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Paul did not believe in paying a person to walk when he could be working. He was one of the first in the area to install central heating
in a boatshop so men could push along steadily in winter weather without having to cluster around a stove to warm up. Fires were a constant threat to boatyards, so Paul, in the 1950s, installed a sprinkler system.
He was a working boss, and seemed to be everywhere in the yard, all the time.
Some of Paul's men went fishing or lobstering in the summer; but they were always considered part of the crew. One might return in November,
pick up his hammer where he had laid it down in April, and ask, "Where do you want me to go to work today, Paul?" Verna ran the office, and that was no small project with two and sometimes three boats
simultaneously under construction, up to 20 men working, and suppliers, designers, and customers to keep happy. She did it with remarkable success and at the same time raised three children: Peggy, John, and Frank.
However much she had to do in the office, however many customers or designers she had to entertain, she was always in the kitchen when the children came home from school and knew pretty well what they were up to.
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