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Gus Mavridis: Two years after coming to Canada, he gambled his savings and set up his own fur business
Gus Mavridis: Two years after coming to Canada, he gambled his savings and set up his own fur business

Gus Mavridis: Two years after coming to Canada, he gambled his savings and set up his own fur business

Date2/20/1981
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  • Gus Mavridis: Two years after coming to Canada, he gambled his savings and set up his own fur business
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ProvenanceCourtesy: Toronto Star Photograph Archives
CollectionToronto Star Photograph Archive
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Copyright HolderToronto Star (Firm)
Call Number / Accession NumberTSPA_0130663F
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Gamble pays off: Bill Fritz, president of Associated National Couriers, gambled his savings to set up a national network of independent couriers to challenge the post office and large U.S. courier services with a promise of on time delivery.
Gamble pays off: Bill Fritz, president of Associated National Couriers, gambled his savings to set up a national network of independent couriers to challenge the post office and large U.S. courier services with a promise of on time delivery.
Bock, Tony
10/23/1986
Out of work: Norm Sawchuk lost his job at Barrymore Carpet in Toronto and lost interest on savings bonds he was buying by payroll deduction.
Out of work: Norm Sawchuk lost his job at Barrymore Carpet in Toronto and lost interest on savings bonds he was buying by payroll deduction.
Beaty, Keith
3/8/1991
Empty pocket tells its tale as 32-year-old Guido Biance shows his 20-year-old wife, Fanny, where their $2,800 life savings were kept before he lost them yesterday.
Empty pocket tells its tale as 32-year-old Guido Biance shows his 20-year-old wife, Fanny, where their $2,800 life savings were kept before he lost them yesterday.
Dutton, Don
1/2/1970
Bob Brophy: Founder is currently offering seniors a 2-for-1 membership to his discount savings club.
Bob Brophy: Founder is currently offering seniors a 2-for-1 membership to his discount savings club.
Bull, Ron
7/19/1984
Synthetic savings: Terry Preston says SOF-7, which he distributes through his firm, Canadian Molecular Oil, cuts fuel consumption by up to 20 per cent
Synthetic savings: Terry Preston says SOF-7, which he distributes through his firm, Canadian Molecular Oil, cuts fuel consumption by up to 20 per cent
Calleja, Frank
3/25/1982
Once his grandfather gambled away a castle but Fred Trauttnamsdorff lives a different kind of life with Nora in Beamsville.
Once his grandfather gambled away a castle but Fred Trauttnamsdorff lives a different kind of life with Nora in Beamsville.
Combs, Erin
1/9/1980
Construction King: Mark Lawee, 15, knows how to use the chain saw he The tennager, who enters Grade 9 next month, operates his own contracting and has had up to five adults working for him, He's saving for a used truck
Construction King: Mark Lawee, 15, knows how to use the chain saw he The tennager, who enters Grade 9 next month, operates his own contracting and has had up to five adults working for him, He's saving for a used truck
Goode, Jeff
8/4/1983
Fur is his business so Sid Schipper knows what he's talking about when he's teaching the trade to students at George Brown Community College
Fur is his business so Sid Schipper knows what he's talking about when he's teaching the trade to students at George Brown Community College
James, Norman
10/1/1969
Looking for a better way: Canadian Business Press president Allan Goldenberg says his group would rather use the mail service but the strikes, unreliable service - and now a coming rate increase - are too much to take
Looking for a better way: Canadian Business Press president Allan Goldenberg says his group would rather use the mail service but the strikes, unreliable service - and now a coming rate increase - are too much to take
Beaty, Keith
11/3/1981
Simos Papadopoulos: Owns fur business.
Simos Papadopoulos: Owns fur business.
Innell, Reg, 1926-2018
11/24/1983
Some seniors who have Registered Retirement Savings Plans are under the misconception that they have to cash them and take them in income by Dec. 31 of the year they turn 71, says Dale Ennis of Bath, publisher of The Canadian Money Saver. Unfortunately,
Some seniors who have Registered Retirement Savings Plans are under the misconception that they have to cash them and take them in income by Dec. 31 of the year they turn 71, says Dale Ennis of Bath, publisher of The Canadian Money Saver. Unfortunately,
Mahler, John
3/9/1984
Sada Nagendran I spend every penny I make, there are on savings
Sada Nagendran I spend every penny I make, there are on savings
Stawicki, Andrew
11/17/1992