have been appoinled Ad. Champ, and other topflight quartets mirals ill the G-r-e-a-l Nnv)' of taking the time to give pointers to the G-r-e-a-t State of Nebnls­ competing quartets, and to hash over ka. Past Int'l Vice-President Clare their problems. Wilson, of Omaha, calHe to Detroit 000 especially to induct Dr. Norm Ratherl, of St. Louis and Ed Smith. Beelel' In addition to the Past Champion asked all the Nebraska Admirals to qnartets who were on hand in rull stand and salute Admil'al Perkin!'; force-Four Teens, Schmitt. Brothers, "Nebraska St.yle". Buffalo Bills, Mid-States FOllr and Pittsbmghers, parts of others were 000 on the scene-George McCaslin, Bart.­ lesville Barflies (1939), tenol', Frank Granville Scanlandl original bari of Thol'nel bass of the Elastic Foul', the 1940 Champion Flatfoot Four (1942); Huck Sinclair, bari, FOil I' looked not much heavier than he diMisfits (1945); Jack 000 Briody, bari, Garden State (1946); Max Cripe, lead, and Lee l<:idder, bass, Spcaldng of looking well-Past Iut'l Doctors of Harmony (1947). Pres. I{ing Cole has permitted what 000 used 'to be a lowe!' minor league mus­ tache to become a full fledged big Footwork is becoming increasingly leaguer. Wife ]{ay WOlI't sland for important. The Madison, Wis. Cardf­ any kidding about H.-says she loves nals have always been adept with the it.. Now if I{ing were only "Kissing" feet and this year made' good use of Chappie Chapman of Toronto, there'd abilit~, If thcse girls aren't rrom Holland, this in a clever song entitled be evidence aplenty to seek out. Michigan, the)' should bl:'. "Mt'. Tap-Toe". The San Diego Sere· (COl/IiI/lied on page 23) SEPTEMBER, 1953 The Httrmonizer

CANDID VIEWS AT DETROIT CONVENTION (AT THE CHORUS CONTEST)

It tokes some lime to get one (horus off a stage and another on so leader, Henry S(hubert, Dearborn, Mkh. The Pinafores. The Buzz the quartets and others pktured here, put on a bit of entertainment Sows of Bu(keye Capitol (Columbus) Ohio Chapter. That's bori Don during (hanges of s(ene. Vor(e kkking up a fuss. Otherwise, lIoR-Stoff Taylor, Bru(e Lynn, Reading from top-left to right-The Minor Chords, Terre Haute, George Chamblin. The Pi!(hblendaires, Detroit, Mkh.,-do(kwise Indiana, liaR-Beeson, Jones, Roman, Carl Jones. The Singing Bro(ks. from midnight Jo(k Golding, Don Golding, Tom Pollard, Dale Clixby, Detroit's Clef Dwellers, lIoR-Wiseheart, Honnoh, Bauer, Easley. The Compress Aires, Pointed Post, N. Y" LloR-Hughes, Whillen, The Em(ee-Int'l Treawrer Berney Simner, St. Louis. The Song Olmstead,Or

In the center at the lop-the Mid·Stales Four. Top right, Emcee ropher could idenlify them, The Ihree lillie girls and the boy are Fronk Lewis, Detroit, trying to drum up some business. The the Singing Brocks, as if you didn't know. The chorus with the jumbo quartet in the while suils couldn't be the 1953·54 Champions, but caps come from Sheboygan, Wis. The quartet with the bends is. Next 10 them, the Lytle Brothers, Sharon, Po. That's Dick making (middle, second from bolloml-Merri Men from Lansing, Mich. The coy faces at the mike. All by himself is Pod Int'I B'd Member Marv chorus, bollofA right, is mode up of men from various Mid·Atlontic Brower. The hillbillies unfortunately gal away before Ihe photog. District Chopters-directed by Bud Arberg, fronl and cenler. The Ht/r1/Jou;zer

CANDID VIEWS AT DETROIT CONVENTION (SUNDAY BREAKFAST)

Viewing from top, left 10 right-The Toronlo Rhylhmaires. Some general views of Ihe crowd. The usuolly dignified london, Ontario Four Chorden scarcely recog­ Thol's Bud Arberg demonstrating how to wolk on eggs-Emcee nizable. The usuolly undignified Atomic. Bums, af Minneapolis, in Ron Gamble at Ihe mike, The second picture from the left 01 Ihe characteristic. action. The Vikings. The Son Diego Serenaders. bottom caught the Founder almost unawares, The camero bugs hod The Schmitt Brothers-bono Fran essaying a solo flight. Three shots a field day. That's Int'I Secy Bob Hofer handing lapel pins to the of the zanies known as the Mid-Stales Four. The Harmony Counts, Kord Kings of Oak Pork, III. Warren Ohio, les Shafer on Ihe solo. Tbe Hdrmonizer

CANDID VIEWS AT DETROIT CONVENTION

Viewing from top, lefl to right-Intermiuion time 01 Ihe Masonic Deuep.pets luntheon. Hans Beyer, LOL District editor, talking to the Temple. Two scenes at the Registrotion Desk. lnt'l Pres. Elett Johnny meeting of District Bulletin Editors. That's Cam'dr Sav Severonte Means talking to Judgc Candidates Clau. Thc waxworks 01 the wilh the pipe, Pam Pomeroy with the glosses. ParI of the trowd in HofD Meeting, LloR-First V. P. Corl Jones, lmm. Post Pres.J. F. Knipe, the lobby of Masonic Temple. The "Trading Marl" for exthongo of Treasurer Berney Simner (heod down), Post Pres. frank Thorne, Pres. books of tickets. The olher six picturcs Otross the bollom were token Ed Smith, Setrctory Adams (ot mikc). Some of the ladies at the ot Judges meetings, Distritl Officers, Chopter Officers and House of Delegates. '['be Harmonizer 23

STUB AT DETROIT DECREPITS MEET Confinucd King and his wife Kay brought a quartet of girls with them-not the Chordettes, in which King's daughter Jinny sings tenor-aged ten to fifteen. They Are two pairs of sisters and their mothers also are sisters. They were dressed in and call themselves "Pina_ fores". Those who know King and· know that the Society Hq Building Fund is close to his heart were not surprised to heal' the Pinaforcs sing- flKcep thitlgS popping For bUl'bershopping. Build up the Building Fund ..." 000 This was no doubt one of the more soleml\ moments In lhe Decre)Jits meeting' At The Chol'Clettes were very lUuch in Detroit. 11\ the Ius 101c~,U1\ moments they lay the)· were rolling' in the Aisles. To evidence and did a beautiful job of be A Decrepit, )·OU must han). been All Jl1t'l Board Member fl.t some time or other. singing whenever called upon which LloR-those in the Jlleturc Are-GTAbhorn, ButTAlo; Schenck, SAil GAbriel: Herl115en, 1'Ihdlson, Wls.I Cod IlIgtOl1, EAlt AurorA, N. Y.; MArtin, Clen'lRnd (cheek on hand); was not infrequently. Stub heard at Mt'FRrren, HutTnlo; Grant, Saginaw ~white hAir); Scott, BirminghAm, Mich.; MAr· least one other girl (IUarlel, this one lowe, St. Louis; Geneder, J{Rnsas Cll)·, Mo.; from Pittsburgh, that could sing, BUT Right side 0(' the able--Dult.ndorp, Muskegon, Mich.: neagan, Pitbburgh: wue, good. ChRrlotte, N.C.; Adams, D.troit; Manden, Detroit'; Holcombe, l'atenOll, N.J.: ned Masteu, Detroit (in Whffl chair); Zinsmnster, Miami (just Il'ot hll head in). 000 Gontinuing Chordette pO}lularit;v was MORE DECREPITS-THIS TIME EA'I'lNG attcsted by an incident occUl'rlllg in the wee sma' hours at the Statler ..1 Saturday morning. Cornered by ad­ mirers, the gals finally consented to give out with a couple of numbers and with the opcning few chords, doors began openinlf up and down the corridors on the clghth floor. Prcs­ cntly a pajama-clad and cnthusiastic cro,\'d was listening as the four love­ lies of radio and TV fame vocalized their memorable arrangement of "Balling the Jack". 000 Walt. Tait, of the Berkeley, California, In IpltC o{ ulcers AIHI other condilions peculiRr to the aged nnd infirm, mAn,. o{ tho Decrepitl ate heRrtil,.. Clockwise (rom lix o'clock-Hermsen, Wesl, flnt Presi. chapler, look in his first International de-nt of SPEBSQSA Rupert Hall, Tulsa, Okl".; Pnsl' Jut') I'rts. Phil J::mbur)·, Conlesl. In the lale 1920s, "'aIt sang Warsaw, N.Y.; Dr. MArk S. Nelson, Canton, 111.; J. George O'Brien, Saginaw, in n California quartel, "The Harmon)' ;\lIch., who Itopped at the right place to pick up 110111(' lIelll5 for his "Harmollh:er" "Do You Ht-member" column; Mnurke Ihagan, Pittsburgh; 1'110111)· MAndell, Dt-troU; Four/' with his brother George, now Gentzler: ShRd Co)·e, Grand Itapidl, !'tIlch.; LeonArd Fit-Id, Jl\tkson, !'tIith. of the Long Beach ChaIJter, and two present members of the "'nshingtou, D. C. Chapter, Lew Sims and Elton 'rhe Chicagoans dashed out after their Prof. Herman Phlugcnheimer (Bob Woolperl. Walt proclaimed that after a))pearal1ce in Ihe Finals Friday night Irvine). then gave a learned lecturc thirty years of CinarleUing his inter­ to appear on an air show for Ihe bene~ on flDecrepititus", illustrated by est is sliU going up. fit of Flint '1'ornado Relief. charts, (by Dick Sturges). The gist of it seemed to be that as long as it 000 000 cannot be cured, one can at least hide The Association of Discarded and De· the symptoms by means of his numer­ Dctroit was n rallying place for ex­ ous suggestions. The continuous laugh­ cl'epit Past l\'Iembers of SPEBSQSA ef~ members of former foursomes. One Board of Directors, Without Voice, ter belied the seriousness of his example is "The 'funics," formerly of Without Portfolio, Not Inc., in other forts. Luncheon followed, including Lafayette, Indiana. H~p B~ile)', tenor, words-the Decrepits, had their an­ cntertainment by the Kord Kings, the came clear from Cahfol'llIa and met nual meeting Saturday A.1\!. Ed. San Diego Serenaders, the Debutones his former colleagues, now scattered. Fahnestock, Most Antique Relic, con­ and the Pinafores. They donned thcir old quartet suits, ducted the zany meeting. Roy Harvey 000 apparently refurbished their old songs, was Head Nurse to M.A.R., and Harry and proceeded to give ont with l'hlging Brown, Keeper of the Wampum ana Children of members were in evidence harmony. Antique Records recorded the meeting in seemingly increasing numbers. HoJ­ 000 for posterity. ly Smith, Pres. Ed's daughter, thinks a luncheon for teen agel'S would be in Anne CanlJ)bell (Mrs. George Stark of 000 order at WashingIon next year. (John Ihe Detroit News) helped handle con­ Cullen, et aI. please nole. Eds.) yention publicity. She and Dean Sny­ Roll cull was prolU)Jlly answered by der had a reunion-both having been Cy Perkins who aI)IJeared with a plate 000 )lart of the famous Redllath Chantau­ of rolls. 'rhe relJOrts of oOicers told at qua organization of twcnl)'·fi,'e )'ears length what the)' had not done during Stub was pleased to note that a num­ ago. Ihe ;year. The Nominating Committee ber of barbershoppers who started 000 after listing most of the members and quartetting in then' teens have main­ telling why they would not make A'ood tained their interest and have pro­ Proof of the quality and popularity officers, offered "'elsh Pierce as Head gressed up the ladder of competition of the Staab-Hill Folio (price 60c each Nurse, the other officers to succeed accordingly. On page 25 of the March from International Headquartel's) is themsclves. WHh Ihe cllstomary pat·· 1950 issue of the Harmonizer appeared the fact that 6 of the 8 numbers con­ Hamentary insulls, they were unani­ pictures of 9 teen age quartets. Six tained in the folio were sung either mOllsl)' elecled, then duly robed by of the boys pictured either competed in the Quartet or Chorus Contest. "Dr." Clarence Marlowe. COl/fi,med 011 fJ.lge 24) SEPTEMBER, 1953 24 The Harmotlizef

WHAT A WORKOUT couldn't COm)lcte in the Regionals this STUB AT DETROIT year because of business commit~ Coulilllled ments). in this year's Contest or appeared on 000 the program as past champions. In­ cluded wcre Harry DuVall, and Jack Every Dixie District president in the Gilstrap, bnri and bass of the Sacra­ history of the flrebels" District was mento Stntesmen who appeared in the on haml. The entire present Executive March 1950 Harmonizer as members Committee was also accounted for. of the Gl'ant-Hi-Four. Bert Devaul, Though I

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\ SEPTEMBER, 1953 26 The Harmonizer STUB AT DETROIT WHAT THE COMPETING QUARTETS COl/tinued SANG AT DETROIT Jim Dunham. Detroit Chapter member, is an oldtimc showman who had the °lndicates songs sung in Finals time of his life serving as "aide" to xlndicates songs sung in Medalist the college-age Statesmen of Sacra­ mento (each competing and Past Air Cal)itals - Watermclon Time in Helmsmen-Sailing Down the Chesa­ Champ quartet was assigned an aide), Louisiana - Down South Medley peake Bay-HOW Ya Gonna Keep 'Em Jim is a make-llil eXlJert and took care Drcam, Dream, Dream. Down on the Farm? of that item for the bo)'s, saw that the)' got to bed early. helllNI- doctor Antlcrs - Mighty Lak A Rose Humdingcrs-If You Knew Susie-Like Tenor Al Schultz's disappearing voice, Rockabye Moon .....:... °In the Hills of I Know Susie-I Love You Truly. sold the quartet's )lossibilities to the Old Kciltucky-¢l\!cet l\'!e Tonight in sides and arranged for one of the Drcamland -xCarolina Moon - xYou JCI'SC)'IUCIl - MacNamara's Band fellows to drive a new car out to the Remind Me So l\'Iuch of My Mother. Const. Here's the 1layoff, two of the Little Towll in the Ould County Down. boys had an oPllortunity to stay over Atomic Bums-San Francisco Bay­ l{ord I{ings-l\ly Home '1'own Is A in Detroit for a few da)'s. They picked In the Evening by the Moonlight­ One-Horse Town-Dack to IlIinois­ 111) a parking ticket, on a rented car, '«Grcat Smoky Mountains in Dixie­ °Angelina, Down in Carolina - °My that Jim fixed at Trame Court with a *'1'rail to Sunset Valley. Indiana. song and dance routine that would even have won over one of our own Hlcnders-When thc Man in the Moon I{ord J{ullers-When I Wore My Dad­ 15 judge panels. Sa~'s Hello-Yawning. dy's Brown Derb)'-Down by the Old 000 Mill Stream. Bi\lA Gamboliers-It's Time to Sing Sev Severance, former Editor of Mid'l Sweet Adeline Again-Moonlight and L)'tle Brothers - Auntie Skinner's Antics is a Lieutenant Commander in Roses. Chicken Dinner-Honey Gal-oHeal't­ the Navy (U.S. not Nebraska) and breakin' Gal - °Drifting Back to was slated for transfer to Seattle Cardinals-Mr. 'fal) Toe-Alone with Dreamland. from Washington July 1. He isn't l\:ry Memories of You-ol\'1ississippi there yet if he stoppcd off to visit all l\lud-oBack Home Again in Indiana. Notc Crackers-Arc ¥ou from Dixie­ the barbershoppers and Chapters he I'm All Dressed Up with A Broken promised to on the drive out with Chicagoans-Roll On You Mississippi Heart-*Mississippi l\Iud-"My Indi­ Mamm~' Spike (Mrs. S) and the flcrew of foul' -Mood Indigo - *Carolina ana. young 'uns". . Medlcy-*Jf You Were the Only Girl in thc' World. O-At·J{ulls-Whcn You Worc A Tulip -OI1I~' An Irishman's Dream. Chordblenders-Cruisin' in My Model Onchords-Oh, Susanna-Annie Lau­ "T"-Yona from Arizona. ric. Clcf Chefs - My Liltle Girl-Sweet HO)'alnires-Bye, B)'e, Blues-Dream­ Cidcr Time Medley-When I Lost You. ing Medley. Columbians-Ain't She Swect-You'rc Sun Diego Screnaders-Harrigan-l'm the Girl I Meet in Dreamland. Missin' Mammy's Kissin'-oMalllm~'­ *Somcbody Stole My Gal Medlcy. Desertail's - Great Smoky Mountains in Dixie-Ain't She Swect. Sing-COllates-When That Mobile Boy Sings Those Memphis Blues-Pucker Evergreen Quartet-Watermelon Time Up and Whistle - *Roll On Silver in Louisiana-How I Wish that I Moon-*Moon Over the Prairie-xl Could Help the Sandman. Don't Mind Being All Alone-xBe­ cause. Florida I{nights-Pcg 0' My Heart­ My Wild Irish Rose. Slatesmcll- Hello Ma Baby-Yankee Doodle i\ledley-*Ballin' the Jack j"ol'elllost Four - Lovc Me and the - ·Only An Irishman's Dream ­ World Is Mine-Mood Indigo. xCnlisin' in Mv Model "'l"'-xDown on 331'd & 31'd. . Ji'Olll' Chordel's-'l'herc's A Rose on Your Cheek-Wonderful :Mothcr of 'l'ClHlllllil'S - Bye-B)'e, Blackbird ­ l\line-*Rose of Tralee-*I3ccause­ Find Your Smile. Pnst Int'! Pres. lOng Cole, Manitowoc, xSailing Down the Chesapcake Bay­ Wis. and two of the Chordettu. at lert, xThe World Is Waiting for the Sun­ Toronto Rhythmaires - Yawning ­ the lead L)'nn E"llllS, nt right, the bari, CArol (Hagedorn) Duschmann. I{ing's rise. Way Down in Geol'gia-I!IMammy­ daua:htt'r, Jinn)', WAS Ihe original or· '«Therc's A Rose on ¥our Cheek. gAnizt'r of Ihe Chordett'u and SAng Four Hal'l)ooners-When the Man in with them conlinuollsly until July of Ihis )'ear when she ruigned to take the Moon Says Hello-Dream, Dream, Town Criers-Side by Side-Tuck Me cnre of hu thrh'lllg fAmily. MArge Dream. to Slcep in My Old 'Tuck)' Home. Net'dhAI1l, of ChiCAgo, dropped out of a United Air Line. plane, not Iilerally­ she was a slewarde.s-lo take o"er Four-In-A-Chord - My Sweetie in Vikings - When You're Smiling ­ Jinny', 111'01 July 61h when the quartet Tahiti-Down by the Old 1\1ill Stream Hoses of Pical'dy-*There'll Be Some ollened in !\linnl'llpoli,. _01\1ona from Barcelona-*Bye Bye Changes Made-*The World Is Wait­ lJIackbil'd. ing for the Sunrise-xAngel Eyes­ 01'. Callinan, of Cleveland, had his xWhen I Lost You. troubles trying to locate the Johnny Four Naturals-Mammy and Me-Old Appleseed District headquarters room Man River. Volunteers-Sail Francisco Bay Med­ at the Sheraton-Cadillac. When he ley - You'll Nevel' Know the Good couldn't find it on the bulletin board, Harmony Counts-Way Down Home Fellow I've Been. he called on the house phone, only to ~l'1edle~' - There's A Rose on Your be told no "Appleseed" was registered. Check-oI Wonder What's Become of Whipcords - Wh~' Do They Always When he asked the o/lerator to look Sall~,-oGive Me A Night in June. Sa~' "No" ?-I'm Going Home. under "Johnny", you (on't need much imagination to guess what she replied. Hnwkcyc Four-Toot, Toot, Tootsie­ Wolverines-Mammy-It Happened in (Conti-mwcl on Page 27) Way Back Home in Dixie. Monterey. SEPTEMBER, 1953 The Harmonizer 27

