| Show most successful march of dimes drive in history bistor y of county the 1952 march of dimes drive in san juan county was the most successful in its history according to reports submitted by the various chairmen an unprecedented total of 1 63 was sent to F bennion redd county chairman of the drive A breakdown break down of the total shows that blanding made the greatest contribution of any town in the history of polio drives in the county t this his years contribution being monticello donated this is less than has been given in past years but plans are underway to s sponsor asor a special event sometime during the year to bring the total up hi higher gh A contribution was sent by mr and mrs julius bailey who are spending the winter in arizona A donation by redd ranches enabled lasal to make the largest contribution in its history a total of being sent to the county chairman final computations for bluff showed a contribution of 2745 which is over five times greater than the amount netted in last years drive eastland and surrounding areas sent to assist in the fight against polio this being the greatest amount ever received from that area mr redd stated that though the contributions from lasal bluff and eastland were not nearly so large as those from blanding and monticello that they nevertheless represented a very h high h r pe per capita don donation aaion mr re read ad s said a 1 d the dr drive ive was made successful by the wholehearted cooperation of all the people who were called to assist in the drive and of the support from all the residents and businesses in the conaty |
