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A dream that died, Rev. Kenn Opperman happily showed a model of a proposed $18 million community centre for senior citizens in 1967. But City Council (...)
A dream that died, Rev. Kenn Opperman happily showed a model of a proposed $18 million community centre for senior citizens in 1967. But City Council (...)

A dream that died, Rev. Kenn Opperman happily showed a model of a proposed $18 million community centre for senior citizens in 1967. But City Council (...)

Date5/14/1967
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Original Toronto Star caption: A dream that died, Rev. Kenn Opperman happily showed a model of a proposed $18 million community centre for senior citizens in 1967. But City Council declined to back it and project died. Opperman preaches farewell sermon at Avenue Road Church of the Christian and Missionary Alliance tomorrow.
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