Cape Breton's Magazine

the truth, I did every? thing in that old store, except the audit. I did all the accounting and everything in that store. And--I saved it from going in bankruptcy. And then I quit, because there was no wages enough to live. I could still do better for awhile, carpen? ter work was going up, the wages. I went back to car? penter work. Then they built the store here. When they built the store here, a schoolteacher took it. And he was there for, I don't know, 2 or 3 years. And all of a sudden he had a meeting of the...direc? tors. And he got into a brawl with the directors. And he got mad and he left. So when he left he told me, he said, "You managed the old store. Why don't you take this one over?" And I had just stopped working at Point Tupper when they built the pulp mill. I was working payroll clerk, on the payroll at Point Tupper, for 16 months. And I turned around, when I came back there, I said, "I know I can do it." And CAPE CARE SERVICES Quality Personal Care LTD. rSeiTtagAS' 'ape Bretony ~ AT HOME OR IN HOSPITAL - • RN's • RN Supervised • CNA's • Screened • Bonded • Insured • Home Care Workers • Reasonable Rates FREE IN-HOME ASSESSMENT 282 George St., Sydney: 562-2444 ?? Port Hawkesbury: 625-1641 Nartz they put some what-you-call-it (applica? tions) from Sydney, New Waterford, L'Ardoise, Louisdale, and West Arichat-- some applications for manager of the store. And the next morning after the meeting, they came and put the store keys on the table. They said, "It's yours." And I went there, and that goldarn thing at that time. You know, you weren't sell? ing stuff and making profits they're mak? ing now. It was $17,000 in debts, and they were thinking about locking her up. And I paid the $17,000 in less than four years. And carried the store while I was doing that. And the two last years I was there, I paid 7600 and 7500 dollars dividends to my customers. Two springs in succession. And when I made the last audit, I had: "trade accounts payable--nil." And the store was filled right up to the roof. And there was money in the bank. So without bragging myself--I had Grade ??I thought I had done pretty good. 24 HOUR SERVICE - 7 DAYS A WEEK 1430 George St. Sydney, N. S. 539-1538 XS' 539-5623 - FAST FRIENDLY SERVICE - FEATURING LATEST MODEL CARS, TRUCKS, & 4-WHEEL DRIVE VEHICLES - LOCAL PICKUP and DELIVERY To Resent a Car STr'r'EE!!! -800-263-0600 The #1 way to rent a car. 30 Comiort Inn by JOURNEY'S END MOTELS QUALITY ACCOMMODATIONS ATAFFORDABLE PRICES SYDNEY 368 Kings Rd 562-0200 Fax 564-6410 THROUGHOUT CANADA TOLL FREE RESERVATIONS 1-800-668-4200 ('A'(?)