The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1954-06-08


ing with the nationwide observ-
ance Of National Shriners Hospital
Day on Sunday, June 10, it has
been announced by Willard r.
Cook, president of the Key West
Shrine Club.
The observance of the thirty
third anniversary Of the Shriners
Hospital Movement, viii inaugur-
ate an annual celebration OF Ma
tional Shriners Hospital Day.
More than 100000 crippled chill
dren have been cared for under
the movement.
Days Program
As part Of the days program,
each Of the seventeen Shriners Hos
pitals in the u. S., Canada, Haw-
aii and Mexico viii invite the pub
lie to view the work being done
for crippled children = regardless
Of race, creed or color, and with
out one cent. Of cost to any child
or parent.
70 date, these thousands of chill
dren have been cured or materially
benefited In Shriners Hospitals,
while additional thousands of "out-
side" patients have been immea-
surably helped by clinical treat
ments, braces and other artificial
aids.
Cook said that the Shrine hospl-
Cal in Greenville, South Carolina,
served patients from this area. One
child from Key West was treated
1t the Greenville hospital this year.
Those Treated
ssTo be eligible for care at a
Shrine hospital" Cook said, 1.-THE
child must be under fourteen years
Of age and it must be reasonably
certain that the treatment will be
completed before the age OF IS"
He said that the family or guar
dian must be unable to pay for
treatment, and that the child must
on, examination by the surgeons,
be found to have a condition which
can be "cured or corrected to such
extent AZ to render the child ca
pable of self-support in later life. !"
The child must be Of sound mind
and be as intelligent and mentally
active ~ the average child of his
age.
Such conditions as club feet, cur
Nature of the spine, bone tubercu-
losis, infantile paralysis, bow legs,
fratures and deformities resulting
from burns or injuries, or diseases
coming under the scope of ortho-
pedic surgery, are treated at
Shrine hospitals.
re Get Care
Families or guardians of chill
dren eligible for this care should
contact any Shriner or write to the
director of the Shriners Hospital
for Crippled Children at Greenville,
South Carolina, or to the director
OF the hospital nearest to the fam
ty's residence.
Sponsored by 165 Shrine Temples
with q membership exceeding 7O0,-
900, the Shriners Hospital move
ment was launched June 10, 1921
In Des Moines, Iowa, at the I'm
perial Council Session of the Shrine
Temples of North America, which
elected q national board of trustees
Of the Shriners Hospitals for Grip
pied Children.
Under this seven.man committee,
the first Shriners Hospital opened
It's doors on September Is, 1922 at
Shreveport, La, to welcome and
admit crippled children of the re-
gion whose parents could not af-
ford medical services.
/. Other Care Provided
Today, in the Shriners Hospitals,
the children not only receive nee
essary medical attention, but en-
Joy education as in local public
schools. Sunday School, manual
training, sewing, knitting and wea-
wing, and facilities for reading,
singing and games.
The hospital budget, running into
millions Of dollars, is met by an
annual assessment of Shriners; by
Shrine events such as the East
West football game, Charlotte and
Norfolk game, and the Kansas
City basketball game; by income
from growing endowment funds
and voluntary gifts and requests
Of both Shrinedom and friends OF
crippled children.
Shriners hositals are located in:
Shreveport, La; Minneapolis,
Minn.; San Francisco, Calf; Port.
land, Ore; st. Louis, Mo-; Mon.
treal, Canada; Springfield, Mass. ;
Chicago, H.: Philadelphia, Pa;
Grsenyille, S. c.; Winnipeg, Cana
da. Lexington, KY; Honolulu, Ha.
wall; Spokane, Wash; Salt Lake
City, Utah; Mexico City, Mexico,
and Los Angeles, Calf.