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THE ANCHOR-Diocese of Fan River-Thurs. June 23, l'966·
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NEW YORK (NC) - Lave1l{i School for the Blind has gradU ated a record class of 28 childre:;l at its 50th commencement exeD> cises. . The 1966 class exceeded bW seven the number graduated lase year when a national record was also set for an elementary schoGll devoted exclusively to the edu cation of the blind. Founded ifJ a Manhattan apartment in 190~ Lavelle is now one of the larges$ ,schools for the blind in the United States. Children of all races, creeds and colors attencil Lavelle after they receive ap pointments by the' New YOI'I;: state Department of Education. The school has been under thtl care of the Dominican Sistel's cd: Blauvelt, N. Y., since 1913, and has occupied its present six-acre site here since 1916. Two, new wings, erected at a cost of $2,300,000, were completed 18l,dl year.
By Mary Tinley Daly Recently we decided to "do" a bathroom at our house. Nothing drastic, mind you, but make the most of present facilities: a' top-to-bottol1l steel wool shampoo for the glassed-in shower stall; a. bleaching for the tub grouting;' an alcohol 'rubdown -:for the tions bought hopefully, used in chrome' and' against mildew vain and abandoned. Ugh! Then we remembered a on the shower tiles; making , up of a nylon net 'puff as an little pamphlet we'd sent away efficient tub-scrubber and a colorful ornament. We care fully perused and momentar ily considered a . homemaker tip on purchasing pole-polel>' com plete with shelves to "dou ble the size and use of your bathrooIll, where you can store linens, provide a miniature li 'brary, make the bathroom al most a family room." . The last come-on made us . ~me' the whore idea'. too much of a "family room" as it, is, thank you, ahd we'll will' .ingly forego the pole-poles with their array of shelves providing miniahire library, , We' washed and rehung the curtains, looked around rather approvingly., Ne"er'~heless, it was there, and .we knew it, like a secret· sin..• Medicine' Chest Yep, the medicine chest, that' recessed and seldom-inspected enclosure' behind the mirror. ,Closed, "the thing" becomes a shaving mirror, a place to tryout new makeup, even declaim, as aforementioned. Opened, it' was . awful, jlist awful! ' ' Have you inspected yo'u'r medI cine chest lately? " We ,did. On the top shelf, be hind some used razor blades and' a couple, of bottles of dried-up s~oe dye, hid the emergency kit 'vhere nobody could hav~ found it in an emergency, The second shelf down held some ancient ear drops, prescription medicine for ailments long since cured and forgotten, an analgesic lini ment for "fast relief of muscular aches and pains" that by this time would no doubt burn the ·hide off anybody intrepid enough to apply' it,. sunburn lotion (1965); beauty, prepara..:
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for some time ago, as we're al ways sending away for things. Mirabile di"ctu, we were able to find it-and what a find! Aimed at helping to organize a home medicine cabinet, it was pre-, pared by the radio ,program "DimenSIOn on Health" in co operation with. the American Medical Association; the' Phar maceutical Society of' the State of New York, the, Arrier~ca~ Red. Cross and the Public Health Service. . Handy to the nth, measuring 'only 8% x 3% inches, it can be, taped to the inside of the medi cine chest door, an ever-ready reference with space' for names and telephone numbers of fam ily physician, alternate' doctor, local hospital, pharmacy" poli~e and,fire departments. , . In addition, it contains the first commandment of the medi cine cabinet: get rid 'of old pre scription .. drugs. It also. ,gives . method of disposal, of said drugs; essential items for an ade4uate home medicine cabinet, divided, as to priority; medical supplies, ,optional andsilndry 'toiletries. . ~ Howio· Orga.ni~e, .. Also, succinctly set forth is the 'common;-sense organizaii~ii of.,' that medicine cabinet to .achieve maximum· safety and ,utilization of the limited space ~f the ordi." nary four-sheif cabinet. For instari~, the· top ·she]fi~ for prescription' items for. internal use, other drugs and antiseptics with the precaution of separating from the rest eye and nose dr,ops or other preparations for use on , sensitive membranes. ' . Third shelf items are, for ex.,. ternal use only; the secon!!" home remedies for coughs, colds, temporary,digestive disturbances and other minor symptoms and medically prescribed vitamhis. Freqently used· items are desig nat::d for the bottom'shelf: shav ing Jupplies, tooth paste, mouth wash and other toiletries, band ages, adhesive tape and the like. ' The pamphlet may be had, . free of charge, by writing "Di-' mension on Health," Columbia Broadcasting System Radio Net work, 51 West 52nd St. New York City.
