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4-f... -Th* Dowvilk, Vo., f.idoy. Mai. 26, 1971As Times And Building Ways ChangeStonemason Is Another Vanishing Breedu-. f „ u , |lt;®w n« h«vo Mine experience, or lraln|n2 I «lt;** work but Crovc|*P«l.»o*l of Ihelr working lime V * 1 Bdt “ and(as Wck nuwn, or carpenters.. ..I Ko on« know* vrto Ihc first'0 lt;ve 8«iMalloni..Honem»son in Pine Grove wo, reD1?,c ™)on T oniy ht lt;no father , ll,liC'.i,f.rn. JS('5( William Gray, -ho was the S222 r, C ihe'r 1,,v!*|fr-Kll»«lcr of several still liv-by, »cpn« hollow mason. ,£5325^ ,h* si0n?.Uut . Loej| Jdi!l0n if Gray' ‘/Si6, Ihcra f,ml,r' ‘von then,.- But limes and building ways was brought from Scotland bv*mng w*v CflV- Alwandcr Spotsirocd in the W ,KtlU L ,U „ k700' ,0 a« Germar.na. A,WOl- lhf 'f'df'fendant of this family up. wove mountaineers have mor- poscdly crossed the Blue Bidce ^ bull. Mountains In .BOO totaffi ihEESvul f anTm Gtn anlt;l ,hr «S»t •tare-E Virginia mason In Pir.e Grove Hallow.At one time, everyone m u,e The trade, was lauchl in raehtSome stone you have to get ths feci of for a few days. explains Gilbert Gray. About the third day you can do much more Ihin tho first, my dad used to say,Charles Gray adds, You can take ccoi rock and make it do what you want it to. Lots of pro-plo Just throw it in Iho wall, bul I ike to cut it to fit.”To the Gray*. WeakJoys and Pettits, the art of creating an orderly pattern or an attractive nonpattem from a hode-l*d«e of rock is Jus! a knack -it comes naturally.The stonemasons explain Ihedrop in their numbers very simply.The wort Is too hard. The pay has always been really good, Uut you Just can*! get young fellow* to do this kind of work.” explains veteran mason Ernest Weakley,Shirley Gray says Stone wort can be right tough Mint-lime,, but I like it.there’s a real sense of ac-Cvmpliilunent In |t.“But there ain’t nohedy taking it up now, Pettit adds. Stone house, are picking up. There’s ilenty of stone work around — ust no masons.
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Danville Register
Danville, Virginia, US
Fri, Mar 26, 1971
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