STUB AT DETROIT spokesmen comedians and The 'l'EM­ PLAIRS started the ball rolling by COll/illIlCd introducing one of their numbers Thanks to the City of Detroit's De­ thusly: "This number features our Ilartment of Parks and Recreation, bass-if you can feature our bass".

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These l)lctures. rf'productions or newspaper stories Rnd promo­ aden, Crown Cit)" Four, TrR\'eJnirf'J, 2-& Fect of Harmoll)' and tion pieces tell the story DC Phoenix, Arlwna ChRpter', Second Phoenix own Bell Tonn, Forte Fours, ]flah C'. aIHI Four Annual Dlood Donor A!JjJrf'riat"ion Ff'stiwll oC Darbeuholl Quar(et Ducks. The Phoenix Challter Chorus also WAS featured. Harmony. Art Baker, star oC the TV Ihow "\'ou A.ked Cor It". emceed the Admission to the IltOW was rutrlrted to those who dOIlI\(rd a ahow. The response 1'0 tho nptJral for bleotl WAS 80 arent thnt it IIlnt oC blood-no promisn. no phdges-two t1rkels-olle pint o\'erffLXed the farllilies or the Phoenix Dlood Dank. of blood. It WAS Cound necnsar)' to arrange for the Ille oC the Southern Six thousnnd plnls were obtained nnd 12.000 enthuslnstlc henren Patlfic lind Irwin Memorial Dlood DOllar Car, "The Lifeline". jllmmed the Outdoor Bowl lit Encallto Park. COOlleralion oC stores, civic Ie liden, blinks. rhurches, neWSIIl\IJers, Quartets Ilartlcillatillg' werc the Four Teens, San Diego Seren- rlldlo stllliollS. ch'ic clubs and other grailliS WIIS outstAnding. SEPTEMBER, 1953 30 The H(lmwnizer

mailed at no charge to nil members in the District, and operating expenses came well within income. Plans were revealed for the 3rd An­ nual District Chorus Contest and Bar­ bershop Jamboree"to be held June 28 at Columbus with 24 choruses, repre­ senting the winners and runner-ups in Area Contests, competing. The first annual District Show uHar_ vest of Hal'll10ny" was announced for Lakeside Ohio Auditorium on August 29" Top-flight District quartets have ILLINOIS DIXII: volunteered their scrvices and Lake­ side will give a guarantee and a por­ tion of the ticket sale to the District The Annual District :Meeting was a "Meeting in the glass walled clubhouse treasury. three-day affair, Friday, May 1st to at Elinor Village, Da)'tona Beach, Sunday, May 31'd, in the Kaskaskia Fla., overlooking the sunbathed pool The third District event, the Quartet Hotcl, LaSalle, 111. Dixie's Boat"d of Directors had a hard Contest, will be held at Washington, time concentrating on facts and figures Pa. on October 17. Chapter Officers met on Fl'iday for of membership and treasury dollars. a dO\\'11 to earth discussion. Twenty­ Guys who can't see a quarter note Thirty chapters were represented and six chapters were l'CI}l'Csenled at the without bifocals suddenly found their the following oftlcers were elected for District Meeting on Saturday. astigmatism no hindrance in enjoying the coming year; R. Tracy Evans, the swim·suited lovelies who p:araded Parkersburg, I)l'esident; Kal'l Hag­ Among rl'OPOsals discussed was one and lolled on the outside. Despite this, gal"d, Sharon, Pa., past-president; advanccc by District V.P. Alex Fink­ there is rccord of some business being Howard Hansen, Lakewood, vice­ ler that considcl'ation be given to the transacted." president; Paul Chenoweth, Dayton, possibility of a contest for "entertain­ vice-president; Staff Taylor, Buckeye ment" qU81'tets. '1'hat's how Bob Fal'l'an covered the Capital (Columbus). secretary; Lloyd District's Annual l\'lceting in the ex~ Rossell, Washington, Pa., treaSUt'el'; With the Int'l Preliminary Contest cellently edited Dixie District bulletin, Nate Berthofi', Elyria, editor QUAR­ and the District Chorus Contest to liThe Hebel Rouser". Twenty-five of TER-NOTE, fill out the weekend, there was no lack a possible. forty chapters were repre­ of activity. sented. The matter of dividing Dixie District was tabled. St. Petersburg, Fla. was awarded the 1954 Int'} Re­ LAND O'LAKES gional Preliminary. Memphis, Tenn, CENTRAL STATES received the first Dixie Achievement Award. With 26 chapters repl'esented, includ­ ing 14 quartcts, the District's Annual Longmont, Colorado was the scene of Meeting was held :May 1 in Sturgeon the District's Al1nUal Meeting. Here Bay, Wis. in connection with the Re· is how the Central States District MID-ATLANTIC gional Prcliminary Contest. "Serenade", Herb \Vall, Springfield, ]\'[0., Editor, covered the event, IIFt'om Pres" Allan Kapitzke, who was re· registration on through to the last Reports submitted at the District An· elected for his 4th term, attributed quartet on the Sunday morning Clinic, nunI Meeting ill Scranton, Pa. indi­ the rccent LOL growth in member­ evcrything went smoothly and pleas· cated a surge of activity throughout ship to Chapter activity and Commu­ antly. the District in the past year, nity Service; and stressed their pri­ mary importance to the health of a "The barbershopper-conscious tow n Seven new chapters havc been added. chapter. turned itsclf inside out to make us Membership has increased enough to welcome. Red and white barbel' poles enablc the District to qualify foul' Green Bay, 'Vis. was picked as the were up and down the street, and in quartets for the Int'l Contest for the site fOI" the LOL D13trict Contest storc windows were cleverly worded first time. Nov. 7, 1963j and Mankato, Minn. for "Welcome" signs. The folks were the LOL Regional Preliminary next swell, the publicity colossal, the meet­ The newly created District paper May, 1964. ing r.lace adequate, the auditorium "i\lid'l Antics" has contributed con· excel ent, the quartets tuneful, the siderabh' to activity and interest. For what is )H'obably a record for choruses well trained, the contest well cities under 5,000, Tomah, 'Vis. pre­ managed and in addition to that, the Plans have been made to hold the sented at the District meeting a char­ high altitude clear mountain ail' was 1953 District Meeting and Convention ter application with 51 names signed bracing and enjoyable." in New York City October 17th and up. They are going ahead with full 18th at Carnegie Hall. The sponsors­ steam with the aid of Sparta and Areas 1, 2, and 3 have pledged their other ncarby chapters and are plan­ share of the net proceeds to the Int'l ning their charter night for October. INDIANA-KENTUCKY Hq Building Fund. The Achievement Award presenta­ tions saw the Beaver Dam 'l'rophy. 'Meeting S\.lIlday morning, May 3rd, in for cities over 20,000 PO)., go to Min~ Indianapolis, following the Regional JOHNNY APPLESEED neapolis, Minn., site of the l\Iid-'Vin­ Preliminary on Saturday, the Board tel' Board meeting in Jan. 1954. Sec· of Dircctors of thc District set a So­ ond place went to Sheboygan, 'Vis. ..-f:icty prcccdent by voting that Indian· apolis (Dl'oadripple) Cha{lter be the The District displayed health, vigor pcrmancnt site of the DIstrict Con­ and enthusiasm at the l\Iay 3 Board The George Hood Trophy for cities test each Fall. Thc Spring Regional Meeting at Canton, O. With several under 20,000 went to West Bend, Wis", Prcliminary Contest will continue to chapters gained and lost in the last with Escanaba, l''lich. second. In the be open for bids. 6 months, thc chapter total stands at s~orillg for these awards, points are GO, with an increased membership. glvcn for all chaptcr actiVities, with Plans for the coming year include a the highest scores awarded for Com­ membership drive; promotion of new Financially, the District is sound, if munity Scrvice, in which the winning cha/)tel's; s})onsoring of college and not wealthy. The QUARTER-NOTE, chapters were very active. hig 1 school quartet contests. district publication, continues to be (Collt.illuccl on PUf/C 91) SEPTEMBER, 1953 The H(lflllonizer J/

COAST TO COAST Mark Roberts, Chairman of the Dis­ FAR WI:STI:RN trict Chorus Contest, I eported that Continued the 1953 l\'1ichigan District Chorus Contest would be held at Alma, Michi­ Flanked by the glittering blue Pacific gan, on Jul~' 19, 1953, at the picnic . SOUTHWI:STI:RN and blessed by t he usual perfect grounds. weather, thc Lon g Beach, Calif., Chapter hosted the Annual Board The Lone Star State's No.1, Lub­ A motion was passed that thc District bock chapter proved to all the South­ l\'!eeting and Regional Quartet Contest of The Far Western District on April be reapportioned into fourteen areas wcst~rn District that Regional Pre­ l'8ther than the present ten. liminary Contests can be enjoyable 25. The election resulted in the eleva­ and staged at a profit to all. tion to District posts of the following: G. i\larvin Brower, of Santa Monica, 'rhe nominating' committee submitted On May 9th, the hundreds of barber­ President; Jim Clarke of San Jose, their slate, and the following officers shoppers who braved the local dust 1st V. P.; Budd Boyle of San Diego; wcrc elected; President - Clarence storm, found well organized reception, Dick DeBusk of Huntington Park and Jalving of Holland; First Vice·Presi­ hospitality and saw one of the most Dr. A. J. \Vagncr of Tucson, Ariz., dent-Loton \VilIson of Boyne Cit~·; ingeniously staged contests in this as Vice Presidents; Jerry Graham of Second Vice-Pl'esident-Don Wright District. Arcadia, Cal., as Secretary and Tex of Hudson; TreasuI'er-Tom Grove l\Iodlin of Pasadena, Calif., as 1'reas­ of Dowagiac; Secretary-Louis Har­ The 52 page program with a 4 colo;.' ureI'. cover was titled "The Southwestern rington of Detroit and Hamt1'811lck. District Barbershop Gazette" and it contained photos of every competing A successful bid by Pasadena CI~alJ­ quartet. tel' was made for the Fall Meetmg, scheduled for November 14. The show was opened by a massed .'.NORTHI:ASTI:RN chorus made up of over 150 members The April 25 Meeting was highlighted from every part of the district. Dr. by the presence of Int'l Sec'y Carroll John Heiden of EI Paso, Texas di­ Adams and Johnny Means from Mani­ Blcction 0/ officers: President, Charles rected the group and the resulting towoc, \Visconsin. The presence of F. Ricketts (l'e-eleeted), 1st Vice harmonics were amazing considering these two gentlemen did much to add President, Lawrie Adams; 2nd Vice only one short rehearsal was held be­ prestige to the 'meeting and much good President, Nicholas Cil'ie; Treasurcr, fore showtime. advice and guidance was obtained. Paul E. Carney (l'c-electcd); Secre­ Following the contest, cntertainment tary, Edward J. Stetson (re-elected). was furnished byThe Kernels, Omaha, Following the Quartet Con t est, Nebraska and 1'he Keynoters of New­ Johnny Means conducted a quartet ton, Kansas. Equally delightful were clinic. Achicvcmcllt A1vnnls: small commll­ the afterglow, morning-glo and quartet ?lity u1Vu.rcl to Reading Chapter. HOll­ clinic that followed. The Contest was won by the San Ol'able mention: Derby, Conn. Presque Diego Serenaders and the Sacramento Isle, Me., \VilIimalltic, Conn. iIledium Credit for the outstandin~ contest Statesmen. 'fhe latter foursome had cOlJlmunity' (lw((rd to Northamvton goes to O. "'. Ribble, PreSIdent and not before been in District competi­ General Chairman; Co-chairman J. tion and were surprise co-winners. Chaptcr. Honorable mention: Lynn Ray Dickey and Pat Cunningham, as­ The Travelnires of San Jose were the and Salem, Mass., Waterbury, Conn. sisted by every Lubbock chapter alternate qual·tet. La/'ge COnl'1/IUllity aW(fnl to: Boston member. Chaptcr. Honorable mention: New 1'hose attending the District busi­ The District Achievement Awards Bedford, Mass., Providence, R. I., ness meeting that preceded the con­ were won by 'Whittier, Arcadia and Schenect.ady, N. Y. hlt'l Bldg. li'wul test, heard the reports of growth in San Gabriel in that order. both membcrs and chapters in the Donations and Pledgcs by 16 Chap­ Southwest. The High School quartet from Bell, ters-$2532.00. Advertising received A new District Executive Board pol­ Calif., sponsored by Huntington Park from 15 Chapters and olle industrial icy was put into action. The board Chapter and l'eccnt winners in the firlll for June issuc of the Harmonizer consisting of 14 members includes 7 High School eliminations, were a sur­ (dedicated to the NE District) total­ for a one year term and 7 for a two prise guest quartet and received an ing 5% pages $1,370,00. Three quar­ year term. Seven new members will ovation for their singing. They were be elected each year. Named for two presented with silvcr cups by Art tets competing in Int'l Quartet Con­ year duty were: Harold Rusk, Dallas, Bakel', famous screen, radiij and TV test ill Detroit in June, to receive Texas; Robert IlBob" St. John, San star, who was also :MC of the Regional $400.00 towards expenses. New Bed­ Contest and who is also a very well Antonio, Texas; Joe Lewis, Dallas, ford Chapter honored in having 2 Texas; Aylett Fitzhugh, Dallas, 'I'ex­ known member of the Society. as; I. S. IlHank" \Vright, Oklahoma quartct.s entcred in the Int'I Contest City; Louie Laurel, EI Paso, 'fexas -1'he Foul' Harpooners and the and Joe Kemendo, El Paso, Texas. Helmsmen. Also competing will be the Named to serve for 1 year wel'e: MICHIGAN Ii'our Naturals of New Haven. Alter­ Ernie Dickl,.rOklahoma City, Okln:; A. nate quartet, the Noblemen from R. Avery .11 all, Houston, Texas; G. P. Pat Cunningham, Lubbock, 1'exas; 'fhe annual meeting was held in Ben­ Providence, R. f.-Area Counselors Grady i\lusgrave, Oklahoma City, ton Harbor on May 2nd in connection Don Dobson and Bob Jellison com. Okla.; Cecil F. \Vatson, Albuquerque, with the Regional Preliminary Con­ mended fol' outstanding wOl'k in pro­ N. i\I.; Norman Busbee, Fort \Vorth, test. Reports were given by all com­ Tex,; and Bob Teague, Shreveport, mittees, including a financial report moting Area Jamborees. At Area No. Ln. on the 'rroubadour by business man­ 7 Jamboree, the Foul' Harpooners agcr, Rush \Vyman. The delegates were judged the winners of the Novice Officers clected from the new board present voted that a special conven­ Quartet Contest, and exactly two for the year were: President, Joe tion issue of the 'froubadour be pub­ Lewis, Dallas, Texas; Vice-Pres., G, lished to welcome visitors to Detroit months later placed in Regionals. New P. Pat Cunningham, Lubbock, Texas; for the International Convention and Bedford, Mass. Chaptcr to be host Secretary, Harold Rusk, Dallas, Texas Contest. The delegates voted that the for the District Quartet Contest to be and Treasurer, Lew Laurel, El Paso, chapters subsidize the special issue held in that city on October 3, 1953. Texas. by each contributing $10.00 in ads. \Vichita Falls, Texas was selected for A special tribute was paid to Roscoe the District Contest in November, Bennett, editor of the Troubadour, and NE District had Ilet loss of 3 chap­ 1953. Abilene, Texas was named as Rush Wyman, busines!o\ manager, for ters but gained in membership. the location for the 1954 Regional. their fine work. (COil/iII/wi on page .12) SEPTEMBER, 1953 J2 The Harm01Jizer

