[Blindtlk] Fwd: Four blind men elected to serve their community all at the same time
Judy Jones
sonshines59 at gmail.com
Fri Feb 3 03:25:46 UTC 2017
Very cool!
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>From: "Peggy Chong" <peggychong at earthlink.net>
>Subject: Four blind men elected to serve their community all at the same
time
>Date: Thu, 2 Feb 2017 13:37:23 -0700
>The Blind History Lady learns something new every day that surprises
>and inspires. Through the Blind History Lady's growing series of
>articles and books on the lives of the blind ancestors she shares
>stories of those who have paved the way for all of us,
>
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>
>I just recently ran across a news article from Silver Bow County
>Montana from November of 1921. The article highlighted the
>election that had just passed and the four blind judges now on the
>bench in that county. One was new but three were returned to
>office. How remarkable that in one county, the electorate placed
>their trust in four blind men, all at the same time? It is hard to
>conceive that happening today in any county or state of the U. S..
>
>A more in-depth look at these four men, how they got to where they
>were and welcomed to serve the citizens of Silver Bow MT, the blind
>other men of their community they mentored and what became of their
>mentee's may appear in a future issue of Dialogue Magazine,
>http://www.blindskills.com/subscribe.html.
>
>More from The Blind History Lady can be found at
>www.smashwords.com. Just search for The Blind History Lady Presents.
>
>Peggy Chong
>The Blind History Lady
>
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