STUDY OF BRAILLE
BEGINNER AGED 90 TO BECOME TEACHER (New Zealand Press Association.) PALMERSTON NORTH, Oct. 1 A Palmerston North resident, aged 90, Captain John Cook, who was struck blind 10 months ago, has now taken up the study of Braille and with two lessons a week from a blind neighbour, Mr Fred Dawson, he is making amazing progress. It should not be long before he is in a position to carry out his proposal to act as instructor in Braille for blind children throughout the Dominion. It is the contention of Captain Cook and Mr Dawson that blind children and those in possession of their sight should learn the system to provide against blindness through accident and ultimate old age. Captain Cook is a retired school teacher and a veteran of two wars. He is the founder of the Legion of Frontiersmen movement in New Zealand and was its first commandant. He is a former director of the Boys’ Institute in Wellington.
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Press, Volume LXXXV, Issue 25924, 3 October 1949, Page 3
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