Another busy month for the Nissen Trampoline Company!
This of course included several gymnastics and trampoline competitions where every Nissen trampoline that was used ended up being sold to the local YMCA, school or recreation center. It also gave my father an opportunity to meet up with his coaching buddies;
Jeff Austin, Charlie Pond and Frank Bare.
Significant on this page is the signing of the first distributor contract for consumer sales. This means the general public - - who will be soon sold on the concept of buying a trampoline for their own backyard. What a "concept!" To think it all started here!
Don't miss the mention of my father's trip to Grand Rapids, Michigan to learn how automobile bumpers were chrome-plated. Plans were already moving forward for the new Nissen factory and Bill Haberland was hired to help develop my father's idea to chrome trampolines.
Last, we have the Bloomington YMCA. This is where back in 1934, my father and Larry Griswold spent many days & nights learning the art of the circus!
Pages 3 & 4 are devoted to the Newsy News among the Nissen employees.
The continuing increases in sales of trampolines, plus the big plans underway to manufacture gymnastics apparatus meant that the company needed to expand once again. 
Do these newsletters spark a memory? You are invited to share your own stories and comments below.
"Nissen's - - a great place to work!"
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