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Fore! Scarborough's drive to raise $300,000 for a new animal shelter got off to a smashing start yesterday as Mayor Gus Harris took a swing at the old(...)
Fore! Scarborough's drive to raise $300,000 for a new animal shelter got off to a smashing start yesterday as Mayor Gus Harris took a swing at the old(...)

Fore! Scarborough's drive to raise $300,000 for a new animal shelter got off to a smashing start yesterday as Mayor Gus Harris took a swing at the old(...)

Date3/26/1981
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  • Fore! Scarborough's drive to raise $300,000 for a new animal shelter got off to a smashing start yesterday as Mayor Gus Harris took a swing at the old shelter. Other officials and Ontario Humane Society representatives were also at the Kennedy Rd. shelter to "demolish" the building and launch a program promoting SNAP—Scarborough's New Animal Place.
  • Fore! Scarborough's drive to raise $300,000 for a new animal shelter got off to a smashing start yesterday as Mayor Gus Harris took a swing at the old(...)
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Original Toronto Star caption: Fore! Scarborough's drive to raise $300,000 for a new animal shelter got off to a smashing start yesterday as Mayor Gus Harris took a swing at the old shelter. Other officials and Ontario Humane Society representatives were also at the Kennedy Rd. shelter to ''demolish'' the building and launch a program promoting SNAP?Scarborough's New Animal Place.
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