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S II Womans World By CAROLINE ION While Cane week which began on Monday is ah educational campaign and not an appeal for funds by the Canadian National Institute for the Blind It is a reminder from the nearly 22000 sightless Canadians for us to en joy the miracle of sight and to safeguard it Be wise take care of your eyes is the lesson they want to teach the sighted members of society It is a crusade by the blind through their organiza tions against carelessness and neglect for blindness in a great percentage of cases is not inevi table That is the keynote of White Cane week Experts have estimated that half of the blindness in Canada could have been prevented by proper care of the eyes For ex ample glaucoma which causes percent of blindness can be checked if diagnosed in time accidents accounting for seven percent of blind cases are largely preventable Mr G Brown field secre tary for the in a special Cane week message to Newmarket and district citizens said Our members want those with sight to keep it The blind of Canada do not want their numbers to increase Yet just year more than joined our ranks and each passing year takes its toll Much of this blindness is preventable if de tection and treatment take place in the early stages Mr Brown gave practical Failure to have crossed eyes treated can result in the loss of vision in one eye It will have almost certain severe psycholo gical effects she added Sharp objects cause 20 per cent of all childrens eye in juries Teach your children how to use toys such as BB guns bows and arrows and anything with sharp points Boys injure their eyes about three times as often as girls Miss Hickling said An editorial in Saturdays Globe and Mail had this to say about White Cane week It is a heartening inspiring thing that the sightless are both qualified and anxious to guide the seeing that those who walk forever in the dark thus put aside their own troubles to champion those who walk in light shall all do well by ourselves and our child ren to heed them we should in turn unfailingly re member the noble spirit and the resourceful capability which ani mate White Cane week ROSES FOR LADIES AT LIONS BANQUET At King City Lions annual La dies Night held at Ridge Inn February every lady present received a red rosebud to decor- ale her banquet costume About attended enjoying the noted Ridge Inn chicken dinner The banquet was convened by Lions Jennings chairman as sisted by John Dew Eric Stan Kerr and Ray Love ffi I Honored guests were the district governor of district A seven Nothing Like This In Lake Simcoe vision vhich have the approval of eye specialists in every prov ince Twisting the head or shift ing Ihe eye lo see is almost al ways a danger signal he warned Any injury lo the eye no mat ter how small needs medical treatment at once A small in jury left untreated can cause serious damage to sight The penalty of neglect of our most precious and perhaps our most vulnerable faculty can be blind ness Parents and teachers should watch for danger signals in children the members of the advise Sudden lack of interest in school work or play can mean impaired vision They advise checking on inflamed eyes They may be a symptom of some serious condition Medical investigation of cross ed eyes should be started as soon as the condition is discovered and corrective treatment begun as soon as prescribed The age of one is not loo young begin correcting crossed eyes said Miss Joyce hea67 the Prevention of Blindness department Miss is a registered nurse NEWMARKET Social News Miss Ayers attended the Provincial Board meeting of the Business and Professional Womens club at the King Ed ward Hotel on February and Miss Margaret Morning Mrs Robert and Miss attended the International night dinner s p n the Business and Professional clQb of Metropolitan Toronto last week Mrs T M has return ed from Sudbury where she visil- her soninlaw and daughter Dr and Mis W A on the weekend Mr and Mrs Ray Smith are vacationing in Florida Mr Stan Cowan Hamilton was a weekend guest of Mr and Mrs Jack Mr and Mrs Robert Yates and family are holidaying in Flor ida Mr Ernest Hermit and Mr Ivan Day are attending a conven tion in Chicago Mr and Mrs W are holidaying at Lake Worth Flori da Mrs A a w a Sud bury is visiting her parents Mr and Mrs T and Mrs Max are holidaying in Miami Florida Mrs J Ingram is visiting her daughter Mrs Atkinson Mr and Mrs Jeff Smith are spending their vacation in Flori da Mrs J Scudamore and in fant son Paul are visiting Mrs sister Mrs E At kinson for a month Mr and Mrs Ross Jones and Brian warp Sunday visitors re cently of Mr and Mrs Arthur Jones Mrs and Mrs Alec and Cathy arc visiting friends in New York Miss Jean Hamilton and Mrs P Hamilton Toronto Mrs Clayton Winnipeg and Mr and Mrs John Hamilton family Newmarket visited and Mrs Norman Crone Sharon on the weekend Joe Palmer of the club and his wife Auctioneer Atkinson and his wife Stouff- ville Mr and Mrs Fred L Boys Oak Ridges Mr and Mrs