- Sole resident of Rhyolite, Nevada sells sun-tinted glass. Also: worm farming; woman teaches welding; Mexican artist paints bulls, matadors; making of miniature furniture, custom mannequins; training movie dogs.
- This series entry features a number of people with offbeat occupations. In San Francisco, George Kona makes hand-carved reproductions of fine furniture with intricate designs. Some of his handiwork has been on display in the Smithsonian Institution. Anne McKenly of Cleveland, Ohio is the president of a welding school. Vic Bilkovsky's angleworm farm in Alhambra, California sells cans of 50 worms at 40 cents apiece. He sold 5 million cans of his 'product' in 1937. A Mexico City artist paints pictures only of bulls and bullfighting. In Hollywood, Revis Cortwright trains dogs to act in the movies. For over thirty years, Joe Strobel has worked in soap factory in Los Angeles. His job is tasting the soap 'batter' to ensure it has been cooked enough before it is formed into bars. L.J. Murphy, the only resident of Rhyolite, Nevada, lives in a house made of beer bottles. Finally, Kathryn Stuberg and her daughter run a factory in Hollywood that makes mannequins for department stores.—David Glagovsky <dglagovsky@prodigy.net>
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