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A tailor for 53 years, Louis Stekel is retiring Wednesday, insisting I'm only 79 although his son says he's 80
A tailor for 53 years, Louis Stekel is retiring Wednesday, insisting I'm only 79 although his son says he's 80

A tailor for 53 years, Louis Stekel is retiring Wednesday, insisting I'm only 79 although his son says he's 80

Date12/2/1973
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ProvenanceCourtesy: Toronto Star Photograph Archives
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Call Number / Accession NumberTSPA_0134363F
Winner at last: Frank Kiss, 80, who was left out of his 79-year-old wife's will, says he's so happy that a Supreme Court judge has awarded him a share in her $240,000 estate
Winner at last: Frank Kiss, 80, who was left out of his 79-year-old wife's will, says he's so happy that a Supreme Court judge has awarded him a share in her $240,000 estate
10/17/1980
Wider, please: Dr. Seymour Tobe checks out the mouth of his patient, a Doberman named Vinny, who needs a brace to correct an out-of-place tooth. The veterinary dentist says although many vets will clean animals' teeth, he's the only one in Metro performing a full range of dental services, including braces, fillings and extractions.
Wider, please: Dr. Seymour Tobe checks out the mouth of his patient, a Doberman named Vinny, who needs a brace to correct an out-of-place tooth. The veterinary dentist says although many vets will clean animals' teeth, he's the only one in Metro performing a full range of dental services, including braces, fillings and extractions.
4/16/1985
The count of boulogne is 8-year-old Henri Louis de Bourbon, a pupil at Bedford Park Public School who'd rather play with his rocket and his cat, Fluffy, than talk about how it feels to be a French count. He became one when his grandfather Prince Louis Jean Henri Charles de Bourbon, a descendant of King Louis XVI and Marie Antoninette, died in Holland a t 64.
The count of boulogne is 8-year-old Henri Louis de Bourbon, a pupil at Bedford Park Public School who'd rather play with his rocket and his cat, Fluffy, than talk about how it feels to be a French count. He became one when his grandfather Prince Louis Jean Henri Charles de Bourbon, a descendant of King Louis XVI and Marie Antoninette, died in Holland a t 64.
1/12/1975
Big Jim Leeson parks his Cessna Skyplane, zips up his jacket and goes to pay a house call. By flying, Wiarton's Dr. Leeson figures he's beaten one of the biggest problems facing the progessive rural doctor today: Isolation from his colleagues and the big city medical centres. With his Cessna he can hop down to Toronto in an hour for a lecture. Still, he admits, a rural practice might not be every doctor's cup of tea, I'm a farm boy myself...I'm used to it, he says.
Big Jim Leeson parks his Cessna Skyplane, zips up his jacket and goes to pay a house call. By flying, Wiarton's Dr. Leeson figures he's beaten one of the biggest problems facing the progessive rural doctor today: Isolation from his colleagues and the big city medical centres. With his Cessna he can hop down to Toronto in an hour for a lecture. Still, he admits, a rural practice might not be every doctor's cup of tea, I'm a farm boy myself...I'm used to it, he says.
3/10/1970
Louis Proulx: Victim says he has been mugged near his home before.
Louis Proulx: Victim says he has been mugged near his home before.
8/1/1989
Learned responsibility: Joe Pimentel, here with his father Jose, says being the son of an immigrant taught him how ot work and accomplish at an early age, although he sometimes wishes he had it easier
Learned responsibility: Joe Pimentel, here with his father Jose, says being the son of an immigrant taught him how ot work and accomplish at an early age, although he sometimes wishes he had it easier
10/6/1986
Learned responsibility: Joe Pimentel, here with his father Jose, says being the son of an immigrant taught him how to work and accomplish at an early age, although he sometimes wishes he had it easier
Learned responsibility: Joe Pimentel, here with his father Jose, says being the son of an immigrant taught him how to work and accomplish at an early age, although he sometimes wishes he had it easier
10/6/1986
Manager Joe Carton in the building he knows better than anyone, Massey Hall. He's worked there 53 years, starting as a 14-year-old usher. Sometimes when I shave in the morning, I think I am starting to look like Massey Hall.
Manager Joe Carton in the building he knows better than anyone, Massey Hall. He's worked there 53 years, starting as a 14-year-old usher. Sometimes when I shave in the morning, I think I am starting to look like Massey Hall.
4/14/1981
Norman Bartlett Knows all about thrill rides, He's been building them for 53 years - for other people's profit
Norman Bartlett Knows all about thrill rides, He's been building them for 53 years - for other people's profit
8/25/1969
H. S, (Stan) Bond won't retire although he'll soon be 94. He's too old to renew his driver's license so makes his sales calls via bus and streetcar. Bond thinks today's company managers would do a better job if they were given bonuses for boosting profits. His customer say he knows merchandise well.
H. S, (Stan) Bond won't retire although he'll soon be 94. He's too old to renew his driver's license so makes his sales calls via bus and streetcar. Bond thinks today's company managers would do a better job if they were given bonuses for boosting profits. His customer say he knows merchandise well.
1/4/1973
Waving goodby: Fergie Ferguson, 53, hung up his hat and uniform for the final time last night after 35 years as a page boy at the Royal York Hotel. Ferguson said he was last hotel page left in Toronto.
Waving goodby: Fergie Ferguson, 53, hung up his hat and uniform for the final time last night after 35 years as a page boy at the Royal York Hotel. Ferguson said he was last hotel page left in Toronto.
8/27/1980
Louis Tepperman rings the bell outside Ryerson Public School. He says Mel Lastman fingered him for stealing a tuning fork in Grade 4.
Louis Tepperman rings the bell outside Ryerson Public School. He says Mel Lastman fingered him for stealing a tuning fork in Grade 4.
4/20/1977