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SOURCE: Article in the Racine Journal-News, Friday, 08-05-27, “Dokie Drum Corps Will
Leave Sunday for Fort Worth, Texas”
Aden Temple D. O. K. K. Drum and Bugle Corps with imperial representatives to the eighteenth
biennial convention of the Imperial Palace, Dramatic Order Knights of Khorassan, will leave Sunday
afternoon at 5:50 en route to Fort Worth, Texas, convention city, where the gatherings will be held
from Aug. 9 to 12.
The drum corps is made up of Captain William T. Bourke; Drum Major Roy Swanson; Quartermaster,
Ward Fish; Drummers - Harvey Anderson, Charles Beyer, Tom Hughes, Frank Loth, S. Martinson,
Charles Brobst, T. J. Anderson and Harry Kappel. Fifers - Fred Kubath, Jack Lettsome, Charles
Hassell, William Harris, H. Kortemeyer, L. C. Peterson, Aug Englebreath and Herman Bunke; buglers
- Ted Henningsen, Carl Smith, Art Kroupa, O. Carlson, E. Pfanmiller, Earl Trauger, M. Spannenberg
and Ed Jensen.
Imperial representatives to the convention from Aden Temple are Phil Schulz, John G. Eager and
Charles H. Welton.
Stops To Be Made En Route
The crack drum corps and convention representatives will stop for a short time at Kansas City and at
Tulsa, Okla., on the way to the convention city. The program calls for a smoker Monday evening for
D. O. K. K. members and for a musical for the ladies.
The convention will open Tuesday morning at 9 o’clock. A big Zouave contest is to be staged at the
coliseum starting at 1 o’clock in the afternoon and continuing to 4:30. A band contest and musical
review will be held in the evening at 8:30.
Wednesday morning executive sessions will be held and in the afternoon from 1 o’clock to 4:30 the
Zouave contest is continued. Memorial services are scheduled for the evening at 7 o’clock in the First
Christian Church. An illuminated street parade will be held at 8:30.
Inspection Tours Planned
Thursday morning an executive session of the Imperial Palace will be held at 9 o’clock. There will also
be an inspection tour for uniformed units and guests of packing plants. Automobile drives throughout
the city are scheduled.
Friday morning at 9 o’clock the final session of the Imperial Palace will be held with installation of
officers.
The delegation will start on its homeward trip Friday evening at 6 o’clock, arriving at Fayetville, Ark., at
8 o’clock Saturday morning. From that point the group will journey by auto through the Ozark
mountains, going to Rogers, Ark. The party will arrive at Kansas City at 7:45 p.m. Saturday, Aug. 13,
where all units are to take part in a parade. The delegation is scheduled to leave Kansas City at 12:
10 a.m. Sunday, arriving in Racine at 3:15 Sunday afternoon.
Public Backs Corps
A campaign to raise funds to send the drum corps to the convention was waged by the D. O. K. K.,
with co-operation of the Journal-News. The culminated in a big dance at Memorial Hall for which
thousands of tickets were sold. The public was very generous in aiding the drum corps by purchase
of tickets for the dance.
A Model Home contest featured the campaign.
The drum corps will leave Racine for the convention city backed by the well wishes of a throng that
the organization will again cop first honors at the convention.
SOURCE: Article in the Racine Journal-News, Thursday, 8-11-27, “Dokie Drum Corps First”
Racineans Capture Highest Honors at Ft. Worth, Tex., Convention
Never were the heads of members of the Aden Temple, D. O. K. K., Drum Corps raised higher than
when the judges at the national gathering at Fort Worth, Texas, announced this afternoon that they
led all in the competitive drill in which 11 other like organizations contested for first honors last night.
Their chins were tilted at a different angle and there was a straightening of their entire forms as they
heard the verdict of the men who had been selected to choose between the competing organizations
and as they cheered by the assembled crowd which had gathered to hear the result.
They are now marching about in the city of Fort Worth, serenading newspaper offices, and other
places and receiving the words of praise from Fort Worth’s citizens as well as the thousands of
assembled Dokies.
