Friday, July 19, 1963
THE NEW BERN MIRROR, NEW BERN, N. C.
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IT’S WAITING—This side view of the New Bern High
school auditorium is one of the familiar scenes that
students will return to a few weeks from now. Many
of their activities are associated with the spacious struc
ture.
Public Warned
About Eclipse
There will be an eclipse of
the sun visible all over the
United States on Saturday, July
20.
DON’T ' LOOK AT THE
ECLIPSE unless you have first
obtained expert guidance on how
to do it without Injuring your
eyes.
Ophthalmologists (medical
eye specialists) know that with
each recurring eclipse of the
sun they can anticipate cases
of serious eye damage, even
blindness.
Dark sun glasses are no pro
tection. There are NO FILTERS
generally available that make
safe viewing of an eclipse pos
sible. This Includes the sooted
glass that many people once
believed safe. Even heavy
welders’ glasses do not protect.
Telescopes aind binoculars
trained on an eclipse areparti-
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cularly dangerous. They-
magnlfy and Intensify the burn.
DON’T PHOTOGRAPH THE
ECLIPSE unless you are an
experienced professional.
Looking Into the viewfinder of
a camera pointed at the sun Is
highly dangerous. Even special
filters don’t help, unless they
are chosen with great care.
Most people, ESPECIALLY
CHILDREN, don’t realize that
less than one second’s exposure
to the direct rays of the sun
can, under some circum
stances, cause permanent
blindness. There Isn’t even
necessarily any Immediate
sensation of pain before the
damage Is done.
The only safe method of
watching an eclipse is by the
“projection method.’’ That Is,
the viewer looks at an Image
of the eclipse, rather than at
the eclipse Itself. The Image Is
projected onto a white surface
and the observer, WITH HIS
BACK TO THE SUN, watches
the Image.
Most of. us have set fire to a
piece of paper by focusing the
rays of the sun through a magni
fying glass.- It Is this same
burning power that damages the
retina of the eye In eclipse
blindness. The sun’s rays are
brought to focus on the Interlour
of the eye by the optical system
within the eye.
In fact, the safest way to
view the eclipse Is on tele
vision or through photos
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Although the average New
Bern parent may not want to
try it, you can teach your child
to swim at a very early age.
For example, there’s a mother
In Glen Rock, N. J., who claims
she had no trouble making a
miniature mermaid out of her
five month old daughter.
Mrs. Joan P. Loven, telling
her story in the Christian
Science Monitor, says, “The
most valuable lesson I learned
was to play It by ear, so to
speak. I found If I was willing
to learn, she would let me know
when and what to do.’’
Although the Lovens have a
pool In their backyard, Mrs.
in magazines and newspapers.
Unless you obtain professional
advice from an expert—an
ophthalmologist, astronomer or
optical scientist—don’t look at
the eclipse.
Loven started Instructing Mlml
while giving her a bath. Won
dering how the youngster would
react to water covering her
nose and mouth, she squeezed
the sponge over the child’s head.
“As long as I thought is was
fun,’’ reported Mrs. Loven,
“she obli^ngly giggled.’’
Mlml closed her eyes tightly
and cooed. Then, with a cup,
her mother poured more water
over her head and It soon be
came a game. Having gone that
far, the two abandoned the bath
and went wading in the pool.
Mrs. Loven brought the cup
along, and while Mlml splashed
with delight, she poured water
from It.
Believe It or not, Mrs. Loven
says she had her tiny
daughter swimming by the end
of the week. She got the child’s
head under water by pushing a
gaily colored ball beneath the
surface. Mlml made an ef
fort to reach It, and the second
time she knew enough not to
inhale.
The next day they jumped Into
the pool together. They did It
over and over again. Mlml loved
It, and felt no fear. The next
day they waded out to deep
water, with Mrs. Loven’shands
lightly around her daughter’s
waist.
Mlml sank about a foot,
opened her eyes,and paddled to
the top and along the surface
like a cocker spaniel. Each day
she paddled further, and In a
few weeks was even swimming
under water like her mother.
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