Christmas Gift

After the fire, John and Ross decided to rebuild, but rather than building a dimension mill, they would build a one-inch board mill.  The BC economy was struggling with a recession and the forest industry was hit the worst.  The mill went through some difficult years but together the company pushed forward. In 1978, the Gorman Bros. employees came up with an incredible gift to thank Ross and John for Christmas.  The usual gift ideas just weren’t enough, so 62 employees decided to head in to work on a snowy Saturday in January.  They went, not to collect overtime pay, but to work for free.  They processed $2,333 worth of lumber simply as a thank you.