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1939 Rupert Hall |
A charter member of the Tulsa chapter, Rupert was also known
as the "Royal Keeper of the Minor Keys". He was voted first president of
the newly formed Society in 1939 and proudly served for a year but became
less involved afterwards as he built his business, Hall Investments.
Following retirement, he again became active in society affairs supporting the Institute of Logopedics as our unified service project. He passed away in 1972 at the age of 70. |
1939 - Rupert Hall *
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1957, 1958 Joe Lewis |
Our society's 16th president, Joe Lewis was one of only
four men elected to two consecutive terms of office. During his administration,
Harmony Hall in Kenosha was acquired fulfilling the dream of
a permanent international headquarters. A native of Pittsburgh, Joe
moved to Dallas in 1939 and became a personal friend of O.C. Cash. An early
member of the Dallas chapter, he also was a charter member of the 1958
Garland chapter (which later became Town North).
Joe was very active in The Dallasaires quartet singing lead. Along with Harold Rusk (T), Ernie Boring (Br), and Aylett Fitzhugh (Bs) they won the district championship in 1951 and became avery popular show quartet throughout the district. In international competition they placed 19th and 11th in 1951 and 1952 respectively. A banker by profession, Joe was elected SWD President in 1954 and served the society as a certified stage |
1957 - 58 - Joe Lewis *
presence judge. He is also the only president to see two quartets from
his district win the gold medals during his tenure.
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