Word: fortier
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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...35th annual provincial exhibition was the most exciting shivaree of the year. But there was more to it than the midway's cautious cooch dancers, or the daredevils in the motorcycle pit. In the Industrial Pavilion, the exhibits spelled out a new era. Typical was Paul Fortier demonstrating farm refrigeration machinery. Until 1942, he had worked for an American company. Then he decided that "French Canadians are as smart as others," and set up shop in a small garage. Already his business, originally capitalized at $4,000, is now worth...