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He's a ham: Rev. Ron Nickle lives up to the billing in two ways - he's quick with a joke and loves tinkering with his short-wave radio. Nickle says hi(...)
He's a ham: Rev. Ron Nickle lives up to the billing in two ways - he's quick with a joke and loves tinkering with his short-wave radio. Nickle says hi(...)

He's a ham: Rev. Ron Nickle lives up to the billing in two ways - he's quick with a joke and loves tinkering with his short-wave radio. Nickle says hi(...)

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Original Toronto Star caption: He's a ham: Rev. Ron Nickle lives up to the billing in two ways - he's quick with a joke and loves tinkering with his short-wave radio. Nickle says his radio ambition is to contact King Hussein of Jordan.
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      ProvenanceFrom the Toronto Star Archives
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      Copyright HolderToronto Star (Firm)
      Object NumberTSPA_0022271F
      Contrasting clergy: Rev. Ron Nickle, the minister at Lansing United Church, and his assistant, Rev. Lynne Bandy, compare statures. She's five feet on good days. He's six feet, two inches
      Contrasting clergy: Rev. Ron Nickle, the minister at Lansing United Church, and his assistant, Rev. Lynne Bandy, compare statures. She's five feet on good days. He's six feet, two inches
      Slaughter, Mike
      4/22/1982
      Up in smoke: Rev. Ron Nickle of Lansing United Church in Willowdale says he lost all his sermons - 22 years worth of work - after a burglar stole eigh(...)
      Up in smoke: Rev. Ron Nickle of Lansing United Church in Willowdale says he lost all his sermons - 22 years worth of work - after a burglar stole eigh(...)
      Toronto Star (Firm)
      8/30/1982
      Tuning in: Sales of short-wave radios have doubled since war in the Persian Gulf broke out, says Mario Boisvert of Atlantic Ham Radio
      Tuning in: Sales of short-wave radios have doubled since war in the Persian Gulf broke out, says Mario Boisvert of Atlantic Ham Radio
      Dexter, Brian
      1/22/1991
      Image shows a portrait of a comedian.
      Funny man: Michael Bliss says he's not a terrifically humorous person, but he entered a joke in Slinger's Great Toronto Joke Contest and - to his everlasting horror - it won
      Bliss, Michael, 1941-
      1/29/1981
      TV didn't suit Jay. Jungle Jay Nelson has given up his career as a television weatherman to return to his first love, radio. He's the new morning disc jockey on CKFM
      TV didn't suit Jay. Jungle Jay Nelson has given up his career as a television weatherman to return to his first love, radio. He's the new morning disc jockey on CKFM
      Beaty, Keith
      12/24/1980
      Paul Anka can't defend the lyrics to She's a Lady and he loves his romantic Don Juan image, but he still insists he's all for the women's liberation movement . . . and with five daughters maybe he is
      Paul Anka can't defend the lyrics to She's a Lady and he loves his romantic Don Juan image, but he still insists he's all for the women's liberation movement . . . and with five daughters maybe he is
      Anka, Paul
      8/3/1979
      Ferguson Cookshutt and Nickle New Ontario Cabinet 4 Col won
      Ferguson Cookshutt and Nickle New Ontario Cabinet 4 Col won
      Toronto Star (Firm)
      n.d.
      Carl Nickle has become the most credible spokesman of the western separatist movement
      Carl Nickle has become the most credible spokesman of the western separatist movement
      Spremo, Boris
      3/10/1980
      Barry Manilow: He's made a lot of money calling himself the creep - and his audience just loves him for it
      Barry Manilow: He's made a lot of money calling himself the creep - and his audience just loves him for it
      Griffin, Doug
      11/20/1980
      There are ways allergic people can live normal lives, says Susan Daglish of the Allergy information Association
      There are ways allergic people can live normal lives, says Susan Daglish of the Allergy information Association
      Daglish, Susan
      5/9/1988
      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.
      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.
      Barkley, Harold
      11/21/1974
      Rev. Christopher Springer lives, works in trailer. He's a kind of Roman Catholic Billy Graham to the deaf of North America
      Rev. Christopher Springer lives, works in trailer. He's a kind of Roman Catholic Billy Graham to the deaf of North America
      Goode, Jeff
      4/5/1967