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Job Berrlman, Jacksonville, who is employed by Medford eorpo-
ration as a dynamite worker, spends his spare' time on inventions.
'' 'Annoyed because grease splashed out of - the family frying pan
when he turned a meat patty or an egg, he designed a pan which
. has about one-third of the cooking -surface elevated, slightly- -fhe ,
." food can be turned against the sloping surface and s slides neatly
..; , back without a spatter, Mr. Berriman also does woodworking and
likes rock collecting. ' .' 1
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; vt f .': For many years Miss Annette Gray, instructor at Medford Junior
? High school, has spent many hours making Braille books for the blind,
working through the Library of Congress and the, Oregon Systenvof
; ' Education. Miss Gray demonstrates here how. she uses, a stylus and '
': Braille ruler; the pages piled near constitute only about one-third of
..the book she is now. copying. Miss Gray, taught by the late Mrs. J. E.
; Gribble, has made 25 or 30 books, including a Latin text for q high
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'r.,v-r For; some writing is recreation, but Verne Athanas of Ashland Is
on author by profession. Writer of outdoor and western stories, his J ,
latest book is entitled "The Proud Ones." Published first, in a '-hard ;
: coverL.edition; the . book later, went into papjer back and British edi-V
-J tions and the movie rights were sold. Author Athanas, who has had - i
short stories published in Saturday Evening Post and the Bluebook, ?p
i.i now has three short stories "on the fire" and the germ of an' ided
' for another novel.
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MEDFORDtlTRIBUNE
SUNDAY, JANUARY 23, 1955
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. John A. Nosier (standing) took up bullet making because he liked to hunt and
was unhappy with the bullets already on the market; Mr. Nosier invented a new
partition jacket bullet in, 1948, set up a little factory in Ashlancl and now has as
his partner Don; O'Bleness, (seated). Mr. Nosier, who also designed the shop ma
chinery, advertises nationally and sells particularly to hunters who load their own
ammunition. Nosier bullets nave two. lead cores, covered by a gilding metal jack
et and separated by a. wall near the center. It is claimed that they create great
shock, penetrate deeper and produce more one-shot kills.
Work and Play
, By Olive Starcher '
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- ; Rogu valley residents, like most '
- - Americans- mother- parts -of the-, .United"
States," lead ! Busy and interesting lives.;
' Not only, are occupation's almost as va-
- ried as the individuals themselves, but
almost everyone pursues a hobby in his
' r spare time. Some turn an avocation into
-a vocation,, others : take up a combina-
tion hobby and recreation, and some oc
. eupy after-work hours with service pro-
' ects which aid their fellowmen. .
Today's pictures are representative of-
' the" work-time and play-time interests of
- county residents
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J Donald -Tackley, Greyhound bus driver makes f sound movies as o hobby. "
-' Using a Bell and, Howell 70DL camera, 16 mm size, Mr. Tackley first .shoots his.';
movie filnv;sends jt to the firm to be developed and have a' sound track eddd
- and . then adds music' or commentary by the magnetic sound method. . His equip s
o ment includes a. Revere : tape recorder and' two record . players, and Mr. Tackley
, uses records, his' radio and television sets 4or music and sound effects. As an ex
, . ample, pictures taken in f leishacker zoo, Son Francisco, Jiad appropriate , animal
sounds added from a Special recording of these. ' " , , Y,
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When Mrs. FrTda Burger Kas"g uestv they aTways spend part of their time' In "'her" home looking at her doll
, house. While the house Itself is not old, part of the contents dates back to about T825when Mrs.' Burger's grand-
mother was a five-year-old girl in Biberach-riss, Germany. The kitchen equipment includes such articles as a tiny
butter "churn, q container, with Jfire stone and flint, a bellows, scales, coal oil lamps, coffee jnill and roaster, and
even a miniature sink with faucets. The living room furniture has the usual chairs and fables plus such articles
Vets a sewing cabinet filled with minuscule thimble, scissor, etc., and a chest contains tiny pieces of clothing all made
r by hand by Mrs. Burgers grandmother' Little pewter copper and chma dishes fill th shelve and cupboards
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Making pictures- from dried, and pressed, flower fills! spare hours for Mrs. Lester Childs. Mrs. Qn5lds,p" who
began this hobby several years, ago, : gathers the blossoms when fhey are at their prettiest es to color and shc) ?
drid carefully presses them between layers of facial tissue, putting in powdered boric aci
color. When the flowers, leavesand other material cire thoroughly diy Mrs. (ilds glues them onSi background of r
plain wallpaper or art paper and then adds' a glass and frame just as-for any picture.- tHavincj worked mostly .
with flowers from her garden and those of friends Mrs! Childs now plans to press a collection of native Blossoms
-cind plants which she- hopes-Jo- start- gathering this wmmer. .,,, , (Brainerd pnotosj