1964 (September) News from Beirut & 1st Canadian Trampoline Championships

September 1964:

                                    - The Beatles are in the middle of their debut tour of the U.S.A.
                                    - Summer vacation is over and the kids are heading back to school.
                                    - Canada holds its first National Trampoline Championships.
                                    - and... It's squirrel season in Iowa!!

Meanwhile in Ottawa, Larry Martin organized Canada's first National Trampoline Championships. 

Just five month's earlier, Larry competed in the Professional Trampoline Championships that were held at Grossinger's Resort in New York. Larry went on to a successful career as professional diver and trampolinist, better known as "Durango Coy."

Rick Kinsman, champion Canadian gymnast and member of the Royal Canadian Air Force Gym Club, won the men's senior division. He and Leslie Sguigna created a unique comedy trampoline act, calling themselves, "The Rebounders."

Rick and Leslie performed in Las Vegas as well as with the famed Harlem Globetrotter's. 

A final page of the Nissen Corporation employee newsletter covers vacations, birthdays and practical jokes. Below we see my father George Nissen, sharing a laugh with the fellows back in shop area.

"Nissen's...it's a great place to work!"

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