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Coal Miners and Bulldozers, Welders and Me.

Coal Miners and Bulldozers, Welders and Me.

A Message For You by Vital Thebeau CHAPTER 19 1948 My sister Dora and her husband Alfonse moved to Minto to work in the coal mine. My brother-in-law was working underground, sometimes it was around 50 feet deep and the coal was 30 inches thick in the mine where he...

A Message For You: 1947

A Message For You: 1947

CHAPTER 18 Vital Thebeau   1947   My brother Camille and I worked in the woods all winter. We had bought a horse at the end of March; we went to get it in St. Paul on a Saturday morning. It was about 60 miles from home. We had a 1936 Chevrolet car, we had to take the...

A Message For You: Wagons & Wheelchairs

A Message For You: Wagons & Wheelchairs

CHAPTER 16 One day there was a guy that come into the shop and asked dad if he could make him a wheelchair. He said somebody in the family couldn't walk and he wanted to know if dad would be able to make him one. He explained to dad how he wanted it done; dad agreed...

A Message For You

A Message For You

By Vital Thebeau CHAPTER 15 My mother and father were very smart; they didn't have a lot of education. They could write English or French (not a whole lot). They could do whatever they needed because they had to order their materials they needed for the shop and the...