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1st family Oakville's first family of boat people arrived during the weekend and sampled Canadian ice cream at the Hopedale Mall yesterday. Lu Chi Cha(...)
1st family Oakville's first family of boat people arrived during the weekend and sampled Canadian ice cream at the Hopedale Mall yesterday. Lu Chi Cha(...)

1st family Oakville's first family of boat people arrived during the weekend and sampled Canadian ice cream at the Hopedale Mall yesterday. Lu Chi Cha(...)

Date10/15/1979
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Original Toronto Star caption: 1st family Oakville's first family of boat people arrived during the weekend and sampled Canadian ice cream at the Hopedale Mall yesterday. Lu Chi Chay; 32; his wife; Tran Sac Huy; 30; and their three sons and three daughters fled Saigon.
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      ProvenanceFrom the Toronto Star Archives
      CollectionToronto Star Photograph Archive
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      Copyright HolderToronto Star (Firm)
      Object NumberTSPA_0019079F
      Recalls Oakville's great past. Days when Oakville's harbor and river mouth were crowded with boats and freighters and when oxen-drawn wagons loaded do(...)
      Recalls Oakville's great past. Days when Oakville's harbor and river mouth were crowded with boats and freighters and when oxen-drawn wagons loaded do(...)
      Toronto Star (Firm)
      5/2/1932
      Action at the Open: Canadian Dan Halldorson (right) is just one stroke off the pace after the first round of the Canadian Open at Oakville's Glen Abbey course
      Action at the Open: Canadian Dan Halldorson (right) is just one stroke off the pace after the first round of the Canadian Open at Oakville's Glen Abbey course
      Innell, Reg, 1926-2018
      6/26/1986
      Action at the Open, Canadian Dal Halldorson (right) is just one stroke off the pace after the first round of the Canadian Open at Oakville's Glen Abbe(...)
      Action at the Open, Canadian Dal Halldorson (right) is just one stroke off the pace after the first round of the Canadian Open at Oakville's Glen Abbe(...)
      Innell, Reg, 1926-2018
      6/26/1986
      Oakville's new post-office may open next month
      Oakville's new post-office may open next month
      Toronto Star (Firm)
      8/18/1939
      A swinging good time. Oakville's Chris Pridham, Canada's topranked male tennis player, practises his backhand at the National Tennis Centre. Pridham q(...)
      A swinging good time. Oakville's Chris Pridham, Canada's topranked male tennis player, practises his backhand at the National Tennis Centre. Pridham q(...)
      Pridham, Chris
      5/17/1988
      Home-grown: Oakville's John Donelian, who teaches a course on perfume at Seneca College, creates, produces and markets his own fragrances.
      Home-grown: Oakville's John Donelian, who teaches a course on perfume at Seneca College, creates, produces and markets his own fragrances.
      Stuparyk, Michael
      6/6/1984
      Corn-fed Conservative is Opposition Leader John Diefenbaker as he ties into a juicy cob at a Tory picnic Saturday in Oakville's Coronation Park. Diefe(...)
      Corn-fed Conservative is Opposition Leader John Diefenbaker as he ties into a juicy cob at a Tory picnic Saturday in Oakville's Coronation Park. Diefe(...)
      Diefenbaker, John G., 1895-1979
      9/18/1965
      The big chill. With his son Glen, 15, ready with tongs, Lionel Core holds one of the bags of ice that will help Metro-area residents through another heat wave. Core's Peel Ice and Fuel Inc. - operated for three generations by his family in Brampton - expects to sell 12 tonnes of ice to the Caribram festival over the weekend.
      The big chill. With his son Glen, 15, ready with tongs, Lionel Core holds one of the bags of ice that will help Metro-area residents through another heat wave. Core's Peel Ice and Fuel Inc. - operated for three generations by his family in Brampton - expects to sell 12 tonnes of ice to the Caribram festival over the weekend.
      Eglinton, Rick
      7/7/1994
      Barbara and Audrey fellowes, Ottawa socialites, were snapped together during the most exciting garden party Canada has ever held. The King cut and sampled his birthday cake
      Barbara and Audrey fellowes, Ottawa socialites, were snapped together during the most exciting garden party Canada has ever held. The King cut and sampled his birthday cake
      Elizabeth, Queen, consort of George VI, King of Great Britain, 1900-2002
      5/22/1939
      L.-Cpl. Margaret Alexander of Toronto helps six-year-old Valerie Simon to some ice cream during the Christmas party
      L.-Cpl. Margaret Alexander of Toronto helps six-year-old Valerie Simon to some ice cream during the Christmas party
      Toronto Star (Firm)
      12/22/1944
      Just sailing along. Ice boating, sail skating, and boat races were popular events on the weekend as part of the Toronto Island fourth annual winter ca(...)
      Just sailing along. Ice boating, sail skating, and boat races were popular events on the weekend as part of the Toronto Island fourth annual winter ca(...)
      Olsen, Bob, 1931-2022
      2/17/1974
      Tran Le Binh, 4, tries her first ice cream cone, held by her father, Lac Hoai
      Tran Le Binh, 4, tries her first ice cream cone, held by her father, Lac Hoai
      Toronto Star (Firm)
      7/28/1979