Copyright 2012, CABS for Reflections From the Fence
Jasia of
Creative Gene is once again sponsoring the Carnival of Genealogy, the 120th! This month's them is Business and Commerce, the challenge is:
Did someone in your family own a small business? Was there a favorite clothing store, ice cream shop, shoe store, restaurant, gas station, etc. that your family frequented? Did you operate a lemonade stand when you were a child? This time around we are going to be researching small businesses and recording family memories of such.
I have decided to use this month's Carnival to put the spotlight on one of my father's entrepreneurial escapades. He owned several business over his lifetime, he even dabbled a bit in real estate. One of his dabbles resulted in a woodworking company he called, Carolina Woodworks Company. He called his company a producer of "Heirloom Wood Desirables". Now, he did not personally make any of these delightful little pieces, he had a very talented man hired for that. I do remember he loved the equipment, the process, the smell of the wood.
So, without further ado, these are most of the pieces that I have found tucked in around my home, the inventory, as it were:
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| Paper Towel Holder |
Left and below: A child's toy, the game is to get the teddy to climb from the bottom to the top by pulling on the strings on each side.
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| Hanging candle stick holders |
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| Baby pull toy, every child needs a green frog! |
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| Wooden pill boxes, or trinket holders with painted lids. |
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| The race car drivers. |
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| The rest of the fleet of vehicles. |
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| Train and camping trailer. |
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| Whale |
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| Family of ducks. VERY yellow ducks! |
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| Gotta have a lot of whales, just cause. |
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| The Angel |
I value these delightful wooden pieces, toys and decorative items my father's little business produced. Yes, to me they are heirlooms and desirable, just like my father, the entrepreneur, said.
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