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Fred Thompson: He's trying to find 4,000 pairs of used skates for needy children in northern Ontario.
Fred Thompson: He's trying to find 4,000 pairs of used skates for needy children in northern Ontario.

Fred Thompson: He's trying to find 4,000 pairs of used skates for needy children in northern Ontario.

Date9/22/1983
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ProvenanceCourtesy: Toronto Star Photograph Archives
CollectionToronto Star Photograph Archive
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Copyright HolderToronto Star (Firm)
Object NumberTSPA_0134823F
Shelves of skates: George Mackay holds some of the 300 pairs of skates he keeps in the basement of his Brampton home.
Shelves of skates: George Mackay holds some of the 300 pairs of skates he keeps in the basement of his Brampton home.
Madonik, Rick
2/16/1993
A master at work: John Knebli, 88, inspects one of the 100,000 pairs of skates he has made in his long and satisfying career
A master at work: John Knebli, 88, inspects one of the 100,000 pairs of skates he has made in his long and satisfying career
Power, Peter
8/7/1992
Lionel Conn : He's president of Tudor Energy, but his subsidiary makes the Universal Skate Sharpener, which is about the size of a soft drink machine. It can do either hockey or figure skates and the whole process takes only seconds and costs only $2.50 a throw.
Lionel Conn : He's president of Tudor Energy, but his subsidiary makes the Universal Skate Sharpener, which is about the size of a soft drink machine. It can do either hockey or figure skates and the whole process takes only seconds and costs only $2.50 a throw.
Eglinton, Rick
4/12/1985
Figure-skating champion Nigel Stephens, who gained his laurels in the 1940s, has hung up his skates
Figure-skating champion Nigel Stephens, who gained his laurels in the 1940s, has hung up his skates
Spremo, Boris
1/10/1968
A New Big Wheel at CCM in Toronto is Sheldon Hamer, 56, who became president yesterday with the signing of a deal by him and other Montreal investors to buy the 79-year-old manufacturer of bikes and skates
A New Big Wheel at CCM in Toronto is Sheldon Hamer, 56, who became president yesterday with the signing of a deal by him and other Montreal investors to buy the 79-year-old manufacturer of bikes and skates
Olsen, Bob, 1931-2022
6/29/1978
Steve Kolozsvary at his bench, watched by wife Rosa. An escaper from Hungary, master bootmaker now makes skates.
Steve Kolozsvary at his bench, watched by wife Rosa. An escaper from Hungary, master bootmaker now makes skates.
Innell, Reg, 1926-2018
2/10/1978
Sight for sore eyes: Harold Bayham, a 57-year-old Torontonian, has collected almost 14,000 pairs of cast-off eyeglasses, which he takes to give away to the poor people of the Dominican Republic. He started his project with a single magazine advertisement.
Sight for sore eyes: Harold Bayham, a 57-year-old Torontonian, has collected almost 14,000 pairs of cast-off eyeglasses, which he takes to give away to the poor people of the Dominican Republic. He started his project with a single magazine advertisement.
Combs, Erin
2/28/1977
Stil homeless: Ulysses Curtis has been trying for 30 years to find a home in the Canadian Football League Hall of Fame in Hamilton. 'Crazy Legs', a former Argo, drank champagne from two Grey Cups. He's now a guidance counsellor at Downsview Secondary School.
Stil homeless: Ulysses Curtis has been trying for 30 years to find a home in the Canadian Football League Hall of Fame in Hamilton. 'Crazy Legs', a former Argo, drank champagne from two Grey Cups. He's now a guidance counsellor at Downsview Secondary School.
Dexter, Brian
1/10/1984
Help needed: Fred Koruntoff sits in the living room of his home, surrounded by food donated to his free breakfast program for the needy
Help needed: Fred Koruntoff sits in the living room of his home, surrounded by food donated to his free breakfast program for the needy
Griffin, Doug
12/3/1985
Vision of charity: Ken Davis of Toronto and wife Ruth check used eyeglasses they are taking to Haiti for distribution to the needy.
Vision of charity: Ken Davis of Toronto and wife Ruth check used eyeglasses they are taking to Haiti for distribution to the needy.
Bull, Ron
1/17/1986
Fred Glasser, 63, president of the Tanners Association of Canada, tries on a pair of Quebec made mukluks at the fall show of the Canadian leather industry at the Skyline hotel. Leather is comfortable because it breathes and has memory, he says. Leather re
Fred Glasser, 63, president of the Tanners Association of Canada, tries on a pair of Quebec made mukluks at the fall show of the Canadian leather industry at the Skyline hotel. Leather is comfortable because it breathes and has memory, he says. Leather re
Griffin, Doug
9/21/1976
Unlikely halo: Fred Thompson stands beside supplies he has begged from businesses
Unlikely halo: Fred Thompson stands beside supplies he has begged from businesses
Innell, Reg, 1926-2018
12/23/1985