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Braille Bible set donated to Statesboro Lions Club
Braille bible donation
In 1958, 10-year-old Linda Lea Salzman, sister of Statesboro resident Joan Slaght, reads from one of the 18-volume set of the Braille Bible. Slaght and her husband, Dale, recently donated the collection to the Statesboro Lions Club for the Bibles to be placed in the Lighthouse Museum in Atlanta. - photo by Special
The Statesboro Lions Club recently accepted a precious personal treasure and passed it along to a museum where it can be admired and appreciated by others. An 18-volume complete Braille Bible was donated to the club by Statesboro resident Joan Slaght. The Bible set belonged to her sister, Linda Lea Salzman, who was blind when she was born in May 1948.
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