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Board, asked Pullen how much his new sign had cost him.
“Sixty dollars,” Pullen said.
“It won’t break you then,” Gardiner said.
“No. It wasn’t a good sign anyway. It didn’t have my phone number,” Pullen said.
“I think Mr. Pullen should be warned not to make permanent improvements on his place for business reasons,” H. L. Manwaring said. “He should understand that the permit he got for a shop was not intended as arezoning.
Pullen said he understood that.
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