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Show '. ' J " ' " " " t ' , Si-' . ' ' ' : " . !.' ' 4 f:rmi; '----U-' :vf: A- Beth Davis, 19, Provo, left, and tiny Cynthia Pino, 3, Orem, look on as Governor George D. Clyde signs proclamation designating March as "Easter Seal Month in Utah." said, "if 2,100 crippled children and adults in the state are to continue con-tinue receiving rehabilitation services ser-vices from the Society and if direct aid is to be' extended to other handi cr.pped persons not now , receiving it." ' Mr. Hurris urged all Utahns to respond generously to the Easter .Sc;als which have been mailed to homes throughout the state. He explained that approximately 90 per cent of the funds raised remains re-mains in Utah to finance rehabilitation rehabilita-tion services for the area's crippled. The remainder helps support a national na-tional program of direct service, research and education. Two Utah girls one 19 years old and the other just three played play-ed leading roles in' launching the state's 1959 Easter Seal campaign this week. The annual drive is sponsored by the Utah Society for Croppled Children Chil-dren and Adults (the Easter Seal Society) to secure funds for rehabilitation re-habilitation of crippled persons throughout the state. The two girls, Beth Davis, 19, Provo, and Cynthia Pino, 3, Orem, are the state's official "royalty" for the month-long campaign which continues through Easter Sunday, March 29. Beth, a daughter of Mr. and Mrs George A. Davis, Provo, is "Miss v Utah Handicapped of 1959", a title bestowed by the Society for the first time this year for the purpose of giving recognition to the many teen-aged and adult handicapped persons in the state. Little Cynthia, a daughter of Mr and Mrs. Joseph Pino, Orem, has been named Utah's "Eastef Seal "Child for 1959." Both are well-deserving of their titles. Beth contracted polio during her junior year at Provo High. In all, including that first attack, she has been paralyzed and confined to a wheelchair three different times between the ages of 15 and 19. She r was unable to walk as recently as July of last year, but courageously fought back to overcome her handi cap for the third time. Cynthia was stricken with polio at the age of six months and was hospitalized for six months. Now, with the aid of braces on both legs, she is learning to walk for the first time. Both girls were present at the , Capitol early this week as Gov. Ceorge D. Clyde issued a proclamation procla-mation designating March as "Easter "Eas-ter Seal Month in Utah." R. T. Harris, general chairman for the drive, said the campaign goal in Utah this year is $32,000. "We must realize this' goal," he |