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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.

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.

Date12/22/1977
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Crossing guards honored. Majorie Gordaneer, Metro's longest-serving school crossing guard with 28 years' service, proudly holds the award she received(...)
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Auctioneer Fred Smith has been waving auctioneers' canes like these for 62 years and figures he's the longest-licensed auctioneer in Canada. The 86-ye(...)
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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(...)
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Great-Grandmother, and a great school crossing guard too, Mrs
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Quiet chat: Peggy Harvie, 86, who has been blind for 13 years, talks with Ontario Citizenship Minister Elaine Ziemba at yesterday's kickoff for White Cane Week
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Star man joins, Pte. F. E. Nash of the Governor-General's Horse Guards, who has entered active service after nine years as an employee in The Star's mailing department
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