is an annual event held by the Ionia County Democratic Party each July at the World's Largest Free Fair in Ionia, Michigan. Originally called the Democratic Tent Dinner at its start in the mid-40s, it was renamed after Soapy in 1988 as a way to pay homage to the man that paved the way for dinners to be held at the fair. The Ionia Republican Party had held dinners at the fairgrounds during the 1940s, but the Democrats could not until Soapy stepped up and gained the party equal access in 1949. A portion of Interstate 75 in Cheboygan County is known as the G. Mennen Williams Highway. At Detroit Mercy Law (formerly: University of Detroit Mercy School of Law), the Moot Court Board of Advocates hosts the annual G. Mennen Williams Moot Court Competition for all first-year students through their Applied Legal Theory and Analysis course. First year students draft a dispositive motion and brief in support as part of their writing course, and argue their position before a mock tribunal. Notes References Further reading External links Michigan Supreme Court Historical Society Michigan Lawyers in History National Governors Association Political Graveyard Time magazine cover September 15, 1952 |- 1911 births 1988 deaths 20th-century American diplomats 20th-century American judges 20th-century American politicians Ambassadors of the United States to the Philippines American Episcopalians Assistant Secretaries of State for African Affairs Burials in Michigan Chief Justices of the Michigan Supreme Court Democratic Party governors of Michigan Kennedy administration personnel Lyndon B. Johnson administration personnel Justices of the Michigan Supreme Court Military personnel from Detroit Politicians from Detroit Princeton University alumni United States Navy officers United States Navy personnel of World War II University of Michigan Law School alumni