Fraternity-Testvériség, 1960 (38. évfolyam, 1-12. szám)
1960-02-01 / 2. szám
14 FRATERNITY 369. Manhattan, N. Y. ____ 3325.09 385. San Bernardino, Calif. _ 774.44 370. Miami, Fla. 347.60 386. Cincinnati, O. 107.39 372. South Norwalk, Conn. _ 391.24 388. Lakeland, Fla. 58.75 373. Bethlehem, Pa. 1787.83 389. Rochester, N. Y. 156.98 374. East Chicago, Ind. 281.11 390. Hudson Valley, N. Y. _ 95.10 375. Long Branch, N. J. _ 77.94 391. Houston, Tex. 10.20 376. Buffalo, N. Y. 102.13 392. New Orleans, La. 110.85 377. San Diego, Calif.__ 290.12 393. Peoria, 111.--.--378. 379. 380. San Jose, Calif. Hollywood, Calif. Cleveland, O. 909.09 1093.21 198.24 Total „$99,536.18 381. 383. Chicago, 111. Rural Valley, Pa. _ _ 21.49 53.15 Washington, D. C. Emery Király, 384. Renton, Pa. _______--.--Jan. 6. 1960 Treasurer Alabama Tot is 1960 Poster Child for March of Dimes A little three-year-old girl is the Poster Child of the 1960 New March of Dimes. She is blue-eyed, curly-haired Mary Beth Pyron who was three on February 9, a lovely, laughing child full of desire for life. Her parents are James Pyron and Norma Claire Pyron of Florence, Ala., both registered pharmacists. With Mary Beth and her brother Tommy, four, the Pyrons live in a home with ample room in which to play — if Mary Beth could do much playing. Chattering animatedly to her dolls, she looks like any bright-eyed three-year-old. But her little legs are inert. For Mary Beth has an open spine — which means that somewhere during pre-natal growth a segment of her spine failed to develop fully. Mary Beth also suffers from hydrocephalus, or “water on the brain”, but this often disfiguring disease is scarcely apparent in the child. The medical future for Mary Beth is uncertain. There is no hope for a cure for her spinal defect. But she does crawl with unbelievable speed by propelling herself with her arms. There are 250,000 Mary Beths born annually in the United States with significant birth defects. Each year some 34,000 infants with birth defects are still-born or die in the first month of life. Chief source of hope for a preventive for birth defects lies in research supported by the New March of Dimes which, through The National Foundation, is also conducting studies into rheumatoid arthritis and is continuing its work in polio. National Foundation chapters which have funds available have started a patient aid program for children through age 18 with certain birth defects and with rheumatoid arthritis. Nothing can be done at this time for Mary Beth. But just as March of Dimes contributions led to the Salk preventive for polio, so will National Foundation research hasten the day when the tragic puzzle of birth defects may be solved.
