Tamaroa man turns collecting into storefront business
Clarence Chapman, a Rice native and retired farmer, opened Chapman's Shop on U.S. 51 in Tamaroa to resell his vast second hand haul and sharpen blades. He operates seasonally, buys boxfuls of items within a 50 mile radius, and involves his son Sam in the collecting habit.
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Clarence Chapman
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Southern Ilinois University-Carbondale
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Sam
SIUC
George Orwell
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