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Cooks' helpers: After 30 years, Paul and Lily Menceies are still selling an incredible array of cooking equipment at their Fortune Housewares importing Co
Cooks' helpers: After 30 years, Paul and Lily Menceies are still selling an incredible array of cooking equipment at their Fortune Housewares importing Co

Cooks' helpers: After 30 years, Paul and Lily Menceies are still selling an incredible array of cooking equipment at their Fortune Housewares importing Co

Date1/6/1989
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ProvenanceCourtesy: Toronto Star Photograph Archives
CollectionToronto Star Photograph Archive
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Call Number / Accession NumberTSPA_0130776F
Behind counter of his flagship Diana Sweets stores, company president George Boukydis ponders the future of his $6 million a year enterprise. Stores stopped selling candy some years ago when firm's key candy maker retired after 45 years of service. An adequate replacement was not found and now, says Boukydis, it's getting tough to find pastry cooks. The supermarkets are stealing what few there are left.
Behind counter of his flagship Diana Sweets stores, company president George Boukydis ponders the future of his $6 million a year enterprise. Stores stopped selling candy some years ago when firm's key candy maker retired after 45 years of service. An adequate replacement was not found and now, says Boukydis, it's getting tough to find pastry cooks. The supermarkets are stealing what few there are left.
12/23/1977
One of Santa's helpers, Rich Cairns, president of Coutts Hallmark Cards Ltd. shows off some of the more expensive cards that are selling well this year - sor far. He is standing in front of Coutts Hallmark store on Yonge St., opposite Eaton Centre. The $250 million a year industry is watching postal workers, fearfull of anther walkout similar to 1975, which also spolied 1976.
One of Santa's helpers, Rich Cairns, president of Coutts Hallmark Cards Ltd. shows off some of the more expensive cards that are selling well this year - sor far. He is standing in front of Coutts Hallmark store on Yonge St., opposite Eaton Centre. The $250 million a year industry is watching postal workers, fearfull of anther walkout similar to 1975, which also spolied 1976.
12/7/1977
Shipkeeper Bill Cook stands on the deck of the Go one of the two ships he keeps an eye on during the wi daily inspections to check that everything is shipshap sister ship, the James Norris, are the largest grain carries now wintering in Toronto harbor. Cook receives $575 a month for keeping both ships. He lives rent-free aboard the Leitch, in the chief cook's room. [Incomplete]
Shipkeeper Bill Cook stands on the deck of the Go one of the two ships he keeps an eye on during the wi daily inspections to check that everything is shipshap sister ship, the James Norris, are the largest grain carries now wintering in Toronto harbor. Cook receives $575 a month for keeping both ships. He lives rent-free aboard the Leitch, in the chief cook's room. [Incomplete]
2/6/1972
Skipper Werner Hirschman mans gallery to prepare lunch, Seafaring cooks must learn to cook fast and efficiently in a small boat's gallery
Skipper Werner Hirschman mans gallery to prepare lunch, Seafaring cooks must learn to cook fast and efficiently in a small boat's gallery
5/14/1972
Fish poacher, Poached Salmon, Coping with cooking a whole fish is easy for cooks who have poachers
Fish poacher, Poached Salmon, Coping with cooking a whole fish is easy for cooks who have poachers
1/18/1986
A cooking good time at the Inn, Etobicoke and area cooks are invited to enter their preserves, pumpkin pies and bread in the 14th annual harvest home (...)
A cooking good time at the Inn, Etobicoke and area cooks are invited to enter their preserves, pumpkin pies and bread in the 14th annual harvest home (...)
10/4/1988
Reflecting on the future: Shalline Rayner, 25, president of Sheridan College's student council, is among the lucky students - he has landed an importing job this spring after he graduates
Reflecting on the future: Shalline Rayner, 25, president of Sheridan College's student council, is among the lucky students - he has landed an importing job this spring after he graduates
3/25/1992
Host Bernie Taylor and guest Joanna Humen in cook's dream of a kitchen built into basement
Host Bernie Taylor and guest Joanna Humen in cook's dream of a kitchen built into basement
6/2/1974
Rolf Meinecke Examines a kitchen knife in store. There are many specialty cookware shops catering to Metro's good cooks.
Rolf Meinecke Examines a kitchen knife in store. There are many specialty cookware shops catering to Metro's good cooks.
10/11/1972
Kidney specialist Dr. Paul Tam vowed to bring a $1 million kidney dialysis unit to Scarborough after Gary Belz died of a heart attack due to kidney failure more than two years ago. Tam said if Belz, then 37, hadn't had to wait a month for dialysis treatment at a downtown hospital, he would still be alive today. And Tam said the dozens of patients who travel downtown for dialysis would have a much, much better quality of life if a unit were Scaborough. But after [Incomplete]
Kidney specialist Dr. Paul Tam vowed to bring a $1 million kidney dialysis unit to Scarborough after Gary Belz died of a heart attack due to kidney failure more than two years ago. Tam said if Belz, then 37, hadn't had to wait a month for dialysis treatment at a downtown hospital, he would still be alive today. And Tam said the dozens of patients who travel downtown for dialysis would have a much, much better quality of life if a unit were Scaborough. But after [Incomplete]
11/24/1986
Bill Comper: Memories of his years as a helper and, sometimes stand-in for Santa can bring tears of laughter and sadness to his eyes.
Bill Comper: Memories of his years as a helper and, sometimes stand-in for Santa can bring tears of laughter and sadness to his eyes.
10/23/1981
Same home: Though he has sold thousands of new homes during the past 30 years, Mike Rogow and his wife Anita still live in the same Don Mills bungalow they bought in 1957
Same home: Though he has sold thousands of new homes during the past 30 years, Mike Rogow and his wife Anita still live in the same Don Mills bungalow they bought in 1957
1/28/1985