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The new guard watches the old one, The new mayors of four Metro boroughs dropped in at City Hall today to watch the old guard in action
The new guard watches the old one, The new mayors of four Metro boroughs dropped in at City Hall today to watch the old guard in action

The new guard watches the old one, The new mayors of four Metro boroughs dropped in at City Hall today to watch the old guard in action

Date12/7/1972
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Original Toronto Star caption: The new guard watches the old one; The new mayors of four Metro boroughs dropped in at City Hall today to watch the old guard in action.
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A security guard stands watch at North York Council chamber as clerks prepare ballot boxes for the borough's Dec
A security guard stands watch at North York Council chamber as clerks prepare ballot boxes for the borough's Dec
11/21/1969
Real traffic stoppers in Scarborough yesterday were Marjorie and Harry Gordaneer in their Santa Claus costumes. Mrs. Gordancer, who has been a crossing guard for 20 years and is president of the Metro school crossing guards' organization, has been handing out candy canes to youngsters at her crossing on Clonmore Dr. Husband Harry, who's an area supervisor with the borough's board of education, has been playing Santa at a number of schools this week.
Real traffic stoppers in Scarborough yesterday were Marjorie and Harry Gordaneer in their Santa Claus costumes. Mrs. Gordancer, who has been a crossing guard for 20 years and is president of the Metro school crossing guards' organization, has been handing out candy canes to youngsters at her crossing on Clonmore Dr. Husband Harry, who's an area supervisor with the borough's board of education, has been playing Santa at a number of schools this week.
12/22/1977
crossing guard is their mayor. Mayor True Davidson holds up homemade cars so children can cross road to Secord school today. The 67-year-old borough m(...)
crossing guard is their mayor. Mayor True Davidson holds up homemade cars so children can cross road to Secord school today. The 67-year-old borough m(...)
9/5/1968
With plans to be Metro chairman some day, 16-year-old Paul Faibish is at work in his office in the basement of his parents' home in North York. He's co-founder and vice-president of one of the borough's ratepayer groups.
With plans to be Metro chairman some day, 16-year-old Paul Faibish is at work in his office in the basement of his parents' home in North York. He's co-founder and vice-president of one of the borough's ratepayer groups.
4/9/1974
City Alderman Colin Vaughan failed by one vote to win a TTC seat when borough mayors on Metro Council backed Etobicoke's Pete Farrow
City Alderman Colin Vaughan failed by one vote to win a TTC seat when borough mayors on Metro Council backed Etobicoke's Pete Farrow
1/14/1975
Waiting game: A security guard watches at a Metro committee meeting yesterday as protesters - many in wheelchairs - fight planned funding cuts
Waiting game: A security guard watches at a Metro committee meeting yesterday as protesters - many in wheelchairs - fight planned funding cuts
1/7/1992
Wearing Coonskin hat, York Mayor Philip White invades North York today to plant his borough's flag and lay claim to Yorkdale Shopping Plaza-part of neighboring North York
Wearing Coonskin hat, York Mayor Philip White invades North York today to plant his borough's flag and lay claim to Yorkdale Shopping Plaza-part of neighboring North York
7/8/1977
Campaigning by horse and buggy, Gordon Clarke, running for alderman in Scarborough's Ward 12, hands a pamphlet to his neighbor Aubrey Crowhurst, who owns the horse, My Lenny Boy, and the buggy, an antique built by the McLaughlin Carriage Works. Clarke lives in a century-old farmhouse off Meadow-vale Rd. West Hill. He's also using a mobile home in his campaign. Advance polling in city and boroughs will be tomorrow, next Thrusday and next Saturday.
Campaigning by horse and buggy, Gordon Clarke, running for alderman in Scarborough's Ward 12, hands a pamphlet to his neighbor Aubrey Crowhurst, who owns the horse, My Lenny Boy, and the buggy, an antique built by the McLaughlin Carriage Works. Clarke lives in a century-old farmhouse off Meadow-vale Rd. West Hill. He's also using a mobile home in his campaign. Advance polling in city and boroughs will be tomorrow, next Thrusday and next Saturday.
11/21/1974
Puppy love isn't saddling Metro with as many unwanted pets as it used to, says George Banton, chief animal control officer for the Borough of York. Above, he displays one of the York animal shelter's inmates, a young part-German Shepherd. The animal shelter now has empty cages and Banton gives the credit to the borough's low-cost spay-neuter program, begun two years ago.
Puppy love isn't saddling Metro with as many unwanted pets as it used to, says George Banton, chief animal control officer for the Borough of York. Above, he displays one of the York animal shelter's inmates, a young part-German Shepherd. The animal shelter now has empty cages and Banton gives the credit to the borough's low-cost spay-neuter program, begun two years ago.
6/15/1978
Hamming it up: Mayor Art Eggleton mugs for the toy camera of 2 1/2-year-old Jonathan Schwartz at the mayor's New Year's levee at Toronto City Hall yesterday
Hamming it up: Mayor Art Eggleton mugs for the toy camera of 2 1/2-year-old Jonathan Schwartz at the mayor's New Year's levee at Toronto City Hall yesterday
1/1/1990
New home for Hedgehog: Kim Dormaar, assistant director of new Metro zoo, holds a hedgehog from Asia, one of 5,000 animals, birds, reptiles and fish which will live in the 700-acre zoo. In order to raise funds for the new zoo, Metro's six mayors and thousands of zoo supporters are today walking 15 miles in hopes of raising $500,000 towards $6 million zoo fund objective. The zoo, being built in northeastern corner of Scarborough, will open next summer.
New home for Hedgehog: Kim Dormaar, assistant director of new Metro zoo, holds a hedgehog from Asia, one of 5,000 animals, birds, reptiles and fish which will live in the 700-acre zoo. In order to raise funds for the new zoo, Metro's six mayors and thousands of zoo supporters are today walking 15 miles in hopes of raising $500,000 towards $6 million zoo fund objective. The zoo, being built in northeastern corner of Scarborough, will open next summer.
5/31/1973
A silent city remembers. Honor guard at old city hall stands with bowed head today as the chimes tolled at 11 a.m. to mark the 50th anniversary of the(...)
A silent city remembers. Honor guard at old city hall stands with bowed head today as the chimes tolled at 11 a.m. to mark the 50th anniversary of the(...)
11/11/1968