COAST TO COAST HOW TO RUN A CHAPTER OF SPESSQSA Continued As told by the founder, O. C. Cash, to a brand new Chapter Secretary (Editor's Note. These letteJ's cnme to lipht a Icw months back 1vhen , .' EV~R0RH:N' , O. C. Gash cleaned 1(.1) a COU1Jlo of /iles Of cO)'~'eS1Jonde-nce he had stored in his ga'rage fo)' many yean. It was voted unanimously to drop the We feel they m'e of some illte~'est as histo)'ical documents, but even entire Alaska trip Ill'oject, and this 11lQ)'e i"ln1)Ol'tant 'We think these letters 'might almost 11l£V6 been cx­ action was taken upon the recom­ changed last 1veek instead QI nea1'ly t1d~·teen yea"l's (£00. mendation made by Art Campbell. The p)'ices mentioned-$1.00 fo)' a blLffet dbl"1le)', etc., may come as Vancouver was given the achievement something of (£ shock to those of ow' membe~'s who 1veJ'e in thei"l' award, with Astoria second, and Ya­ eM'ly teens, 0)' younlger, thi,·teen yem's ago.} kima third. December 17, 1940 'l'lle Forest Grove matter was settled Cleveland, Ohio by the Executive Committee having "Mr. O. C. Cash Laken unanimous action to rescind Perlllanent--etc. their previous action, and to leave the SPEBSQSA matter entirely up to the quartets. Tulsa, Oklahoma Dear Brother Cash, Upon recommendation of the Execu­ tive Committee, the Board voted to I was drafted as Secretary-TreasurlH' of the local chapter of the increase the number of Vice Presi­ Society at the October meeting and have been devoting too much of dents from 2 to 4; subject, of course, my time trying to get it organized on some sort of business-like footing, to approval by the Int'l Committee both financially and artistically. on Districts. The mere fact that someone is soliciting dues actively and sees that everyone chips in his bit for food, etc. at the sing sessions has givcn 'I'he BORrd voted a l'csolution regard­ the boys a morc active interest. ing the 111t'l Building Fund to the I need to know the necessary moves to put us on some sort of official effect that as soon as the Society is footing with the national headquartcrs, "'hat do we have to do to get ready to present definite plans, and diplomas, etc., for the boys who have shelled out their two bucks? definite cost, the Pacific Northwest The treasury has been drained to pay mailing costs, but we have to District will pledge it.s propel' share do something soon about headquarters. of the cost of the building. You may be interested to know we now have fifty really interested Th<.> Board voted, also, to ask the Int'l membel's. Not less than seventeen have chipped in dues 80 far with Executive Committee to l'e.issue their no real pressure. District charter under the name of If you have any ideas beyond what I've asked about, will you please the Evergreen District. It was an­ let me know. nounced that the name of the District Fraternally, maJF,azine will, from now Oil, be "Tim_ James F. Knipe" bre '. •*••• The Boal'd voted to reduce the 6% 1'ate of assessment, which was to have December 31, 1940 gone into effect on July 1st, to 3%. Tulsa, Oklahoma The District contributed $600.00 to­ "Mr. James F. Knipe ward the expenses of the qualifying The Martin Printing Company quartet to attend the Convention in Caxton Building Detroit. It was voted to pay the ex­ Cleveland, Ohio penses of the District Officers to tlte Dear Brother Knipe, 2 District Board meetings each year. The Directors of the National Chapter and all other members that It was voted to pay the expenses of care to attend will meet in the Coronada Hotel, St. Louis, on January the District President and the Dis­ 18, 1941, to adOl)t a constitution and plan for the St. Louis Convention trict Secretary to Detroit, the amount in July, 1941 ... This will be a tremendously interesting meeting ... not to exceed $260.00 each. At that time we can tell you how to instill a lot of interest in your The Executive Committee 1'ecom­ local chapter. mended to the new District Officers Briefly, here al'e some of the things other chapters are doing to main­ that there be 4 Area Chorus Contests tain interest. All chapters have had your difficulties and some of them during the coming year. have overcome these obstacles. The Kansas City and St. Louis chapters have B'rganized, within the Society members, a barbershop glee club, The result of the election was as~ fol­ charged a little extra fee and hired a good musical directol' to arrange lows: President-O. B. Falls, Seattle; a bunch of the barbershop songs in barbershop harmony to be sung Vice President-Ross Relyea, Van­ by the glee club. Both of these chapters have put on shows and concerts couver; Vice President-Dwi~ht L. for charity, crippled children's homes, hospitals, etc. and have had Calkin, Spokane; Vice PreSident-­ tremendous success. Chas. Ricketts, Roseburg; Vice Presi­ Some of the chapters have taken one complete song each meeting and dent-Bennett Loftsgaard, Klamath concentl'ated on that one for the whole bunch, so that the whole gang Falls; Secretary-L. H. Stone, Kla­ sang it C01'l'ectly. See the attached notice of the St. Louis Chap-tel'. math Falls; Treasurer-Doug Smith. You should have your meetings in hotel ballroo'ms in a digmfied, at-. mosphere, without serving liquor, but having beer available in an adjoining room so that the noise will not interfere with your program. S~NECA LAND You should encourage singers from church choirs to attend, and if you are diplomatic with the beer angle, you will have 110 difficulty. At The Regional Preliminary and Con­ least one half of our membel's sing in church choirs and some of them vention were held at Binghamton, drink bcer. About one half of our l'egular attendants do not drink N.Y., l\'lay 1, 2, 3. intoxicating liquor. We have discontinued the proposition of buffet dinners, except for Two Pennsylvania counties, Jefferson special occasions. Many of our best singers arc not able to pay $1.00 and Clearfield, formerly Johnny Apple­ 01' $1.25 for dinner. seed District, were added to Seneca 'Ve have found that $2.00 dues is sufficient for postcard notices, stamps, Land, etc., 60c going to the National Chapter and :)1.60 for your own use. The diplomas are 50c each and the 30c profit on these also goes to 'fhe District Quartet and Chorus Con­ the National Chapter as these boys have a lot of expense in stationery test will be held in Penn Yan, N,Y. and stamps. 1954 Regional Preliminary was awal'd­ Respectfully, ed to Buffalo. O. C. Cash" (Continued 011 i>age 33) SEPTEMBER, 1953 Tbe Harmonizer JJ

COAST TO COAST, Continuod ONTARIO I Annual Business Meeting of the Dis­ trict was held in London, Dntado May 2nd. Int'l Pres. Ed Smith at­ tendcd the mceting and compli­ mented outgoing District President Chappy Chapman and Secretary George Marks, both of Toronto, for the forward strides made by the Dis­ trict in the past year. (For the first time, Ontario qualified two quartets for the Int'1. Eds.) 'V. Stan Hutson, Oshawa, was elected Presidcntj Hilton Howe, Toronto; Norm Mills, Sarnia; Bob 'furnbull, Brnntford j Vice-presidents. Bert Mc­ Lean, Hamilton, was elected Treas­ urer to succeed himself and Fred Rod­ dington, of Toronto, Secretary. MONTREAL TAKES NEW ENGLAND BY STORM: b)' W. G. (Stub) Taylor an,l R. i\I. 'furner, Schenectady Chapter Never before in the Northeastern Dis­ trict, and probably not in the entire Society, has there been such a wonder­ ful demonstration of good interna­ tional relations and fine sportsman­ . '(If ~'l ship as when the curtain went up on the Montreal Chorus of 40 men at the "You keep coming In too soon, J. T.-now let's all try It ogaln­ fourth annual N.E. District Chorus •.• lOW, lOW, row youl boal, gently .•• " Contest on May 23rd at Norwich, Repdnt"d by Special Permission of THE SATURDAY EVENING POST Conn. Instantly, before they had sung Co l)'ri ht 1953 by The Curtis Publishing' COnlpany a note, there was an immense burst of long sustained applause, particu­ la1')y by the members of the fifteen Where the "Parade of Quartets" was born ! other competing choruses, to greet the group which for thirteen hours-all night in fact-had traveled 400 miles DETROIT'S No.1 CHAPTER'S by bus to enter the contest. And to cap the climax, they won itll 14TH ANNUAL Organized only three years ago, the 1\Iontreal Chapter has produced a chorus, under the able direction of PARADE OF QUARTETS Harry Frazer, which is outstanding in every category, beautiful to heal', and smart in appearance, evel'y man Saturday, No~ember 7th, 8:30 P. M. uniformly attired in natty blue-gray. Masonic Temple Auditorium NEW TYPE EMBLEM The Society's official decal of the THE VIKINGS- emblem has been l'eplaced with 1953 International Champions TICKETS: a special Scotch-Lite reflective $1.20 - $1.80 - $2.40 - $3.00 emblem which can be applied without soaking in water. THE BUFFALO BILLS- 1950 International Champions The new emblems which are GRINNELLS available at the same price as 1515 Woodward Avenue the decals (260 each) have an THE CHORDBLENDERS-­ adhesive backing which permits 1953 Int'I Semi-Finalists Delroit, Michigan application to the outside of cal' windows and on bumpers. Rain And these top local quartels: keeps the Scotch·Lite beads clean and the emblem is 1'endily The Clef Dwellers seen at night from a great dis­ The Wolverines • tance when reflecting automo­ bile headlight beams. The Hobby Chord Four For Hotel Reservations: Orde1' your Scotch-Lite emblem The Pitch Blendaires from your Chapter Secretary or RALPH SCHIRMER from Society Headquarters at Plus Detroit's Precisionaire 8530 Grand River 20619 Fenkell Avenue, Detroit Detroit, Michigan 23, Michigan. (The decals are Chorus no longer available.)

SEPTEMBER, 1953 34 The Harmonizer

(Reprinted from the Washington, D. C. Times-Herald)

But things used· to be dlffercnt. In baseball's early days, ali gamcs,werc plal'cd in the sunshine (whatever thnt Is), That meant time· hung heavy on hands of the at·hletes Who, in those days, were not overburdened wlt·h college degrees and thus sought the simpler SportsAddition pleasures. 1- BY BOB ADDIE -' It's quite true that the' comic book has done a «reat service for Nany athletes,who would be bared to death on the road hips. The T ]8 A REMARKABLE thiug how people loye to siug. nlovics t.nd the ttle\'lsion ha\'e heilled, too, After all, not c-\'ery ball· pla)'er,Js an accomplished 10bb)··dUer. 'JlIte fact was llCrCl" more fOl'eib1y brought out than when I fhe Nals Wcrc in Detl'oit over the week end and :duu'ed A lobby-slttcl' Is the champ of them all.. He Is a man who Can siL the lobby of the Statler with numCl'OUS ~arbcl'shop cJual'tets In a hotel lobbY, haul' aftcr houl', without a single printed word to 'distract his blank stare. The Nats, in thclr time, have had some -many from the 'Vashington area. contenders for the title. If{-:~'''''''f:' Now yOll wouldn't cxpcc~ a gener.al"to. .' . -'::"5hoot off a cannOll every tunc he Jlas a Had Peculiar Affinity for the Stage \l1sparc moment but these barbel' sllor. "",,"-boys really lo\"ed their work. In Detroit. it But in the old days, baseball and the barbershop were closely ;; seemed that when two PC9P)c met they had tnt.erwluad. A man was not a man unlcss he could digest the Pollee ''''a drink. When three got together, they Gazette while 11Rving his handle·bar mustache trimmed and at the :;; formed a union. Al1.d when (our congregated 6ame time chipping In with a musical note or two. ,'( they burst Into song. When the ball plal'us got enough in the old (1a)'s, they used to Y! They. sang on the elevators. in the lobbies, be booketl in that dear. dead thing eallcd Vaudeville. While, e\'en "" 011 busses. In the streets, In the dining then, a dollar didn't go as far as Georgc WasWncton made. it go ; rooms. They were all sizes and ages. They across tht' Potom'ae, things were a lot cheaper, A winter to~eh In (stuck to filch' own quarters mostly but after YaudevUlc meant that )'ou had made the grade in two professions {)\a couple of days, they got to "free·wheellng" becau!:e the old·tlme athletes had a pecul\ar affinity for the stage. "lit -that Is, the bass from Peoria would hook "tiup with the tenor from Kalamazoo and they Thus, sometimes there·was an ulterior motive In getting the quar· ::::$ would tickle each other with new arrange­ tet tog~thcr and sharping UP on the latest songs. Of! hand, sOIhe , ~mcnts. notable big league singers Included AI Mamaux, Mike Donlin, Rube Somcwhere In the gatherIng was Tommy Marquard of the Glant.s; Oermany SChaeffer, the' old Nat clowl1, Henrich, an old barber shop singer hlmseU. and dozens, of others now obscured by time. The ex·Yankeefearly showed signs at the dis· In more recent times. Buddy Hassett, or the Yanks, 'Was Quite ~ case when he was playing ball. Wherever stnger and divided his time beh\'een the microphone and first bue Bob Addle he went 'he would burst into SOUg. One -wUh' perhaps a shade going to his volc~, night. at the Touchdown club, he hooked up with a rea! gOOd bari· tone. There wasn't a happle1' man In thc joint than Tommy. The Tigel's had a rookie in camp 'last spring n(lllled Keith Little. Singing used t.o be a big part. 01 bascball years ago. Before the "rhe boy, a personable slx,footer. had first been recommended to advent of television and radio. t.herc Was a popular misconception the late Wish Egan, Del-roit's g1;eat scout, by, a Grand Rapids news· that the movies 01' "flickers" hurt the batting eye. Perhaps there paperman. Every time t.he newspaperman saw Wish, he would was a germ of truth In that belief years ago when the movles mak~ a pitch for 'this bQy, Little, telling what a great slngcr and 'Would !Ilcker on and of! (or so they tell mc), dancei' hc was. Afte1' a bombardment of such superlatives-alway!' I remember this past sprhl3" - when the Nab were journeyinr about the'boy's singing and dancing-the weary Egan sal<1: "1'1.11 )lorth' with the Clnelnn:\tl Reds. I Visited the Cincinnati bench in tl'ylng to assemble a balt clUb, not an'act." oue of the towns where we were rained out when one ot the players remarked idly there was a good movie In town. Recalls Ring Lardner's 'Harmony' Tale Rogers Hornsby .said automatically: '''Never went t.o movies when lO hur~ Anyway, the boy finally got a trial but didn't make It, Illu<.h I played ball; they my eyes." the SOlTOW of the Detroit players who were charmed by his VOICC Piece of Americana that Almost Got Lost and wanted him t9 stay around to while away the long roa<1 t-rips. Anyway, c\'ery club In the old days had its own quartet. It was In a l'o'ay, the star)' about Keith Liltle was reminiscent of the ft delightful bit of Americana that vIrtually had ceased to exist famous talc told by Ring Lardner called "Harmon)'." In this star)', before the Society for the Preservation and Encouragement of there is a fading balllllal'Cf wllh a great tenor voice. Comes the Barber Shall Quartet Singing in America (try that on your pitch , time for the old guy to get hls walkin! papers and tbe other pla)'ers pipe) revived the custom. can't bear to lose the best man In their quartet. In these da)'s, or course, few or (he renllemen keep shavln!, They try all sort-s of tricks to keep 'him In the leaglie but he milKS in the favorite barber shops. Mustache cups went out with finally goes. Then comes a rookie with a splendid voice and the the bustle and sucl~ is the pace of modctn c~\'lIh:aUon lor maybe cycle continues. it·s thc price of Ilalrcuts these da)'sl lhat few Hurer any more in All this was recallcd by the eager barber shop quartet-s gathered their favorite "tQllSorlal parlors" (whew, whew I to wait for the sun in solemn and singing conclave. Somehow, there's something com· to shlno for Nellie or tell of thc virlucs of sweet adline or l'emlntsce fort,lng and sound about n country full of people who sing for the about an evcnlll!' ju the moonll,hl. ,;h"ee1' Joy at it.

