{"id":30505,"date":"2025-01-12T01:03:26","date_gmt":"2025-01-12T05:03:26","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/phsc.ca\/camera\/?p=30505"},"modified":"2025-01-09T23:13:43","modified_gmt":"2025-01-10T03:13:43","slug":"remembering-ted","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/phsc.ca\/camera\/remembering-ted\/","title":{"rendered":"remembering Ted (1914-1994)"},"content":{"rendered":"
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A Leitz CEYOO flash like the one I first bought from Ted<\/p><\/div>\n

Toronto<\/strong>. When I joined the society in 1975, I met a charming person in Ted Shepherd. Ted sold me one of the first Leitz accessories I ever bought – a fancy B-C flash that connected to my M4.<\/p>\n

The following year Ted became president of the Toronto branch of the PHSC (1976-1979). I can still hear his piercing whistle to call members from the vendor tables around the hall (North York Library Auditorium) to sit and hear the speaker of the evening.<\/p>\n

In those early dates we didn’t always photograph people and events clearly. In issue 20-1 the late Bill Belier wrote a brief obit for Ted who died March 7, 1994. The picture<\/a> Bill\/Ev used is not suitable for this post so I used an image of a CEYOO flash like the one I bought from Ted.<\/p>\n

The obit is as follows: “T<\/span>e<\/span>d <\/span>Shepherd, <\/span>o<\/span>n<\/span>e of o<\/span>ld<\/span>es<\/span>t <\/span>a<\/span>nd\u00a0<\/span>mos<\/span>t devo<\/span>te<\/span>d me<\/span>mbers, <\/span>die<\/span>d in\u00a0<\/span>Ma<\/span>rkha<\/span>m, <\/span>Ontario <\/span>o<\/span>n Marc<\/span>h 7<\/span>th. <\/span>In\u00a0<\/span>th<\/span>e earl<\/span>y year<\/span>s of <\/span>th<\/span>e Society<\/span>, <\/span>Ted\u00a0<\/span>was a <\/span>familiar face a<\/span>nd <\/span>ac<\/span>ti<\/span>ve <\/span>participa<\/span>nt <\/span>a<\/span>t mos<\/span>t of <\/span>o<\/span>ur ac<\/span>tivities<\/span>. <\/span><\/p>\n

“He\u00a0<\/span>gave <\/span>generously of <\/span>hi<\/span>s <\/span>tim<\/span>e a<\/span>t <\/span>th<\/span>e\u00a0<\/span>dis<\/span>play <\/span>booth we <\/span>o<\/span>nce <\/span>ha<\/span>d a<\/span>t the\u00a0Canadian National Exhibiti<\/span>on, <\/span>h<\/span>e\u00a0<\/span>was a <\/span>P<\/span>as<\/span>t <\/span>President of <\/span>th<\/span>e <\/span>Ph<\/span>o<\/span>to<\/span>graphic Hi<\/span>s<\/span>t<\/span>or<\/span>ic<\/span>a<\/span>l <\/span>Society of\u00a0<\/span>Metropolitan Toront<\/span>o<\/span>, <\/span>a<\/span>nd <\/span>a m<\/span>o<\/span>d<\/span>e<\/span>l\u00a0<\/span>build<\/span>er of <\/span>exception<\/span>al t<\/span>al<\/span>ent <\/span>(S<\/span>ee\u00a0Photographic C<\/i>anadiana<\/i><\/span>, <\/i><\/span>V<\/span>o<\/span>l 1<\/span>2,\u00a0<\/span>No<\/span>. <\/span>1 <\/span>(M<\/span>ay-Jun<\/span>e <\/span>1<\/span>986) ‘Da<\/span>guerr<\/span>e<\/span>o<\/span>t<\/span>y<\/span>p<\/span>e <\/span>camera replica’.)<\/span><\/p>\n

“Most of <\/span>o<\/span>ur <\/span>o<\/span>lder m<\/span>e<\/span>mb<\/span>e<\/span>r<\/span>s <\/span>will\u00a0r<\/span>e<\/span>m<\/span>e<\/span>mb<\/span>er <\/span>Ted in <\/span>terms of <\/span>being a ‘<\/span>photog<\/span>ra<\/span>phic buff<\/span>‘<\/span>, <\/span>but <\/span>h<\/span>e was a\u00a0m<\/span>an <\/span>of <\/span>m<\/span>a<\/span>ny <\/span>t<\/span>a<\/span>lent<\/span>s <\/span>and h<\/span>ad <\/span>other\u00a0inte<\/span>res<\/span>ts<\/span>.\u00a0<\/span>In <\/span>th<\/span>e <\/span>1920s-30s, <\/span>h<\/span>e <\/span>pl<\/span>aye<\/span>d <\/span>with\u00a0we<\/span>ll-kn<\/span>own T<\/span>or<\/span>ont<\/span>o dance <\/span>b<\/span>and<\/span>s as\u00a0a <\/span>professio<\/span>nal music<\/span>ia<\/span>n. <\/span>During <\/span>th<\/span>e\u00a0<\/span>war<\/span>, <\/span>h<\/span>e work<\/span>ed <\/span>on <\/span>the <\/span>R<\/span>.A.F.\u00a0Mos<\/span>quito bomber <\/span>projec<\/span>t a<\/span>t\u00a0Down<\/span>sview.<\/p>\n

