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     and it would scrape off steel high spots. After we worked 
     
     for several months, we had to make our own two blocks of 
     
     steel that were fitted so well that they would stick together. 
     
     They were checked, that there was no fluid or magnet 
     
     there to keep them together. I worked on these blocks for 
     
     many hours. When I had them inspected, I decided to 
     
     make a five inch steel block, made up of the two blocks 
     
     and several half inch pieces to make a steel puzzle. On my 
     
     own time after working hours, it was put in place. I still 
     
     have that famous block. When finished, I showed it to the 
     
     head boss who told me to take it up to Head Office and 
     
     show them the block. The Manager examined the block 
     
     and said it was very impressive, but I said ”It is made 
     
     from several pieces." He said “If you can take that apart, 
     
     you will be working on the floor tomorrow AM.” True to 
     
     his word, I went from $52.00 to $176.00 in one day. I used 
     
     to throw my extra money in one of the buckets I made. In 
     
     about 15 months, since I had stopped teaching, I was able 
     
     to return and buy a 1936 Ford car, with very few miles on 
     
     it, for $360.00. I kept that car for the next ten years and sold 
     
     it for $400.00. Fifteen months earlier, I had been offered a 
     
     1939 Chev with 12,000 miles for $400.00. I felt it would take 
     
     me the rest of my life to pay for it. 
     
    

    
     Work on the floor as a fitter was very pleasant. One 
     
     day we were working on a gun carriage and one of the 
     
     smart alecks said, ”Pass me the hammer, Teacher.” There 
     
     was a man brought in from Montreal as a production 
     
     manager, who was getting an office built in the corner of 
     
     the building. He looked at me and said, ”What in the Hell 
     
     is a teacher doing, working here?” I was kidding the boys 
     
     that I would like to work in that new office. When it was 
     
     finished, he called me in and said, ”Print your name on 
     
     that piece of paper and if it is good, you are hired to help 
     
    
   
   
    
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