Niagara District

June 17 – 14th Annual Niagara District IAOM Golf Tournament

Lochness Links, 330 Daimler Parkway, Welland, Ontario  Canada

Online Registration Form

Scramble Format (4 to a team)

1st Tee Time at 11:30 a.m.

Registration fee: $120 (Canadian or US)

Fee includes golf, electric cart, prizes and banquet

Banquet Only Fee: $40 (Canadian or US)

Deadline to register is Tuesday, June 3, 2008
 

September 9-12 – Wolverine, Ohio Valley and Niagara Districts' Fall Meeting

Marriott Columbus Airport Hotel, Columbus, Ohio

The Niagara, Ohio Valley, and Wolverine Districts will hold a joint meeting September 9-12, 2008, at the Marriott Columbus Airport Hotel in Columbus, Ohio. Registration information and program will be posted as soon as they are available.

In Memoriam

Long-standing IAOM Niagara District member Bill Mitchell passed away on March 30, 2008.

Bill had been in milling for 58 years and was 75 years old in December 2000, when he retired. He continued to check on the mill for the next few years. He began in the milling industry on September 30, 1942, as an apprentice sweeping floors at the age of 16 for Hunt Flour Milling Corp. in London Ontario..

He was promoted to shift miller in January 1944.

He started as a miller with Acton Flour Mills Acton Ontario in December of 1947.

In October 1948, he started working for Aurora Flour Co. Ltd., in Aurora, Ontario. He started at the Phenix Mills Ltd. Galt, Ontario, on February 18, 1952. In May 1959, he was appointed manager of the Galt mill. The Galt mill closed in November 1964. From 1964 to 1983 he worked for the Phenix Mill in Montreal (Eastern Can. Flour Mill). He was at the Maple Leaf Mills, West Toronto, from 1983 to 1987. From 1988-2001, he worked at the Halton Flour Mill in Acton, Ontario. He had been married for 63 years to Dorothy. She preceded his death in November 2007. They had 4 children, 11 grandchildren and 5 great-grandchildren.

Other Events

2008

September 9-12 – Wolverine, Ohio Valley and Niagara Districts' Joint Fall Meeting

2009

April 27-May 1 – 113th Annual IAOM Conference & Expo in North America