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Article: Man turns fascination of turpentine, logging business into a hobby.
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- Northwest Florida Daily News (Fort Walton Beach, FL)
- Article date:
- May 20, 2007
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Byline: Leslie Fike
May 20--HOLLEY -- A person may as well be speaking a foreign language when mentioning terms like "log dogs and "dead head floats" to today's generation.
But for Raymond Melvin, who grew up in a family involved in the turpentine industry, the words reference an important part of the area's history.
"My granddad, dad and great-granddad all worked at turpentine stills," said Melvin, who's a grandfather himself now.
In 1966, Melvin's fascination with the turpentine and logging business as a boy turned into 41 years of seeking information about the profession and the handmade tools that were used by men like his ...