The year was 1963... it was a year that:

• James Whittaker is the first American to climb Mount Everest
• "Tom Jones" wins Best Picture at the Oscars
• The soap opera "General Hospital" premiers on TV
• The March on Washington occurs, and Dr Martin Luther King gives his "I have a dream" speech
• President Kennedy is assassinated

Measuring just 6" x 9", the yearbook was again a soft-cover, spiral-bound book, sold for the cost of $1.00. It had 199 pages, and ads from 53 catteries.

Only about 500 copies were ever printed - which combined with the fragility of a paperback publication with plastic spiral binding - makes it a very hard find these days!

Some notable items from the minutes of the Board Meetings that year were:

• The 10% commission on kitten sales that the clubs were previously guaranteed, was now made an optional item with the show management. !!!
   
• A Red Abyssinian is presented to the Board, with a request that the color be allowed for showing along with the Ruddy that was already accepted. The request was denied...
   
• It was proposed that the ages of all cats be entered into the judging books - the proposal lost...
   
• The Korat is first presented to the Board, with hope that they will be recognized "when a sufficient number of them have been registered".
  

1963 Show Season

The show season of 1962-63 had a total of 192 shows held, the largest number in the history of CFA to this date. The first show of the season was held in August 1962, and the last show of the season was held in March, 1963.

There was quite a large variety of formats at that time, and most shows only had a couple of rings each day. Often there was 1 Allbreed ring, 1 Longhair ring, and 1 Shorthair ring. For the few 2-day shows, one club would sponsor the rings on the first day, and a separate club would sponsor the rings on a second day. The breakdown of rings for this show season was:

Allbreed	64
Shorthair Specialty	53
Longhair Specialty	53
Siamese Specialty	5
Tabby & Tortie Specialty	3
Silver Specialty	3
Solid Color Specialty	3
All Short Hair (Except Siamese)	4
Domestic Shorthair Specialty	1
Foreign Short Hair	1

1963 Grand Parade

There were a total of 35 cats that earned their Grand Champion title during this show season, and a Burmese became the second cat ever to earn a Grand Premier title in CFA.

Persians were the largest percentage that season, with 16 of the 36 grands being Persian, but the Siamese were close behind with 11 grands for the season.

The remaining grands consisted of 6 Burmese, 1 Abyssinian, and 2 Domestic Shorthairs (what we now call the American Shorthair). These cats are listed/pictured below - only the cats' name, registration number, and owner were actually listed in the Yearbook itself, all other registration information has been added based on Stud Book entries.

 

