Ames Farm

[Mr. V]

Originally Posted by Sunbeam lodge

How about Ames checking their income tax records for receipts from the public for fees to launch their boats and stor their trailers.

Good one, provided the income was declared.

Or how about Ames producing their old books, ledgers and journals from 1962 and earlier, if they can be found, and they can denote the claimed entries of income earned from the questioned endeavors?

Of course, if Ames pocketed the fees and didn't declare the income (heck, isn't that one reason many people want to have their own business, to deny the devil his due? It is sooooo tempting not to report untraceable income) that won't work.

Or Ames could secure the testimony of former coworkers who are unreleated to the Ames family on the issues in question; surely the once young waitresses, maids and helpers should be able to shed some light on this.

Or perhaps the testimony of contractors who helped Ames construct any claimed improvements can be adduced?

It would be best though to produce receipts of boat storage or launch fees (and photos) from day users, pre-1962: that would be definitive.

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