Palmerston Area Residentsʼ Association Serving the Palmerston/Little Italy Neighbourhood Celebrating the Unveiling of 8 NEW Laneway Names June 23, 2019 m 3 to 5 p.m. age 3 P Robert Vipond PARA LANE NAMING CELEBRATION • LANE NAMING CELEBRATION PARA Naming Laneway no. 2 the Huggins Family Lane honours Family 2 the Huggins no. Naming Laneway Rail until his retirement. Wyvonie was a nurse working was Wyvonie at Rail his retirement. until local hospitals part-time while the erent in the early years di Arleen, Adonis, children—Adonica, their four raised couple School (K- Street Clinton of whom attended and Alison—all put it one of the children (7 and 8). As 6), then King Edward up black in an overwhelmingly growing interview, in a recent neighbourhood not easy: was white only positive ”I have School). It Street was Clinton (at classrooms memories of my lunch and going home for like recess in those public spaces with confronted the times I was were Those and after school. a lot of name calling on the was There Itracism. hard. was children though, the Huggins it all, Through schoolyard.“ to supported (stoutly their parents) the strength by found friendships with the neighbouring kidsbuild lifelong and lmmakers, markmake their community on the adults—as as and social activists. educators, lawyers, this remarkable the to family and their contribution 26, 2015. She died November Mrs. Huggins area. Palmerston her before months three up to in the house on Clinton lived — almost 50 years. death, (1931-2016), one of North America’s best known and most widely (1931-2016), one of North America’s orley Safer College between up on Manning Avenue grew journalists, television admired Robert Vipond M and Harbord. His father, Max, was an upholsterer by trade who, like so many others like so many who, trade by Max, an upholsterer was His father, and Harbord. Europe central from Toronto to had immigrated the time, community at in the PARA living family settled on Manning Avenue, The of the 20th century. in the early years with his siblings Leon Together II. War World and the Depression throughout there 8 in Grade from graduating School, Public Street Morley Clinton attended and Esther, Western of University y, brie and, Collegiate Harbord on to he went there 1946. From as a the world rst job as a journalist and then travelling getting his before Ontario, an on- he was 46 years for where York New to he moved Later, correspondent. foreign 60 Minutes: and anchor on the famous CBS Newsmagazine www. air correspondent cbsnews.com/news/60-minutes-morley-safer-a-reporters-life/. Adonis, Arleen, Alison and Adonica, and Adonica, Arleen, Alison Adonis, (right) with actor 1 During all those years he preserved a strong connection to Toronto, remained a Canadian citizen, and visited reg- and visited citizen, a Canadian remained Toronto, connection he preserved to During a strong all those years in the block where name the laneway up to the neighbourhood in which Morley grew tting for Safer It seems Morley Safer Lane Safer Morley Jack Lemmon ularly. He had fond memories of his life growing up in the PARA neighbourhood and as a student at Clinton Street Street Clinton neighbourhood at and as a student up in the PARA growing memories of his life He had fond ularly. served an ethnic “Clinton 125th anniversary said: in 2013, Safer Clinton’s for produced InSchool. a reminiscence Virtually – Jewish, Ukrainian, Irish, all of working Scots, quilt of children class immigrants English, Italian. patchwork then we the most part, but fair and even for severe were, teachers The Canadians. rst generation of the kids were succeed.” to us the tools give to us a push up the social ladder, their main priority that give to had the feeling was — Morley Lane. he lived Safer LANE LANE JUNE 23 • 2019 Huggins Family outing: Huggins Family in Taken (back row). and John Huggins, Wyvonie and row); (front College at Stephen-in-the-Fields of St. of the Church June 1969 in front were all the children married, were the parents where & Bellevue, (and her son Atiba) and John and Adonica rmed, and con baptized worship. to continue , the rst (and only) , the 2 he Huggins family he Huggins black family in the neighbourhood for Like many racialized people at the time, the time, people at racialized Like many LANE LANE Huggins Family Lane T many years, lived at 205 Clinton St. for more more for St. 205 Clinton at lived years, many hailed from John Huggins than half a century. a Police he was where Kitts, the island of St. the neighbouring island of to Posted cer. O Yvonne, (knownWyvonie as he met Antigua, who then left study nursing in England). to they