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O TWO MEDFORD (ORtGON) MAIL TRIBUNE "Fight for Sight" Work Of New Blind Woman By G&Y PULEY United Press Women's Edilor qNcw York-JtJ Mildred Wei senfeld is a woman going blind and knows it . . . has lived with this knowledge since she was 15. But instead of sitting back feeling sorry for herself and the trick mother nature played on her, she is working to prevent others from entering life of darkness. "We spend9l50 million dollars a year on the care -and aid for the blind." she said. "No one be grudges that, certainly. But medi cal science generally is agreed that 70 per cent of blindness could be prevented." Organizes Blindness Fight This is where ?.Iiss Weisen feld's project comes in. She or ganized and is director of the National Council to Combat Blindness. Its one purpose: to raise money for research in pre vention of sight loss. Her "fight for sight" began in 1946 and now has leagues in all five New York boroughs, in Westchester county, N. Y., in New Jersey, Philadelphia and Miami. Mildred Weisenfeld, now 34, was a girl growing up in Brook lyn when doctors discovered she was suffering from a progressive degeneration of the retina. "They think it started after I had the measles," she said. "But I remember it coming to me sharply that something was wrong when one day I couldn't aim a snowball. Twelve years ago, the drastic changes began ... it wasn't long until I could't get around by myself. Blindness took over." :xzzm&z& MM, sd i J au9es lm 1 f (P-J f JMNY OTHEE JCAUTIFUl MODELS AT TWS OiriVmot-momiig far V . . . W fort . AmPQ mm See our complete line of KODAK fflju OUTFITS There's everything needed for picture-taking fun in these handsome gift kits. Camera and film for sunny-day snaps, plus all the aids required for pictures around the clock, right around the calendar. Full selection of Kodak outfits for color slides and movies, too. Stop in soon. Kodak Flash Outfits start at just $9.95 -jirijvir.iMi:r "The Store of A Thousand Thoughtful Gifts" Miss Weisenfeld now has about two per cent vision. I was a "dark blur" to her, as we talked in her office. "People say how well adjusted I am," she said. "That's so much rubbish. A blind person never gets over the deep frustration . . . and the more he broadens his horizons the more he misses sight. "But we learn to live with it . . . just as others live with their problems. A little more than a year ago, Miss Weisenfeld found romance through her organization and now is married to a Philadelphia executive, whose vision also is impaired. Nobody Doing Research "I started the council because I got angry," she said. "It just irked me that nobody was doing anything about eye research, yet 70 million persons in this coun try have eye troubles. "One person becomes blind every 20 minutes . . . there are 314.000 who are totally blind." Miss Weisenfeld and seven friends each put in SI, and the "fight for sight" was on. Siice then, it has raised 5500,000 for grants and fellowships in col leges or at hospitals, and has a scientific advisory committee made up of some of the leading eye specialists in the nation. Right now, the council is prepar ing for its biggest fund-raising push a "lights on" benefit De cember 15, with all branches of show business participating. More playing cards are made in Cincinnati, Ohio, than in any other place in the world. medford, Oregon Wednesday, December 4, 1957 Week's Sewing Buy Save money! Sew that cute outfit that daughter needs for school. This Printed Pattern is so easy, even a beginner can whip it up. Blouse, jumper, jacket double her wardrobe! Printed Pattern 9329: Child's Sizes 2, 4, 6, 8, 10. Size 6 blouse Vs yard 35-inch; jacket and jumper 2 yards 35-inch nag. Printed directions on each pat tern part. Easier, accurate. Send Thirty-five cents (coins) for this pattern add 5 cents for each pattern for lst-class mail ing. Send to Marian Martin, care of Medford Mail Tribune, Pat tern Dept., 232 West 18th St., New York 11, N.Y. Print plain ly NAME. ADDRESS with SIZE and STYLE NUMBER. Always a Favorite A peacock, bedspread means lovely color in the bedroom. What coloring is lovelier than that of this bird? You'll enjoy this embroidery. Start now! Pattern 7364: transfer of a 15x20 and four 234x3V4 inch motifs. Color chart; directions. Send Thirty-five cents (coins) for this pattern add-5 cents for each pattern for lst-class mail ing. Send to Medford Mail Trib une, Household Arts Dept., P.O. Box 168, Old Chelsea Station, New York 11. N.Y. Print plain ly NAME, ADDRESS, PATTERN NUMBER. Send Twenty-five cents more for a copy of our Alice Brooks Needlecraft Catalogue. Two com plete patterns are printed right in the book . . . plus a variety of designs that you will want to order: crochet, knitting, embroid