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Show Will Take Lead For Utah 1952 March of Dimes Btah will join the 1952 March of Dimes under the leadership of Dr. Creed Haymond of Salt Lake City who led last year's successful state campaign, it was announced today by Basil O'Connor, president presid-ent of the National Foundation for Infantile Paralysis. In announcing the appointment, Mr. . O'Connor said . Dr. Haymond was assuming his post at one of the most critical moments in the National Foundation's- history. "The March of Dimes," said Mr. O'Connor, "has not kept pace with the march of polio." "During the last three years that polio has been on the upsurge," he continued, 'the National Foundation Founda-tion has ended the year in debt. This is why we must launch the 1952 March of Dimes on January 2 instead of January 15, doubling the usual two-week period of the campaign. cam-paign. . "We must have unprecedented help in this next appeal of ours and we hope, therefore, that every one in Utah who can contribute his time and effort will contact his local March- of Dimes office to volunteer for the forthcoming appeal. ap-peal. .1 know that Dr. Haymond will provide the kind of leader -ship so desperately needed at this time.' Dr. Haymond is widely known in Salt Lake City for his position in the field of dentistry and also as a prominent former athlete. He attended the University of Utah and did under-graduate work there. Later he studied at the University of Pennsylvania. Dr. Haymond returned re-turned to Salt Lake City and resumed re-sumed his practice of dentistry after af-ter graduate studies at Northwestern Northwes-tern University. Dr. Haymond attracted worldwide world-wide attention in 1915 when he broke the record for the 220-yard dash. His outstanding ability in college athletics led to his being chosen as a member of the Inter-Allied Inter-Allied Track Team. His home is at 1745 Yalecrestj Avenue, Salt Lake City. |