WALLACE CHAMBRAY
When Untermann came to Cleveland,
there was Chambray too. They were pals
and did all things together. The old mill
they once had was falling apart: the work
had left for overseas, new plastics having
moved in, and Chinese tyrants taken over.
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Old business forms like that are hard to
break, even if it's 1958. The old ways
die after a time of dwindling. The two of
them here, Chambray and Untermann,
had sold out long ago, but the old plant
remained; now jagged and crumbling.
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What to transform when no pieces fit? -
and they realized, all of it, that the new
days were working against them; it
was bad enough then, but now the
smokestacks now can't even smoke.
They sold their place, in 1964, to some
warehouse freight guy, and a supermarket.
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Sure they made some money, but lost lots
more: The heart going out of a dream.
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