The Aden Temple, D. O. K. K., Drum Corps has again gained signal honors for itself, its individual
members and the City of Racine which they call their “home town.” They went south with the firm
purpose of again attaching the honors for Drum Corps and “bringing home the bacon.”
Chattanooga Close Second
Chattanooga was the first city in which the Racine boys competed. That was six years ago when the
organization was new and the boys had not gained the experience necessary for first-place holders.
Chattanooga, this year, came along second in line, but it was two points back. The Racine boys
received a rating of 92 points today and that of the Chattanooga boys was 90 points. Montgomery,
Ala., came in third with a rating of 86 points.
The Aden Temple boys won their first honors at Portland, Ore., four years ago when they won second
place and came within a few points of the headliners. At Providence, R. I., two years ago the Racine
boys landed first place. At that time their rating was 100 per cent, one which is seldom reached by
any Drum Corps.
It will be seen that they are becoming accustomed to carrying high honors, but nevertheless,
according to the reports received by the Journal-News from the southern city, “the boys are tickled.”
Racine Pythians are planning to give them a hearty reception on their return here.
Milwaukee Drill Team Wins
Two of the first honors positions came to Wisconsin organizations, the Milwaukee drill team being
awarded first place in that contest. Roanoke, Va., was second in the drill competition, Los Angeles,
Cal., third, and Toledo, O., fourth.
Tulsa, Okla., won first place in the Class A band competition, and second place went to Houston, Tex.
Class B band honors went, first place to Dallas, Tex., second to Los Angeles. In the Class C
competition for bands Dayton, O., won first place, and second place went to Oklahoma City.
BELOW: In 2009 an original bass drum from the Racine Aden Temple 159 D.O.K.K. Drum and
Bugle Corps went up for auction on eBay by an antique dealer in downtown Racine. I tried
to get them to donate it to the Racine Heritage Museum, however, they seemed to be more
interested in selling it. Unfortunately it sold for $450.00 to someone in Indianapolis, IN.
SOURCE: Article in the Racine Journal-News, Friday, 08-05-27, “Dokie Drum Corps Will
Leave Sunday for Fort Worth, Texas”
Aden Temple D. O. K. K. Drum and Bugle Corps with imperial representatives to the eighteenth
biennial convention of the Imperial Palace, Dramatic Order Knights of Khorassan, will leave Sunday
afternoon at 5:50 en route to Fort Worth, Texas, convention city, where the gatherings will be held
from Aug. 9 to 12.
The drum corps is made up of Captain William T. Bourke; Drum Major Roy Swanson; Quartermaster,
Ward Fish; Drummers - Harvey Anderson, Charles Beyer, Tom Hughes, Frank Loth, S. Martinson,
Charles Brobst, T. J. Anderson and Harry Kappel. Fifers - Fred Kubath, Jack Lettsome, Charles
Hassell, William Harris, H. Kortemeyer, L. C. Peterson, Aug Englebreath and Herman Bunke; buglers
- Ted Henningsen, Carl Smith, Art Kroupa, O. Carlson, E. Pfanmiller, Earl Trauger, M. Spannenberg
and Ed Jensen.
Imperial representatives to the convention from Aden Temple are Phil Schulz, John G. Eager and
Charles H. Welton.
Stops To Be Made En Route
The crack drum corps and convention representatives will stop for a short time at Kansas City and at
Tulsa, Okla., on the way to the convention city. The program calls for a smoker Monday evening for
D. O. K. K. members and for a musical for the ladies.
The convention will open Tuesday morning at 9 o’clock. A big Zouave contest is to be staged at the
coliseum starting at 1 o’clock in the afternoon and continuing to 4:30. A band contest and musical
review will be held in the evening at 8:30.
Wednesday morning executive sessions will be held and in the afternoon from 1 o’clock to 4:30 the
Zouave contest is continued. Memorial services are scheduled for the evening at 7 o’clock in the First
Christian Church. An illuminated street parade will be held at 8:30.
