Vol. III, No. 1                                                                                                                           Dec. 1999 

COLORADO SPRINGS: SITE OF A MINI-REUNION 

Five former 33rders met on Saturday, November 20 for a noon luncheon and afternoon talkfest at the Double Tree Hotel in Colorado Springs, Colorado. Those in attendance were Frank Schlatter (56-58), 33rd ABAA secretary-treasurer, with his wife, Carole, and son, David; Paul Stevens (62-67) and his wife, Lydia; Byron Smith (62-66), former Band C.O. and veteran of WWII, the Korean Conflict, and Vietnam; Billie Boyt (64-68) and his wife, Ruth; and Lowell Skabo (56-57) and his wife, Verna. The occasion was marked by story-telling and looking through photo albums. (Several of the pictures provided by Paul Stevens and one from Frank Schlatter are included at the end of this newsletter, along with photos of the five former bandsmen at the mini-reunion. Still others from Paul, who has an extensive series of 8 x 10 black-and-white prints, will be incorporated into subsequent newsletters.) 

Since the tours with the 33rd of Paul, Byron, and Billie had included the same years in the 60's, they shared numerous reminiscences. One of the stories that they had in common pertained to the demise of a Russian flag during an honor guard. The event when all the flag poles at Campbell Barracks were graced by Russian flags was captured on television, but what was singled out, according to Paul Stevens, was the sight of the Russian flag slithering to the ground and everyone running around, not quite knowing what to do. 

Apparently the shooting down of the Russian flag occurred because in the dry run for the event the flags were not in position. They had not yet arrived from the flag-making factory in Virginia, from where they had been ordered. During the dry run the cannons for the event were fired without problem, but once the 36 (or more) flag poles held their respective Russian flags, one of the poles just happened to be in the range of the wadding that exploded from a nearby cannon. Paul indicated that at Fort Carson he later had met the general who had ordered all the Russian flags. He learned that the general had always felt that the flag incident had kept him from being promoted. Paul said, "It probably did!" 

In an aside, Byron said that he remembered watching a colonel trying to shinny up the pole. Byron didn't say to what end. 

Byron, Bill and Paul also gave their version of the cymbal incident during the Kennedy honor guard in 1963. 

Byron started it off: "I had three bands--my band, the 7th Army Band out of Stuttgart, and the 82nd. Then, in addition to that we had four cymbal players out in front interspersed between the seven trombones and they went back forever. And the tympani was out in front, too. We played the anthems when they [the dignitaries and staffs] first got there. Then we started the walk-around music, and they all got carried away when all of the sudden I looked down , and there was Gene Hauck! One of his cymbals went straight up into the air, and he reached up and got it [demonstrating] like that, and he pulled it to his chest." 

Bill and Paul intervened at this point and indicated that it hit the ground, but Byron emphasized that it was another individual s cymbal which hit the ground, saying that it hit the ground with a terrific clatter--at which point the secret service agents were all going for their weapons. 

Byron then provided some background to the event, saying that because of the Russian flag incident, the ones in charge of the Kennedy honor guard wanted to be absolutely certain that nothing happened when the President was there. Up to the time when the Kennedy honor guard was to occur, the cymbals had had straps on them. But those in charge decided to put handles on the cymbals. Byron said that each day the band would go up for rehearsal and one of the officers who was concerned that everything should go right tightened all the handles on the cymbals. After the ceremony an investigation into the matter was held, and, according to Byron, it was determined that "all that tightening had crystallized all the handles and they'd all given out." 

Another story told by Byron dealt with an honor guard for an Italian general and an American officer who Byron identified as the "world's meanest SOB." He related that on the occasion of the honor guard the band had arrived when it was supposed to and waited for the ceremony to begin. It was, he said, one of those days: "it rained a little, it snowed a little, the sun came out and the brass finally got on the stand." Once the band began to play the walk-around music, though, "a heavy fog suddenly descended, so thick you couldn t see your hand in front of your face." Byron said he couldn t see the front row of the band, but he had already started the music, so he just let them go. And eventually here came the American general and the Italian general, "hand in hand, walking around," attempting to make a show of the event but absolutely lost in the fog. 

The 60's contingent also recalled the occasion when they and the 529th honor guard had waited in the hot sun for some two hours for a general to show up. When he finally did arrive, he began his address to the troops, saying, Never have I ever seen men stand so tall," at which point the honor guard commander fell face down on the tarmac and had to be dragged away from the ceremony. 

