IT'S TimE TO GIVE FOR HUIDfllllTySSflKE
This week Seldovians, as well as all
other Alaskans and states residents, are be
ing given their annual opportunity to con
tribute to the fund which goes to heal the
victims of infantile paralysis*
The March of Dimes yearly is responsible
for the restoration of health and activity
to thousands, both young and old. Your con
tribution, together with that of other Amer
icans everywhere, brings hope to the na
tion’s crippled and helpless ones*
An account of what this fund for the
fight against infantile paralysis has meant
to just one victim of the disease was writ
ten in an Anchorage newspaper last week. It
bears repeating here.
A captain and pilot for Northwest Air
lines told the Anchorage reporter the story
of his fyoung wife* who had been completely
paralyzed from the waist down by infantLIq
paralysis. Treatment for the disease had
been delayed while the woman awaited the
birth of her third child. The disease had
struck her during the late months of her
pregnancy.
After giving birth to a normal daughter,
the wife was taken to a mid-western hospital
vvh&re Kenny treatments were begun* Now, tw<9
months later, the young mother is able to
move her right fook. and she has the hope of
a complete recovery in the months ahead.
For the expensive treatment, the hospit
alization during the treatment, and even for
the transportation from the maternity hospi
tal to where the polio treatments nre given,
the family paid nothing. Contributions to
the March of Dimes took care of every ex
jeense,
The captain told of instances where pa
tients who had been crippled by the disease
were even sought out by workers who told
them of the treatment available to them with
out cost.
So, when ticket sellers for Seldovia»s
March of Dimes dance come to your door this
week, remember the young wife and mother who
The
Letter Box
Dear Editor:
The Frontiersman
has been coming per
iodically and I want
to write and tell you
how much I have ap
preciated it.
Having been away
for a year now, I
certainly appreciate
Seldovia news,. for
Seldovia gave me al
most two years of the
happiest time of my
life.
From the sounds of
things, Seldovia is
still in action. They
seem to be DOING
while other towns are
talking about it.
Say hello to all
Seldovians for me.
Sincerely,
Ernest Fradenbnrgh
Miss Gladys Erd
mann, formerly a Sel
dovia resident and
now making her home
at Kasilof, also
wrote last week to
say how much she en
joyed the news in The
Frontiersman•
♦
will walk again be
cause somebody gave a
contribution last
year, Remember the
hundreds of children
with twisted limbs
and crippled bodies
who will run and flay
because-of your gift
this year.