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Our Children’s Eyes: A Lifetime Os Sight?
Last year an estimated 167,-
000 American school children
suffered eye injuries. Too of
ten, warns the Georgia Society
for the prevention of Blindness,
vision impairment or blindness
does not ‘'strike’’ but is a con
sequence of carelessness, ig
norance or Indifference regard
ing preventive measures — rules
for eye safety which every child
should learn.
Make sure your child knows
about;
The value of safety glasses —
If a child wears glasses, states
the Society, he should be wear
ing safety glasses. Safety glas
ses protect the eyes from pene
tration by high-speed small ob
jects (a BB pellet, a rock) and
resist breakage when subject to
blows or Impact. Ordinary eye
glass lenses are easily break
able and penetrable, and the fr
agments of broken glass often
compound the eye Injury. The
Society advocates safety glasses
for everyone; and especially for
ARMED FORCES
NEWS
Bobby E. Usher
TAY NINH, VIETNAM (AHT
NC)—The biggest problem faced
by Army Private First Class
Bobby E. Usher in Vietnam is
keeping dust out of the drinking
water. And when the helicop
ters come in, there’s nothing but
dust!
Pfc. Usher, 19, son of Mr. and
Mrs. Emanuel J. Usher, Route
4, Conyers, Is a water purificat
ion specialist assigned to Head
quarters Company, 588th Engin
eer Battalion. He Is a member
of a three-man team that has the
responsibility of supplying water
for a big fire support base near
Tay Nlnh.
The men are Isolated at their
water station but they don’t com
plain. They keep a constant
check on the purifying machin
ery and when a helicopter lands,
they cover the tanks with plastic.
“You’re on your own here,” says
Pfc. Usher, “and you can do
your job in peace.”
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our active youngsters.
Case in Point: 12-year-old
Michael Shipp of Waverly, lowa,
recently became the first young
ster to be a three-time winner
of Junior Wise Owl membership,
which is awarded by the Society
when a youngster, due to pro
tection provided by his or her
safety glasses, avoids eye in
jury at the time of a potentially
blinding accident. (Two of young
Mike’s awards were due to mis
haps on the basketball court.)
School eye safety laws — Tw
enty-nine states have now passed
laws, based on a model law for
mulated by the National Society
in 1963, requiring safety eye
wear for all students (teachers
and visitors too) In school lab
oratories and workshops.
Case In Point: Two high sch
ool students at Thomas Jeffer
son High School in Richmond,
Virginia, along with their tea
cher, recently avoided serious
eye Injury from splashed for
maldehyde in biology class. All
Rudolph Long, Jr.
PLEIKU, VIETNAM (AHTNC)
Rudolph D. Long Jr., 22, whose
parents live at 5147 Hackett,
Covington, was promoted to Army
specialist five July 18 while as
signed to Battery C, 4th Battalion
of the 4th Infantry Division’s
42d Artillery near Pleiku, Viet
nam, as a fire direction control
chief computer.
Jerry L. White
U. S. ARMY, VIETNAM (AH
TNC)--Army Private First Class
Jerry L. White, 21, son of Mrs.
Betty B. White, Frances St., Cov
ington, was assigned as an Infan
tryman with the 25th Infantry Di
vision in Vietnam, Aug. 4.
His wife, Debra, lives in Or
ford.
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three were wearing their pro
tective goggles at the time of
the accident.
Dangerous toys — BB guns,
archery sets with easily remov
able rubber arrow tips, dart ga
mes, missile-type toys, chem
istry sets with inadequate or non
existent caution labels.. .simply
should not be available to child
ren, or only after instruction
and under direct adult supervis
ion, according to the Society.
With ample corroboration from
its own newspaper clipping acci
dent files, the Society’s position
has been strengthened regarding
these hazadous toys by reports
issued recently following Inves
tigations by the National Com
mission on Product Safety.
Case In Point: In December
of last year a mother wrote the
editor of her local newspaper In
San Luis Obispo, California, pl
eading with readers not to buy
BB guns for youngsters. Her
own son, she said, had been shot
in the eye with a BB gun over a
year ago, and had finally been
released from his doctor’s care
-- fortunately with only partial
impairment of his vision, and
not a blind eye.
The dangers of fireworks —
Every year following the Fourth
of July the Society gets reports
of young eyes damaged or blind
ed from fireworks. There are
now 26 states which have laws
prohibiting the sale and uncon
trolled use of fireworks. Super
vised public fireworks displays
keep the fun in the Fourth and
remove the dangers, the Society
states.
Case In Point: Following a
survey of state ophthalmologists
in Massachusetts last year, re
garding eye accidents due to fire
works, the incidence of eye in
jury (including three losses of
sight) prompted the state to ban
the sale of sparklers.
The Society reminds parents
that good eye safety habits, start
ed at home, reinforced at home,
are a vital part of Insuring their
Thomas Nipper, Jr.
USS CONSTELLATION (FHT
NC) Aug. 20—Aviation Fire Con
trol Technician Airman Thomas
C. Nipper Jr., USN, son of Mr.
and Mrs. T. C. Nipper Sr. of
Route 5, Covington, Is serving
with Attack Squadron 85 aboard
the aircraft carrier USS Con
stellation In the Pacific.
The Constellation is scheduled
to visit Hawaii to conduct exer
cises In preparation for her Op
eration Readiness Inspection
(ORI). After completing ORI,
the carrier is scheduled to sail
for Subic Bay In the Philippines
for duty in the Far East.
