Youngster Takes Memory of Beautiful
World into Surgery To Remove Sight
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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
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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.
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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.
Cleveland which will be attend
ed by professional, business and
industrial leaders of the Cleve
land area and the National Board
of Managers of United Church
Men.
Beverly Shea of the Billy
Graham team, soloist, will be
on hand. Plans are also being
made to bring the 75-voice Blue
jacket Choir from the Naval
Training Center at Great Lakes,
111., for one of the sessions.
Fifteen thousand men are ex
pected to attend the convention
with registrations already in
from men in 24 states.
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