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Show T4 M i! n u t i a By Ruth Louise Partridge 'Dimes Opens First Birth Defects Center Orem-Geneva Times Thursday, Jan. 28, 1960 Thursday, January 21, 19S0 end chit number 75. Woke with a skull cracking headacke which gave me an excuse to stay in bed but L didn't waste the time, dearie. Wrote a long over due Christmas thank-you letter. Why is it we always save the Important things until the unimportant ones are taken care of? This letter should have been written Christmas day. If you do any research on this let me know the answer. Since no radio programs I can find that originate locally in the evening hours offer any thing I care to hear I often tune hi on the California sta tions. They, too, feature extremely ex-tremely young and brash announcers an-nouncers who offer their silly chit-chat and sillier opinions in which only other extremely young and brash persona could be Interested, but once In a while they do something different dif-ferent which takes courage in this conformist world. So it was that I learned, one night not long ago, that there Is, In Aluminum Storm Doors $35.00 COMPIJTTE Wood Screen Doors $10.00 and up Paid, by 10th of month t Piscount on Billa Stop Andx Bar At Sign Of Y Xht Hammer 1480 N. State, Proro Phone FR 3-1063 the area oi Los Angers, a tym pany caued quote, "Jbonuea jjesiroyers,, ana unquote. Trus certainly gave me pause ana 1 put down my mending to give luU attention. Tne Bonded Destroyers guar antee to get rid of top drawer, highly classified and confid ential papers that must disap pear without a trace. I gathered gather-ed that all such were first microfilmed mic-rofilmed to save room and then the originals were doom ed to destruction. These papers pap-ers cannot be burned because of the smog problem and another an-other way had to be found. They are reduced to fluff by a huge grating machine. But here's the rub, as Shakespeare once had cause to remark what do they do with the fluff? It does seem they are little better off. I listened carefully but I didn't find out how they destroyed the destruction, if you know what I mean. I did learn that there was no known use on earth for the resultant fluff. Could not be made into more paper. Couldn't be hand led In fact it was so light. So, what Is done with It? Gives me an acute case of sin usltis just to think of all that glunk , loose in the air, and it does seem that American in genulty could do SOMETHING with such an expensive product, prod-uct, for heaven's sake. We're just not the clever nation we once were, that's all. But to continue with the Bonded Destroyers which somehow or other tickle my fancy. They guarantee destruction destruc-tion and present a 'Certificate of Destruction" to their I suppose satisisfied customer. custom-er. Now, dearie, there you have a prime and pretty title for a murder mytery if you happen to be writing one and who isn't- "Certificate of Destruction." Des-truction." Why, it's perfect! And I give it to you free of charge. Just send me an autographed auto-graphed copy of the book. My headache is abating. It or they always do or does when I can get at my writing writ-ing It's having to eat, drink and be merry that brings on a general malaise with me. I don't think that's the correct way to spell malaise and to A birth defects study center, the first of its kind designed to combine clinical clini-cal treatment with research and teaching, has just been officially opened at Columbus, Colum-bus, Ohio. It is supported by funds from the New March of Dimes, which is now engaged in its January campaign for contributions to fight three major crippling crip-pling diseases including, besides birth defects, arthritis ar-thritis and polio. Medical experts say that birth defects are the biggest unmet childhood medical problem prob-lem In the United States today. There are more than 600 different differ-ent kinds of birth defects, or "congenital malformations," as they are called by doctors. They range all the way from harelip and clubfoot to mental retardation. retarda-tion. Some 250,000 American babies are born each year with one or more significant birth defects; and about half of this number are doomed to a lifetime life-time of serious illness or crippling. crip-pling. About 34,000 infants each year are stillborn because of these afflictions, or die within the first month of life. Medical science as yet has few clues to the causes of these disorders that occur before birth; and there are few known methods of prevention. Shrouded in Superstition The study center in Columbus' Colum-bus' famed Children's Hospital thus represents the beginning of the New March of Dimes attempt to solve a medical problem that has heretofore been largely neglected by research. re-search. It is a problem that has for centuries been shrouded in fear, superstition and shame. By tackling this issue with a three-pronged program of research, re-search, patient aid and training of skilled medical professionals, the March of Dimes organization organiza-tion seeks to bring hope to the hundreds of thousands of parents par-ents whose lives have been blighted by bewildering grief and heartbreak following the birth of a malformed child. This hope is bolstered' by the East record of the March of limes organization in fighting baffling diseases. It was March of Dimes funds that encouraged