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Newspaper
Denton Journal
Location
Denton, Maryland, United States of America
Date
Feb 15, 1963
Page
6
This devotional piece argues that true religion is vital and expansive, not trapped in trifles or dead ritual. It contrasts Jesus guidance with Pharisaic tradition, urging focus on justice, love, and personal faith, with Bible reading and prayer as life sources.
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Funeral services are announced for James Cook Reed of Stanton Delaware who died at home last week. Interment in Denton Cemetery. Also listed are services for Howard Meeks of Denton and details on survivors. A Federalsburg Federalsburg church youth musical event is noted, plus school honor roll mentions. George T. Shockley of Greensboro dies at 83 with funeral set in Greensboro.
Richard Dwyer, hailed as the best male skater in America, resumes his role as Star of Shipstuds and Johnson Ice Follies after a stint with the 32nd Division at Fort Lewis. The Ice Follies at Baltimore Civic Center run February 26 to March 4 with his All-American glamour ensemble.
Two Cecil County 4 H teens earned top state honors at the 41st National 4 H Club Congress in 1962. Janet Mench 17 Elkton won General Foods Corporation award for her foods nutrition project and is Cecil County 4 H president. Mary Lynn Sutton 17 Cecilton won Westinghouse Education Foundation prize for electricity and serves as district 4 H secretary treasurer.
Anne Arundel County youth William Jorden, 19, who dropped out of 4-H, won a prestigious honor to visit the National 4 H Club Congress in Chicago November 25 to 29. A sophomore at Georgia Tech, he was named best in state in the achievement project, funded by Ford Motor Company Fund and supervised by Cooperative Extension Service. Jorden helped form the county livestock judging team, won the Danforth Award for leadership last year, and was named Maryland 4 H All Stars this year. He hopes to remain active in 4 H and someday lead locally.
The piece notes about 350000 Americans are legally blind and 750000 cannot read newsprint. It urges regular eye exams every six months and advises those with vision problems to see an optometrist or ophthalmologist. It ends with a motto about protecting vision and a closing line about cowardice.
Eye accommodation lets the eye focus at different distances like a zoom lens. Loss of this ability leads to presbyopia requiring reading glasses with limited range. Regular eye examinations, as advocated by the National Eye Research Foundation, assess overall vision beyond accommodation.
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