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Nice article Tom. A lot of people may not realize what all happened in Port Townsend, Jefferson County, when the Paper Mill came here. Not only did it provide well paying jobs, it also influenced the building trade, new workers needed homes for their families, many of these were built in the late 1920s & 1930s. New businesses came to town, Safeway, J.C. Penney's, gas stations, shoe stores, etc. There were still problems for some of the residents of Jefferson County, the paper had weekly articles about family's needing a sewing machine, a mattress for the kids, foster homes for children. We sometimes don't pay enough attention to what is happening in our own community. Thanks for the reminder.

From: Hard times then and now | Tom Camfield

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