Arizona sun., 1946-05-31
Liquor Dealers Donate To Cripple Children

Phoenix, May 3O-(ALJ)-Fol-
lowing through with their deter
mination to aid and assist human
ity to the best of their combined
abilities, the liquor dealers of Ari-
zona contributed $4,000 to the Ari-
zona Crippled Children's Home, To-
Gated in Phoenix, last month dur
ing brief but sincere ceremony
on the lawn of the home while
wide-eyed children looked on. This
presentation, following on the heels
by less than one week the presen-
tation of a Mullikin Iron Lung to
each of the states IA counties, set
some sort of a record for the in
dustry in this state.
Some $4,000, collected from all
ranks of the liquor industry in the
state, has now been distributed in
the manner determined by the COM
mittee to be the most beneficial to
the greatest number of persons.
This act, the same as the presenta-
ton of iron lungs to the people of
the states Ia counties, will benefit
afflicted children from all parts of
the state, as they are all eligible
for entrance to the Arizona Grip
pied Children's Home.
It was on May 18th at the Grip
pied Children's Home in Phoenix
that Francis Ames, president of the
Arizona Retail Liquor Dealers As
sociation, presented on behalf of
the liquor dealers of Arizona a
check in the amount of $4,000 to
Richard c. SimiS, chairman of the
Maricopa Chapter of the Arizona
Society for Crippled Children, to
be used for a fund to build a new
home for children suffering with
defective speech.
The state of Arizona has never
had adequate clinical facilities for
the treatment of speech defects.
Such defects can generally be cured
if treatment is started early.
Some of the most pathetic chill
dren are those with speech defects.
To be handicapped by lisping, slut
tering, paralytic speech or other
speech defects causes incalcuable
suffering in childhood. It causes
and aids in the development of in
feriority complexes and, along with
occupational inadequacy in adult
hood, it creates undue suffering in
the patient, to say onthing of the
social disadvantages.
The Maricopa County Chapter of
the Arizona Society for Crippled
Children will soon start the con-
struciton of a clinic which will be
presented to the state of Arizona
whe ncompleted. A staff of trained
personnel will be maintained by
the Society on or before Septem-
Der /.
Liquor Dealers of Arizona can be
justly proud of the fact that they
will have helped to make this
needed clinic possible by their con-
tributio nof $4,000 to help with the
construction costs. The Society is
especially glad that this clinic will
be open to any child living in Ari-
zona. Therapists will be brought to
the state who will not only cure
many unhappy children, but who
will also give some attention to
the speech defects of veterans, who
may be suffering from battle fa-
tigue. AS more and more returned
veterans decide to make Arizona
their home, more and more will
the need be felt for ways and
means to assist them in rehabili-
tating themselves. Speech defects
do much to destroy veterans con-
fidence in himself.
The committee, representing the
entire liquor industry of the state,
who made the presentation to Mr..
Simis and Professor Edward M.
Andres for the Crippled Children's
Home was: Francis Ames, Presi-
dent of the Arizona Retail Liquor
Dealers Association; Dudley M
Clements, past president of the
Arizona Wholesale Beer and Liquor
Association; Sidney B. Moeur, state
director of the u. S. Brewers Foun-
dation, and Irving L. Diamond,
publisher of the Arizona Beverage