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This is an ad from the newspaper in Athens Ohio but I don't know what year.My Grandfather worked for The Athens Lumber Company and is in thie picture right below the 'a' in Southeastern they did spell his name wrong it was not Pearl Droy.............can anyone help me ?
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I'm gonna bring this to the top again, hoping I can get a glimmer of info from someone out there, how about Ohio University ?
Yes I would like to know the year of the ad, if I knew when the company started I could go from there...
I don't know how you do it, I thought I was good at research but the old way...............
BTW thanks a lot...
That's cheap ! put it on my bill ! I'll gladly pay you Tuesday for information today !
I will leave it at you got it .
climbing to top of bong hill to survey the Athens area, lumberyard was in the northwest area.
My father lived at the bottom of Mill Street.