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Youngster Takes Memory of Beautiful World into Surgery To Remove Sight immmm.M' "!. iL".W ,Ju.iMm.y.il.UN ..11..111 iiin mum Mii.ij i ' - JUWr 'VL Y Orlando. F!a. 'UP- Mike ! remained extremely active for a Siboie, at 4 the victim of eye j four-year-old. He could swim cancer, entered a world of life-j underwater, rolltrskate, and long darkness today with the play ball. memories of a world of beauty i His two -year -old brother, in his heart. j Jerry', will have to find someone The slip of a boy with the I else to play catch with, rourage of a man was swathed j in a hospital jacket and wheeled into the operating room of Pleas- ' ant Holiday House Hospital. ! There a doctor took out Mike's j only eye to save the boy's life from spreading cancer of the ! retina. It was believed that Mike had been told the bad news shortly before he was brought to the hospital. Last Look At World Mike's last look at the world outside was indelibly imprinted in his thoughts forever, a bright morning sun and multicolored flowers. For four days prior to the in evitable operation, the boy's par ents had taken him to every 1 1 t U 4.. 41 ,J I- , I V,,LC "A uviuLy uiey couia una and his last full day in the world of sight was spent among the pounding waves of a nearby sea shore. The Rev. James W. Siboie and his wife brought little Mike to the hospital about 30 minutes before the scheduled surgery. In preparation for the tragic evrnt. Mike's parents had wisely started him on instructions at a e.hool for the blind. Mikes room in the hospital had been decorated with beauti ful flowers long before the fam ily arrived, gladioli, asters and roses, the flower that Mike likes Mike's right eye was taken out two years ago because of cancer of the retina. And now the spe cialists say the left eye must be removed because of a similar growth. The choice was clearcut, but agonizing: Blindness or death. Readjustment Begins Today Mike is scheduled to remain in the hospital for three days, the doctor said. The doctor will fit Mike with his second glass eye in about four weeks. But the long period of readjustment be gins today. Even with faltering vision dur ing the past two years. Mike has The Rev. Siboie and his wife Vera are thankful, though, that his life has been spared. They are ready to teach Mike the new skills he will need. Mike already is enrolled in a special pre-school training class for blind children. HE'S PART OF HER Mrs. Roderick D. Balsam of Littls Neck, N. Y., comforts her ll-month-old son, David, in Memphis, Tenn., hospital alter part of her shin bone was transplanted to little David's ankle. The tot was born without a normal ankle and was unable to move his foot. Doctors said Mrs. Balsam will suffer no ill effects from the operation that will one day help David to put his best foot forward. 0i So smooth It leaves you breathless rnirnoff Zhs tp-caest Xante -VODKA i Proof. Bi-.t from jrjin. St. Pierrt Smirnoff Fit. (Oiv. of HeuOlein). Hartford, Conn., U.S.A. GETTING THE JUMP Jockey Willie Ilartack breaks in one of Calumet Farm's potential stars, Iron Liege, as the two leap from starting gate at Arlington Park near Chi cago. Hartack. who after 20 days of the current Arling ton session had 36 victories, is now leading reinsman in the country. This is Iron Liege's camera debut. School Superlnfendenf Appointment Urged Salem ;u.R) The Legislative Interim Committee on Elections voted yesterday to recommend legislation to allow the gover nor to appoint the state superin tendent of public instruction rather tihan have him elected. The committee was divided on a proposal that would make the office of labor commissioner appointive rather than elective although four of the six mem bers verting appeared to favor the recommendation. Labor spokesman James Marr told the committee he was op posed to the appointment of a labor commissioner unless it was guaranteed that he should come from the ranks of labor. Marir said he favored making the ofl5ces of labor commission er and attorney general non-partisan, along with the office of superintendent of public instruction. $100,000 Fire Levels Mill Near Stayton Stajton. Ore. :U.R) Sieg- mund Lumber company's mill on F'?rn Ridge rd., five miles east if here, was destroyed in a S10O.