Evening star., 1937-07-11
Arlington Boy Is Gifted
In Realm of Mechanics
Harry Hayes Builds Many Things, Provides
Home Devices, Is a Taxidermist, and Has
Practical Skill as Musician.
By Blanche Mcknight.

- 1XTEEN YEAR OLD Harry
Hayes is beginning to be known
as Jack of all trades" out in
~ his neighborhood at Arlington
Va. For this versatile young man does
a number Of things, and does them
well.
Mechanically minded he builds
radios and aircraft models, invents
labor-saving devices for the home,
keeps up the repairs on the FAM
lily electrical appliances. and. further
more, keeps the family automobile ir
good running order. In addition, he is
somewhat of a cabinetmaker, a taxi
dermist and a musician!
Harry was very young when he
started tinkering with radio-one of
his first hobbies. 1t was natural Of
course, that he should start building
his own. Today his room is filled with
his work, and you may be sure that
these instruments have very special
Harry Hayes features.
A system Of buttons to control VOL
ume is one Of his major specialties. In
one instance. by pressing button, he
turns on a set that can be heard in
the far end Of his large two-story
home. Press another, and his radio
produces moderately low volume.
And-for listening TO the late program
after the family has retired-a third
button reduces the volume to a mere
whisper.
A MOTHER clever gadget credited to
Harry is an electrical switch near
the kitchen sink to control the motor
to the water pump outside Of the
house.
From gadgets to garages-it's all in
the days work to Harry. whose abil-
ity as an automobile mechanic is a
great boon to his family. And, as one
thing leads to another. it was while
working with the car that he decided
to install gasoline motor in one Of his
airplane models. The experiment
proved successful, and the model made
around $50 flights. Finally there was
crack up," and now. with the aid
OF his brother. James Hayes. l9, he is
rebuilding. This time however. he is
eliminating the entire body or fuselage
and Is mounting the motor on the
wings Harry described 1t as a low
wing job"
The plane. built Of light baka
wood, wire and silk, has a one-sixth-
horsepower baby cyclone" motor,
capable of keeping it aloft for Is
minutes.
Asked as to which OF his hobbies
he liked best, Harry declared that he
gets more real fun" out OF his work
shop than anything else.
In fact l had rather do wood
working than read, or even 60 to the
movies, unless the picture happens to
be unusually good" he said.
His workshop is shed out in the
back yard. which he has wired and
equipped himself. For his work bench
he uses an old. discarded square piano.
which has been remodeled. On one
end OF the bench is wise. and on the
other an electrically-drive speed
lathe. Here he makes lamp bases.
small tables. airplane models and other
useful objects.
HARRY says his love for hunting led
him to take up a course in taxi
dermy, and glass case in the Hayes
home contains collection of his
mounted birds, but in this group are
to be found only such birds as may be
exterminated under the law.
Music is another Of his hobbies and
his special instrument is the trumpet.
He has played in the Washington-Lee
High School Band, and was bugler for
one year for the District Of Columbia
Boy Scout Council. He is also a Boy
Scout.
With all Of his varied interests Harry
has not as yet decided on 4 college
course. but his friends predict for him
a successful career in some branch of
the mechanical arts.