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Refinishing pine tool moulds is just one of the projects 27-year-old Bill Don has taken on since he and he and his wife Bev decided to fulfil his life's dream, to run their own store. Ardith One, on Yonge St., features antiques and artifacts the pair has collected over the past two years. The young couple say that mixing marriage and business has given them something to work on for the rest of their lives.
Refinishing pine tool moulds is just one of the projects 27-year-old Bill Don has taken on since he and he and his wife Bev decided to fulfil his life's dream, to run their own store. Ardith One, on Yonge St., features antiques and artifacts the pair has collected over the past two years. The young couple say that mixing marriage and business has given them something to work on for the rest of their lives.

Refinishing pine tool moulds is just one of the projects 27-year-old Bill Don has taken on since he and he and his wife Bev decided to fulfil his life's dream, to run their own store. Ardith One, on Yonge St., features antiques and artifacts the pair has collected over the past two years. The young couple say that mixing marriage and business has given them something to work on for the rest of their lives.

Date8/1/1973
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ProvenanceFrom the Toronto Star Archives
CollectionToronto Star Photograph Archive
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Copyright HolderToronto Star (Firm)
Call Number / Accession NumberTSPA_0126761F
Taking aim along the barrel of one cannon, Clarence I, Scott shows off the collection of 23 minature antique cannons he has collected over the past seven years
Taking aim along the barrel of one cannon, Clarence I, Scott shows off the collection of 23 minature antique cannons he has collected over the past seven years
8/1/1972
Life's work: Tom Creber stands amid a selection of monuments at Hilltop Memories in Richmond Hill where he now works as manager. The 77-year-old monument-maker has been in the business since the age of 14 when he started out as a tool sharpener.
Life's work: Tom Creber stands amid a selection of monuments at Hilltop Memories in Richmond Hill where he now works as manager. The 77-year-old monument-maker has been in the business since the age of 14 when he started out as a tool sharpener.
9/30/1982
Kenneth Burnett, shown mixing one of his special luminous formulas, wants to sell the business which has saturated most of his 70 years in imitation glamor. He has spent most of his life creating new uses for glowing paints.
Kenneth Burnett, shown mixing one of his special luminous formulas, wants to sell the business which has saturated most of his 70 years in imitation glamor. He has spent most of his life creating new uses for glowing paints.
5/15/1970
He Switched from Tractors to Antiques, Noel Hamer has seven men working in his Brooklin garage restoring antique cars
He Switched from Tractors to Antiques, Noel Hamer has seven men working in his Brooklin garage restoring antique cars
11/4/1976
Cultural crusader: Marcello Pacini, president of the Giovanni Agnelli Foundation, has brought an exhibition to the Royal Ontario Museum that uses photographs, art works, artifacts and audio-visual aids to show the cultural and technological evolution of modern Italy
Cultural crusader: Marcello Pacini, president of the Giovanni Agnelli Foundation, has brought an exhibition to the Royal Ontario Museum that uses photographs, art works, artifacts and audio-visual aids to show the cultural and technological evolution of modern Italy
9/20/1984
Furniture sleuth: Phil Dunning, curator of Montgomery's Inn, has a sharp eye for antiques and can explain how he knows this chair is authentic early Canadian piece - he took it apart and made sure the screws were old, too.
Furniture sleuth: Phil Dunning, curator of Montgomery's Inn, has a sharp eye for antiques and can explain how he knows this chair is authentic early Canadian piece - he took it apart and made sure the screws were old, too.
1/3/1980
Ancient Iroquois remains are merely a part of the massive collection of Indian artifacts and remains collected over the years by John Morrison
Ancient Iroquois remains are merely a part of the massive collection of Indian artifacts and remains collected over the years by John Morrison
1/21/1977
Surrounded by Antiques, Audrey Armstrong types out the latest information she has learned about pioneer life in rural Ontario. The Armstrongs will cel(...)
Surrounded by Antiques, Audrey Armstrong types out the latest information she has learned about pioneer life in rural Ontario. The Armstrongs will cel(...)
9/19/1974
Uncle Frank Dawson tends to one of his injured wildfowl at his 3 3/4-acre conservation area on Elmcrest Rd. The 83-year-old bachelor has been patching up injured birds for as long as anyone can remember. With a small creek running through the back, his property has become a haven for hundreds of waterfowl. He has lived in the same house for over 50 years and has raised a varietyof birds. But Dawson can't recall when people started to bring birds to him, he said.
Uncle Frank Dawson tends to one of his injured wildfowl at his 3 3/4-acre conservation area on Elmcrest Rd. The 83-year-old bachelor has been patching up injured birds for as long as anyone can remember. With a small creek running through the back, his property has become a haven for hundreds of waterfowl. He has lived in the same house for over 50 years and has raised a varietyof birds. But Dawson can't recall when people started to bring birds to him, he said.
9/1/1978
Toronto Argonaut Dave Raimey, left, and Harold Weisfeld examine a wooden mould in their refinishing shop they call Mould-Tique. Weisfeld tracks down t(...)
Toronto Argonaut Dave Raimey, left, and Harold Weisfeld examine a wooden mould in their refinishing shop they call Mould-Tique. Weisfeld tracks down t(...)
3/22/1973
Sight for sore eyes: Harold Bayham, a 57-year-old Torontonian, has collected almost 14,000 pairs of cast-off eyeglasses, which he takes to give away to the poor people of the Dominican Republic. He started his project with a single magazine advertisement.
Sight for sore eyes: Harold Bayham, a 57-year-old Torontonian, has collected almost 14,000 pairs of cast-off eyeglasses, which he takes to give away to the poor people of the Dominican Republic. He started his project with a single magazine advertisement.
2/28/1977
Losing weight: Jim Billingham is getting rid of excess poundage quickly - de-junking his house so he has more space and less dust, mould and housework during the indoor season
Losing weight: Jim Billingham is getting rid of excess poundage quickly - de-junking his house so he has more space and less dust, mould and housework during the indoor season
9/14/1988