Milford chronicle., 1953-12-18
March Of Dimes Is
Ready To Roll In
Kent County, DeLGi1Gre
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communities, why shouldn't all
three of Delaware's counties knock
polio harder than it ever has be-
fore with a Sunday punch" of
dimes and dollars amounting to
$165,O0O.
Mr.. Carvel then introduced Mr..
Joseph Nee, National Fund Rails
ing Director of the March of Dimes,
who further outlined the plans for
1854 of the National Foundation for
Infantile Paralysis. Gamma glObu-
lin, he noted, can only prevent
polio for five to six weeks if given
at the right time and under the
right conditions. In 1854, the
Foundation will set aside 10 mil
lion dollars for a gamma globulin
(GG) Program three times greater
than the one conducted in 1858.
Sadly enough, this will still be i'm
adequate, because although a mil
lion GG shots were given to chill
dren in 1858, there were As million
children who did not receive the
polio preventative. However, par
tial thanks can be given to those
one million shots because last year
saw $4,000 new cases of polio,
while 1852 witnessed $1,000 new
cases.
Mr.. John Middleton, New Jersey,
Delaware and District of Columbia
Director for the March of Dimes,
also addressed the group. He stated
that in his ten years with this fund
raising organization, he has never
seen the March" more poised for
the punch than they are this year.
There is an air of expectancy.
People don't look at the National
Foundation for Infantile Paralysis
as one which now has a panacea
for polio, but they do feel (and
rightly sol that this 1854 March
of Dimes" campaign will enable
doctors to button down" a great
many fine projects designed to end
the spread of one of the worlds
worst diseases.
Judge Charles Terry spoke of
the work done by the Kent COun-
ty Chapter after last years MOD
campaign. He stated that decisions
for fund ALLEGATION would un-
doubtedly be made by a larger
County Operating Committee dur
ing 1854. Distribution of our cOun-
tvs March of Dimes funds will be
made public in a few days.
Mr.. Clarence Smith, Kent COun-
tvs Campaign Chairman for the
second consecutive year, was proud
to announce that he was not the
only one in the county offering
repeat performance for the
March. Most Of his County Di-
rectOTs were members of the or
ganizatiOn last year, which means
that re-training time has been cut
to a minimum and this year there
is much more time available for
details. On Monday, December 14th,
all Kent County March of Dimes
workers met for dinner at LepOre's
Caucus Room for their pre-cam-
paign dinner meeting.
Mr.. William Cavanaugh, Sr., who
is working very closely with the
Kent County March of Dimes in
an advisory capacity. stated dur
ing the meeting that he didn't see
how the 1854 campaign could fall
short of its mark with such won
derfully sincere enthusiasm behind
it.
Mrs Calvin BOggs of Cheswold
attended the meeting in her capa-
city of Kent County Director of
WOmen's Activities, as did Mr..
Robert Whittier, Publicity Direc-
tor for this years Kent County
March of Dimes Campaign.
This year, 1854, will not be an
easy year for the fight against in
fantile paralysis, but our dimes
can make it easier.