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Relaxing in the sun, Jehovah's Witnesses listen to addresses at their four-day assembly at Woodbine racetrack, which opened yesterday. While three chi(...)
Relaxing in the sun, Jehovah's Witnesses listen to addresses at their four-day assembly at Woodbine racetrack, which opened yesterday. While three chi(...)

Relaxing in the sun, Jehovah's Witnesses listen to addresses at their four-day assembly at Woodbine racetrack, which opened yesterday. While three chi(...)

Date7/25/1974
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  • Relaxing in the sun; Jehovah's Witnesses listen to addresses at their four-day assembly at Woodbine racetrack; which opened yesterday. While three children sleep on the ground; David Aspinall; Sharon Manion; Carol Clark and 3-year-old Jeffrey Clark occupy a bench. More than 14;000 Jehovah's Witnesses from Canada and the United States are attending the assembly and from 5;000 to 10;000 volunteers are operating various service departments.
  • Relaxing in the sun, Jehovah's Witnesses listen to addresses at their four-day assembly at Woodbine racetrack, which opened yesterday. While three chi(...)
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Original Toronto Star caption: Relaxing in the sun; Jehovah's Witnesses listen to addresses at their four-day assembly at Woodbine racetrack; which opened yesterday. While three children sleep on the ground; David Aspinall; Sharon Manion; Carol Clark and 3-year-old Jeffrey Clark occupy a bench. More than 14;000 Jehovah's Witnesses from Canada and the United States are attending the assembly and from 5;000 to 10;000 volunteers are operating various service departments.
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      ProvenanceFrom the Toronto Star Archives
      CollectionToronto Star Photograph Archive
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      Speeches are translated into sign language for deaf persons at the Jehovah's Witnesses' Divine Assembly at Woodbine racetrack yesterday. Witnesses acc(...)
      Speeches are translated into sign language for deaf persons at the Jehovah's Witnesses' Divine Assembly at Woodbine racetrack yesterday. Witnesses acc(...)
      Bezant, Graham
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      Umbrellas blossom in the stands at Woodbine racetrack yesterday as rain pours down on the Divine Assembly of Jehovah's Witnesses, some of whom came fr(...)
      Darrell, Dick
      7/25/1973
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      Witnesses Prepare for a Convention, The Jehovah's Witnesses of southern Ontario are preparing for their annual convention at Woodbine Racetrack. It be(...)
      Toronto Star (Firm)
      7/22/1974
      The stage for the Jehovah's Witnesses convention this week at Woodbine racetrack is in front of the track and the tote board (right). More than 30,000(...)
      The stage for the Jehovah's Witnesses convention this week at Woodbine racetrack is in front of the track and the tote board (right). More than 30,000(...)
      Innell, Reg, 1926-2018
      7/24/1973
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      Olsen, Bob, 1931-2022
      7/30/1970
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      E. A. Noseworthy, of Toronto, preaches in the rain to about 29,000 men, women and children at the Jehovah's Witnesses' Divine Assembly yesterday at Wo(...)
      Darrell, Dick
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      Sharing a Parasol and a hymn book, Mr. and Mrs. Fred Meyers of Wallaceburg, Ont., join 13,500 other Jehovah's Witnesses in the stands at Woodbine race(...)
      Sharing a Parasol and a hymn book, Mr. and Mrs. Fred Meyers of Wallaceburg, Ont., join 13,500 other Jehovah's Witnesses in the stands at Woodbine race(...)
      Barkley, Harold
      7/24/1975
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      Jehovah's Witness Judy Snow, a 25-year-old paraplegic, is baptized in a wheelchair today during a public baptism for Witnesses at their 1975 assembly (...)
      Loek, Dick
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      Innell, Reg, 1926-2018
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      During Jehovah's Witness assembly at Woodbine Racetrack, Sylvia Steffan of London, Ont
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      Loek, Dick
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      At Mass Baptism of Jehovah's Witnesses in Sunnyside Pool today, some of the 500 new members of the sect receive the total immersion which is a keyston(...)
      At Mass Baptism of Jehovah's Witnesses in Sunnyside Pool today, some of the 500 new members of the sect receive the total immersion which is a keyston(...)
      Olsen, Bob, 1931-2022
      7/31/1970
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