Show I I 1 I NOTES DECLINE IN BLINDNESS Dr Dl Mills lills Among Speak Speak- Speakers ers At Lions Public Electing In connection with a wide nation movement mo mom m nt In n the Ule interest of the Ule 1 e blind people the tho Lions Lions' c club tub of this city rave gave a program in the tabernacle bernacle t Friday for far the tho entertainment of the tho blind and also with the Idea of arousing interest In those who are handicapped by loss of their sight The Lions furnished d transportation for the blind and arranged all de details de- de tails of the program Care of the blind is one of the big activities acU 1 s of Lions' Lions International and programs I are being held In 11 H parts of the country this week by the Lions' Lions clubs MAKES MAKiS CRITICISM President Sterling G. G Price of the Ogden club presided and introduced M as chairman Murray Allen of Salt Lake stAte stat leader l ader for the blind bUnd In Ina Ina a short talk Mr Allen expressed appreciation to the Lions for their in interest In- In Interest Interest terest in tho blind He said there are blind persons in the state and that of that number Dumber are ara hopelessly blind bUnd because of our IK- IK Ignorance norance prejudice and bigotry He pointed out the need for the pre pre- prevention pre pre- of blindness and declared that society owed it to the people to take steps step in that tint direction He said that the blind people want to do the same things Industrially and social social- socially socially ly that other people p ople are arc doing to take them away from the shut in feeling Dr E. E E P. P Mills gave an Interesting and instructive lecture on Prevention Prevention tion Uon of Blindness illustrating his ad address ad- ad address address dress with charts He lie said the Lions could carry cany on a real Job in hav hav- having havIng havIng ing the law enforced providing for forthe forthe the tho sterilization of inmates of certain c certain r- r tain institutions so they cannot trans trans- transmit transmit transmit mit the tendency toward blindness He said it was gratifying to know that although the population of the state is increasing there is no Increase in increase In- In Increase crease In the number of blind people people peo peo- people in the state slate He said that in this state practically one-fourth one of the causes for blindness had been wiped out during the past 15 years TO HIGHER STAGE ST. Society s Duties s and Obligations to the Blind was the subject ct of a 11 talk by Frank Francis who commend commend- commended ed the Lions stating that the com com- community community is made better and lifted up to a higher stage stIge when men stepaside step stepaside stepaside aside to do a 11 generous thing to those who are less fortunate He referred d to a statement by t A. A Guest who said The meanest thing In the world Is nasty gossip and the speak speak- speaker er said he would add that the meanest mean mean- meanest meanest est person is Js one who cannot feel f l sympathy for those who are arc less for for- fortuna tuna te Mr Francis pointed out the Joy joyS that comes to and one in performing deeds S Js of kindness and d said aINe that t the blind do not crave charity but de desire de- de deI desire sire an equal opportunity with others oth rs to serve sane themselves and the community community community ity and thus become b come self A musical program included Or Or- Organ Organ Organ gan solo Sam F. F Whitaker tenor solos Edmund Greenwell violin solos Thomas E. E Biddulph a blind music- music musicIan musicIan musician Ian selections by a male quartet Darcey Nye Merlin Webster Henry Allred and Willard Gardiner Instrumental Instrumental Instrumental mental trio selection s Mrs W. W J. J Hill Hill- Hillabrant Hillabrant 1 abrant Mrs Royal Eccles and Mrs Junius Smart |