I worked at Harvey’s Hardware in Gardiner as a teenager, after classes at the original Gardiner High School near the large Commons park and weekends (“Gardiner to celebrate longtime owner of Harvey’s Hardware, Aug. 18). Bill was concluding his years at the University of Maine and whenever returning home, he and his father would explain to me the business. Although I didn’t realize it at the moment, I learned so much from both.

I later earned my mechanical engineering degree and have accumulated some 35 years at various large industrial factories, always using at some point those same skills and knowledge acquired at Harvey’s!

Everett Whitney

(formerly of R.F.D. 1, Randolph, telephone #646-W)

Oklahoma City, Oklahoma

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