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Show Additional Improve ments to Hospital Facility Provided by Moab Shrine Club The Moab, Arches Shrine Club, benefactor to the Allen Al-len Memorial hospital pediatrics ped-iatrics ward since 1964, this week bolstered its contribution contribu-tion toward excellent medical medi-cal care in Moab by presenting pre-senting the hospital with funds for additional pediatric ped-iatric beds. President, Dr. Jim Alexander, Alex-ander, made the presentation, presenta-tion, along with Shriner H. W. Balsley, capping a four year effort to make the hospital ward one of the finest in the state. The Shriners, under their fifth president, Dick Allen, and, at that time only seventeen sev-enteen in number, raised $2,000 in 1964, to furnish ( the three-ward pediatrics wing. A decal on the door of the then new facility commemorates the Shriner contribution and their world wide interest in the treatment treat-ment of ill or crippled children. chil-dren. The Arches Shrine Club in Moab was instituted in 1960, under President Frank Yama and has established an enviable record consistent consist-ent with their interest in children. More than a half dozen Moab children have been sponsored for treatment treat-ment at the famed Shrine Crippled Children's hospital in Salt Lake City by the local group. Acceptance of patients at the hospital is on the basis of need and some child walks now who woulB not have walked without the unselfish effort of the Shriners. A purely local project, benefitting young and old alike, was the installation of the attractive stone, water wa-ter fountains at Moab's new city park. ' In addition to the officers mentioned above, the Arches Arch-es Shrine Club has had the leadership of Gene Gibson, Gib-son, Bill Franklin, Norman Hettman, John Causer and Carl Sprague. The organization will not be content with past laurels according to President Jim Alexander. Beginning April 1, a new campaign for funds is to be launched in Moab. Though not specifically specif-ically earmarked for any one project, the money raised will permit the local Shriners to perpetuate their purpose of giving where it is needed. |