The dedication of the Marshall memorial in Frankfurt, according to Paul, provided another memorable event. Paul indicated that the commander of the honor guard created a major problem for himself when, in giving a command to the guard, he had half of them facing one way and half of them facing another. Paul, Billie, and Byron affirmed that the members of the band who were watching this take place didn't even try to contain themselves. The commander of the guard attempted to resolve the situation by calling for an about face, but the result was to transform an already disastrous situation to its mirror image, as the mixed up troops continued to face in different directions. Finally, said Paul, the commander came up with the world s best command: "Face me!"--all on German television. 

One other story was of the band s experiences at Omaha Beach in Normany in 1964 (the band was there for the 20-year commemoration of the D-Day invasion). According to those who were there, the 33rd was in position on the beach, ankle deep in water, with the Black Watch right behind them and the tide beginning to come in. DeGaulle, they said, was late, and thus the troops waited--and the Black Watch was in agony-- for behind the band came the repetitive sounds of the members of the Black Watch trying to fend off all the sand fleas that were under their skirts. 

Because of the success of the Colorado Springs mini-reunion, it was suggested that the next time the 33rd ABAA secretary-treasurer traveled to Colorado the group should meet again--and perhaps that gathering would be augmented by the other five former members of the 33rd Army Band who are now living in Colorado Springs but who were unable to attend the November 20th meeting: Julie and Milton Belle (late 70's to 1993), Hyland Bennett (79-82), Chris Lawson (73-76), and Bill Stokes. 

[Ed. Note: When former 33rders get together for their own mini-reunions, you are encouraged to provide the newsletter editor with such information. Invariably, stories of your experiences with the 33rd Army Band will be told, and it is those stories that make up the true history of the band. "What's a 'mini- reunion'?", you ask. Answer: Two or more former 33rders together.] 

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TOUR OF GERMANY 1999 BY THE BLASMUSIK TEXAS 

[Ed. Note: When it was learned that Herbert Bilhartz was traveling to Germany this past summer with his Texas German Band, the editor requested that Herbert provide a summary of the trip, thinking that the experiences of the Blasmusik folks could be instructive for 33rders who have projected a reunion in Germany in 2004. Herbert kept a journal of his band's June 1999 trip, the first installment of which is provided here.] 

Back in the fall of 1975 after the 33rd Army Band had finished a full summer season of Beer Tents and Village Festivals, I would not have believed I would be involved in a whirlwind tour of this same kind of event just for the fun of it. But last June I took our Texas German Band on just such an excursion. A journal of our experiences follows. --Herbert Bilhartz (73-76) 

Day 1. Monday, 14 June 1999. Our group of 26 musicians and 15 accompanying family members departed Dallas/Ft. Worth, San Antonio, and Houston via Chicago on United Airlines for Frankfurt am Main. 

Day 2. Tuesday, 15 June. We rendezvoused at the Frankfurt Airport and boarded our 46 passenger bus and headed south. Our first stop was on the bank of the Neckar, near the Old Bridge in Heidelberg for a couple of hours of sightseeing. Many of us rode the Bergbahn up to the Castle, which, not surprisingly, had not changed much since 1976. That evening we made our only stop in a hotel, the Holiday Inn at Kirchheim unter Teck, a suburb on the southeast side of Stuttgart. 

I should mention that our travel arrangements had been made by Gernot Kohl of Heidenrod (near Wiesbaden). Mr. Kohl is a part time travel agent and tour organizer, and we were quite pleased with the arrangements he made. He gets the kind of accommodations desired anywhere by phoning the hotels direct and negotiates for a group price. Of course he gets a commission from the hotel. He is himself a licensed and experienced bus driver and, if his work schedule permits, he rents the bus and drives it himself. He was not able to get free to drive us, but he got us an excellent driver and a deluxe bus, with a WC on board, and at a fair price, about $200 per person for the two weeks of our tour. I felt it was a great advantage to cut out as many middlemen as possible. Not only would each middleman have to get a commission, but it is not good to have too many layers separating the traveler from the provider. 

We did not like the prices or the atmosphere at the Holiday Inn restaurant and opted for a nearby Gasthaus, "Zum Roessle," for Swabian food and drink. 

