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Show 'h ' ?? t " llr ! Gov. George D. Clyde signs statement declaring January March of Dimes month in Utah as Sherman P. Lloyd, 1958 chairman of the Utah State March of Dimes, approves. Sharing in the ceremonies cere-monies is Sharon Winn, receptionist for the governor at the State Capitol. Sharon, daughter of General and Mrs. Alma G. Winn, Bountiful, was stricken by polio in 1952. Utahns Warned To Continue Fight on Polio January is not the major polio season of the year. But it is the one month when you can do the most about fighting the disease. This is March of Dimes month. It takes about eight months to gain immunity to the crippling variety of polio with three vaccine vac-cine shots. Now is the time to start yours if you haven't already. al-ready. And now is the time to give. Discovery of the Salk vaccine against one kind of polio has been a major achievement in the battle against the dreaded killer, but there remains much to be done. "Survival is not enough" is this year's campaign slogan across the nation. It tells the story of this year's drive to continue helping those for whom the vaccine was not discovered in time. There still must be help for people like lovely Sharon Winn, 18-year-old daughter of General and Mrs. Alma G. Winn of Bountiful. as there remains one person yet to be vaccinated, or one crippled crip-pled child, there is much to be done. Sherman P. Lloyd, 198 chairman chair-man of the Utah State March of Dimes, points out what your dimes can buy: "As a direct result of March of Dimes fund, the rehabilitation rehabilita-tion and other research centers have made possible such surgical advances as the transplanting of muscles, fusion of bones, and many, many other surgical techniques tech-niques to aid polio victims. "As a direct result of March of Dimes funds, mechanical aids have been developed and distributed distrib-uted which have brought new life to thousands. As a direct result re-sult of March of Dimes funds, thousands of victims have been kept alive are being kept alive today." While a search for a weapon against all forms of the disease is going on, the March of Dimes money is finding out many thing about other killers. Just days ago, Dr. Salk, discoverer dis-coverer of the present polio vaccine, vac-cine, announced discovery of a tool to fight cancer. This find was made during virus studies connected with polio. Sharon was stricken by the crippler in August of 1952, when she was 13 years old. First the disease struck her legs and then her arms. A $5000 polio insurance insur-ance fund was soon exhausted. Then came help from the National Na-tional Foundation for Infantile Paralysis. Thousands of dollars were poured out for Sharon in her desperate fight. And Sharon and the Foundation are winning. After long months of struggle Sharon got back almost full use of her arms. A year ago she threw away her last leg brace. There is much to be done before she can walk away from her crutches, but she knows that day will come. The other day when Governor George D. Clyde signed a statement state-ment declaring January as the March of Dimes month in Utah he did it with a special zest. You see, Sharon is the govern-nor's govern-nor's receptionist in his offices at the state capitol. Utah leads the nation in percentage per-centage of population vaccinations vaccina-tions against polio. But as long |