Evening Republican, Volume 20, Number 88, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 12 April 1916 — BLIND MAN OPERATES MILLS [ARTICLE]

BLIND MAN OPERATES MILLS

Although He Is Sightless, Wilder Runs Four of Them Successfully. x Williamsport, Pa.—Forced to support a family when he became blind fourteen yeark ago, at the age of fortytwo, O. L. Wilder, after taking a turn at various occupations, turned to milling. He ordered a feed mill installed. With his hands he studied its mysteries and soon started grinding. With bls hands he built the blns and other equipment. Since then he has installed three additional mills. All of these he operates himself. He has not even put guards on the swift-running belts. He bags and weighs all the flour, feed, meal and oyster shells he grinds, and loads his products on the patrons wagons. He also conducts a small grocery as a side issue.