CASTLEGAR NEWS, May 3, 1981

Harvey Jack .

It started out as one of your regular, run-of-the-mill GMC vans; white, slightly used, nothing too particular to brag about.

But three years ago, Har- yey Jack and his wife Fay, saw something quite extra- ordinary in this vehicle. They bought it, cut off the back end and sold the metal the same day to a body shop. They extended the frame to 22 feet, built up the sides in wood and covered them with a pre-enameled. aluminum frame, The inside fixtures were built in; beautifully up- holstered seats, and attrac- tive panelling.

While Harvey worked day after day on the camper in Lis yard, “so many people came around. We had it right out in the open, and so many people came around to see what we were doing.”

“It was an electrician’s nightmare,” recalls his wife.”

I toured the inside of the camper while Harvey pointed out its special features, one of which is an engine-heated hot water tank. “After two hours, of driving, we have hot water on tap!” It also has a central vacuum cleaner with an 11-foot hose “to reach every corner.” Most homes aren't even outfitted with one of these.

It has electric heat for camping on chilly nights, cruise control, airhorns, 8 digital clock, lighted ward- robe closet, CB radio, sunken bathroom with a shower, and when you want to stop in for tea while the Jacks are at one of their camping spots, you ring the door bell, of course.

Although Harvey did most of the actual building himself,

he did rely on the help of friends for upholstering and carpeting, a firm believer in “when you can’t do some- thing well, you get someone else to do it.”

The motor home, which sleeps six, also comes equipped with radio, stereo and four speakers, I was im- pressed with the lack of any wasted space. Every little nook and cranny was put to some sort of use. A narrow niche behind one of the.chairs is Harvey's tool shop, each screwdriver and hammer and wrench neatly put away into elastic pockets.

It took 18 months of hard work, but this is how the “Wee-Maid-It” was born, “I know I could have built a three-bedroom home in the same amount of time.”

“what gave you the idea of the “Wee-maid-It"?" I asked him

“We did an awful lot of looking before we started building, tramping in and out of motor homes and making notes."

, Now that the "Wee-maid-

It” is a part of the family, the Jacks thoroughly enjoy her. “Friday night we jump in and we're gone.” They have been to Reno, to Ontario, to northern B.C. and are plan- ning a trip to Alaska in the near future,

“The “Wee-maid-It” isn’t Harvey's first homemade camper. He previously built a 16-foot trailer which he sold. Harvey loves working with his hands and building things with wood. According to Fay,

“He built the house and just about everything in it." Har- vey has 53 sets of kitchen cupboards to his credit. He used to build them part-time until two years ago.

LINDA HALL

_. building is his love

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frame”. I admired the black | leather, fringed and beaded saddle bags which he said’ wore initially in terrible condition. the bike also has the. old-fashioned “buddy seat” in which additional springs are lifted up for a second “You don't

His love of building has meant many, many y hours in his workshop for Harvey Jack.

He also has hand crafted a six-piece living room set out of mahogany with a walnut finish, a coffee table, an end table, two lamp tables, a commode table, and a swag lamp which was pointed out

Fay and Harvey Jack proudly pose with “Wee-Maid-It.”

Students plan

A- -day’, lexeursion

A four-day excursion on Kootenay Lake will be an interesting experience for grade six and seven students of Woodland Park Elemen- _ tary School May 25 to 28.

Sixth and seventh grade

teacher Phil Donaldson says °

the group’s home base will be at Midge Creek, four miles north of Kuskanook.

Sixth and seventh grade

trip U the Creston Valley Wildlife Centre, the Koot- enay River and an explor- ation of the Dewdney Trail. Activities are in conjunction with the social studies and science courses taught in school.

In addition to the students, six supervisors will also be present on this exciting trip.

teacher Phil D. says the group will board a boat at Kaslo, carrying them south to Midge Creek, four miles north of Kuskanook, which will be their home base. Activities will include a

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Harvey put the finishing |

touches on a Jack-designed dining room light fixture in wood and stained glass. Harvey makes most of his furniture gut of hardwoods; mahogany, walnut, which he admits are difficult to get around here. "I never throw

_ anything away,” he says..

Like a sguirrel he hoards every tidbit of leftover wood that he has.

Aa boy growing up on 8 farmin nosthwest Ontario, “I was always whittling and

making things,” He credits,

mutch of his love of woodwork to his grandfather, an “ex: cellent carpenter.”’ “When I was in my teens we built windchargers. Thore was no electricity on the farm and windchargers would power the generators.” Harvey worked two years for the Canadian National Railroad on a bridge and

“building gang, then in 1941

he joined the Canadian Army for five years. Shortly after he married Fay, they opened up a lunch counter and taxi business in Emo, Ontario, and in 1952 they came to B.C,

. "Td seen the mountains dur-

ing the war and always thought I would like to live in the mountains.”

a wnen the Jacks came to they bought an

An grandfather clock chimes the hours in the hallway, another work of Harvey's.

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oe tot and proceeded to build their home. Harvey secured a job with Cominco as a warehouseman where he’s been ever since. .

The Jacks have three chil- dren; Danny, an installation manager in Calgary; Terry, employed here by Labatts; and Patti, a secretary with the Homemakers, The Jacks belong to the United Church.

Along with his love for building things, Harvey also enjoys re-building things. He and Fay are active members ofthe Castlogar Vintage Car Club, and Harvey has re- stored a number of old ve- hicles. Any car over 20 years old, he told me, automatically

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wooden car which Harvey drove in the Sunfest last summer. Fourteen years ago Harvey built this mahogany and maple vehicle which has been paraded here in Castle- gar,.in Colville, in the Cal- gary Stampede and in many other places. The car is in excellent running order, claims Harvey, who keeps it covered when not in use, with a large ‘tarp.

Harvey was eager to show me his 39-year-old Harley Davidson which he has com-, pletely restored, tearing it “sight down to the bare

ne . aes Grandfather — clock, another work of Harvey's.

ing of black | and white film.

This past winter he and a friend have been putting to- gether a band saw from scrap metal collected from Com- inco's salvage yard.- Thirty years ago, Harvey built the table saw which he still uses for all of his own woodwork.

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