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Bantam Optimists

The Bantam Optimists were the first feeder corps for the Toronto Optimists. The corps began in 1960 and continued until 1964. At the end of 1963 the Toronto Optimists lost over half of their corps. In order to have enough members for the Toronto Optimists to compete in the 1964 season the majority of the Bantam Optimists moved to the Toronto Optimists and the feeder corps was folded.

30 files, last one added on Apr 02, 2026
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Optimist Cadets

42 files, last one added on Sep 22, 2025
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Optimist Lancers

26 files, last one added on Jul 27, 2023
Album viewed 445 times

Optimist Cadet Lancers

11 files, last one added on Oct 07, 2020
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Bantam Optimists (Optimist Club Convention, 1960)720 views

Bantam Optimists (East York, 1960)722 views

Rita Cochrane, Optimist Lancers by Eaton's College Park (Shriners' Parade, 1970)687 views

Cadet Lancers guard (1977)1021 views

Joe Renaud, when he was Drum Major of the Optimists Cadets (about 1970)541 views

Dave Burgess conducting Lancers1201 views

Last additions - Optimists' Feeder Corps

Greorge Wright, left front: Ronn Prokop teaches the Bantam Optimists (1963)71 viewsApr 02, 2026

Bantam Optimists (Optimist Club Convention, Toronto, 1963)336 viewsOct 08, 2025

Recipients of the Optimists Cadets Awards (1975)341 viewsSep 22, 2025

Bantam Optimists (East York, 1960)501 viewsMar 05, 2025

Bantam Optimists (East York, 1960)639 viewsDec 21, 2024

Optimist Cadets (Porter Stadium [Borough of York Stadium], 1970)549 viewsOct 25, 2024