1948-1962: District Quartet Champions

NOTES:
Quartet singers are listed left to right as tenor, lead, baritone, bass – unless we have photo information.

1948

MOUNTAIN-AIRES

Eddie Hotten (t),
Mel Olene (l),
Tom Hansen (br),
Allen Cornwell (bs)
Mount Rainier, Enumclaw


PNW District Champs
San Francisco, 1948
Competed at International in:
1948 in Oklahoma City, OK
1949 in Buffalo, NY

1949

QUEEN CITY FOUR

Joe Zwirn (t),

Tom Westbrook (l),
Paul Brown (br),
Gene Brown (bs)

Seattle

 

PNW District Champs in
Bellevue, 1949
Competed at International in:
1950 in Omaha, NB

 

1950

LUMBER LADS

Glen Rounds (t),
Dick Bussey (l),
Harry Huffman (br),
E.C. Murphy (bs)
Eugene

 

PNW District Champs in Portland, 1950

1951

PUGET SOUNDERS

Frank Hawthorne (t),
Fred Cornwell (br),
Houstie Allen (bs),
Bill Judkins (l)

Enumclaw, Auburn

 

 

PNW District Champs in 
Bellingham, 1951
Competed at International in:
1952 in Kansas City, MO

Represented EVG at International in 1951

AGONY FOUR
Bob Day
Joe Einwaller
Gerry Robinson
Bob Blair
Eugene, OR


Competed at International in:
1951 in Toledo, OH

 

1952

EVERGREEN QUARTET

Jim St. Mary (l),
Bill Gable (t),
Bob St. Mary (br),
Don St. Mary (bs)
Yakima

 

 

PNW District Champs in
Portland, 1952

Competed at International in:
1953 in Detroit, MI

1954 in Washington, D.C.

1953

VARISTONES

Clyde Hobbs (t),
Jim Iddings (l),
Merv Clements (br),
James R. McLees (bs)
Seattle

 


EVG District Champs in
Portland, 1953
Competed at International in:
1954 in Washington, DC,
1955 in Miami, FL

1954

SHARP FOUR

Bob Huffman (t),
Ron Lodge (l),
Wilson Barber (bs),
Jerry Holloway (br)
Eugene


EVG District Champs in
Everett, 1954
Competed at International in:
1955 in Miami, FL
1956 in Minneapolis, MN
1957 in Los Angeles, CA

1955

MODEL T FOUR

Charlie Pullman (t),
Earl Cousins (l),
Gordie Cousins (bs)
Don Franks (br)

Vancouver

 

EVG District Champs in  Portland, 1955
Competed at the International in:
1956 in Minneapolis, MN

Competed in Intl. Senior Contests:
1991 in Tampa, FL  (2nd)

1991 District Senior Champions

1992 in Long Beach, CA   (3rd)

1956

SCHOOL MASTERS

Walter Venema (t),
Roderick Stubbs (l),
Orv Nyland (br),
Bill Sass (bs)
Seattle

 

EVG District Champs inVancouver, BC, in 1956

1957

FOUR DO MATICS

Clayton Lacey (t),
Jim Iddings (l),
Merv Clements (br),
Dell Green (bs)
Seattle


EVG District Champs in
Seattle, 1957
Competed at International in:
1957 in Los Angeles, CA

1958 in Columbus, OH

1959 in Chicago, IL (7th)

1960 in Dallas, TX (11th)

1961 in Philadelphia, PA (8th)

1962 in Kansas City, MO (6th)

1963 in Toronto, ONT, CA (7th)

1964 in San Antonio, TX (9th)

1966 in Chicago, IL (7th)

1958

TIMBER FELLERS

Paul Helton (t),
Larry Adolfson (bs),
Jack Rendle (l),
Robert Rychard (br)
Bellevue

 

EVG District Champs in
Portland, 1958
Competed at International in:

1958 in Columbus, OH

1959 in Chicago, IL

1962 in Kansas City, MO
(mic testers)

1963 in Toronto, ONT, CA

1959

SEMA FOUR

Dale Brown (l),
Loren Watson (t),
Gene Haworth (br),
Dave Little (bs)
Seattle

 

EVG District Champs in
Vancouver, BC, 1959

1960

CAPITAL CHORDSMEN

Al Smith (bs)
Lloyd Griffiths (l),

Dick Roth (t),
Dick McClintic (br)
Salem

 

EVG District Champs in
Eugene, 1960
Competed at Internationals in:
1960 in Dallas, TX
1961 in Philadelphia, PA

1961

NORTHERNAIRES
Ross Gould (bs),
Rudy Magneson (br),
Arne Dahl (l),
Gordon Ness (t)
Camrose

 

 

EVG District Champs in Bellingham, 1961



1962

JOURNEYMEN
Curt Roth (bs),
Terry Shannon (br),
Alan Koberstein (l),
Denny Stiers (t)

Eugene


EVG District Champs in
Portland, 1962
Competed at Internationals in:
1962 in Kansas City, MO (13th)
1963 in Toronto, Ont, CA (14th)
1964 in San Antonio, TX (8th)