Inspection Tours Planned
Thursday morning an executive session of the Imperial Palace will be held at 9 o’clock. There will also
be an inspection tour for uniformed units and guests of packing plants. Automobile drives throughout
the city are scheduled.
Friday morning at 9 o’clock the final session of the Imperial Palace will be held with installation of
officers.
The delegation will start on its homeward trip Friday evening at 6 o’clock, arriving at Fayetville, Ark., at
8 o’clock Saturday morning. From that point the group will journey by auto through the Ozark
mountains, going to Rogers, Ark. The party will arrive at Kansas City at 7:45 p.m. Saturday, Aug. 13,
where all units are to take part in a parade. The delegation is scheduled to leave Kansas City at 12:
10 a.m. Sunday, arriving in Racine at 3:15 Sunday afternoon.
Public Backs Corps
A campaign to raise funds to send the drum corps to the convention was waged by the D. O. K. K.,
with co-operation of the Journal-News. The culminated in a big dance at Memorial Hall for which
thousands of tickets were sold. The public was very generous in aiding the drum corps by purchase
of tickets for the dance.
A Model Home contest featured the campaign.
The drum corps will leave Racine for the convention city backed by the well wishes of a throng that
the organization will again cop first honors at the convention.
SOURCE: Article in the Racine Journal-News, Thursday, 8-11-27, “Dokie Drum Corps First”
Racineans Capture Highest Honors at Ft. Worth, Tex., Convention
Never were the heads of members of the Aden Temple, D. O. K. K., Drum Corps raised higher than
when the judges at the national gathering at Fort Worth, Texas, announced this afternoon that they
led all in the competitive drill in which 11 other like organizations contested for first honors last night.
Their chins were tilted at a different angle and there was a straightening of their entire forms as they
heard the verdict of the men who had been selected to choose between the competing organizations
and as they cheered by the assembled crowd which had gathered to hear the result.
They are now marching about in the city of Fort Worth, serenading newspaper offices, and other
places and receiving the words of praise from Fort Worth’s citizens as well as the thousands of
assembled Dokies.
The Aden Temple, D. O. K. K., Drum Corps has again gained signal honors for itself, its individual
members and the City of Racine which they call their “home town.” They went south with the firm
purpose of again attaching the honors for Drum Corps and “bringing home the bacon.”
Chattanooga Close Second
Chattanooga was the first city in which the Racine boys competed. That was six years ago when the
organization was new and the boys had not gained the experience necessary for first-place holders.
Chattanooga, this year, came along second in line, but it was two points back. The Racine boys
received a rating of 92 points today and that of the Chattanooga boys was 90 points. Montgomery,
Ala., came in third with a rating of 86 points.
The Aden Temple boys won their first honors at Portland, Ore., four years ago when they won second
place and came within a few points of the headliners. At Providence, R. I., two years ago the Racine
boys landed first place. At that time their rating was 100 per cent, one which is seldom reached by
any Drum Corps.
It will be seen that they are becoming accustomed to carrying high honors, but nevertheless,
according to the reports received by the Journal-News from the southern city, “the boys are tickled.”
Racine Pythians are planning to give them a hearty reception on their return here.
Milwaukee Drill Team Wins
Two of the first honors positions came to Wisconsin organizations, the Milwaukee drill team being
awarded first place in that contest. Roanoke, Va., was second in the drill competition, Los Angeles,
Cal., third, and Toledo, O., fourth.
Tulsa, Okla., won first place in the Class A band competition, and second place went to Houston, Tex.
Class B band honors went, first place to Dallas, Tex., second to Los Angeles. In the Class C
competition for bands Dayton, O., won first place, and second place went to Oklahoma City.
BELOW: In 2009 an original bass drum from the Racine Aden Temple 159 D.O.K.K. Drum and
Bugle Corps went up for auction on eBay by an antique dealer in downtown Racine. I tried
to get them to donate it to the Racine Heritage Museum, however, they seemed to be more
interested in selling it. Unfortunately it sold for $450.00 to someone in Indianapolis, IN.
