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Boards, Boxes, and Bins : Stanley M. Simpson and the Okanagan Lumber Industry. Stanley is the son of Permille Merriam and Bram Simpson
600 million wooden fruit and vegetable boxes were manufactured in the Okanagan Valley during the first half of the 20th century, and the S. M. Simpson Ltd. sawmill and box factory in Kelowna mill made the overwhelming majority of those. As the community grew over the next four decades, the company struggled against considerable odds, near-bankruptcy, devastating fires, clashes with B.C.'s most powerful labour union, and the cyclical nature of the lumber business.
The company was headed by Stan Simpson who left rural Ontario before the first World War, homesteaded on the Prairies, before settling in the Okanagan Valley. From his one-man carpentry shop Stan created the company which became the largest year-round employer in the area. Boards, Boxes, and Bins is the story of Stan Simpson's successes and failures, and it explores his role in shaping both the forest industry in the B.C. Interior and the city of Kelowna into what it is today.
Boards, Boxes and Bins was lovingly written by Sharron Simpson , Stan's granddaughter.
Cost: $25.00 plus shipping and handling.
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