History Bites from Pat Hooey
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The Key City Kennel Club began out of obedience classes
taught by Holly Sue Erwin and Pat Johnson. They found a
group of people in this area who were interested in
starting a kennel club. Holly Sue Erwin and Pat Johnson
put on a fun match. Out of the fun match, came the
first organizational meeting with twenty people
attending. Of those twenty, two were officers in the
Albert Lea Kennel Club. Harold
McMillen was selected the first chairman. McMillen
selected Vern Nere, John
Bolton, and Pat Johnson to draw up the by-laws. At
first, the name of the club was the Mankato K-9 Club.
This first official meeting
with
the election of officers was held in April, 1967. The
first president of the club was John Bolton. John
Bolton, already a successful exhibitor, breeder, and
president of the Italian Greyhound Club of America,
provided much-needed experience and direction for the
new club. The new club had its first fun match in the
fall of 1967.
Since 1967
