eyeglasses News Archive

17-Feb-2009

 

  • Thefts, burglary, harassment pepper Bethlehem police blotter (The Express-Times)
    Between Friday and Sunday, Bethlehem police reported the theft of a bike, two candy bars, jewelry, an eyebrow groomer, quilts, eyeglasses and other items in a number of unrelated incidents. Police also accused a man of assaulting a McDonald's employee....


  • Local man brings clarity to thousands (Evansville Courier & Press)
    For the past eight years, Don Morphew has been helping people see. Morphew of Evansville is an East Side Lions Club member who has collected more than 10,000 pairs of eyeglasses in the last two years. He's had help from local churches, various optometrists and other Lions Club members.


  • Gandhi's eyeglasses to be auctioned in NYC (USA Today)
    Mahatma Gandhi's (Ma-hot-ma Gand-hee's) distinctive wire-frame eyeglasses, a pair of worn leather sandals and an inexpensive pocket watch are going on the auction block in New York City.


  • Making a splash (Bedford Times-Mail)
    Sporting bold eyeglasses, a closely cropped haircut and a boundless enthusiasm for his sport, Marc McCay has become a familiar sight prowling area pools.


  • Gandhi's rare items to go on block (Miami Herald)
    Mahatma Gandhi's distinctive wire-frame eyeglasses are among rare personal items going on the auction block next month. The sale of Gandhi's belongings is specially significant because the ascetic leader of India's independence movement didn't have many possessions, Julien Scharer of Antiquorum Auctioneers in New York says. Gandhi, who advocated nonviolent civil disobedience in response to ...


  • Do Some Good: Old spectacles can bring new sights (The Wilmington Star-News)
    The Wilmington Cape Fear Lions want people to look around the house for used eyeglasses and donate them to the Lions Recycle for Sight Program.


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