Show e I. I I Beating Big Odds I 1 Io o WHAT WHA r do you think of a a. a aman man who vho has made madeI I VV himself himself successful during the fifteen years he heh has s been bee paralyzed flat on his hs back That's That s the there record record ord pf Lee Mabry of Albemarle N. N C. C Riding on a. a wagon load of wood Lee then Lee then a alad alad lad ladof of 15 was was lurched to the ground The The wood piled on top of him crushing part of his backbone and breaking his left arm right right leg legand legand legand and I Th The spinal injury left him hini hini permanently paralyzed para pra- i ra- ra of motion and feeling from the heart down Did i i Lee give up the fig fight t and mope Not much H He bee became me a storehouse of sunshine sunshine conceived the idea klea of publishing a paper Sunny South Sunshine Sun Sun- shin shine This little pap paper r with a big message I from Lees Lee's prison home to spread gooc good cheer Th The The paper reached a circulation of with over oyer 2000 copies copies- sent free to al all allover allover over the country Then came the war Prohibitive Prohibitive I tive tiye prices of paper forced Lee to stop publishing It seemed as if his c castle had crumbled But determined d not to become a burden on any anyone one he now tries to support himself by getting subscriptions subscriptions sub sub- to magazines He works steadily a at athis athis his typewriter every day writing che cheery ry letters letter to a wide cir circle le of tf friends most of whom h nI he he heas ha has as n never ver seen t tAnd And nd every ever l letter he sends carries arr s on on ti the foul foul- put p t j t. t it s I Hi r THI sid side these words words words' dh Cheer r r up up Isn't is life f y I enough to make mak the rest of us ashamed shamed of the things w we call handicaps and troubles I |