Frank Smith Applies Brush with Deft Touch, Frank Smith, 61, of Empire Ave

Original Toronto Star caption: Frank Smith Applies Brush with Deft Touch; Frank Smith; 61; of Empire Ave.; is a bird sculptor in wood. He has had that hobby the past 30 years. Balsa wood; sandpaper and years of study of the formation and coloration of all varieties of birds are the ingredients which go into the making of his thousands of wood-carvings. A member of ornithological and naturalists' groups; he makes exhaustive studies of living specimens in the field before he launches upon a new model.