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Wearing a woody who? button, Ricky Davis, who got his artificial arms in a Shriner Hospital, plays with the man who today becomes Imperial Potentate o(...)
Wearing a woody who? button, Ricky Davis, who got his artificial arms in a Shriner Hospital, plays with the man who today becomes Imperial Potentate o(...)

Wearing a woody who? button, Ricky Davis, who got his artificial arms in a Shriner Hospital, plays with the man who today becomes Imperial Potentate o(...)

Date7/2/1975
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Original Toronto Star caption: Wearing a woody who? button, Ricky Davis, who got his artificial arms in a Shriner Hospital, plays with the man who today becomes Imperial Potentate of the Shriners, Woodrow Wilson Bennett, 60, of Kansas City, Mo., Woody to his friends. His election to the top post is highlight of Shrine convention.
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Call Number / Accession NumberTSPA_0014709F
Honor guard of Shriners salutes, with outstretched arms, as potentate enter St
Honor guard of Shriners salutes, with outstretched arms, as potentate enter St
6/29/1975
Ricky Davis. Meets benefactors. Ricky Davis is only 3 1/2 years old, so he didn't understand why 3,000 Shriners and their wives applauded him yesterda(...)
Ricky Davis. Meets benefactors. Ricky Davis is only 3 1/2 years old, so he didn't understand why 3,000 Shriners and their wives applauded him yesterda(...)
7/3/1975
Imperial Potentate Edward G. McMullan of Calgary, right, poses on field
Imperial Potentate Edward G. McMullan of Calgary, right, poses on field
7/13/1989
After knee ailment was cured at Shrine-sup-ported hospital in Montreal, Del Hopper decided he'd become Shriner, and in 1956 he did. Now on giving end, he visits young patients at the hospital
After knee ailment was cured at Shrine-sup-ported hospital in Montreal, Del Hopper decided he'd become Shriner, and in 1956 he did. Now on giving end, he visits young patients at the hospital
6/27/1975
Who you gonna call? Bob Webster, 63, left, and Howard Clausen, 64, marshals at tomorrow's Shriners parade, show off their scooters at Ontario Place yesterday
Who you gonna call? Bob Webster, 63, left, and Howard Clausen, 64, marshals at tomorrow's Shriners parade, show off their scooters at Ontario Place yesterday
7/2/1989
Out of gas at the very beginning of the seven-hour parade of Shriners today, a member of the Al Koran clown unit gets a fill-up from a fellow Shriner (...)
Out of gas at the very beginning of the seven-hour parade of Shriners today, a member of the Al Koran clown unit gets a fill-up from a fellow Shriner (...)
7/1/1975
Oriental band, composed of Shriners from Hamilton, play outside Queen Elizabeth Building as 350 Canadians were inducted into the international organiz(...)
Oriental band, composed of Shriners from Hamilton, play outside Queen Elizabeth Building as 350 Canadians were inducted into the international organiz(...)
6/29/1975
Parading up University Ave. in today's 14,000-strong Shriners parade, members of the Go Cart patrol from the Peel Shrine Club roll along in their mini(...)
Parading up University Ave. in today's 14,000-strong Shriners parade, members of the Go Cart patrol from the Peel Shrine Club roll along in their mini(...)
7/1/1975
Shriners - up to 1975
Shriners - up to 1975
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Largest convention ever in Toronto was the Shriners', above, last year
Largest convention ever in Toronto was the Shriners', above, last year
6/29/1975
Exploring Toronto on foot was hard on the feet in yesterday's heat, and Shriner Bill Gouchnour, a member of Morocco Temple band in Jacksonville, Fla.,(...)
Exploring Toronto on foot was hard on the feet in yesterday's heat, and Shriner Bill Gouchnour, a member of Morocco Temple band in Jacksonville, Fla.,(...)
7/3/1975
Daddy hasn't come by yet, Seven-year-old Debbie Jones and her brother, Harold, 11, wanted to see their father in the Shriners' parade last night - but(...)
Daddy hasn't come by yet, Seven-year-old Debbie Jones and her brother, Harold, 11, wanted to see their father in the Shriners' parade last night - but(...)
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