Looking Back – 1967 – Part II

Posted on by Ontario District
20
Mar

By Waldo Redekop – Ontario District Historian

1967 Coming Events
Apr 14-16 – Spring Convention, Kitchener, Ontario – District Chorus Championship and International Preliminaries Quartet Competition.
July 3-8, 29th Annual Society Convention, Los Angeles, California.
Sept 29-Oct 1 – Fall Convention, Ottawa – District Quartet Championship and International Preliminary Chorus Competition.

Barbershop jewellery and records were available. Ladies ring, 10K gold for $20.00, Gents ring 10K gold for $25.00, Official SPEBSQSA recordings, Mono $3.50, Stereo $4.50. You had to add 5% Ontario Sales Tax to your order plus 25 cents for handling and mailing. Send your order to a Toronto address that was given.

Interesting to note the 29 chapters that were in the Ontario District at that time, about a third  of which no longer exist.

  • Brantford – Pres: Joseph Cronk, Dir: Fred Edgeworth, B Ed: Jack Scott.
  • Burlington – Pres:Ed Pare, Dir: Bruce Bonnyman, B Ed: Jerry Yelland.
  • Chatham – Pres: Andy Trudgeon, Dir: Mac Fletcher, B Ed: Moe Craig.
  • East York – Pres: Al Shields, Dir: George Shields, B Ed: Ron Bowring.
  • Etobicoke – Pres: Al Hurst, Dir: Harry Mays, B Ed: Colin McGregor.
  • Fort Erie– Pres: Bill Taylor, Dir: Bill Taylor, B Ed: Bill Taylor.
  • Georgetown – Pres: Jim Pope, Dir: Dave Morgan, B Ed: Andy Skilling.
  • Huronia – Pres: Andy Welsman, Dir: Jim Legros, B Ed: Russ Sanguins.
  • Kingston – Pres: Dr. Ed Johns, Dir: John Spence, B Ed: John Spence.
  • Kitchener-Waterloo – Pres: Bob Howey, Dir: Dave Litwiller, B Ed: Barry Fox.
  • Lindsay – Pres: Harold Robertson, Dir: Eric Booth.
  • Listowel – Pres: Jack Gates, Dir: Will Swindell, B Ed: Howard Pretty.
  • London – Pres: Tony Olivastri, Dir: Jim Turner, B Ed: Ron Ball.
  • Metro (Toronto) – Pres: Ted Patterson, Dir: George Shields, B Ed: Jim Sutherland.
  • Mount Hamilton – Pres: Norm Wilkinson, Dir: Don Willis, B Ed: Jim Sutherland.
  • Oshawa – Pres: Mervyn Scott, Dir: Eric Booth, B Ed: Bruce Down.
  • Ottawa – Pres: Dyson Pinhey, Dir: Bob Walker, B Ed: Jim Whitehead.
  • Owen Sound – Pres: Harold Barnes, Dir: Harry McCarthy, B Ed: Arthur Wooten.
  • Peterborough – Pres: John Taylor, Dir: Gordon Guse, B Ed: Ron Wilson.
  • St.Catharines – Pres: George Nicholson, Dir: Harvey Sherwood, B Ed: Frank Reavley.
  • Sarnia – Pres: Ron Madill, Dir: Maurice Siverns, B Ed: Bruce McCallum.
  • Scarborough – Pres: Abe Crossley, Dir: Dick Pooley, B Ed: Jim Beetham.
  • Simcoe – Pres: Martin Forsyth, Dir: Ray Danley, B Ed: Cliff Whitehead.
  • Stratford – Pres: Clare MacLachlan, Dir: Murray Parson, B Ed: Bruce McAlpine.
  • Sudbury – Pres: Cliff Lockyer, Dir: Ken Barlow, B Ed: Ernie Savard.
  • Toronto – Pres: Murray Gardiner, Dir: Gareth Evans, B Ed: Al Cushing.
  • Wingham – Pres: Lloyd Sillick, Dir: Harold Swatridge, B Ed: Harold Swatridge.
  • Woodstock – Pres: Geo. A. Robinson, Dir: Peter Hughes, B Ed: Der Markham.
  • York North – Pres: Ron Johnstone, Dir: John Odom, B Ed: Eric Franklin.

The following was taken from the 1968 Ontario District Directory:

1967 Ontario District Quartet Champions
The Quartet
Tenor: Jack Gordon
Lead: Harry Wilson
Bari: Ron Whiteside
Bass: Jim Russell