Pic # 1 LaFRANCE
Joseph LaFrance
Died May 1880
aged 87 years
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Phebe LaFrance
died Mar 20 1866
aged 61 yr's
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**this tall tablet with the baseattached
had sunk very deep into
the soil along the bank of the creek.
**with much digging and the help of
a lift, it was slowly raised.
**you can see by the mud line, how
deep it had settle
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Pic # 2 LaFRANCE
Joseph & Phebe
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**this stone had to be lifted slightly
higher as the large hole it came out
of had to be packed full with crushed
gravel to make a more stable base
for it to sit in. Hopefully this will stop
it from sinking for many years.
**the soil stuck to the stone will be
allowed to dry naturally and will
be dry brushed away after a few days.
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Pic # 3 LaFRANCE
**with the stone finally set
back in place on it's new bed
of crushed gravel, the fellas
take a break.
**Les Mancell shown here,
operated the lift while
Bruce Warwick strapped & guided
the tablet in place.
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Photo by B WarwickSach teaching a PhD student in Guelph to carve a stone.
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OSA ~ in circlePic 4
WINTER
**the monument for
John & Margaret Winter
has been restored to a more
stable position.
**Bruce was approached with a
request to see if something could
be done to make it more stable and
preserve the site.
**pleased and proud of a job well done
Bruce stands with this moument that was
erected in the early 1900's
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OSA ~ in circlePic 2
WINTER
**Side View
**shows the dangerous lean
that could suddenly let this
monument topple foward &
be destroyed
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OSA ~ in circlePic 3
WINTER
**adjustments completed &
now finishing the final clean up
around the monument
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OSA ~ in circlePic 1
WINTER
John & Margaret Winter
**View of monument showing the
lean forward and sideways.
**base is slowing sinking deeper
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