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Department head Oliver Chick is also school treasurer and counting money keeps him late at school. He earns only $13,400 a year after 39 years of teaching.
Department head Oliver Chick is also school treasurer and counting money keeps him late at school. He earns only $13,400 a year after 39 years of teaching.

Department head Oliver Chick is also school treasurer and counting money keeps him late at school. He earns only $13,400 a year after 39 years of teaching.

Date2/23/1967
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Object NumberTSPA_0125892F
Laszlo Lengel at new job. He earns $1.65 an hour at lathe
Laszlo Lengel at new job. He earns $1.65 an hour at lathe
7/5/1966
Top teacher: I was totally surprised when they told me, says Ken Brown, 39, after being named science teacher of the year by the Toronto chapters of a Sigma XI, a scientific research society with chapters all over North America. Brown, head of physics at North York's George S. Henry Secondary School, is the first to receive the honor at the high school level.
Top teacher: I was totally surprised when they told me, says Ken Brown, 39, after being named science teacher of the year by the Toronto chapters of a Sigma XI, a scientific research society with chapters all over North America. Brown, head of physics at North York's George S. Henry Secondary School, is the first to receive the honor at the high school level.
11/27/1985
17 years of work: Michael Barrett, a 39-year-old University of Toronto biologist, and his wife, Ann, 40, a sex educator and former high school teacher, administer organization from their home.
17 years of work: Michael Barrett, a 39-year-old University of Toronto biologist, and his wife, Ann, 40, a sex educator and former high school teacher, administer organization from their home.
11/5/1981
After 40 years: Jack Burke, retiring as principal and teacher of Associated Jewish Schools, has been teaching his own grandchildren there - Michael, 10, David, 8, and Elisa, 12 - as well as the grandchildren of some of his original pupils.
After 40 years: Jack Burke, retiring as principal and teacher of Associated Jewish Schools, has been teaching his own grandchildren there - Michael, 10, David, 8, and Elisa, 12 - as well as the grandchildren of some of his original pupils.
3/28/1980
A Rose for Teacher: Retired after 50 years of teaching at Central High School of Commerce, Humphrey Harvey, 84, has rose pinned on lapel by former pupils
A Rose for Teacher: Retired after 50 years of teaching at Central High School of Commerce, Humphrey Harvey, 84, has rose pinned on lapel by former pupils
9/25/1970
Top teacher: Etobicoke Collegiate institute music teacher Don Strathdee, shown with Andrea Ellison on flute, will retire at the end of the month after teaching at the school for 34 years
Top teacher: Etobicoke Collegiate institute music teacher Don Strathdee, shown with Andrea Ellison on flute, will retire at the end of the month after teaching at the school for 34 years
6/8/1987
Westminister international partners Terry Shane, left, and Leonard Fagen earn between 3 and 50 cents on each mailing, and will send out 30 million pieces of direct mail this year
Westminister international partners Terry Shane, left, and Leonard Fagen earn between 3 and 50 cents on each mailing, and will send out 30 million pieces of direct mail this year
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Celebrity clients: Massimo De Beradinis, left, and brother Giancarlo, earn $1.5 million in Metro and $300,000 from a Hong Kong franchise each year.
Celebrity clients: Massimo De Beradinis, left, and brother Giancarlo, earn $1.5 million in Metro and $300,000 from a Hong Kong franchise each year.
4/11/1984
Two Lives: Andrew MacDonald, 31, a stockbroker expecting to earn about $70,000 this year, spends his spare time helping Inmates at the Don jail.
Two Lives: Andrew MacDonald, 31, a stockbroker expecting to earn about $70,000 this year, spends his spare time helping Inmates at the Don jail.
12/23/1990
Ready to help: Ed Gough, a teaching assistant in the Bathurst-Eglinton area, volunteered for a program aimed at putting more male role models into Metro's elementary school classrooms
Ready to help: Ed Gough, a teaching assistant in the Bathurst-Eglinton area, volunteered for a program aimed at putting more male role models into Metro's elementary school classrooms
8/12/1992
Staying after school: North York teacher Scott Bell marks papers in classroom after end of teaching day.
Staying after school: North York teacher Scott Bell marks papers in classroom after end of teaching day.
12/1/1979
School master: James Potter has been teaching since he was 17, and generations of his students remember him as a touchstone figure in their lives
School master: James Potter has been teaching since he was 17, and generations of his students remember him as a touchstone figure in their lives
12/29/1982