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Show WEST VALLEY VIEW Joy Just To Thursday, Nov. 6, 1980 See My Hands Move . . . Martin Peck Back From The World Of Half-Blin- d piece of ground for a garden, that was it! In October of 1975, the Pecks were called to go on a mission for their church. Martin had been a diabetic for five years and insulin was an every day requirement but they talked to their doctor and decided to go. Merlas health was not good, Martins eye kept getting progressively worse, and when Martin lost sight in one eye entirely they knew they must return home. They left the end of September, and drove throughout the east taking about a month returning to Murray. Among Martins many hobbies, he also writes poetry and one of his writings could be likened to his own situation. It is entitled Just Yesterday. The blue of the sky, a rainbow after a spring rain, snowcapped mountains to the east and to the west These are beautiful to behold! However, there is one catch. One must be able to see them to appreciate their grandeur and beauty. When one is blind in one eye, one is more than half blind. Periferal or side vision is gone. Such has been the plight of Martin L. Peck, who resides at 614 East 4800 South, with his wife, Merla. Martin has been blind in his left eye for almost 5 years as the result of diabetes. The name of his blindness is diabetic retenitous. This is caused by the blood vessels in the back of the eye rupturing and eventually blocking out the vision. Martin recently underwent an operation that is quite new and experimental. It involves taking the eye ball out of the socket, going into the liquid or vitreous part of the eye and drawing the ruptured blood vessles off the eye ball and drawing them, with the eye fluid, out of the eye. At the same time, a substitute fluid is injected into the eye to take the place of the fouled up natural eye fluid. In his case, a cataract was also removed and repair done to the ! Martin Peck with his wife Merla, as he gets around the house' lowing surgery on his left eye. retina. Martin entered the hospital the first of October, was operated on the next day and released to come home on the seventh. Since then he has been under the expert and loving care of his wife who is a licensed practical nurse. According to Martin, I went into this operation with absolute calmness and absence of fear. So, imagine my joy, when after all that time of total blackness in my left eye, the doctor removed the bandage the day after the operation, and asked me if I could see his finger, and I could! I could detect when he moved it up and down and from side to side. It gives me keen pleasure to simply move my hands in front of my face and see the movement of the hands Each day more light comes into the eye. When there are partially cloudy skies, the whiteness of the clouds and the beautiful blue of the sky shows up. My doctor says its going to take time to get the eye back to a somewhat normal condition, but I can see improvement every day, he happily tells. Martin stated that throughout this, my dear wife, Merla, was at my side as long as they would let her be, and it was also an ordeal for her. What were some of the things Martin missed through blindness in one eye? Along with According to him, missing the side vision, there is misjudgement of close distances. In my case, limited driving privileges were imposed. Martin celebrated his seventieth birthday on October 12th. He is retired form the Union Pacific Railroad where he worked for nearly thirty-tw- years, retiring in o 1972. His hobbies are music, music, and more music! He started playing in a small dance combo in 1924 at the age of fourteen and has since worn out five clarinets fol- - and three saxaphones. He is using his sixth clarinet now and claims he knows more than 2,i00 of the old standard melodies. Martin has played a harmonica since he was eleven years old and the last three years he has learned to play the chromatic harmonica. He is an avid gardener, and each year has a large backyard garden Martins wife, Merla, has lived here m Murray since 1945. Her husband died in 1960 and in September of 1963, she met Marty His first wife had passed away in 1961. She is an LPN and worked in the nursery at the Cottonwood Maternity and then also at Cottonwood Hospital when it opened When we married, Merla tells, Marty had a home in Rose Park and could walk to work. We discussed where we were going to live, his house or mine, and the decision, was easy. When Martin found out I had a It seems to me that lately every time Ive stopped to think And look upon my chain of life, one bright connecting link, Is that one leading to the past, where I, to manhood grew. And brings to mind, the scenes of youth; the many friends I knew. I see again the valley where I first saw light of day, Again I pass through that brief span, again I work and play. Among the choicest kind of folks that anyone could know. True neighbors; kind and loving friends, that helped my way to show. The frosty cold of winters reign, the sleighbells and the sleigh, Where we would all be bundled up, with quilts and lots of hay. And thus wed go to church or dance, or maybe just to town. It seems again, I hear those bells ... a song that neer dies down. 'inen mere was scnooi. Eight grades. All held in just one room. So bright those scenes keep coming back, with not a trace of gloom. The horseback rides, the canyon trips; the wood wed chop to heat . Our humble homes which also served to cook the food wed eat. The summer days; the harvest time; though hard work was our share. And money scarce, it seems that now, we didnt have a care. And so this pleasant dream goes on. A bright neer ending way. So long ago, and yet so near, it was Yesterday. To see is to believe! . Martin FWC Holds Historical Tour Of Rowland Hall Slated Peck Charity Luncheon American Legion Post 132 will host a Veterans Day open house, from 2 to 6 p.m. Tuesday at the Post home, 7750 So. 3200 West A free chili dinner will be served from 2 to 6 p m., with a patriotic pro- Nu chapter of Delta Kappa Gamma, honorary association for outstanding women educators, will hold its monthly meeting Thursday, Nov. 7 at 4.00 p.m. at Rowland gram beginning at 6 oclock All members, Veterans and prospective members are invited A grand opening will be held at the Post home on November 14 to welcome new managers John and Jackie HallSt. Marks School. Mary Clark, member of the association, will lead a historical tour of the facilities. This year marks the 100th year since the schools founding in 1880. It was a mission school founded by the Episcopal Church and served as a private school with live-ifacilities (although some students were day students only). There have been many changes One change was in the addition of St Marks boys school in 1964 and another was an addition of another classroom for the Upper School in Jewett The event will begin at 8 p m will include steak night, dancing a crazy hat contest. All members friends are being invited to meet and and and the new management. Post members are planning a trip to Elko, leaving from the Post home on November 22 and returning November 23 Cost will be $40 per couple and all members are invited Anyone wishing more information may contact Rex Bass, n 255-997- Partial Defrosting When baking frozen vegetables, partially defrost to separate the pieces Then, spread the vegetable in a greased casserole, add seasonings as desired and use the casserole cover (when possible). 1970. Mrs. Clark has been instrumental in bringing improvement and change to the school and epitomizes Annual this years theme for Delta Gamma, Kappa Women Educators: Architects of the Following the tour Future. will be a buffet dinner and entertainment by the school choir. Hostesses will be Virginia Denhalter, Ruth Clay-to- n and LaRue Seamons. Utilize ALL Your Bed Space! BUNK . BEDS does ... he believes soon soon believe that . . . . very he will see . . and with both eyes, too. . Oalmm F(M . Swiss are leckerli spiced honey bars which smell of cinnamon, WEDDING SALES DEPT. 969-942- . nutmeg and cloves. Theyre extra crunchy 5 (Your one stop shopping center for all of your wedding and flower needs - - - serv ing people in the Salt Lake area for over twenty years. $ Our low overhead enables us to provide, the lowest prices possible to make your 0 wedding a memorable occasion. 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