Thomas Jeffears
USS CAPRICORNUS (FHTNC)
Aug. 20—Chief Hospital Corps
man Thomas L. Jeffears, USN,
son of Mr. and Mrs. Thomas
E. Jeffears of 32 Ivy St., Por
terdale, and husband of the for
mer Miss Carolyn F. Johnson
of Route 9, of Pensacola, Fla.,
is serving aboard the amphibious
cargo ship, USS Capricornus in
Norfolk, Va.
The ship and crew were rec
ently awarded the Battle Effic
iency “E” for 1969. The award
is given annually to the ship in
each squadron which demonstr
ates the greatest degree of pro
ficiency in competitive exercises.
The ship is now preparing for
a four-month cruise to the Cari
bbean.
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MISS SUSAN KIRKLAND “Miss Newton County”, answers an important question asked her by the judges
during the finals In the Jaycees Beauty pageant held Saturday night at the NCHS auditorium.
34th Anniversary Os Social Security
This month, with over 24 mil
lion Americans receiving 2.sbil
lion a month in social security
benefits and 20 million people
Insured by Medicare, the social
Security Administration willce
lebrate its 34th anniversary, Neil
W. Quarles, social security field
representative serving Newton
County, said today.
Hie anniversary is being ob
served with ceremonies and spe
cial displays in many social se
curity offices throughout the co
untry, as well as at the national
headquarters in Woodlawn, Mary
land, just outside of Baltimore.
At the headquarters, an histori
cal room is being opened this
week showing mementos of the
agency’s history including the
desk used by all the heads of
the social security system since
1935.
When president Franklin D.
Roosevelt signed the social se
curity Act into law on August
14, 1935, he called it “the corner
stone of a structure which is
being built but Is by no means
complete.”
“The original law,” continued
Quarles, “provided for old-age
benefits to retired workers in
industry and commerce only.
Over the years, the social se
curity program has expanded so
that it now provides financial
protection for virtually everyone
in the country.”
The first benefits to retired
workers were paid in 1940. By
that time amendments to the law
had been passed to provide addi
tional benefits for the dependents
and survivors of Insured work
ers.
In 1950 and thereafter, cover -
age was extended to millions of
other people who were not cover
ed under the original law—farm
workers, Sate and local govern
ment employees, domestic work
ers, ministers, self-employed
doctors, professionals, and mem
bers of the armed forces.
In 1956, disability protection
was added to cover the thousands
of people who could no longer
work because of serious Illness
or Injury.
“In Its first quarter of cen
tury,” said Quarles, “social se
curity had already grown into a
program that protected a worker
and his family in the event of
his retirement, death, or disabi
lity. But it didn’t stop there.”
In 1965, Congress created
Medicare to help people 65 and
older pay hospital, doctor and
other medical bills. In just 3
short years, Medicare has cover
ed 17 million hospital stays of
elderly people. And there were
more than one million admissions
for posthospital extended care.
Older people have also received
visits In their own homes from
visiting nurses, physical therap
ists, and other health care spe
cialists, paid for by Medicare.
Payments under the hospital in
surance program totaled $10.9
children a lifetime of sight.
The Georgia Society is an af
filiate of the National Society
for the Prevention of Blindness,
Inc. Founded in 1908, the Nat
ional Society Is the oldest volun
tary health agency nationally en
gaged in the prevention of blind
ness through a comprehensive
program of community services,
public and professional educat
ion and research.
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cal services.
In 1967, still other changes
were made. Disabled widows
became eligible for benefits at
50, people disabled before 31
needed less work to qualify for
benefits, and children became
eligible on their mother’s earn
ings record on the same basis
as on their father’s.
Through the years, increases
in monthly benefit amounts were
made to keep pace with the ris
ing cost of living. Today’s ave
rage monthly benefit to a retired
worker is $95, compared to $63
ten years ago. The aver age bene
fit for a retired couple Is $166
a month, compared to slll ten
years ago. “One out of every
four beneficiaries are well be
low retirement age -- young wi -
dows, children, and disabled
workers and their dependents,”
said Quarles. The protection
afforded American families in the
event of a worker’s death has a
value of $960 billion in poten
tial survivors benefits. “Ten
million people are kept above the
poverty level in this country be
cause they are getting social se
curity benefits,” Quarles said.
“Since they have paid into the
program for years, they have
earned the right to receive their
benefit checks ~ and to do so
with dignity.”
Thursday, August 28, 1969
Georgia Military
To Admit Girls
Milledgeville—What’s it like
being a girl in an all-male mili
tary junior college and prepar
atory school?
Some young ladies will have
an opportunity to find out this
Fall when classes start at Geor
gia Military College, one of the
nine essentially military junior
colleges in the nation.
The Board of Trustees of GMC,
at a special meeting this week,
voted to admit girls for the
1969-70 session on a non-board
ing, non-mllltary basis. They
will be accepted in both the col
lege and high school departments.
By this action, Georgia Mili
tary College returns to a policy
of some 35 years ago when it was
a co-ed military school. The
ranks of a thinning, feminine al
umnae group will be strength
ened and Increased as future
commencements create more al
umnae as well as alumni.
Speaking of the decision to ad
mit girls, John T. Moore of Mill
edgeville, president of the Board
of Trustees of GMC, said, “Our
decision to go co-ed was moti
vated by a desire to give a com
plete educational service to all
segments of our community and
area. The young ladies,will not
drill nor will they wear uniforms.
We offer them academic opport
unities in the GMC military en
vironment.”