. Canadian forest industries January-June 1912. Lumbering; Forests and forestry; Forest products; Wood-pulp industry; Wood-using industries. CAXADA LUMBERMAN AND WOODWORKER Canadian Saw Mill Managers C. P. Willey. Tobin Manufacturing Co., Bromptonville, Que. C. P. Willey. Bromptonville. Que. One of the most character- istic facts in connection with the lives of prominent lumbermen is the fact that in many cases they are men who commenced working either in the hush or in the mill, at a period of their lives when other boys were enjoying camping trips or going in for higher education. This does
. Canadian forest industries January-June 1912. Lumbering; Forests and forestry; Forest products; Wood-pulp industry; Wood-using industries. CAXADA LUMBERMAN AND WOODWORKER Canadian Saw Mill Managers C. P. Willey. Tobin Manufacturing Co., Bromptonville, Que. C. P. Willey. Bromptonville. Que. One of the most character- istic facts in connection with the lives of prominent lumbermen is the fact that in many cases they are men who commenced working either in the hush or in the mill, at a period of their lives when other boys were enjoying camping trips or going in for higher education. This does not mean that successful lumbermen are men of neglected education. It is frequently the case that men of this type have schooled them- selves in a manner which has equipped them, so far as educa- tion is concerned, with something far more practical and valuable than is to be obtained in any educational institutions. The education which an ambitious young man secures by his own perseverance both in industry and reading, i» frequently the only education which prominent lumbermen have enjoyed, and just as frequently it seems to be the foundation of their future success. Mr. C. P. Willey of Bromptonville, Que., who occupies the im- portant position of mill superintendent for the Tobin .Manufactur- ing Company, of Bromptonville, is a man to whom the above re- marks apply with particular force. He was born in North Carolina in 1867 and during his school days, instead of taking vacations like most of the other lads, he found employment in the mill of The Snow Lumber Co., of High Point, As soon as he had com- pleted his schooling he took a permanent position with this com- pany and remained there until he was twenty years of age, secur- ing a grounding in the details of the lumber manufacturing business which enabled him later on to advance to the most important posi- tions in connection with lumber manufacturing. When twenty years old, an age at which many young men are looking
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