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PARIS PAST PARISLOVESAPARADE
Paris Past
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By Chris Whelan
For as far back as I can research Paris has always been up for having a parade From Military parades to labour day parades, from Coronations to celebrating Canada’s Independence, Paris has a long history of hosting parades! We even have photos of our towns people parading to the park just for a picnic! Celebrations along the downtown main streets has been a tradition that has continued right up until our present day
Amoung the many parades celebrated in our little town my favourite has always been at Christmas Former Reeve and Business owner Gord Gibson used to tell me stories of when he was young and Paris would have the Santa Clause parade downtown and afterwards all the children of Paris would gather at the Capital movie theatre and receive a bag of goodies from Santa and watch cartoons for the rest of the afternoon courtesy of the Penmans Textile Company. Gord would tell me how much he would enjoy a bag of hot roasted peanuts at the theatre for only a nickel or how the black balls from the palms would turn your whole mouth and tongue black!
75 years ago
The Penmans clowns as they were known were always a fun part of every parade in downtown Paris.
