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They had a measuring stick at the mills, and it had numbers on it. You?d get the diameter [of the log] and its length, and that stick would tell you the board feet
At the little schoolhouse, we didn?t have no water, no toilet. They had a spring right there in front of the little church. We had to fill up that j ug of water and carry it al l the time. Our school was just past the church there. One teacher. Miss Krankey was one teacher. No toilets. You had to go to the woods out there. I didn?teven finish third grade.
(Two hours with Poss had passed very quickly. The interview ended with a smile, a firm handshake, and an invitation to return anytime. Knowing the sincerity of that- suggestion the interviewer will probably do just that. - RBG)
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