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Karol J. Merson. I was astonished
Karol J. Merson. I was astonished

Karol J. Merson. I was astonished

Date6/22/1972
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ProvenanceCourtesy: Toronto Star Photograph Archives
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Object NumberTSPA_0130800F
Incredible win: Running without party backing, Bill Powell was elected mayor of Hamilton by such a large margin two weeks ago that it confounded his enemies and astonished his friends
Incredible win: Running without party backing, Bill Powell was elected mayor of Hamilton by such a large margin two weeks ago that it confounded his enemies and astonished his friends
11/19/1980
Sounding a sweet note for Canada's music industry is W. J. I. Croombs, president of Boosey and Hawkes Canada Ltd. and the Canadian Music Industries Association. Industry, with a growth rate of 10-15 per cent, is holding its annual trade show in Toronto with 46 manufacturers and distributors on hand.
Sounding a sweet note for Canada's music industry is W. J. I. Croombs, president of Boosey and Hawkes Canada Ltd. and the Canadian Music Industries Association. Industry, with a growth rate of 10-15 per cent, is holding its annual trade show in Toronto with 46 manufacturers and distributors on hand.
8/25/1975
Building Boom: Chris Ridabock, vice-president of J. J. Barnicke Ltd., believes there's plenty of demand for new office spaces coming on the market.
Building Boom: Chris Ridabock, vice-president of J. J. Barnicke Ltd., believes there's plenty of demand for new office spaces coming on the market.
1/9/1990
Doreen MacDonald picked up a toaster from a pile of battered appliances in the Qeen St. E. Soup-to-nuts junk store run by Jack Himself Cohen. One dollar. Himself said. Does it work? Doreen asked. I don't know. Why don't you plug it in and find out? All I do is sell as is. You won't plug it in? No. Doreen paid the $1 and once again proved Himself's credo: I don't polish anything. I learned my lesson when I polished the $25 special finish off a candelabra early in business. Since then I sell everything just as it is. [Incomplete]
Doreen MacDonald picked up a toaster from a pile of battered appliances in the Qeen St. E. Soup-to-nuts junk store run by Jack Himself Cohen. One dollar. Himself said. Does it work? Doreen asked. I don't know. Why don't you plug it in and find out? All I do is sell as is. You won't plug it in? No. Doreen paid the $1 and once again proved Himself's credo: I don't polish anything. I learned my lesson when I polished the $25 special finish off a candelabra early in business. Since then I sell everything just as it is. [Incomplete]
6/13/1972
Time of change: Fragmentation of viewing audience will soon create challenges for advertisers, Don Johnston, chief executive of the influential agency J. Walter Thompson, said yesterday. Johnston, right, chatted with John Foss, president of the Associatio
Time of change: Fragmentation of viewing audience will soon create challenges for advertisers, Don Johnston, chief executive of the influential agency J. Walter Thompson, said yesterday. Johnston, right, chatted with John Foss, president of the Associatio
5/5/1979
Inform the public: David Clark, president of Thomas J. Lipton Ltd., middle, believes business should explain why it needs large profits.
Inform the public: David Clark, president of Thomas J. Lipton Ltd., middle, believes business should explain why it needs large profits.
4/15/1981
Downtown's good servant: Michael J. Behan, 71, is well-known downtown for visiting the sick, the shut-ins and running errands for invalids.
Downtown's good servant: Michael J. Behan, 71, is well-known downtown for visiting the sick, the shut-ins and running errands for invalids.
3/1/1981
Harvey J. Bongard, Still active at 87.
Harvey J. Bongard, Still active at 87.
4/10/1975
Malta's High Commissioner to Canada, H. E. J. Attard Kingswell, is in Toronto for two-day visit with Metro's 20,000 Maltese.
Malta's High Commissioner to Canada, H. E. J. Attard Kingswell, is in Toronto for two-day visit with Metro's 20,000 Maltese.
10/12/1972
Dr. J. A Little (front) is project director of a heart research program in St. Michael's hospital. Ari Haukioja runs on treadmill of ECG machine while Dr. Joseph Bruni (left) takes his blood pressure.
Dr. J. A Little (front) is project director of a heart research program in St. Michael's hospital. Ari Haukioja runs on treadmill of ECG machine while Dr. Joseph Bruni (left) takes his blood pressure.
1/16/1974
Reinder J. Klein
Reinder J. Klein
7/28/1994
Alvin Hewitt: It was mission accomplished for NDP's federal president when he bought M. J. Coldwell's medal.
Alvin Hewitt: It was mission accomplished for NDP's federal president when he bought M. J. Coldwell's medal.
5/23/1981