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It works: Good neighbor Pat Roberts short-circuited a burglar with quick thinking.
It works: Good neighbor Pat Roberts short-circuited a burglar with quick thinking.

It works: Good neighbor Pat Roberts short-circuited a burglar with quick thinking.

Date9/20/1982
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ProvenanceCourtesy: Toronto Star Photograph Archives
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Call Number / Accession NumberTSPA_0132849F
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Campaigning by horse and buggy, Gordon Clarke, running for alderman in Scarborough's Ward 12, hands a pamphlet to his neighbor Aubrey Crowhurst, who owns the horse, My Lenny Boy, and the buggy, an antique built by the McLaughlin Carriage Works. Clarke lives in a century-old farmhouse off Meadow-vale Rd. West Hill. He's also using a mobile home in his campaign. Advance polling in city and boroughs will be tomorrow, next Thrusday and next Saturday.
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Thinking it over: Michael Pring of Thornhill is able-bodied and willing to work but loss of his voice in a car accident has hampered his search for employment
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Good will: It took neighbors' yards on March Rd., plus Roy Brown's own yard on North Bonnington Ave., to build the 22-ton, 50-foot long Margroy.
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Good neighbor: School board chairman Bill Phillips helped found area's first church.
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Everything fits: That's as it should be - Ken Cummings is the teacher and if he can't do it right, everyone's in trouble. Cummings instructs in furniture design at Humber College and teaches his students to strive for a combination of good looks and practicality. Students are quick to pick this up, he says.
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Community worker Roman Kowal. A good rap session works better, he says
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