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Show i THE VALLEY VIEW Page 6 Thursday, September 1, 1966 NEWS , I-'- IN i i'lTTlWi mwiiliii'MTirai riiiinini tim n r - Dan Tyler splashing desThe "bailing" contest found more water perately to keep Bradavich's gang from putting in his team's pool. KALL's Retired Persons Meet in Salt Lake Sandra Barton, Jay-C-Et- vv.Ss I k -A v ftS? V ' ' vv - l v &W , it 3 v' ' t JVv V K : , W W- - vs J t- -' -- v hits, Bless and Keep You, is popular with young and old alike. His musical career began as a The American Association of with John Philip Retired Persons will open its flute player He was with the Band. four-da- y Biennial Convention in Sousas for Philharmonic York New jSalt Lake City, Utah, on conhe and later five years 7. The events of the the Seattle Symphony, ducted be will first day highlighted by San Francisco Symphony and the a Citation Banquet which will Philharmonic. Los Angeles feature An evening with Meremusical prohis the Over years dith Willson. heard on the have been Mr. Willson, the renowned grams nettelevision three major musical conductor and coma also is Willson Mr. poser, is best known for his works. and has writer prolific prose scores for The Music Man inand The Unsinkable Molly written several best sellers his autobiographical cluding And There I Stood Society advises parents and book, teachers to be alert to signs With My Piccolo. Citations for outstanding that may be indicative of eye exan call for that in the field of aging will work problems such as: swollen, be presented at- the banquet by amination, inflamed or watery eyes; rubEthel Percy Andrus, Dr. Founder and President of the bing the eye excessively; shutAssociation which was organting or covering one eye; tiltforhead the or ized in 1958. Under the leaderthrusting ing more than usual; ward; blinking ship of Dr. Andrus the memberto the a close book holding ship has grown to nearly a eyes; squinting or frowning; million persons age 55 and older and other unusual behavior patwho are interested in promoting terns. activities and services to hindthan Is better Foresight assist older people in helping to comes when it your themselves provide for an ensight childs sight , and the Nationriched life in retirement. al Society's slogan for amU.S. Congressmen John E. blyopia is certainly worth reFogarty of Rhode Island and - Early deMelvin Laird of Wisconsin, membering, tection for early correction, champions of congressional so be sure to have your childs bills designed to benefit the jeyes checked - preschool and older person, will address the afternoon session on Thursday. periodically threafter. j For additional Information on Earl W. Kintner, a former amblyopia, write: Prevent chairman of the Federal Trade iBlindness, Box 426, New York Commission, will be the Friday iNew York 10019. morning speaker. . d? - A his many song Good Lord The May Among Sept-jemb- er Karma Herzog "Don't be so accurate with your aim. President, handles "Coke" machine. - te Brown. - li vl ' ft ; ' ' s 4 1 r. 'WV - t 4 i 1 . r? ' ' Granger High Student Body President Dave Weatherbie gets assistance in mounting the dunking machine. Protect Your Childrens Eyes Amblyopia - One Eyed blindness .. . Amblyopia or lazy eye blindness" may effect as many as one child in every twenty, unless detected and treated in It is a disorder in time. which an eye that appears healthy actually has low or poor vision which, in many cases, cannot be helped by wearing If not treated early In life, it can lead to blind- glasses. ness. child may have eye trouble that causes him to see a double image instead of one, or images of different sizes or shapes. This is due to the fact that one eye is not functioning properly. When he fails to get the two separate pictures to come together, he tends not to use the delinquent eye and this, then becomes a habit. of the Thus, through non-us- e one eye, vision is gradually and cannot be relost, gained. A youngster may have blurred vision or use only one eye to see and still not complain because he has no way of knowing that it should be otherwise. Illustrating this, is the story of the first grade child in a southern school who, after having her eyes examined and A glasses prescribed, went to the movies with her mother. Why Mommy, she exclaimed on looking at the screen through her ple. new lenses, theyre peo- Undetected vision problems or crossed eyes can mean per- manent loss of sight in the affected eye if not treated at an early age. Noted in a recent Readers Digest article, was the fact that when the U.S. Army Air Corps doctors studied of some five thousairmen, they made the the vision and ! j startling discovery that more than two hundred of these men were virtually blind in one eye. Experts believe now that amblywhich the condition opia, afflicted these airmen, threatens the sight of as many as one of our American in twenty youngsters. The National Society for the Prevention of Blindness, Inc., points out that amblyopia is almost one hundred percent pre- - s Jf '-- f ' '9 v u - - x . ' ' ' ' , ' ' y '' Candy Lish unhappy about dunking. It can be conquered would seek and use the knowledge and services that are available to them, such as ventable. if parents seven, a childs eyes should be examined before he is four years old, and treated, if necessary - the earlier, the bet- the helpful literature provided ter. by the National Society; the preVisual difficulties not only school screening programs to may result in blindness but may detect signs of amblyopia which account for lack of progress in are being conducted by vol- school and emotional troubles. unteers all over the country; Even though a child may not or by having an eye examin- complain about his eyes and they ation. may look perfectly normal, an Since the critical period of examination is still important, development of acute vision is for some defects may not be between the ages on one and evident. However, the National This Pass Pius 504 GOOD FOR ONE ADULT Admission to the PLAZA THEATRE See LT. 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