SEPTEMBER, 1953 The Harmonizer 35

First World Wide U. S. Air Force Barbershop Quartet Contest Brewed Featuring 10 qual'tets selected in Chords of Warren Ail' Force Base, Preliminary Contests in Ail' Force Cheyenne, Wyoming, members of the Area Conferences in the Continental Laramie, \Vyoming Chapter, by the to ~ United States and Overseas Com­ retiring champions, the Foul' Tcens, mands, the first "'orld Wide Ail' Scott Ail' Force Base, Illinois. Force Barbershop Quartet Contest Members of the Rip-Chords, who werc held at Selfridge Ail' Force Base, .schedulcd to appeal' on several pro­ Michigan June 4th and 5th was an Please grams in connection with the Society's outstanding success, Convention and Contest are Allc Billy The competition at Selfridge was Lovins, T ISgt. IVIal'vin Swenson, judged by members of the Society's A/2c Donald Coughlin, and Alic Rob­ You! official panel as follows-Arrange­ ert \Valkley. ment, and Chairman of Judges, Mark It was intCl'csting to note how many Roberts, Grosse Pointe, Mich., Har­ of the competing quartets were made mony Accuracy. Rawle~r Hallman, up of members of the Society. Several J' Pontiac Michiganj Voice EXlnession, which were not officially affiliated with ~ \V. Carleton S cot t, Birmingham, the Society have had the benefit of Michigan j Balance & Blend, Carroll coaching from SPEBSQSA quartets. AIR FORCE CHAMPS SING FOR LADIES i<~:!Ba:;

Brewed by KINGSBURY BREWERIES GO., Manilowoo and Sheboygan, Wis.

The newl)' ehosl'1I Air Foree ChalnlJiOI1 Rip Chords Sl\ng at tlle Ladiu LUllehl'oll 011 Thursda)'. LtoR-Tenor to Bass-the airmen are, A(IC Billy Lo\'ins; T/Sgt i\1an'in Swenson, A/2c Donald Coughlin, A/Ie Hobert G. Yalkle)'. At the speakers table. extrcmc left-Mrs. Edwin S. Smith. Next to her is Mrs. Frank Tritle. chairman. Just be)'ond the quurfet-;\Irs. I-II\£old B. StaAb. Mrs. Phil Elllbur)'. Boltom right is Carroll AdAms who t'l11eeed. 745 So. Emporia, Wichita, Kans. Adams, Detroitj Stage Pl'esence, The Airmenaires who finished in third Cmdr. F. Stirling \VilSOll, "rashing­ place are stationed at Darmstadt, ton, D. C.; Secretary, Howard Tubbs, Germany and were one of the quar~ Printers of Fine Stationery Detroit. The Mastel' of Ceremonies for tets coached by Hal Bauer, bass of the Contest, which was held in 2 ses~ the Clef Dwellers who, with Past Int'l sions was International V.P. Elect, Jerry Beeler, toured military instal­ Dean Snyder, of \Vashingtoll, D. C. lations in Germany as part of the Armed Forces Collaboration program Dean last year turned over the Chair­ CATALOGS manship of the Armed Forces Col~ last year. Hal was on hand to root for laboration Committee to Stirling \Vi1~ his boys. Also in attendance were members of families of participating son, and both these men were flown to DIRECT MAIL Selfridge by the Air Force to be a airmen from as far away as New Or­ part of the most tangible result of leans, Louisiana. collaboration between the Society and MASTER UNITS the Air Force, as part of the over-all Colonel Peter Agnell, Head of Ail' Armed Forces Collaboration program. Force Special Services, was there as Timers for the Contest were Capt. the official representative of Air Force PUBLICATIONS Everett 1\IacDougall, and Staff Sgt. Headquarters, and he was elated with Mayfield. Capt. MacDougall was the the results of the first Contest con­ Project Officer and his office did a re­ ducted on this basis. Both Colonel markable job in planning and playing Agnell and Society President Ed host to the Contest. Every man par­ Smith, who attended one of the ses­ ticipating in the competition received sions and was called upon for re­ a Certificate of Participation and in­ mal'ks, expressed the hope that this to Advertising Executives dividual trophies were presented to the Contest would be an annual project on newly crowned champions, The Rip- the Ail' Force l'ecreation calendar. SEPTEMBER, 1953 36 Tbe Hdf1llollizer 1~W;;AnWi'ff;WW%MP;i;;P.f{ ~[!!l~~rI"JJ~~mA"~~HW"" ft 1a·1WU" W~K .. W U.. IINrr"",,";;,pj,'.~a;,;;;;,;,,&

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IF YOU WANT TO CONTRIBUTE SOMETHING TO THIS DEPARTMENT, SEND IT TO "SWIPE SWAP SHOP", c/o SPEBSQSA, 20619 FENKELL AVE., DETROIT 23, MICH.

Barbershop Craft TRY THESE ON YOUR QUARTET! Session at Detroit Here's a tag (Example 1) sent in b~' E~'es." Rolly comments, "Not that Cy Owen, Director of the Milwaukee there's anything wrong with that end­ The first Barbershop Craft Session Chapter Chorus for "O! Joe!" (Avail­ ing that is written in Mr. Berg's swell to be conducted as part of an Inter­ able from Tnt'l Hdqs.-Symbol IUV arrangement, but then we're never national Convention took place Satur­ 502. Price 16c). It's sung to the words, satisfied 'til we change A song Around day, June 13th, at 2:00 P.l\!. in the "Listen to that fussy rag." Cy was (See Example 2) Dig that 10 o'clock Ivory Room of Detroit's Hotel Statler. one of the contestants in the recent chord on Ufor!" In spite of the necessity for holding song arrangement contest conducted through the SWIPE SWAP SHOP. Rolly, by the way (whose address is this session at the same time as the 3643 Bellevue Rd., Toledo, Ohio), says Jamboree, the Judge Candidates' Rolly IContak, Past Secretal'y of the he has a couple of arrangements for School, and other meetings, it was well Toledo Chapter, has sent in this tag "Tiger Rag" and "Shanty Town" attended by a group of enthusiastic for Edwan Berg's song from Book which he will be glad to offer to any barbershoppers hailing from virtually Five, Songs for Men Series, URoguish quartet willing to kick them around, every district within the Society. At this meeting, the purpose of which was to establish basic concepts rather ,~...,L ~, than to hold a complete session de­ E;. f. () I j J J I~ voted to Barbel'shop Craft, the follow­ ing recommended procedure, previ~ ously presented to the International Board, was distributed. It is repro· duced here for those members who were unable to attend the session in 1 Detroit and for chapter and district officers and chorus directors who wish to arrange for Barbershop Craft Ses­ sions. BAllBEHSHOP CHAFl' SESSION HECOMMENDED PHOCEDUHE-­ PHEPAllED BY BUD AHBEHG 1. Introduction a. Introduction of the Leader of the I Barbershop Cralt Session. 1.J.~.r b. Leader directs group (previously (), t .1. J-- £Jj.., I .I £ I ..1., seated by parts) in uThe Old Songs" and one or two other Society stand· ards. c. Leader presents the specific aims of the Barbershop Craft Session empha· sizing 1) demonstration through, and focus on, barbershop si'Jlging rather than just words about it, 2) potential increase in every barbcrshopper's en­ joyment, through his increased abili~ istic harmony, melody, rhythm, lyrics, Lang Synej" in "straight" fashion, ty to l»)"Qctice and Wl

this purpose, depending on experience on "me" in "The Old Songs" will dem­ LEARN! and reading ability of the group as onstrate the difference in chord quali­ determined previously.) ty between these two chords, and, in HELP OTHERS! reverse, the first two chords of "Coney CONTRIBUTE TO c. Two versions are compared, stress­ Island.") The ufundamental" nature ing the grcater l1a'l'lety of chords sung of barbershop harmony is stressed, "THE SHOP" and their characteristic Uring" in the plus its adherence to "true" pitch. (A barbershop rendition. (These obser­ brief, non-technical explanation of the Readers of these columns will be in­ tempered vs. the b'ue scale might be terested in this excerpt from a letter vations should be drawn out of the appropriate here.) Depending upon group, if possible.) from John Hill of some time ago con­ the intel'Cst and qualifications of the cerning the origin of this department group, limited demonstration (with of the Harmonizer: "We are a d. Group is asked to woodshed, in the group singing examples of each Society committed to an art 01' a barbershop style, the first strain of from well·known barbershop songs) science, or both. \Vc publish an ex­ another song, not well suited to bar­ can here be made of the remaining pensive (in terms of precious, gener­ bCl'Shop treatment. (UStardl;lstj" five chord qualities normally found in ously donated time as well as funds), "Night and Day," etc. Comparisons barbershop harmony-minor, 6th, di­ beautiful quarterly book. Other soci­ are made bet.ween the two songs sung. minished 7th, 9th and augmented. eties of our acquaint.ance bound to­ e. This experiment leads logically to gether by mutual interest in activit)' a demonstration-discussion of the Subsequently, as time and inclination of hobby significance in subjects l'e­ cI{ief characteristics of barbershop permit, the leader takes the group lated to thc arts and sciences and melodies, words, rhythms, voice quali­ through demonstrations of various sport.s who publish for distributiol1 ties, and harmonies. barbershop voicings of the chords, among their membership include in comparing these to traditional voic­ their published matter considerable ings. Then swipes, key changes, and material relating to their technique, f. Melodies-Sing through simplc bar­ practice in hearing chords within a science, ctc., and to new discoveries bershol) songs (IlTell Me 'Vhy," uThe given key can follow. After the group and developments reported by their Old Songs," etc.) pointing ou~ rela­ feels its feet on the ground with the membership in their pursuit of their tively limited range and predommance barbershop 7th chord (have the group particular interest. Question: (And of chord tones. sing up and down this and the other this was first posed to thcn Int'l chords), the "Clock S~'stem" as devel­ President Jerry Beeler) "Why doesn't g. Words-Selected lyrics of bal'ber­ oped by Maury Reagan, should be in­ the Harmonizer include material de­ shop favorites Arc reviewed for·com­ troduced as a valuable system of chord signed to improve the ability of the mon traits, including directness, sim­ nomenclature, This system should be ordinary member (and extraordinary, plicity, a "me·to-you" idea. (H'l.'ell Me presented as particularly apt for bar­ too) in this pursuit of OUl'S to stand You'll Forgive Me," "After Dark," bershop harmony since it places all up and sing with three other men in etc., etc.) twelve chord roots in a familiar, ac· a satisfactory manner?" cessible frame of reference, Under­ standing of Maury Reagan's "Clock The idea was taken up. At Toledo, h. Rhythms-Singing by the group of System" will come niter the em' has this department was given its name. typical rhythmic phrases from bar­ become thoroughly accustomed to the After John Hill and Ira l\'Iurray con~ bcrshop standards ("Goin' South," "I common chord progressions used in tributed the material for the first foul' Love The 'Yay You Roll Your Eyes," barbershop songs. issues a committee, headed by Past "Mississippi Moon," etc.). Comparison President Jim Knipe, was formed. This with rhythms from other songs less • committec, after the Kansas City Con­ suited to barbershop rendition (slow k. Questions froul. the group and sum~ vention, was named the Committee on triplets in "Penthouse Serenade," fast mary by the leader are best put at the Barbershop Craft, with Bud AI'. syncopation in show-type songs like the end of each session, if it is con­ berg as chairman. "Hallelujah" and "l Know That You ducted in parts. Care should be taken Know"). Point up solid steady, bounc­ to keep the discussion directed to the All members are hereby invited to ing I'hythm of barbershop, 01' the a~­ Barbershop Craft, or to those aspects send in their questions, comments, ma­ sence of pronounced rhythm to permIt of music peculiar or related to it most terial, and ideas which will assist this effective "swipes." directly. Geneml music education periods, including music reading, voice committee and this department of the production, and related subjects, are Harmonizer to fulfill these goals. i. Voice Quality (timbre)-G l' 0 u p valuable and mny be required. They sings a series of chords from a song. should be sepal'ately scheduled, how­ LASTED A DECADE Leadcr adjusts the tone quality by ever. demonstration of a firm, steady tone without pitch waver (vibrato), show­ ing grOl.ll) the greater "l'ing" achieved After presentation of this approach when the chords are so "locked in." to an understanding of the Barbershop Craft by Bud Arberg, a lively discus­ sion and demonstration period fol­ GroUI) again sings the passage from lowed. During the inevitable look~see the song ("Out with the sun's first into some of the uniquely appealing gleam" from lIRoses of Morn," for ex: aspects of barbershop harmony, Phil ample) concentrating on achieving a Embury, a member of the Committee solid barbershop voice quality. Need on the Barbershop Craft, came to the for constant pitch, and Utuning" the piano to show some of his unusual foul' notes of a chord to get maximum chord passages, 1'he audience, seated ring leads naturally to: by voice sections, was its own demon- strating group. ' j. Hanllonies-Here the leader dem~ onstrates (by voice or at the piano) As usual with these sessions, there the formation from the first seven was not enough time to covC'r all the partials or harmonics of the overtonc ground 01' to answer all the questions It Isn't' ('ns)' ror n (Iunrtct to slick series (liken these to the lfopen" tones burning in each person's mind. A long togcthl;'r ror t('l1 y('nu. The Abbott on a trumpet or bugle) of the major period of infol'mal discussion and dem­ Mediclnc 1\11;'11 or WnukelJall, 111. Chnp­ chord (a-letter) and the barbershop onstration followed the regular ses­ ter arc III their elc\'cnth )'tar. D/lck, LtoH-DIiI Ehnert, bus; Herman 7th (4-letter) chord, the cornel'stone sion. 'l'll1ls thc first International Schnefer, bnrl. F'ront, LtoH-LtH of the barbershop style. (The swipe Barbershop Craft Session ended. Pierce, lend; Hoy Trutlson. tcnor. SEPTEMBER, 1953 bling the material for thc North~ eastern District section in the June Harmonizcr. In spite of his request to omit his picture, it was run (See page 39, June Harmonizcr). Stub (Sillcc the Convention the 'mail l!CIs Rulph Lougee, Hornell, N. Y. "Just wrote in part, 41 1 did look on page been londed 10ith letters commellli)lU a note to tell you we have such pleas­ 39 and found quite a 8m'prise, coupled 011. the event. Ef(.t.racts of (l, few foL­ ant memories of Detroit and a very with a little embarrassment too. They low.) wonderful time." say if you tell anything to a news­ paper man he will rush and print Eel Place, Washingloll. D. C. "The [Job A'rnold, 'Varsaw, N. Y. "Just It and now I believe it. You must Detroit Convention was out of this starting to return to normal after have run short of material. 'Veil, this world ... Sunday Breakfast was a what I thought was the finest Int'l organization is for fun and harmony grand climax". Convention to date," and you've had your fun with me. II'ClJ}IW FOOl', Rochester, N. Y. "Every_ Ken White, Manager, Hotel Detroiter. HAside from my purt in it, congratu­ thing worked out fine. Congratula­ "Your gracious comments with regard lations on a fine issue." tions." to the cooperation you received from all participating hotels has been rcad , Joe LCl11UC, Chicago. "The won.derful with interest." LIIms SWIPE SWAP IDEA memories of Harmony Lane Will Im­ tin~e. From time to time, through the years, gel' with me for a long. long Dick Cm'zon, Omaha. UHi! Ho! Hi! Dean Snyder, 'Vashington, D. C., has See you in the Nation's Capitol 111 HoI It's off to work we go and what preached the need of barbershopping 1954:" a heck of a thing to do after a con­ education through the medium of the vention such as the one in Detroit Welsh Pierce, Camp Hill, Pa. "It was Harmonizer. After he received the ... The show was terrific. Those June issue, he wrote in part, a wonderful convention.U choruses were out of this world and Al Canfield, Lombard, Ill. UCongr~tu­ the quartets arc getting finer by the 'If am delighted with the Swipe Swap lations Oil a wonderful conventIOn. year." column in the current Harmonizcl'­ I'm sure it was a huge success. 1 particularly the way in which the can assure you it was from our per­ Bob Lytlc Sharon, Pa. IlWe have, arrangement contest has worked out spective." for a number of years, had excellent and in your plans for a continuation singing and judging but ncver before of the contest idea. Gla)'e WilSOll, Omaha. "Faye and I has the overall calibre of both struck feel this was onc of the finest con­ me as being so outstanding as in this ventions we have ever attended." )last contest. The chorus work was lilt was a ten strike to include photos, equally fine-even the woodshedding brief biographies, and excerpts from Rmifont ScvcrcOlcc, Silver Spring, Md. was superior to former years. My letters of the twenty~ninc men who "The Detroit Convention was really a main regret was that I didn't get to contributed al'l'angements of 'I'm liiller. Chords are still ringing in my meet Bud Arberg and attend one of Going Home'. You know how sLrongly ears. The breakfast was the best I've his sessions. Well, now I still have I believe that we should encourage a ever been to ... really an enjoyable that to look forward to.II lot of people to experiment with bsq. time." arrangements. Even if they turn out Gonion Cicfrk, Youngsville, Pa. UWhat to be poor arrangements, the exercise Bob LilHllclJ, bari of the Vikings. flWe a grand convention we were having will be valuable. 'Vhen you go farther are still trying to build back our a week ago today. Nothing was over­ and give these people Society-wide strength after what is the most sig­ looked ... " recognition by publishing their pic­ nificant weekend our quartet ever has tures and biographies, it docs a lot and ever will experience." Hcn1'Y C, ·Webcl', Louisville, K'y. to encourage study and prActice in "SOlTY I had to miss the convention. foul' part harmony by the 'journey­ Don Mumford, Manager, Hotel Stat­ The boys from Louisville, as usual, men' as well as the 'master crafts~ ler. "1 hope Detroit ane Hotel Stat­ said the contest and the convention men'," ler may once again enjoy the privi­ as a whole were excellent." lege in the not too distant future," MODERN AS A SPRING HAT CICl-rcllcc JcdvillU, Holland, :Mich. "I DELAYED "THANK YOU" 1\Iunson Hinman, Secretary, Salt Lake don't believe I ever had a better time Joe "1\'loose" Murrin. tenor of the 1945 City Chapter, writes in part, in m~' life, even though it took me two Champion Misfits, Chicago, resigned da)'s to get caught up on sleep after I from the Chicago Police Department "... Splcndid issue of the Harmonizer. got home." early this ~'ear and, after a serious op­ Can't help feeling proud of this mag­ eration, moved with his family to Phoe­ azine when I show it to my friends 11'. B. HnVlles, Akron, Ohio. "I had nix, Arizona. To the surprise of many, ... always cany it in my briefcase. a very good time at the convention." Joe made it to Detroit for the Conven~ It's interesting to compare it with tion, 50 pounds lighter than when last past issues-especially those of the Ray She/]1'eld, Boston, Mass. lfA bar­ seen. His lctter, part of which is early 1940's-and note the changes bershoppel' has not 'lived' until he quoted, was written in April, but in type styles and format which keep attends un Int'l Contest. 'l'his affair didn't make the June Harmonizer it as modern as a Spriug hnt. And was the finest possible. Everything through an oversight. there's not an article in it that I was handled expertly and the slllging don't like. I especially enjoy the arti­ and barbershop spirit were out of this H ••• 'l'hanks for the many (Get \\'ell cles on barbershop craft. Let's have world." Cards' from so man)' of the barber­ more of them." shoppers throug-hout the country who Nerfl Lung, Manager, Sheraton-Cadil­ heard of my illness. I was unable to lac. lilt was one of the most enjo~'able contact each and everyone of them, experiences we have had and we sin­ so if you can find space in the Har­ cerely hope Detroit will be selected monizer to express my decp apprecia­ for many future conventions," tion, I'd bc grateful .. ." Dave Dobsou, Manager, Hotel Ft. Shelby. liThe Society's Convention was "STUB" IS EMBARRASSED one of the finest we have ever had the Stub 'l'aylor, Schenectady, N. Y., pleasure of serving." did most of the work of assem-