opportunity, economic Seeking greater in and married here Toronto to immigrated a above as renters years 1957, and after several on Dundas near Spadina, they store hardware in 1966. St. their home on Clinton purchased discrimination racial by prevented John was Toronto, in cer O as a Police being hired from Caribbean of his fellow so (again like many he ended up workingCanadians) as a porter VIA on CN and then as a Service Manager on We are delighted to welcome family We members of some of those being honoured and that are present to share their memories. There is music, too, nale with members of the including a fi Jewish Folk Choir reuniting to sing some of their beloved songs. Bathurst St ©Katherine Childs aS m Richardson Ln Elizza Balme er Ln ! Markham St Markham St Lucie Tuch Ln 7 Wayne and Shus ter Ln Palmerston Blvd Palmerston Blvd Jewish Folk Choir Ln Via Dei Giardini Ln 8 St Euclid Ave 6 Euclid Ave e g e Frank Kovac Ln Allan Reynolds Ln l l Ulster St o 1 Harbord St Harbord Manning Ave Manning A ve C 2 E L E B R AT E Joe Bertucci Ln 3 June 23 2019 Morle ySafer Ln Clinton St Huggins Huggins Family Ln Family Ln Clinton St C Beatrice Minden Ln 5 Jersey Ave 4 Alan Borovoy Ln to the members of PARA’s the members of PARA’s to Grace St have been approved Grace St PARA LANEWAYS WALK LANEWAYS PARA TO IME PARA LANE NAMING CELEBRATION PARA T S ’ Morley Safer Family Huggins Alan Borovoy Alan MindenBeatrice Dei Giardini Via and Shuster Wayne Choir Jewish Folk Joe Bertucci T More information will be posted on the PARA website. on the PARA will be posted information More We have two laneways awaiting approval from the Toronto the Toronto from approval awaiting two laneways have We (TEYCC). Council Community laneways are These York and East led pro named for Eliza Balmer and Sam Richardson who were in the Spring 2019 newsletter. The names of the lanes The of the and the order as follows: are unveiling 1. 2. 3. 4. 5. 6. 7. 8. Congratulations are in order are Congratulations Katherine Childs, and volunteers: naming committee laneway Ronen Deyell, Jennifer Diamond, Kleiman,Frumie Mary Vipond. and Robert Vellone, Anne Pisani, Fernanda McKee, has seen the this committee and perseverance, diligence With submissions developing name judging, from through process petition and collecting the required the City, by approval for signs, laneway eight unveiling now are We signatures. history while our community’s adding depth and richness to will be rst responders neighbourhood; a safer to contributing ciently. e more emergencies to and respond pinpoint able to Thank you for joining us to learn more about the stories behind the names as we conduct a walk-around on June 23, 2019. Sunday, Our lane names by the City and we are ready for a neighbourhood celebration! age 2 • I P LANE 3 LANE 5 and canning a year’s worth of delicious Joe Bertucci Lane homemade tomato sauce. He kept an eye Beatrice Minden Lane out on that alley, keeping the teenagers in eatrice Minden, born Rifka Spiegel, is a Clinton School alumna who became a noted oe Bertucci moved from Italy to line and chatting with friends. philanthropist with a particular interest in the arts and education. On Clinton’s 100th anniversary, Little Italy in 1957, and lived rst Sadly, Joe died in May of 2015, and he B J she made a signi cant (initially anonymous) donation to the school art program, a donation that has on Jersey Avenue and then on Clinton is greatly missed by all. He epitomized to given thousands of children access to an enhanced visual-arts education. — Katherine Childs Street, where he and his wife raised three me all that I love about our community. daughters. (One of his daughters as well Although his life was what some might call as a grandson and his wife still live on “ordinary,” he was generous and kind, and the street). He was an employee of Oliva his spirit is still felt despite his absence. LANE 6 Shoe Store at College and Joe was friendly and helpful, and everyone Grace Streets. knew him to say hello. He helped forge Joe could always be found on his friendships between the new young porch in the warmer months. He always families and the long-time residents of the Via dei Giardini Lane: a Classic Toronto Immigrant Story delighted little children with cookies and street. He reminded us all what it was to be jokes and was always lending a hand, even before a good neighbour, and part of his legacy resides in all he Vellone, Decaria, Riz- families would gather together he was asked. Joe’s presence extended to the back those who knew him: we sit on our porches, help each T zuto, D’Addetta and Soldano in one of their garages and alley behind our houses.