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Ann Arbor News, May 5, 1954
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Gerald Lutz, 19, (left), who has only 20 per cent of normal vision and uses a white cane to get around, learns some of his lessons at Ann Arbor High School by listening to wire recordings. He takes notes with a braille slate. The wire recorder has been furnished him by the Ann Arbor Lions Club, sponsors of White Cane Week this week. Prof. Raymond L. Garner (right), Lions blind committee chairman, recorded Jerry's history book. Jerry can then do his homework by listening to records.

Published In:
Ann Arbor News, May 13, 1946
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'SPOT' SERVES HIS MASTER WELL: Charles W. Spooner of 513 Elm St., a blind consulting engineer, has been guided for about a year now by "Spot," a Dalmation leader dog obtained through sponsorship of the Ann Arbor Lions Club. To aid blind persons, the Lions Club assists them in obtaining leader dogs and carries on an educational campaign about use of the white cane. Both state and city laws prohibit the use of white canes except by persons wholly or partially blind. The laws also require drivers and pedestrians to stop on approaching or coming into contact with a person carrying a white cane, and to take such precautions before proceeding as are necessary to avoid injury to the person with the white cane. To inform and remind people about these laws, the Lions Club, in co-operation with the city police department, is sponsoring "White Cane Week" this week.

Published In:
Ann Arbor News, May 14, 1945
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Mrs. Dorothy Goffe (left) of 810 Dewey Ave., a clerk in the traffic bureau, asks Lauren Jedele of 702 Hutchins Ave., who is applying for a driver's license, if he knows the meaning of the white cane, as part of the program for "White Cane Week." Sponsored by the Ann Arbor Lions Club in co-operation with the city police department, "White Cane Week," scheduled from May 13 to 20, is part of a state-wide program designed to call attention to the white cane as the "traffic symbol of the blind." As Mrs. Goffe subsequently explained, a blind person carrying a white cane always has the right-of-way, according to a state statute passed in 1936, and in Ann Arbor, a city ordinance prohibits the use of white canes except by persons wholly or partially blind to help provide protection for them against accidents on streets.