Due to the ongoing repairs, the village owners use a full-time stonemason and maintenance man to keep the buildings in good order.

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He was born in England, the fifth of seven sons of a hard-up stonemason who brought his family to America when Bob was five and settled in Cleveland, Ohio.

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The AFIs picked up some of his expenses, but he had to work a second full-time job, as a stonemason.

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