Show March of Dimes Drive Now On The March of Dimes campaign campaign cam earn to raise funds to fight In Infantile Infantile Infantile In- In paralysis swung into action action action ac ac- tion l In Grand county this week Mrs A. A Reed Somerville county county county coun coun- ty chairman has announced the tile appointment of committees and outlined plans for raising the county's allotment of funds for forthe forthe forthe the worthy cause Saturday Feb 5 6 a home talent tal tal- ent nt show will be bo staged consist consist- Ing ng of skits musical numbers readings and dance acts The show haw will e followed by t the e I annual March larch of Dimes ball It will be a novelty dance with side Ide shows and a cake and md food sale ale will Ibe be conducted during the he dance Plans Flans for fox a n basketball basketball basket- basket ball all game to be staged during the lie drive are being arranged details to be announced later Mrs Somerville reports ports coIn oln boxes have been placed in every very business house in ln the county and in addition gift if t letters are to be distributed Local ocal clubs churches schools and other organizations reports Mrs are planning special means of collecting funds funds for the drive and are extending ex ex- tending ending help with the home taint talent tai tal tal- tal ent nt show Expenditures for the treatment treatment treat treat- ment meat of polio patients In Utah were nearly 10 JO times larger in 1948 1048 than during the year preceding pro pre ceding eding Frank rani S S. S Emery Utah- Utah Nevada representative of f the National Foundation for Infantile Infantile tile ile Paralysis r reported ported today as the 1949 1940 March arch oi 01 f Dimes Dunes campaign for funds ent entered red into its ts last week Utah experienced its second heaviest polio incidence during 1948 1946 Mr Emer sad Close to o 2505 were cared for as compared with 27 during 1947 1047 Not ot only has the incidence of pf the disease been greater but costs jot treatment have increased ed also An iron fron lun lung case costs as much as 55 a day arid and the of ol treatment for lor many of ot the other more common cases may last months and ye years rs Av Average Av- Av crage cost of treatment runs at approximately 2500 a case Treatment of polio sufferers sufferers sufferers suffer suffer- ers ers' requiring the care of a team cam of doctors technicians and nurses has become be ome much more involved but U t is la getting results Mr Emery said No matter what the cost the all all- important factor is the fat fad that the crippling effects after are being reduced and that many persons who might otherwise have lave been paralyzed for life have lave been returned to useful gainful occupations I This great work however cannot progress unless the March of Dimes is successful In raising the funds both to care for tho th stricken and to advance research until scientists have found a preventive ive tive Uve for the disease This year in n view of tho the 1948 epidemic and the many cases that will form lorm a backlog continued continued contin contino care everyone i L I. urged to toive give ive 50 per cent more than he gave avo during 1948 1048 and to act promptly since but 11 more days remain for Utah chapters chapters- to o attain the statewide quota of Following are tho committees appointed by Mrs to have lave charge of the various phaes phases pha pha- ses es of the campaign Advertising Committee Committee- Mrs Mars Pope Posters Committee Helen Fleming and Miss Mary Edwards Dance Jance Committee Committee- Essie Essle White Ida St Stewart wart Bernice Bernice Ber- Ber nice Goudelock Kora Illora l Evans Susie Johnson and Edgar Kerby Home Talent Show- Show I David Hansen Ila ha CorbIn and Merlyn Maxwell 1 Foods and Special GUts Gifts Committee Com Corn Rebecca Newell Naomi Born Som GElma Elma Dalton and Lydia Contribution Boxes and Special Collections Committee Mrs rs L. L L L. Taylor and Mrs Mn J. J L. L Watts School Committee Committee- Helen M. M Knight school faculty faculty fac fac- Lac- Lac and county teachers Sports Committee Committee- Melvin Melvln Dalton and Reed need Som- Som erville continued on last page Continued from first firt page Clubs and Organizations Com Corn Cl Clubs bs Gwyn Meador and Beulah Caillet Church Howard Lance L L. Davis Glen Holyoak Mazel Burr and Sadie Holyoak Baptist Church Rev F. F L L. Dawson Mary Martha Club Myrle Baldwin Lions Club R. R Mahan Literary Club Lucile Lucie Pace DUP Jessie Balsley Balsley Bal Bal- sley Legion and Auxiliary Bill Bou Boulden den and Mary Pouge Card Party Committee Committee- Ida Nichols Other members to be later Beulah Campbell bell and Mrs Rogers are arc the chairmen of the committee with Mrs Hawley Seely df dl Cisco and Mrs Lilly COCcio of Sego having charge of 01 the In their communities |