Day 3. Wednesday, 16 June. We proceeded on to a town near Memmingen, Rot an der Rot, home of Musikverlg Rundel, publishers of band music, people I have known and done business with for years. This is a beautiful town, one of Germany's best-kept secrets as a place worthy of a visit. The Kloster-Kirche there is beautifully restored and has two great organs. The Rundels moved their publishing business into a new building this year, and, for a band musician, it is well worth a visit. You will receive a warm welcome. The local Landhotel Seefelder is first rate, with good food, and inexpensive by German standards. 

Day 4. Thursday, 17 June. We had stayed the previous night as guests of our sponsors here, members of the Musikkapelle Markt Erkheim, located just east of Memmingen. This is a really outstanding town band and they have toured Texas no less than seven times in the last 12 years! Their talented young conductor, Magnus Blank, is conservatory-trained, and a no-nonsense musician, but at the same time, a true Bavarian (Erkheim is just across the blue/white border in the western edge of Bavaria). During a program Magnus can be expected to put down the baton, and dance a Schuhplattler with three other fellows from the band. The assistant director is Markus Mikusch, a truly world-class baritone player. We had arranged in advance for him to play "Variations on the Yellow Rose of Texas" with us. 

On this day the Erkheimers escorted us on a sightseeing trip around the area, and we played our first program, a Kur-Konzert, in Bad Woerishofen, a "Kneipp-Kurort." No, that doesn't mean you restore your health by visiting all the local "Gasthaeuser," or "Kneipen," but you are given treatments with cold water, a regimen devised by a 19th century clergyman named Kneipp. 

That evening the Erkheim band members had prepared a grill party for us in the Patio Garden at the home of one of their members, with grilled chicken and pork cutlets, plus salad, cheese, sausage, beer and wine. A volunteer band was put together on the lawn, with musicians from Bavaria, Baden-Wuertemberg, Texas, New York, and other places taking turns playing, then listening, eating and drinking. 

Day 5. Friday, 18 June. We took our leave of Erkheim and continued in a southwesterly direction toward Lake Constance, with stops in Lindau and Kressborn. Our next destination was Wahlwies, site of our next host band, a suburb of the city of Stockach, a short distance from Switzerland. Our host and guide here was Jan Dorell, chairman of the Musikverein, trumpet player, and lawyer by profession (the Blasmusik Texas had a lawyer playing tuba, and we were soon trading lawyer jokes). This evening another grill party was set up in front of the Wahlwies band's rehearsal hall. We were accommodated again in homestays, two or three of our members per host family. Billie and I stayed with the Wahlwies band director, Herbert Haas and his family. 

Day 6. Saturday, 19 June. This was the first day of the big Fest in Stockach, called the "Swiss Holiday," somehow referring to a short occupation of the city by the Swiss army several centuries ago. A couple of "stages" were set up near the Town Hall for bands to perform. We took turns with the Wahlwies band and the larger Stockach Concert Band. Vehicle traffic was not allowed downtown during the Fest and the streets were packed with people. If you were in the 33rd, you know the scene. We had two guest conductors: Herbert Haas of the Wahlwies Band and Edwin Gommeringer, 85-year-old retired director of the Stockach Concert Band. 

This evening our hosts escorted us to the Flower Island of Mainau in the Ueberlingersee, a branch of the Bodensee (Lake Constance). A Swedish king of several centuries back was exiled from his native country and took up residence on this island between Baden and Switzerland. He had an avid interest in horticulture and the whole island is a garden. He collected exotic trees from all parts of the world and transplanted them here. I was astonished to see a mature giant Sequoia Redwood from the Sierra Nevada in California flourishing on Mainau. 

After our tour of the garden, we all had dinner at the elegant Mainau Restaurant, about DM45 per person. We had budgeted for this in advance and paid for it by Euro-Cheque. (Diverting here a moment, if the 33rd Association is planning a group tour, you might consider opening an account in DM at a German bank. Then get the bank to provide you with their Euro credit card and Euro Cheques. You will be charged a fee anytime you use an ATM, but there appears to be no fee on the Euro Cheques, and they are accepted all over Europe without question. If the Association treasurer will contact me, I'll try to tell you more.) 

On return that evening to Wahlwies, our first trombone player, retired US Air Force bandsman Nick Ochoa, missed the last step getting off the bus and fell flat. He did not seem seriously hurt and was soon back on his feet, complaining of pain in his left arm. 

