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Traffic tickets are a recurring pain to ad designer Fred Piddington whenever his firm has to make a downtown delivery
Traffic tickets are a recurring pain to ad designer Fred Piddington whenever his firm has to make a downtown delivery

Traffic tickets are a recurring pain to ad designer Fred Piddington whenever his firm has to make a downtown delivery

Date10/19/1973
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ProvenanceCourtesy: Toronto Star Photograph Archives
CollectionToronto Star Photograph Archive
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Call Number / Accession NumberTSPA_0132132F
Last summer, he sold encyclopedias. This summer, university student Mark Dingman is selling himself - as the first prize in an unusual raffle. Dingman 21, of Toronto, has decided to raffle himself - or more precisely, 16 hours of his time - to make money for school. I wanted to run my own business. This took minimum capitalization and had minimal risk, should it fail, said Dingman, a McGill University student. And it seems like a good skill to learn, to sell yourself. Dingman is going door-to-door with his Student Slaves raffle and a very professional pitch. Tickets go for $1.99 each (or three for $5) and there are 200 in each draw. The first raffle is scheduled for Tuesday and the winner gets Dingman for 16 hours to do anything from cleaning ovens to fixing eavestroughs.
Last summer, he sold encyclopedias. This summer, university student Mark Dingman is selling himself - as the first prize in an unusual raffle. Dingman 21, of Toronto, has decided to raffle himself - or more precisely, 16 hours of his time - to make money for school. I wanted to run my own business. This took minimum capitalization and had minimal risk, should it fail, said Dingman, a McGill University student. And it seems like a good skill to learn, to sell yourself. Dingman is going door-to-door with his Student Slaves raffle and a very professional pitch. Tickets go for $1.99 each (or three for $5) and there are 200 in each draw. The first raffle is scheduled for Tuesday and the winner gets Dingman for 16 hours to do anything from cleaning ovens to fixing eavestroughs.
7/5/1984
Disgruntled: Reader John Needham holds copy of ad and tickets to John Denver councert, all of which listed the price as $10 a head
Disgruntled: Reader John Needham holds copy of ad and tickets to John Denver councert, all of which listed the price as $10 a head
2/26/1981
Alf Bunker, doesn't charge for rides on his Cherrywood Pickering Railway but his sister, Dorothy, 75, likes to wear a conductor's cap and punch tickets just for the fun of it. Bunker also has been banding wild birds for 20 years.
Alf Bunker, doesn't charge for rides on his Cherrywood Pickering Railway but his sister, Dorothy, 75, likes to wear a conductor's cap and punch tickets just for the fun of it. Bunker also has been banding wild birds for 20 years.
8/9/1973
Tickets to ride: Despite all the $5 parking tickets he has had Emile Trottier is now a happier man
Tickets to ride: Despite all the $5 parking tickets he has had Emile Trottier is now a happier man
9/29/1977
Treasure of Whiterock Estates, Ronald Bluestein sits in his office in downtown Toronto explaining his company's real estate operations in Ontario. He is one of three principals in the firm which subdivides farm land, and then aggressively sells lots with the slogan Own a Piece of Canada. A team of Star investigators has disclosed that titles to many of the Whiterock Estates lots are faulty.
Treasure of Whiterock Estates, Ronald Bluestein sits in his office in downtown Toronto explaining his company's real estate operations in Ontario. He is one of three principals in the firm which subdivides farm land, and then aggressively sells lots with the slogan Own a Piece of Canada. A team of Star investigators has disclosed that titles to many of the Whiterock Estates lots are faulty.
9/10/1971
Counterfeit rides: Staff Sgt. Roy Fast with TTC tickets seized during an investigation into what police say was a major ring distributing the tickets in Metro.
Counterfeit rides: Staff Sgt. Roy Fast with TTC tickets seized during an investigation into what police say was a major ring distributing the tickets in Metro.
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Printing passes the time and makes life interesting for George Brown who is 68 and has been retired for four years from his job as a postal worker. This is his first attempt at creating a finished painting after taking instruction as the Second Mile Club, a 120-year-old mansion is downtown Toronto that is crowded with old people every night of the week.
Printing passes the time and makes life interesting for George Brown who is 68 and has been retired for four years from his job as a postal worker. This is his first attempt at creating a finished painting after taking instruction as the Second Mile Club, a 120-year-old mansion is downtown Toronto that is crowded with old people every night of the week.
2/12/1969
Hopeful publisher Dick Bailey, 28, has an idea he feels could enable inventive people to make money by creating new products desired by manufactures. Bailey plans to put out a magazine filled with ads placed by manufacturers giving details of as-yet-uninvented items that they'd like to produce.
Hopeful publisher Dick Bailey, 28, has an idea he feels could enable inventive people to make money by creating new products desired by manufactures. Bailey plans to put out a magazine filled with ads placed by manufacturers giving details of as-yet-uninvented items that they'd like to produce.
6/14/1971
Sampling product is ad director of Kellog Salada Canada, Ralph Davis. His firm is No. 1.
Sampling product is ad director of Kellog Salada Canada, Ralph Davis. His firm is No. 1.
3/4/1976
Tiny terror: Robert Swayze holds his 23-centimetre (nine-inch) tall West Highland terrier Birder, who has kept the mailman away from Swayze's townhouse for two months by snapping at the mail slot - and the carrier's fingers - during mail delivery
Tiny terror: Robert Swayze holds his 23-centimetre (nine-inch) tall West Highland terrier Birder, who has kept the mailman away from Swayze's townhouse for two months by snapping at the mail slot - and the carrier's fingers - during mail delivery
1/11/1988
Number 1 Fan: Jim Millar says he was the first person to request season's tickets after the Blue Jays franchise was announced in 1976
Number 1 Fan: Jim Millar says he was the first person to request season's tickets after the Blue Jays franchise was announced in 1976
5/27/1989
Opera night: Carlo Rota of Noodles restaurant in white dress shirt, $44 from Brogue, with tickets to The Canadian Opera Company's The Magic Flute, $25 each
Opera night: Carlo Rota of Noodles restaurant in white dress shirt, $44 from Brogue, with tickets to The Canadian Opera Company's The Magic Flute, $25 each
2/2/1980