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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(...)
Witnesses Prepare for a Convention, The Jehovah's Witnesses of southern Ontario are preparing for their annual convention at Woodbine Racetrack. It be(...)

Witnesses Prepare for a Convention, The Jehovah's Witnesses of southern Ontario are preparing for their annual convention at Woodbine Racetrack. It be(...)

Date7/22/1974
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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 begins Thursday; and by Saturday they expect 15;000. It will take 5;000 volunteers to feed them. A crew of butchers volunteered to convert 5;000 pounds of beef; which just arrived; into roasts. Helping with task are (from front): Doris Miles and Elizabeth Jameson of Oshawa; Merle Hollister of Bowmanville; and Jim Wilson of Scarborough; 3-course dinner; 85 cents.
  • Witnesses Prepare for a Convention, The Jehovah's Witnesses of southern Ontario are preparing for their annual convention at Woodbine Racetrack. It be(...)
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Original Toronto Star caption: Witnesses Prepare for a Convention; The Jehovah's Witnesses of southern Ontario are preparing for their annual convention at Woodbine Racetrack. It begins Thursday; and by Saturday they expect 15;000. It will take 5;000 volunteers to feed them. A crew of butchers volunteered to convert 5;000 pounds of beef; which just arrived; into roasts. Helping with task are (from front): Doris Miles and Elizabeth Jameson of Oshawa; Merle Hollister of Bowmanville; and Jim Wilson of Scarborough; 3-course dinner; 85 cents.
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      CollectionToronto Star Photograph Archive
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      Call Number / Accession NumberTSPA_0024303F
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      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
      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
      7/26/1973
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      Jehovah's Witnesses Sing in the Rain, With umbrellas held over their heads, members of the Jehovah's Witnesses sing together during convention at Wood(...)
      Innell, Reg, 1926-2018
      7/31/1970
      Sitting at the race track at Woodbine, with umbrellas to shield them from the sun, members of the Jehovah's Witnesses attend convention. In left foreg(...)
      Sitting at the race track at Woodbine, with umbrellas to shield them from the sun, members of the Jehovah's Witnesses attend convention. In left foreg(...)
      Olsen, Bob, 1931-2022
      7/30/1970
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      Would-be witnesses: Lineups for baptism are common at Jehovah's Witnesses conventions but sect's leaders are distorting truth, book says
      Barkley, Harold
      7/24/1975
      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(...)
      Panhuyzen, Lex
      7/25/1974
      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(...)
      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
      Jehovah's witnesses, 22,000 of them, attended the opening session today of their five-day convention
      Jehovah's witnesses, 22,000 of them, attended the opening session today of their five-day convention
      James, Norman
      6/22/1966
      Feeding 40,000 members of Jehovah's Witnesses expected here for a five-day convention is no small task
      Feeding 40,000 members of Jehovah's Witnesses expected here for a five-day convention is no small task
      James, Norman
      6/20/1966
      Model Dedicates Life to Jehovah, Fashion model Heather Farrar prepares for baptism as convert to the Jehovah's Witnesses during annual Watchtower conv(...)
      Model Dedicates Life to Jehovah, Fashion model Heather Farrar prepares for baptism as convert to the Jehovah's Witnesses during annual Watchtower conv(...)
      Bezant, Graham
      8/12/1977
      ead of thundering hooves, music re ands at Woodbine Race Track as Ontario district Jehovah Witnesses take over track for convention. Mr. and Mrs. Doug(...)
      ead of thundering hooves, music re ands at Woodbine Race Track as Ontario district Jehovah Witnesses take over track for convention. Mr. and Mrs. Doug(...)
      Barkley, Harold
      7/22/1976
      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