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Show J Duchesne County I Joins Hon In "March of Dimes" With eighty-five per cent of N the victims of polio now leaving the Infantile Paralysis ward in Salt Lake City suffering no visible vis-ible effects from the dread di- sease, as compared to eighty-five per cent being permanently crips' crip-s' pled in past years, Duchesne county joins the nation and the IE state in pointing to the import-it- ance of the annual "March of C; Dimes." ! 1 Progress Ciied The National Foundation for r Infantile Paralysis, through its state, county and municipal or-A or-A ganizations, looks to the yearly "March of Dimes" for the money so badly needed in controlling the blight of polio. Now, at the r- beginning of its fourteenth drive 1 ' for funds, the National Founda-r Founda-r tion and its affiliated local :l groups review with pride the l almost super-human accomplish- ments made possible by the dime . contributions of a generous peo- The 1946 "March of Dimes," jJJ which opened on January 14, will continue throughout the na-J na-J tion until January 31. The goal J of the National Foundation for Infantile Paralysis is $8,000,000 a year to be used for research and polio prevention. Even in the face of the remarkable pro- 2 gress made in the treatment of infantile paralysis, very little is il known about the disease, except that it strikes without warning, and leave a trail of death and crippled bodies in its wake. Clinic Active At the Salt Lake Polio Clinic, which functions because of the "March of Dimes," the work of rehabilitation continues as long as any help is required by a stricken patient. Periodic examinations exam-inations are given those who appear ap-pear to have fully recovered from infantile paralysis. Today i, there are from fifty to one hundred hun-dred patietns who contracted the disease in 1943 still undergoing treatment at the Salt Lake Clinic, Clin-ic, and the same care is provided each patient regardless of race, creed or financial condition.. Individual In-dividual payment for treatment at the Polio clinic is strictly on a contribution basis, and the money derived from such payments pay-ments is placed in the Polio fund. Operating on a $100,000 grant lroni the National Foundation . frr Infantile Paralysis. .Utah's " clinic employs forty-five nurses. P ehven phvsio-theropists and two I doctors who were dispatched to Utah during the recent polio ep-: ep-: idemic. Th? avrage cost for each Patient treated ft the clinic in the monlh of November was , $8.74 a day. In 1945 Utah received national nation-al recognition for its work in the treatment of infantile paralysis. One of the state's outstanding contributions in the fight against polio was the school at Pine Crest Inn. Here women from various communities in Utah were instructed in the care of polio victims, and through this schooling have been responsible for wiping out, to a high degree, the body maiming effects of in-, in-, fantile paralysis in Utah, j Co'inty Polio Chairman Harold Har-old Eldredge of Roosevelt, an-I an-I flounces the following commit-j commit-j W which will be responsible for : Duchesne countv's participation in tbr- "March of Dimes?:" Coun-' Coun-' ty chairman. Harold Eldredge: i purity sccrctarv, Mrs. Brvl M'lllin; Roosevelt manager, Mrs. Evtfvn Schmiett; Myton manager. manag-er. Mrs. Sarah Nion: Duchesne Onager. Mrs. Ed Wilkins: Moon 3ke manager, -Miss Evelyn Pace; Ncola manager, Lionel Jensen. On January 30. the eve of the fjwinp of the 1946 "March of Dimes" campaign, a public dance be held at Victory Park. Manage Buzz Larsen of the ark. Wno jR 0peniRg the hall to "e Polio drive committee, has announced that a proceeds over and above neressarv expenses 'U be donated to the -"March w Dimes." |