Show FIRST BABY CENSUS' CENSUS CARD D REACHES CAPITAL II p Y L r l r I iL N f 4 f A Ig tW r WJ I 45 l 2 J 1 t i i fr I v a 44 4 A J 4 S 5 4 44 4 q 5 Mrs George Nelson and Esther Record of of Salt Lake Child Leads Others Back BackS S to State Board A week a ago o a mail carrier delivered a Register Your Bab Baby campaign campaign cam cam- card to Mr and Mrs George Gcorge Nelson South Sixth East street Within ten minutes Mr Nelson father of or Esther Nelson born February Feb Feb- 21 21 1934 had filled out the card with requested details regarding Esthers Esther's birth and dropped It it t in nearby mail box As a result of the fathers father promptness prompt prompt- ness in jn heeding Uncle Sams Sam's bab baby census call and some tall hustling on the part of or postmen railway mail mai clerks and census bureau campaign mail handlers in Washington D D. D C baby Esther has the honor of havin having her card listed in the archives of th the state board of health as the first Utah Uta Register Your Baby card returned returnee to her home state for birth registration tion checking Close o on the h heels ls of ot the Nelson Nelso card came nearly 2000 others a answered answered an- an by Utah parents almost a as asas quickly as the one that recorded Miss Mis Esther Nelson as born February 2 21 1934 in Salt Lake City and listing George NelS Nelson Jn as her father anc and Villa Nelson as h mother In receiving approximately 2000 Register Your Baby cards in th the initial return shipment Utah paren parents establish a record for speedy answer answer- ing lag of or the birth registration querT queries s put by the vital statistics branch p of the census bureau Other states in which similar campaigns were co conducted con con- ducted reported not to exceed 1000 cards on the first return batch Parents not receiving a card o or having lost or mislaid delivered ones one can obtain duplicates from the thc sta state board of health county F FER E R A agents nurses and andT case workers 1 local lo- lo cal regi registrars tr rs and doctors doctor |