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Show OF COURSE, THERE'S A SANTA GLAUS! -? -xAp V? KJv? rCp KKr GIRL INVALID TO WALK CHRISTMAS DAY i "... f- " . - ' ' Co V - J 1 " S "4 , i 1 ' ij By NEA Service MEMPHIS, Tonn, Dec. 18. You don't have to tell Juanita Caw-thorn, Caw-thorn, Memphis schoolgirl, that there's a Santa Clau she knows it already. But her Santa Clans isn't the jolly old fellow with the ruddy cheeks and flowing beard. He's a strapping, 200-pound six-footer who wears a blue coat and brass buttons but-tons instead of a red fur-trimmed suit; big, gruff Chief Will D; Lee' of the Memphis police department. He's been 25 years on the force and some folks think he is just a ; hard-boiled cop. Eut that's because i they just don't know him. I Girl Stricken Last July Juanita was struck down by infantile paralysis. Doctors Doc-tors and hospitals cost money and pretty soon her father's saving.! were exhausted. , It seemed she was doomed to lie on her :acK: io. the rest of her life. One day some church women went to Chief Lee's office to ask a permit to put on a benefit bazaar for Juanita. They told him her i story. A young girl doomed to be a life-long invalid, unless The chief heard it through. He coughed slightly and blew his nose. Why shouldn't he? Wasn't the cigar smoke getting in his eyes? "I'll take care of that little girl myself," he announced quietly. Chief Lee did just that. He took the girl to Dr. Henry G. Hill's clinic and told Dr. Hill he would foot the bill. The girl was placed in a plaster cast. Dany she has grown better. And on Christmas day the doctor promises her he will remove J Here's Juanita with her Santa Claus, Police Chief Will D. Lee of ; Memphis. Some folks may tell you that Chief Lee, veteran of 25 years on the force, is just a hard-boiled cop but Juanita knows better. the cast and she will be able to walk. Every afternoon the chief hops into his car and drives out to spend an hour at Juanita's bedside. He has spared nothing for her comfort and happiness. A radio, canary birds, story books, magazines. y The chief is married and has three children of his own. "I like children," ne says, "and I don't like to see them hurt. I'm sure glad this little gill is going to got well and walk again." She . is. says Dr. Hill, on Christmas Christ-mas day. |