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PW: Now, how long did you work at the Mikado Store?
KW: Well, until George took over, you know, so I can't remember how long.
PW: So you were in your seventies, plus.
KW: Hmm?
PW: You were into seventies?
KW: Yeah. Huh?
PW: You were well over seventy, right, when you were...
KW: Seventy?
PW: Yeah, over seventy.
KW: I think so. [Laughs]
PW: And you have three children?
KW: Three children, yeah.
PW: And who are they and what do they do?
KW: That time is, Arthur is university, Ruby is start nursing, oh, she came Toronto for nursing. George is still high school, I think. I can't remember.
PW: Now, your first-born, Arthur, was, worked for the provincial government?
KW: Yeah, he finished university, then they went to Regina provincial government. Unless he take off for a couple of years, Harvard University, yeah, uh-huh. Then he went to Ottawa, I think. How many year working in Ottawa, I don't...
PW: Many years. And he was, he was very distinguished in his career. And he's even got a Order of Canada.
KW: Oh, yeah, that's right. That's very nice. Not, how many years ago?
PW: Few years ago.
KW: Huh?
PW: Few years ago.
KW: Oh.
PW: And your daughter lives where?
KW: Daughter?
PW: Yeah.
KW: Mississauga.
PW: Mississauga? And what does she do?
KW: She, what? What you call? She not much doing now.
PW: She does a lot of work volunteering.
KW: [Laughs] Church.
PW: Church? And what does George do now?
KW: Well, George now, most of the time in what?
PW: Retired?
KW: Not much doing.
PW: Now, George took over the Mikado Store after your husband passed away?
KW: Uh-huh.
PW: And he ran, and he ran the store.
KW: Yeah, then retire, how many years? Went to a few years ago, isn't it?
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