This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Classification: Query Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/rw/0d.2ADE/1359.1 Message Board Post: My Father was a Woods rider when I arrived in this world, in 1932. In the turpentine world, his job was to check on the chippers and pullers, who worked the trees to keep the gum flowing. This industry was all over the South. In fact I worked as a dipper as a kid, but the industry died in the late 40's. JWW