Members: Devere Newberry, Max A. Collins

As part of the fraternal organization “The Benevolent & Protective Order of Elks”, the group was started in 1946 as the “Men of Note”, organized by Elks club member “Jack” Spratt, and later grew under the direction of Max A. Collins to perform in decades of music programs for both local and national audiences. The Muscatine Elks Chanters included a variety of local professionals, including farmers, researchers, chemists, lawyers, engineers, and businessmen. Over the years, the group performed with instrumentalists, ‘big bands’, and their own quartet – “The Notables”. Their performances included a variety of themes and musical genres, including annual Christmas concerts. The last Chanters concert was held in June 2012.

The group's popularity and prowess was recalled in an online article from 2018 by Max Allan Collins, whose father led The Chanters for over 50 years: "In the fifties, they entered the national Elks chorus competition and won, beating men’s choruses from the biggest cities in America. The next year they won again. The year after that they won yet again, although other choruses tried to block them, claiming the Muscatine outfit was clearly professional. They weren’t, but after that year, the competition was ended and the Chanters were made the permanent national champs."