Saves girl in lake

The June 14 1948 edition of the Toronto Daily Star contained this brief article about a girl who was saved from drowning:

Out of curiosity, I traced the people mentioned here in the Toronto city directories.

George Fowler is listed in the 1948 directory as working as a janitor at A. D. Gorrie and Company and living at 69 Mitchell Avenue. By 1950, he was working as a clerk there, which I assume is a step up.

He is missing from the 1951 directory, but reappears in the 1953 directory as a storekeeper for B. A. Oil and living at 64 Sorauren. By 1961, he is working as a parts clerk at B. A. Oil and still at 64 Sorauren. Violet Fowler is also listed at 64 Sorauren and working as a clerk at Gestetner, so she successfully made it to adulthood.

Percy Koretsky, the man who saved Violet Fowler’s life, was in a family fur business, and remained in the fur business at least as late as 1961. In 1948 and 1955, he was living at 614 College; in 1961, he was at 45 Gardiner Road in Forest Hill.