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Page 12 THE BATTALION WEDNESDAY. NOVEMBER 1, 1978 'ALTERATIONS' IN THE GRAND TRADITION OF OLD TEXAS WHERE MOTHER TAUGHT DAUGHTER THE FINE ART OF SEWING — SO HELEN MAftlE TAUGHT EDITH MARIE THE SECRETS OF SEWING AND ALTERATIONS. DON’T GIVE UP — WE LL MAKE IT FIT!" AT WELCH'S CLEANERS, WE NOT ONLY SERVE AS AN EXCEL LENT DRY CLEANERS BUT WE SPECIALIZE IN ALTERING HARD TO FIT EVENING DRESSES, TAPERED, SHIRTS, JEAN HEMS, WATCH POCKETS. ETC. (WE RE JUST A FEW BLOCKS NORTH OF FED MART.) WELCH’S CLEANERS 3819 E. 29th (TOWN & COUNTRY SHOPPING CENTER) Alther combines art with studies ajiinmiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiimiiuinnniimiimiiimiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiuiiiinnniiu MAMA'S PIZZA e DELIVERS 11 A.M.-11 P.M. DAILY PIZZA, SPAGHETTI, LASAGNA, SALADS, & DRINKS ($5.00 MINIMUM) 696-3380 1 S 807 TEXAS AVE. - - Sjimiimiiiiiiiiiiiuiiiiiiiiiiuiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiuimiiiiiiiiiiuiiiiiiiiiiiiimiiimiimiiiimiir Battalion Classified Call 845-2611 Bill Alther, a 19-year-old sopho more at Texas A&M University, took a hobby, a love for birds and a talent and combined them all to turn blocks of wood into artwork. Taking an antique razor con verted into a knife, he carves mockingbirds in flight, a pheasant in midstep. He’s a whittler with this philosophy: “When you stuff a bird, there is nothing of yourself in it. It’s just dead skin. When I carve a bird, I reflect myself.” The young man from Midland has drawn on the fading art of woodcarv ing to make his studies more mean ingful and earn part of his college expenses. “I guess I’m getting better,” he said. “After the first 10 or so, there was tremendous improvement with each bird. Now, getting better is a little slower. I do more refinement of details, and worry less about get ting the basic shape.” The wildlife and fisheries science major said he improved by observ- AT THE INTERNATIONAL HOUSE OF PANCAKES MIDNIGHT MADNESS WED., ALL THE PANCAKES YOU CAN EATM! •f 49 Just And while you’re stowing ’em away. . . Meet the new owner, Mike. International House of Pancakes® 103 N. College Ave. College Station IKiJeiiPi -for many good reasons jnal House of Pancakes* |IM| ® DEMOCRAT Dick Holmgreen COUNTY JUDGE Dick Holmgreen that County Government should work for all citizens of Brazos County. VOTE Dick Holmgreen for County Judge Pd. Political Ad by Dick Holmgreen for County Judge Committee. Pete Clary, O.M. Holt, Ed Holley - (Co-Chairmen). 2707 Texas Ave., Bryan, Tx. 77801 ing real birds. “I’ve been interested in birds for years. When I finish college, I would like to be a wildlife biologist, but there is always art, too.” Alther has carved more than 30 birds since he began three years ago. He sold the first one for $10. He recently sold a scissortail fly catcher that had a 20-inch tail for $300. A month-long exhibition of his works was just completed at the Sterling C. Evans Library. Alther said he carves his birds from a fine-grained basswood, wood which he said is perfect for carving. Completing a single bird takes be tween two weeks and several months, depending on the size of the carving and the action of the bird carved. Alther does not use a wide as sortment of carving tools. “Most of the time I use a knife made from an old straight razor,” he said, picking up a pheasant he is carving as a Christmas present. He said the carving takes time, but the detail work of wood burning the veins and feathers and painting multicolored plume is excruciat ingly slow. “It was just a hobby,” Alther said. “Now, it is something that makes me more aware of what is happening in my field and what effect I can have on it.” Jim. The begi ach Tom ass confei ition of th es’ basic oi d of Wisl [Texas A& "1 want it downpla; Bill Alther, a Texas A&M sophomore, carves wild birds for fun and to help pay college expenss Photos used to aid efficiency United Press International NEW YORK — Walt Disney’s time lapse camera, which as tonished folks 20 years ago by showing flowers growing, has been married to the computer to measure productivity in many business and industrial operations. The technique of measuring productivity this way is being taught at Loyola University in Los Angeles by members of the staff of Manufac turers Resources and Planning, Inc., of Santa Ana, Calif. That firm has used the technology for such companies as Burroughs, PepsiCo, NCR, Bendix, Rohr Industries and Fleetwood over the past decade. Jon M. Ament, a vice president of Manufacturers Resources and Planning, says profitability savings on some operations has been as high as 48 percent. 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