encour-aged Dr. Jonas E. Salk to become be-come a virologist and that turn- ii'iiniif jrwtwwwi'V" hww&wwwm wmwwvWMMJi'WI 1 ' ' " ' K J, - i ' f ' - t i r v K I 5 ' 1 I ' Parents are taught to glva home car to children with birth defects at the Columbus Children' Hospital Birth Defects Study Center, supported by New March of Dimes funds. Here doctors examine Jackie Vess, 3, born with hydrocephalus, commonly known "water en the brain," while parents get Instruction. iw.wi.ajssiiiiiTiiirifiiTriiiTiif iumi -t - - -- Born with an open spine, .two-month-old Madonna Galich is ex amlned by a physician at the Birth Defects Study Center, fust officially offi-cially opened In the Columbus, Ohio, Children's Hospital. New March of Dimes funds will be used to help this baby toward a normal and useful life. produced bis world-celebrated vaccine against crippling polio. Some Can Be Helped Certain major birth defects, such as "water on the brain" (hydrocephalus) and "open spine" (spina bifida), can now sometimes be corrected by new techniques of surgery, medical experts at the March of Dimes organization report. Through the combination of treatment, teaching and study at the Columbus Birth Defects Study Center and others the March of Dimes hopes to establish es-tablish and support, it is believed be-lieved that new knowledge will be obtained and spread so that the devastating effects of these disorders may eventually, for the most part, be prevented or controlled. not even the fifteen pounder. Could be I've made me a new word and not the first time either where spelling is concerned. con-cerned. More likely I'm so far afield in the spelling of the word I can't find It. Well, let make the cheese more fromage it be. Sooner or later I'll find I can't find it in the dictionary it. 'Bye, now. ir' rx ; . Mif r '- X s ' - - 1 ' $ A, Washday Sl f is always J sunny Gone forever I hord washday work and weather worry when you get on electric dryer. It's healthier to dry clothes electrically does not consume oxygen. Electric heat is pure as sunshine and safe at on electric light. There is less fading and shrinking in clothes, too I Clothes dry electrically for only about 5t a lood. with an Administration of Alpine School District Rated 'High' by Teachers Russell Hansen, president of the Alpine Education" Association, Associa-tion, gave a regorj on "Quality "Qual-ity Teaching," before the Board of Education of the Alpine Al-pine School District recently. He presented to the members of the board of education copies cop-ies of the booklet entitled, "Conditions of Work for Quality Qual-ity Teaching," published by the Department of Classroom Teachers of the National Education Edu-cation Association. In his report re-port Mr. Hansen pointed out that in a recent survey made by the Department of Classroom Class-room Teachers, the administration administra-tion of the Alpine School Di3- AAUW Study Group To Meet Tonight American Association of University Uni-versity Women will hold their January meeting Thursday n.'ght at the home of Mrs. Vera Bowcutt at 8 p m. Mrs. Verne Robinson, international inter-national relation chairman, and Mrs. Earl Miller, legislative phairman, will be in charge of the itudy group. ' Russia has been chosen as the topic for dicussion for the year. trict was ranked exceptionally high by elemeMary and secondary sec-ondary school teachers of the district. A student accident report form was presented to the Board of EducaUu and received receiv-ed their approval, subject to minor revisions. A circular designed de-signed to teach children how to avoid the possibilities of being be-ing molested by strangers was reviewed by the Board and thought to be worthy of ditri-bution ditri-bution to the children of the Alpine School District. For glorious burgers Cheez IVIiiz em! Huish Fam lies Attend Furniture Show in Calif. Mr and Mrs. John Huish and Mr. and Mrs. Bert Huish spent 10 days in California at the Furniture market. John and wife returned Sunday evening, Mr." and Mrs. Bert Huish motored mo-tored on to attend a furniture show in San Francisco. They returned to Orem Wednesday. Spoon it! into hot foods Heat it! for cheese sauce Spread it! for snacks KRAFT'S amazing pasteurized process cheese spread for dozens of fast chetf freafs ELECTRIC Dryer! e TOTAL ELECTRIC HOME UTAH POWER t LIGHT CO. 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His bill, introduced in September, Sept-ember, calls for a commission of three biochemists, three tox-icologists tox-icologists and three nutritional scientists to make the investigation. Cordial Club To Hear Beauty Facts Cordial Club members will meet February 2, at the home of Mrs. Harold Vance, 131 West 850 So. at 8 p.m. Mary Kawakami will demonstrate de-monstrate hair styles and other beauty facts. Co-hostesses for the evening will be Mrs. Ron Hyde and Mrs. Lee Kirk. Orem Man Receives Crushed Foot In " Geneva Accident Clyde Williams, had his right foot crushed in an Industrial accident at Geneva Steel Jan. 21. Mr. Williams and his wife Opal and two girls, Laura Lynn and Alice Ann live at 1063 So. 5th East, Orem. Mr. Williams reports the foot, which is in a cast, is healing as well a can be expected. "This would be strictly a j this problem." non-partisan commission, patterned pat-terned after the Hoover Com-mision," Com-mision," he said. 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