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More than 2,000 members of Variety Clubs International are holding annual convention in Toronto this week
More than 2,000 members of Variety Clubs International are holding annual convention in Toronto this week

More than 2,000 members of Variety Clubs International are holding annual convention in Toronto this week

Date5/30/1976
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Original Toronto Star caption: More than 2,000 members of Variety Clubs International are holding annual convention in Toronto this week. Some of the conventioneers who made it big got their starts here. 'Popcorn' King Frank Strean (third from left) and 'Cornbeef' King Sam Shopsowitz (fourth from left), co-chairmen of convention, yesterday welcomed Frank Shuster (left), Johnny Wayne, Let's Make a Deal's Monty Hall (second from right), and U.K. holiday camp king Billy Butlin (right).
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Toronto's Mr. Piano, 72-year-old Ernie Barnes, was honored this week at Royal York Hotel party by members of nine service clubs where he regularly plays
Toronto's Mr. Piano, 72-year-old Ernie Barnes, was honored this week at Royal York Hotel party by members of nine service clubs where he regularly plays
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Toronto's Mr. Piano, 72-year-old Ernie Barnes, was honored this week at Royal York Hotel party by members of nine service clubs where he regularly pla(...)
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11/9/1971
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Above, Monty Hall, chairman of Variety Clubs International, hugs sister-in-law Edith, left, and artist Rita Cohen, who wore a black Krizia to the gala
1/30/1988
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Water rat sailing club members get in a few tacks at the club's Lake Ontario location off Cherry Beach near the Hearn generating plant. Club members, (...)
Water rat sailing club members get in a few tacks at the club's Lake Ontario location off Cherry Beach near the Hearn generating plant. Club members, (...)
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Good job, well done. More than $1.25 million was pledged during the weekend to the first annual Variety Club Telethon to help cover the costs of the $(...)
Good job, well done. More than $1.25 million was pledged during the weekend to the first annual Variety Club Telethon to help cover the costs of the $(...)
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104-year-old's an international draw, More than 50 family members came from across North America and one from the old country, to help Latvian-born Ve(...)
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Members of the Kew Beach Lawn Bowling Club gathered yesterday to celebrate the club's 75th anniversary
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Listening in: Harold Sellers is president of a club that includes more than 500 members in Ontario and 200 others in the rest of Canada and the U
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