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AKO Fraternity, (Alpha Kai Omega) is a sports-focused service fraternity in Ontario, Canada, that was formed in 1929 in Windsor, Ontario.
AKO was founded in 1929 by seven students at Windsor Walkerville Technical School (later W. D. Lowe High School): Norm Hull (the first President), Bill Begley, Ron Truscott, Jay Love, Ivan Stokes, Jim Fairhurst, and Jack McMillan. It was named by one of their teachers, Mr. Siers. Alpha kai Omega is Greek for "the first and last."[1]
In 1935 the fraternity became incorporated and obtained a Provincial Charter under issue of letters patent by the Provincial Secretary.
With the outbreak of World War II, members started joining all three services, which caused the club to become temporarily inactive for three years.
The fraternity started out sponsoring school and community dances at the Prince Edward Hotel Ballroom and Lakeview Golf Club, and other fundraising events to support charities, such as the Blind Institute.
Many of the members were sports enthusiasts, and they organized their own softball team that was very successful in the local Fraternity League in the late 1930s, with such players as Jimmy Farmer, Mark Wood, Harry Heydon, Harold Jackson, Bill Hudson, and George Mackay.
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