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Now I will have to find a Kirby office, In my hometown of Lenoir the Kirby office was owned and operated by Buell and Janet Pearson, two wonderful people who always encouraged me and saved old trade ins for me, Janet did all the service work and taught me many things, among them how to buff a Kirby, she used a Handi Butler under the workbench, later, when They would go on vacation, I would go by every day or so and do their service work, Buell died and Janet sold out the dealership, and I lost my Kirby connection, but ,even though I collect mostly tanks and canisters, I have a soft spot for Kirbys, because of those folks, they never thought I was odd or strange, but rather the attitude was, "Oh great, someone who is interested in what we do, how great!", They started selling Kirbys in the mid 60s when Buell was getting ready to retire from the Army, in 67 he did retire after 20 years, and moved back to his hometown of Lenoir, almost instantly they filled Lenoir full of Kirbys, winning several cars, trips etc for their efforts, I remember in the early 80s they won a new Cadillac! and of course they had the Gold Kirby Omega!As far as I know Janet is well and doing fine in retirement,they always dealt honestly and fairly with everyone and I believe that was the best lesson a teenager and young adult could have ever learned!