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weekender apmkaj98tp43l vintage radio donated to local museum by bruce etheridge austin reesor has had to do a lot of scrounging to save vintage radios from the scrap pile and give them a home but now ab out to enter his 83rd year mr reesor has been searching for a new home for his radio collection and hes found one at the mar kham museum mr reesors collection which totals 39 pieces will be exhibited in two phases on the main floor of the museum until december 1987 many of the antique radios have been donated permanently to the museum by mr reesor the oldest radio in the collec tion is a 1920 wireless receiverset that sold in kit form for 28 the radio still works stations are tunedin by an unusual pistonlike plunger that is moved in and out mr reesor had the radio hooked up for museum director lew twambley just a few weeks ago mr reesor built crystal radio sets as a teenager in high school no voice came over the radios in those days it was all morse code you had to get practiced up on that to read what was coming over the air he said the radio was a fascinating piece of equipment for that period mr reesor recalls ev ery boy gathered as much in formation as he could about this new technological marvel that unlike the telegraph or telephone allowed wireless communica tion for seemingly vast distances while mr reesors interest in radios dates back to his high school days he didnt start col lecting vintage sets until after world war ii the collection dis played in the museum ranges from 1920 to 1940 he picked up many of his pieces as a ship radio operator on great lakes barges and oceangoing vessels mr reesor was trained at the marconi radio trade school during the depression despite planning to stick with it for only about a year mr reesor ended up staying with the marconi company until his retire ment 42 years later in 1969 although he didnt set out to cre ate a radio collection mr reesor said that many interesting pieces that had outlived their usefullness on the ships were des tined for the scrap pile he de cided to save them he picked up as many as he could from other operators on his journeys but it was sometimes tough to acquire the radios even though they were being replaced the company was always afraid you were going to sell it and make some money mr reesor said- theyd rather throw it overboard before letting you have it mr reesor never sold any of the radios he collected over the years as a marconi operator mr reesor said he had to understand the equipment himself because on large bodies of water you zs5 i m v xij1 austin reesor tunes in on a 1920 crystal radioset receiver mr reesor who has been collecting vin tage radios since world war ii has donated the greater part of his collection to the markham museum bruce etheridge cant call a repairman but mr reesor concedes todays equipment is getting beyond me my technology is pretty primi tive the collection has been appraised at about 300014000 the singlemost valuable piece is also one of the most unique it is a marconi wireless telegraph company radio set despite his life having revolved around radio the only time mr reesor set aside time to listen to the radio was for the amos and andy show mr reesor has been witness to the entire legacy of radio from its inception over 66 years ago through to the technological advancements of today mr twambley said the museum ex- entitled radio talks the austin hibit will follow that same path reesor collection will tell the the museum exhibit which is story of radio a visit to mall during our salute to spring wednesday april 8 thursday april 9 friday april 1 0 saturday april 1 1 centre wide merchandise values prizes free balloons entertain ment play spin to win and you could win a telefunken model 568021 remote stereo tv or an emerson mci ssop stereo system along with many other prizes donated by mall merchants see mall display for rules regulations 1661 denison st markham ont mwihmyjwju oaicufamcv mwdipm at the o sheraton parkway hotel specializing in unique floral arrangements by award winning designers in both fresh silk flowers visit our new shop and present this ad fora 111 discount on any purchase plus a complimentary rose 3 locations to servf vmi 600 hwy 7 east at leslie richmondhill cedar heights plaza markham rd lawrence 4313855 eglinton square victoria park egllnton 7514720 7313538