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The coffee man: At the age of 78, Alex Fedchak is turning in his coffee wagon. It's been nice, he says. I wouldn't put up with the same place for 50 years if it wasn't.
The coffee man: At the age of 78, Alex Fedchak is turning in his coffee wagon. It's been nice, he says. I wouldn't put up with the same place for 50 years if it wasn't.

The coffee man: At the age of 78, Alex Fedchak is turning in his coffee wagon. It's been nice, he says. I wouldn't put up with the same place for 50 years if it wasn't.

Date6/18/1982
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For giant thirsts. Tom Culligan, founder and president of the Second Cup group of coffee houses, pours coffee into a giant cup (in reality a 50-gallon drum) at a meeting of franchisees at the Ramada Renaissance Hotel yesterday. Culligan opened his first outlet 13 years ago.
For giant thirsts. Tom Culligan, founder and president of the Second Cup group of coffee houses, pours coffee into a giant cup (in reality a 50-gallon drum) at a meeting of franchisees at the Ramada Renaissance Hotel yesterday. Culligan opened his first outlet 13 years ago.
8/4/1988
Bicycle built for 1 1/2 This postman ? he wouldn't give his name ? wasn't really delivquin legs for a sculpture and had to take them home on his bike ? turning a few heads in the process
Bicycle built for 1 1/2 This postman ? he wouldn't give his name ? wasn't really delivquin legs for a sculpture and had to take them home on his bike ? turning a few heads in the process
8/7/1980
Uncle Frank Dawson tends to one of his injured wildfowl at his 3 3/4-acre conservation area on Elmcrest Rd. The 83-year-old bachelor has been patching up injured birds for as long as anyone can remember. With a small creek running through the back, his property has become a haven for hundreds of waterfowl. He has lived in the same house for over 50 years and has raised a varietyof birds. But Dawson can't recall when people started to bring birds to him, he said.
Uncle Frank Dawson tends to one of his injured wildfowl at his 3 3/4-acre conservation area on Elmcrest Rd. The 83-year-old bachelor has been patching up injured birds for as long as anyone can remember. With a small creek running through the back, his property has become a haven for hundreds of waterfowl. He has lived in the same house for over 50 years and has raised a varietyof birds. But Dawson can't recall when people started to bring birds to him, he said.
9/1/1978
Loading children into the back of his station wagon for a trip home from nursery school, bus operator John Davis says he is breaking the law but he must do it to make a living and I have learned how to carry children in the safest possible way. Police vigilance has been increased since a recent accident that involved a school bus in which 11 child passengers were shaken up.
Loading children into the back of his station wagon for a trip home from nursery school, bus operator John Davis says he is breaking the law but he must do it to make a living and I have learned how to carry children in the safest possible way. Police vigilance has been increased since a recent accident that involved a school bus in which 11 child passengers were shaken up.
4/10/1974
$34,800 coffee wagon: That's the price of this catering truck, which Frank Gruskovnjak (brown jacket) and Paul Antolin (hands in pockets) display at HostEx 88
$34,800 coffee wagon: That's the price of this catering truck, which Frank Gruskovnjak (brown jacket) and Paul Antolin (hands in pockets) display at HostEx 88
4/25/1988
One of the last blacksmiths in Toronto hasn't shod a horse in seven years, but that suits 78-year-old Bob Watton just fine. I don't miss horses a bit, he says
One of the last blacksmiths in Toronto hasn't shod a horse in seven years, but that suits 78-year-old Bob Watton just fine. I don't miss horses a bit, he says
1/16/1970
Ready for call: Kathy Piper steadies her nerves with a cup of coffee as she awaits call to model lace-trimmed nightgown at a showing of Naughty But Nice lingerie and sex aids at home in Bowmanville
Ready for call: Kathy Piper steadies her nerves with a cup of coffee as she awaits call to model lace-trimmed nightgown at a showing of Naughty But Nice lingerie and sex aids at home in Bowmanville
7/9/1982
Your coffee's ready, sir. When Mike Stoneham of Coopers and Lybrand's downtown accounting office wants coffee it's brought to his desk by a robot, tha(...)
Your coffee's ready, sir. When Mike Stoneham of Coopers and Lybrand's downtown accounting office wants coffee it's brought to his desk by a robot, tha(...)
11/27/1984
A last cup of coffee for aldermanic candidate Anne Johnston who says she has attended no fewer than 100 coffee parties during her campaign tour of War(...)
A last cup of coffee for aldermanic candidate Anne Johnston who says she has attended no fewer than 100 coffee parties during her campaign tour of War(...)
11/30/1972
Not even milk will help says Dr. Eugene LeBlanc, a pharmacologist at Toronto's Addiction Research Foundation. He suggests that you limit yourself to one drink an hour instead. Coffee is another folk tale about cure for drinking.
Not even milk will help says Dr. Eugene LeBlanc, a pharmacologist at Toronto's Addiction Research Foundation. He suggests that you limit yourself to one drink an hour instead. Coffee is another folk tale about cure for drinking.
12/28/1973
Carrying on the work: Mark Brennan, 78, Canada's oldest competitive long-distance runner, says it's up to other athletes to pick up where Terry Fox left off
Carrying on the work: Mark Brennan, 78, Canada's oldest competitive long-distance runner, says it's up to other athletes to pick up where Terry Fox left off
9/9/1982
Coffee and Bananas make Guatemala prosperous and thi shotel in the capital, with a bath in each of its 120 rooms, is the country's finest. One-third o(...)
Coffee and Bananas make Guatemala prosperous and thi shotel in the capital, with a bath in each of its 120 rooms, is the country's finest. One-third o(...)
3/29/1947