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Scarborough's Mayor Robert White is so busy filling in for Metro Chairman Albert Campbell, who's been recovering from surgery, that he hasn't had much(...)
Scarborough's Mayor Robert White is so busy filling in for Metro Chairman Albert Campbell, who's been recovering from surgery, that he hasn't had much(...)

Scarborough's Mayor Robert White is so busy filling in for Metro Chairman Albert Campbell, who's been recovering from surgery, that he hasn't had much(...)

Date8/23/1972
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Original Toronto Star caption: Scarborough's Mayor Robert White is so busy filling in for Metro Chairman Albert Campbell, who's been recovering from surgery, that he hasn't had much time for election campaigning. One declared opponent is already challenging the mayor's encouragement of borough developers.
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Robert White, left, is filling in or the man he followed as mayor of Scarborough in 1969, Metro Chairman Albert Campbell, recovering from surgery
Robert White, left, is filling in or the man he followed as mayor of Scarborough in 1969, Metro Chairman Albert Campbell, recovering from surgery
10/3/1969
Disappearing act: Henry Skritek and his pet lion, photographed before Scarborough's new bylaw banning exotic pets from residential areas, appear to have been separated. Neighboring Centennial Dr. residents had complained about the lion and it hasn't been seen for at least the last two weeks even though Skritek vowed to fight the bylaw and keep the lion.
Disappearing act: Henry Skritek and his pet lion, photographed before Scarborough's new bylaw banning exotic pets from residential areas, appear to have been separated. Neighboring Centennial Dr. residents had complained about the lion and it hasn't been seen for at least the last two weeks even though Skritek vowed to fight the bylaw and keep the lion.
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Fred Gardiner, former Metro Chairman, is recovering in Toronto General Hospital from surgery to relieve an arthritic hip condition. He is 76
Fred Gardiner, former Metro Chairman, is recovering in Toronto General Hospital from surgery to relieve an arthritic hip condition. He is 76
10/9/1969
Mayor W. White presenting painting of Albert Campbell to the new library to Dr. T.H. Leith, former Chairman of the Library Board, and Mrs. Helen Peterson, Director of Scarborough Public Library
Mayor W. White presenting painting of Albert Campbell to the new library to Dr. T.H. Leith, former Chairman of the Library Board, and Mrs. Helen Peterson, Director of Scarborough Public Library
29 September 1971
Hospital drive opens. East York Mayor True Davidson and Metro Chairman Albert Campbell take first cut in Metro's hospital cake as Mayor William Dennison looks on
Hospital drive opens. East York Mayor True Davidson and Metro Chairman Albert Campbell take first cut in Metro's hospital cake as Mayor William Dennison looks on
9/28/1971
Picture of interior of modern library looking down from an upper level at shelving and tables w…
Interior view of Scarborough's ultra-modern Albert Campbell Branch District Branch, opened in 1971
1975
Do-re-mi time, Don Kuehn, a Toronto Sympercussionist, demonstrated various musical Scarborough's Albert Campbell Library
Do-re-mi time, Don Kuehn, a Toronto Sympercussionist, demonstrated various musical Scarborough's Albert Campbell Library
29 November 1980
Delicate Japanese art of ink painting can be seen at Scarborough's Albert Campbell library on Birchmount Rd
Delicate Japanese art of ink painting can be seen at Scarborough's Albert Campbell library on Birchmount Rd
5/17/1977
Got well sooner: Pat Terry, recovering yesterday in Toronto General Hospital after heart surgery, says: It's incredible that people have to wait so long for treatment
Got well sooner: Pat Terry, recovering yesterday in Toronto General Hospital after heart surgery, says: It's incredible that people have to wait so long for treatment
10/24/1989
Wheat farmer Albert Campbell. The Metro chairman's Scarborough crop sold for $328
Wheat farmer Albert Campbell. The Metro chairman's Scarborough crop sold for $328
3/18/1969
True Davidson, retiring as mayor of East York after 24 years in politics, laughs with two of the men she loved to hate, Metro Chairman Albert Campbell(...)
True Davidson, retiring as mayor of East York after 24 years in politics, laughs with two of the men she loved to hate, Metro Chairman Albert Campbell(...)
12/11/1972
4 smiling young men, torsos and heads. All have facial hair. 
Filling a gap: Scarborough’s Daniel Band
16 November 1983