St. John's Minor Hockey
Financing of Minor Hockey
1968-70
Cec Soper, while chairman of the association, raised money by registration fees, tag days, entertainment nights (bingo), and through a canvass of business firms in the St. John's area. Although a very distinguished St. John's businessman acted as chairman for the canvass of business firms, returns were less than $1,000. Entertainment nights had to be discontinued as the association actually lost several hundred dollars during the last project in 1970. The association found itself in the red at season's end. 1970-73
Several projects to raise monies were initiated during the terms that Howie Meeker and Bill Parrott were in office. The main money-making project during the 1970-71 season was a variety show brought to the Arts and Culture Centre. Although the show proved to be a flop, approximately $4,000 was netted from the sale of advertisements in the program. A raffle of two return tickets to Montreal to see an NHL game between Boston and Montreal, courtesy of Eastern Provincial Airways, netted over $1,000. Tickets to Minor Hockey Week games brought in another $1,000. A small admission fee was charged at Memorial Stadium during 1970-71 to raise money to help repay the $1,000 given to the association by St. John's City Council to offset the pressing debts inherited from the previous executive. During the course of the season, the association received about $650 from this source and passed the total back to the Stadium Commission to be returned