George Sr Mr and Mrs Charles manager of Kingfield Farms and Mr and Mrs Hugh manager of Puc cini Farms at The District Governor spoke on the relationship of ladies to lion- ism pointing out that their help and encouragement to their Lion husbands in promoting the work is widely acknowledged Toast lo the ladies was proposed by Lion John Dew and responded to by Mrs Gordon wife of the King City president Mr offered Kingfield barn for a public barn dance on behalf of Lions activities this coming summer Door prizes were won by Mrs Ray Mrs Charles and Mrs Jack The Chinese auction prize of a wool blanket won by Mrs John Dew was returned by her to the club for a future draw probably at the forthcoming public oyster supper on February The auction vas conducted by Mr Atkinson who as a Lion member gives his ser vices free at the Lions autumn auction sale After the dinner and ceremoni als court whist was played The high lady Mrs Ted Wallas and low count Mrs Fred Roys Dr Quentin Hardy was high man and John I ugh ran received low est count Gifts were awarded in each case The annual winter carnival at skating arena is slated for Friday evening March 29 Lion Jock Thompson is carnival committee chairman WA WORK DESCRIBED FOR TRINITY GROUP The Newmarket Era and Express Thursday Feb The work of the Womans as sociation of the United of Canada was explained when the Evening of Trinity United church met on Tuesday Feb Mrs Gladstone presided and welcomed the members and guests The devotional period was con ducted by Mrs Aubrey Watson She was assisted by Mrs Brown and Mrs Donald Burch The Evening WA has been di vided into four groups Group captains are Mrs Play Mrs Hugh Grant Mrs A Gath and Mrs Watson Plans were made for the Spring Bonnet tea and display of millin ery- It will be held on March 28 A was presented on The Work of the WA in the United Church Taking part were Mrs R Bryson Mrs Play ter Mrs Ro bert Peters Mrs and Mrs These ideas were in terpreted and explained in more detail by Mrs Howard Gordon and Mrs Michael Steel A social halfhour was held at the conclusion of program Hostesses were Mrs Gordon Mrs Maurice Dunn Mrs Douglas Hut chison and Mrs Mervin AROUND CORNER MAIN ST SOUTH Just Arrived Girls DRESSES w Ladies Dresses Some maternity GOODS SATISFACTORY OR REFUNDED SELF MEDICATION FOOLHARDY Mr and Mrs Richard Seneca Newmarket the couple on the left pose in front of a sail fish which Mrs Senecal landed while they were on holidays in Mexico recently Couple on right are friends from Detroit This photo was taken in Acapulco VALENTINE TEA A Valentine tea and bake sale is being held this afternoon in St Pauls parish hall It is being sponsored by the Evening WA and the Ladies auxiliary of St Pauls Scout group Of the ten provinces Newfoun dland has the smallest area of oc cupied agricultural land Youre really not qualified why prescribe for your self You arc taking chances Why not take advantage of the years of training your physician has spent learn ing to diagnose your illness and learning those drugs best suited to your individual requirements Then lake advantage of the knowledge the skills and the service of your pharmacist the one person best qualified to translate your doctors orders into the prescription thai will bring health and well being to you and your loved ones TODAYS PRESCRIPTION IS AN INVESTMENT IN HEALTH Harvey Lanes Pharmacy MAIN ST NKWMARKET PHONE TV The Common Round Isabel ST VALENTINE St Valentine must often be Bewildered you will all agree For some are beautiful some are funny Some sour as vinegar some sweet as honey A fat red heart pierced by a dart Cupid has well played his part Some bordered satin cen tered Show love with money here has entered Some make their love a box of sweets Which surely as the loved one tats NURSES ADDRESSED BY DR ARKINSTALL Dr Margaret addres sed the February meeting of Registered Nurses association presided The Aurora group of nurses presented a cheque for to the local branch of the The money was raised at a bridge Dr spoke on Aller gies She dealt particularly with the allergies suffered by children At the conclusion of the pro gram a social time was spent Refreshments were served by Mrs Dixon and her committee Must say as each sweet bit slips down Oh do not on my true love frown Some funny ones are really funny And only cost a little money They say a joke I know you like And this your funny bone will strike But there are some that are quite horrid They raise in me an anger torrid Ive seen a day turn dark when these Some timid soul were sent to tease Im sure St Valentine would say J Send pleasant greetings on day For love can enter just the heart Where bitterness can find no pari WI News Betty Graham will be the guest speaker when the Newmarket branch meets in the Agricultural Board room o f r St on Thursday Feb at 230 pm Miss Graham is the executive di rector of the York County Child rens Aid Society The motto will be The smallest deed is better than the greatest 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