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. They used to come over and I did it for-“25 nothing. But they appreciated it. >

From a former Employee(cook) : Oh, they were the most wonderful people to work for. Everything, anything you wanted, you got it. Of course in a place like, it was kind of hardV-to have, you didn‘t have much variety... Cass was quite the character. He was a great character. Come Spring, I remember Earl telling us onetime, Cass, in Spring, would come to the shore with hardly any clothes for his bed. I remember his bed. He slept over, men like that slept over at the cookhouse. Cass would be up so early every morning. 'Yhadto get up to see the sun rising“. Anyway, Earl said, "Janet took up some blankets and put them in Cass's bed" and he said,"Cass didn't get up to see the sunshining anymore." The bunkhouse was so cold you know, too sleep... Earl's had it hard those years too. I really liked the Johnstons. They were good to everybody and good to us; We had to take Gerald with us there (her infant son) and our Mother after. They built a little shed onto the cookhcuse for my Mother to sleep in. They were: really 2,. good. - All the fishermen were good to Gerald. °

From another employee: She was a grand person to work with and Earl, her husband was too. Everyone liked 27 them. '

The workers in the factory in those days worked long hours

for low wages. ~ In the late 30's some of the women who worked in the factory got paid about as low as eighteen dollars a month or up to

one dollar a day for one of the packers. 28

"The head packers got more then those who pulled the tails or picking arms, the menial I Jobs". 29 "Whoever was cracking too, they used to get more. They were about the highest paid". 50 However, there were few other ways I to make money in the area at that time. Meals were included as well.

I got one dollar a day at the factory in those days (she was "packer)., It was big