Decatur Daily Democrat, Volume 36, Number 177, Decatur, Adams County, 28 July 1938 — Page 16

BRIGHT LIGHTS j ARE NECESSARY Adequate Lighting Reduces Accidents, Pre- J vents Eye Strain The beckoning lights that drew the legendary Dick Whittington to Londontown might just as well ho used to change a dreary farm house into an inviting..home — and make it the center of family recreation. Adequate lighting chases away i the shadows that sometimes fright- 1 en children. It reveals scattered' l

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1 toys, stools, and small rugs that, I cause accidents. Eye strain caused • by poor lights is eliminated, and j Idle evenings may profitably be spent reading worthwhile hooka. I The bright lights of a neighbor’s ) home or of the nearby town arej not as inviting when one’s own! I home reflects the comfort and I hospitality, states Mrs. Ida A. Fen-j . ion. Extension economist in house-' hold management, University of | Arkansas College of Agriculture, ii Present day information places j1 the blame for poor eyesight on the j lack of light. Eyestrain becomes ai factor of considerable importance i i even in the life of a 3 or 4 year-, 1 old. Playing with his toys in aji bad light, looking at pictures or 11 the "funnies ’, or facing a glaring i

A Tribute To Decatur’s Civic Spirit The General Electric Company is proud of the active part taken by its Decatur Employees in their local civic affairs. It is proud that in every city in which the General Electric Company maintains plants its employees represent a substantial and progressive element of the population, ready to take an active and helpful interest in worth while civic activities. Decatur is no exception to the rule. To its Decatur employees, and to all other Decatur citizens, the General Electric Company extends best wishes and congratulations on this city’s long list of successful civic projects. GENERAL ELECTRIC 1938 - OUR SIXTIETH YEAR OF ELECTRICAL PROGRESS — 1938

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[ light while at play will force an extraordinary strain upon his eyes. Manufacturers have made it possible for farm homes oft high-’ I power Hues to have Improved j j lights. Mrs. Fenton said that there | are several types of good lamps | I available to people who are interested in better lights. They in- 1 dude both gasonne and kerosene, burning mantle lamps. The cost is moderate, and these should be used while saving money for more expensive equipment, she advises. Some farm people are now using! the wind motor for charging batteries, and have had their homes wired for electricity. These plants i I are proving satisfactory if the | tower is tall enough that the blad- , es catch the breeze, unhampered ,

Blind Wood Carver

Pictured above is Jerry Hockenberry, 61-year-old blind whittle!, who’ attracted considerable attention at last year's fair. Hockenberry. a native of Berne, makes a living by whittling intricate wood figures, since an eye injury seven years ago left him sightless. by trees or buildings. This apparatus furnishes power for the churn, separator, sweeper, washer, and electric fan. o More Coyotes In Maine Passadumkeag. Me. — idJ.PJ —Au increasing number of coyotes have j been reported in this vicinity in the past five years. Maurice Stevens recently caught an unusually * large one, the sixth he has trap- | ped since 1933. Others have been I seen in nearby Argyle. Stork Racer Loses Twice San Francisco.— .(U.K —Veteran taxicab driver Walter Lacey, in I numerous races to the hospital ' against the stork, has lost only 'two in 10 years. He blames his last | piece of bad luck on the fact that jhe managed to reach three hos- : pitals but they were all full. o Ban Put On Confetti Melbourne.— <ll.R) —Brides who left here by train for the country recently did not have the bother of shaking confetti out of their clothes. A notice, posted up just before the rush of honeymoon couples, said: “Throwing of confetti prohibited. Penalty $25.” ' o Soviet Builds Widest Bridge Moscow— i(U.R) —Construction of ' one of the new bridges over the i Moscow river is being completed. This will be the widest bridge in I the world, approximately 120 feet, jits length, including the approach- ‘ es. equals 2.100 feet.

DYING SURGEON WRITES OF PAIN Loudon.- tU.R>— Although dying I in agony, Dr. Percy Fumivall, con-; suiting surgeon to the London Hos- , pital. left a valuable document to j I science. It is the diary recording the j process of his death from cancer of the throat. Dr. Furnivall, who was a spe-1 j cialist on cancer, was wintering: in Jamaica last year when he nojticed a roughness at the back of i his throat. He diagnosed his own I case and left at once for New York for expert attention. Radium treatment was prescribed, and on Feb. 22, 1937, he wrote in his diary: “I am 6-ft. 1-lnch; weight 10% stone (147 pounds I without clothes, aged 70. Could play a daily round of eighteen holes at golf or drive ' a car all day without being tired.” On Feb. 4. 1938, he wrote: "I have not been dresesd or out lof my house and garden for the last six months. I can only walk about two hundred yards, and am ! a bent and feeble old man.” Between those dates he had re- ! recorded with the greatest care 1 the development of the disease, so 1 | that doctors might learn more of j symptoms and treatment, and improve the care of other cancer patients. "He analyzed his agony to save others from suffering.’’ explained a medical scientist, “and to throw new light on the after effects of ■ radium and X-ray treatment. Dayafter day he recorded its effect on him, and it may well be that the result of his self-sacrifice may lessen the pain of others under- j j going such treatment in future.” i o 1 Prisoner Prods Progress Boston.—flj.Rf — Because a pris-1 . oner ripped up floorboards of an' ' old horse-drawn police van and 'lowered himself to freedom, two l antiquated vehicles which for years have been used to transport prisoners between Charles street jail and the courthouse are being replaced by one motor vehicle. o Town Wants Stage Coach Tahlequah. Okla. (U.R) — Tahlequah wants a stage coach. The request has gone out all over Oklahoma in ■letters mailed by Tahlequah’s Jun-j I lor Chamlber of Commerce. If the object of search turns up. it will be used on a run from here to Muskogee celebrating the 100th anni--1 versary of Tahlequah -post office.

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