Mr. and Mrs. Wm. Chambers (1929

what they saw and stayed. They started in their trade of plastering and brick—laying and progressed well.

One day while plastering Mrs. Attrill’s house, Tom was outside mixing mortar when a girl rode by on horseback. He called to her and she stopped to chat with him. Bill came to the door and called “more mortar Tom”. When Bill saw that girl it must have been love at first. sight. She was Mary Campbell, youngest daughter of Robert Campbell, and it wasn’t long until she became Mary Chambers. In the meantime Tom met Margaret Costello, who later became Margaret Dodd.

Bill and Tom built identical houses on Anderson Street. The Chambers house is now the residence of Mrs. Sadie Smith, the Dodd house the home of Mesdames M. McDougall and M. Patterson.

During winter months in those days work came to a standstill. Bill opened up a curling and skating rink at the rear of his property,and for many years the rink was the scene of many carnivals and bonspiels,and brought enjoyment to both old and young.

Tom Dodd had started his own draying business and gave up the plastering trade.

Bill Chambers was one of the first in the district to own an auto- mobile, an International having high wheels with small rubber tires. Bill kept up his plastering trade, travelling to numerous little towns within driving distance of Plumas. In the early 1920’s after World War 1, building and construction came almost to a standstill, so Bill sold his home and moved to Winnipeg in 1922. Tragedy struck the family a few months later, when the youngest son, Raymond, was fatally injured when hit by a truck. .

Eventually Bill and his two oldest. sons, Arzina and Graham became well established in his old trade. During the winter months Bill

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