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We can't build enough boats: Despite sluggish sales by competitors, boat-builder George Oliver is selling everything he can produce and has turned down business he can't handle
We can't build enough boats: Despite sluggish sales by competitors, boat-builder George Oliver is selling everything he can produce and has turned down business he can't handle

We can't build enough boats: Despite sluggish sales by competitors, boat-builder George Oliver is selling everything he can produce and has turned down business he can't handle

Date7/4/1980
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      ProvenanceCourtesy: Toronto Star Photograph Archives
      CollectionToronto Star Photograph Archive
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      Copyright HolderToronto Star (Firm)
      Object NumberTSPA_0131699F
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      McConnell, Colin
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      At the Glester yard near North Bay, they still use traditional methods to build wooden boats the way they were built 60 years ago
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      Park has 100 acres to lure you, Soaring high over the 100-acre Humber Bay park you can see the sprawling marina where 500 power-boats and sailboats drift lazily out to Lake Ontario
      Loek, Dick
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      Bull, Ron
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      Troubled family: Doug Connell, left, who suffered severe brain damage four years ago when a transport truck slammed into his car, can't understand why his parents, Mary and Ron, don't think he's able to handle his former job.
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