Having the handicap of being blind doesn’t always prove to be an obstacle. For Jackson Middle School eighth grader Kris Eades, it has become a fact of life he has learned to deal with.

Needs of blind and visually impaired preschool children were the focus of a symposium attended by Gail Turner, teacher of visually impaired for Garland public schools.

Michael Hayslip, new president of Visual Aid Volunteers, told the members at the annual meeting April 18 that a special honorary trustee position has been created for Steve Feldman, who has been a trustee on VA V’s board since VA V’s beginning 27 years ago.

SOME OF the newest equipment for use by blind persons was shown at Twentieth Century Study Club in a recent meeting in the home of Kathleen Hand. Doris Bozman, Becky Theis and Dorothy Ashenhurst were co-hostesses.

The world of books opens at a touch of the fingertips to the child without sight, a world that grows broader each day because two different groups of Braille book technicians put their time to work or Texas school children.

At a general meeting of the mernbers of the Visual Aid Volunteers held this week at the Williams Elementary school, a general disucssion was held on means of increasing the membership and securing more support for the organization.

The little boy in the front row squinted intently at the teacher through thick glasses. He could barely see. In the row next to him, a little girl did not look at the teacher at all. But she listened better than the others. She strained all her senses to learn.