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Back to the past: Retiring school principal Bill Springle looks back when it all began 33 years ago today when a Star photographer snapped the picture of him and his sister
Back to the past: Retiring school principal Bill Springle looks back when it all began 33 years ago today when a Star photographer snapped the picture of him and his sister

Back to the past: Retiring school principal Bill Springle looks back when it all began 33 years ago today when a Star photographer snapped the picture of him and his sister

Date6/14/1989
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ProvenanceCourtesy: Toronto Star Photograph Archives
CollectionToronto Star Photograph Archive
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Call Number / Accession NumberTSPA_0134266F
Loves his job: North Park Secondary School principal Bill Springle holds a special card congratulating him for never missing a day in 27 years on the job
Loves his job: North Park Secondary School principal Bill Springle holds a special card congratulating him for never missing a day in 27 years on the job
6/27/1989
Kisses goodbye: Retiring as Metro solicitor after 33 years, Alex Joy gets a friendly send off yesterday from Winnifred Coatsworth (left), his former secretary for 23 years, and Murdina Strutt, who took her place when she retired two years ago
Kisses goodbye: Retiring as Metro solicitor after 33 years, Alex Joy gets a friendly send off yesterday from Winnifred Coatsworth (left), his former secretary for 23 years, and Murdina Strutt, who took her place when she retired two years ago
4/30/1986
Alex Balfour, who is retiring as principal of Pine Grove Public School after 33 years as a teacher and principal, reclines in the chaise longue given him as a farewell present and shows Jim Singleton of the Halton County Board of Education what he's going to do in retirement. Balfour's been in Oakville since 1952.
Alex Balfour, who is retiring as principal of Pine Grove Public School after 33 years as a teacher and principal, reclines in the chaise longue given him as a farewell present and shows Jim Singleton of the Halton County Board of Education what he's going to do in retirement. Balfour's been in Oakville since 1952.
6/27/1973
Principal attraction: After 41 years as an educator, Jack Davy is retiring this month as principal of Humber Valley Village Junior-Middle School. Community has planned a huge reception for him today, starting at 7 p.m. in the school. He chats with admirers in front of special billboard.
Principal attraction: After 41 years as an educator, Jack Davy is retiring this month as principal of Humber Valley Village Junior-Middle School. Community has planned a huge reception for him today, starting at 7 p.m. in the school. He chats with admirers in front of special billboard.
6/7/1976
Photographer Fred Bruemmer, whose picture of polar bears appears in his next book first saw the Arctic 27 years ago when Indians lived in birchbark ho(...)
Photographer Fred Bruemmer, whose picture of polar bears appears in his next book first saw the Arctic 27 years ago when Indians lived in birchbark ho(...)
3/4/1989
Then and now. How we've changed: Back in 1967, Star photographer Boris Spremo stood on the steps of the Old City Hall and snapped this photograph (abo(...)
Then and now. How we've changed: Back in 1967, Star photographer Boris Spremo stood on the steps of the Old City Hall and snapped this photograph (abo(...)
3/4/1983
Then and now. Back in 1963, Star photographer Boris Spremo snapped this shot (above) ofth Armories at University Ave. just north of Osgoode Hall. Spre(...)
Then and now. Back in 1963, Star photographer Boris Spremo snapped this shot (above) ofth Armories at University Ave. just north of Osgoode Hall. Spre(...)
4/7/1983
Tortured. By Peter Rickwood Toronto Star. A 33-year-old Canadian Sikh say he got on help from the Canadian High Commission when police in India detained and tortured him as he was about to fly home. Dalbar Sidhu, a Kitchener auto worker, told a Toronto news conference yesterday he was held at New Delhi's Indira Gandhi International Airport for two days. He claims he was denied foor and seep, was threatened with revolver and had his fingernails pulled and hair tugged out of his beard and scalp. His wife Satwant, who was travelling with him, contacted the Canadian High Commission in New Delhi after his arrest said. [Incomplete]
Tortured. By Peter Rickwood Toronto Star. A 33-year-old Canadian Sikh say he got on help from the Canadian High Commission when police in India detained and tortured him as he was about to fly home. Dalbar Sidhu, a Kitchener auto worker, told a Toronto news conference yesterday he was held at New Delhi's Indira Gandhi International Airport for two days. He claims he was denied foor and seep, was threatened with revolver and had his fingernails pulled and hair tugged out of his beard and scalp. His wife Satwant, who was travelling with him, contacted the Canadian High Commission in New Delhi after his arrest said. [Incomplete]
1/29/1986
At age 57, Bengt Sormon, left, looks as fit today as he did in picture taken 30 years ago
At age 57, Bengt Sormon, left, looks as fit today as he did in picture taken 30 years ago
1/6/1992
Abandoned home: A boarded-up house, abandoned when chemical contamination turned Love Canal into a no-man's-land two years ago, awaits the all-clear that could bring it back to life
Abandoned home: A boarded-up house, abandoned when chemical contamination turned Love Canal into a no-man's-land two years ago, awaits the all-clear that could bring it back to life
5/20/1982
Mike McCallen: Paralyzed since he fell from a cottage deck on to the back of his head two years ago, says he had days when he just wanted to go to sleep and not wake up
Mike McCallen: Paralyzed since he fell from a cottage deck on to the back of his head two years ago, says he had days when he just wanted to go to sleep and not wake up
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Laporte: Jesuit priest, who has a reputation as a talented administrator, says theology school's financial picture looks better than it did two years ago
Laporte: Jesuit priest, who has a reputation as a talented administrator, says theology school's financial picture looks better than it did two years ago
1/26/1993