Show Blindness No Wo Handicap Industrious Ohio Man Proves PAINESVILLE P OHIO Although Although blind since he was seven Robert Bixel is one of the most industrious men in this community After work- work workIng workIng workIng Ing throughout the week at a rub rub- rubber rubber ber plant he continues the pace on Sunday by rushing off to church where he is an evangelist and sing sing- singer er er- Not content with these regular activities Bixel utilizes a guide dog to help him around the community to give chiropractic treatments re re- repair repair re- re repair pair chairs and sell greeting cards At home he mows the lawn fires the furnace and helps with house house- household household household hold tasks An ardent sportsman Bixel rides horseback goes fishing and coon hunting On coon hunts he asks only for a stout club about four feet in m length and Ill get along all right by myself Blind since seven years of age as a result of being struck by a stone thrown by a playmate Bixel refuses to acknowledge the handicap He now plans to learn typing to permit him to keep up with his immense amount of correspondence Formerly the regular preacher at Riverview church in nearby Nov Nov- Novelty Novelty Novelty elty Ohio Bixel turned the pastor pastor- pastorate ate over to a law in and now acts as a traveling evangelist |