The Omaha morning bee., 1924-06-26
Lions Hear
Pleading of
Will Buy Braille Magazine for
Every Sightless Child in
United States and
Canada.
Convention Climax TODAY

moments at the Lions international
convention, the gathering listened in
tently while a 10-year-old blind boy.
Edward Kuncel, 451s South Seven.
teenth street, Omaha, read with his
finger tips a plea for a magazine for
the blind children of America. Clear
ly and deliberately as any orator Of
the convention, little Edward deliv-
cred his message.
He and other blind children will
receive an answer to their plea. Fol-
lowing the boys dramatic appear
|ance. the convention adopted a reso-
luton urging every Lions district in
the United States and Canada TO sub
scribe for the Braille Junior Maya
zine and send II free to every blind
child In the district. as was first done
by the Lions Of Cincinnati. and then
by the Lions of Ohio and later in
other Lions districts.
The blind boy orator was brought
on the stage by n. c. Abbot, for many
years superintendent of tho state
school for the blind at Nebraska City.
His mother, Mrs. Gus Kuncel. was in
the audience.
Child Welfare Program.
Only one copy of the Braille Junior
magazine has been received at the
state school. Mr.. Abbott said, after
the boys talk. The blind children
take turns in reading this ons copy
aloud to the rest. Edward asked that
the last copy be given him. After his
talk at the convention, the request
was granted. and he carried away the
precious magazine printed in raised
letters
Other recommendation of the child
welfare resolution. reported by Judge
Hubert Utterback OF Des Moines and
adopted by the convention, urges
upon all Lions child welfare work
and survey. endorsement of the Boy
Scouts. Girl Scouts, Y. NJ. C A, Y.
w. c. A.. Campfire Girls and Amer.
lean Junior Red Cross: urged Lions
to be big brothers to handicapped
boys and girls, 10 back the child labor
amendment 10 the u. S. Constitution:
to observe Father and Son week and
Boys Week. and TO hold a series Of
oratorial contests by children on good
citizenship.
Candidates File.
The convention will reach n climax
Thursday with the election OF officers
and the selection of the 1925 meeting
place. Campaigns for candidates and
cities have been waged all week. Nu-
merous nominations are expected on
the floor of the convention, probably
OF dark horses" inaddition to the
list OF candidates filed with the nom
mating committee when IL adjourned
at 430 o'clock Wednesday afternoon.
Candidates filed with the commit.
tee are.
Presldent-William A. westfan.
Ninth district, Mason City. Ia. and
Col. W. G. Higgins. Second. San An
tonic. Texas.
First vice president-Benjamin
Jones. Fourteenth. Newark. y. J.
Second vice 'presldent-Irving l..
Camp. Fourteenth, Johnstown. Pa.
Third e.president-Judge VIII.
liam '. Gregory, Twelfth. Louisville.
Ky.
Directors, three TO be elected for
three years-Mason Forbes. Fifth.
Duluth. Fred n. Redheffer. Twenty.
fourth. Kansas City: ]. A. Holmes.
Twenty Madison. Wis; Earle
W. Hodges, Seventh. Little Rock.
Ark: DIR. NJ. NJ. Nelson. Twenty.
eighth. Salt Lake City. Thomas HALL.
burton. ThEtyfourth Macon, Ga. :;
Thomas b. Lee, Twentieth. Niagara,
N. Y, and James IL Resdio. Twenty
third and Thirty.third, Providence.
Il. I.
Fight for Convention City.
Nominations will be made In the
forenoon, but the election will not be
held until Just before adjournment
at 3 O'Clock in the afternoon. Nom
mating speeches are limited TO three
minutes, and seeonding speeches to
one minute. Candidates expected TO
be nominated on the floor are Harry
A. Newman. Toronto. Can, and
Earnest l.. Kreamer Of Chicago.
Illinois is said to have withdrawn
from the Kreamer race. being salts
fed with having international head
quarters In Chicago.
Huge banners hung In the conven.
tion hall tell the story OF the conven.
ton city campaign. "Ar Ohio, 1925.
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