MARVIN MANDEL, Governor

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Hygiene, and Human Resources along with local agencies,
and private and other groups are requested to [[form a
council]] develop a plan for the purpose of developing
uniform definitions, identification procedures,
diagnositc ability, and effective evaluation methods for
handicapping conditions; and be it further

RESOLVED, That copies of this resolution be sent to
the Honorable Marvin Handel, the Honorable James A.
Sensenbaugh, the Honorable Neil Solomon, and the
Honorable Richard A. Batterton.

Approved flay 4, 1976.

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(House Joint Resolution No. 157)

A House Joint Resolution concerning

Society for the Preservation and Encouragement of

Barber Shop [[Quartet]] [[Harmony]] Quartet

Singing in America

FOR the purpose of congratulating the Maryland Chapter of
the Society for the Preservation and Encouragement
of Barber Shop [[Quartet]] [[ Harmony]] Quartet
Singing in America for the purpose of preserving
harmony singing throughout Maryland and requesting
the Governor to proclaim the month of April as
Barber Shop [[Quartet]] Harmony Month.

As early as April 11, 1938 in Tulsa, Oklahoma, 0. C.
Cash and Rupert I. Hall organized the Society for the
Preservation and Propagation of Barber Shop Quartet
Singing in the United States. Later the name was changed
to the Society for the Preservation and Encouragement of
Barber Shop Quartet Singing in America. During the first
year the Society operated on an informal basis with 0. C.
Cash the prime moving force. After Tulsa, chapters in
Kansas City, St. Louis and Oklahoma City were next
organized.

In 1939, the First National Quartet Contest was held
in Tulsa, Oklahoma. Twenty—three quartets competed.
First champions: Bartlesville Barflies. Rubert Hall
assumed the office as first President.

In 1940, the first mid-winter meeting was held in
St. Louis and the first performance by an organized
chorus was held in St. Louis, directed by Dr. Norman
Rathert.

In 1941, the first Society magazine was published
entitled "Barbershop ReChordings". The first society