Show I 1 presidents BIRTHDAY BALL 1 STAGED HERE THURSDAY monticello in line with preparations I 1 tion s for a great birthday ball staged throughout the nation joined in the i attempt to raise funds for the eradication of infantile paralysis in thie thi country the dread disease has struck 1 in in various parts of the united states inuring I 1 during the past year with disaster i ous results victims are said to die 1 ah xh an 20 hulls hours after the plague strikers or else have a very meagre j chance of escaping without being crippled for life 1 the dance hall here was only pari I 1 bialy filled and although the music iwas was very go odthe noticeable absence of people who by all means should have been there cast a pall of gloom over many and greatly marred the occasion according to precinct chairman C R christensen a few fear dollars over actual expenses were collected |