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Home My WebLink AboutClinton News-Record, 1980-02-14, Page 25Kinsrnen *from page 3 minor Hockey. DaY. .1959,.6p President«.Dou Epps raps Wee' Bali Team to win a WOAA Baseball championship. • 1963-64 President: Bill Chowen Donated $200 . to Retarded 'Don Kay and Gord Grigg appointed Children's Association. Donated $200 to a committee to investigate the to complete plans for final phase of posibiUty of constructing a new • 1 the new Community swimming Pool, •"- aninunity Centre. The club The Clinton Kinsmen undertook the • Promdtect Past Dep. Governor Mait _ task to construct a home on Matilda . Edgar as candidate for Governor for Street to . give a. family that was District No. 1. Maltwas elected at burned out a new start in life. At the Sarnia. Bob Mann was also•a winner zone conference in 1900 our Club won • at Sarnia winning the Gordflarbinson. - 'the Sinclair Award for this project. Speaking Trophy. " Our baseball team in the Local Industrial League lost out. to the 1964-65 President: Tom Feeney Legion. -• A trust fund of $1;300 profits from Annual Stag to be set aside for con - 1960,41 president: Ken Scott tribution towards he. Community Authorized a gift of $200 to the Lions Centre. Most of the club members Club to help .pay for a new .motor were kept busy aiding Governor°Mait needed . for the artificial ice plant. Edgar as District Eecutive member .Mait Edgar Succegfully elected as and as travelling mates. District Deputy Governor of Zone B. Danny 4 -------Officers: Co -Ordinator, Don Kay, Colquhoun voted "Kinsman -of -the- treasurer, Andy Petersen; Bulletin Year" for Zone B. First Stag Night Editor, Frank Cook; secretary, Bill -----held-at-Bayfield-Pavilion-$5-per-ticketcpansionr-Ken—Scotti—in--'- free smorgasbord -lunch. Don. Kay formation, Clarence Denomme ; won Kinsman -of -the -Year Award for World.Council, Gord Grigg. District No. 1. Clinton won MA for the Buggy • Race of over 22 miles to 1965-66 President: Andy Peterson Wingham . Many club members appointed to a committee to construct a new r961.62 President: - Clarence Commu,nity Centre. Donated first Denomme $2,000 to start funds for the new Many members who were taught by building. George Jefferson cenducted a skit of events that happened to the Kinmen members when they were students. The club appointed two members to the newly. formed Clinton Athletic Association. Tom Feeney won Kin- sman -of -the -Year Award 'at District • Convention in Kitchener. Mayor Miller told a tall tale at "Wingham Trade Fair" to win the club $50. ' 1966-67 President: Dave -Bat All members and Kinettes helped to raise over $1,000 to helP park cars and take tickets at the gates at the. International Plowing Match held in Seaforth. Sold and planted ap- proximately forty centennial trees throughout the town during November. 1962-63 President: Frank Cook 1967-68 President: Bob Mann Purchased a $420.00 recovery bedDonated $2,700 for a P.A. system for for •the new wing in the Hospital.. the Arena. Dave Beattie ran suc- Sponsored a Kinsmen Talent Contest. cessfully for Deputy Governor of the Donated $650._ to help. the Recreation Zone B. Committee supply equipment for two new parks -:-Alma Grove and Hugh Hawkins Memorial Park-. , 2nd *Pee -111h416,19Trifene don't have any beefs about the plate full of,meat they received from master cutter Paul Kerrigan, at theillinsmen's second annual beef barbecue held last Saturday. The event which Included a dance attracted over 800 and Kinsmen made about $4,000 on the project (News -Record photo) Raceway. Assisted in the. helping .sponsor the first Clinton Winter Carnival. Supplied school crossing guards with,stop signs. 1969-70 President: Steve Brown Celebrated the Kinsmen 50th Anniversary along with the other 14,000 from the other 430 clubs. Installed a hardball diamond and dugouts. Built two horse barns, judge's stand and para mutuel building at the Community Centre. 1970-17 President:• Don Hall Constructed $3,000 worth of fencing, sodded hardball diamond and con- tinued work on the raceway facilities at the Community Cenire. 