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Furniture Store Owner in Oneco, Fla., Retiring after 28 Years.

By Aimee Juarez, The Bradenton Herald, Fla. Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News

Jun. 5--ONECO, Fla. -- Thirty-two years have boiled down to 10 days for Hal Cadle as the furniture salesman prepares to close his family business.

Cadle, 63, said he'll be counting his money and his blessings June 16, the day after Cadle's Furniture, 6350 15th St. E., officially closes its doors.

"It's time to hang it up," Cadle said Tuesday.

Waning sales aren't driving Cadle out of the 12-hour-a-day, six-day-a-week job that has kept him busy for the pa

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