Page 6 - Mississippi 811 Magazine 2018 Issue 3

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mwmg up and llvlng In rural area. mn.-l of my llre gave me .1 umque nppurlumty my Emaung nnlerlalnmcnl Wllzm
l cuuld find II Lots of am roads and drainage dllchcs gave me (112 Chancn to learn ‘u~t llnw sklllcd Lhc county road
department pemnnel could be
l luvnd to hear that grader blade cut Lhmugh the suzface of (ht mad and marvnled at just llnw smooth it felt when l
walknd on |t barcfootnd. But the dllthm wem nlwny. my [avunlc pan to wa|cl\.
An I mmcmbcl, the bollom~ of tlm d|(Cl\Cfi‘ war 1 to 2 feet below Lhe mad base and Ihc bottoms of Lhc dllthm wait, for the must
p£u1,m a V-shape The road anelle. were usually cleaned wnl. a grader, maklng malmcnance qulckzf, naslez and less cmtly
T1\cfcllowIu~nd to me on the grade: we. amazlng. He would #21 «ha: blade at lust the nghl angle and lmmtnnn a tangled-
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