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History of District VI Gyro International : 1922-1986 / by J. Fraser Cunningham.

by Cunningham, J. Fraser.

Lancelot Press, 1987.

Gyro International. District VI -- History.

Societies -- Nova Scotia.

9780889993587 (pbk.)

0889993580 (pbk.)

Alternate title:

Gyro International : history of District VI : 1922-1986

District VI Gyro International : 1922-1986

138 p. ill.; 21 cm.

Gyro International is a non-profit social, service, and fraternal club for men located in the United States and Canada. Gyro was founded in April 1912 in Cleveland, Ohio. The primary purpose of the club is the promotion of friendship. In the beginning District VI was all the territory east of a line drawn north-south from Quebec to Hartford, Connecticut, today it includes only Maine and the Atlantic Provinces. A Dalhousie law student from Victoria, B.C. introduced Gyro to Halifax in 1922. Clubs were formed in St. John in 1922, New Glasgow in 1925, Charlottetown in 1928(1990), Kentville in 1935, Windsor in 1938, Dartmouth in 1956, Truro in 1960, Sackville, N. S. in1979, Riverview in 1980, Sussex in 1981, and 11 other communities including Boston and Bangor. Today there are 9 active Clubs. J. Fraser Cunningham was born in Stellarton on March 15, 1916. He joined the Gyro Club of New Glasgow in 1951 and was elected President in 1970, and Governor of District VI in 1976.

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