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'''IBM Ring 1''' is the St. Louis Missouri chapter of the [[International Brotherhood of Magicians]]. | '''IBM Ring 1''' is the St. Louis Missouri chapter of the [[International Brotherhood of Magicians]]. | ||
| − | Originally began as the "St. Louis Magic Club" with [[Andrew Buel]] as one of the founding members. It was | + | Originally began as the "St. Louis Magic Club" with [[Andrew Buel]] as one of the founding members. It was also later formed into a [[Society of American Magicians]] Assembly. When this Assembly was disbanded he formed the "St. Louis Society of Magicians". |
In 1927, Buel created the idea of the assemblies being called rings (based upon the idea of linking rings) at a convention & President [[W.W. Durbin]] gave him permission to form the International Brotherhood of Magicians Ring One in St. Louis. | In 1927, Buel created the idea of the assemblies being called rings (based upon the idea of linking rings) at a convention & President [[W.W. Durbin]] gave him permission to form the International Brotherhood of Magicians Ring One in St. Louis. | ||
| − | + | The book about the Ring One presidents and other famous St. Louis magicians, [[History of Magic in St. Louis]], was written by [[Don Rataj]] in 2011. | |
== St. Louis past Ring One Presidents == | == St. Louis past Ring One Presidents == | ||
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* "Brief history of Ring No. 1" By Andrew H. Buel, [[Linking Ring]], June 1939, page 337 | * "Brief history of Ring No. 1" By Andrew H. Buel, [[Linking Ring]], June 1939, page 337 | ||
* "History of Ring No.1" by Buel, Linking Ring, March 1942, page 48. | * "History of Ring No.1" by Buel, Linking Ring, March 1942, page 48. | ||
| − | * "[[The | + | * "[[The History of Magic in St. Louis]]" by [[Don Rataj]] (2011). |
[[Category:Magic Organizations]] | [[Category:Magic Organizations]] | ||
Revision as of 13:02, 4 September 2011
IBM Ring 1 is the St. Louis Missouri chapter of the International Brotherhood of Magicians.
Originally began as the "St. Louis Magic Club" with Andrew Buel as one of the founding members. It was also later formed into a Society of American Magicians Assembly. When this Assembly was disbanded he formed the "St. Louis Society of Magicians".
In 1927, Buel created the idea of the assemblies being called rings (based upon the idea of linking rings) at a convention & President W.W. Durbin gave him permission to form the International Brotherhood of Magicians Ring One in St. Louis.
The book about the Ring One presidents and other famous St. Louis magicians, History of Magic in St. Louis, was written by Don Rataj in 2011.
St. Louis past Ring One Presidents
- 1927 to 1936 Andrew Buel
- 1937 Louis Vizard
- 1938 Dr. Charlton F. Chute
- 1939 W. U. James
- 1939 Ben Badley
- 1940 P. T. Little
- 1941 Forrest Hendricks
- 1942 Merlin Eifert
- 1943 M. N. Ray
- 1944 Richard Wehmeyer
- 1945 Adolph Boldt
- 1946 Jack Lippincott
- 1947 Hal T. Burgess
- 1948 Sidney Weaver
- 1949 Milton Ross
- 1950 Joe Shertz Darnell
- 1951-1952 Father Paul Lloyd
- 1953 Bev Taylor
- 1954-1955 Bud Dietrich
- 1956 James "Spike" Kramer
- 1957-1958 Earnie Heldman
- 1959 Charles Zesch
- 1960-1961 Harold Theper
- 1962-1963 Don Lawton
- 1964 Roger Sylwester
- 1965-1966 Harry "Monti" Monteith (SAM International President, 2000)
- 1967 Lester Greenberg
- 1968 Charles Zesch
- 1969 Tom Daniels
- 1970 Rev. Paul Zipfel
- 1971-1972 Dennis Galegher
- 1973 Bob Piper
- 1974 Dr. Dave Menton
- 1975 Robert Feleps
- 1976-1977 Gene Devoe Zimmerman
- 1978 Bob Cernicek
- 1979-1980 Jim Nagel (IBM International President)
- 1981 Larry Corona
- 1982 Webb Taylor
- 1983 Dave Snetsinger
- 1984 Conrad Dunn
- 1985-1986 Steve Zuehlke (Shields)
- 1987 Barry Silverman
- 1988 Laurence "Chuck" Levy
- 1989 Rick Neiswonger
- 1990 Roger Linden (Egar)
- 1991 Steve Causey
- 1992 Steve Zuehlke (Shields)
- 1993 Dave Snetsinger
- 1994 Steve Levit
- 1995 Don Rataj (Ring One Historian and writer)
- 1996 Dr. Robert Kenny
- 1997-1998 Randy Kalin (St. Louis Ronald McDonald)
- 1999 Keith Nagy (Joeff)
- 2000 Greg Green
- 2001-2002 Ray Belz (Raymondo)
- 2003-2004 Keith Smith
- 2005 Terry Richison
- 2006-2008 Ted Schnarre
- 2009 Josh Routh
- 2010 Steve Barcellona
- 2011 Terry Richison
References
- "Brief history of Ring No. 1" By Andrew H. Buel, Linking Ring, June 1939, page 337
- "History of Ring No.1" by Buel, Linking Ring, March 1942, page 48.
- "The History of Magic in St. Louis" by Don Rataj (2011).
