Indianapolis Times, Indianapolis, Marion County, 5 December 1948 — Page 42

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" “I ENJOYED

Talking Books Bring ‘Sight’ ~~ Joseph O. Hamilton bt + ‘Reads’ While Working

Wind’ very much,” the note read.

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that sightless persons have the same variety of tastes as ordinary demonstrated. readers. The Bible, both old and

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“I'm wondering when I may have ‘Forever Amber’,” <i The note was written to a librarian. And ft was written by a blind subscriber-—one of some 500 -sightless persons in Indiana who have the wonders of the * printed ¢ brought to them through the Talking Books serv-‘“jce-of Indiana State -

gress, the Indiana State Library furnishes record players and the latest books in recorded version to blind or partially blinded persons, ig

a » ” » ONE EXAMPLE of the worth of the talking books project is Joseph O. Hamilton, assistant in / the department. Mr. Hamilton, who is almost totally blind, went through grade and high school without ever 4 reading a book. His sight was 88 failing steadily—he could barely manage to get his lessons. He was a newsboy in 1936 when he first heard of the talking books and obtainéd a player and subscribers rights. At 25 he “read” § his first book, “Huckleberry Finn.” 5g “I couldn't turn it off to go to bed,” he recalls, “It was a thrill I've never forgotten.” i

e 8 =» SINCE then Mr. Hamilton ob-

tained the rough equivalent of a RS

a y BE SERA : Tolstoy's “War and Peace,” or Wind" as he works in the talking book section of from the latest Perry Mason mystery. He's a highly regarded authority on blind legislation and'advancement. president of both the Indiana and|brary has more than-1200 books that is a conservative estimate. Marion County Association for now and new ones come in at the # 8 = the Blind.

the state library. talking books for his educational “read” 80 per cent,of these vol-

eye”

4 lo veterans. The checks were The Indiana li-jumes and fellow. workers agree not filled in through an error but

‘Irate of fivé or six a month, Mr. THE PEOPLE who chouse the own figures in would be a federal He doesn’t hesitate to credit'Hamilton estimates that he hasiselections to be recorded realize offense. ’

It uses pneumatic “knockers” to shake the fruit from the tree into "a. large ' canvas-covered “catcher” frame which is mounted on wheels. cago paint manufacturer says. When ‘the fruit falls into the! ‘Tans and beigés are on the catcher, it is unloaded into boxes| Way out,

new testaments, has been recorded. So has “Gone With the Wind,” “Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs,” and instructions on how to learn the Morse Code. “For: ever ‘Amber’ was not recorded but the equally racey “Daisey

decorating thétr homes, a Chi-/

works. "He prepares the talking books for mailing, opening each case, checking the records for breakage and inserting the address cards. All this he does by

’” by two belt conveyors and/Wine tones is decreasing,” 'ac-| . Kenyon” was. = trucked immediately to dehy- cording to the company’s color 14'x20'—20'x20'—20"x24' Mr. Hamilton “reads” as he drators or drying yards " |analyst . 3 | 4 V, “a : Delivered to Your Site in

The University of California go says the new high-speed” har-if VOTES CAST by 115000 vester also can be used on other American homemakers indicate a | fruits and nuts. preference for<ten colors. “ Only

touch—each' package and each - {two colors are apart from the —— Se —— record has pn Be A aia QUICK LET-DOWN [shift Joma coolness—sprout | LOG. CABIN ON GARAGES wg "GLEN ROCK. N. J, Dec. 48een and flume. | 5380 to $2,488 F. 0. B.| 109; pown—s. : ’ 0 lance 36 Months IN ADDITION to his talking (UP)—The fire alarm rang, 25 The company sald current Size 8x12, 12x12, 20x16, % Dow alance 3 h book work, Mr. Hamilton heads a| volunteer firemen jumped on their decoration trends are toward) 20x20. 24x20, 30x20, 30x24! SEE MODELS AT dance. band, studies the organ,| truck and it roared out of the fire- lighter rugs, brighter, clearer(f [Z_"7* “7777 “FRC x see

and dabbles as an amateur radio Nouse. A few hundred feet down|upholstery and increased use of| man. {the road it sputtered to a stop— colored appliances. Kitchens and] He's an inveterate “fixer” and (Out of gas. Luckily, the fire was bathrooms will remain tradigadget collector. Once he put an |Just a little one. itional white. intercom systém between his] a a _— basement office and the first-floor | office, It worked so well that the library took it over to use in the stacks when a telephone connection was put in between the two offices. He's currently trying to develop an inexpensive “electric arrangement which would help blind vendors know when a =: ; % customer walks up to the counter. “gi» # y 5 . iy Pp a y : Fy : Co.

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