Show YOUTH 20 WHO NEVER WALKED NOW HAS HOPE believes surgeons will accomplish com miracle he has dreamed of kansas city mo gerald wilson twenty of oilman gilman iowa never has walked in six months surgeons at the christian church hospital say gerald geraid will try his legs they believe he will be able to use them recently he be underwent an operation on one leg the other leg just went under the knife gerald faces six months possibly eight in the hospital hes happy he believes the surgeons who have operated on him will accomplish the miracle lie has dreamed of through the long 15 years he has lain bedfast eager to get well back of geralds smile and his fortitude Is le a desire to get well and repay citizens of gilman whose generosity made possible the hope for future usefulness dave manville and charles otto hagerty gilman business men pledged 1000 to defray geralds bos Z Z ICA faces six months in hospital Hosp itai pital bill they now are planning a benefit show in oilman gilman to raise an ad dit ional to do the job up right until a few months ago gerald had resigned himself to the life of an in valid there was no hopes he felt of his ever walking from hla his bed room windows he had watched boys of his age cavort lie ile had turned away his head bead anany times to keep from sobbing surgeon proves angel ills HIS parents were poor lie ile had no money then a kansas city surgeon who has remal remained ned anonymous throughout ou it th the e case told him an operation would make his legs straight the surgeon told gerald a birth injury had caused a hemorrhage of the brain which in turn caused the muscles of 0 his legs to contract tile the surgeon volunteered his services gratis grails manville and hagerty agerty II the money for the hospital bill slid and gerald was trundled into the christian church hospital im going to walk out says gerald geraid |