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Polio Patient Sharon Downing Receives Treatment at University Hospital, January 1948 Photographer: Eck Stanger

Polio Patient Sharon Downing Receives Treatment at University Hospital, January 1948 image
Year:
1948
Published In:
Ann Arbor News, January 21, 1948
Caption:
Helped By March Of Dimes: Funds contributed in the March of Dimes campaign are used to help infantile paralysis victims such as four-year-old Sharon Downing, shown above with Nurse Evelyn Worsley receiving treatment in the pools of the physical therapy hospital. Physical therapy treatments, like the one being demonstrated with Sharon, are designed to strengthen nerves affected by poliomyelitis.

Fashion Show Will Benefit March of Dimes, March 1978 Photographer: Larry E. Wright

Fashion Show Will Benefit March of Dimes, March 1978 image
Year:
1978
Published In:
Ann Arbor News, March 2, 1978
Caption:
Fashionably decked out to give a preview of the March of Dimes fundraising fashion show on March 11 are Romie Orr, left, Lou Belcher and daughter Stacy. Reservations for the luncheon and show should be made by Saturday.

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Candle dedicated to March of Dimes cause, January 1956

Candle dedicated to March of Dimes cause, January 1956 image
Year:
1956
Published In:
Ann Arbor News, January 12, 1956
Caption:
Candle for a Cause: This candle, dedicated to the March of Dimes, was started last February by Mrs. Ethel L. Nettleship. She put it in her business establishment, the Alexandra School of Cosmetology. Customers through the year added candles and pressed spare coins into the softened wax.

Rev. John W. Tennyson and Two Volunteers Plan "Peanuts for Polio" Sale, January 1956

Rev. John W. Tennyson and Two Volunteers Plan "Peanuts for Polio" Sale, January 1956 image
Year:
1956
Published In:
Ann Arbor News, January 13, 1956
Caption:
'Peanuts for Polio': Two young volunteers for the "peanuts for polio" sale here Saturday get last-minute briefing from the Rev. John W. Tennyson of the First Baptist Church, sale chairman. They are Kay Thayer, and eight grade student at Roosevelt School, and Norman Terrall, an Ypsilanti High School junior. Junior and senior high school students from eight Ypsilanti area churches will sell bags of unshelled peanuts on downtown streets tomorrow. Proceeds go to the March of Dimes.

Ann Arbor Mayor William E. Brown makes January official polio month, with members March of Dimes drive committee, January 1956

Ann Arbor Mayor William E. Brown makes January official polio month, with members March of Dimes drive committee, January 1956 image
Year:
1956
Published In:
Ann Arbor News, January 2, 1956
Caption:
Polio Month Proclaimed: Mayor William E. Brown, jr., signs a proclamation making January official polio month. And, from these volunteer March of Dimes workers, he receives a "blue crutch" pin. Gathered around the mayor (from left to right) are the following workers of the Ann Arbor drive committee: Mrs. George D. Dibble, head of the drive in Ann Arbor; Harold E. Groves, jr., small corporations division; William C. Lighthall, large corporations; Mrs. Paul D. Hogg, mothers' march; Oliver Johnson, factory employees; Mrs. Roscoe O. Bonisteel, jr., special gifts; Mrs. Gerald V. Barrow, special gifts; Lauren J. Jedele, city employees; Mrs. Douglas K. Reading, schools; Mrs. W. H. Winkelhaus, clubs and organizations; Mrs. Julius Schaffer, business and canisters; Mrs. Howard R. William, dime cards; and Mrs. Aaron R. Edwards, special gifts. Another member of the special gifts division, Mrs. George H. Lowrey, is absent.

Polio Drive: North side residents parade, Broadway St, August 1954

Polio Drive: North side residents parade, Broadway St, August 1954 image
Year:
1954
Published In:
Ann Arbor News, August 30, 1954
Caption:
A group of north side residents marched Saturday to raise money for the emergency March of Dimes drive now under way. The north side parade netted $80. Leading the north side group were Mrs. George F. Muehlig, accordionist, and Katherine Harrington, Northside School principal.

Polio Drive: American Legion Drum and Bugle Corps Parade, August 1954

Polio Drive: American Legion Drum and Bugle Corps Parade, August 1954 image
Year:
1954
Published In:
Ann Arbor News, August 30, 1954
Caption:
The American Legion Drum and Bugle Corps marched Saturday to raise money for the emergency March of Dimes drive now under way. The Legion's marathon radio show raised $560 Saturday and the north side parade netted $80.