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Fred Marsh started work with English and Mould Ltd. in 1927, left and rejoined the company in 1928. He is about to complete 50 years with the firm.
Fred Marsh started work with English and Mould Ltd. in 1927, left and rejoined the company in 1928. He is about to complete 50 years with the firm.

Fred Marsh started work with English and Mould Ltd. in 1927, left and rejoined the company in 1928. He is about to complete 50 years with the firm.

Date3/29/1978
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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.
8/1/1973
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
Looking more fit than most of the brokers plungers - his age - Bill Townsend, 65 retired this week as a key executive of the Toronto Stock Exchange, where he started as a youngster in the boom year of 1928
Looking more fit than most of the brokers plungers - his age - Bill Townsend, 65 retired this week as a key executive of the Toronto Stock Exchange, where he started as a youngster in the boom year of 1928
5/29/1975
Plastic clock is one of items turned out by the firm Harry Graham, 62, started six years ago. It's worth $4 million a year today, he says.
Plastic clock is one of items turned out by the firm Harry Graham, 62, started six years ago. It's worth $4 million a year today, he says.
10/1/1985
Behind counter of his flagship Diana Sweets stores, company president George Boukydis ponders the future of his $6 million a year enterprise. Stores stopped selling candy some years ago when firm's key candy maker retired after 45 years of service. An adequate replacement was not found and now, says Boukydis, it's getting tough to find pastry cooks. The supermarkets are stealing what few there are left.
Behind counter of his flagship Diana Sweets stores, company president George Boukydis ponders the future of his $6 million a year enterprise. Stores stopped selling candy some years ago when firm's key candy maker retired after 45 years of service. An adequate replacement was not found and now, says Boukydis, it's getting tough to find pastry cooks. The supermarkets are stealing what few there are left.
12/23/1977
It started here: Garnet Rickard won package of pedigreed speed in competition 50 years ago and planted it on family farm in Bowmanville.
It started here: Garnet Rickard won package of pedigreed speed in competition 50 years ago and planted it on family farm in Bowmanville.
1/12/1983
New procedures at the Canadian Johns-Manville Ltd. plant in Scarborough have all but eliminated the hazard of concentrations of asbestos fibres in the plant air, Dr. Paul Kotin (left), company vice-president in charge of health, safety and environment, told a news conference yesterday. G. P. Loubert, president of the firm, is next to him. New Democratic Party Leader Stephen Lewis (far right) challenged some of Loubert's statements on meeting Ontario government guidelines.
New procedures at the Canadian Johns-Manville Ltd. plant in Scarborough have all but eliminated the hazard of concentrations of asbestos fibres in the plant air, Dr. Paul Kotin (left), company vice-president in charge of health, safety and environment, told a news conference yesterday. G. P. Loubert, president of the firm, is next to him. New Democratic Party Leader Stephen Lewis (far right) challenged some of Loubert's statements on meeting Ontario government guidelines.
2/11/1975
Big plans: Bob Collins-Wright, president of Inglis, says his company will invest $60 million over the next five years and hire an additional 1,000 workers. He predicts his expanded firm will capture 35-to-40 per cent of all appliance sales in Canada this year.
Big plans: Bob Collins-Wright, president of Inglis, says his company will invest $60 million over the next five years and hire an additional 1,000 workers. He predicts his expanded firm will capture 35-to-40 per cent of all appliance sales in Canada this year.
3/29/1982
Paul Speck, holding the school cat, Fred, started the Annex Village Campus after leaving the Catholic priesthood and marrying some 25 years ago
Paul Speck, holding the school cat, Fred, started the Annex Village Campus after leaving the Catholic priesthood and marrying some 25 years ago
2/1/1990
Gray Steele: Board chairman says his food firm has been selling to East General for 50 years.
Gray Steele: Board chairman says his food firm has been selling to East General for 50 years.
6/15/1981
Maple Leaf Mills Ltd. president and chief executive R. G. Dale, offers some of company's products to shareholder Gina Wigle, 17, of Etobicoke, at firm's annual meeting yesterday at Harbour Castle Hotel, only a short distance from company's head office at 417 Queen's Quay West. The baked goodies were tangible evidence of recent takeover of Pillsbury Canada Ltd. which was acquired by Maple Leaf Mills last month.
Maple Leaf Mills Ltd. president and chief executive R. G. Dale, offers some of company's products to shareholder Gina Wigle, 17, of Etobicoke, at firm's annual meeting yesterday at Harbour Castle Hotel, only a short distance from company's head office at 417 Queen's Quay West. The baked goodies were tangible evidence of recent takeover of Pillsbury Canada Ltd. which was acquired by Maple Leaf Mills last month.
5/19/1976
Super super, Benjamin Burke, superintendent at Prudential House on York St. for 50 years, gets a cigar lit for him by Jean May at a party the employees there threw for him. They gave him a headdress, tom-tom and $4,800. He's 69, but not about to retire.
Super super, Benjamin Burke, superintendent at Prudential House on York St. for 50 years, gets a cigar lit for him by Jean May at a party the employees there threw for him. They gave him a headdress, tom-tom and $4,800. He's 69, but not about to retire.
5/23/1980