Hunter’s Glasses Are
Important “Gear”
Pittsburgh, Pa. — A hunter’s
most important equipment is a good
pair of eyes, the American Opto
metric Association declared today
as the fall hunting season got
under way with a record number of
licensed hunters in the nation.
Good vision is essential to both
success and safety. Dr. Elmer M.
Soles, the association’s public in
formation director, said. He esti
mated that about 50 per cent of all
hunters wear glasses, but many
do not have lens correction suited
to their hunting requirements.
“Visual requirements for hunt
ing are especially complex, but
with the aid of modern science
almost rny hunter’s needs can be
met,” Dr. Soles said. “The prob
lem is complex because a hunter’s
vision should be up to par over a
wide range of distance. He must
have near vision for the back sight
of his gun, and at the same time
there can be no blur at the front
sight or at the target.
“This’ is especially hard on the
hunter in his fifties or older who
needs a lens . correction to see
correctly wi£fin arm’s length. A
lens that solves that problem,
such as one would wear for read
ing, is likely to blur the target.
The telescopic sight is the best
aid to the older hunter.
“Astigmatism, lack of sharp
focus, is a serious handicap to
many hunters of all ages, and it re
sponds well to the proper lens
prescription.
“Color vision is important from
the standpoint of safety. About 8
per cent of all men are color
blind. Science has no sure remedy
for that, but it is important for
a hunter to know if he is deficient
in color discrimination so that he
can make allowance for it. He
should know that he may fail to
see a fellow hunter" in a clump
of bushes or trees, when differ
ences of shading would be obvious
to anyone who is not color-blind.”
Dr. Soles said that visual train
ing, as practiced by the Armed
Services for quick aircraft iden
tification, might be beneficial to
many hunters. He said that speed
of perception is particularly im
portant to the hunter. For the
average hunter, it takes almost .5
of a second from the time a target
is sighted and recognized until it
can be shot. Most of this is “hu
man reaction” time, subject to
improvement.
Visual training can also aid a
hunter in judgment of speed and
distance which is important in
shooting birds in flight. An ordin
ary wild duck flies at from 50 to
100 feet per second, and the hunt
er's success depends to a lars
extent on good vision, he
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NOTICE
North Carolina—Polk County.
The undersigned, having quali
fied as administratrix of the es
tate of Sophronia Cole, deceased,
late of Polk County, Athis is to
notify all person^ havirfe claims
against said estate ttf\pne*;nt them
to the undersigned! bn/ oi^ before
the 2,9th day of j^eflMinber, 1952,
or this notice; willxJbe pleaded in
bar of iraeir r^cofery. All persons
indebted tjp saM/estate will please
make immediate payment to the
undersign*!.
This tl«x 26th day of Sept. 1951.
I VERONA FISHER,
Alexander Sub Station, Forest
v City, North Carolina.
28; oct. 5, 12, 19, 26, nov. 2.
EXECUTORS’ NOTICE
Having qualified as executor^BF
the will of Charlie C. Owens, de
ceased, late of Polk County, N. C.,
this is to notify All .nwBons having
claims against fthf Estate of said
deceased to e3£h|bi|^them to either
of ther^indemigTi^d on or before
Oct. o, l95a Jot this notice will be
pleaded w\ *rar of their recovery.
All perdlns indebted to said estate
will malle immediate payment.
This October 4, 1951.
BURLEY T. JOHNSON,
Columbus, N. C., arid
COLLETT OWENS, ,
Route 1, Tryon,
i, estate of Charlie C.
deceased.