COTTON STATES CAT CLUB
by Cyndi Lewis
On January 29, 1938, Mary Kate Carroll (Kohinoor)
& Gladys Donaldson (King
Kat), gathered together 12 interested cat lovers to found Cotton States Cat
Club. Their first show was held on December 2nd & 3rd of that year at the
Atlantan Hotel. Mrs. Laura Graham, a CFA Judge, came up from Tarpon Springs,
Florida, to manage the show, and the famous Miss Winifred Porter brought eleven
cats from New Orleans to help out with the shorthair entry. There were 118
cats and kittens entered in this first show.
Mary Kate entered the judging program in the early 40's, and she judged for
her own club at Cotton State's fifth annual show in 1944. She continued to
judge for 30 years, and to breed and show for almost fifty years. Her
enthusiasm about cats lives on in the members of this club. In 1985, the last
year
that CFA gave out the prestigious "Show of the Year Award", Cotton States
hosted one of the most spectacular cat shows ever. Under the show management of
Connie Wardlaw, Cotton States was bestowed this honor. In 1999, for it's
60th Annual Show, Cotton States, became a Friskies Lead Show, with over 300
entries. Since that time, Cotton States has produced Friskies Lead Shows with
entries averaging 350 cats annually, and this year looks forward to it's 66th
Annual Show! We are the 2nd oldest club in the United States in producing
consecutive annual CFA shows.
www.cottonstatescatclub.org
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Mary Kate Carroll - 1988 |
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