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Jim Ritchie uses techniques and machinery from the past to build timber framing for housing, in his sawmill near Parry Sound.
Jim Ritchie uses techniques and machinery from the past to build timber framing for housing, in his sawmill near Parry Sound.

Jim Ritchie uses techniques and machinery from the past to build timber framing for housing, in his sawmill near Parry Sound.

Date12/11/1987
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ProvenanceCourtesy: Toronto Star Photograph Archives
CollectionToronto Star Photograph Archive
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Call Number / Accession NumberTSPA_0132807F
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Special past: Dave Thomas helps Parry Sound-area residents relive their treasured pasts through his collection of local photographs, some dating as far back as 100 years ago
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Best foot forward: Dr. Sheldon Nada, embulator foot surgeon, discusses his less painful surgical techniques with senior patient Mary Carter in his Eglinton Ave. E. Office. In most cases just Aspirin is needed for discomfort and casts, crutches and pins are not used.
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At the Toronto Indian Centre, James Dumont, 26, left, chats with Daphne Johnston, Joseph Hare, director of the centre, and Marie Sylvester Dumont, an Ojibway from Shawanaga near Parry Sound, earned a divinity degree but took a post at the centre on Beverley St. instead of becoming a United Church minister because he considers the Christian church has tried to suppress the Indians' native culture.
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Creating with wood: Marvin Christi (above) uses modern chainsaws and old-time hand instruments to prepare the logs with which he builds houses. Each is unique: Orono artist Ron Barber (right) carves a different decoration for each Christie creation, in this case a painstakingly detailed eagle on a crooked beam that will project from the house over the front door.
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Oril Maclean: Courtice man uses a toy model to guide him as he builds a replica 1931 Rolls Royce Roadster, complete with oak frame, from the ground up
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Survival instructor Bill Garrard cuts a feather stick - an easy way to start a fire - during a demonstration of wilderness survival techniques in the Terra Cotta Conservation Area. Three fires 50 yards apart in a triangle is the standrad signal to alert a
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Dr. Peter Fendrich demonstrates old-style dental techniques on Corinne Kovalsky.
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Business is Booming, for Laurier Life and here's a deskful of new orders for the company's president, Ernest Brooker. With no salesmen and using only direct-mail promotion techniques, Laurier Life has found a big insurance market in areas - such as older clients - long-established firms sometimes neglect.
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Power of nature: Surendra Tripathi believes medicinal herbs, grains, minerals and purifying techniques activate the body's own powers of healing.
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