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Forty-five years of continuous service in the practice of the shoemaker trade, William Huska continues to provide this needed service for Grandview. Like the faithful tradesman Milliam is, he continues his work in shoe repairing and upholstering at his original location. Milliam recalls serving his apprenticeship with the late John Wakaluk. His shop was located on the same block as the present shoe repair shop and at that time in the early 30’s a fire nearly levelled the block. The shop was moved to a small building behind (originally a power plant), then into the present Exponent building and then across the street into a vacated building (previously a cafe). In 1937 this section of main street was destroyed by fire. Milliam then opened up his own business at it’s present location. This building was for merly a Chinese laundry. Recalling some early exper iences while farming east of Grandview, Milliam remembers the heavy hail storm of 1935 that completely wiped out his crop. However, still the owner of a team of horses, he spent the summer on construction work at the Clear Lake road, south of Dauphin. In spite of his numerous set backs, Milliam, assisted by his wife Helen, continues to pursue his trade and is listed with the last of the original business places in Grandview. Milliam says that he enjoys his work and the friendly people of Grand view and if he had to do it all over again he wouldn’t change a thing. Keep up the good service, Milliam.
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Grandview Exponent
Grandview, Manitoba, CA
Wed, Aug 25, 1982
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