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Saying goodby: Fergie Ferguson, for 35 years a page boy at the Royal York Hotel, gets a good by handshake from Imperial Room maitre d'hotel Lou Janetta yesterday. Ferguson said his retirement is an end to hotel page boys. I was the last one left in Toron
Saying goodby: Fergie Ferguson, for 35 years a page boy at the Royal York Hotel, gets a good by handshake from Imperial Room maitre d'hotel Lou Janetta yesterday. Ferguson said his retirement is an end to hotel page boys. I was the last one left in Toron

Saying goodby: Fergie Ferguson, for 35 years a page boy at the Royal York Hotel, gets a good by handshake from Imperial Room maitre d'hotel Lou Janetta yesterday. Ferguson said his retirement is an end to hotel page boys. I was the last one left in Toron

Date8/26/1981
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Waving goodby: Fergie Ferguson, 53, hung up his hat and uniform for the final time last night after 35 years as a page boy at the Royal York Hotel. Ferguson said he was last hotel page left in Toronto.
Waving goodby: Fergie Ferguson, 53, hung up his hat and uniform for the final time last night after 35 years as a page boy at the Royal York Hotel. Ferguson said he was last hotel page left in Toronto.
8/27/1980
Pierre Borbey Maitre d'Hotel Mount Royal Hotel
Pierre Borbey Maitre d'Hotel Mount Royal Hotel
3/1/1939
The Boss, Maitre d' Louis Janetta has seen the stars come and go in his 38 years at the Imperial Room
The Boss, Maitre d' Louis Janetta has seen the stars come and go in his 38 years at the Imperial Room
10/15/1979
The legislature gets girl pages, The first girls ever appointed pages in the Ontario Legislature will be working with the 18 boys when the session opens next Tuesday
The legislature gets girl pages, The first girls ever appointed pages in the Ontario Legislature will be working with the 18 boys when the session opens next Tuesday
3/23/1971
Moving day for maitre d'. Louis Jannetta, legendary maitre d' of the Royal York Imperial Room, waves goodbye yesterday after 48 years at the hotel. St(...)
Moving day for maitre d'. Louis Jannetta, legendary maitre d' of the Royal York Imperial Room, waves goodbye yesterday after 48 years at the hotel. St(...)
2/1/1990
Louis Janetta, Hotel maitre d' served up special brand of hospitality
Louis Janetta, Hotel maitre d' served up special brand of hospitality
10/20/1986
Royal York hotel, Maitre d' Louis Jannetta and chef George McNeill in the new Imperial Room
Royal York hotel, Maitre d' Louis Jannetta and chef George McNeill in the new Imperial Room
5/25/1989
Pages get the word, Donald Morrow, Speaker of the Legislature, chats with some of the 14 page boys who began work when the House opened today
Pages get the word, Donald Morrow, Speaker of the Legislature, chats with some of the 14 page boys who began work when the House opened today
1/20/1965
Studying the program is Patrick Hutchison, one of the 14-boy corps of pages which will serve MPPs during the current session. The boys get $5 a day, g(...)
Studying the program is Patrick Hutchison, one of the 14-boy corps of pages which will serve MPPs during the current session. The boys get $5 a day, g(...)
1/1/1964
Candy-coates memories. The McGuire Sisters, who came out of retirement in 1985, breezed back into the Imperial Room at the Royal York Hotel this week (...)
Candy-coates memories. The McGuire Sisters, who came out of retirement in 1985, breezed back into the Imperial Room at the Royal York Hotel this week (...)
5/5/1987
Birthday boy. Toronto Mayor Fred Beavis gets smiles, handshakes and a chorus of Happy Birthday from Conservative Leader Joe Clark and Broadview Tory c(...)
Birthday boy. Toronto Mayor Fred Beavis gets smiles, handshakes and a chorus of Happy Birthday from Conservative Leader Joe Clark and Broadview Tory c(...)
10/7/1978
Unexpected guests at the Rotary club luncheon in the Royal York hotel today were Joe Laflamme of Gogama, right, and his two-year-old moose. Dr. J. A. Campbell, of the Toronto zoo, steadies the animal as Johnny Ferguson perches on its back
Unexpected guests at the Rotary club luncheon in the Royal York hotel today were Joe Laflamme of Gogama, right, and his two-year-old moose. Dr. J. A. Campbell, of the Toronto zoo, steadies the animal as Johnny Ferguson perches on its back
1/24/1947