ery, huck weaving, quilts, toys, dolls. Family Returns Mr. and Mrs. T. H. Ness and their three children, Thomas Jr., Mike and Melinda, of 1521 Ter race drive, have returned home after spending a week in Cali fornia. Three days were spent at Disneyland. Call Today For An Appointment Virginia's BIG Y BEAUTY SALON Jim Funk, Lillian Lewis, Virginia Welch, Owner I Operator PHONE SP 2-9380 cSiJ SIZES jffv 9329 2-10 KLWii IPaDtpapimirn'fl If one thing didn't lead to another, maybe we'd get more done. Sunday, with company coming for supper, we firmly resolved not to be distracted but to stick to the work list which we wrote out the evening before. But, as we said before, one thing leads to another. Right after breakfast we started to do the dishes, but decided to tidy up the parakeet's cage first. While doing this little chore we emptied the box of bird seed into a jar and went into the living room to put the empty box into the fireplace. Before throwing the box in, we decided to take out part of the ashes, and when we got out into the garden with the ashes, we noticed a few chrysan themums and lavender alyssum that didn't look too frost-bitten for bouquets. So, we got the clippers and picked the flowers and then we went into the laundry room for a newspaper to put them on and ended up by reading a couple of stories and an editorial which we'd missed earlier. By this time half an hour had gone by and the breakfast dishes were still in the sink. It's just as we said one thing leads to another. Dictionaries would be more useful if people consulted them oftener. (This isn't original we borrowed it from EA.) According to the dictionary a bride's bouquet couldn't possibly be made of "pom-poms" pom-pom is "a one-pounder automatic machine can non." Nor could it be made of "mums." Webster says that "mum" means "silent or hushed; to play in a dumb show or mask; a strong ale or beer." In the advertisements, and capitalized, Mum means deodorant. Santa Claus probably hasn't been informed of this, but his reindeer have new names. Instead of Dancer, Prancer, et al, as first named by Clement Moore in his beloved poem known as " Twas the Night Before Christmas," some whimsical person re named them Zonta, Pilot, DAR, PTA, Gen. Fed., Quota, BPW and NSA. Last week's mail brought a revised version of "A Visit from Santa" offered by the program director of women's organizations, National Association of Manufacturers. In addition to giving the reindeer names of women's organizations, the writer says the sleigh runners were painted with JL and LOWV, and the yule trees were named Republican and Democrat. The gifts this Santa Claus brought were from OES, AAUW, AAIN, NCCW, BB, UCW, AMC, and were labeled faith, love, hope, charity, learning, etc. And if there's anyone in the whole U.S. who can't find just what he wants to buy for Christmas presents it isn't the fault of the country's manufacturers. Changing Times went to the annual housewares show in N.J., and reported on changes and new products. The magazine said nothing is going to come in conventional white in the future everything, including garbage pails to can openers and carpet sweepers, is in color. Multipurpose items are popular. A broom comes with three heads so it can be used as a mop, an inside brush or an outside sweeper; an electric pot deep-fries, cooks, bakes, warms, steams, pops corn and serves as a chafing dish. A kitchen ladder converts into an attractive chair with a back. Almost everything is powered with electricity, including an automatic can opener that opens any shape can. Huge electric blankets have zippers down the middle so they can be made into two, and a new clock radio will buzz six times in a row at seven minute intervals. - Strictly for the housewife are the new combination ironing board and worktable with built-in seat; an ironing board in the shape of a half-moon to give more work space and equipped with wheels for easy movement and storage; a scoop that accurately measures teaspoons, tablespoons or fractional quantities of a cup for liquids or solids; a cookie gun with trigger control and dial for making cookies thick or thin, and believe it or not a pot cover that "swallows" all smoke and fumes that come from fry ing, boiling or stewing. Scores of other items were listed including electric fireplace logs that give off realistic smoke, a mop that shakes itself, a hexa gon shaped pie pan to assure equal-sized slices for everyone; a portable automatic dishwasher uum cleaner attachment for power lawn mowers to pick up the grass and luxurious bath scales with jeweled movements. But they didn't list the article Potpourri has been waiting for someone to invent. We want a key case that will glow or light up so that when -we rummage in the depths of our big purse on a dark night it will show up and not be completely hidden under our bill fold, compact, purse file, handkerchiefs, gloves, eyeglass case, grocery list, notebook, checkbook, pen, pencils, bills, wed ding invitations, letters needing to be answered and pill boxes that make up an ordinary day's cargo. O.S. Open Every Q Cj A BEDFORD J Monday lMi St S s ll ' ' 'u 9:30 a.m. to ff f " ' " '!rV,:St 'Rll Vl 7 and be sure they're tailored by ' Come see mon. 