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After all, Tampax is really the logical method of protection on "those days" themethod that does away with the bulky harness, andsubstitutes protection that's far more convenient and much easier tduse. Wearer's hands needn't even touch the Tampax. Tampax can be worn in shower or tub. Tampax prevents odor from forming. Tampax is easy to dispose of. And it's so small, a month's supply can be carried in the purse. Choice of three absorbencies at drug or notion counters. (Regular, Super, Junior.) Tampax Incorpo rated, Palmer, Mass. Iljr was faCL, 1932, and in Jacksonville, youngFla., a popular and talented ster named M. Robert Barnett was showing 16-year- -old belt-pin-p- ad the Amerit mm Mtdicwl in um Am m m am m uv lift EHYi CAwUY- -li sartcsybyssrm! Refleffrom pain of i Dnp Hot Rob on the spot that's man. See bow it's "taken up" by your kin. In joa 90 second yooH fed m mmrwUk mmd pleasing gow fUak mt the point that kurU. Abnort ( right jmmedistWy pteiia is wJiered, You most feel relief deep down f rfeel arthritic; ilwuniatie pain 1 a "aIpIsI T diaap-j- mi wSl rafond at every penny yoa paid phi postage. I Ml Menthr4atwm 14 s k i INI T p l OJ it FAMILY Aj S 1 w I T IdI IM WEEKLY MAGAZINE JUN 26. News-Journa- Fs h I J I L jaHi 'ii n if P c I u m We. jr O S S L 1 2. Y STAIKIISSI coast-to-co- ast KATCMWOtD KtOSSWOtD MIZZLE Cealsil ji till I?5S . Ujl,i A promise as a cartoonist. Then one night, while leading a youthful foray on a neighboring orange grove as a Halloween prank, Bob was shot by the angry owner of the grove and blinded for life. It might all have ended there but for the fact that Bob Barnett had vision, courage, and a sense of humor that kept him from feeling "tragic" about himself. After several fruitless operations, Bob went back to high school, was graduated, and in 1936 entered Stetson University the first blind student in the schools history. But it wasn't more than a day or two before Bob was walking unerringly from class to class and to any point on the campus. Soon he was even giving directions to strangers! From the first, he was an honor student He became editor of the college newspaper and literary magazine, was active in campus politics, and played the saxophone at school dances. And as editor of the literary magazine he met an f. attractive contributor named Sara Ellen In 1941, a year after Bob was graduated with honors, he and Sara Ellen were married. Bob remained on campus teaching journalism and as director of public relations. Then, in 1943, when the chief of the Daytona Beach (Fla.) bureau entered the county-se- at Army, Bob was given his job. The nextryears' were hectic ones for the Barnetts. Bob's outstanding political reporting and his graphic account of a Florida hurricane won him positions with the Associated Press and two of the largest newspapers in the state his creed. as a correspondent. But-torf- soumoN Foa 21 A When a vacancy occurred on the staff of the Florida Council for the Blind, Bob took it; and in 1947 he was elected president of the National Council of Executives of State Agencies for the Blind. Two years later, Bob went to New York as executive director of two of the largest organizations of their kind in the world the American Foundation for the Blind, which produces the famous 'Talking Book" records; and, internationally, the American Foundation for Overseas Blind, which serves the sightless in every corner of the free world. In their Short Hills, N. home from which Bob commutes daily to New York the Barnetts are a typical American family. Bob helps with the dishes, mows the lawn, and worries when the report cards of Bobby, 7, and Sylvia, 8, aren't up to snuff. He also tinkers with "hi-fi- ," and keeps up with world affairs through Braille literature and 'Talking Book" recordings. The Barnetts entertain often, and among their friends is Helen Keller, whose life has been an inspiration to Bob. Because she is International Relations Counselor for the) Overseas Foundation, she works closely with him. What can people learn from Bob Barnett? Here is his philosophy of life as he expressed it radio program: on a "Blindness is a very serious inconvenience but not in itself a molder of character the A character should be there to begin with human being can meet and carry through any circumstance in life if he possesses a willingness to work beyond tangible compensation, the capacity for restraining selfish desires for passing pleasures, a sense of humor about himself and the world, and a strong, abiding belief in some deity, regardless of the earthly format of e. 8 ... |