1968-69 President: Larry Jones This year started the Kinsmen 1971-72 President: Al Finch ' Clinton club has followed creed "Meeting our community's greatest need" has always been the creed set down and followed all- over Canada, and over the past 28 years, the Kin - men Club of Clinton has•tried to follow that creed, making service to the Clinton and area community their foremost thought.. Over the years, the hundreds of members that have gone through the Clinton Kinsmen Club have donated literally thousands of lours towards community projects, whether it was helping a needy family at Christmas, raising money from the minor sports system, moving senior citizens into new quartets,•or raising money to aid research into that deadly childhood disease, Cystic Fibrosis. Right from the. very first year of their Charter in 1952, the Clinton Kinsmen lived up to their creed, and one of their first deeds wasto donate a fracture frame to the ClintonPublic Hospital. Ironically, nearly 25 years later, the club was helping the Hospital again, this time by donating their time and monies to help save the hospital from _ _ closure in 1976. In between, the Clinton Kinsmen have par- ticipated in literally hundreds of other community projects, and along the way enjoyed the fun and companionship of the Kinsmen Club too. In 1977, the Kinsmen 'were just as active as always, deterthined to keep the Clinton Raceway open in spite of a serious setback when the government condemned- the grandstand at the Clinton Community Park and thus closing down one of the Club's main money making projects, and a major summer employer,in the town. The Clinton Kinsmen agreed to bear the complete re§ponsibility of financing and constructing a new grandstand at a cost of $250,000 and as they sat down to their 25th anniversary supper, the gran- dstand was well on its way to completion before the Spring Fair which starts on June 3 and the harness races, which start on June 26. Well, the Kinsmen finished that grandstand, and by the fall of 1979, they had paid the whole debt off while at the same time still supporting a number of other projects, including the Cystic Fibrosis Foundation with money raised from.Jheir canoe race; the minor hockey and ball p/ograms with money raised from the fall stags; the arena floor fund in 1978 and 1979 with the beef barbecues and the Las Vegas nights; the high school tennis courts; and -now in 1980, the -swim -ming potirTtrnd to -replace Clinton's old swimming pool. There have been many service projects in the last 28 years and the Kinsmen hope to serve the district another 28 years and play just as important a role to those in the community who need the help the most. .1. Covered in horse barns at raceway and spent $16;000 installing floodlights on the hardball 'diamond. Helped move families into Senior Citizens Apartment. 1972-73 President: Doug Norman $6,250 was donated to add washrooms at the Community Centre. The first year of operating a beer tent in conjunction with the fair board at the Spring Fair. Donated wilkie- talkie.td the Fire Department. 1973-74 President: Ron Jewitt Paved the area around the Pari- Mutuel. Passed a Motion, to donate $5,000 to the Ausable-Bayfield Con- servation Association for im- provement of their park at the edge of Town: 1974-75 President: Gary Jewitt picnic pavilion is being built at .the Bayfield;Ausable Park. Celebrated Robbie Burns' Birthday - with 'Lions Club. Clinton Centennial celebrations this year. Projects have , included 1. CNIB canvass; 2. helped Sell tickets for Vanastra pool lottery; 3. support for minor hockey and helping senior citizens move. 1975-76 President Arnold Riley The Las Vegas night for the Clinton Turn to page 7 • Charter members Tommy Bangs Doug Bartliff Perc Brown George Buckley 1 Dan Colquhoun Frank Cook Bob Fetcher Gord Grigg J. K. Grisd-a-le John Henry Gord Herman Trev lanson George Irwin + Don Kay ° Max McCarter Pete McCauley ' Frank Mc Ewan Hank McEwan George Rumball Stew Schoenals Ken Scott _ Roy:Soret1 Frank Speaight Cam Whittington + Deceased) Congratulations and continued success. to the Kinsmen From Douiliormin at... Armstrong - floor fpshionf3 II FP, • NORHOLME DECORATING CENTRE 54 King Stro9t, Clinton (Jul opposite the Pert Office) 482-3528 a