SEPTEMBER, 1953 38 TIJe Harmonizer

COMPETING CHORUSES AT DETROIT

Mid-Atlantic District Director, Dr. Harold Arber9

Director, Robort Plaltzgralf

WICHITONES, Wlchlla, Kan.as Central State. Ol.trict Director, Virgil Chambors

TERRE HAUTE, Indiana, Indlana·K'y District Dirottor, Carl C. Jones The Harmonizer

COMPETING CHORUSES AT DETROIT

CASCADE, Eugene-Springfield, Oregon Evergreen District Director, J. Hubert Leobo

Diroctor, W. Roy Wallo

Oiloclor. Henry Boyer The Harmonizer

THE WINNING CHORUSES AT DETROIT

GREAT LAKES, Grand Rapids, Michigan District Diredor, J. R. (8obl Weaver

"Q" SUBURBAN, LaGrange, III., Illinois District Dirodor, Dick Svanoo (2nd Plocol

EAST YORK, (Toronto), Ontario Director. AI Shioldi {3rd Ploce} The H",mollizer

COMPETING CHORUSES AT DETROIT

PRECISIONAIRES, Detroit, Michigan District Director, Ed Eosloy

MUNCIE, Indiana, Indlana·K'y District Director, Ernest Boyer

Diroctor, Chorles Apking

LONDON,. Ontario District Oi/octor, Aft Pollol$on

Director, Robert Poleic by Sigmund Spaeth

even taught Fred Allen to make some Early in the prcsent century Ray acceptable vocal noises!) Walker was well known on the Keith circuit and as accompanist and writer Eddie :Miller was a member of the of special material for such singers old Avon Comedy Foul', along with as Fannie Brice, Sophie Tucker, l'.'!ae H ERE seellls to be some contl'o~ Smith and Dale, who are also still Tversy over the origin of that great active. At one of the early meetings West and Blossom Seeley. (The fhst song, In the Gloaminu, which, inciden­ of the Manhattan Chapter of SPE­ song used by Miss 'Vest in vaudeville tally, is ideal m~tel'ia.1 f~l' ba~'bel'shop BSQSA he sang in a pickup quartet was 'Valker's Goocl-m'uht, Nnl'se.) He harlllony. In tillS writer s HlstOl'V of representing the Lambs Club, with was a popular pianist in such bistros POPlllct,/: Music ion America it is cred­ our own Geoffrey O'Ram and "Sena· as Steve Brodie's, Mike Callahan's ited to two Englishwomen, l\'leta Orrcd tor" Ed Ford filling in above and be­ and McGurk's (known as "Suicide and Annie Fortescue Harrison, as of low his lead. Hall"). He was also one of the char­ 1877 with some sincere compliments ter members of ASCAP in 1914. to it~ eft'ective words and musi~. He has the distinction of being the first man in this centUl'Y to record all four parts of a quartet with his own In rccent years Ray has been active Now comes word from Will \V. Todd, as a broadcaster in Miami, besides f)f Gibsland, La., concerning an entire­ voice, uSillg the barbershop style of harmony. He did the trick originally playing regularly (since 1948) in the ly different story which has appeared Bonanza Room of the Surf Club at iil several Louisiana papers as well in a shod motion picture, but later as the Et'llde magazine. According to put himself on records in a way that Miami Beach, throughout the winter this account a certain minister, Rev. some of the moderll exponents of season. In addition to the Mae 'Vest Elins George, living in the little town musical self-duplication might well song, he was resPOllsible for such of Marion, La., engaged a Mrs. Har­ envy. cady hits as Poo" Pmd-ille, M'ississippi rison and her daughter, Anna Portes­ Dippy Dip, Yielo Is a Hot Dog Now que (generally known as Ann POl'tel) Jim Walsh, of Vinton, Virginia, a and Funny BnllllY Hug, with a 1952 to educate his nine children in musIc broadcaster and writer for VARI­ publication, I FO/l.l1cl a Peach all and other subjects. The daughter, who ETY, one of the outstanding authori­ Miami Beach. was both personally attractive and an ties on old songs and phonograph rec­ excellent musician, fell in love with a 01'(1s, writes that a comedian named l'~tlIer wild young man named Miles Silas Leachman actually performed Ray 'Valker can play practically ally Goldsby but was eventually llel'Suad­ this stunt as early as lS96, using tune anyone asks for. His memory is ed by h~r mother to give him til) and cylinder records made by the Chicago astonishing and his reminiscences move back to her native New Or eans, Talking Machine Company. His tech· would fill several volumes. Quite an Some years later Anna wrote to the nique, of course, was crude as com­ Old Songster! George family that a song, hi the pared with that of the versatile Glomll.'inu, inspired by her romance, l\"liller. was about to be published, with words O'l'ION pictures are making more by her friend Meta Orred, suggested M and mOl'e use of old songs, and by the composer herself. Eddie is one of those exceptional sing­ ing teachers who arc not only eXI)ed­ in some cases they are responsible for enced singers themselves but ab e to successful revivals. Stalag 17 makes Unfortunately this interesting tale give pl'8ctical help to all kinds of use not only of the ancient When seems to have no foundation. in fact. voices and for every type of perform­ Johnny Comes Mel,i'chillg Home, but Mr. Todd, who has been doing a bit ance, from the concert and operatic features Harry Archer's I Lovc You of research in the matter, heard re­ stage to radio, television and records. (from Little Jessie JCL11lCS, dated cently from Richard S. Hill of the He is far from a mere theorist, and 1923) in a scene which shows Ameri­ i\"Iusic Division of the Library of Con­ can illustrate just about all the ef­ fects he wants a pupil to produce. can pl'isoners of war dancing together gress as follows: HAnnie Fortescue at Christmas time. Hanison is a well·established com­ poser of popular songs. She was the AY 'VALKER, who will celebrate third daughter of James Fortescue R his seventieth birthday before i\'1-G-i\I's new edition of The ECOId Harrison, who was once a member of the end of this year, deserves a ruther Wayan revives nine of the great songs Parliament for Kilmarllock.. Burghs. special place among Old Songsters. of How a l' d Dietz and Arthur In 1877, the year she wrote In the He is now pla~'ing the piano at the Schwartz, only three of which ap­ Gloa.-minu she married an amateur Cafe Metropole in New York on the composer: Lord Arthur William Hill. pe~\l'ed in the original show. (Fred site of the building in which he per­ Astail'c starrcd in that production as The English music dictionaries give formed similarly fifty years ago. long lists of other songs by her. She well as in the current film.) Patrice even composed an operetta, 7'hc Lost l\Iunsel sings Home, Sweet Home and Husba..1ld, which was produced in Lon· Gomin' 1'11''1'0' the Rye in addition to don in 1884". operatic arias in the screen biography, MelbCL, and Sir Lam'ence Olivier ap­ That seems to dispose of another fan­ peal'S as an intel'llreter of old ballads tastic story. in the new British production of 7'he Beuya,r's Ope/'((. A picture 011 the lives NE of the most active of Old Song­ of Gilbert and Sullivan is on the way, O sters living today is Eddie Mil­ with Martyn Green doing most of the ler, who teaches singing- at his unique singing. Unfortunately 11'ait Till the studio, 162 'Vest 54th St., New York Su.n Shines, Nellie failed to malte full City. The walls are lined with pictures use of its opportunity to feature bar­ of historical interest, for Eddie has bershop quartets. Such a picture is been associated with some of the g-reatest names in show business. (He still to come alld it :will be a good one! SEPTEMBER, 1953 43 44 T/;o Harmonizer SHARE THE WEALTH by Past Int'} Board Member Robed Hockenhrouqh

"a m.eanB btl 1uhioh 1tle lshare the wealth' 01 experience gai,"tl.ed in. quar- tet, chorus atul chapte-r activities."

WHAT BE1v l'ER WAY to Share the ship that I thought you might find Wealth ... and to get your Share interesting. I have requested tho name of tho Wealth ... than to attend the and address of potential member Hookenbrough groat oonventions staged annually by friends from five cha,Pter membel's, our Society. 'Whatever your special Rnd I received 8 potent181s. I will senu interests in bal'bcrshopping •.. Chap­ lhese potential members our regulRr ter activities, District activities, chor­ notices for 3 meetings. If they attend 3. Chapters should plan activities that us dh'ecting, M,e.lui' or judging, at least one moetin~, they will get a/lpeal to their individual member­ you'll find a pl'ogl'om scheduled es­ 2 moro and if not Signed up by then s Hp. Activities which appeal to a pecially for you. I will drop them from the hst. I also small-town might not appeal to a expect to write a personal invitation suburban or big city chapter and 'I'he on-the-spot exchange of ideas and possibly include the name of the vice versa. Under this heading the ... the opportunity to discuss ex­ member who recommended them. The chapter should schedule one 01' two periences first hand ... the chance way it looks now, I may have a mail­ meetings per month exclusively to meet and talk with barbershoppers ing list larger than the one our lettel: for woodshedding. from all over tho country provides a service has for l'egular members". 4. Chapter Officers and members wonderful opportunity to gather ma­ should realize and appreciate the terial and inspiration for barbershop· *•••• importance of the Areas, the Area pOl'S everywhere. However, until the assembly and the Area Counselor. time comes when ALL barbershoppers 'rRY 'l'HIS for convel'ting visitors into can. attend these convontions, be sure members. Victor Borg, Secretary of 6. It is the responsibility of each chap­ to read Share the Wealth for the lha Tucson, Arizona Chapter off~rs ter secretary that each individual latest collection of successful ideas the following ... IlEvcl'y meetmg mcmber receive his copy of the Dis­ and experiences. night and that is 62 \Vcdnesdays a trict Bulletin. year,'I go to the Amphi .Men's Club, where we meet a few nUllutes earl)' 6. Every chapter in the District should and Bet up a small display consisting be incorporated. of a 4x8 sign which says 'For Vi8i~ tors' a few copies of our 'WELCOME' . .. . .' note,' n sample memborship card,. a few applicatIOn cards a few copIes INVITATION CARDS. Many Chap­ of ILET'S HARMONj ZE', and last, tors have found that they can in­ but not least a few back copies of the crease interest in their organization HARMONIZER, I have seen this dis­ by providing their members with spe~ play attract not only the visitors but cial invitation cards. 'I'he member also the steady comers. signs his name to the card and gives it- to any of his friends and acquaint­ •• • • • ances who he thinks will be interested in visiting the Chapter. These cards 'rhe following excerpts from. the min­ (l have half a dozen in fl'ont of me utes of the alUlUal meeling of the at the present time) range from the Illinois District Board brings forth quite elaborate to the quite simple in LIKE PULLING TEETH to get some these gems of wisdom for conducth.lg design, but they all have the name of guys to pay theil' duos. Murph John­ a successful Chapter. Harry HarriS, the Chapter, the initials of the So­ son Editor of the Pioneer Chapter 1st Vice President of the District, in ciety and the time and place of meet­ BU1'tetin, points out the importance of his report stated: ffA chapter gathered in~. Usually this information is con­ Chapter dues by paraphrasing a re­ together for its own amusement tamed on one side while the other side cent advertising slogan, thusly: ICDooz should plan to give some thought to is blank; however, one enterprising dooz everything". Munson Hinman, old folks, hospitals, civic drives for group came up with the idea of print­ Secrctary of tho Salt Lake City Chap­ the betterment of the communit).', Sal­ ing on the back the names of the old ter in Utah, submits the following vation Army, etc. and make appem'­ SOil~S which all bnrbershoppers love method of collecting dues: "We'rc ances for their bencfit. Those Chapters to smgj thus, the CArd serves n double holding a swell campnign for member­ doing so-flourish". Hlrposc acting also as a memory ship renewals and gettins; good re­ /)ooster when the boys get together. sults. Relying on the maXlln that Hit pays to advertise", we've done just "Have rehearsals start on time". AREA 8 OF THE ILLINOIS DlS­ that-we've made pleas in the chap­ llMake every effort to rot-ate the crows TIHC'!' is amplifying the visiting card ter bulletin; mailed dues invoices in some of the offices to maintain Jl by including the names and the time evory 20 days; posted sizzling multi­ their enthusiasm • and placc ot meeting of all of the eolored notices on the chapter bulletin Chapters in the Area. 'rhe advantages board, changing them weekly; and Illinois District President Charles H. of this are quite obvious ... an en­ presented paid-uPr cards with pomp Hecking presented the following six­ thusiastic member of one Chapter is and ceremony. fhe members have point program: able to extend the invitation to friends really respondedJ and so far 19 have and acquaintances who 81'0 more con­ renewed. Total cost at the campaign 1. Chapter Officers should appoint venientlv located to other Chapters to date is $1.71, or 1.8% of the tot.al Nominating Committees now so in the Area. dues collected". The ICsizzling multi­ that the committee members can colored. notices" mentioned are avail­ observe the performance of chap· •*••* able from the Carl' Speirs Corpora­ tel' members during the year before tion, Stamford, Connecticut. nominating them for office in FULL HOUSE FOR FALL. 1'00 March. many Chapters make the mistake of *••• '" banking on big-name Society quartets 2. Chapter Secretaries should not take to fill their auditorium on show night. PLAN FOR BUILDING MEMBER­ it upon themselves to act as ceu­ SHIP. George Hegdahl, Secretary of SOl'S in matters they re<:eive from Thcre is only one way to put the CllS­ our Minneapolis Chn/)ter says: HI the District and International Of­ tomeI's in thc scats and that is for have a new plan for bu lding member- fices. (COl/til/lied 011 page 45) SEPTEMBER, 1953 Tbe Harmonizer 45

SHARE THE WEALTH is a lot of fun and if you haven't tried WAN'!' '1'0 SING IN it, be sure to write for your copy to A CAVE? (Co/ltinued /rolll page 44 . the International Office in care of this each and every member of the Chap­ column. From the Pitch Pipe, Chicago Professional actors and musicians ter to get out and sell tickets. We Chapter Bulletin, edited by Lynn have often been confronted with can't ovcrlook thc importance of ade­ Hauldren, we came across a rather largely audienceless houses and have quate coveragc in the newspapers and interesting idea which will prove a the use of posters and direct mail lot of fun at Area gatherings; to wit: felt as though they were performing letters. 'I'hese, however, are all sec­ HOne item on the night's program in a cave. ondary to the member calling on his that looks like fun: drafting of one part from each chapter to form pick­ Barbershoppers are udift'erent" in up quartets. many ways. The Kentucky Chapters of the Indiana-Kentuc1

