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Gore Bay Rotary Fall Auction set for October 7

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Michael Erskine
Author: Michael Erskine
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Early Rotarians Grant Oakes (floor level), left, John Lane and Larry Lane (on the elevated platform) were hard at work during one of the first Gore Bay Rotary Club auctions. Rotarians in attendance are wearing the hats with a feather.

GORE BAY—The Gore Bay Rotary Club has been in operation since its founding charter back in 1954. The club has been a fixture on the Island scene for nearly 70 years and one of the most anticipated events of the autumn season is the Rotary Fall Harvest Auction. “Harold Hilliard introduced Rotary to Gore Bay,” […]

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Michael Erskine
Michael Erskine
Michael Erskine BA (Hons) is a staff writer at The Manitoulin Expositor. He received his honours BA from Laurentian University in 1987. His former lives include underground miner, oil rig roughneck, early childhood educator, elementary school teacher, college professor and community legal worker. Michael has written several college course manuals and has won numerous Ontario Community Newspaper Awards in the rural, business and finance and editorial categories.
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