Day 7. Sunday, 20 June. We met at 10:00 in front of the church door in Wahlwies for a traditional Fruehschoppenkonzert, a fine German tradition where people stop for a glass of beer or wine and a bite to eat on the way home from church. Members of the Wahlwies Band provided drinks, grilled pork, and Pomme frites, and the Blasmusik Texas furnished music for the 3-hour event. Sounds like a long program, but it was a very relaxing atmosphere, with plenty of breaks for refreshment. Nick was not able to raise his left arm after last night's fall from the bus and we were concerned. A Wahlwies trombone player volunteered to sit in, so we had a full section. 

This pleasant sunny afternoon we moved to the garden of a nearby Gasthaus and got to become better acquainted with our hosts. We had three teenagers with us, Nick Ochoa's 15-year old son, Jason, a very good young trumpet player; and (non-musician) granddaughters, Sara and Elizabeth, of one of our baritone players. A romance was already blossoming between Jason and Elizabeth; and Sara and Christoph, Budeswehr soldier and son of the Wahlwies band director, were really getting along well. In fact, he has been invited, and accepted, an invitation from her parents to visit her in Dallas next summer. Something to be prepared for if you have youngsters in your group. 

Day 8. Monday, 21 June. This was a day totally devoted to sightseeing and recreation. We spent several hours in Konstanz, right at the edge of the Bodensee, and in the afternoon crossed over into Switzerland to Schaffhausen, and saw the spectacular Rheinfall, a massive cataract that marks the upper limit of any river-boat traffic on the Rhine. It had been a very wet spring, and the volume of water going through the Rheinfall was at a near record level. 

This evening we went to the large and fully packed Beer Tent at the Stockach Fest, not as performers, but as audience. The Konstanz City Band was playing, reinforced by a loudspeaker system set at a painfully high level. Today was young Jason's 16th birthday. The MC called him to the stage, and the whole tent sang "Happy Birthday," some in English, mostly in German. 

(To be continued) 

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 UPDATE ON 33RDERS
The newly "(found" and address changes) 

ALLISON, James 

BJORNES, Bill 

CHIARA, Nancy and CHIARA, Mick 

CLEMENS,. III, Charles J. (1969-1971) 

DE LA CRUZ, Jose A. Trombone (June 79-Jan 86, Dec 91-Oct 98) 

EDMONDS, Robert 

GROSHELL, Jr., Howard G. Trombone (54-55) 

MCGIBONEY, Dale Baritone (91-94) 

NEILL, Nollie W. Trumpet (54-55) 

PICKENS, Mallory A. Clarinet/Piano (Jun 60-Jun 62) 

ROBINSON, William T. Piano (80's) 

SAVERY, Robert Bassoon (69-72) 

SCHLARBAUM, Charles J. Trumpet (57-58) 

SCHMALZ, Jeffrey  Flute (80-81) 

SCOTT, David "Scotty" Tuba (83-86) 

SMITH, Paul (Pinky) (54-55) 

[Ed. Note: The following data on Jim Westerhouse inadvertently got left out of the directory and it is produced here for the information of 33rd ABAA members.] 

WESTERHOUSE, James H. Pianist and percussionist (63-64) 

WOODWARD, Viola Clarinet (79-82)

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26 Jul 1999 - From William E. Clark [who located Bob Edmonds for us]:
I ran into Bob Edmonds about three years ago in Florida and got one of his business cards. I was the Staff Bands Officer in Europe when he had the 33rd. By the way, I was never assigned to the 33rd but conducted the band in Bonn for one of the joint concerts with the German Army Band. Also, as the SBO, I used the 33rd with other USAREUR band to do some of the Tatoos in Arnheim and Mons. Don't know if I am eligible for membership, so please let me know. 

26 Jul 1999 - From Rick McFerron (75-78):
I've been busy with my job in academic computing support at Indiana University of Pennsylvania, and Teri has been working in the university music library. My sons Joe and Nick and I travel quite a bit with the Wildcat Regiment Band and enjoy performing mid-19th century brass band music on period instruments in replica wool civil war uniforms (except when the temperature climbs past 90). Information about the band and its schedule is available on the WEB at: www.wildcatband.com. 

29 July 1999 - From Greg Miller (57-59):
Do you remember the car that you referenced? It was a 1950 Opel Kapiten. It was almost elegantly ugly, and you may remember it burned very little fuel, but was constantly boiling the water in the radiator, so I often had to stop at a service station, and tell the attendant "Kein Benzin, aber ein Bisschen Wasser, bitte". It was embarrassing! 

