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Disabled dynamo, Beryl Potter, helped by son, Dennis, is busy working on projects supporting the International Year of Disabled Persons. The Scarborou(...)
Disabled dynamo, Beryl Potter, helped by son, Dennis, is busy working on projects supporting the International Year of Disabled Persons. The Scarborou(...)

Disabled dynamo, Beryl Potter, helped by son, Dennis, is busy working on projects supporting the International Year of Disabled Persons. The Scarborou(...)

Date2/9/1981
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Original Toronto Star caption: Disabled dynamo, Beryl Potter, helped by son, Dennis, is busy working on projects supporting the International Year of Disabled Persons. The Scarborough woman has battled back from losing both legs, an arm and sight in one eye.
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Plugging on, Beaches-Woodbine Liberal candidate Beryl Potter, a triple amputee who has championed disabled issues for 20 years, talks with worker David Tyler
Plugging on, Beaches-Woodbine Liberal candidate Beryl Potter, a triple amputee who has championed disabled issues for 20 years, talks with worker David Tyler
9/6/1990
Beryl and her bear, Beryl Potter says legislation isn't enough to change studetn attitudes about the disabled
Beryl and her bear, Beryl Potter says legislation isn't enough to change studetn attitudes about the disabled
1/16/1991
Activist loses, Beaches-Woodbine Liberal and disabled activist Beryl Potter is hugged by Patrick Johnston after being defeated by the NDP's Frances Lankin
Activist loses, Beaches-Woodbine Liberal and disabled activist Beryl Potter is hugged by Patrick Johnston after being defeated by the NDP's Frances Lankin
9/6/1990
Dynamic woman, Triple amputee Beryl Potter, president of the Scarborough Recreation Club for Disabled Adults, chuckles with director Alex Hamilton Bro(...)
Dynamic woman, Triple amputee Beryl Potter, president of the Scarborough Recreation Club for Disabled Adults, chuckles with director Alex Hamilton Bro(...)
9/4/1981
Some science projects on display cater to the disabled
Some science projects on display cater to the disabled
5/27/1987
Disabled advocate, Triple-amputee Beryel Potter was presented with the Scarborough Civic Award of Merit by Mayor Gus Harris last night, but she insist(...)
Disabled advocate, Triple-amputee Beryel Potter was presented with the Scarborough Civic Award of Merit by Mayor Gus Harris last night, but she insist(...)
6/8/1981
After working six years at summer camps for disabled kids, Harry McMurtry will run his own this summer, at Kilcoo near Minden.
After working six years at summer camps for disabled kids, Harry McMurtry will run his own this summer, at Kilcoo near Minden.
6/10/1984
Best friends: Ted Isnor, developmentally disabled and blind all his life, enjoys a richer life since community legal worker Lillith Finkler helped broaden his circle of friends
Best friends: Ted Isnor, developmentally disabled and blind all his life, enjoys a richer life since community legal worker Lillith Finkler helped broaden his circle of friends
12/15/1988
Digging education. Junior kindergarten student Camilla Singh helped recently at a ground-breaking ceremony at Heritage Park Public School in Scarborou(...)
Digging education. Junior kindergarten student Camilla Singh helped recently at a ground-breaking ceremony at Heritage Park Public School in Scarborou(...)
9/15/1993
Mayor helps the disabled. Mayor James Potticary of Oshawa yesterday spent working day in a wheelchair to help emphasize problems facing physically dis(...)
Mayor helps the disabled. Mayor James Potticary of Oshawa yesterday spent working day in a wheelchair to help emphasize problems facing physically dis(...)
2/26/1976
The chief engineer of the Toronto Airport Hilton Hotel, Dennis Potter, shows his bed-making skill on a weekend when about 40 of the hotel's 225 jobs were unfilled and a convention was blooked in
The chief engineer of the Toronto Airport Hilton Hotel, Dennis Potter, shows his bed-making skill on a weekend when about 40 of the hotel's 225 jobs were unfilled and a convention was blooked in
10/21/1974
Aerospace Scientists at the University of Toronto Institute for Aerospace Studies are working on 105 research projects in their laboratories on Duffer(...)
Aerospace Scientists at the University of Toronto Institute for Aerospace Studies are working on 105 research projects in their laboratories on Duffer(...)
12/30/1968