Milford News | 1951-10-04 | Page 1 | Creed Haymond to Head March of Dimes

CREED HAYMOND TO HEAD MARCH OF DIMES Utah will join the 1952 March of Dimes under the leadership lead-ership of Dr. Creed Haymond of Salt Lake City, who led last year's successful state campaign cam-paign it was announced by Basil O'Connor, president of the National Na-tional Foundation for Infantile Paralysis. In announcing the appointment, appoint-ment, Mr. O'Connor said Dr. Haymond was assuming his post at one of the most critical moments mo-ments in the National Foundation's Founda-tion's history. "The March of Dimes," said Mr. O'Connor, has not kept pace with polio." "During the last three years that polio has been on the upsurge." up-surge." he continued, "the National Na-tional Foundation has ended each year in debt. This is why we must launch the 1952 March of Dimes on Jan. 2 instead of Jan. 15, doubling the usual two-week two-week period of the campaign."