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1947 •25 charter members
•�Iav 15 - Goderich Kinsmen Club chartered by Stratford Club - Charter President. Dick Cornish
1948 •Goderich Kinette Club chartered. Charter President. Grace Patterson
-- 1949 •Goderich Kinsmen Club won Founders' attendance trophy for best attendance among all Kinsmen
Clubs across Canada - average attendance 99.5'f!
1950 •Kinsmen Carnival nets '?:BOO for the development of a new playground between South and Keays
Streets to be called Kin Playground
1951 •Goderich Kinsmen present the musical comedy '-Going Places- at the Goderich Pavilion w support
of the Kinsmen Playground
1952 •Clinton Kinsmen Club chartered by Goderich Kinsmen
•Goderich Kinsmen sponsored and conducted a safety clinic for Goderich Schools and formed a Traffic
Patrol of Goderich Public School boys to work intersections of streets leading. to the school
1953 •75 members of the Goderich Kinsmen sponsored Octogenarian Club attended the seventh annual
picnic at the Goderich Pavilion - membership in the Octogenarian Club 135 - begun by Pat Patterson
1954 •Goderich Kinsmen sponsor the Goderich Trade Fair'- a successful four day event of draws.
entertainment, sports and exhibitor displays - hoped to revive the "fall fair -
1955 •Goderich Kinsmen open new club room in the basement,of the Public Library for the Octogenarians
1956 •The first honourary and life membership awarded by the Goderich Kinsmen Club was received
by D.J. "Pat" Patterson
1957 •Kinsmen Playground officially opens with new wading pool and play equipment
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1958 •Goderich hosted 200 Kinsmen frem 17 Western Ontario Clubs to celebrate National Kin Week - rousing
rally at the Pavilion
•New wing of hospital opened with offices provided by the Kinsmen Club
1959 •Professional wrestling - Yukon Eric and Dick Hutton - innovation at Goderich Trade Fair organized
by Goderich Kinsmen
1960 •Goderich Kinsmen Club represented by President Harold Hibbert at the 40th Anniversary celebration
of the Association of Kinsmen Clubs in .Hamilton
1961 •Life membership awarded to Frank Skelton
••2500 donation to hospital for a walk-in cooler by Kinsmen and Kinettes
1962 •15th Anniversary - 40 members
•Outdoor skating rink at Kinsmen Playground
•Goderich Kinsmen and Kinettes present new organ to Huronview Home in Clinton
1963 •Goderich Kinsmen Club organized a huge Dominion Day parade in conjunction with trade fair
1964 •District 1 Kinsmen of the Year - Bill Kirkey
•Hal Rogers at Kinsmen meeting in 1-larbourlite Inn
1965 •Hobby Fair organized by Kinsmen to replace trade fair. sle model of Project Mercury Spacecraft
on display from NASA
•Goderich Club 9th. in Jay Dunn Memorial Shield standings for District 1 -
1966 •Kinsmen donated `1000 to hospital to launch a drive to raise '100,000 for new 46 bed addition
with a promise of more to come
1967 •Kinsmen sponsor Centennial beard -growing contest
•Sold Kin -Gro fertilizer as fundraiser
•Kinsmen Town Band formed - '2000 investment