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Show Birthday Ball Slated Tuesday; March of Dimes to Aid Campaign In keeping with the national drive against infantile paralysis, residents of American Fork and north Utah county will celebrate the President's Birthday on Tuesday, January 30. The local drive, like similar drives in thousands of American cities, will assume three phases: a dance, the march of dimes and the campus canvass. Locally, the big dance will be held in the Apollo hall where Howard Nelson and his orchestra will furnish furn-ish the music. A corps of workers will swing into action next week to sell tickets for the big ball. No program pro-gram is scheduled to precede the dance, the entire evening being given giv-en over to 'the enjoyment of dancing. danc-ing. This year March of Dimes will be conducted differently than last year when envelopes containing the coin were mailed directly to the president. presi-dent. Coin receptacles, plainly designated, des-ignated, have been placed in all business houses where those desiring to contribute may drop their dimes. The money will be taken up by the committee in charge, credited to this community's program, then turned over to the central committee. The campus canvass includes dis tribution of envelopes to every school boy and girl that they may contribute a dime to the great national na-tional drive. Half of all money raised will be kept in the county and state, to be used for relief and prevention of infantile paralysis, and the balance will be turned over to the national fund. Heading the committees here are the following: Leroy Johnson of Provo, county chairman; Clarence A. Grant, local chairman; Mrs. Ora Chipman, chairwoman; Edith Thornton, treasurer; O DeVere Wootton, celebration. Stanley Peters, Pet-ers, publicity; Leo G. Meredith, Mrs. Lillian Nelson and Mrs. May Shelley home canvass, and J. F. Walton, school canvass. The ward captains in charge of the drive are: Mrs. T. A. Greenwood, First; Mrs. Glen Sykes, Second; Mrs. Zora Zabriskie, Third; and Mary Pulley, Fourth. Workers are Mrs. John Varney, Mrs. Ora Adams, Mrs. John H. Miller, Mrs. Elijah Chipman, Mrs. Marion Mercer, Mrs. William Wagstaff, Mrs. Stanley Peters, Mrs. Phillip Cave, and Mrs. Nan Peck. |