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Mrs. C. C. Hoover for years has made gloves for herself and her family, cutting and
tewing them by hand. Mrs. Hoover also has a myriad of other handicraft interests, such
os refinishing furniture, and she renovated and made petit point panels for the antique
chair in which she is sitting. The Hoovers recently moved from Roberts road to the
James Towne ranch.
For the past two years Mr. and Mrs. Orth F. Miller have worked to build a new home on Pacific Highway north, and expect to move in
about two weeks. Mr. Miller did the foundation work and almost all of the construction of the rooms, with an assist on such tasks as the brick work
on the fireplace, on plumbing and wiring. The house has the new shadow wood on the wall around the fireplace, baseboard heat, TV outlets in
every room, sliding closet doors of Nova-ply, room doors of Japanese tightwood, and new type low voltage lighting with rock switches and mas
ter switch control. Mr. Miller is shown here preparing the grounds for planting. The Millers and their two children will be glad to move from th
garage-home in which they have been living into the ample seven rooms of the new house.
Medford
Tribune
MEDFORD, OREGON, SUNDAY, MARCH 27, 1955
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By OLIVE STARCHER
Newest catch phrase in the United States is "do it yourself." Although resourceful Americans have been making, building
and creating articles which they needed or wanted since the nation's earliest days, in recent years this trend has become even more
pronounced. Energetic men, women and children build and rebuild houses, fences or motors, create beautiful jewelry, refinish
and upholster their own furniture, build fish ponds and swimming pools and in short do practically everything and anything. To
day The Mail Tribune pictures a few of the activities of the "do it yourself" enthusiasts. (Brainerd photos)
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G. W. Allingham, 704 West Tenth street, is shown with the television set which he built "by correspondence"
and which works perfectly. The cabinet is of wood and Masonite, and the latter will be covered with fabric or
leather later. Enrolling in the course, Mr. Allingham first built a radio and then the TV set, completing the lather's
interior works in about a week. The activity was completely new to Mr. Allingham, but his wife says he has al
ways "been handy" at building and repairing.
In recent days Mr. and Mrs. Miller have been putting the finishing touches on their new house. Mrs. Miller
first helped with the exterior, doing much of the work of putting on the grey shake, and later did almost all of
the interior painting. Here she polishes the big picture windows in the living room. Mr. Miller's job in recent day
included installation of the last of the baseboard radiators, and nailing down the last of the quarter rounds.
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Mrs. Clark Ballard (at left) and Mrs. Herman Mitchell, learned how to refinish furniture through Lone Pine
Extension unit. The women remove the old finish, sand and repair the wood and put on a new finish. Mrs. Ballard
did two end tables and then a tray, and Mrs. Mitchell, unit chairman, worked on a coffee table which had been
painted white. The two are pictured in the basement recreation room of the Ballard's home, 819 Broolcdale road.
Mrs. Jack Van Dyck, 2170 Barnett road, has six children and she makes almost every article of clothing the
family wears, including her own dresses, her husband's shirts and the boys' trousers. In addition this busy woman,
who is chairman of Medford Parents' Extension unit, knits, makes quilts, gardens and cans and freezes a large
share of the family's food. The children are Rita, 1 year, Stanley, 3, Gregory, 6, Linda, 9, Douglas, 12, and
Karen, 14 years.