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Show 1 1 ffyfit riMfe firsts (fjapaa? THE NATIONAL FOUNDATION FOR ' I'Vf'lTf j'Sf I J INFANTILE PARALYSIS X Annual Polio Drive Begins This Week ' Under Sponsorship of Lions Club jtributions and 3ust one of the many Springville families had this to say for the wonderful help received re-ceived from the Infantile Paralysis fund. "A child's life is never measured in dollars and cents and to say we are grateful to the National Foundation Foun-dation of Polio, for the wonderful care they gave our boy is not enough. No matter how much we give the rest of our lives, we can never repay our indebtedness to them. "As we stood watching the Iron lung keeping Robert alive our hearts were filled with gratitude to everyone who had made this care possible. Where this dreaded disease will strike no one knows it may be "Your" child. Each year' we will give all we can." MR. & MRS. DON V. WATTS Let's dig down deep and put Springville over the top. We never know when we might need this help for one of our loved ones states Chairman Clark. The annual March of Dimes ( Campaign is well underway with Orvil Clark from the Lions club as chairman. He is assisted by a committee of five men: Bill Kapp, Emmett Bird, Wilford Manwaring, Paul Haymond and Eldon (Ike) Palfreyman. The miniature "Iron Lung" collecting col-lecting containers have been placed in all the business houses. Letters have been sent to each civic organization or-ganization urging them to contribute con-tribute to this worthy cause. They are going to pass the blanket at two major basketball games Arrangements Ar-rangements with Mr. Nissley, Park Theater have been made to pass the containers in his theater. J An effort is being made to contact con-tact all school children during the campaign also. There were 42,375 person stricken stric-ken with polio last year. Basit O'Connor, president of the National Foundation of Infantile Paralysis, said the 1949 epidemic created a state of emergency the like of which has never existed before be-fore in the entire history of this country's fight against infantile paralysis." For the first time in its history, one-half of all the funds raised in Utah County will remain here to be used in fighting the dread disease. dis-ease. Many families in Utah county have benefited by personal con- |