By (about '17), Gid Of My Drcains would probabl~' lay an egg. John's ~r­ (about '27), and Now Is 'rhe Hour gnlllents arc sound, and we onl)' Wish (about '49), and a few thousand others we had room to includc his whole Deal' Younge Ed: We started out to in the 100-)'ear span are 'good barber­ letter. It ain't what we wanted to tell you what is and what· isn't bar­ shop', while cringing whcn I hear that hcar, but maybe we'd better listen. bershop. So far about all we've done lovel)' World ls Waiting For The At Icast it's got us t.hinking. is to try to impress on you (and a Sunrise done barbershop st)'le, I DON'1' KNOW." Ed Smith takes almost an opposite whole lot of the other wOl'thy brothers tack. He admits that some of our who've shown a heap of interest since And if you think that hasn't got Oide quartets can make any song sound Oldc Ed's one-man filibuster got go­ good and agrees that he enjoys their ing) that the boys in our foursomes Ed in a tizzy, you're farthcr off than the~' Africa, for that, Deal' Deacon, is ex­ entertainmcnt. "But", says Ed, "there tOd8)' arc missing the boat when is a vast differcnce between being pass up thousands of naturals that actly what we'rc trying so dal'n hard to find out, aren't we, Junior? entertained and being THOROUGHLY were written between 1890 and 1916 'fHRILLED and impressed at the fine in favor of the current favorites, or Phil Embur)', in somewhat thc same treatment that is given so man)' of worse still, the same ones that every­ vein, lists ten old favoritcs ranging our true barbcrshop numbers." one else is singing. from Heart of My Heurt, written by Andrew ?\'1ack in 1899, through Deal' "I would develop the theme that a What is barbershop, Junior? When we good barbershop song needs a good started this tirade' we thought we Old Girl (1903), Meet Me Tonight In Dreamland (1909), to 1 Want A Girl melody. It needs the kind of a melod)' knew. Now we're not so sure. Being tha.t can be remembered, the kind that reasonably certain that we'd get a lot (911), and makes the following ob­ servations: lives for years and years, and ycars of help from some of the other grey­ and years, and that kind of melodies beards like 01de Ed, we asked half 1. 'fhat most barbershop harmony­ a dozen of the leading exponents just hasn't been produced in recent t)'pe songs wcre written beginning in timcs. The kids of today don't remem­ and their replies, though enlightening, thc Gay 90's up through the earl>' are, to sa)· the least, confusing. ber the melodies of the songs that tecns of the twentieth ccntury, and were popular last ~'ear. The n.lelodies [<'rank Thorne says it isn't the song 2. Composers of that time, such as they remembcr al'C the melodies of the but rather the arrangement that Thcodore Morse, Harry Von Tilzer, old songs. I believe that any song of makes it barbershop. He goes on to Thurland Chattaway, James Thornton, the enduring t)'IJe, the kind that peo­ illustrate that such numbcrs as Down Andrew Mack, Chas. N. Daniels and pIc like, -will make good barbcrshop By The Old l\lill Strcam, Sweet Adc­ Will Rossiter, HAD A FEELING FOR harmony, whether it was wl'itten in line, When The Maplc Leaves Are GOOD HARMONIZING MELODIES. 1850 or 1950. I DOUBT VERY MUCH Falling, all of which are recognized THAT OVER A HANDFUL 01' as standards, could be easil~' arranged Rudy Heinen sa)'s that a good bar­ SONGS 'fHAT HAVE BEEN WRIT­ to be anything else but, and we have bershop song should hnve beautiful TEN SINCE 1925 WILL ENDURE." to admit that he certainly has a point. words, and a melod)' that should en­ He goes on to state that Up A Laz)' able you to "feel the harmony", even And Russell Cole, bless his heart, River, which the Elastics did so beau­ if you only heard somebody whistle writes pages of fascinating cop~' about tifull)', certainly wasn't a barbershop it. He too bemoans the fact that those which you'll heal' later, sums it up "~ypelJ song to start with, and still numbers between 1890 and 1912, whcn like this: hiS arrangement was absolutely ortho­ barbershop quartets were at their dox. Now, whcre are wc, SOIlIl)' Boy? peak and practically all the song"S "lhe lovc of harmony is agelcss and were "naturals", are bcing overlooked. universal, and mayhem prActiced upon Deac Martin, a dyed-in-the-wool bar­ S)Jecifically, he wonders why such it, however smart it appears at the bershop addict, than which there is numbers as When 1'he Bees Arc In moment, ca1'l'ies the seed of an early no whicher, stated that to him, and The Hivc, My Creolc Suc, Ncll)' Dcan, demise. In my view, the Societ)"s possibly only to him, the principal By The Light Of The Silvery Moon, fours, appearing before gatherings identification of barbcrshop fOUl'~part and Dancing Down In Ncw Orleans aCI'OSR the country, miss their golden h!lrlllony is when the melody is con­ or When The Harvest Moon Is Shining chance if they fail to give the simon­ sistently bclow the tenor, AND On The HiveI' are rarely heard. And pure article, WHICH BOYS SURE WHEN 7TH CHORDS ARE PRE. so do we. KNI'W HOW 'f0 WRITE IN THE DOMINANT. He argues that the 'HlAWATHA'DAYS." trend toward too many sixth and ninth John Hill and Ed Smith give interest­ c~lOrds, particularly in length)' succes­ ing, but rather contrasting views. Thcre you have it, Junior, right from Sions, takes the harmony out of bar­ John takes the position that the songs the cxperts, and HOW, if ~'ou're as bershop into "model'll", and Olde Ed that please the audience are the songs completely befuddlcd as we are, you'll adds a lusty "amcn" on both counts. we arc going to have to sing, and be looking forward with kecn antici­ that certainly makes sensc. He points pation to the next issue when Olde 'fhen the good Deacon throws us COIll­ out that SOllle of the biggest crowd Ed will try his gol darndest to tell pletel)' for a loop b)' adding that in pleasers may even contain a few bars you what he startcd out to tell you his opinion neither the type nor age of strictly jazz band st)']e harlllony a long timc ago ... what is a barbel'­ of a song. but rather "an undefinable arranged in the foul' way modern, shop song. 'Til then, Sonny, kcep appropriatcness" makes some songs parallel moving, lead on top style, and hoping. Sing-cerely, Olde Ed. suitable while others lcave him stone 'oO'ers as a case in point the Vikings' cold. "What makes a song appropri­ rendition of Undecided that darn neal' ADDED TO THE OLD SONGS Com­ ate", writes Deac, "I don't know. Ccr­ brought the house down at Kansas mittee are Harold L. Winget, 940 tainly it isn't the word theme or type City a )'ear ago. He adds that some Polhemus Street, San J osc, California, of melod)'. Why I feel that Darling of the old-time champs would proba­ and Kenncth S. Gl'ant, 19405 Purnell Nellie Gray (1850), 1 Long ']'0 See bly have a tough time following some Avenue, Rocky River, Ohio, as ap­ The Gid I Left Behind (l890's), Love of our "youngsters" 011 a program to­ pointments of Olll' new Prcsident, Mc And The World Is :Mine (about. day and cven opincs that twcnty years Johnny MeRlls. Welcome to the Old '07), Let The Rest Of The World Go hcnce thc boys who wow 'em today Song madhouse, gentlemen. From past SEPTEMBER, 1953 46 The Harmonizer 47 expericnce, Olde Ed knows that you happy to report that at long last a Down Where the Swanee River Flows will both be vel'v valuablc additions, published anangement to Yona From for Tom Potenza, but missed on When and a grcat help "to the boys who scek Arizona is available to members. It's Mammy Sang An Old Time Song for information on the oldies. in the new folio, along with Gee Boys Russell Rogers. Oh well, we can't get It's Great To Lead A Band, Diek 'em all, but we sme keep trying. Sturges' new original, My Sweetie In THERE'S BEEN OODLES OF IN­ Tahiti, That Old Hometown Of Mine, YOU R GRANDPAPPY YODELED TERESrr in the Avon Comedy Foul' and many others. the Gal With The Balmoral, written arrangement of Julie My Own, fur­ in 1861 by Fred Wilson and H. J. nished to us sometime ago by Charles WHILE WE'RE ON THE SUBJECT Heners, about a chap who went to Colcman, who made the original ar· of t.he You Name 'Em Department, skate with his sweetheart Kate. After rangement. Art Sweeney, in his own we received a photostatic copy of spending fifteen cents for carfare and inimitable manner, made us a beauti­ Every Little Bit Added To What a dime to get her in the park, he fell ful reproduction for photostating. You've Got from J. H. Stewart, Jr. Aat on his face and Katie glided grace­ George "Moynahan furnished a splen­ Wed~ did comr of the lyrics, and Headquar­ Thanks, J. H. We dug up The fully away with a fancier skater. ters had quite a number of photostats ding Of The Sunshine And The Rose Where does balmoral come in? She made. The rcquests for this arrange· for Doetor M. S. Nelson, Singing A WOI'C one. And weren't the)r just dill:.' ment havc been so heavy that it is Vagabond Song for Paul Vandervoort. for skating? Chorus: Oh there's fun An arrangement of I Don't Mind Be· upon the ice, and lots of nice young now in its Hsecond printing". ing All Alone for Pete Newberg, but gals, 1\ly goodness how they glide haven't been able to find If I Were along, Dressed in tl.lCir bahnorals. Do THE YNEWDEU DEPARTMENT King for J. D. Hensley. We found you remember? POINTS WITH PRIDE to some real service recently to one of our mem­ bers overseas.' A/IC R. N. Sanback THE HI-DIVERS OF WORCESTER, MASS. CHAPTER from Rose City, l''lichigan, now sta· Honed in Paris, got together with three other fellows on the way over and formed a quartet. One of the boys remembered a portion of a song which turned out to be There Must Be Little Cupids In The Briney. They couldn't recall all the words, and Sanback sent his request to the Old Songs Committee. It so happens that there is a copy of this number in our Li­ brary in Det.roit. The next day after the request was received, a copy of the words to the verse and chorus was on the way to Sanback. Two days later, thanks to Dan McNamara of ASCAP, a piano copy of the song was in the mail. How's that for serv­ ice?

G BOOK NO. SONGS FOR MEN was The fat 01\E' is Paul CarlH.·~', NorthraslE'r1l Distrkt Tlf'asurrr. OthE'rs are Erl released July 1st, and Olde Ed is SI, Andre. Anthon,. Bl"allrlf)', Tom \\'oo(ls.

INFORMATION YOU WANT Bach issue carries information on 25 songs. To lighten the 10afl of the Dill Songs Committee, 1ll('llIben:l are urged to .. efer to hack 1l1llllhcn; of the Haflnonizer hefore asking the Committee for aid. TITLE YEAR COilIPOSEHS rUIJLISHERS A ftcr Tonight, Goodb)'e 1915 Sterling-VonTilzel' Harry VonTilzer After You've Gone 1918 Creamer-La~'ton IJl'0adwa)r Music Corp. Angry 1925 Mecum, Cassal'd, Brullies Melrose .l\Iusic Back In Your Own Backyard 1928 Jolson, Rose, Dreyer Bourne, Inc. Because You Were An lJld ~weetheal't of Mine 1911 Jacobs-Robinson 1\1. Witmark & Sons Carde (eanie Marry Hany) 1909 VonTilzel'-l\IcCr,ee l\'Iills Music Cotton Pickill' Time Tn Dixieland 1913 , Howard-McCane JelTY Vogel Daddy VVon't You Please Come Home 1921 Sissie-Blake M. Witmark & Sons Down At The Barbecue 1914 Ernie Erdman Will Rossiter Down By The Gas House 1927 TraceY-Pl'antadosi Shapiro, Bernstein and Company Dream)' Alabama 19H1 Earl-MacDonald Shapiro, Bernstein and Compan:.' "Ryes Of hish Blue 1910 O'Hara-Dovle ~hapiro, Bernst.ein and Company Follow The Swallow Back Home 1924 Rose, Dixoil-Hendersoll DcSylyia, Brown, and Henderson Gal With The Balmoral, The 1861 Wilsoll-Herrers . Russell & Pates Got No Time 1925 Kahll-Whiting Jerome H. Remick High Cost Of Lovin', The 1914 B1'\'an-1\1evcr Leo Feist I'd Like To Find Another Gil'! Like Mary 1914 Clias. K. 'Harri~ Southern l\Iusic r Don't Mind Being All Alone 1926 Gaskili, 1\IcHugh-Milis Mills Music, Inc. If You Can't Get A Girl hl The Summertime 1915 Kalmur-Tierney Mills l'dusic, Inc. I Long To See The Gil'l r Left Behind 1893 John T. Kell:.' 1\1. Witmark & Sons i\Iy Little Bimbo Down On The Bamboo Islc 1920 Donaldson-Clarke Bourne, Inc. RUlll1in' Wild 1922 Grey- Woods-Gibbs Leo Feist Singing A Vagabond Song 1929 nurton-Messenheimcl'­ Richman Irving Berlin There Must Be Little Cupids In The Briny 1915 Jack Fole~' Harllls, Francis, Day and Hunte!' Wedding Of The Sunshine And The Rose, The 1915 Murphy-Gumble Jerome H. Remick

NOTE: The publishers listed may not be !lresent publishers. liS S0l1)O(8 rfLII chan).!e owners several times over 1\ period 01 Years. The listing, howevel", will enable your dealer to tocnte the number for YOII, SEPTEMBER, 1953 48

DISTRICT SECRETARIES AND BULLETIN EDITORS MEET Eleven of the fourteen districts were represented at the meeting held in the Stat.1er Hotel Saturday morning of the convention. The secretaries held their session first and hashed over the problems facing By Chns, M. Merrill, Past Int'l Pres. the man in that office. 'l'hl'ee things No. 38 were emphasized by the HOld Hands" for the benefit of newcomel'S- As bal'bcl'shoppcl's we make frequent 5. This bird is calling its sleepy mate Accurate records of District mem­ contact with our feathered friends. while the world is waiting for the ship Can you keep the record straight and sunrise. Parade Clearances give us the binI on these? 6. This bird was pining for its little Special attention to the promotion 1. This bird (together with some lady l~."e while Kentucky Babe of the two Contest Meetings held sunshine) came along with Aura was bemg put to sleep. 7. 'I'his bird sang from the old apple in the District each yeur. Lee. (No, it is not a blackbird! To facilitate the work of the District Don't be lazy; finish the song!) tree whilo I told my love to the girl in the heart of Maryland. Secretaries, several changes in Int'J 2. This bird's sohg awakes a bright 8. This bird was worn as a decOl'a­ Hq methods WC1'e recommended. new morning up that lazy river. tion by a hotsy who, alas, is no­ The District Bulletin editors really 3. This bird may be found singing body's sweetheart now. "cut the skinny" according to Sev on that long, long trail into the 9. Although apparently C a l' 0 1i n e Severance who moderated the meet­ land of my dreams. can't heal' my interminable calling, ing. All sorts of information, sugges­ 4. The call of this bird when eVelling I miss her in the Bloming when tions and ideas were exchanged and is nigh finds me hurrying to my this bird gives his call. the men in attendance were unanimous blue heaven. 10. Je te plumerai ]a tete. in their opinion that a similar meet· ing should be scheduled for Washing­ For answers, see pago 68 ton in 1954. LIKED CHORUS CONTEST W. L. Underwood, :Music Critic of the FACTS ABOUT TRAVEL TO WASHINGTON, D. C. Wichita Falls, Texas, Daily Times, wrote in his column soon after the Chuck Schmid, Toledo Chapter, has again explored the main means of travel to the Detroit Convention: "For those who International at Washington next June. He calls attention to the possibility of attended the annual convention and changes in rate structures. According to' Chuck, plane information was furnished by quartet contest of The Society for the John R. Kruse, Toledo Trust Travel Bureau; bus information by Mrs. McCartltv, Greyhound; auto mileages by W. J. Polhemus, Toledo Automobile Club; rail data Preservation and Encouragement of by Paul Dahlquist, New York Central R. R. BarberShop Quartet Singing in America, Inc., at Detroit recently, the Via Railroad Via Plane Via Bus Auto most impressive segment of the three­ Pullman Coaches day program was the choral conteBt To Washington held Saturday morning, June 13. This and return Time Rail One Rail Time FRre Time Fare One was the first such event in the 15-year From (Hrs.) Fare Way Fare (Hr8.) Way history of the big annual sing-song, Lower Mile- but in 18 choruses from Eugene, Ore4 Berth age gon, to Montreal, Quebec, its per4 petuity is assured. Atlanta, Ga. 14 $44.40 S 7.60 $31.70 3 $71.70' 16J"l $23.35 653 "But, moreover, it pl'oduced almost in~ Birmingham, Ala. 17 55.60 8.65 39.95 3~ 82.00' 19J"l 28.30 814 credibly fine choral singing-tone dic­ Boston, Mass. 8 38.50 5.80 30.74 2%, 48.60 12 17.20 450 tion, shading, ensemble-ready for Chicago, Ill. 17 66.56 8.30 44.06 3 71.90' 23 28.90 724 competition in' any field. This was a Cleveland, Ohio 12 37.25 6.00 26.80 2 39.60' 20 16.60 366 tremendous exhibit." Dallas, Texas 34 93.40 14.60 68.30 5 148.40' 65 47.36 1473 Denver, Colo. 32 125.96 16.60 90.65 7J"l 180.40' 48 58.26 1608 MODULATIN' FOUR Detroit, :rl/Iich. 16 60.60 6.65 34.20 2J"l 61.90' 18 22.70 642 Ft. Worth, Texas 34 95.16 14.60 69.66 5 148.40' 66J"l 48.90 1606 Indianapolis, Ind. 16 66.76 7.60 38.36 4 62.90 23J"l 24.05 556 Kansas City, :Mo. 27 92.35 11.66 64.30 6li 116.10 37 39.60 1062 Los Angeles, Calif. 64 186.76 27.30 134.20 11 283.80' 87 96.40 2890 Louisville, Ky. 18 53.96 7.60 36.65 2li 59.20 24 26.60 603 Miami, Florida 21 80.20 11.95 66.70 3J"l 120.30' 22 38.65 1217 Minneapolis, Minn, 24 89.30 11.55 62.40 6Yz 111.40' 35 42.06 1171 New York, N. Y. 4 20.10 6.00 16.16 lli 27.40 6~ 9.10 227 Okla. City, Okla. 36 108.60 14.10 76.16 6 142.60 44 47.36 1334 Omaha, Neb. 26 94.60 12.26 66.50 5l{ 122.60' 36 46.90 1146 Phoenix, Arizona 36 166.45 23.90 117.00 11~ 247.80 85 80.96 2592 Pittsburgh, Pa. 8 26.40 5.00 19.35 ll:j, 24.90* 7 11.35 235 Portland, Ore. 59 180.55 27.95 126.06 12%, 283.80' 86 96.70 2969 San Diego, Cal. 65 186.76 '27.30 134.20 13~ 283.80' 89Yz 95.40 3014 San Francisco, Cal. 64 185.76 27.30 134.20 11 Yz 283.80' 85 95.40 2876 Seattle, Wash. 69 180.65 27.96 126.06 12Yz 283.80' 91 96.70 2990 St. Louis, Mo. 21 76.85 8.90 61.70 3Yz 88.20 29 29.80 793 Tacoma, Wash, 61 180.56 27.95 126.05 12Yz 283.80' 89 96.70 3022 Toronto, Onto 16 45.75 5.80 33.16 4li 63.30 30 23.60 507 tIndicates AIR COACH service at reduced rates available to/from these cities. The fares shown arc round trip in each case, and do llot include Federal Tax, which at this time is 15%. The travel time represents number of elapsed hours for travel in one direction This Southtown (Chicago) quartef Icads via direct routes, based on schedules which afford convenient departure and arrival a "U)' active existence-LtoR-\Vally times at origin and destination. KUAPP. lead; En' BC)'er, barl; Harold BAxter, bASS: Ralph Marks, tenor. SEPTEMBER, 1953 The Harmonizer

DISTRICT OFFICERS MEET AT DETROIT Under the leadership of Charlie Rickct.ts (Northeastern District) this session, which was attended by repre­ sentatives from every District, pro­ vided much lively discussion of Dis­ trict problems. It would be difficult to summarize all the topics covered as too many of them proved to be local problems. Each man who spoke told of specific activity in his District and how it differed from such activity in the other Districts. General discussion was almost impossible since various people wanted to disc\lsS particular problems.

