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Agnes Ketchum started swimming when she was 15, met her husband that way and now, at 81, swims half a mile three days a week - after doing her laundry(...)
Agnes Ketchum started swimming when she was 15, met her husband that way and now, at 81, swims half a mile three days a week - after doing her laundry(...)

Agnes Ketchum started swimming when she was 15, met her husband that way and now, at 81, swims half a mile three days a week - after doing her laundry(...)

Date4/21/1972
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  • Agnes Ketchum started swimming when she was 15, met her husband that way and now, at 81, swims half a mile three days a week - after doing her laundry(...)
  • Agnes Ketchum started swimming when she was 15; met her husband that way and now; at 81; swims half a mile three days a week - after doing her laundry. Instructor Eva Angelof (back to camera) says: She's terrific.
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Original Toronto Star caption: Agnes Ketchum started swimming when she was 15; met her husband that way and now; at 81; swims half a mile three days a week - after doing her laundry. Instructor Eva Angelof (back to camera) says: She's terrific.
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      Back on top: Agnes Pretty, who was told she had three weeks to live two years ago, successfully fought acute leukemia and opened her own real estate firm last year
      Back on top: Agnes Pretty, who was told she had three weeks to live two years ago, successfully fought acute leukemia and opened her own real estate firm last year
      Russell, Jim
      10/9/1986
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      Monkey-shining up to her boss. She's a playful little monkey now but Agnes the orangutan was rather shy when she arrived two months ago from Antwerp Z(...)
      Beaty, Keith
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      Laundry room in apartment is the scene as Roy McMurtry presents his case to Agnes McAulay and Lil O'Hara
      Lennon, Frank
      2/26/1973
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      Days are numbered: Agnes Torres, above, and union president Angelo Puopolo, left, face unemployment when Certified Brakes closes in September
      Calleja, Frank
      1/20/1992
      Stepping out: Agnes Szechenyi, her husband Irving Newman and children Shane and Amanda, stroll through Sehlburne
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      Loek, Dick
      8/17/1988
      Swims for life: Jim Kinlin, a 56-year-old cancer victim, swims another mile in his seven-year marathon for leukemia research
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      Dunlop, Alan
      1/26/1983
      Mrs. Agnes Harper, 51, of Cooksville, has lost a son in action with the R.C.A.F. Two others of her eight children are in the navy. She has been late o(...)
      Mrs. Agnes Harper, 51, of Cooksville, has lost a son in action with the R.C.A.F. Two others of her eight children are in the navy. She has been late o(...)
      Toronto Star (Firm)
      9/1/1943
      All wives are worth a medal at one time or another and that's just what Agnes Ivan got from husband Chinkok Tan after winning top prize of $1,000 for (...)
      All wives are worth a medal at one time or another and that's just what Agnes Ivan got from husband Chinkok Tan after winning top prize of $1,000 for (...)
      Norris, Dave
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      Macphail, Agnes Campbell, 1890-1954
      6/8/1948
      The Brilliant accomplishment of Cindy Nicholas, above, in swimming English Channel in record time, could be a stimulus to revive marathon swims at Ex, reader suggests in letter
      The Brilliant accomplishment of Cindy Nicholas, above, in swimming English Channel in record time, could be a stimulus to revive marathon swims at Ex, reader suggests in letter
      Darrell, Dick
      9/12/1977
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      Goode, Jeff
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