Under the direction of Hartford E. Bess, Handel’s Chorus club presented holiday season concerts for several decades.
Wilson Daily Times, 9 October 1940.
Handel’s Chorus officers:
- Louise Spivey, president
- Aaron Purdie, vice-president
- Arthur Brodie, treasurer
- Ernestine Floyd, secretary
Personnel:
- Annie G. Sanders, accompanist
- Hartford E. Bess, director
- Romaine Hagans, Pauline Farmer, Matteele Floyd, Estelle Stevenson, Louise McCall, Larnetta Howell, Alma G. Moore, Clematine Rogers, and Lena Cherry, sopranos
- Mildred Faulkner, alto
- Arthur Brodie and Junius Sturdiford, tenors
- Ambrose Towe, Aaron Purdie, Edgar Gerald, Charles Ballard, James Reeves, and Hardy Thompson, bassos