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SUNDAY, APR. 20; 1952

Once He Fixed a Fiddle—Now

By LLOYD WALTON

SOME PEOPLE waste a lot of time *‘fiddling around” —but O. W. Nicely, 6007 Carrollton Ave., has developed his fiddling into quite

& hobby,

Sine 1924, the quiet, cheerful math teacher at Washington High School has made nearly

. 50 violins in his home work-

shop. Most of them have been

* sold to music teachers and or- ° chestra violinists. price has ranged all the way |

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from $100 to $500 each.

Mr. Nicely started playing the violin when he was 12 years

. old. He took it up because his

dad played the “fiddle” for dances, and the music appealed to him,

Then one day while he was

playing the violin, a neighbor knocked at the door. Mr. Nicely

placed his instrument on the

chair and let the visitor in. And of all the chairs in the living room, the neighbor selected the wrong one to sit on—and smashed the top and sides of Mr, Nicely’s violin.

- » » THE NEAREST place which could repair the smashed in-

strument was a concern in Philadelphia. But“tHey said it

would cost $50 to make the

necessary repairs. “In those days that was

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nearly half a month’s salary,” Mr. Nicely laughed, “and it was just more than I could afford.” “So, I got all the books which were available on the subject at the library. And some which they didn't have I bought. Then

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| WASHINGTON, Apr. 19 (UP) {| —~President Truman obviously be-

He signed an order yesterday {to permit future. Presidents—and himself—to get by with signing! their names only 155835 times

The President will have to sign six types of documents only once Previously, he has had to sign the document and then sign a paper informing the Secretary of State of his action and directing the Secretary to ‘affix to the document the Great

The White House has estimated that the President signs his name an average of 600 times a day. That makes 156,000 signatures a year on the basis of a five-day

The Budget Bureau offered the encouraging information the rew order will cut the total by 165

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I got me a piece of wood and got busy.” As he had no special tools to work with and only the kitchen table for a work bench it took nearly two months of spare-time work to complete the repair job. “And about the time the varnish was dry on the fiddle, I had made up my mind to start from scratch and make another one,” Mr, Nicely said. “Back in those days I took the place of a vise,” Mrs. Nicely interjected. “I always had to hold 'the glued pieces together ‘til he got something to clamp them with.” , . » . MR. NICELY doesn't devote as much time to this hobby as he used to. He makes about two violins a year now. “I don’t work at it very hard any more,” he said.

Mr. Nicely says there isn’t much of a demand for good violins any more. “You can buy them too cheap now,” he said. The wood and fittings for a fine hand-made instrument cost about $50, and there are many models on the market which cost no more than that completed. Besides his accomplishments in the violin Hei, Mr. Nicely has many other ies, He has dogle some fine wood carving, including a replica of a colt, grips for target pistols and

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a : PAGE 5 Maurice Day Notre Dame Alumni Meet

DETROIT, Apr. 19 (UP) — To Be Speaker More than 350 Notre Dame Smith, assistant dean of the Cols © Frank H. Bowen, National Labor| Maurice J, Day, assistant met-lalumni, wives, parents and friendsilege of Commerce, will head an {Relations Board regional director; sHusgleal nginees for alloys of wi] jam the Gold Room of the ShNSrvaneS Jrogram, ugh. © i Jithe U, 8, | Ho . augh, Cn 3 died Justerday in a Detralt hos Co.. will address Marott Hotel tomorrow night toig o "resident of Notre Dame Fr Mr Bowen, 80-year-old dean of|the Indianapolis help celebrate Universal Notrelwho must retire this summer ace ‘the NLRB staff, joined the re. Chapter of the! Dame night here, cording to Canon Law, will be . Hi |glonal office in September, 1935 American Soci Guest speaker to be Introduced Bust speaker of the Notre Dame het {During World War II he served ety for Metals: by Toastmaster Joseph Argus wil |Alumni Club of Los Angeles, on the Detroit War Labor Board. Monday evening be Dean Clarence E. Manion of| Around the world observances "! He survived by his wife, In McClarney's the College of Law. will be held in such for off places Elizabeth Grymes Bowen. Restaurant. Outgoing President Thomas ®® Rome, Manila, Tokyo, Mexico He served dur- 2 Fitzgerald Jr. will give a talk.[C'ty, Havana and Lima. Elmer N. Johnson ing World War The newly elected president will ! . I1 on technical be introduced. ‘Services Tomorrow Times State Service

| advisory com- Special guests include The Most { PRINCETON, Apr. 19-—Serv- government, and

THE INDIANAPOLIS TIMES Frank Bowen Dies; IM [Veteran NLRB Member

Flame Thrower Burns Fatal to Farm Wife

SWEETWATER, Tex. Apr. 19

Mr. Day ices for Elmer N, Johnson, Gib Was manager of the Alloy Bu-

mittees for the Rev. Paul C. Schulte, archbishop lof Indianapoils, Mayas Clark § {Father Galvin, superintendent of | (yp)... | [son County Republican State Rep- reat of U. 8 Bteel Co. |cathedral High School, and Bro. bo ally Ie am vite _ {resentative from 1947 to 1049, F. Day 13.4 specialist in thei, Regensburger, principal of gasoline splashed over her as [will be held at 3:30 p, m. tomor- development and application of |yipeqra) High School. she helped her husband destroy row in the First Methodist 2il0y steels. Harvey G. Foster, former spe-cactus with a flame thrower, = Church. Burial will follow in clal agent in charge of the Indi-| Mrs, Odell Kent, 30, died at a Maple Hill Cemetery, Soviet Gushes Again anapolis FBI and president of the Sweetwater hospital yesterday ,{ Mr. Johnson, who was up for] LONDON, Apr. 19 (UP)—Rus-|Notre Dame Alumni Association, (from burns suffered Thursday renomination in the May primary, /sians drilled the first ofl well in/will address the newly formed when a fuel line on the cactus died Thursday night of a heartithe world, Moscow radio said to-/Notre Dame Club at El Paso, Tex.| burner éxploded as she and her attack. He was 61, : ay, At Ft. Wayne Prof. Edmund A.[husband used it on their farm.

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carved this replica of a colt of wood,

and shotguns. He also works | with plastics and has made several modernistic lamps. “When any of the family | breaks anything,” sald Mrs, | Nicely, “they just put it aside and say, “Save it for Grandpa, | he'll fix it.” |

The Nicely's have two sons, Doyle and Wayne, Wayne lives | in Indianapolis and Doyle lives | in Little Rock, Ark." - Doyle was first violinist in § the orchestra at .Morton High | School (Richmond) where he played four years. He still | “sits in” occasionally with his | 14-year-old daughter Susan ' who also plays the violin. | Grandpa Nicely made the in strument she uses. Mr. Nicely also says there is no difference between a violin and a fiddle. : ‘ “It all depends on the per gon playing it,” hé said. “If he lets his hair grow long and gets good money for an appearance, he’s a violinist. On the other hand, if he doesn't get paid much and plays for square dances, he's a fiddler.”

Still Opposes UMT

CHICAGO, Apr, 19 (UP)~—The National Association of Evangelicals reaffirmed its opposition. to! universal military training and, called it the “method of totali-| tarian states” in a resolution passed at its 10th annual eonvege tion.

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