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Daily or monthly : The 92-year-old Walper Hotel in the heart of Kitchener is receiving overnight guests or longer-term residents after being closed five years
Daily or monthly : The 92-year-old Walper Hotel in the heart of Kitchener is receiving overnight guests or longer-term residents after being closed five years

Daily or monthly : The 92-year-old Walper Hotel in the heart of Kitchener is receiving overnight guests or longer-term residents after being closed five years

Date4/13/1984
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Original Toronto Star caption: Daily or monthly : The 92-year-old Walper Hotel in the heart of Kitchener is receiving overnight guests or longer-term residents after being closed five years.
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The Walper Hotel on the main street of Kitchener is a tired-looking old building, but inside there are often line-ups to get to the dining-room
The Walper Hotel on the main street of Kitchener is a tired-looking old building, but inside there are often line-ups to get to the dining-room
4/7/1971
A Dickens fan, Mrs. Yvonne Farrant Smith owns the Highgate house where Dickens family lived in 1832 and is willing to accept overnight guests. Room, breakfast and period costume reading costs $12.50
A Dickens fan, Mrs. Yvonne Farrant Smith owns the Highgate house where Dickens family lived in 1832 and is willing to accept overnight guests. Room, breakfast and period costume reading costs $12.50
12/21/1971
Simon and Emu is one of the pet animals at Naringal, a 5,200-acre sheep station west of Melbourne which welcomes overnight guests. However the name re(...)
Simon and Emu is one of the pet animals at Naringal, a 5,200-acre sheep station west of Melbourne which welcomes overnight guests. However the name re(...)
2/24/1975
Retiring fire chief honored. Retiring chief ot Toronto's fire department, Frank Coakwell shakes hands with guests last night who attended a testimonial dinner at the Royal York Hotel to pay tribute his 50 years of service to the city. He retires officially on Dec. 30.
Retiring fire chief honored. Retiring chief ot Toronto's fire department, Frank Coakwell shakes hands with guests last night who attended a testimonial dinner at the Royal York Hotel to pay tribute his 50 years of service to the city. He retires officially on Dec. 30.
12/8/1968
Unexpected guests at the Rotary club luncheon in the Royal York hotel today were Joe Laflamme of Gogama, right, and his two-year-old moose. Dr. J. A. Campbell, of the Toronto zoo, steadies the animal as Johnny Ferguson perches on its back
Unexpected guests at the Rotary club luncheon in the Royal York hotel today were Joe Laflamme of Gogama, right, and his two-year-old moose. Dr. J. A. Campbell, of the Toronto zoo, steadies the animal as Johnny Ferguson perches on its back
1/24/1947
An Aerial-platform fire truck was used to pluck guests from the 100-year-old Wellington Hotel in Guelph during a $1 million fire yesterday that left t(...)
An Aerial-platform fire truck was used to pluck guests from the 100-year-old Wellington Hotel in Guelph during a $1 million fire yesterday that left t(...)
7/8/1975
Something smells. Frustrated North York residents, unable to deliver their rotting garbage to the Ingram Dr. incinerator after it closed for the weeke(...)
Something smells. Frustrated North York residents, unable to deliver their rotting garbage to the Ingram Dr. incinerator after it closed for the weeke(...)
7/16/1979
At Queen's Park - 'Happy New Year'. Ontario Lieutenant-Governor Ross Macdonald gives a warm welcome to Dr. Pauline McGibbon, the recently appointed chancellor of University of Toronto, at his New Year's Day levee, attended by more than 550 guests at Queen
At Queen's Park - 'Happy New Year'. Ontario Lieutenant-Governor Ross Macdonald gives a warm welcome to Dr. Pauline McGibbon, the recently appointed chancellor of University of Toronto, at his New Year's Day levee, attended by more than 550 guests at Queen
1/3/1972
Mike Byrd, 34, is deputy superintendent at Vanier Centre. The centre, which was opened in 1969, to replace the old Mercer Reformatory in Toronto, is a therapeutic community, Byrd explains. The residents, 75 per cent of whom are under 25 years of age, live in cottage-style buldings, where each spends leisure time in her own room.
Mike Byrd, 34, is deputy superintendent at Vanier Centre. The centre, which was opened in 1969, to replace the old Mercer Reformatory in Toronto, is a therapeutic community, Byrd explains. The residents, 75 per cent of whom are under 25 years of age, live in cottage-style buldings, where each spends leisure time in her own room.
2/15/1973
Welcoming some guests, 3-year-old Smoke wears a hat as he shakes hands with 3-year-old Guy Treleaven, while sister Cheryl, 8, and David Gale, 8, look (...)
Welcoming some guests, 3-year-old Smoke wears a hat as he shakes hands with 3-year-old Guy Treleaven, while sister Cheryl, 8, and David Gale, 8, look (...)
4/9/1970
Heart attack victim max waese, now 49 and planning to live quite a bit longer, jogs his daily 3-mile stint around the gym track at Young Men's Hebrew (...)
Heart attack victim max waese, now 49 and planning to live quite a bit longer, jogs his daily 3-mile stint around the gym track at Young Men's Hebrew (...)
2/16/1972
Buffet for 10, Terri and David Nichol welcome guests to kitchen counter where their New Year's Eve dinner will be served. Two meats are boneless leg of lamb and tenderloin of beef
Buffet for 10, Terri and David Nichol welcome guests to kitchen counter where their New Year's Eve dinner will be served. Two meats are boneless leg of lamb and tenderloin of beef
11/20/1980