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Show Guest Editorial by Mrs. Bernadine Ilium, 978 South 14th West Salt Lake City, Utah 84104 Recently my husband and purchased eye glasses we could not wear. My husband went a year ago to one optometrist and I just recently went to another one. have had My husband and different experiences because he just put his glasses away after two months and went to someone else I I for new examination and a bought new pair. When had trouble with my new pair of glasses recently, which I'd waited two weeks for and tryed to wear for 3 days, took them back and explained the problems was having to the a I I I doctor. The doctor examined my eyes for the second time using a bus sign across the street which he had used the first time to check my vision and gave me a new prescription. waited another three weeks for the second pair to be made and when got them, tryed to wear them for five days. After would have about 4 hours terrific headaches and nausea. The second pair seemed to be better than the first but knew the prescription had to be wrong so went elsewhere and had another examination. The new doctor confirmed my opinion that the glasses was using were the wrong prescription. then took the ylasses back to the first doctor and a woman in his office said would receive a refund for frames and lenses but when asked the optometrist for I I I I I I I I I I refund for his services, he flatly refused. He told me there was "no way" could get my money back. Is this fair? We pay for a service and we should be able to expect that service or our money back. Do we have to lose money a I prescriptions we can't wear because we've been examined using a street sign across the street? Is it fair to families that need glasses, if they Women Lend Helping and to Others by Laura Briggs on low-incom- two young women. ' ' J e have to wear the wrong prescriptions for two years as an adult or one year as a child (welfare guidelines don't provide for new glasses any sooner) before they can get new ones or not wear them at all? Is it fair to a child who is behind in his schoolwork because he needs glasses to get the wrong prescription and not be able to wear them? Or they make him sick if he does. People can't afford to keep going back and forth, much less going somewhere else to get the problem corrected and paying for the service twice. wonder how many people have had problems like this or have unused eye glasses in their possession, because of wrong prescriptions? Have you gotten glasses for your child that he couldn't wear and you've blamed your child? If you've had these problems and would like to do something about it, please contact me at 52 i 6857 or call the Model I Neighborhood Emma Morgan introduced News at 467-801- now have new eye glasses which can wear and am very happy with them! I I by Frank Howard Model Neighborhood Resident The revolt, on the part of youth, against gross materialism is deep-rooteand holds promise of effective change for the better in our society. Materialism coarsens and petrifies everything; makes everything vulgar and d every truth false. Today, there is rampant a religious and political materialism which spoils all that it touches, liberty, equality and individuality. Influential mass media and inflated rhetoric indelibly record our obsession with a spiraling gross national product to a degree where the things of the spirit mean little or world; and their conduct would be rational in terms of that world. Only by massing together and touching each other's bodies do they have any sense of security and continuity. ackie Easton a nd Jeannette Nelson, their success stories exemplify what WICS is really all about, stated Mrs. Morgan, as she conducted an informal tour through the Jewish Community Center, 2416 East 1700 South, Salt Lake City. Matrons in lace and crepe gowns served tea from silver urns to into community, city and which permeates the established national areas and take root. This revolt is really a challenge to all of searching order. Samuel Butler, the eminent English author, writing at the turn of the century says, "In their unconscious, the young us, young and old alike, admonishing us not to get are living in a answer. post-catastroph- uptight, but to look within tor an cold institutionalized shuffling of according to Emma Morgan. Referrals of girls who need assistance come from varied Jeannette, University of Utah, majoring in second Tea on Thursday, October 1 9, to represent what the Women's Job Corps offers to young ladies who need a helping hand. WICS stands for Women in music. She composes and sources, Detention Centers, Chiefs of Police and family agencies. guests and to Jackie and who came to this annual Interfaith Silver Community Service, and embraces services of volunteer women from all faiths, including Church Women United; National Council of Jewish Women; National Council of Catholic Women, National Council of Negro Women; League of United Latin American Citizens and the American Gl Forum Auxilary, all of which form a coalition of community service to combat poverty, with particular concern for the training of young women. They also are active in correlating supportive services for young women returning from Job Corps training centers. WICS operates on national and local levels and is headquartered in Washington, D. Jackie and Jeannette,who WICS were referred to because they needed direction and aid at a crucial time in their young lives, were able to take advantage of WICS' Women's Job Corps training at the Denver center. Jeannette and Jackie both arranges her own songs. She sings in a clear, professional voice, and she works with a group called "The Entertainers, who are presently appearing in a local have-nots- Mrs. Morgan noted that, so far, they have received no referrals from clergy, though WICS volunteers represent so many religious affiliations. At present, girls from Utah are at the Denver Women's Job Corps Center Mrs. Morgan stated that, in this area, black and Indian girls have not , so far, been a part of the WICS program. In other parts of the country, such as Detroit and in Oklahoma, black and Indian girls take advantage of Women's Job Coi ps training, and an effort is being made to publicize their eligibility in the Utah area. Governor Caivu. L. Rampton 5 supper club. Miss Easton is plans around Las radiant as she Vegas and Snowbird bookings. When queried about the difficulties for a woman in such a transitory, competitive field as popular music,she states it rewarding and exhilarating for a woman if she is willing to work very hard. Area Women's Job Corps centers are in Denver and Albuquerque. The centers ate funded in various ways, such as businesses, American Standard signed a proclamation designating the week of October 17 - 23 as a time of special recognition of WICS. The Governor commended Plumbing and Honeywell the group as Computer Center. The programs, which include Stenographic, Registered Nursing, Para medic and computer training, run from 6 months to 2 years. Graduates organization, the Office of Economic Opportunity and private a worthy deserving the support of the community and those women who can find spare hours to serve. from the Job Corps training program are encouraged to maintain contact with WICS for WICS, to community services they might need after they return from training. Their schooling is Room 2 3 referral 135 So. State 1 S.L.C. Utah 841 WANT TO BRIGHTEN UP YOUR BUSINESS! Need Assistance in: Management Financing Marketing Accounting Research Product Development capacity of self, before confusion and inconsistencies is sister" attention, not Jackie Easton decided to shift from nursing to music studies. She attends the demonstrations en masse against the establishment only serve to incite and preserve feelings of despair and hopelessness which youth seek to overcome. Clear cut and well defined help in every age has never been forthcoming. Individual energies and capacities vary, and education should take into consideration the innate and seeking help from the legacy of Youth endeavors to give individual "big they suffer. I nothing. paid and they receive allowances for living, including child care if they have a small child. WICS . human Offices of Salt Lake City WICS are in the Federal Annex Building, downtown State Street, Nevertheless, the use of drugs as a crutch and embarking on universal programs believe leading to solutions. in individual therapy, hope lies the success of which will spill over now employed in the Intensive Care Unit in Pediatrics at the University of Utah Hospital. She states she finds her work both fulfilling and heartbreaking, since she feels the reward of helping children who need her, but she feels empathy with them when is C. One Man s Opinion chose nursing courses. Jeannette Then Call or Write the Salt Lake County Community Development Office 444 South 2nd West 359-379- 5 Free Technical Assistance Program for Model Neighborhood businesses. A 1 1 |