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90 years old, Spry Gertrude Cooper is still bowling them over in her weekly 5-pin game at an Avenue Rd
90 years old, Spry Gertrude Cooper is still bowling them over in her weekly 5-pin game at an Avenue Rd

90 years old, Spry Gertrude Cooper is still bowling them over in her weekly 5-pin game at an Avenue Rd

Date10/21/1978
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Original Toronto Star caption: 90 years old; Spry Gertrude Cooper is still bowling them over in her weekly 5-pin game at an Avenue Rd. Bowlerama. She celebrates her 90th birthday tomorrow.
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      ProvenanceFrom the Toronto Star Archives
      CollectionToronto Star Photograph Archive
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      Copyright HolderToronto Star (Firm)
      Object NumberTSPA_0024503F
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      Toronto Star (Firm)
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      Toronto Star (Firm)
      11/26/1934
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      Family doctor: Dr. R. M. Cooper has been a family doctor in East York for 30 years, and Evelyn Waterson feels his almost weekly visits are the reason why her mother, Annie Waterson, can live at home
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      3/4/1982
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      2/12/1988
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      James, Norman
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      Birch, Margaret
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      Goode, Jeff
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