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He saved her: Stan Misa, 41, holds 8-year-old Beverley Pypher, whom he rescued from a burning apartment yesterday
He saved her: Stan Misa, 41, holds 8-year-old Beverley Pypher, whom he rescued from a burning apartment yesterday

He saved her: Stan Misa, 41, holds 8-year-old Beverley Pypher, whom he rescued from a burning apartment yesterday

Date10/24/1981
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ProvenanceCourtesy: Toronto Star Photograph Archives
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Call Number / Accession NumberTSPA_0130984F
Burned while pulling a 9-year-old girl to safety from a burning car and trying to rescue another child, Gordon Gillespie of North York sits up in Scarborough General Hospital. He and his son, Terry, 21, saved Fiorella D'Alfonso but her sister Maria, 11, b
Burned while pulling a 9-year-old girl to safety from a burning car and trying to rescue another child, Gordon Gillespie of North York sits up in Scarborough General Hospital. He and his son, Terry, 21, saved Fiorella D'Alfonso but her sister Maria, 11, b
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5/24/1985
Well-Travelled, 80-year-old Joseph Caulder of Yonge St. holds map showing his travels around the world as a Rotarian. He's pointing to Buenos Aires, one of the many cities in which he spoke to Rotariars. He thinks 1924 convention here greatest.
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Royal Treasures: Dr. Ed Keall, an archeologist and curator-in-charge of the Rom's West Asian department holds a centuries-old piece of pottery. He has spent five years of his career working in the Middle East.
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Young scientist: Twenty-year-old Wayne Conrad of Whiby holds air cleaner ionizer he designed and manufactures at his own plant.
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Louis Odette: His $62,000 donation saved Brum, the 8-year-old Siberian tiger.
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11/15/1984
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Rotary award: Charles Snider, 67, of North York, holds up the Paul Harris Fellow medal he recived from the Rotary Club of Woodbridge for his 13 years of work in Third World countries
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