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Show Lit w W: -til isbk -iaPBP9IH I t t - i BETTER Mindy Hall, was in Primary Hospital last year, and this year she is doing fine, thanks to their expert care and attention. 'Pennies by the Inch' Themes 1 979 Primary Hospital Drive ned with the welfare of the child and her family as if they were their own. Mrs. Hall asked that "everyone be generous with your pennies, as they really need your help. ' ' Specialized services at the hospital include cardiology, cancer treatment center, birth defects center, cen-ter, psychiatric center, pedodontics, pediatric surgery, brace shop, diabetes clinic, neurology, newborn intensive care unit, EEG and EKG, pathology and many others. In years past the facility served as a convalescent con-valescent hospital. Working in the local area besides Mrs. Brock, who is the local representative represen-tative are Craig Smith, Wendyl Jar-vis Jar-vis and Robert Peterson. If you have any question about the drive, or who to contribute, feel free to call any of these people. Donna Brock, local representative for the Primary Children's Annual Fund Raiser "Pennies by the Inch" for Primary Children's Medical Center, Cen-ter, announced that the annual fund raising campaign will take place Feb. 5 through Feb. 17. Mrs. Dorothy E. (Betty) Wells is state chairman for the 1979 campaign, cam-paign, and Merlin and Susan Olsen are honorary chairmen. Volunteers throughout Utah and parts of Idaho, " Montana, Wyoming, Nevada, Arizona and New Mexico will call on homes during the two-week period. Families in the Intermountain area are again asked to "stand tall" and contribute one penny (nickel, dime or quarter) for each inch of height. Funds raised will make it possible to provide medical care for needy children at Primary Children's Hospital. It has long been the policy that all children without regard to race, religion or ability to pay, will be ad- mitted and treated at Primary. Children from all Intermountain states have been helped with these funds each year. Jim and Lorna Hall, Pleasant Grove residents, had the privilege to go to the hospital with their little Mindy this past year. Mrs. Hall said she had a very serious problem, veins bleeding on the left side of the brain. She was just six years old. Mrs. Hall said that Dr. Walker and at the hospital showed sincere sin-cere concern for her, and without their help she may not have been here today. Mrs. Hall said that they treat every child like they were their very own. They cry with the parents and laugh with the parents. They are as concer- |