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Show "March of Dollars" Is Theme of 1952 Polio Fund Drive aft?' ' . ' j , - v , . 1 .: - m . . ! LS.vvw.i.,1 . jJLxt. .,'.,:Jl ROBERT HACKER . Jt. Jf, J. With another epidemic of polio po-lio looming as a strong possibility possi-bility this year, officials and organizers of Iron county's 1952 March of Dimes campaign have adopted as their slogan, "Make Iron County's March of Dimes a March of Dollars." Wilson N. Lunt, county chairman chair-man of the drive, and Robert Hacker, county co-chairman and chairman for Cedar City, met Wednesday, Jan. 2, with 30 key members of the county organization organiza-tion to discuss the purposes and problems of the drive. Because of the seriouness of the epidemic epidem-ic in 1951 Utah led the nation in the number of polio cases with more than 600 and the danger of a recurrence of the disease in epidemic proportions this year, the drive will extend throughout through-out January. In past year the campaign has extended from Jan. 15 to Jan. 31. Committeos have been named lo cover every phase of civic and social activity in the county, including in-cluding schools, offices, mines and clubs, according to Frank Barreca, publicity chairman for Lhe drive. No goal has been set, though contributions in dollars will be needed as insurance against a new epidemic of polio. po-lio. "If each person In Iron county will think of his contribution contri-bution as his Insurance against this disease, he will feel more inclined to dig a little deeper than in the past. He should remember re-member that it costs more than 52,000 to treat and rehabilitate, a person suffering from an or- dinary case, and In severe cases (Continued on Back Page) March of Dimes ! (Continued from Page One) the amount is even greater," Mr. Hacker said. , During the Wednesday meeting meet-ing Morris Roberts gave a report on Utah's polio record, pointing ' out that with its more than 600 cases the state was "the hotbed of polio in the United States." A special gifts committee, which will solicit contributions, from business firms and prominent promin-ent Individuals, will begin its campaign Jan. 7, while the drive la scheduled for county schools ' between Jan. 7 and 12, according to Mr. Hacker. Collection boxes will be distributed throughout the county. Cards for dime contributions con-tributions are being distributed In the schools. j Assisting Mr. Lunt In various communities in Iron county are A. C Hatch, chairman in Paro-wan; Paro-wan; Lowe Barton, chairman in P&ragonah; Lamar Lund, chairman chair-man in Modena, and LaVand Bauer, chairman in Richland. Chairman for drives in Lund, Kanarraville, Enoch, Summit and Newcastle had not been named Wednesday. In charge of the distribution of materials are Granville Nelson, Nathan Byers, Boyd Paulson, Lee Empey, Wirth Bulloch and Howard Mace. A special events committee is headed by LaVell Chamberlain, whose assistants are Frank Milne and L. C. Miles. Thomas Abplanalp, principal of the Cedar City East elementary elemen-tary school, was named chairman chair-man of the schools committee, although al-though the rest of the committee Is still to be appointed. Assisting Mr. Barreca on the publicity committee are Morgan IBollo and George Jensen. The .special gifts committee has Ar-Ttarr Ar-Ttarr Jones as chairman, with Al-ibert Al-ibert Albertson, John S. Christen-sen, Christen-sen, Paul Stokes, Alex Williams, Boyd Smith, C. L. Ewing and Carlos Car-los Jones assisting Boyd Poulson was named to lead the drive at Iron Spring. At Iron Mountain, Wirth Bulloch will head the campaign, while at Desert Mound, Howard Mace will be in charge. The Marching Mothers drive will be led by Mrs. Wllford Has-fnrther. Has-fnrther. She will be assisted by Mrs. John Brown, co-chairman, and Mrs. R. E. Winterrose. Others are to be named later. |