28 Aug 1999 - From Gene Karjala (57-58):
I think I mentioned I was attending a seminar on "Finnish for Foreigners" at a conference institute [in July] some 50 kilometers out of Helsinki. Early on, we did a field trip to the Finnish Parliament in Helsinki, and so I made arrangements to have a cup of coffee with a foreign student we had hosted while at Ball State and who is now living in Helsinki. Keep in mind, I'm in a seminar in which Finnish is spoken. So before we left for Helsinki, I asked one of my instructors if he thought it would be all right if I left the group at the end of the Parliament tour to meet a friend for coffee. Well, the words for "meet" and "kill" are almost identical in Finnish (you know how these foreigners like to change the form of words once you've left the root word-- something that never happens in English!). So my request of the instructor turned out to be, roughly in translation: 'I'd like to leave the group early to go out and kill a friend of mine.' Well, he recovered quite quickly, after realizing he was dealing with a novice in the language and suggested I get better acquainted with the verb "to meet." So what did I learn from that situation? Never plan to kill your friend on the Parliament steps in Helsinki! 

20 Oct 1999 - From James H. Westerhouse (63-64):
Hello World! Just a few lines to let all of you know that I'm back again from the "Big House". The angioplasty that I had two months ago didn't hold so last Thursday, I had another heart attack and ended up back in the second time. This time they implanted four stents to hold me together and I got home last night. Have to take it much easier for awhile. It's too bad as I was just getting up to steam from the first one. Anyway, I'm supposed to be better now and the heart is in great shape. Just hope those old arteries hang together. I'll be home awhile getting rested up, so drop me a line if you have time. 

20 Oct. 1999 - From Frank Gomes (55-56):
I was chatting on line with Dee Tonning a couple of weeks ago. We were talking about the DC weekend and about the upcoming Minneapolis trip and then about Heidelberg. We got to thinking about reversing the order of the two trips: moving the Heidelberg trip to 2001 and doing the Minneapolis later. Our feeling is that if we wait till 2003 or 2004, many of us would be too old to enjoy walking around the streets of Heidelberg. In 2003 I will be turning 70 and wonder how I would be able to get around. I'm having some problems with my legs now. Dee and I thought it might be something you would want to put in the next Pass and Review and put it to a vote, stressing the age factor of those who were there in the 50's. 

21 Oct 1999 - From Charles Clemens (69-71) :
Since my stint in Heidelberg: I returned to finish two advanced degrees as a Master of Music in Education and a Master of Music in Performance. I then went on to teach High School (and presently Middle School) Instrumental Music. I later got a certification in Supervision and in Data Processing with which I taught basic computer courses and COBOL programming at the local community college (to which I will return in the near future).Ilse and I have two GRAND children and four grandchildren and are nearing retirement to pursue other interests. One of those interests is to find some of the guys that were in the 33rd when I was there. 

[Ed. Note: Lester Stevens (present-day band) had been "tasked to write a history of the USAREUR Band and Chorus prior to his departure from Heidelberg" and provided the following copy in two e-mails.] 

21 Oct. 1999: We haven't much information from the 1950s, so I therefore found your e-mail quite interesting in which you relate some information you received from Alfred Y. Purvis who was with the band while it was still in Mannheim. He mentioned that the band won awards two years in a row for best stage band and choral group. Can you tell me anything about the choral group? Who was it and where did it come from? Although we currently have the USAREUR Soldiers' Chorus attached to us, this group wasn't created until the mid-1960s.

 Can you tell me where the awards came from? Who actually gave the awards? The name "Irvin Sartell" also appears as "Irvin Sawtell." Do you know which is correct? Do you have any more information from the 1950s? 

22 Oct. 1999: I had asked if the 33rd started out as a black unit because Mr. Purvis had written, "I was one of five white sergeants sent to integrate the band." Sorry to hear about his passing, and I hope you get to visit his wife soon. I leave for Fort Drum on Nov. 27. Any correspondence after that can be directed to MSG Christel Breeze... You're right about the chorus being attached to the band in the early 80s, but it had been around since the mid 60s. I think it's incredible that the bands in your day had to both sing and play. I think they should still do it that way. It would be a lot of fun, improve everyone's musicianship, and promote the whole idea of singing as being something for everyone -- men included. My dad used to conduct numerous men's singing groups in the 50s and 60s, all of whom must have been WW II vets who'd had lots of experience singing together in one way or another while in uniform. It was a "manly" thing to do back then. Have you seen any copies of our newsletter, The Stick, we started putting out a year and a half ago? (It's my testament to four years of journalism school.) Would be happy to send you every issue. 

