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It was a long, long ride down King St. on Monday for this member of the annual Oktoberfest parâ€" ade. The parade assembled behind Waterloo Square and inched its way to downtown Kitchener. UKTOBEREEST ;MMM 16, 1974 Mr. Oktoberfest Julius Rauchfuss and Miss Oktoberfest Gayle Gorell of Los Kitchener mayor Sid McLennan and regional chairman Jack Young in a to: monies for the 1974 Oktoberfest at Speakers Corners in Kitchener on Friday Gemutlichkeit was certainly the word of the day Monday on the Skate Canada float were concerned. The float wa professional entries in this year‘s parade. of Los Angeles, California join m a toast at the opening cereâ€" The Carisberg beer wagon paraded through downtown Kitchener on Friday to help announce the ofâ€" ficial opening of the 1974 Oktoberfest in Kitchenerâ€"Waterloo. This year‘s festival is the biggest yet and an estimated 350,000 people are expected to visit the area by Saturday. This year‘s parade took close to two hours to pass any given spot along the King St. route from terloo to Kitchener. L * ® s »4 s Â¥ s "olg 3 C ® o *. '- *, l s K . & e ‘ > * * m * + . &f‘ w* h. * > ‘ R ~ % o. B Trg C \. «. | T «w & L & . CV S P N‘ ‘ j â€" * "cA0 . ‘ * ' ‘ ; 9 ) ’, h O : 2 P h bq P ;‘ o’ Le 3 " t * i ;h " t N N V ‘ * ~ } bs C3 .o T '\t F d “1 c‘ i l Ale P i 96 | x P 2 * Re: * 4 c P T y * h tz C * | * f ® e 44. f P l e * v s ; *&® 3 Ns â€" _ * o ’Q«*,‘ , «* 52 4 o s 5 c L : /. * Qr;".:"’; >3 * * k: s T The 1974 Oktoberfest Queen, 20â€"yearâ€"old Gayle Gorell, was all smiles & S A&"’ * despite the rain during the annual parade down King St. 6 *4 3. L '\‘ “" â€" .z;_ ; g es O L % M i s P o l j | 4 6 & 1 OA _ PV e a o ‘ ‘ a .mills. CC Et ts 4 hi * v 4 $ ~ “ cile SE | | 1 o q e s The 1974 Oktoberfest Queen, 20â€"yearâ€"old Gayle Gorell despite the rain during the annual parade down King St. This year the Oktoberfest parade took on a proâ€" fessional appearance as the majority of the floats provided a truely Bavarian flavour for the thousâ€" ands of youngsters of all ages who lined its route. This float has become almost a tradition for the annual Oktoberfest parade. Watertoo Chronicle, Wednesdeay, October 16, 1974 15