“H<\/span>e became <\/span>on<\/span>e of <\/span>th<\/span>e\u00a0l<\/span>ead<\/span>ing <\/span>Canadian authorities o<\/span>n <\/span>a<\/span>n<\/span>tique t<\/span>e<\/span>lephon<\/span>es, a<\/span>nd <\/span>h<\/span>e <\/span>was both\u00a0Pr<\/span>esid<\/span>ent <\/span>and <\/span>S<\/span>ec<\/span>r<\/span>et<\/span>ary of th<\/span>e T<\/span>el<\/span>eph<\/span>on<\/span>y Society <\/span>of <\/span>Can<\/span>ada. In <\/span>l<\/span>at<\/span>er\u00a0<\/span>years T<\/span>ed <\/span>became <\/span>int<\/span>er<\/span>est<\/span>ed in\u00a0<\/span>clocks <\/span>and <\/span>tim<\/span>epi<\/span>eces and <\/span>r<\/span>est<\/span>or<\/span>ed\u00a0sever<\/span>al <\/span>fine <\/span>exampl<\/span>es of <\/span>earl<\/span>y\u00a0c<\/span>raf<\/span>ts<\/span>ma<\/span>ns<\/span>hip.<\/p>\n

“Te<\/span>d re<\/span>tire<\/span>d from <\/span>th<\/span>e <\/span>Ro<\/span>ber<\/span>t Simp<\/span>son Comp<\/span>an<\/span>y in <\/span>1<\/span>979 af<\/span>t<\/span>er a l<\/span>on<\/span>g\u00a0career <\/span>in <\/span>th<\/span>e <\/span>jewellery department,\u00a0<\/span>and <\/span>l<\/span>at<\/span>er <\/span>in th<\/span>e executi<\/span>ve offic<\/span>es.<\/p>\n

“When I reflect on the forty-seven\u00a0yea<\/span>rs <\/span>th<\/span>a<\/span>t I have <\/span>known <\/span>Te<\/span>d, <\/span>I see<\/span>m\u00a0t<\/span>o dwell <\/span>m<\/span>or<\/span>e on <\/span>hi<\/span>s p<\/span>er<\/span>son<\/span>alit<\/span>y\u00a0th<\/span>a<\/span>n o<\/span>n hi<\/span>s accom<\/span>plis<\/span>hme<\/span>nts. <\/span>Te<\/span>d\u00a0was a <\/span>sof<\/span>t<\/span>-spo<\/span>k<\/span>e<\/span>n<\/span>, <\/span>very kind man<\/span>,\u00a0<\/span>w<\/span>ith tole<\/span>ra<\/span>nce a<\/span>nd <\/span>unde<\/span>rsta<\/span>nding\u00a0<\/span>for others th<\/span>at <\/span>can onl<\/span>y <\/span>be described\u00a0as a virtue<\/span>. <\/span>It <\/span>was <\/span>m<\/span>y privil<\/span>ege t<\/span>o be\u00a0<\/span>call<\/span>ed <\/span>hi<\/span>s <\/span>friend.<\/p>\n

“Ted is s<\/span>urvived <\/span>by <\/span>his two\u00a0<\/span>d<\/span>a<\/span>ught<\/span>e<\/span>r<\/span>s<\/span>, <\/span>V<\/span>i<\/span>vian a<\/span>nd <\/span>Virginia, <\/span>th<\/span>e<\/span>ir\u00a0<\/span>hu<\/span>s<\/span>b<\/span>a<\/span>nd<\/span>s a<\/span>nd <\/span>hi<\/span>s <\/span>two beloved\u00a0grandsons. <\/span>Hi<\/span>s <\/span>wife, <\/span>Ph<\/span>y<\/span>lli<\/span>s <\/span>pr<\/span>e<\/span>decease<\/span>d him in <\/span>1983.<\/span><\/p>\n

Bill B<\/span>e<\/span>li<\/span>e<\/span>r<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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