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I was a bit handy with carpenter tools and saw an add in a local paper for carpenter's helper. I got the job $500 a day for eight hours it was less than a mile from the house, that was one of the best moves I have ever made, I was with this builder several weeks, it was a lot of building going on at this time and no trouble geting a job. St. Albans had a number of farms bought up by developers and builders. Ben Benson was my next boss in this sector, I had a partner John Johnson, he was a good man with the tools, my left base Ole Olsen, I was with him a short time, about this time Gibson started to develop in Valley Stream. Evenns Brothers did the carpenter labor, I was with them about a year. there was a carpenter by the name of