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<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:Arial'>Hello former neighbors and fellow preservationists—</span></font></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:Arial'>We recently found a great source in Washington County,
Maryland (that’s about 1.5 hours from Riverdale Park) that has an
ever-changing and impressive array of reclaimed (long and short lengths)
chestnut, oak, walnut, and other wood for use in restoration work, including
trim and floors, at very reasonable (rural) prices.</span></font></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal><span class=street-address><font size=3 face=Helvetica><span
lang=EN style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:Helvetica'>Hicksville Planing Mill</span></font></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><span class=street-address><font size=3 face=Helvetica><span
lang=EN style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:Helvetica'>14464 Hicksville Road</span></font></span><font
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<span class=locality>Clear Spring</span>, <span class=region>MD</span> <span
class=postal-code>21722</span><br>
<span class=value>301-842-3474</span></span></font><font size=2 face=Arial><span
lang=EN style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial'> </span></font></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:Arial'>Honest Mennonite business, cash or check. No Web site or
email.</span></font></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:Arial'>Ok, so we may have purchased all of their chestnut (they are
planing it as I write), but there is always more coming in. </span></font><font
size=2 face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial'>Western
Maryland</span></font><font size=2 face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:Arial'>, the </span></font><font size=2 face=Arial><span
style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial'>West Virginia</span></font><font
size=2 face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial'> panhandle, and
southern </span></font><font size=2 face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:Arial'>Pennsylvania</span></font><font size=2 face=Arial><span
style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial'> have a great supply of old farm and
commercial buildings falling to ruin in the middle of fields or being replaced
with more efficient structures (this is not a case of farms being redeveloped
for new subdivisions) and thus are being salvaged.</span></font></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:Arial'>Cordially,</span></font></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:Arial'>Chris Davis</span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:Arial'>Born in </span></font><font size=2 face=Arial><span
style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial'>Riverdale</span></font><font
size=2 face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial'> </span></font><font
size=2 face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial'>Park</span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:Arial'>Now in Hagerstown, MD</span></font></p>
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