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Leavens Brothers, a famed named in Canadian aviation, has come a long way from the stringbag era in which the company was founded by Art, Walt and Clare Leavens, who left their Belleville farm to take to the air
Leavens Brothers, a famed named in Canadian aviation, has come a long way from the stringbag era in which the company was founded by Art, Walt and Clare Leavens, who left their Belleville farm to take to the air

Leavens Brothers, a famed named in Canadian aviation, has come a long way from the stringbag era in which the company was founded by Art, Walt and Clare Leavens, who left their Belleville farm to take to the air

Date5/15/1972
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  • Leavens Brothers, a famed named in Canadian aviation, has come a long way from the stringbag era in which the company was founded by Art, Walt and Clare Leavens, who left their Belleville farm to take to the air
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      ProvenanceCourtesy: Toronto Star Photograph Archives
      CollectionToronto Star Photograph Archive
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      Copyright HolderToronto Star (Firm)
      Call Number / Accession NumberTSPA_0129279F
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      Glider demonstration was given at Leavens Bros
      Glider demonstration was given at Leavens Bros
      Morrison, Don
      4/22/1946
      Airmen meet and remember. Group Capt. Leonard Cheshire, right, of the famed World War II Dambusters Squadron of the RAF visits with RCAF veteran Fred Brand in the veterans' wing of Sunnybrook Hospital yesterday. Cheshire, a Victoria Cross winner, has founded a World War Memorial Fund for Disaster Relief for which he hopes to raise $800 millions by Sept.3.
      Airmen meet and remember. Group Capt. Leonard Cheshire, right, of the famed World War II Dambusters Squadron of the RAF visits with RCAF veteran Fred Brand in the veterans' wing of Sunnybrook Hospital yesterday. Cheshire, a Victoria Cross winner, has founded a World War Memorial Fund for Disaster Relief for which he hopes to raise $800 millions by Sept.3.
      Griffin, Doug
      5/3/1989
      Long lineage: The Oki 750, which can handle calls to five phone numbers, comes from a company founded in 1881
      Long lineage: The Oki 750, which can handle calls to five phone numbers, comes from a company founded in 1881
      Mahler, John
      9/19/1990
      Brothers: With Little Brother, Domon, 13, Tony Wagner has been named Big Brother of the year
      Brothers: With Little Brother, Domon, 13, Tony Wagner has been named Big Brother of the year
      Big Brothers and Sisters
      2/4/1991
      Popular products: Anita Roddick, who founded The Body Shop almost a decade ago in England, has expanded her company, which sells skin and hair-care products, into 18 countries
      Popular products: Anita Roddick, who founded The Body Shop almost a decade ago in England, has expanded her company, which sells skin and hair-care products, into 18 countries
      Olsen, Bob, 1931-2022
      11/19/1985
      Way to go, robot!, Mike Eckert, production manager for Hobart Brothers of Canada, shows off his company's hot new robot, which can arc weid patterns o(...)
      Way to go, robot!, Mike Eckert, production manager for Hobart Brothers of Canada, shows off his company's hot new robot, which can arc weid patterns o(...)
      Beaty, Keith
      5/1/1985
      Fifteen-year-old boys from Oslo who are guests of the Big Brothers organization in Toronto come ashore from training brigantine Pathfinder, on which t(...)
      Fifteen-year-old boys from Oslo who are guests of the Big Brothers organization in Toronto come ashore from training brigantine Pathfinder, on which t(...)
      Big Brothers and Sisters
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      There are many ways to view Centreville and one of them is from the air in this sky ride which has a series of cars that glide above the village, a lagoon and Old MacDonald's farm
      There are many ways to view Centreville and one of them is from the air in this sky ride which has a series of cars that glide above the village, a lagoon and Old MacDonald's farm
      Bezant, Graham
      5/26/1977
      Professor Jim Gillies, former finance minister of the Joe Clark era, has just released his report that studies the way Canada may have to take in the future
      Professor Jim Gillies, former finance minister of the Joe Clark era, has just released his report that studies the way Canada may have to take in the future
      Gillies, James, 1924-2015
      4/19/1987
      Clem Pearce, right, and Jack Wallbank, who flew wing to wing in World War II hold pictures of their brothers who didn't come home
      Clem Pearce, right, and Jack Wallbank, who flew wing to wing in World War II hold pictures of their brothers who didn't come home
      Stuparyk, Michael
      10/28/1991
      Three brothers who fought in the services during the war are making a success of running a 100-acre farm near Milton
      Three brothers who fought in the services during the war are making a success of running a 100-acre farm near Milton
      Toronto Star (Firm)
      7/29/1948
      Fantasy come to life, The dream came true for thousands of Canadian fans who went to Buffalo on the weekend to see Michael Jackson and his brothers in(...)
      Fantasy come to life, The dream came true for thousands of Canadian fans who went to Buffalo on the weekend to see Michael Jackson and his brothers in(...)
      Bock, Tony
      8/26/1984