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Duane Graves posted a condolence
Friday, February 11, 2022
My sincere condolences to Tony's remaining family.
-I worked with Tony at Gill's Mill which was located directly across the Salmon River from Irving's Mill and I have a little story. The year was 1970. It was early summer. Now Tony was such a quiet and gentle man. That's what I saw in him now others who knew him better might be able to fill in the blanks, I don't know. When I started at Gill's Mill I was about 16 I just graduated High School and never really worked hard labor before so the foreman recognizing this put me in the "yard" pilling lumber for a few days. Then one morning he put me with Tony who ran the Debarker which was a big old wild noisy and dusty machine that took the bark off the logs by rolling and twisting them violently through it before they went in the mill to be processed.
-Well, Tony being so quiet and such mumbled minimal information to me as to my roll as his helper. I remember I couldn't here him as it was noisy there and he talked very low anyway. Then he handed me a small peevee which is a pointed tool with a big ol' hook that dangled on the end of it. Suffice is to say I never laid eyes on a "peevee" before in my life until Tony gave me this one. My part of the job was to feed the Debarker, which Tony operated, with logs. Consequently, it was not long before the hook on my "peevee" got caught and the log was on its way rolling and twisting and grinding through the Debarker with my peevee being splintered and broken and pieces flying off it and shooting out off it as the peevee came apart.
-It was so dangerous in that spot for a few minutes that I got down under the Debarker to avoid getting shot by a piece of the shattering peevee. Finally Tony saw what had happened and run and shut the Debarker down. I thought man he's going to fire me for sure but all he said was "Here use my peevee now" and he carried on like nothing had happened. Needless to say I was a ball of sweat and had to go to the toilet "immediately" but Tony was like "here you go keep them coming to me". He never lost his cool and you know I learned a great lesson from Tony that day about keeping your cool and not letting potentially bad situations hold you down for long. Learn from it and get back to the job at hand.
-I don't know if I ever told Tony this account from my point of view and let's face it I doubt if it even registered as an event to him but anyway that's my story. So thanks old-timer now I hope you rest-in-peace....Duane Graves.
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RL Welton posted a condolence
Friday, February 11, 2022
Wanted to express my condolences to Bobby and Harold. I remember Tony from when I lived on the Ridge Road as a kid. My mother and father, Gordon and Ruth Welton were friends with Tony. He was a such a quiet man and a great neighbor.
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Staff & Residents of York Care Centre posted a condolence
Friday, February 11, 2022
Just wanted you to know what a privilege it was for those of us at York Care Centre to have had Anthony as part of our family. It is our sincere wish that the memories you have of your loved one will prove to be a source of comfort to you and yours as you make the necessary adjustments that accompany your loss.
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Cal & Janet Drost posted a condolence
Thursday, February 10, 2022
Our sincere condolences to all the Bostick family. Tony was such a quiet, kind man, a hard worker and a great neighbour..
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Janice Scribner posted a condolence
Thursday, February 10, 2022
Condolences to Harold and Bobby and family. Tony certainly lived to be a ripe old age. He was a wonderful man. Hugs from Larry and Jan.
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