Hi Leland,  Where is this located in Ludlow?  I want to go see if it is
still there.  Ruth





At 1:43 PM -0500 3/13/02, Leland Torrence wrote:
>Ken,
>    You remind me of one of my first tasks with MacDonald and Swan
>Construction Co..  My Foreman (a woodworker with a pony tail with a degree
>from Goddard) picked me to help him pick the tree that would be the new
>flagpole for the Blanchard estate in Ludlow, Vermont.  After a week of
>looking through the woods(summer of 1969) it was made clear to us Monday
>morning at the shop that we had better make up our minds on a tree.  That
>day we selected one of the many fine, straight and well tapered cedars from
>our top ten list.
>    Another week later we were finished with our work and the pole sunk deep
>into terra firma.  The Blanchard's loved there rustic pole, but it was
>nothing as compared to the wonderful search.  Although I suppose I could
>have been in the woods all summer looking for a metal one.
>Best,
>Leland
>
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