Salt Lake Telegram | 1941-09-05 | Page 1 | Boy, 11, to Start School Monday after Life in Hospital Bed

Boy l 11 l to Start Start School School Monday After Life in Hospital Bed i PEMBROKE Mass MaSSo Sept 5 UP Carl p-Carl Carl Mason is going to see seethe seethe seethe the Inside of a schoolhouse for forthe forthe forthe the first time next net Monday after spending practically the entire 11 first years ears of his life in hospitals hos hos- hospitals including nine years ears when I I 1 had to lie De flat on my stomach He learned to walk less th thin than thana thina n na a year ago and hes he's been out of ot the hospital only six weeks now apparently recovered from the tuberculosis of the spine that had gripped him from cradle days His mother sa says s 's that life for or him is just like a baby's baby's lean learn learning n ning ing of many new things for the first time t 4 L i I F t 1 Some of his firsts since he left teft the hospital Hes He's fondled a dog and a cat walked barelegged been bathing bathing bath bath- ing In outdoor water seen things growing in a garden and and and- hes he's seen his mother bake an apple apple apple ap ap- pie He cant can't get used to the the gas range and the refrigerator his mother said Friday and when he first came home he asked me what we called the different rooms in the house But Carl wont won't be backward back if the kids at school start doing tricks He has a honey that he with his can spring writing spring writing feet et 1 Jt H Y Il