Show this man proves that loss of arm Is no handicap living lesson pointed to war cripples that they too can su succeed aeed MILWAUKEE WIS orville starke Is one fellow who let inq the loss of his right arm keep him from rom success in business sports and social life now hes teaching his philosophy to td amputees amp in the ardys thomas M england hospital at atlantic city N J 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 ills his face Is tanned and ruddy from being outdoors his mustache Is reddish his hair thinning he wears rimless glasses his empty right coat sleeve Is tucked neatly into his coat his manner Is aggressive and merry says the milwaukee journal st starke was just the man the army was looking for to put a zest for life 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 a guy to walk into the thomas M england hospital and say look itt at me lads im as good as any man with two hands and two legs I 1 can lick em at any game and so can you it if youve got any spunk 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 he went there armed with many copies of a letter he had written about himself the letter served as an introduction and also as a biography it was something to be read thought fally 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 goes on you like 1 I will find that the loss of a limb Is no handicap whatsoever in fact many of yau men will find it a thrilling challenge to better your position in life then he told them about how he lost his arm when he was run over by a streetcar when he was a youth but that stop him from being an allaround all around man his letter told it this way 1 I played baseball pitched a nd and played center field I 1 played two seasons of 0 semipro ball 1 I 1 ran the 50 and yard dash and broad jumped in high school marquette university and the wisconsin athletic club my best performances for mances 50 yard dash 52 5 2 seconds tied the worlds indoor record at northwestern university gym yards 10 flat yards seconds econ ds broad jump 22 feet 3 inches nothing to write home about you say well maybe not but I 1 won more first places than I 1 did second and third as you will see from m my Y scrap book no accident driver 1 I can dive use the crawl cral or breast stroke also back stroke not too fast but I 1 think I 1 can hold my own with the average swimmer I 1 have played gou golf for or 15 years first with right hand clubs about three years ago I 1 switched to left clubs with very satisfactory results my club board average for or 1941 1944 was alvs 91 the last game I 1 played was 88 As for my personal problems problem sj I 1 dress myself tie my tie my shoe strings well do everything that is necess necessary ary to fill a normal mans daily duties I 1 drive a car and carry a safe drivers card because I 1 have never neve r had an accident im married and have one son a sw swell ell boy a champion golfer now a lieutenant in the air corps glenn clenti a B 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 fellow em and i incoming oncoming salesmen with them hem and others I 1 always act natural never am embarrassed or give way to an inferiority complex result they too feel natural and at ease case in my presence so get yourselves ready for a lifetime of thrills make up your mind right now like I 1 did that the loss of your arm Is going to prove an advantage that youre going to show your family your friends the public that youve just started to fight |