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Warming up. Entertainer Don Harron, a.k.a. Charlie Farquharson, has trouble keeping his eye on the ball(s) as he limbers up for the Juvenile Diabetes (...)
Warming up. Entertainer Don Harron, a.k.a. Charlie Farquharson, has trouble keeping his eye on the ball(s) as he limbers up for the Juvenile Diabetes (...)

Warming up. Entertainer Don Harron, a.k.a. Charlie Farquharson, has trouble keeping his eye on the ball(s) as he limbers up for the Juvenile Diabetes (...)

Date4/24/1980
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Original Toronto Star caption: Warming up. Entertainer Don Harron, a.k.a. Charlie Farquharson, has trouble keeping his eye on the ball(s) as he limbers up for the Juvenile Diabetes Research Foundation's Celebrity Tennis Tournament, May 4 at the Mayfair West Racquet Club. Harron is one of the many celebrities scheduled to play in the event. Members of the public are invited to join the festivities. The entry fee is $62.50, $50 of which is tax deductible. Further information can be obtained by calling 224-2633.
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      ProvenanceFrom the Toronto Star Archives
      CollectionToronto Star Photograph Archive
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      Copyright HolderToronto Star (Firm)
      Object NumberTSPA_0053637F
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      Harron, Don
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      Goode, Jeff
      9/13/1983
      Charlie Farquharson got a library pass for his creator, Don Harron
      Charlie Farquharson got a library pass for his creator, Don Harron
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      Barkley, Harold
      8/27/1977
      A touch of color, Ian Payne, 9, a Hospital for Sick Children patient, touches up the Juvenile Diabetes Foundation poster, being colored by Toronto-are(...)
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      Bock, Tony
      11/12/1987
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      Goode, Jeff
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      Eggleton, Arthur C., 1943-
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      Bull, Ron
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      12/15/1992
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      Gower, Patti
      7/31/1991