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MedfordTribune
SUNDAY, NOVEMBER 14, 1954
Hands
at
Work
By Olive Starcher
This ,1s the "machine -.age and this is
a nation of complicated, elaborate and
even fearsome machines. But machines
are made and kept in repair by the
hands of workmen, and the hands of
American men and women carry on the
countless tasks of office, shop and home.
Heading the list of Medford resi
dents who cooperated with The Mail
. Tribune on today's picture is Earl Miller,
(upper left) well known garagemanVmo .
was elected mayor of the city earlier
.this month. Mayor-elect Miller is shown
at work on a carburetor held by a vise.
Pictured (upper right) are the hands
of Bradley Patten, watch repairman,
who posed for his picture1 while at work
at Brophy's jewelry store with the small
instruments which this painstaking and
delicate work requires.
The hands bf Mrs. Phyllis Morse,
(second from; top, left) were at work re
pairing the pages of a Hebrew Bible
when the photographer called. Mrs.
Morse, employee of the public library,
was using a new liquid plastic which
she said is wonderful for mending torn
pages. The' Hebrew Bible has been much
used since being put on the shelves of
the library. x
Mrs. Hilda Cook, (second from top, ,
right), works at a task which helps to '
satisfy the sweet tooth of the valley
, folk, for Mrs. Cook dips chocolates for
Severson's Candy company. Mrs. Cook,
.who works with lightning speed in the
. v gooey stuff, says she has been dipping
chocolates "all my life, practically '
The two hands of Lewell A. Dupray,
(third from top, left) shown at work in
his shop in the Tribune building, made
the engravings for the pictures on this
page today. The work of photo-engraving
is also highly skilled and requires
a variety of techniques.
Mrs. Anna Bqrnes' hands, (third
'from top, right) have helped to ease the
suffering and misery of hundreds of pa
tients at Community hospital, where
she has been on the staff for 14 years.
Nurse Barnes is pictured preparing Jo
fill a hypodermic syringe.
Mrs. T. E. Knacksted't (lower left) is
shown making a batch of biscuits. (Mrs.
Knackstedt, author and homemaker, has
the reputation among family and
friends for her fine cookery.
Handicraft is a work of hands, and
Dennis Owen, (below right) likes to
- build model ships, boats and automo
biles. Dennis, 14,is a ninth grader at
Medford Junior High school and the
son of Mr! and Mrs. Cecil W. Owen.
' He is at work on a model Jaguar.
(Brainerd photos)
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