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Leslie Szabo, using antique phone at his Oakville country home on millionaires' row, has a more profound interest in modern telephone systems
Leslie Szabo, using antique phone at his Oakville country home on millionaires' row, has a more profound interest in modern telephone systems

Leslie Szabo, using antique phone at his Oakville country home on millionaires' row, has a more profound interest in modern telephone systems

Date4/26/1978
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ProvenanceCourtesy: Toronto Star Photograph Archives
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Call Number / Accession NumberTSPA_0134619F
Portables fill playground: From the roof of St. Roch Separate School on Duncanwoods Dr. in North York, Metro Separate School Board Chairman Bruno Suppa can see pupils play among 20 portable classrooms that occupy most of the playground. Yet a few streets away, Whitfield Public School is more than half empty. The province is trying to make the public and separate systems co-operate in using available space.
Portables fill playground: From the roof of St. Roch Separate School on Duncanwoods Dr. in North York, Metro Separate School Board Chairman Bruno Suppa can see pupils play among 20 portable classrooms that occupy most of the playground. Yet a few streets away, Whitfield Public School is more than half empty. The province is trying to make the public and separate systems co-operate in using available space.
2/15/1980
Soft universities: Ike Blonder, head of Blonder-Tongue Laboratories of the U.S., believes Canadian and American educational systems must become much more demanding before the two countries can really compete with the excellently prepared and ambitious Japanese and Europeans.
Soft universities: Ike Blonder, head of Blonder-Tongue Laboratories of the U.S., believes Canadian and American educational systems must become much more demanding before the two countries can really compete with the excellently prepared and ambitious Japanese and Europeans.
6/10/1981
Ornately-carved antique chair which Frank Frank-furter (left) brought to Canada is examined by Heribert Hickl-Szabo
Ornately-carved antique chair which Frank Frank-furter (left) brought to Canada is examined by Heribert Hickl-Szabo
2/8/1971
Here's to you, Toronto: Glasses were clicked yesterday at Fort York as Kenneth Sager, left, and his wife, Karen, enjoy their millionaire's vacation, joined by John Graves Simcoe, the first Lieutenant-Governor of Upper Canada, played by broadcaster Warre
Here's to you, Toronto: Glasses were clicked yesterday at Fort York as Kenneth Sager, left, and his wife, Karen, enjoy their millionaire's vacation, joined by John Graves Simcoe, the first Lieutenant-Governor of Upper Canada, played by broadcaster Warre
10/26/1981
'New look' in phones -- shades of the '20s, Yielding to customer demand, Bell Canada has decided to introduce antique-style telephones similar to thos(...)
'New look' in phones -- shades of the '20s, Yielding to customer demand, Bell Canada has decided to introduce antique-style telephones similar to thos(...)
5/13/1973
Campaigning by horse and buggy, Gordon Clarke, running for alderman in Scarborough's Ward 12, hands a pamphlet to his neighbor Aubrey Crowhurst, who owns the horse, My Lenny Boy, and the buggy, an antique built by the McLaughlin Carriage Works. Clarke lives in a century-old farmhouse off Meadow-vale Rd. West Hill. He's also using a mobile home in his campaign. Advance polling in city and boroughs will be tomorrow, next Thrusday and next Saturday.
Campaigning by horse and buggy, Gordon Clarke, running for alderman in Scarborough's Ward 12, hands a pamphlet to his neighbor Aubrey Crowhurst, who owns the horse, My Lenny Boy, and the buggy, an antique built by the McLaughlin Carriage Works. Clarke lives in a century-old farmhouse off Meadow-vale Rd. West Hill. He's also using a mobile home in his campaign. Advance polling in city and boroughs will be tomorrow, next Thrusday and next Saturday.
11/21/1974
All Kinds of telephones, from ultra-modern to the old and elegant styles, can be used in an area of Scarborough where Bell Canada has installed phone (...)
All Kinds of telephones, from ultra-modern to the old and elegant styles, can be used in an area of Scarborough where Bell Canada has installed phone (...)
1/6/1976
Living the sweet life: Revelling in their first day of a millionaire's vacation, Karen and Kenneth Sagar of Stirling enjoy dinner at Pier 4 restaurant yesterday
Living the sweet life: Revelling in their first day of a millionaire's vacation, Karen and Kenneth Sagar of Stirling enjoy dinner at Pier 4 restaurant yesterday
10/26/1981
Paul Durish is a fast-rising newcomer in the realm of Bay St. millionaires. With secretary Margit Schwarz, he surveys plans for a new plant for a small firm in Elmira, Ont., which he acquired and turned in to an expanding business.
Paul Durish is a fast-rising newcomer in the realm of Bay St. millionaires. With secretary Margit Schwarz, he surveys plans for a new plant for a small firm in Elmira, Ont., which he acquired and turned in to an expanding business.
10/31/1969
New harness: Gary Barwick of Agincourt has developed new systems of shoulder-lap and shoulder-between-the-leg belts, being tried on by 4-year-old Fiona Daunt, that prevent children from lunging forward and banging their heads.
New harness: Gary Barwick of Agincourt has developed new systems of shoulder-lap and shoulder-between-the-leg belts, being tried on by 4-year-old Fiona Daunt, that prevent children from lunging forward and banging their heads.
9/9/1985
In the forefront of word-processing technology, Stephen Dorsey's Micom Data Systems Ltd. has landed a contract for the U.S. space program. The tiny Montreal-based company, with sales last year of under $2 million competes on world markets against such heavyweights as IBM and Xerox.
In the forefront of word-processing technology, Stephen Dorsey's Micom Data Systems Ltd. has landed a contract for the U.S. space program. The tiny Montreal-based company, with sales last year of under $2 million competes on world markets against such heavyweights as IBM and Xerox.
10/5/1977
Fatal pesticide leak in Bhopal has had 'profound effect' on coast-to-coast workers at Union Carbide's Canadian operations, says Norman Kissick, the man in charge
Fatal pesticide leak in Bhopal has had 'profound effect' on coast-to-coast workers at Union Carbide's Canadian operations, says Norman Kissick, the man in charge
12/17/1984