Former Auditor Finds New Career Shaping Up
SUFFIELD Conn AP Former auditor Howard Washburn quit a $16000 a year bank job on New Year’s Eve 1974 to learn horseshoeing. He now earns about twenty dollars per horse and shoed six to seven horses daily in summer. He recalls the tough training in Martinsville Virginia and says he loves the work for its hands on nature and the contact with down to earth people.
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Suffield, Conn
Notire
Howard Washburn
Washburn
Wathburny
New Britain Bank
Tela
Martinsville
Suffield
varnish versus lacquer and roof shingles discoloration
A reader compares varnish and lacquer application techniques noting flow with grain and single cross strokes. Advice warns lacquer dries quickly and should not be touched again to avoid softening. Also suggests fungus resistant granules to keep white shingles looking new longer.
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Andy Lang
New Retiree Herbert G. Wallace Plans Quiet Life
Herbert G. Wallace, longtime Exxon Baytown Refinery laboratory annuitant and Rusk native, plans to spend retirement near Lake Livingston. He enjoys wood shingles, sports, hunting, and fishing and will likely oversee home improvements with wife Ethel.
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Herbert G. Wallace
Exxon
Baytown
Rusk
Wallace
Highlands First Baptist Church
Lake Liv
Ingston
New Land
Ethel
Aldren.tooler
George Dixon Retires From Exxon Raytown Refinery
George Dixon Jr. retires from Exxon's Raytown Refinery mechanical division where he worked since 1945. A Grapeland native and Methodist, he plans to live in Lufkin after retirement. He enjoys gardening and fishing and is father to four grandchildren.
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George Jr
Dixon
Exxon
Raytown
Hela
Grapeland
Lufkin
Mekong Hiver Distance Listed at 24a Miles
Did you know the Mekong Hiver is 24a miles long and Jong is located in central Tibet. The note cites distances and a central Tibetan location with terse geographic references.
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Mekong
Tibet
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