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THE ALTO HERALD, ALTO, TEXAS, DECEMBER 19, 1963
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Austin Would you like a
guarantee that you and your
faniitywiH be wetl this Christ-
mas?
A total guarantee is impossdbte.
but you cats be sure you arc all
protected from certain dread di-
seases.
Life ir.thn 1960 s boars a heri-
tage <f a griwir.glist of pre-
vcntablot ^ea-os.M.iko sure that
you and; it fatuity take advan-
tage '' this health insurance
available to you
: ' atau's! diseases of
part^'u'.arc nccrn for children—
diph:-.cr;-. prr'<sis. (whooping
c; *<i:u poMi'iiyctitisand
sma' \ i-: ;'i!a''. !nimunl-
zati't sl'.^uld linearly in an
infar' ' '-I'<wed-un".*ith
bot'rshot- .'.'th' la-tyear
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D. htheria. pertussis and teta-
nus immunization is combined
into one vaccination for con-
venience at'd ease. especially with
children.
Poliomyelitis, a killer and
crippler at large until the last
NOTICE
I will pav * reward for
information !oa(iin^ the arrest
and final conviction of the person
or persons thnt lore the posted
si^ns down on my properties
south of Alto.
T.D. Little. tfc
t\\ o or three years, is now pre-
ventable. Oral vaccine or innocu-
iations now protect both children
and adults
Smaiipox, tiie disease that once
left its mark on the faces and
graveyard* of America, is also
a\oidai)le. Itmocuiations should
i ^ initiated, ordinarily speaking,
-ninitht' first year—during a
< ol <^c tson of t!ie year if possible
and continued nt intervals dur-
life. Smallpox vaccination is
essential if you travel abroad.
These pin-!ioint the major
critical areas of communicable
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' \'accinat'o!i.
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(in'y when you have been or if
' are !ih ly to be exposed or
-i ^ r other special circumslan-
Yotir physician wil] work
with you and help you set up an
^ nni/ation program and he
i!!advi c you in lieu of special
r" - :nncc . Hut yours is the
< ' nubility loniitiaie and fol-
'v- through wit!* an immuniza-
tion program.
!mmmix?—injure your family
a^ai!ist preventable diseases this
Christmas.
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Swee^eorf from Do/ of
/s Mo^fono/ of D/mes G/f/
"She was a sweetheart
from the day she was born."
This is the way her mother
describes winsome, bright
little Mary Lou Graves, 5,
of Flint, Mich., who has
been named the 1964 Na-
tional March of Dimes
Child.
Blonde, blue-eyed, vivacious
Mary Lou is indeed a sweet-
heart, but one who has had
more than her share of sadness.
She was born with a birth de-
fect called spina bifida, which
means that the base of her spine
was not closed properly. At the
age of one month, she under-
went an operation to correct
this condition. Since then, Mary
Lou has fought to be able to
walk, and sometimes, she has
had to fight to live.
Today, the lower part of her
body is paralyzed, and she is
extremely vulnerable to infec-
tions. In spite of this, Mary
Lou isacheerful little girlde-
termined not to miss any of the
pleasures of growing up.
I'roud of the fact that she
lives in a state known as the
auto capital of the world, Mary
Lou tells visitors that her wheel
chairisa"Kad!ac."Shehasa
frisky puppy named Prince,
and she scurries after him as
fast as Kadlac's wheels can
take her. She tags along anot-
her mother, helping to sweep
the floor, dust the furniture and
dry the silverware.
One of her favorite jobs is
baby sitting for her two young-
er sisters and brother who were
all born without defects.
March of Dimes Symbol
The National Foundation-
March of Dimes has chosen
Mary Lou to symbolize the
250,000 children born with a
serious birth defect each year
in this country.
Basil O'Connor, president of
The National Foundation, ex-
plains the problem of birth de-
fects, and the voluntary health
organization's attack on it, in
this way:
"Why did something go
wrong when Mary Lou's tiny
body was being formed? Why
is a seriously defective chiid
bom to one out of 10 American
families?
"Can more of these children
be helped with present medical
knowledge?
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A. 'ijn nrv** -
Favorite hairdresser of Mary tou Grave!, 19&4 National March of
Dimes Chiid, !t her moiiier, Mr!. Raymond Graves of Flint, Mich.
"What more must we know
to prevent this from happening
to babies yet unborn?
"Simply stated, these are the
questions for which hundreds
of March of Dimes-supported
scientists seek answers."
Because the answers which
come from scientific research
willcomctoolatetohelp chil-
dren already afflicted like Mary
Lou, the March of Dimes is
fighting the problem of birth
defects in still another way—
through a growing nationwide
network of March of Dimes
hospital centers seeking the
most effective treatment for
these children. Currently, there
are 44 of these centers across
the country.
Grateful for Help
Mary Lou may be unaware of
all the national and interna-
tional efforts to help solve the
birth defects mystery, but her
parents.arc not. Mr. and Mrs.
Raymond Graves are grateful
to the Genesee County (Mich.)
Chapter of The National Foun-
dation for financial aid to help
with Mary Lou's frequent hos-
pitalizations.
"The March of Dimes is the
greatest friend we ever had,"
Mrs. Graves says. "The March
of Dimes helped us pay for
hospital bills, medications, the
wheel chair and other neces-
sary items."
Mary Lou wants to be a
nurse when she grows up, Mrs.
Graves reports. "Wouldn't it be
wonderful if she could be?"
the March of Dimes Child's
mother says. "Then maybe she
could pay back some of the
kindness shown to her. Until
then, my husband and I can
only say thank you to everyone
who contributes to the March
of Dimes, because more knowl-
edge might mean more medical
techniques that may help our
Mary Lou."
As March of Dimes President
O'Connor points out, the ulti-
mate aim of knowledge gath-
ered from this scientific re-
search is to prevent birth
defects from harming thou-
sands of tiny bodies not yet
born.
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