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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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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
Spring chickens. This proud mother and chicks are part of 16-year-old John Garrett's backyard chicken farm in Scarborough. Garrett, who keeps 25 chick(...)
Spring chickens. This proud mother and chicks are part of 16-year-old John Garrett's backyard chicken farm in Scarborough. Garrett, who keeps 25 chick(...)
4/9/1981
Greg Adams has written the lyrics for almost 100 commercial jingles and well over 100 pop love songs in the past five years. He earns a comfortable li(...)
Greg Adams has written the lyrics for almost 100 commercial jingles and well over 100 pop love songs in the past five years. He earns a comfortable li(...)
1/2/1977
Tip of the cap: Frank Owen Daly has hailed his last cab as doorman for the Royal York Hotel. After 39 years of ushering in the famour and not-so-famous, he is calling it quits. Staff and friends will be giving him a warm sendoff Friday.
Tip of the cap: Frank Owen Daly has hailed his last cab as doorman for the Royal York Hotel. After 39 years of ushering in the famour and not-so-famous, he is calling it quits. Staff and friends will be giving him a warm sendoff Friday.
3/5/1985
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
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
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
Tura Sharon Satana earns more than $75,000 a years taking her clothes off in public
Tura Sharon Satana earns more than $75,000 a years taking her clothes off in public
4/18/1963
A fresh start: Eleanor Berman, who earns $150 a day in her present job, had to steel herself to go look for a job after her 17-year marriage failed
A fresh start: Eleanor Berman, who earns $150 a day in her present job, had to steel herself to go look for a job after her 17-year marriage failed
3/2/1980
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
Principal attraction: After 41 years as an educator, Jack Davy is retiring this month as principal of Humber Valley Village Junior-Middle School. Community has planned a huge reception for him today, starting at 7 p.m. in the school. He chats with admirers in front of special billboard.
Principal attraction: After 41 years as an educator, Jack Davy is retiring this month as principal of Humber Valley Village Junior-Middle School. Community has planned a huge reception for him today, starting at 7 p.m. in the school. He chats with admirers in front of special billboard.
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