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Jerome Etkin: Co-founder of Mr. Transmission was killed in Highway 404 crash last November.
Jerome Etkin: Co-founder of Mr. Transmission was killed in Highway 404 crash last November.

Jerome Etkin: Co-founder of Mr. Transmission was killed in Highway 404 crash last November.

Date5/3/1979
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ProvenanceFrom the Toronto Star Archives
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Call Number / Accession NumberTSPA_0127081F
Treating people like customers is the secret behind the $2,500,000 success of Mister Transmission, says Secretary-treasurer Jerry Etkin. The company started in 1963 with one shop and less than $10,000. Now it has 18 outlets.
Treating people like customers is the secret behind the $2,500,000 success of Mister Transmission, says Secretary-treasurer Jerry Etkin. The company started in 1963 with one shop and less than $10,000. Now it has 18 outlets.
7/11/1969
All that's left: Markham regional Councillor Frank Scarpitti stands in what was once a woodlot near Highway 404
All that's left: Markham regional Councillor Frank Scarpitti stands in what was once a woodlot near Highway 404
4/6/1989
Crash landing: Phantoms frontman Jerome Godboo says show must go on, tonight and Saturday at 'Shoe, despite highway pileup that sidelined drummer
Crash landing: Phantoms frontman Jerome Godboo says show must go on, tonight and Saturday at 'Shoe, despite highway pileup that sidelined drummer
10/5/1989
Delayed work: Construction on the last leg of Highway 404 is slightly behind, but the overpasses at Mulock and Davis Drives are now complete
Delayed work: Construction on the last leg of Highway 404 is slightly behind, but the overpasses at Mulock and Davis Drives are now complete
6/28/1987
Mississauga student Donald Marshall, 19, left paralyzed by a West German highway crash, is lifted from his mini-hospital, an airliner that arrived at Toronto International Airport yesterday with nine seats removed to accommodate his stretcher
Mississauga student Donald Marshall, 19, left paralyzed by a West German highway crash, is lifted from his mini-hospital, an airliner that arrived at Toronto International Airport yesterday with nine seats removed to accommodate his stretcher
11/8/1973
In the hot seat: Air Ontario co-owner Joe Deluce takes the witness stand for the first time yesterday at the inquiry into last year's crash at Dryden.
In the hot seat: Air Ontario co-owner Joe Deluce takes the witness stand for the first time yesterday at the inquiry into last year's crash at Dryden.
9/17/1990
Highland fling danced by Confederation Life Insurance Co. president J. Craig Davidson, and three great-great-great grandsons of the company's founder, was highlight of a dinner last night making the firm's 100th birthday. From left, Davidson and David Latimer, age nine, and brother Jeffrey, eight, Michael, five.
Highland fling danced by Confederation Life Insurance Co. president J. Craig Davidson, and three great-great-great grandsons of the company's founder, was highlight of a dinner last night making the firm's 100th birthday. From left, Davidson and David Latimer, age nine, and brother Jeffrey, eight, Michael, five.
4/21/1971
New model: Sun Hak Park, president of Hyundai Auto Canada, sits behind the steering wheel of one of his weapons against sales decline: an improved Stellar compact, with larger engine, improved suspension and transmission and restyled front end
New model: Sun Hak Park, president of Hyundai Auto Canada, sits behind the steering wheel of one of his weapons against sales decline: an improved Stellar compact, with larger engine, improved suspension and transmission and restyled front end
1/7/1986
Wreckage of television transmission tower (on ground) and FM transmission tower (on roof) strews crash scene after a twin-engined airplane struck the (...)
Wreckage of television transmission tower (on ground) and FM transmission tower (on roof) strews crash scene after a twin-engined airplane struck the (...)
9/8/1977
Wreckage of television transmission tower (on ground) and FM transmission tower (on roof) strews crash scene after a twin-engined airplane struck the (...)
Wreckage of television transmission tower (on ground) and FM transmission tower (on roof) strews crash scene after a twin-engined airplane struck the (...)
9/8/1977
Barrie - The driver of a bus ripped apart by a tanker truck in a Highway 400 crash that killed four Weston Collegiate students has been convicted of c(...)
Barrie - The driver of a bus ripped apart by a tanker truck in a Highway 400 crash that killed four Weston Collegiate students has been convicted of c(...)
6/1/1979
Co-founder: Glen Dennis of Tel-Ad Advisors Ltd. says it counsels clients on how to cut the cost of advertising in the Yellow Pages and has had no trouble placing such ads for clients from B.C. to Manitoba.
Co-founder: Glen Dennis of Tel-Ad Advisors Ltd. says it counsels clients on how to cut the cost of advertising in the Yellow Pages and has had no trouble placing such ads for clients from B.C. to Manitoba.
7/10/1984