It was felt by the committee in charge of the session that some revision of

these meetings be planned for the ,-..a;~""",__~ "",~~I" future. Now that District Presidents arc members of the House of Dele­ The Four Teens sing for Wisconsin's Senator Riley. gates and therefore will know of the Should"'I be 100 hard 10 guess where. business being handled by the Inter­ national Officel's, we see no need for meetings of all District Officers at the International Conventions. It is OUl' District in line with International tinued at future conventions. 'Ve understanding that the Districts arc Jaws And policy. found out that no two Districts usc now encouraged to face their own exactly the game methods of operation problems and to solve them in the best In view of the further fact that Dis­ since each has found it advantageous trict secretaries and editors will con­ manner possible. The President of the tinue to meet at the International to adopt procedures that best fill District is the key man and upon him Convention, it is suggested that the individual nceds. rests the responsibility of keeping the District Officers conference be discon- IlPom" Pomcroy

ToT h 0 ANNUAL CONTEST ofT he FAR WESTERN DISTRICT PASADENA CIVIC AUDITORIUM November 14, 1953

• TOP *STARS ofT he GOLDEN FAR WEST * QUARTETS SINGING * CHORUSES GOLFING * Me - ART BAKER SWIMMING WE HAVE PLEASANT - COMFORTABLE SUNNY WEATHER HERE ALL YEAR, AND ESPECIALLY IN JUNE. WOULD YOU LIKE TO COME TO BEAUTIFUL SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA IN 1956?

SEPTEMBER, 1953 important international~,j. newS briefs KEEPING POSTED b ~ ':~

Add quartet names with a tickle­ elected as Chapter Secretal')' and scale to the la,yman in understandable The Prisoners of Cadenza, Hunting~ President respectively this year, langllage. "The rules and regulations ton Park, Calif. Chapter; The Fa' Pas, for judges are standards which man)' Deland, Fla. Chapter; Three Breezes 000 organizations could follow. The idea of and a Russell, Menominee, Wis. Chap­ one judge judging only one particular ter, The June issue of The Rainbow of Delta Tau Delta fraternity cal'l'ied phase is excellent. 000 an article on SP.EBSQSA written by "l wish to take this opportunity to East Aurora, N.Y. Chapter listed all Int'l Pres. Ed Smith who belonged to congratulate the Society for the excel­ the advertisers in its Parade program DTD at Albion College. lent work they are doing". on the inside back cover by type of 000 business, suggesting this handy guide 000 be torll out and kept in phone book. Archie Bleyer conducts the orchestra Incidentally, there werc 100 adver­ on the numerous Arthur Godfrey tisers in the program. Show was for shows. He is quoted as saying, after Dallasl Texas Chapter raised $2,500.00 the benefit of the Philanthropic Fund. attending a barbershop Parade ill on its Third AllIlUal Parade in May 000 Boston Symphon~' Hall, "It's impos· for the benefit of the Children's De­ sible to hold an audience for three velopment Center. It isn't "SPEBSQUA", 01' "SPEB­ SKWA", or "SPED". The initials of hours with any kind of entertainment, the Society cannot be pronounced as yet I have sat here for three hours 000 a word. Old time members know this, in this packed hall and the pcople are but newer members have occasionally still insisting on more of the same The Schmitt Brothers, 1951 Int'] been known to fall into error. thing. It's phenomenal!" Champs, were featured attraction on 000 the Dallas show. Fran, the bass, 000 found a slip of paper in his dessert Read what Don i'tfcGunagle, Secretary cookie at dinner in a Dallas restau­ Int'l V.P. Dean Snyderl Washington, of Lakewood Chapter, had to say in D.C., sent some SPEBSQSA materials rant. It said, "You will be blessed his Tonsil Bender Bulletin: to Dr, Cecil W. Munk, Director of the with many children". Already the "Why don't you take the bull by the Baldwin-Wallacc College Conserva~ father of six, Fran handed the paper tail and get yourself a quartet, .. to Jim who was to be mal'l'icd the tory of l\'1usic. Among other thingsl Dr. l\'Iunk said, III am much impressed following month. Commcnts were Once ~'ou've tried it you'll never go probably very appropriate. back to merely 'living'. Don't get with the articlc b)' Earle W. 1\'IOS8, discouraged if it doesn't sound too He has brought the idea of nature's (Colltiuued 011 /lexl page) good at first.... You ought to hear some of the old records I have UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS B.S. CHORUS of quartets that arc in the top -_. ::OO~...... , bracket now. They sounded like the Foul-airs then. But they stuck to it and they had fun doing it too/' 000 !\'1ust be something in that Jersey ail'. Tea n e c k publishes HII\'I SINGER. Ridgewood puts out the TONE­ CRIER. And Milt Plapinger of Pllila­ delphia closes his letters uChorus­ ll pondingly )'ours • 000 Int'l Vice Pres. George Chamblin, Co­ lumbus, Ohio took a young girls quartet to the Columbus School for Girls back in l\'!ay. One mother sub­ sequently told George her little girl reported, uWe had the best time at school toda~t. Mister Chamblin came out and sang with his Chordettes", 000 Yet another sacred portal has been violated-if you care to look at it that way. At the Portland (Maine) 'Women's Chorlls Spring Concert, fea­ tured guests were the Saccarappa Yappers of POl'tland Chapter. What's more, their program included a cou­ ple of originals by Society membcrs­ Jumbo Smith's Honev Gal aud Nate Berthoff's Great Smok~t 1\'1ountains. 000 Thl, pld\lre will gladden the hearts of At least R couple of Illinois grllds who go Don't gather from this that things for barbershol,-Fnmk Thorne, Chicago and Maurie Reagan, Pittsburgh, This group WAS organiud just 1\ ~'ear ago. }'ront row-Don Champioll, Dick Huntley, Bob are going to get "fowled" up in the Leonan], Jim Slagle, "'anen I{o}'er. Second row-\\'ayne Breese (Director), Cleon Evansville, Indiana, Chapter this year, Elmore, CIHton Zabka, Bob Hedgn, Roland Clement, Don Bradshaw, Dob Tnlboll. but Ducky Drake and Bill Henn Third row-Da,"e J{o\·al. Hon Streibich, Bill Willcox, Bo,! Rank!llj Bill Winterhoff, Tom JonE'S. (tenor of the several times Interna­ \\'a)'lIe Breeze and Don Ul'l\d~haw represtnted both ellds llf the Campus Chords tional Finalist "Songfellows") were of Champllign-Urbana. Ill. Chapter. who cOlI\llcted at I(ansas Cit}' in 1952. SEPTEMBER, 1953 50 The Harmonizer 51

KEEP POSTED Continued RUSS WmOE, FORMER DIRECTOR OF GREEN BAY, WIS. CHORUS, "FORGIVES" Readers of the Harmonizer will recall the suit brought against the Society (Reprinted from Land 0' Lakes District Harmony News.) by the Dixie District last September (Sept. '62 Harmonizer, page 38) to For the first time in six years I iJig to outdo cach other to sec how enjoin the Society's qum'tet.s from watched a Parade of the Green Bay many different chords they could in­ singing songs about "Dixie", "l\Iam­ Chapter from the other side of the clude pel' measure. No longcr did I my'\ "Swance", etc. until such timc footlights. heal' belabored rhythms tied to cork­ as the Society saw fit to hold an Int'l screw progressions that didn't fit the meeting in the Southland. Judge I was director of the local barbershop melody. The entire evening passed Emeritus O. C. Cash has issued from chorus for three years and even after without a repetition, something that his Chambers (bed that is) an "Order I had to resign that capacity I con­ was rare back in 1947. The moth·eaten Staying Proceedings" since the So­ tinued to MC the yearly productions. dogs that we always expected at ciety has agreed to hold the 1955 Int'l every show were conspicuous by their Mid-"rintel' Meeting in Miami. Working closely with the bal'bershop­ absence and those that did appeal' pel'S I don't think I had an opportuni­ came out in brand new dress. 000 ty to view their accomplishment~with propel' perspcctive. I was either too As I thought it all over I began to Some curious things come to the at­ worried about their shod comings, or forgive the boys who write the rule tention of this column. The Crown my OWIl, to obscrve objectivch' the books. Any set of I'ules, I suppose, has City Foul', Pasadena, compiled a I'ec­ good along with the bad. its drawbacks in certain instances. ord of activity in the year May, 1952 The barbershop rules have undoubted~ to May, 1963, that has probably never As I remember back, I used to squil'l\1 Iy kept out a lot of fine musical ideas, been equaled. They made 147 public a little under the burden of contest and stifled the ambitiolls of certain appearances, not counting local chap~ rules, repetition of materials, lfCOp~!_ professional musicians, like myself, tel' work, including 17 PTA groups, cat" arrangements, chord happy quar­ but they have kept the fun of singing 23 church groups, 24 Service Clubs, tets, judges who I thought were tone­ alive and they have maintained a 14 hospitals, 18 SPEBSQSA Parades deaf and rule-bound, and what ap­ stcady hold on a type of material including the Phoenix Blood Bank peared to be dictatorial and senseless which men obviously cnjoy singing in Show, and 8 multitude of civic affairs, edicts from the ivory towel'. As I lis· harmony. organizational functions weddings, tened to the Green Bay Pal'ade this wakes and fancy balls. ln their I'e­ )'car, and found myself grinning and As I saw those wide grins on stage port, they also listed their repertoire. tho~'oughly enjoying mysclf for over I thought, "A tendency toward long­ This included a number of standards two hours, I couldn't hclp but re-cval­ hair in the wrong hands could wipe and a title which aroused curiosity, uate a few of my former gripes. those grins off permanently and in the "Upper Peabody Tech". final analysis clear the stage of a In the first place I had the feeling that lot of happy guys." Barbershopping 000 barbershoppillg was growing up: Out need not apologize, however, because of the maze of rules a more free ex­ what they are promoting is rcaI mu­ Perhaps the Harmonizer will have to pression was emerging. Quartets came sic. Most people don't seem to realize give some consideration to family sub­ out on the stage who werc having fun it an)' more, but like the Sabbath, scription rates. Herb Young is quoted with arrangements that included some music was made for men, and not vice in the Miami, Florida Chapter Bulle­ colorful swipes but they weren't try- versa. tin as asking for several copies be­ cause his wife always get.s the first one. That same chapter has organized a YOI'k, Chapter received a Unote"­ 000 Convention Club in it.s own chapter. worthy compliment following one of Members who wish to do so pay the their allpearances. A gentleman wrote, SOllthtown (Chicago) Chapter is mak­ chapter sec'y one buck 01' more, a "I took l\'Iom, though for nine weeks ing plans for a Special Train to go J week so by next June their fare and she hasn't been well j she enjoyed her­ to \Vashington, D.C. next June for the Contests and Convention. Traill Registration Book will be paid for. self right back into better health, will probably leave Thursday AM and 000 thanks to you fellows". arrive in Washington that night-re· Long Beach, California, Chapter took 000 turning, depart Sunday afternoon, part in that city's Hobby Show and Diek Faas, bass of the 1953 InVl Third arriving Chicago early Monday morll­ took third prize for its exhibit. Place Sing-Copates, Appletown, \Vis., ing. If intel'ested, write to \Y. H. writes that Gil Stammer, bari, has Kramer, 1416 East 74th St., Chicago 000 gone into service and the quartet is, 49, Ill. Round trip fare, about $37. ~ The Melody Messrs. of Utica, New at least temporarily, unavailable.

THE PHILADELPHIA, PA. CHAPTER CHORUS w.It" H. "

SEPTEMBER, 1953 52 The Harmonizer ~ Be a Chorus Director and Keep Those Muscles Supple- ;J BUT KBBP UP YOUR INSURANCE I by Professor F. Stirling Wilson

Wilson arllls on the ledge of the pool and from then Oil, throughout the song, he tries to lift himself up and out, but We went to the trouble of writing never quite makes it. Sitting in the about how bnrbershoppel's could keep audience, ~'ou begin to feel sorr~' for in good physical shape, considering him. You wonder if he can get out of their general unshapeliness, but then the water before his strength is ex­ we, hadn't seen the International hausted, and if you weren't surrounded Chorus Contest in Detroit. That set­ by people ~'OU would give way to that tled it-all you have to do to be ph)·si­ impulse to shout, "Use your feet," or cally fit is be a chorus director. They lean down and give him a hand up. get morc.violent mileage out of a A11 of a sudden the song ends, he tUl'ns small spot on the srage than any 'round with a dazzling smile and you group I ever heard of. take out your handkerchief and wipe the perspiration from your palms. Leave us analyze these directors in a scientific manner. To me one of the Aftel' all, you knew him when he was most entrancing t)'}>e5 is the director only a baritone and you don't want who has a motion exactly like Roy to see him die on the stage. Campanella throwing a base-stealer out at second base. He has a deceiv­ Contributing to the fine physical con­ ingl~' gentle motion at the beginning dition of our directors, which enables of a song, but all of a sudden his them to work at paying jobs in addi­ emotions run away with him; he sees tion to directing, and hclp around the that runnel' taking a long lead, the house, doing such chores as bringing pitcher throws the ball 01' the music in the morning }Japer, sctt.illg mouse­ is marked "crashinto", and so he traps, carrying yesterday's newspa­ throws that imaginary ball, and you EYE pcrs down to the cellar and replacing can almost heal' the umpire saying e.~W burned-out light bulbs-is their foot­ "He's out!" Boy, the exercise he gets. AAISEI2. TVPE work. 'fhc average director, with the Shoulder muscles, wrists, knee caps, possible exception of the l\'Iuffin Mould­ etc. ers, could stay six l'ounds with Rock~1 1Hal'ciano and never have a glove Then there is the Muffin Mouldel' di­ touch him. Of course, the favorite rector, He always keeps his arms stance is the spread fect, but your pressed closely to his sides and directs director who really enjoys himself with the hands 0111y, using a motion pivots, rocks, sidesteps and 'cavorts, like grandmother had when she the cavort being a culmination of all formed those delicious bluebel'l'y muf­ intricate dance steps known to Arthur fin~, or if you prefer, a motion like Murray. a £guy at Atlantic City picking up handfuls of sand and lettlllg it drip Worthy of comment certainly are the through his fingel's. This type of di­ THE facial expressions of the directol;s. rector is fine if the chorus call see him, but if not, he can always use his HARP PICKE l2. TYPE One moment you arc basking in the eyebrows to help out, A disadvantage warmth of a smile that picks you out of that is that the raised e~'ebrow in­ like a spotlight, then you arc the tar­ dicates surprise, and the front row get of a look of vicious hatred that may become embarrassed by seeing says plainly, u!'ll tear you limb from their dircctor look surprised every limb right after this song," In general, time they hit a chord correctly. however. the expression is one of quizzical bewilderment, as if asking, A third t~'pe, and rather intriguing, IIWhat on earth are we doing up here too, is the Harp Pickel' director, the and what are we going to sing 1" And man with the prehensile fingers who that changes quickl~' to one of pa­ picks small holes in the ail' (not the rental encouragement, "Just take this melody) with his fingertips, but his spoonful, it doesn't taste bad." Then chorus USUAlly gets migraine head­ the anxious bird-dog watchfulness, aches from watching his fingers. waiting for those weeds to move (that's when the pitchpipe is being 'rhe Shush-Husl1er director is one of blown), up go the hands, and the the most annoying types. No matter chorus is off. Not always, of COUl'se. how softly the boys are singing, even Sometimes they!re on. . "muy pianissimo",· ~'ou would think they are giving off volume like a battleship turbine 01' Niagara Falls. But after the song is over, comes a He shushes them on almost every calm like an Hawaiian SUllset. 'file di­ word, frowns at them threateningly, rector turns like a Marine corporal, motions downward with his palms as his stance is graceful, his smile be­ if to say, "Not so loud, they'll hear nign, his demeanor modest. He gra­ you." 'I'his is known as the Silent THE ciously includes the chorus in his ac­ Treatment. ceptance of applause, his pulse is MUFFIN normal again, and he has that feeling Another is the director who uses his of well being that follows a workout arms as if he were lifting himself MAKEI'. in the gym. out of a swimming pool. He getR his TYPE (Contiuued OJI page 53) SEPTEMBER, 1953 The Harmonizer 53

