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Show r S o wrest coal from the depths of the earth, men have always gambled their health and safety. Many have lost the gamble and perished. But all too often, even those who escaped sudden death have had to live out their lives in hopelessness and pain because proper medical care was not available in many small-tow- n mining areas. A decade ago the United Mine Workers Welfare and Retirement Fund financed entirely by the mine operators began to bung men uth broken bodies down out of the mountains to metropolitan hospitals. Recently, the UMW opened its tAvn chain of modern hospitals in the mining country, an achievement which won an Albert Lasker Award from the American Public Health Association Located in Kentucky, West Virginia, and Virginia, these 10 hospitals were dedicated to the service of 400,000 miners and their families. Costing more than $25 million, the hospitals have about 1,000 beds. The largest is Beckley (W.Va.) Memorial, with facilities for 200 patients. One of the first miners to receive help was a Kentuckian whose spine w'as broken 15 years ago. Lacking money for professional care or drugs, he hadnt seen a doctor in more than three years. There was no road to his home, so he was carried down the mountain to the hospital on a blanket slung between two poles. As the hospitals were dedicated, the Rev. Frederick Brown Harris, Chaplain of the U.S. Senate, said in his invocation: We thank Thee for patriots who dream of an America which in social betterment shall go from glory to glory. . . . We thank Thee today for the growing determination that private greed must give way to social gains. ocfi 2 c'm 1 Uio COUNTRY Iiv Jorrv n 4loiii "ft?. Sever No, never will I go back to harness! that miserable Sever again will I put up with telltale bulges, with embarrassing odor, with messy disposal! Why in the world do you? Why do you vtill play martyr on problem days when you could do what I did change to Tampax, inchange to freedom! Tampax ternal sanitary protection is invisible, unfelt when in place . . . Completely comfortable . . . Easy to use . . . Easy to dispose of . . . Unobtrusive to carry. With so many, many benefits to you, isn't Tampax worth giving a trial? Ask for it in Regular, Super or Junior absorbencies, wherever drug products are sold. Tampax Incorporated, Palmer, Mass. SICK OF BEING Lack of dietary bulk, a common cause of irregularity Kelloggs All-Bra- eaten daily, restores the natural laxative bulk you need to enjoy gentle, comfortable elimination. made of whole bran, has literally helped millions. You'll bran muffin like its flavor. Famous for over 40 years. Kellogg's the original t bran cereal. If laxative drugs (for temporary relief) give you little or no results, Bran for 10 days. You try All must- - lie fully satisfied in every way, or return empty carton and All-Bra- ready-to-ea- ; Where modern medical care never existed, Mine Workers' hospitals inp like this one at Man, W. Va., now "r.t" serve many families. i Best liked by millions Gray Hair Tuts Yawetr Irvsfe It Awty It s easy with Brounatorie use tu ntJ-- : M color years total 115, yet hospital keeps them healthy, Their u mining MoJern laboratories are an integral part of complete medical services, Mine Workers' infant mortality program offers hundreds of babies a better chance to live. Family Weekly, June 23, 19 57 13 or j lustrous shades or black Safe lor vou and yoir permanent Lasting 7 b plus tax-- at all druattist or ante for Free Sample Bottle Mailed in plain raper Mention natural hair color Broanatone. Dept. Covmgion. Kentuck) |