(O0 fire yesterday. Cause was not determined. Owner Ralph Siegmund, who lives a half mile from the mill, said he was awakened by the crackling sound of the blaze at about 1:30 a.m. Siegmund said there was no insurance on the plant, which was formerly known as the Golden Penny Lumber com pany. He said he had no plans to rebuild the plant. The jobs of 2 men will be ended by the fire. Portland Man Drowns In Country Club Pool Portland vU.R) Oscar Trcft. ' 32. Portland, drowned early today in the private pool at Waverly Country club here. Treft had been employed at the club for about four months as . bartender. His body was removed from more than eight feet of water at the deep end of the pool and investigating offi cers said an abrasion on the forehead led them to believe he had dived into shallower water. President, Cabinet Discuss Steel Strike Washington (U.R) Presi dent Eisenhower, concerned by its economic effects, discussed the 18-day-old steel strike today with cabinet members and other top federal officials. After the meeting, the White House said Mr. Eisenhow-er was informed that strike negotiations will be resumed this afternoon and "'both parties are deter mined to make every possible effort to reach an agreement at the earliest practicable time." Murray Snyder, assistant White House press secretary, said he did not believe the meet ing constituted presidential in tervention in the steel dispute. He said the meeting was "a review." Train Hits Bumper Hurting 35 Persons Jersey City, N.J. (U.R) A crowded Pennsylvania Railroad passenger train plowed into a terminal bumper at the height of the commuter rush hour to day, slightly injuring 35 per sons. The 12-car express train, car rying more than 350 passengers, struck the bumper, a metal guard, at the end of the line in the Exchange Place Station here. Police said the train engineer. John Walsh. 59, misjudged the distance between the train and the bumper and struck it "with considerable impact." Walsh was not injured. The jolt sent passengers sprawling into aisles. Some were hurled against seats in front of them. Others, standing in pre paration to debark, were knock ed off their feet. Kansas Man Killed On Fort Klamath Job Fort Klamath ,u.R) Gene Chapman. 47 of Pleasanton, Kan. was killed by a falling tree at Three-mile creek, two miles west of Fort Klamath yesterday eve ning'. Chapman was working as a timber taller for Eugene F. Bur rill, of Mcdford. His widow, two sons and a daughter live at Pleasanton. Wednesday, July 18, 1958 MEDFORD (OREGON) MAIL TRIBUNE THREE Convention of Christian Men To Be in Cleveland In the first national conven- tion of its kind, thousands of American men will gather in Cleveland, Sept. 14-16. to pro claim their faith in God and dedicate themselves to Christian living. Coming from virtually all states and representing all walks of life, these '"men from the pews" will be delegates to the first National Convention of Christian Men. convened by United Church Men, men's wing of the National Council of Churches. The Rev. Billy Graham, the Rev. Norman Vincent Peale, Mayor Roe H. Bartle of Kansas City and Congressman Walter Judd are scheduled to address the convention during its three day session. The meeting, which will bring together men from upwards of 30 different denominations and communions, will also be mark ed by a fellowship breakfast, workshop discussions on the role of men in the nation's religious life, and a pre-convention lunch eon. Among the speakers for the convention will be Dr. Alan Walker of Australia, whose "Mission to the Nation," has been so successful 'down under' that the Methodist church has brought him to the United States and Canada for a year's speaking engagement. The program will open on Friday evening, Sept. 14, and continue through Sunday noon. In addition to the speakers at general sessions, a fellowship breakfast will be held Saturday morning where state and local executives of councils of church es will visualize and outline ways for men to undergird church programs at the state level. A workshop will be held Sat urday morning to explain how United Church Men functions through national emphases and cooperates on the community level. "Billy" Graham will a,s0 speak at a pre-convention civic luncheon Fridav in the Hotel Bo by Survives Truck Passing Over Body Seattle (U.R' A 14-months-old baby who was run over by a throe-quarter ton truck driven by his father was reported in "good" condition here today. Kjrk Norby was admitted to Virginia Mason hosptial Tuesday and physicians said bruises cle-rrly indicated the truck had passed over the child. The boy suffered bruises on It is back, stomach, left hand and head and may have internal injuries. N&halem Man Dies In Logging Accident Nehalem, Ore. (U.R) Ray mond Lloyd Johns, about 40, was kil !ed late yesterday when a log swiang over and pinned him against another while he was loading logs on his truck. Johns openated a logging outfit in this vicinity. 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