GC Ben-Mar Daydream of Moonfleet Born: 6/16/1959 Reg number: 114-0082, v90 Cream Persian Male S: CH Nor-Mont Simone’s Randy D: CH Willowood Cameo of Ben-Mar	GC Bloemhill Money Moon Born: 3/10/1962 Reg number: 151-0486, v97 Blue-Cream Persian Female S: GC Bloemhill Spartan D: CH Longhill’s Misty Moon	GC Blu-Acre Fancee Born: 4/11/1956 Reg number: 92-SB-787, v93 Blue Persian Female S: CH Silver-Moth Macbeth of Blu-Acre D: Kansas City Substitute
GC Castilia Serena Born: 7/2/1959 Reg number: 107-0287, v89 Blue Persian Female S: GC Nor-Mont Applause D: CH Silver-Moth Serena of Castilia	GC Fairvilla Mike’s Boy Born: 9/12/1959 Reg number: 114-0143 Cream Persian Male S: CH Longhill’s Michaelangelo D: CH Castilia Senora De Ora II	GC Larks-Purr Sir Blu of Birch-Haven Born: 8/20/1961 Reg number: 106-0725 Blue Persian Male S: CH, DGC Larks-Purr Sunday Punch D: CH Kitten-Kennel Little Sis
GC Las Lomas Julio of Walnut Hill Born: 5/26/1959 Reg number: 132-0174, v94 Shaded Silver Persian Male S: Las Lomas Man About Town D: Silver Mesa Miss Pixie	GC Minqua’s Chesapeake Born: 8/1/1960 Reg number: 107-0536 Blue Persian Female S: CH Wimauma Adam of Minqua D: CH Longhill’s Evette of Nigrette	GC Moonfleet Fleur of Kohinoor Born: Reg number: 131-0685, v96 Chinchilla Silver Persian Female S: CH Moonfleet Boniface D: Flagstone Antonia of Moonfleet
GC Nor-Mont Brandy of Castilia Born: 7/19/1960 Reg number: 114-0239, v92 Cream Persian Male S: GC Nor-Mont Michael D: CH Nor-Mont Duchess	GC Nor-Mont Brent Born: 6/30/1958 Reg number: 58-5226 Cream Persian Male S: GC Nor-Mont Applause D: CH Nigrette Trublu of Nor-Mont	GC Nor-Mont Debbie of Castilia Born: 5/25/1959 Reg number: 151-0113, v88 Blue-Cream Persian Female S: CH Klinkhammer Topper of Castilia D: Nigrette’s Trublu of Nor-Mont
GC Nor-Mont Michael Born: 8/8/1957 Reg number: 57-1242, v88 Cream Persian Male S: GC Nor-Mont Applause D: Nor-Mont’s Scarlet	GC Nor-Mont White Shadow Born: 7/20/1956 Reg number: 57-1357, v91 Copper-Eyed White Persian Male S: GC Nor-Mont Applause D: CH Nor-Mont White Angel	GC Vi-Jon Georg-Ann of Khyo Born: 8/2/1960 Reg number: 107-0748, v94 Blue Persian Female S: CH Vi-Jon Gorgeous George Jr. D: Gra-Stone Lady Zane
GC Willowind Black Magic Born: 11/16/1959 Reg number: 109-0163, v90 Black Persian Female S: GC Vel-Vene’s Voo Doo D: Francine’s Frostie	GC Nor-Mont White Snow Born: 7/10/1959 Reg number: 703-0021, v86 Gold-Eyed White American Shorthair Female S: CH Libertee D: Nor-Mont Angelina	GC Toby II of Scioto Born: January 1955 Reg number: 88-FR-867-2-D, v88 Tortoiseshell American Shorthair Female S: Unknown D: Unknown
GC Daz-Zling Dincha Kno of So-No-Mo Born: 12/6/1958 Reg number: 272-1155, v89 Seal Point Siamese Male S: Daz-Zling Frijole D: Fan-T-Cee’s Pixie of Daz-Zling	GC Daz-Zling Reflection Born: 3/7/1961 Reg number: 277-1312, v92 Blue Point Siamese Female S: Daz-Zling Fritos D: Chee Chee of Daz-Zling	GC Erickson’s Baron of Mai-Profile Born: 5/3/1961 Reg number: 276-0953, v92 Blue Point Siamese Male S: Wolfgang’s von Baron D: Wolfgang’s Fanci Malane
GC Fan-T-Cee’s Flycka of Bograe Born: 1/6/1959 Reg number: 277-0422, v88 Blue Point Siamese Female S: Di Napoli’s Duke of Fan-T-Cee D: Fan-T-Cee’s Blue Rose	GC Gidgetta of Cyreccia Born: 7/14/1960 Reg number: 271-0446, v91 Chocolate Point Siamese Female S: CH Green-Lane Van of Velvet-Shadow D: Terrmina	GC Gin-Lee’s Eros Born: 6/4/1959 Reg number: 274-0068, v89 Lilac Point Siamese Male S: CH Cruise’s Sez-Yu-Mei of Cymri D: Van-Lyn’s Frost Venus of Gin-Lee
GC Jen-Kins Victor Rhee Born: 3/4/1961 Reg number: 272-5021, v92 Seal Point Siamese Male S: CH Jen-Kins Mr. Rhee D: Timfy’s Secret of Jen-Kins	GC Jezebelle of Ju-Nees Born: 6/21/1960 Reg number: 277-0801-1, v91 Blue Point Siamese Female S: Lau Foo D: Furtherdown’s Honey (imp)	GC Makhanda Gismet of Blue-Iris Born: ?? Reg number: 273-7036 Seal Point Siamese Female S: ?? D: ??
GC Makhanda Marauder Born: 4/15/1960 Reg number: 272-3369, v92 Seal Point Siamese Male S: Medicine Lake Mikado of Makhanda D: Usaf Shooting Star of Makhanda	GC Rogers Hts. Rockette of Bercrest Born: ?? Reg number: 273-7411 Seal Point Siamese Female S: ?? D: ??	GC Ronnvikens Tutankhamon (imp) Born: 5/8/1960 Reg number: 380-0097, v89 Ruddy Abyssinian Male S: Tranby Khenti D: Ronnvikens Mirabelle
GC Mizpah’s Angus Charkha Born: 3/6/1960 Reg number: 400-0179-3, v89 Sable Burmese Male S: GC Mizpah’s Clancy D: CH Antonica Pamphula of Mizpah	GC Mizpah’s Cee-Celia of Brierwood Born: 5/2/1961 Reg number: 401-0396-3, v92 Sable Burmese Female S: GC Mizpah’s Clancy D: Yindling’s Dark Diane of Mizpah	GC Mizpah’s Chili Bean Born: 8/5/1960 Reg number: 400-0257, v92 Sable Burmese Male S: GC Mizpah’s Clancy D: GC Mizpah’s Anitra
GC Mizpah’s Trotsky of G(len)n Born: 9/8/1959 Reg number: 400-0148-3, v91 Sable Burmese Male S: Mizpah’s Ben Sikh D: CH Antonica Pamphula of Mizpah	GP Ping’s Coffee Royale of Cardell Born: 9/29/1960 Reg number: 400-0229 Sable Burmese Neuter S: CH Mizpah’s Oriental Bamboo of Ping D: CH Mizpah’s Celeste of Ping	GC Tzaana Rangoon Born: 4/14/1959 Reg number: 400-0090-2, v92 Sable Burmese Male S: Prince Pogo of Regal D: CH H R H Marin Java of Tzaana