Sees Priests Advisors In Work With laity
VINELAND (NC) - Prie~ working with Catholic Women's . League groups should be' called rather than directors, HONOR ACTRESS: The Genesian Award for 1966 advisors the national director of Canada's was given to Ann Blyth, aCtre~s and singer, by St. Mary's cwi:. 'told it diocesan meeting . College, California, for oqts.tanding service to, humanity here. In asking for the change, Bish in her personal .and professional life. ]grother Timothy op Thomas J. McCarthy of St. ~ichael, F.S.C., president of the college, make8 the pres Catherines, Ont., said: i' dOD-tt entation. The award is named for St.. Gimesiu~:, reg~rdea like the provision in the consti as the' Patron s.aint NC.Photo. ' tution which says that no matter . . . ofacfors. .. . what it says in the' constitution any directOr can oven:ide iL , "I think that our priests un , derstand that they are not bOsSes ~ut advisors., Policy should ~ Mercy to, link' Jamaica 'Mission·
Sister made by the league itself. Othe':' wise all this talk of the lay apolJc> Wit~. :Cincinnati Provinciolate
tolate dosen't mean any thine," he stressed. ~She, is plllnningto link by , ~ CINCINNATi (NG) -Sister Mary Concordia, a "ham" nid'io amateur radio ap'pl"Oximately operator, is 'ready to put what .100 Sisters of Mercy in Jamaica Airrine H05t~5Se$ she regards as a hobby· to prac.:. with their provincialate in Ci~LOS ANGELES (NC) - A cinnati: " ' . tical use. One of only eight nun "hams" . two-year' associate of arts, major in the United States; Sister Mary for prospective airline 'hostesses Put Ideas, Into Actionw' Concordia moved here from St. will be' offered by Mount St. Mary's College at its Doheny Mary's· par ish, Springfield, -Advice to Graduates. where she will attend Summer campus beginning in the Fall. classes •.'It Xavier Univej'sity and The school will also offer a new BROOKLYN (NC) - A plea two-year major in,medical clerl! also teach Morse code to four for college graduates to trans Jamai~an nuns at the provinci:;ll":, tY~ing.. late their ideas into action has ate. _ bee~ made at S1. Francis Coi The 'Jamaicans must leal'n the lege'here by the New York city'· code as part of their work, to Superintendent 9f Schools. Speaking at commencement qualify' for an amateur radio station license, When they, re exercises, Dr. Bernard E. Dono Inc. turn' to their island home,· they' van said: l will be ready to establish radio "The challenge of today's coi FUNERAL SERVICE lege graduate is the translation contact. with the provincial headquarters in Cincinnati. into action of the ideas and tech NEW BEDi=ORD, MASS. . General Class ]['ic~nse niques developed in the process Sister Mary Concordia's radio of earning the baccalaureate. 549 COUNTY STREET career began in Queen of Mar "in other words," he contin tyrs parish, Dayton, in 1959, ued, "it is no longer enough to after Mother Mary Bernardine Jersey Women's College 'know'-it is imperative to 'do'" Purcell, councilor gene'ral, indi Dr. Donovan was awarded ay{ cated an interest in a "Mercy honorary doctor of laws degree. network." Gets Dormitory loan' WASHINGTON (NC) - A , Msgr. Charles E. Diviney, vicar Sister Mary Concordia began $1,500;000 college housing loan general of the Brookyn diocese, studying electronics. She was was awarded an h'onorary doc to the Georgian Court College of awarded her first license in 1961 ' the Sisters of Mercy, Lakewood, tor of letters del;lree. as a technician authcorizedto op N. J., for construction of a new erate anywhere in the world. . residence hall has been approved Sister. Mary Concordia: prob lauds Nun~Pioneers
by the Department of Housing . ably 'has carted more luggage and Urban Development. The from place' to plac(~ in recent , . Navy Nurse Corps·
Sea Streets new . building will' house 212 South • , years' than any ;(}ther', nun. SOUTH BEND INC)'~ Hoiy women ·students. 'Wherev¢r she. goes, there also Cross' Sisters of Notre Dame, , Tel>HY.81 Hy~.,nis goes her growing eollection· of Ind., were praised as pioneers of equipme~t. Bill "Revises .>' Procedure " , •. , the Navy Nurse Corps" which'-iS 9nQuestionable f,ilms 'observing its. 58th anniversary. _~-~~-----..;.-~-During the War Between the" PROVIDENCE (NC) - ' 'l'b e Rhode Island General Assembly, Sfates;· Holy ,Cross mills served' has passed 'a' bill revising the apoard the USS Red'Rover, the state's' procedures' for dealing Navy's first hospital ship~ based wit h allegedly objectionable' at Cairo-Mound City, Ill., from June 1862, until November, 186~. motion pictures. One section of the bill would ' , Capt, Veronica M. Bulshefski, at authorize communities to licen·se director of the U.S. Navy Nurse individual films as well as movie Corps, said: "This ,year's anni theaters. The only grounds for versary serves as a symbolic denying a license to a film bond between Navy nurses serv would be obscenity, and the ing aboard hospital ships today measure provides for a prompt and the pioneer nurses of the, 115 WILLIAM SJI' '~ ~IEW BEDF:ORD, MASS. suit and court decisLon in cases Navy Nurse Corps, the Sisters of where a license was refused. the Holy Cross."
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WiNNER: Miss· Namy· ,Chadwick, June ,graduate irom Holy ... Family High Sch091, ' N:ew -,Bedford, has won a $100, scholarship grant from the Polish War Veter ailS. The daughter of Mrs. JuHa H. Chadwick, Fairha ven, she ~ will attend Fitch burg State Qollege. .
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