Electra Star-News (Electra, Tex.), Vol. 60, No. 22, Ed. 1 Thursday, November 9, 1967 Page: 8 of 10
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Demonstration Club* of Vernon
was entertained Friday morn-
ing in the home of Mrs M, A.
Gillis by the Elliott Home De-
monstration Club, a book re-
view by Mrs. H. P. Hill was
the highlight.
Mrs. Hill of Vernon chose a
book of essays, "Oh, Ye Jigggs
and Juleps”, by Virginia Cary
Hudson. Written - by a ten or ,
eleven year old girl giving her
candid impressions of several
religious groups and practices,
the book also gave an insight
to personalities the child knew
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Despite a leg-paralyzing birth
up-tempo of California living. A
problem he still must solve is
finding the hours for all he
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to be played outdoors
books to be__1___J ;_______
visits to Sunday School and
dancing and favorite television
programs to watch.
But Timmy’s mental go-
power is sometimes slowed
down by his. physical handi-
caps. His active routine must
stop every day for physical
therapy at hom.e as well as
regular visits to a March of
Dimes Birth Defects Treat-
ment Center in Los Angeles.
Timmy, .who has been an
outpatient.at Orthopaedic Hos-
pital since infancy, represents
the quarter of a million chil-
dren born every year in this
country with a birth defect.
The March of Dimes supports
nearly 100 research and treat-
ment centers in its campaign to
overcome the tragedies of birth
defects.
The handsorne, outgoing little
boy has never known a world
without doctors, hospital wait-
ing rooms and heavy leg braces.
Timmy was born with club-
foot and open spine, a spinal
disorder which caused paraly-
sis of his legs. Hydrocephalus,
water on the brain,” de-
veloped later but was arrested
’spontaneously.
His P^ents, Mr. and Mrs.
MichaelFaas of Whittier, began
bringing Timmy to the March
of Dimes Center at Ortho-
paedic Hospital when he was
five months old. They were liv-
ing in Maimi, Fla., when he
was born, but returned to
southern California to be near
their families.
Timmy already had under-
gone successful surgery to re-
pair his open spine, but doctors
m Florida doubted that he
would ever walk and gave him
a 50 per cent chance of leading
a normal life.
Through the efforts of his
medical team, Timmy walks
well today'with the help of
full leg braces, wooden crutches
and a body corset.with a back
brace extension. .At night he
LOOKING AHEAD to the 1968 March of Dimes campaign against
birth defects are Timothy Faas, 4, National Poster Child'from
Whittier, Calif., and Dr. Oliver Nichols, assistant program director
for the March of Dimes Birth Defects Treatment Center at Ortho-
paedic Hospital in Los Angeles.
must wear a spread-a-bar on
his feet, although casts have
helped the clubfoot condition.
None of this seriously im-
pedes Timmy’s pursuit of the
good things of life, as seen
through the eyes of a small
boy. Even though he must
move slowly across a play-
ground, he has never been
allowed to think of himself as
“different.” Nor do his parents
treat him any differently from
his brother,' Mikey, a normal
6-year-old in the first grade.
Timmy enjoys announcing
that he wants to be “Tarzan”
when he grows up. By way of
emphasis, he pounds his chest
ana gives the ape-man yell. He
also likes to swing into the
“Jerk” with his aunt, Vicki,
and the two of them have
worked out a special arrange-
ment. His musical loyalties are
divided between the Monkees
and the Beatles.
In quieter moments, he likes
to color, he ”ead to, or play
with his Lk : poodle, Touche.
Timmy ar.^ his brother were
baptized in the Mormon Church
and he attar ds primary class
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1900’s making for surprises and
laughs a plenty.
Greeting guests upon arrival
at the Gillis home were Mrs.
Gillis and Mi's. J. J. Hmcirik,
Elliott club president. Mrs.
Paul Cargile was awarded the
door prize, a wooden wall pla
que and apple-shaped cheese
board.
Mi’s. Hobart Rainwater pre-
sided at the silver tea and
coffee service. Apricot, peanut
and pumpkin breads, and cheese
balls were served from a tabic
covered with white and center-
ed with a large straw cornucop-
ia filled with fall flowers.
Busy Bee members in atten-
dance were Mmes Wesley Glo-
ver, Carol Mitschke, Paul Car-
gile, Barney Martin, Eugene
Reynolds, Bill Hilliard and Clif-
ford White.
Special guests for the oc-
casion were Mrs. H. P. Hill and
Mrs. Weldon Stringer. Members
of the host club present were
Mmes Gillis, Hmcirik, William
Moeller, Edward Roth, Clarence
Freeling, Warren Wages, O R.
Yarbrough and Hobart Rain-
water.
Jerry Roach
Completes Navy
Basic Training
SAN DIEGO OCT. 2G - Sea-
man Recruit Jerry L. Roach,
USN, son of Mr. and Mrs. Wal-
ter L. Roach of 322 E. Railroad
Electra, has been graduated
from nine weeks of Navy basic
training at the Naval Training
Center here.
In the first weeks of his
naval service he studied mili
tary subjects and lived
worked under conditions similar
to those he will encounter on
his first ship or at his first
shore station.
