| Show this man proves that loss of arm Is no handicap I 1 living lesson pointed to war cripples That They too can succeed MILWAUKEE WIS orvllle orville starke is one fellow who lol kt t the loss of his right arm keep him from success in business sports and social life now hs ass teaching his philosophy to amputees amp in the ardys thomas M england hosP hospital at atlantic city N 3 and also to discharged milwaukee servicemen who have lost a leg or an arm starke is purchasing agent for the hosiery company he Is 51 and looks younger his face Is tanned and ruddy from being outdoors his mustache Is reddish his hair thinning ile he wears rimless glasses glasse sIlis his empty right coat sleeve la Is tucked neatly into his coat ills his mann manner brix 1 aggressive and merry says the milwaukee journal starke was just the man the army waif was looking for to put a zest for life itte back into depressed amputees amp he was a civilian he had no connection with the government he had made a success in many fields he was just the kind of aguy to walk into the thomas M england hospital and say look at me lads im as good as any man with two hands and two logs legs I 1 can lick lern cm at any game and so can you it if youve got any spunk 4 seeming handicap and how it happens that starke has been making week long trips to the hospital where there are always about 2000 amputees amp lie he went there armed with many copies of a letter he had bad written about himself the letter served as an ail introduction and also as a biography it was something to be read thoughtfully by the amputees amp or to be read by starke himself in the letter starke told about the seeming physical handicap of the loss of a leg or arm 1 I say seeming advisedly said starke because as time goeson goes on you like 1 I will find that the loss of allima Is 18 no handle handicap ap whatsoever in tact many of you men will find it a thrilling challenge to better y your our position in life then he hebold thern them about bow gowhe he lost his arm when he was vas run over by a streetcar when he was a youth but that i stop him from be ing aw an allaround all around man his letter ietter told it this way i 1 I played baseball P pitched ditched itched and played center field I 1 played tw two seasons of semipro ball balli L ran the 50 and I 1 yard I 1 dash and in high school marquette university and the wisconsin athletic club my best performances for mances 50 yard dash 52 sec ands tied the worlds indoor record of at northwestern university gym yards 10 rai flat 20 yards seconds broad jump 22 feet 3 inches nothing to write home about you say well maybe not buti won mori more first places athani than I 1 did second and third as you wallsee will see from my scram scrap book no accident driver 1 T I can dive use the crawl or preast stroke also back stroke not too last fast but I 1 think 1 ican can hold bold my mr own with the average swimmer 1 T I have years first with right hand clubs about three years ago I 1 switched fo 0 left clubs with very satisfactory results my club board average for fat 1944 was 81 the last gamed played was 68 88 asfor As formy my personal problems I 1 dress myself tie my tie my shoe strings well do everything that Is necessary to fill 1111 i a normal mans dally duties I 1 drive a car and carry y a safe drivers card because I 1 ha have never hadan accident im marr married lid and aad have one son a swell boy acham a champion plon golfer now a lieutenant inthe in theair ali corps glenn a 1317 13 17 navigator today after many years of doing things that to most two armed people seem miraculous I 1 still lead a normal interesting and full life I 1 meet people dally daily both follow fellow employees and incoming s al salesmen esmen with them and others I 1 always act natural never am embarrassed or give way to an inferiority complex result they too feel natural and lit at presence so got get yourselves ready for a lifetime of thrills make up your ml mind nd right nov me like 1 I did that the loss of your arm is going to prove an advantage that youre going i to show your family your friends the public that youve i just started to fight |