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Sizes 30 to Main and Bartlett Streets powered by water pressure; a vac 3" Ml ft f 193 38 Second Session Of Charm School Set December 14 Second session of the Girl Scout charm school will be held Saturday, December 14, from 9:30 a.m. until 12 noon, at the Roosevelt school gymnasium. Special counsellors will be Mrs. Margine Thurston from the Thurston School of Dance, who will demonstrate good posture and walking; Dr. Arnold Dep ner, chiropodist, will show a film and explain the care of feet. Each girl attending is to bring a book, to use in the good pos ture demonstrations. A special statuette trophy will be given the best groomed troop attend ing jthis session; the first session demonstrated good grooming. Members of Senior Girl Scout troops will lead community singing and will usher. Senior Scouts are also in charge of reg istration.' At the last session troops attended from Grants Pass and Cave Junction, Rogue River, Gold Hill, Evans Valley, Yreka and Hilts, in California; Ashland, Talent, Phoenix, Jack sonville, Central Point, Camp White, and Medford. The charm school sessions are planned and directed by Mrs. Raymond Reter and Mrs. Al Carrara, and anyone wanting more information may contact them. GIFT MAKING IDEAS Parents who would like to make toys, dolls, and other play things for their children as Christmas gifts can find ideas and instructions in books at the Medford public library. In ad dition, the library has books which give ideas for gifts that can be made for other members of the family. Annual Rogue Valley Country Club 49 r Social Officers of All Tickets $8.00 Rogue Valley LA 4 J N l o y CALENDAR Calendar notices and newi tor the society section of The Mai) Tribune must be submitted in writing and deadline for the Sun day edition Is 1 p.m Friday Dead line for the weekly calendar is 9 i.m of the day of oublication and for week day news is 5 era the day before oublication. Wednesday: 6:45 p.m. Rogue River "Vallej Knife and Fork club, Rogue Val ley Country club. 7:30 p.m. Bethel 14, Job's Daughter's, Masonic temple. 8 p.m. AAUW Music study group, home of Mrs. W. E. Her cher, 1608 Stratford ave. 8 p.m. Roxy Ann Home Ec onomics club, home of Mrs. George M. Walters, 2250 Spring St. 8 p.m. Veterans of World War I, Medford barracks, and auxiliary, Girls Community club. Thursday: 10 a.m. Wenonah club, Red man hall. 10:45 a.m. Westside Exten sion unit, Central Point grange hall. 1:30 p.m. Medford Garden club, Christmas tour, at Court house auditorium. 2 p.m. Eagle Point Jaycettes style show and tasting tea, Ea gle Point grange hall. 2 p.m. Sams Valley Ladies club, home of Mrs. Hazel Bald win. 530-7:30 p.m. Central Point PTA dinner, cafetorium Jewett Elementary school. Mushroom Club The monthly meeting of the Southern Oregon Mushroom club will be held tonight at 8 p.m. at the Fred Lawrence home, 1422 Euclid avenue. Military UMAY, BEC. 1 Hour at 7:00 p.m. Followed by DINNER and DANCING Branches of Service and Their Ladies invited. a Couple Available at Swem's Gift Shop Sponsored by Chapter, Reserve Officers Association Dinner, Concert Set For Thursday In Central Point Central Point A concert by students will follow the annual chili dinner to be given by Cen tral Point Junior High school cafeteria. The dinner will be served from 5:30 to 7:30 pjn. and the concert to follow will be at 8 p.m. Numbers will be given by the band and a choral group, it is announced. Price of the dinner will include the concert; Funds from the event will be used for a scholarship in teacher educa tion, and for various project in Central Point schools. Shirt Elegance The Home Is For living NOT Laundering! LET US DO YOU& SHIRTS! Washed A Ironed to FIT RIGHT Shirt elegance also meant your shirts are ironed to fit right. Spe cial rounded irons shape your col lars and cuffs, while they dry wrinkle-free and smooth-as-satin. Even the body of your shirt is ironed to body-roundness. Shirts Dated For Long Wear ONE CALL DOES ALL Just call Lou, SP 2-6165 and She'll gladly open an account for you! DOMESTIC LAUNDRY 30 North Riverside Ave. Ba We're a member of Medford's Charge Plate Group. For faster, easier charge service use your charge plate. If you're not presentily a charge custo ber, we invite you to open an ac count now! Phone SP 2-6428 0 O i i: O