In making the transition from
civilian life to Naval ervice, be
received instruction under vete-
ran Navy potty officers. He stu-
died seamanship, as well as
survival techniques, military
drill and other subjects
ITS A GIRL
Mrs. Laura Lee Dillard an-
nouces the birth of a daughter,
Tracce Dannell, Oct. 22, in a
Wichita Falls hospital.
Mrs. Hays D. Lowe of Electra
is tlie proud grandmother of
the infant, and Harlan Dale
Lowe, a proud uncle.
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Dept, of Electricity
CITY OF ELECTRA
Swinging Son of Sunny California
Is National March of Dimes Child
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To Assist High School Faculty :
Eleven junior and senior
students in Electra High School
are assisting the school faculty
with clerical work for the
first time under a project spon-
or'ed by the Future Teachers
of America chapter.
“The project seems to be
working very well,” Mrs Paul
Hayers, FTA adviser and EHS
English teacher, said this week.
Students prepare bulletin
boards, grade papers, record
grades, type report cards and
grade sheets among other dut-
ies. In some instances they
“keep’ ’classes if it is necessary
for teachers to be out during
■class periods.
Work done by the
assistants, all members
FTA chapter, has the approval
of the high school office. The
asistants are assigned to^
| teachers and the responsibility
Marsh while standing are Mary Helzlsouer,
Michelle McKoKlvey, Pam Ward, Pat Hol-
ley, Ruth McCullough, and Emmett Thoma-
son.,
TEACHER ASSISTANTS — Assisting
the EHS faculty through an FTA-sponsored
project are these students. Seated left to
right are Gerald Davis, Janet James, Hel-
en Brackeen, Candy Williams and Mike
TAX MAN SAM SEZ:
of the aide is up to the teacher
he or she is assisting.
The assistants are Gerald
Davis, Janet James, Helen
Brackeen, Candy Williams,
Mike Marsh, Mary Helzlsouer.
Michelle McKelvey, Pam Ward,
Pat Holley, Ruth McCullough
and Emmett Thomason.
Applications completed
the teachers and those filled in
by the student were considered
in making the assignments for
the participating students.
Students must be in the FTA,
be a junior or senior, and main-
tain a B average scholastically
as well as in citizenship before
they may apply for the project.
The chaptei’ meets monlhly
at the school to made plans and
complete projects. During the
October meeting the members
submitted names as candidates
for Miss FTA and Mr. FTA'of
Electra High School.
Representing r- Electra High
School at the district meet will
be Dub Curry in the Mr. PTA
contest.
Gerald Davis, an EHS junior, in her hometown in the early
has been nominated by the
local chapter as a candidate
for district vice president.
Named as a committee
write letters and assist in his
campaign were Bernadette Hel-
zlsouer, chairman, and Christy
Eakin, Etta McCullough, Bar-
bara Lewis, Willie Forester, Al-
len Robb, Debbie Myers, Susan
McKelvey, Gary Flusche, Ger-
ald Davis and Rebecca Howard
computer over their social se-
curity numbers. This is on one
tenth of the number of errors
that taxpayers made on this
item throughout the country
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at the Fifth Ward on Santa Fe
Road in Whittier.
His favorite foods include
hot dogs, chocolate milk, t^cos
and anything sweet.
Young Timmy will bring ex-
perience to his role as Poster
Child for the coming year. In
1967 he was named Poster Boy
for Los Angeles County and
learned to shake famous hands
with ease.
When the March of Dimes
campaign opens in January,
Timmy hopes to visit the White
House and meet President
Lyndon B. Johnson as part of
a month-long tour of cities
around the country.
The tour will emphasize the |
continuous work carried on by
the March of Dimes to rid so-
ciety of birth defects—the
Great Destroyer. The voluntary
health organization has de-
voted its resources and energy
to this fight since the polio vac-
cine halted the menace of in-
fantile paralysis. Its national
program provides for medical
care, research and education, to
combat the hundreds of kinds
of birth defects. > .
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The club also selected a com-
mittee to decide on an assembly
program for the student body
during the school year. Mem;v
bers are Michelle McKelvey,'
chairman, Ruth McCullough,
Janet Eckelkamp, Pam Ward
and Willie Frester.
Active in many phases of edu-
cation, the chapter is sponsor-
ing a reading table in the high
school library this week in
observance of American Educa-
tion Week.
Featured on the table
reading materials relating
teacher careers according to
Mrs. Hayers.
In December a delegation
from the chapter will attend
a seminal' on the campus of
Austin College. Information will
be given on the college’s teach-
er education program during
the seminar.
Attending will be
Davis, Mike Marsh, Cathy Fow-
ler and Janet James. They will right Karen
be accompanied by their advis- Fowler, reporter; Emmett Thomason, presi-
er Mrs Hayers. --------------------------
Timothy • Faas, a 4-year-
old California swinger who
likes his music loud and
fast, has been chosen as the
1968 National March of
Dimes. Child for the 30th
Anniversary campaign.
Despite a leg-paralyzing birth
defect, Timmy thrives on the
up-tempo of California living. A
problem he still must solve is
finding the hours for all he
}van£s to _do. There are games
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Disneyland, Beatle records for
dancing and favorite television
programs to watch.
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