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Forty-four years after he built the gazebo pictured here, John Manning is still doing carpentry five days a week. He’s 75 now, but no one is kicking sand in his face.

And here is the full text of the 1979 Suncook Valley Sun story detailing the gazebo’s 1979 grand opening party. Words by George Shute:

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