4 Nov 1999 - From Bill Robinson :
Most of the anecdotes from my era were about escapades that shouldn't be mentioned. Since the days with the band I went on to do tours at Ft. Harrison, Bad Kreuznach, Ft. Hamilton, Ansbach/Desert Storm, and Ft. Carson before leaving service in 1992. I married and divorced Ildiko Pusztai of Oroshaza, Hungary, and have two children, Nelsie and Charlotte. I'm now living in Brooklyn, NY with my partner Ben and my cat Boscoe, and I work as an organist/music director and as an administrative assistant. 

5 Nov 1999 - From Gabe Villani (56-58):
Ernie Fields [58-59] just got back from playing the DUKE ELLINGTON Religious concerts with Louie Bellson's band in San Francisco. He met with Mike [57-59] and Judy Lara who were celebrating their 42nd anniversary. 

8 Nov 1999 - From Greg Browne (69-70):
I recently got a copy of an old 33d Army Band/ 7th Army Soldier's Chorus combined concert program. My friend Charles Clemens (Flute) sent photocopies to me. I scanned them in, but they were so big I finally duplicated them in Word '97. About the same time, Fran Rizner (Clarinet) [69-71] sent me a copy of an old Woodwind Quintet program we did in conjunction with many concerts. Likewise, I reproduced it in Word '97. 

I am including those files. [The program] has complete rosters of both band and chorus from approximately early 1970. This roster pretty closely represents the personnel in a picture Charles sent you - the one labelled 1970 Band. 

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IN MEMORIAM 

Darrin I. Duval : served in the 33rd Army Band from 1992 until his death January 1996. 

Richard J. LeCastre: Saxophone. Survived by his wife Patricia (Early 70's) 

Alfred Y. Purvis: French Horn and Trumpet. Survived by his wife Betty. Alfred died earlier this year. 

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The 33rd Army Band Alumni Association is a not-for-profit organization that has been developed to provide a means for former members of the USAREUR Band to be in contact with one another via the quarterly newsletter Passing In Review and through periodic reunions. The organization has established a website on the internet at the following URL: http://www.rt66.com/~obfusa/33rd. Webmaster for our site is Dee Tonning, 2265 Tawny Woods Pl., Boise, ID 83706. E-mail:dtonning@aol.com 

Persons who are not former members of the 33rd Army Band but who are interested in participating in the activities of the alumni association are welcome as associate members. Annual dues for both regular members (former band members) and associate members is $15, payable to the 33rd ABAA and forwarded to the secretary-treasurer of the association at the following address: 3111 Futura, Roswell, NM 88201. 

The current officers of the association--through the 2001 Reunion to be held in Minneapolis, Minnesota-- are as follows:
  President: Lorelei Giddings, 4323 Longfellow Ave., Minneapolis, MN 55407. Tel.: 612-729-4413. E-mail: fishandlore@yahoo.com
  Vice-President:Gene Karjala, 10810 St. Croix Trail North, Marine on St. Croix, MN 55047. Tel: 651- 433-4351 E-mail: karja002@tc.umn.edu
  Secretary-Treasurer, Membership, and Newsletter Editor: Frank Schlatter, 3111 Futura, Roswell, NM 88201 Tel: 505-622-6898 Fax: 505-622-1611 E-Mail: obfusa@rt66.com 

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The 33rd Army Band Chorus in March of 1957

(In the picture of the 1957 Chorus) From l. to r. FRONT ROW: Phil Jones, Howard Mattice, David Yoshioka, Elmond Williams, Ray Okamura, Bill Steiden, Roy Cheney, Charles Kluttz, Bill Woodworth. Ken Stickel SECOND ROW: Chan Johnson, George Herbst, Dennis Hoeppner, Frank Schlatter, Larry Shull, Gordon Farrington, Richard Birnbaum, Raymond McCallister, Joseph O'Brien, Dee Tonning THIRD ROW: Richard Tolley, James McGinnis, unknown, Richard Bilderback, Wilferd Kaiser, Kenneth Tschanz, Lowell Skabo, John Tauber, Don Basalone, Ed McConnell ____________________________________________________________