Golden Memories  SWD International Quartet Champions
Mark IV

The Mark IV, 3rd   place medalists with O.C. Crawford on bass

Mo returned to Tulsa at the end of 1969 (and didn't appear on either record) and the quartet continued to travel and sing with bass Pete Tomseth filling in until C.O. returned from Morocco in the summer of '71.
Their last chord together was in LubbockonApril2o, 1974. C.O.was again transferred, this time to Iran and Allan decided to move back to Oregon and his father's business. He did return in 1979 and sang with Dale in The Good Time Delegation for a year.
Around 1986 San Antonio held a special night at the Pearl Brewery. It was a reunion of old quartets and the Mark Iv appeared. Many say they were as good as ever. The Mark Iv had a very unique sound and much credit can go to Allan as an outstanding lead. His smooth voice, paired with C.O.'s low bass enabled the quartet to pitch 'em low and gave the quartet a wonderful dimension -one not yet equalled today.
Currently all are still around. C.O. has retired and moved to Oklahoma City and joined the OK Chorale. He sang in Oklahoma Sound for a time with Jim Massey. Allan is inactive and still living in Salem, Oregon working for the school district there. Dale is only in three quartets. He continues to sing in the Good News Gospel Quartet and participate at the International Gospel Sing. Along with his wife, June, he still sings with Jan and Marci Scofield in Mixed Company.
 

.Both of these groups have been active ten years.
Recenfly Dale has joined a new quartet called Texas
Jubilee with past district champions, Rick Sonntag,
Artie Dolt and Tommy Young.
Franklin went on to become a Texas Supreme Court Justice retiring in 1991 following a successful heart transplant.  He was named to the Southwestern District Hall Of Fame in 1988 and now lives in San Antonio doing some consulting work.
Mo, still in New Braunfels, was also named to the Southwestern District Hall of Fame in 1989.


 
 

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