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Suise and Ron Caisley spent less than $1,500 to build and furnish their new log cabin home near Alliston
Suise and Ron Caisley spent less than $1,500 to build and furnish their new log cabin home near Alliston

Suise and Ron Caisley spent less than $1,500 to build and furnish their new log cabin home near Alliston

Date2/23/1973
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A Romp with Abeydale the dog or a snowmobile ride offers more pleasure to Ron Caisley than the bright lights of distant Toronto. Caisley and his wife Susie built a log cabin home 50 miles north west of the sprawling metropolis. With the help of friends, they tppled 40 pine trees for the buildings.
A Romp with Abeydale the dog or a snowmobile ride offers more pleasure to Ron Caisley than the bright lights of distant Toronto. Caisley and his wife Susie built a log cabin home 50 miles north west of the sprawling metropolis. With the help of friends, they tppled 40 pine trees for the buildings.
2/26/1973
Carrying wood for his stove, 70-year-old John Lloyd walks in the yard in front of his log cabin home near Palgrave
Carrying wood for his stove, 70-year-old John Lloyd walks in the yard in front of his log cabin home near Palgrave
2/2/1971
Solid handlwork: Art Cooke spent the summer of '45 chiseling mortar off old bricks to build the home he and his wife still live in on Burnett Ave. Today, a high-rise looms near the site he bought for $350. Above, Cooke admires the sturdy bricks he bought for $352 and hauled in a rented truck from the Swift meatpacking plant.
Solid handlwork: Art Cooke spent the summer of '45 chiseling mortar off old bricks to build the home he and his wife still live in on Burnett Ave. Today, a high-rise looms near the site he bought for $350. Above, Cooke admires the sturdy bricks he bought for $352 and hauled in a rented truck from the Swift meatpacking plant.
10/7/1982
Creating with wood: Marvin Christi (above) uses modern chainsaws and old-time hand instruments to prepare the logs with which he builds houses. Each is unique: Orono artist Ron Barber (right) carves a different decoration for each Christie creation, in this case a painstakingly detailed eagle on a crooked beam that will project from the house over the front door.
Creating with wood: Marvin Christi (above) uses modern chainsaws and old-time hand instruments to prepare the logs with which he builds houses. Each is unique: Orono artist Ron Barber (right) carves a different decoration for each Christie creation, in this case a painstakingly detailed eagle on a crooked beam that will project from the house over the front door.
5/31/1983
Frank Crane: The opera singer turned antique dealer was tired of the urban jungle so he retreated into the woods with his wife, Verena, and built himself a log cabin. And you can see the cabin Frank built! It's cathedral sized. Just the thing for housing such treasures as the Chinese tomb figure from the T'ang period (618 to 906 A.D.) which he is holding. These things are on trust, he says.
Frank Crane: The opera singer turned antique dealer was tired of the urban jungle so he retreated into the woods with his wife, Verena, and built himself a log cabin. And you can see the cabin Frank built! It's cathedral sized. Just the thing for housing such treasures as the Chinese tomb figure from the T'ang period (618 to 906 A.D.) which he is holding. These things are on trust, he says.
11/4/1983
Dream home: Although Gene Colman loves his Balmoral home, behind him, he wishes he had waited three years to buy it. Some homes now built in his luxury subdivision sell for much less than the 1988 list price.
Dream home: Although Gene Colman loves his Balmoral home, behind him, he wishes he had waited three years to buy it. Some homes now built in his luxury subdivision sell for much less than the 1988 list price.
4/2/1992
W. H. Thornburn, chairman of the Toronto Stock Exchange board of governors, sees a small revival of confidence by Canadian investors, but much less than I had expected by this time. He forecasts continued sluggishness in trading until corporate earnings improve. Thornburn thinks there could be new speculation in oil and gas stocks when results of winter drilling become available. Cost-cutting and other controls have prepared brokers for any new storms, he says.
W. H. Thornburn, chairman of the Toronto Stock Exchange board of governors, sees a small revival of confidence by Canadian investors, but much less than I had expected by this time. He forecasts continued sluggishness in trading until corporate earnings improve. Thornburn thinks there could be new speculation in oil and gas stocks when results of winter drilling become available. Cost-cutting and other controls have prepared brokers for any new storms, he says.
12/31/1970
Robert Duddy: New Ontario Chamber of Commerce president is less than enthusiastic about 1980.
Robert Duddy: New Ontario Chamber of Commerce president is less than enthusiastic about 1980.
1/2/1980
Ron Foxcroft holds pea-less, highly profitable whistles made by his company, Fortron international.
Ron Foxcroft holds pea-less, highly profitable whistles made by his company, Fortron international.
12/1/1992
Presidential home: This log house in the Midhurst area, just north of Barrie, is the home of Chuck Peacock, president of Building With Logs Ltd
Presidential home: This log house in the Midhurst area, just north of Barrie, is the home of Chuck Peacock, president of Building With Logs Ltd
12/21/1981
Sheets of joy: Ron Misfud of Etobicoke spent nine months touring with Up with People, a non-religious, non-political, non-profit organization
Sheets of joy: Ron Misfud of Etobicoke spent nine months touring with Up with People, a non-religious, non-political, non-profit organization
12/27/1980
Laurence Coward: The authority on pension planning says we should build on the fairly well-established arrangement we've got now rather than embarking on a revolution.
Laurence Coward: The authority on pension planning says we should build on the fairly well-established arrangement we've got now rather than embarking on a revolution.
5/31/1984