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Show zander "Decorates" Tiny Polio Patient V ?v, As V. 6- - . Ja 5 fS M SP Vol.6 PUBLISHED FOR HILL AIR FORCE BASE, JANUARY 16, 1953 No. 2 March of Dimes Drive Begins At Hill After Worst Polio Year Little Polio Patient Visits Base Distribution of Funds Collected in Hill Field To Officially Launch Campaign j 1 (Medx-year-ol- Diane Sidwell, d polio-stricke- daughter of engine n Cair worker Robert Glen Sidwell, made her third annual visit to M AFB to help launch the March of Dimes Drive at this base, Gilkeson, "decorated" the tiny and citation lauding her for year battle with infantile paralysis. commander, Brig. General A. H. CT with a "commendation medal" fralor and courage" in her three w six-year-o- ld , Who Adopted Abandoned Child Ionian Featured on National TV Show ji Be The thrill of being featured on a nation wide television show will be Wnced by Miss director at Hill AFB, who Ruth Wysor, iservicei club . t rm T J l i 1 leave for Chicago tomorrow to maite ner j. v aeout I broadcast will tell ber 19th issue of the Hill Top story oi how Times in a story by Mrs Sis Wysor fought a battle on two G. Nelson, editor of the Dorothy Wents to adopt an abandoned base newsDaner. 1 he story was Ul baby, miss then released to local newspapers she Wire services later picked up the reor found the child when but three days old in a Japan- and it was carried m publica railroad station and adopted her story tions all over the nation. Miss ler securing the help of General has received clippings from Wysor and Cardinal Mglas MacArthur Wis Spellman and overcoming newspapers all across the country, When the Chicago television sta I mountain of obstacles and red saw the story they put in a tion Vi including having a special oner . distance . , call. to "sign up" the I put before congress. sprvipfi club director anu uei The pair will leave to Making the trip with Miss Wysor daughter. be her sixmorrow by train on the adopted daughter, I Frances Mane Wysor. paid trip which includes reserva I tions at one ox vintau o nuvo Hiss Wysor's story and photo- hotels. pa first appeared in the Decern- Thev will star on Tommy tfart- Ptt.'s "Welcome Traveler" show NTRr.'ss television network on MONE NUMBERS FOR Monday, January 19. The show win be carried over local iv butuuno two weeks later at 1:30 p.m. 'JfRGEKCY CALLS .The television V by-lin- ed . i e 1 T se Jtr-ol-d BE GRANTS TOTAL $40,000,000 CHANGED SOOH research, education study grants nave totalled more than $40,000,000 m March of Dimes funds m aaaiuon to $148,000,000 spent on patient care. Since Jencv telpnlirinn 1938, nnmWa at and clinical he chanced to according ttnouncement made today by Main Alfred R. Butt, chief of communications branch. I Changing of emergency numbers Oof &n overall tp? States plan by the Air Force to stand- 16 A Air Force Base will p we near future, The 3953 March of Dimes camuaiirn was launched at. Hill AFR this 'Dimes' Drive Explained week with a hope of raising a record amount of funds as the worst came of to all a time polio year close, according to Glen Ilolley, drive Distribution of monies collected director. With more persons stricken with infantile paralysis in 1!)52 than in March of Dimes Drives was explained this week through a special ever beiore, more contributions Top Times than ever are now needed by the mander"at that time, Brig. General telephone call to the Hillstate Bruce S. from repre Hanks, National Foundation for Infantile Norris B. Harbold, presented her a Founda National the for sentative he said. wounds heart" for "polio purple Paralysis, in the fight against polio. tion for Infantile Paralysis. The campaign at Hill AFB was suffered Last when Diane arrived for "Several nersons have asked why officially launched with a visit to special year ceremonies she had been the money they contribute to the the field of a polio fitted with braces and, with the March of Dimes at Hill AFB can't leg Miss Diane Sidwell, daugh- aid of patient, was just beginning be turned over. to the county in ter of an engine repair worker, to learncrutches, to walk again. whicft they reside so they can reRobert Glen Sidwell, 244 40th St., This year the little girl has made ceive the .benefit. I would like to Ogden. great strides in her battle against explain our policy on this matter." ' It was the third annual visit to the paralyzing disease and is now Mr. Hanks said. the base bv the blonde tot who has attending school as a first grader. "Hill AFB hires people from at come to be a symbol to Hillfielders Case Shows Help is Needed six counties. If we were to least of how badly their dimes are need Diane's case shows why "Little to disseminate funds donated by ed and how much good they do, Moi- - Hillfielder's help is needed," Ilol try to the county in wnicn Hillfielders ley said. "Polio is expensive . and each one resides, it would involve ley said. care