SUMMAI1Y OJ.' OI'EUATIONS 01,' SI~t;BSQSA (intunlll'io",~') Be a Chorus Director" FOR FISCAL YEAR JULY I, 1952 to JUNE 30, 1953 Continued HEVENUI-:: You wondcr if all this work is neces· PH Capita Tax received rrom members (exclusive or Hal"moni:ter subscrlptions) __ $61,601.00 sary, eh? Have you watched a chorus when the walk-on is in order? If the The Harmonizer: Subscriptions received from members • •_ $24,692.10 boys had striped suits ani what would Miscellaneous, extra copies, etc. _ 119.10 they remind you of? '1' len someone Advertising • __ • __ • •_ 7,811.69 in the back row whispers, "Say ll 'I'otnl Hal"moni:tCI' Revenue ._ $32,622.94 cheese , and the smiles light up and Less cost or publishing and disll'jbuting Harmoni:ter •. 35,346.90 die right down as the sordid realiza­ tion of what they are up against over­ $ 2,723.96 (2,123.96) whelms them again. }o'us received rOI' chartering chapten •• _ 1,240.00 Fen received for quartet reKlslrRtlolI ••• • __ • _ 810.00 They line lip and face right and left. Sale of SULlpliu, Music, Bookt, ('Ic. One man has a twitching trouser leg Total Salea •••__ • ._•• $42,464.91 that shows the audience he is ready Less actUll1 cost or the goods sold 26,678.63 to bolt without notice. The big guy in the back 1·0''l.. has got to scratch his Balance to nllll!)' to general overhead costs or olleratlon • __ 16,786.34 Uennue derived from Detroit Convention __ • _ 19.161.85 nose, come wl11\t may. Two in the Mis('ellaneous )nCOme • •••_ front row know doggone well that 1,483.99 their bow ties are crooked and their $98,419.22 mental sull"el'ing shows in their faces.

Everybody is nervous and jittery. "So Jo;XPENSF.S: this is the way you feel when you Eli:jll'llse of MAintaining Inlulll\tiollAI Oni('e take that last walk, and face the Snlaries of employees • ••__ $43,454.83 newspapermen just before they strap Rent cost of equipment Rnd its maintenance, upkcep of office, fuel, you in the chair" is what they seem light, dl'nnlllg lIer\'ice, etc., Rlid office supplies • _ 13,202.40 to be saying. Taxes, leKul fees, Insurunce, bond. audit, lind accounting (cello __ •_ 3.628.69 $60,185.92 With this aura of despair and gloom saturating their every thought, and Other Costs of Various Servinl Itendered 10 Diltri('ts, Chapters, Members Printing, poslnge, mimeograllhin". shhlJling. including all Int'l Com- gnawing at their vitals, the chorus mittee eli:llenSe for nOOve _. _ 17,299.18 sounds a B flat, takes a deep breath 'J'clcphonc and Telegrnph _••_. • __ • __ • _ 2,106.99 and breaks out into some such title Travcl expense or members or lnt'l Otnce Stnff __ •• •• _ 4,280.40 as "I'm laff, laff, laffing--come along and laft' with me." And the director 28,741.51 Stenognll,hic CXllense, DOslAge, phone elllls, wires, ll'AVel for oRkcn takes them right over the top and into other than Int') SeCI'etary •_ 2,886.01 the trenches, game to the core. What Membershh> Record Depnrtment • __ •_ 5.192.60 would we do without them? (No, no, Other eXllellses not classified _ 992.01 don't answer. If any of my director TOTAL EXPENSES _ $93.698.22 friends read this, I'm only engaging NET INCOME TRANSFERRED TO NET WORTH OF SOCIETY. _ in a bit of chaffing.) $ 4.821.00

"THE ABOMINABLE FIFTH" IS NO NEW THING STATEMENT 010" FINANCIAL CONDITION sPJo~nSQSA (lnterlll.tional) ll.!J of JUlie 30, 1953 Both Stedman Rohn, Ludington, Mich­ ASSETS igan Chapter and Alex l\IcDonough, WOHlt;HMANENT j.'UND ASSETS: member of SPEBSQSA, if he isn't, Res{'l'\,e Jo'und (U. S. Gov'l Donds) _~ ._•• •_ 32.159.80 wrote in part: fl••• Nobody knows Reserve j.·und (Cash in SIICC. Acct.) _ 19,920.17 52,079.97 precisely how the Kate Noonan Four came into being. It was one: of those felicitous accidents by which fortune SPECIAL "'UND ASSETS: Cash in 81)('C, llIdg. Fund Acet. ••_•• ~ _ 12,674.99 favOl's mankind ... Foul' harmonious U. S, BOlllls in Bldg. Fund Aeel. _ 1,000,00 spirits chanced to meet as fellow 13.674.99 boarders at 1\Irs. Noonan's menagc, '1'O'l'A [, ASSETS • __ • • _ $111,987.6-1 and there discovel'ed that their voices, when lifted in song, blended to pro· duce a unique quality ... LIAB1LITJI~S: Accounts Pn)'llble-Mis('. _. _ 1.266.17 Building Fund ~ _ 13.674.99 l< Any and every spare moment was AdVflllce Pll)'ment Pel' Capilli To,.; ._. • ~ 16,905.00 seized to 'render a chune' ... When, as rarely occurred, some crass out· sider made bold to add his voice to 605.10 the sacred foul', he was extended all -10.51 45.48 the hospitality that the Budapest 54.05 String Quartet might accord a banjo 2-1-1.31 99-1.51 player .. , N El' WORTH 7·1-52 •_ 7-1.326.91 NF.'1' INCOME 12 MOS. ENDING (i-aO-53 •_ 4,821.00 79,1-17.97 "Pel'haill-; 110 cooperative ell'ort brings 'I'O'I'AI, LIAml.. )'I'IE~ & NEll' WORTH ••• _~_ men into closer rapPol't than n vocal $111,981.6-1 quartet. . Il SEPTEMBER, 1953 The Harmonizer

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NO.S.. (fOR THE ANSWERS, see PAGE 57) DISTRICT CONTESTS SCHEDULE !lED FACED EDI'fO!l This paragraph should follow the first DISTRICT DATE LOCATION paragraph of liThe Way I See It", Central States October 17 Pittsburg, Kansas next page. Dixie Not yet determined Not yet determined By this time, July 3·4-5, '41, Carroll Evergreen November 7 Portland, Oregon Adams was already a veteran in the Far Westcm November 14 Pasadena, California three year old Society. In August '39 JIIinois October 3-4 Aurora, Illinois several Michiganders, including How­ Indiana-Kcntllcky October 10 Indianapolis, Indiana ard. Tubbs, Joe Wolff, Ed Schwoppe, and Glenn Shields, had organized the Johnny Appleseed October 17 Washington, Penna. first Michigan Chapter, Detroit. Car· Land 0' Lakes November 6-7 Grecn Bay, Wisconsin roll had gotten wind of it, attended I\'Iichigan October 17 Lnllsing, Michigan the third meeting, and was active Mid-Atlantic OctoQ.CI' 17·18 New York, New York from then all. His first major job was (co-sponsored by Areas 1­ in promoting SPEBSQSA's first state 2-3) association which got under way in Northeastern October 3 New Bedford, Mass. January, '41, with all foul' parts har­ monizcd, Detroit, Grand Rapids, Lan­ Ont.ario Octobcr 24 Sal'l1ia, Ontario sing and Flint. The third national Seneca Land Octobcr 24 Penn Vall, New York presidency was not in the hands of Southwesterll November 14 Wichitn Falls, Texas H novice at administration. SEPTE!vIBER, 1953 by Deac Marlin ~u~li~h:" d;tn':tl~t tt~Uda::ili your rlQht 10 say II:' AI/rib/ded fo Voltoire. 1694·/778

This is about Carroll Parker Adams. evidence. The fact that we came It would be impossible to set down At the International in Detroit, the through that formative stage is due the Adams "visions" that fused with Adams' }'etircment was discussed al. to the initial push of the zealots of others, then became concrete and are most as often as how-I-picked-12·out· '39-'40·41, followed by the fortuitous now built so solidly into the Society's of-the-15, or why-I·disagrce-with-thc­ Adams-Staab combination when Hal structure that they have lost identit)· decisions. though little of that came Staab succeeded CalToll as president and are accepted as a natural part to my ear, now that the category while Adams became national secre· of the whole. Some of them were con­ system of judging has evolved and has tary. A principal asset possessed by tributed when Carroll was working proved itself to the majority of mem­ both of them was the "vision" backed for love of it. Then he went on }>art­ bers. The first judicial categories and by ability to weld Boards and mem­ time, and became full·time Int'l Sec. Curroll Adams came into the Society's bership of that era into units whose in 1944. At first, National h.q. was national attention in 1941 at Si. almost fanatic labol's built a founda· in the Adallls home. Records and ma· Louis where "Doc" Rath- terials overflowed the space ert. second presidcnt. hand- ass i g ned to them and ed' us sheets for judgin, splashed over the entire "Harmony and B len d' , house. An infestation of "Song Selection and Orig­ harmon~ bugs, likely to inality", and "Stage Pres­ break lllto 3% harmony entatIOn". each judge parts at any hour of the 24, marking each contestant in was too apparent there too all thl'ee categories, and often. where we elected a Michi­ gan man named Adams as But in 1946, when the So­ national president. Hlnter­ ciety rented headquarters at national" was beyond even 18720 Grand River Ave., Owen Cash's dreams then. Detroit, Scc. Adams and wife Frankie were seldom "Keep America Singi"ng" home. Days, nights, holi­ (the history) says: -Adams days, Sundays, were about accepted the Society's man­ the same in that ceaseless date with the knowledge push toward improved or­ that he would be lucky if. ganization and maintenance during one ShOl·t yea1', he of higher standards. He was could uncover the appl'oxi­ called a "slave-driver" of­ mate length and breadth of ten, invariably with the the Society ... Five days l'eservation that he drove after Adams became }H'esi­ no one on the Boaw!; in the dent, he told the Chicago chapters, in the office or chapter: 'Up to now we elsewhere in the Society as h a v e contented ourselves hard as himself. with good times-no';" the country looks to us to do My contacts with Carroll things-we must have lead· were constant from his el'ship, money, and more presidency, through the for­ chapters' ... He believed mative period, and during that by the end of his ad­ the years when I edited the ministration the Society'S Harmonizer. I have never finances would allow it to At lert, Bob IInCer, successor to Int'l Sec')' Cnrroll P. AdRJlU­ "known such whole-hearted launch a Jlational quarterly Adnl\\l at right. devotion to a job, and I've IHlblication and employ a rambled far enough to have full-time secretary at a na- had some opportunity to ob­ tional headquarters. 'We serve. I know his personal must catch the vision and sensitive side and his ad· go to work' ... The vision ministrative self which at included l'evisioll of the constitution, tion for quick expansion under suc­ times evidenced determination to get written by him only in January to ceeding administrations such as has the main job done for the membership meet new conditions ... It encom­ not been equalled by a comparable though it necessitated what some passed magazine articles, song Rr· group elsewhere. I can't l'efer to member, interested in some small part I'angements, a rostcl' of cha\>ters and Adams as the fulcrum beclIuse a ful· of the over-all, might cOllsider u tem­ the multiplication of act 1 V i tic H crum is static. Perhaps a muster con­ porary brush-off. through committees wrestling with trol meshed'into the intricate working I heard with great satisfaction the development and organization". of the entire machine would be better decision of the Board to furnish em'· At times CalToU and Hal (and I) ro)) a retirement income which 'under All this merely hints at the magni­ disagreed over f1what's best for the membership conditions t hat seem tude of the job faced by the third Society" but that was not unusual fairly stable nowadays will cost each president and the accomplishments when other men of convictions often of us about 15 cents a )'ear. The tot­ since "the Society, organized in the went to bat for their ideas of "what's tering members of the Decrel)its (for­ State of Oklahoma, operated in vari. best" for the' beloved organization. mer Int'l Board members), in which ous states of total confusion". (A program resembling Hal's House intra-Society organization I am ap· In recent years, I have heard the of Delegates idea of 1943 went into proaching seniority too darned fast, statement: . "Carroll Adams is the effect in '53 at Detroit. 'l'he Societ:.' also raised a tidy sum for Carroll Society". Such comment is either with­ wasn't }'Cady for it when first \,ro~ which carries with it the l'espect and out knoWledge or consideration of the posed, and hasn't been until now, affection for the Adams we knew. SEPTEMBER, 1953 55 Tbe Harmonizer KEYE (COLUMBUS) OHIO AND NEW BEDFORD, MASS. JUCT SUCCESSFUL HIGH SCHOOL QUARTET CONTESTS ITONES, from the Ohio The Contest was judged on SPEB­ Ed Stet.son, New Bedford Chapter, State ,;:)\;....,01 for the Blind, all seniors, SQSA judging standards. Chairman writes concerning the High School won Buckeye Chapter's 3rd annual of Judges was Past In1'l V.P. George Barbershop Quar~et Contest conduct­ High School Barbershop Quartet Con­ H. Chamblin, B u eke y e Chapter. ed last May: test on April 25, 1953, at Bexley High Others on the Judges Panel were "To my knowledge, this is the finest School Auditorium. Carl and Claude Lang, of the Dayton publicity ever received by any chapter Chapter, members of past Interna­ for a community activity. NewSpalJCl' 'fhe MARI'fONES plan to use their tional Finalists JOLLY FELLO'VS; space alone totaled over twelve col­ $200 Scholal'ship Award for first place Bill Oursler, - Saginaw, Mich., mem­ umns. to continue their musical training and, ber of past Michigan Champs, the if possible, obtain some barbershop BARONS OF HARMONY: Paul E. "Final result.") show that it cost the arrangements printed in BrAille. "Snook" Neal, Columbus j Al Szabo, chapter about $300. This included a Elyria, Ohio, Chapter. $100 music scholal'ship to the winning Closely following the champs were the High School, individual engraved cups The 1953 Contest was co-chairmanned to the winning foursome, l>1'izes for NORTHERNAIRES, hom North by Morton R. Cook and Kenneth R. the two runners-up and a trophy to High School, winning $100 scholar­ Evans, under the direction of Staff be held by the winning High School shil> for 2nd place; the SHAVERS Taylor, past President, and Dr. Frank for a year. from East High School, third; ME­ B. Rasor, newly elected President of TEORITES from 'Vest High School, Buckeye Chapter. /lAlter evaluating everything, we in fourth; and the HAPPY HARMO­ New Bedfonl feel we presented as NIZERS from North High School, fine a display of barbershopping at fifth. ANSWERS TO BAFFLERS work as could be found anywhere. The (See page 4BJ people of New Bedford and surround­ More than 15 High School quartets 1. Swallow ing communities really know the were originally entered, with 12 actu­ 2. Robin meaning of SPEBSQSA. 'Ve plan to 3. Nightingale make this an annual event. ally singing, to a large house. All 4. 'Vhip-poor-will ticket sales were handled by the Down­ 6. Thrush III heartily l'ecommend the High town Lions Club of Columbus, co­ 6. Bobolink School Quartet Contest as a commu­ sponsors of the contest, and all profits 7. Oriole nity activity project to all chapters went to their annual Sight-Saving 8. Bird of Paradise of our Society. Maybe we should have program, as a 100% charitable proj­ 9. Bobwhite an International Committee for High ect. 10. Alouette School Quartet Contests."

Arcadia, California Chapler used thue Itage attl at Ita IRSt IlallY. In Introducing tach quartet, the MC, In(') Board Member Paradt. The quartet II linglng in front of an old-hshiol1td needle Wright, Pasadtl1a, ..... ould place a four-foot record 011 gral\lojlhone and the dog at ttlt (for the btllefit of )'oungtr the iramollhone, gi"e the handle n rtW turns and RnnOllncf', I1lt rtadtrs) hi the tradtlllark of the Victor Talkll1R MAChine Com- llllnrt'et. SEPTEMBER, 1953 ~. ( ~ ;: ~, . I, / • \', /. .U HIA PA I' \JERSEY MEN, PHILADELP ,' Crow Noonan 8oe~o Morning .. 1".1 IV/ _ 'I 12 OF THE SEMI-FINALISTS AT DETROIT (See inside front cover for the other 13) r - -

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