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The Signal=Star, December 3, 1970 — Kinsmen Anniversary Supplement -- Page 11D
Goderich Kinsmen founded
and sponsored Trade Fairs
It was in. 1954 that . the.
Goderich Kinsmen Club first
conceived the idea of holding a
Trade Fair in the town at the
Goderich Memorial Arena.
Under the direction of
President Carl Banks, who was
head of the local Kinsmen in
that year, the Trade Fair was%
established as an annual event.
A summer 'holiday, Dominion
Day, customarily marked the
beginning of this four-day
combination carnival -business -
industrial show.
Nightly entertainment was
provided in the form of Grand„
Stand performances by first class
show business.
Guest speaker at the second
annual Trade Fair in Goderich,
in 1954, was the Hon. Walter E.
Harris, then minister of finance •
in the liberal government headed
by Prime Minister . Louis St.
Laurent.
For harness racing fans, the
Kinsmen Trade . Fair offered
them an excellent opportunity
to view , their . favorite sport at
-the Agricultural Park raceway."
Three bands,, the Blue Water
band, The Goderich Girls
Trumpet Band and the Goderich
Pipe Band, led parades and took
part in. other programme
activities.
The late John E•. Huckins,
mayor of Goderich, was a
platform guest for the 1954
official opening ceremonies of
the inauguration of the Kinsmen
Trade Fair. .
In his opening remarks,
Finance Minister Harris said:
"Goderich Kinsmen Club is
showing a spirit of enterprise
and vigor that should
ch=atacterize <` all our
communities."
, Mr. Harris said he felt it Wasa
remarkable achievement for the
Goderich Kinsmen to have
organized the fair within .deveh
years after their club had been
formed.
Five years later, in 1959,
recently -elected MPP for the
riding of South Huron, Charles
MacNaughton, officially opened
the 1959 Kinsmen Trade Fair.
The paid attendance for the
Kinsmen's fifth annual Trade
Fair set a new record of 7,165..
The hardest working ticket seller
was Bill Kirkey, who sold a total
of 2,020 tickets for the four-day
event.
Professional wrestling was the
,featured attraction
entertainment -wise, a year later
at the Kinsmen's seventh annual
Trade Fair. Most_ popular_ with
the crowd were the midget
wrestlers, Tom Thumb, Billy the
Kid, Dandy Moore and Bouncing
Burke.
Hon. George Heed, Canadian
Minister of Trade in, the federal,
conservative government of the
day, was officially welcomed at
Sky Harbour by Goderich mayor
Ernie Fisher when the Hon., Mr.
Hees arrived Wednesday, June
29, 1961, to speak that evening
at the Kinsmen's eighth annual
Trade Fair.
A Signal -Star editorial in that
year commended the Goderich
Kinsmen Club for advancing
their Trade Fair, customarily
held in August,- to a date starting
Dominion Day; on or about July,
1st.
Two years later, in 1963, the
Signal -Star heralded the
Kinsmen's tenth annual four-day
Trade Fair as "the best in
years:"
Donate %OW
to • launch drive
Goderich Kinsmen have
donated a token ' $1,000 to
officially launch the drive to
raise. . ,$100,000 by . public
subscription to build a new wing
to Goderich Alexandra Marine
and General Hospital. .
"This is not the last. of our
donations by any, means," said
Kin. president Bill Hanly.
He added: "Our motto is,
`Service for the community's
greatest need', ' and this is the
greatest need, at the present
time."
A. M. and G. Hospital board
officials were on hand" to accept
the cheque in a brief ceremony
on the `hospital's front steps:
Vice-chairman Jim , Britnell
thanked the ' Kinsmen and
Kinettes on behalf ofthe
hospital. .
Sincere Best Wishes
Goderich
Kinsmen
Club
"I ON YOUR
23rd
ANNIVERSARY
Stiles Funeral Home
Kin Ed Stiles
"Goderich; was treated to one
of the finest and largest
Dominion Day parades on
Monday, thanks to the Kinsmen
Club which organized it in
conjunction with their Trade
Fair at Agricultural Park," it
said.
A two-day hobby fair;
inaugurated in 1965 by the
Goderich Kinsmen to replace the
Trade Fairs, was termed a
success by Kin. President Pete
McCauley. -
"The club suffered a setback
Friday' evening when their
Crown and Anchor operation on
the midway was raided by, the
anti -gambling squad from
Toronto," said 'an article in the
Signal -Star. •
A " note in: the Goderich
Kinsmen scrapbook of 1967
states: "Kinsmen Parade on July
lst rated as the biggest and best
ever in town!"
We Salute
The Goderich
Kinsmen Club on
23 Years Service
To Our
Community
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