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NANNETTE and Tyson sat on a plank to help their father, Sonny Tremoulet, lift anew. log into place. The family replaced six
to Q that has been destroyed by termites.
SONNY TREMOULET prepared a corner of the house for a new
fir log.
'built a
They
h -ouse of I qS 0
continued fmm pap 1
World. War 11 as summer homes, a
pleted. "We want to encourage others
resident of one of the cabins told the
Tremoulets.
who need to repair log houses to go
ahead and do it," Jean said.
nal cabin was a one room
The original
The only cost of the project was
'
building, measuring about 20 feet by 30
feet. Insidethe cozy house has a high
purchasing old-fashioned woodworking
pit ched ceiling made with combed
tools, Sonny added.
cedar, oak floors and a brick fireplace
DISCOVERED the rotted logs
An open, roofed porch was later en -
'JEAN
when she was gardening soon after they
closed.
had purchased the house. "I reached up
to a handb6ld onq e of the logs and
ONE FAMILy with two children who
get
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lived in the Tremoulet house, added a
large. kitchen, a bathroom and three
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Water from an unconnected- drain
pipe had soaked into the wood and then
small bedrooms, the neighbor ex
k,
termites had gotten in an d did ex-
plain ed to Jean.
tensiv6 damage, Sonny said. The
The wife did all the remodeling
damage was beyond repair, he said.
because her husband worked seven
The couple cannot find any old
days a week, Jean reiterated. "She
records about the history of the log
probably. got so tired of living in such
cabin -but have learned some of its
tight quarters, she decided to go ahead
history from a neighbor.
and do it herself even though she didn't
The cabin was one of three identical
know anything about carpentry," Jean
ins ca b' built on Andover Street during
said.
ov,
NANNETTE gave her mother, Jean, -a helping hand as the family prepared to lift a long log
into place at the front of their house..