Montgomery County sentinel., 1953-03-05
Treatment Center
Opening Begins
Early Seal Drive

approximately 800 persons from
Montgomery County and nearby
areas attended the official opening
of the new Treatment Center for
Crippled Children and Adults at
1906 Rockville Pike last Sunday.
The guests began arriving be-
fore the appointed opening hour
of 2 o'clock, and within one hour
the large remodeled Barn was filled
to standing capacity.
They were greeted by Mrs. Har-
ry S. Kantor, Chairman of the Open
House, and other members of the
County Board. The feminine board
members and hostesses were wear
ing unique corsages fashioned with
Easter Seals by Mrs. Ethel Daw-
son, Chairman of Decorations.
Henry C. Gregory, President of
the Montgomery County Chapter of
the Society for Crippled Children
and Adults, welcomed the group.
Mr.. Gregory thanked "the many
individuals and groups throughout
the county whose combined efforts
have made the opening here today
possible" He thanked particularly
the members of the American Le-
gion Post No. 105, who provided
without charge the three rooms
where the Center is now housed.
Judge Alfred d. Noyes, of the
Juvenile Court, was named as Hon
orary Chairman of this years
Easter Seal Drive, in recognition
of his continuing interest in the
unmet needs of all children, and
his help in establishing the Center.
The keynote speaker, Rep. De-
Witt S. Hyde, (RMd.) was intro
duced by Judge Noyes. Congress
man Hyde lauded the work of the
group, stating that the new Center
was filling a need long recognized
and worked for by County resi-
dents, and assured the Society of
the wholehearted support of Mont
gomery County citizens.
After the short program the
guests were invited to divide their
time between the Barn and the
treatment rooms, where they could
meet the therapists, discuss the
facilities available, and inspect the
equipment on hand, already dona-
ted by several civic groups.
Mrs. Joyce LaMotte, the physi-
cal therapist, and Mrs. Frana Ver-
millyea, speech therapist, received
several offers of other needed
equipment during the afternoon,
and many expressed the desire of
their organizations to help in the
Easter Seal Drive for funds.
Bruce Eberwein, State Executive
Director, and Miss Barbara Hoff-
man, Program Consultant, greeted
members of the neighboring Grip
pied Children Societies from the
District of Columbia, Allegany and
Cumberland Counties and express
ed their qualification at the large
number of people so genuinely in
terestcd.
Children of the guests were no.
ticed in small clusters around the
toys in the treatment rooms, toys
made by school children themselv-
es, and in The Barn, where re-
freshments were served.
The decorations, arranged by
Mrs. Ethel Dawson, carried out
the theme and colors of The Easter
Seal, marking effectively the OPEN
ing Of the Easter Seal Drive to-
day.
1t was suggested that the Easter
Seal Corsages in evidence at the
opening, might be made by wom-
ems clubs throughout the county
and sold, along with the traditional
Easter Seals.
The hostesses serving the guests
in The Barn and showing them
: through the Center were repre-
sentatives Of the Federated Wom-
ems Clubs of Montgomery County
Guests for the past ten days il
; the home Of George NJ. Parker anC
J Mrs. Gladys Turney, of Gathers
burg, have been; Lieutenant an,
/ Mrs. Chester NJ. Parker. of Clarks
2 vile, Tenn; Mr.. and Mrs. John II
. Macmillan and twin babies, Gal
: and Randy Of Wantagh, Loni
Island, n. Y; and Mr. and Mrs
Richard Workman and son Of LocI
! Haven, Penn.
e On Sunday February %, tn
Mac MILAN Twins Gail and Rand