Published In:
Ann Arbor News, January 31, 1958
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Dollars For Polio: George J. Beaudette, owner of the Huron Inn at 625 N. Huron St., displays more than 150 one-dollar bills hung by customers on a clothesline in the tavern. The dollars are to be turned over to the March of Dimes drive which ends today. Two years ago, Beaudette's customers covered five mirrors with dimes for polio.

Published In:
Ann Arbor News, January 31, 1957
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'Armed' For The March: Before tonight's county-wide Mothers' March for polio funds, three team captains take a moment to receive Salk vaccinations. They are (left to right) Mrs. C. W. Carpenter (seated), Mrs. Allen Eschelbach and Mrs. William R. Stevens. Dr. George V. Fink is giving the shots in his office.

Published In:
Ann Arbor News, January 3, 1957
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Firemen Aid 'March Of Dimes': Addressing envelopes which are being mailed to Ann Arbor families for contribution to the "March of Dimes" campaign are Ann Arbor firemen (left to right) Gordon Spence, Ben Zahn, jr., John Rayburn and Russell Taylor. Standing is Mrs. Charles Kreul, who is in charge of this phase of the campaign.

Published In:
Ann Arbor News, January 15, 1957
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The Long Road Back: Patricia Kuohn, 15, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Ernest Kuohn of 807 Princeton St., has shown remarkable progress after having been stricken with polio nine years ago. She is shown here after a full day of classes at Ann Arbor High School. She will be honored guest at the annual March of Dimes dinner from 5:30 to 8 p.m. Thursday at the Veterans of Foreign Wars Home.

Published In:
Ann Arbor News, February 14, 1957
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Bowlers Contribute To Polio Fund: Mrs. Paul D. Hogg, Ann Arbor chairman of the March of Dimes campaign, is shown at the right holding a check for $1,000 donated to the Polio Fund by local bowlers. Carl W. Baker, President of the Ann Arbor Men's Bowling Association (center) and Don Laubengayer, chairman of the Bowl for Polio fund, made the presentation to Mrs. Hogg. The finals in the Bowl for Polio Sweepstakes will be held March 2 at 4 p.m. at the Huron Lanes.

Published In:
Ann Arbor News, January 5, 1958
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Poster Girl And Poster-Maker: Martha Ann King, 5, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Richard E. King of 1200 Washtenaw Ave., Ypsilanti, is Washtenaw county's 1958 polio poster girl. She poses here with Joseph E. Edwards, president of Edwards Brothers, Inc., which for the past five years has produced the posters for the local chapter of the National Foundation for Infantile Paralysis without charge. Martha Ann, stricken with polio when four days old, was left with both arms and legs completely paralyzed. She has recovered full use of her left arm and has partial use of the other limbs. She is still receiving treatment with funds donated by givers to the annual March of Dimes drive.

Published In:
Ann Arbor News, January 16, 1954
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School Children Help In Polio Fight - Busy with the job of counting and recording money turned in by Ann Arbor schools for the March of Dimes drive are Mrs. Lloyd N. Cody, school dime card chairman; Miss Helen M. Platt, Ann Arbor dime card treasurer; Miss Katherine E. Harrington, principal of Northside School; Dick Hardy, Burns Park School service committee chairman; and Miss Marion Cranmore, Burns Park Principal. The cards were collected yesterday. A report on the school collection is not yet ready, but incomplete returns in the city-wide drive total $10,238 to date.

Published In:
Ann Arbor News, December 23, 1953
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To Help In Polio Drive - Mrs. Michael Adelstein (left) of 3181 Baylis Dr., a polio victim herself, makes plans to help in the 1954 March of Dimes drive by telephoning women who will help in the Mothers March scheduled Jan. 28. Mrs. Adelstein does her own housework and cares for her two children from a wheel chair. Shown with her are daughter, Janet, 5, Mrs. Carl Rehberg, chairman of the rural area drive, Jay, 2, and her husband, a University graduate student in English.

Published In:
Ann Arbor News, January 4, 1954
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Dimes Support Respirator Center - Among the many facets of the fight against polio supported by this month's March of Dimes is the Respirator Center at University Hospital, where youngsters like 19-month-old Bobby Snyder of Hillsdale are treated. Bobby was brought to the center when only six weeks old and kept in an iron lung for eight months. He is now being taught to stand, and it is hoped he may learn to walk, although he must wear a heavy corset with a neck extension and leg braces. Looking on are Mrs. Douglas Gregory, head of the county chapter of the National Foundation for Infantile Paralysis; Mrs. Robert S. Dunham, chairman of the University division of the March of Dimes; Dr. William W. Nichols; and Nurse Rosemary Murray.

Published In:
Ann Arbor News, December 7, 1953
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Stricken Athletes On Polio Poster - Two Ypsilanti High School athletes stricken with polio during the football season will be on the 1954 March of Dimes poster to be used during the January drive for funds to fight the disease. They are James Bush (left), 17, son of Leroy Bush of 19 N. Hamilton St., and Lloyd Henry, 17, son of Mr. and Mrs. Vernor Henry of 3227 N. Prospect Rd. Both are patients at University Hospital, Ann Arbor. With them as they look over the polio poster layout is Mrs. Robert Langford, executive secretary of the Washtenaw chapter of the National Foundation for Infantile Paralysis. Edwards Bros., Inc., is making and donating the posters for the drive.