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Happiness in the country: Shirley and George Duern beat the stress of city life by retreating to the bridge cottage to live. They sold their Scarborough house and used profits to pay off the cottage.
Happiness in the country: Shirley and George Duern beat the stress of city life by retreating to the bridge cottage to live. They sold their Scarborough house and used profits to pay off the cottage.

Happiness in the country: Shirley and George Duern beat the stress of city life by retreating to the bridge cottage to live. They sold their Scarborough house and used profits to pay off the cottage.

Date10/15/1981
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  • Happiness in the country: Shirley and George Duern beat the stress of city life by retreating to the bridge cottage to live. They sold their Scarborough house and used profits to pay off the cottage.
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ProvenanceFrom the Toronto Star Archives
CollectionToronto Star Photograph Archive
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Sharing the profits, Employees of Beckett Packaging, a small Scarborough firm, are now members of a profit-sharing plan instituted last night by firm's president, Don Beckett.
Sharing the profits, Employees of Beckett Packaging, a small Scarborough firm, are now members of a profit-sharing plan instituted last night by firm's president, Don Beckett.
Darrell, Dick
12/9/1975
Mike Byrd, 34, is deputy superintendent at Vanier Centre. The centre, which was opened in 1969, to replace the old Mercer Reformatory in Toronto, is a therapeutic community, Byrd explains. The residents, 75 per cent of whom are under 25 years of age, live in cottage-style buldings, where each spends leisure time in her own room.
Mike Byrd, 34, is deputy superintendent at Vanier Centre. The centre, which was opened in 1969, to replace the old Mercer Reformatory in Toronto, is a therapeutic community, Byrd explains. The residents, 75 per cent of whom are under 25 years of age, live in cottage-style buldings, where each spends leisure time in her own room.
Bull, Ron
2/15/1973
Scotty Dunbar, a guard at Canadian Tire's Brampton warehouse, says the company's profit-sharing plan has given him incomparable security for his old age. Dunbar, 49, has used his equity in Canadian Tire shares to pay off his mortgage and start a business that later failed. He still has more than $120,000 left. He hopes to retire in few years.
Scotty Dunbar, a guard at Canadian Tire's Brampton warehouse, says the company's profit-sharing plan has given him incomparable security for his old age. Dunbar, 49, has used his equity in Canadian Tire shares to pay off his mortgage and start a business that later failed. He still has more than $120,000 left. He hopes to retire in few years.
Calleja, Frank
6/18/1975
Making money: With five successive quarters of profits, senior vice-president Kenneth Dawson, abovem says 1983 represents the turning point in the short but tumultuous history of the National Bank.
Making money: With five successive quarters of profits, senior vice-president Kenneth Dawson, abovem says 1983 represents the turning point in the short but tumultuous history of the National Bank.
Cooper, David
12/26/1983
Bargain rates: Samuel Bresler's Budget Car Rentals may lead the business in Toronto but he is worried about stiff competition which he claims is squeezing profits.
Bargain rates: Samuel Bresler's Budget Car Rentals may lead the business in Toronto but he is worried about stiff competition which he claims is squeezing profits.
Russell, Jim
7/8/1981
The idea man: Inventors, frustrated from lack of time and money in attempts to develop an idea, may find comfort through Robert Clarke. His new company keeps one-third of profits from inventions it helps develop.
The idea man: Inventors, frustrated from lack of time and money in attempts to develop an idea, may find comfort through Robert Clarke. His new company keeps one-third of profits from inventions it helps develop.
Olsen, Bob, 1931-2022
11/10/1970
MLA Harold Steves. Few land profits go to the farmer
MLA Harold Steves. Few land profits go to the farmer
Mahler, John
4/14/1973
Steelmakers' profits healthy. But Algoma boss sees grim 1982 prospects for industry
Steelmakers' profits healthy. But Algoma boss sees grim 1982 prospects for industry
McConnell, Colin
2/12/1982
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.
Griffin, Doug
4/15/1981
Business baron with a difference: Sebastian de Ferranti says government intervention in business is necessary when the scramble for profits results in decisions based on short-term expediency.
Business baron with a difference: Sebastian de Ferranti says government intervention in business is necessary when the scramble for profits results in decisions based on short-term expediency.
Beaty, Keith
10/7/1979
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.
Innell, Reg, 1926-2018
1/4/1973
New concept: Ted Grizzle's Thrift Villa discount store is a private venture that donates 40 per cent of its net profits to the Metropolitan Toronto Association for the Mentally Retarded
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Bock, Tony
2/4/1985