often must continue for years a tremendous amount of work and Ceremonies Honor Child The National Foundation for In extra bookkeeping. has taken care of fantile Snecial ceremonies honored the Diane s Paralysis polio treatments for the Formed a Policy n child, chosen as last three years and will continue tiny "The Secretary of Defense as repre. sntative ot the more inaii to do so for as long as needed. as the National Foundation well cases of infantile paralysis a of "Wages typical Hillfielder, Infantile for Paralysis has formed suffered in the nation last yeax. like Mr. Sidwell, would never begin funds donated at a a that policy treatto cover the expensive polio Commander of Hill AFB, Brig. must remain in the base "So out. military General A. H. Gilkeson, presented ments," he pointed is located. base which the in should feel that the contri county a "commendation Miss Sidwell in an like make are "However, all the March of medal" with three "battle stars. butions they tv,q Vmtlo stars were indicative ox surance policy ready to help them Dimes funds, no matter who they tho tWpp vears she has battled or a member of their family if the are turned over to, go for the same symbolic of need should arise. worthy cause, "Mr. Hanks conagainst polio andto also tinued. AFB. Will be "Fiftv nercent of the funds Hill Containers Ready visits three her remain in the county and collected iron Miniature containers lung A citation lauding her for "valor will be placed around the base so the other fifty percent are sent to accomoaniea me fMimcrp" anu .uiit5v Hill personnel can make their national headquarters in New York. ".nmmPTidation" decoration. A spe that this V,Vli"',"""w contributions, Approximately 20 per cent of eduIlolley said. ?oi ocnnrt. was also in attenaance and in used research is Hillfielders contributed Last money year She was little Mice Sidwell. to the March of cation and the larger part of the old daughter of almost $13,000 balance is set up in an "epidemic Dimes drive. ofaid this fund" to be drawn upon by the more even Captain James P. Ardrey, club be "Let's generous ficer. Miss Ardrey presented Dianes year," he urged. "Let's make our chapters who have more polio cases a corsage, a gift from the officeran dimes a deluge of dollars." than their own finances can handle. club, and also treated her to ae party following tne coration ceremonies. polio-stricke- Hill-fielde- rs , ice-crea- m It's "That" Time Again First Visit in 1951 Little Diane was first brought out to Hill AFB in January lStol old, when she was but three years confined and from polio naralyzed to a wneei cnau. x , Certain Pmorrranmr niimKave gfhout the entire Air Force, Dm said. Numbers Honored new I2 policy will into AffAAt pewu W Record Payroll Section Sets New Forms Withholding Tax Preparing at Hill x?na Tko flvroll of the new on approximately directory which will be VVIiai ..-- 1 JJJU.CU Kvr TT IfiW uranl, 11.. . to Lee Florence, civina" one-na- n T5ase e-- ft 7T .C&.. rw Personnel numbers Lllilt' li 1 11.1 I 1 H! officer. .N I H are familiar with goes into ef- V::eJnange CJ numbers will be as fire only) Fb.cC edylBortmg from 17 to 333. Air- wucjhs (crash alarm re fof 290 &1Ven the new list "Winei Jii uouc.e emergency a- ... mgh - " w Kiven tne nt Chaplain emereen . V hi 11 ,..:,fJV- iW Will tocy rmC Lcnrn Hill tt "ospitai . wui be 233. .. v iew Listings . em- - - tne Tax withholding statements, a form w Treasury department which shows wages paid and taxes week withheld, were distributed this to 16,000. persons currently employ ed at this base or wno na at Hill AFB during the past year. ever "This is the earliest we have mammoth Vjoject, completed this Mr. Florence said. "It willto organ employees plenty of time tax reports. federal ize their were Several interesting tabulations, tax the brought out by MacDonald according to.11Donald N. nivi nan ubi f 4L. l"emlves ... SipbScre' base, according raii koine withheld for YJrf& the W-- 2 forms out in this year was through income tax. "-" the cooperat o . . - a word of praise to ly like w give nnvroll section SB Pi SW in anddid a splendid out- -in 5b getting the forms idditionto their regular work of ready. getting the payroll to give thanks to "I'd like also section who h. statistical services too deal by placing haloed la great l ...ti, ai urgegi to with the tt??. "umbers so thev will show that over $40 million we e numbers to call paid to civilian employees at lim vesaid.of nPerem(rgency, the Captain Air Force Base during $4 past na the job easier." with approximately year iTiarwo i touches nut the finishing week in this "SJfSStiSrSfS. Plication Ci:e OTne f sfetw: T 'V..-- smiles Merlin "It was a big job, but we got it done in record time,' G. Jenson and Betty L. Foggo, payroll clerks, as they put the finishing touches on the last of 16,000 tax withholding statements (W2 forms) that were distributed to civilian employees this week. |