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Sunday is a day of reading as well as rest
Sunday is a day of reading as well as rest

Sunday is a day of reading as well as rest

Date2/17/1945
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Original Toronto Star caption: Sunday is a day of reading as well as rest. And the reading can include comic supplements as well as the House of David's own paper; the Messenger of Wisdom. This reading room is the parlor of Jerusalem.
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ProvenanceFrom the Toronto Star Archives
CollectionToronto Star Photograph Archive
Usage Rights Public Domain (Learn More)
Call Number / Accession NumberTSPA_0005364F
. . . and away: Sidney Ledson, who claims he can put any child well on the way to reading in just 60 days, uses letter and combinations of letters to help three tiny pupils. Left to right are Michael D'Alessandro, 3, Sarah Jayne Puppi, 2, and Jacqueline Symons, 3. Ledson has written two books on the subject.
. . . and away: Sidney Ledson, who claims he can put any child well on the way to reading in just 60 days, uses letter and combinations of letters to help three tiny pupils. Left to right are Michael D'Alessandro, 3, Sarah Jayne Puppi, 2, and Jacqueline Symons, 3. Ledson has written two books on the subject.
11/30/1983
Mrs. Reading saved chicken rests to use as goods stands, Mrs. S. McDonough of the Toronto Wimodausis club overlooks some gift items
Mrs. Reading saved chicken rests to use as goods stands, Mrs. S. McDonough of the Toronto Wimodausis club overlooks some gift items
10/29/1966
Now open 24 hours a day, six days a week, as well as Sundays, the A&P food store at Five Points Mall in Oshawa soon will have to change its hours. Osh(...)
Now open 24 hours a day, six days a week, as well as Sundays, the A&P food store at Five Points Mall in Oshawa soon will have to change its hours. Osh(...)
10/20/1975
Time for a break, sport: A well-earned rest in the grass was just what the vet ordered as far as this well-dressed mutt was concerned
Time for a break, sport: A well-earned rest in the grass was just what the vet ordered as far as this well-dressed mutt was concerned
6/14/1981
By Jane Mussett, Special to the Star, Racking your brain on what to get dear old Dad for Father's Day this Sunday? Well, fret no more. Stores are full of tongue-in-cheek, novel gift ideas
By Jane Mussett, Special to the Star, Racking your brain on what to get dear old Dad for Father's Day this Sunday? Well, fret no more. Stores are full of tongue-in-cheek, novel gift ideas
6/6/1991
Sitting out a sunday, Yes, folks, it's the Archer statue on City Hall square, and yesterday being a fine spring day (well, almost!) the happening to s(...)
Sitting out a sunday, Yes, folks, it's the Archer statue on City Hall square, and yesterday being a fine spring day (well, almost!) the happening to s(...)
5/2/1971
Well, blow me down: Norm Bernard, the former Boston Red Sox right fielder, is blowing up a storm these days with his five-piece band, Ultimate Sound, playing Sunday at the Duchess of Markham
Well, blow me down: Norm Bernard, the former Boston Red Sox right fielder, is blowing up a storm these days with his five-piece band, Ultimate Sound, playing Sunday at the Duchess of Markham
3/26/1984
You lose an hour this weekend, The rest of us may have to remember to put our clocks ahead an hour tonight as Daylight Saving Time begins at 2 a.m. Sunday, but not High Park garener Peter Lukianenko
You lose an hour this weekend, The rest of us may have to remember to put our clocks ahead an hour tonight as Daylight Saving Time begins at 2 a.m. Sunday, but not High Park garener Peter Lukianenko
4/27/1963
At two minutes to midnight on the first Sunday in June, the head of Canada's biggest steel company and the rest of the night shift let out a whoop as (...)
At two minutes to midnight on the first Sunday in June, the head of Canada's biggest steel company and the rest of the night shift let out a whoop as (...)
9/12/1980
It's a well-deserved rest, one team member would appear to suggest, but its partner seems to be eager for another run on trails. The Siberian husky is(...)
It's a well-deserved rest, one team member would appear to suggest, but its partner seems to be eager for another run on trails. The Siberian husky is(...)
1/2/1977
Bat man: West Indies team captain Courtney Walsh arrived in Toronto last night well-armed for tomorrow's United Way charity cricket match against the Rest of the World
Bat man: West Indies team captain Courtney Walsh arrived in Toronto last night well-armed for tomorrow's United Way charity cricket match against the Rest of the World
11/3/1989
It's a great year for the 1400s, Father Leonard Boyle hopes 1980 is a good year for the 1400s - and the rest of the medieval centuries as well
It's a great year for the 1400s, Father Leonard Boyle hopes 1980 is a good year for the 1400s - and the rest of the medieval centuries as well
12/17/1979