Show I I Sanpete to Polio Chairman Returns From Conference The year 14 war waged against against a- a polio by the March of Dimes has brought the nation close lose to the of victory over ver the disease states Vance Peterson of Gunnison chairman of f the Sanpete County Chapter of f the National Foundation for Infantile Paralysis 1 Mr r. r Peterson returned last week from a state seven regional region region- al conference on polio problems with Dr Hart E E. E Van Riper National Foundation Medical Di Director Director Director Di- Di rector held in Denver Attending At- At tending ending the sessions were chaper chapter chapter chap- chap ter er chairmen from Colorado Wyoming Utah Idaho New Mexico Kansas and Nebraska More than sixty chapters of the tho National- National Foundation were re re- re presented From all I heard at the conference con con- ference said Mr Peterson I Iam Iam Iam am convinced that in the years ahead the dark shadow o of polio will be removed from our homes We Ve all left Denver with the feeling feeling feeling feel feel- ing that the time and work we put into the March of Dimes will be repaid a thousand fold in the tho future I Meanwhile he continued we must bear in mind that tha polio still is with us Unfortunately Unfortunately Unfortunately we have no reason to believe that the disease will re relax relax relax re- re lax its hard grip upon the na nation nation nation na- na tion this year We Ve cannot forget forget forget for for- get the grim incidents figures figure of oC the past four years nor can we put out of our minds that tha approximately cases noem now no seem em to be the annual expectancy expectancy expectancy expect expect- ancy rather than an extraordinary extraordinary extraordinary Until science defeats polio our work mus must continue with greater intensity than ever A financial b bur burden u r d den e n which chapters of the National Foundation Foundation Foundation Foun Foun- dation must carry for years t to come he said is that of caring caring caring car car- ing for an increasing number numbe of severely involved patients stricken in previous years who need financial helpIn helpIn helpIn help In our county said th the Hie chairman we are paying pa pa- pa tient-care tient costs for 12 men women women women wo wo- men and children who have suffered from polio in the past This is our obligation even i inot if not a single person should contract contract contract con con- tract the disease this year A corresponding situation exists exist throughout the United States I we learned at the regional con con- ference The National Foundation Foun dation estimates that between and cases from other years were being aided by chapters at the start of 1952 However Mr 11 Peterson de declared declared de- de the National Foundation Foundation Foundation tion faces the 1952 polio season better prepared than ever to cope with a possible polio em em- |