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Page tfi Tilt HIRAID man leads active itMriii Id staff writer Retirement doom mean up and letting your talents go to seed for 87 yearold Archie Fuller of It For him means being able pick and choose the jobs you do Mr Fuller is a sawyer and still operates his own mill just east of Normal 1 hough he admits he doesn do much did all kinds of lumber and limbers for building but now most of his arc hobby I just do it is a hobbv now he I only work about three hours a lime and I not able lo on jobs any more The jobs from all the country They haul wood to miles me now A of it is wood cherry walnut Muff grows In the bush One of his clients was a landscape who had a number of trees cut down for su he brought the logs lo Mr Fuller to cut Into lumber He wound up with board feel from tint batch these logs art lifter and not as big as the and maple he handled in his he finds they do have a problem Most of around a house and they and steeples in Most of them come from farm years he you re lnble lo run into any in them off the six feel of the log that Whatever they drive into tries is down at the bottom around the height of i On one of his jobs hi run inlo a spike and tort the of his right out ihc siwdusl pile That he hid lo send his saw to Disstan in to get II how ever he can do Ihe repairs himself The beauty of m saw is I can take iceth out put new ones in In- I used lo get my blades and from Toronto years ago They in for quite i while now 1 have customers for Ihe damage and the of making repairs I o fix my saw after I spike and the fellow While the hobbyisis use lumber for furniture his customers igo were using their lumber build houses barns and arm build ings Mil I Mr Fuller bought bis mill in 1925 from a min above Terra Colta who had two mills hi only needed one He bought a mill made In Gall and set it on lol 14 on Fourth Line west is still in the same spot although hi no longer owns the farm Speculators bought land in l9 but the mill only uses an acre and lis off one side he was given the use of as long as he until such lime is the firm is needed for industry When he set up the mill j4 years ago people needing lots cut would have had lo take It to Bolton or and trucks both were then and most of his work was hauled in by horse and wagon horse and sleigh depending sprint I fore started see dins and the lumber irmcrs planning to creel a cut mater min than ycir in he says The lgs would winter in mill be the spring taken Ihe plan mill to finish or flooring and similar uses then rough I and piled so thai air each layer and red keep dry so construction could big in following spring Ml I UTS Most firms in had jOvtars igo In avs ind rs look out the mat trees lint wire starling die use for lumber Most of tin limbers lumber he siwid has been with miles of the mill hi He isiimnks he smed ird feel iyear running the mill w I his He iImi did work for local farmers in all of areas Ik had two i- on the road and did both and barn threshings He id culling boxes on Ihe ro id loo then was a lol r grown in then He even had a circular saw went around lulling fin wood for farmers Hi also hid mill on Ihc id for grinding fied for Tinners Besides that hi far mid lOOicris and kept a dairy is will as some beef tittli I ihi nughbours he grins I i hind man sit on the firm ind I hired men to run ro and day men work in thi mill min tamed a and inert wis of work for he rei ills These men were farmers sons who had no firm louse in Ihi knew all they nitded lo know work on a arm While Ihoy didn I mike big did earn a living 1abour was but tin men were dependable he II was his custom work with the saw got him inlo ihreshing and cutting corn Customers wen urging him In git m chine because had such trouble finding lo do their threshing he fin illy did The viry he had days work ind Ihc number of customers until he hid get a one time he tarried on his books he says and a lol of ihcm had or acre FURNITURE warehouse ltd 334 GUEIPH ST GEORGETOWN 8772828 OPEN FOR YOUR thru Friday 9 til 9 CONV Saturday 9 til EASY TERMS FREE DELIVERY MOTHERS SPECIALS d lughter living He belongs to lloyil Canadian Legion Ilnnch 15 inBramplonandlo ihe Br Senior Cttir One of his big joys however is his violin ind he still plays has the public address available If he up in a large ill or in open like at the Victoria Day celebrations in list year He his won his class the iwo or three times and missed bung oldest fiddler a the Old Time Fiddlers Conies last year by one year There wis a fellow from Ihe Stales who was a vearoldcr ihan me hi says I m going this the old fiddlers includes everyone from and up but have be Ihi would bring Ihc logs in the rail when they finished ploughing mil working in the bush They pile Ihim up tell me to do them when I got time and they come back in The operated from January or whenever he fin ished threshings until piles of lumber were all Somelimes he had lo shut mill down for few d his seeding in and wis done by June would loom as a terrible worrj many men so much machinery Mr says he almost had send anything to be fixed He was pretty to start with but by lime he spent two of his three years in World W ir I repairing trucks and cars for ihe army he had learned more He was in and Belgium the 1st Canadian Engineers from I didn I have to learn loo dim much he It sitmed to come naturally and I my son the i We had lo lake tar truck or tractor away lo tie did all our own work Now there ire so many on you need lo il to school learn fix ihcm Mr his wife in Auxiliary elects executive The Memorial Hospital Ladies Auxiliary elected their executive for 1979 at Iheir annual Meeting in hospital Monday evening Executive en include Marion Booth president Vi Haines first vice president second vice Johnston third vice president Fleet recording secretary Chris corresponding secretary Belly and treasurer The auxiliary also presented hospital administrator I- red Morris with a cheque for I for hospital use RELIABLE AUTO CLEANING CHRIS TIDY CAR INDEPENDENT OPERATOR NEVER WAX TOUR CAR AGAIN AFTER OUR SEALING TREATMENT How cost I east service 1 1 8776136 FEATURING FULL SIZED MATRESSES HARD WEARING POLY PROPYLENE COMPARE WITH REGULAR PRICE 339 FURNITURE 334 Guelph St Georgetown