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Little Tennessee Polio Victim Picked As MOD Poster Girl New York (U.R) A tiny, blue-eyed brunette who learned to walk in a steel frame and has never taken a step without braces was chosen today as the poster girl for the 1955 March of Dimes. Five-year-old Mary Kosloski, of Colliersville, Tenn., was stricken . with poliomyelitis at the age of five months. Her sweet, unsmiling face looks up on the March of Dimes poster from a crisp yellow dress and trappings of shiny steel. Basil O'Connor, president of the National Foundation for In fantile Paralysis, announced that March of Dimes funds in the amount of $2046 have been spent in treatments of the girl. Addi tional costs have been borne by her parents, Dorothy and Peter Paul Kosloski. Three Other Children Kosloski, 39, and his wife, 36, are college graduates. He is pres ident of the Colliersville Rotary Club, and is part owner of a general store and insurance bus iness in which his wife also works. They have three other children; Sally, 10, Kit, 8, and Paul, 3. Mary, whom her folks call "May Day," was stricken with polio Aug. 28, 1949, and in Oc tober of that year made the first roi 17 trips so far to the Georgia 7farm Springs foundation. Both arms and legs and neck and trunk muscles were involved Santha Announces ; Dinner Saturday; I Wanderers Meet The annual Thanksgiving din- ner of Idella Rogue Santha, No- ; maas oi Avruaana, wiu oe neia ; at the Pythian building, Satur- J day, November 20, at 6:30 p.m. ; Turkey will be furnished by : the Santha, and members are ! requested to bring either a hot ; dish, salad or dessert. f Plans for a Thanksgiving din i ner were discussed at a meeting '. of Wanderers' club held recent- ly at the home of Mrs. John ; Fugill, 325 West Third street. ; Canasta was the diversion of thf pvpninff with nrizps hpinff i ---- " O w - T ; won by Mrs. LeRoy Cline and ; Mrs. Margaret Davis. ; ; Portland ;Woman , j To Speak Here. 1 'i Mrs. B. von Lubken; Portland, vice-chairman of the Republican staxe central commutee, wui speak for the next meeting of 'Jackson County Republican Women. It will be held at 12 '. noon Monday, November 22, at ; the Jackson hotel. Mrs. Stephen G. Nye, presi . dent of the local group, states ; that Mrs. von Lubken will ana : lyze the past election and an- ;. nounce plans of the Republican party for the future. .; The nominating committee ' will announce a slate of officers. Election will be held in Janu- ; arx - ' when she emeregd from the acute phase of the illness, and it was thought she would never walk again. But treatment, both at home and in hospitals, has so improved her condition that doc tors are now hopeful she. may eventually discard one of her leg braces. One Operation - She has undergone one opera tion, to correct a hip condition which was causing a curvature of the spine, and may need more surgery in the future. A slim . child with shoulder length brown curls, Mary is a gay member of a happy family, the foundation said. She goes to church with her parents and brothers and sisters and accom panies them on outings to the zoo. ' Cool Summer Cause Of Pool Fund Loss The Hawthorne Park swim ming pool operation for the summer season showed a net loss of $191.29. This was the first net loss in the past two years, according to Councilman Harold Frye. He added that the loss was less than that suffered in other cities of comparable size, and was due wholly to a generally cooler summer throughout the state. For the past two years the local pool has showed about, a $1,500 surplus after the summer season. Total admissions showed that 28,197 persons used the pool from June 14 to Sept. 6. Revenue amounted to $7,788. 19, which included $6,630.15 in admissions, $40.40 towel rentals, $325.64 concessions and $792 swimming lessons. Disbursements were $7,979.48. Included were $5,636.19 in sal aries, $1,454.24 supplies, $358. 71 repairs, $420.84 electricity and $109.50 social security. , Weeds Said To Take Heavy Annual Toll . Portland (U.R) Weeds take an annual toll of $5,000,000,000 in crop, animal and other losses across the United States, the annual state weed conference was told yesterday by Rex War ren of Oregon State college. Warren added that much of the 61,0a0,0Q0 acres in Oregon j were infested with many of the worst infestations on non-crop pasture and range lands where control measures are costly. . Allen C. Tom of Rufus, presi dent of the conference, said that there was a need for an educa tional program to get the prob lem before the people and ob tain greater farmer and public participation. ' yMWWtTr. in j iljj.n y m V '.tf V 1 Bear Escapes Portland Zoo; Food Lure Works Portland U.R) A native Oregon brown bear apparently got the urge to return to its na tive haunts yesterday. The bear was spotted wan-. dering about the hillside behind its pen' at the Portland zoo. It had dug to freedom under the fence surrounding the pen. The urge for food was strong er than the urge for freedom however, and the bear was lured back into captivity by a beef bone. v BOTH SIDES OF POLIO Five-year-old Mary Kosloski, 1955 March of Dimes Poster Girl from Colliersville, Tenn., meets 7-year-old Jlandy Kerr of Falls Church, ,Va. Randy is the na tion's first Polio Pioneer to receive the Salk vaccine during field trials last spring. Together, Mary and Randy represent the two aims of the March of Dimes polio treatment and preven tion. The annual nationwide drive for funds is scheduled for Jan. 3-31. Wednesday, November 17. 1954 Rush-Hour Collision Delays 99 Traffic A rush-hour collision on High ' A telephone pole located in way 99 near the Alley Brothers j front of 914 Lozier lane was mill yesterday delayed traffic j snapped off at about 4:10 a.m. for a period and badly damaged today when it was hit by ,a car driven by Charles R. Wood, 23, of 619 Palm st., officers said. Damage to the car was not seri- MEDFORD jOREGOW) MAIL TRIBUNE THREE ENOUGH TROUBLES Washington U.R) Defense Secretary Charles Wilson said on Tuesday if military officials are working on space ships he doesn't know anything about it. They have "enough problems on earth," he quipped. " two 'cars, according to state police. - ; One driver, Thomas Jefferson Whisenant, Alley Mill rd., was cited for , failure to yield the right of way, officers said. His car pulled out on to Highway 99 hitting broadside a car driven by Earl Everett Watson, route 1, box 462, Talent, the police re ported, forcing Watson's car off the road and through three fences. Personal injuries result ing were said minor. Both behicles had to be towed away. The accident was reported at about 5:10 p.mL ous and Wood was not reported injured. OPENING GROCERY STORE and COMMERCIAL TROUT FARM AT RAINBOW MOTEL Shady Cove, Ore. SATURDAY, NOV., 20, 1954 ORDER NOW! Personalized Christmas Cards It's later than you think Give yourself time to -address them before the last minute-rush! . Aufrjtfr 31' aztsi'-t Around Hollywood By ALINE MOSBY . United Press Correspondent OF ALL PLACES! Memphis, Tenn. (U.R) Police reported today a radar device installed to discourage speeding in a school zone netted T. E. Hildebrand. He -was driving the school bus. Hollywood (U.R) Lillian Roth wrote a happy ending to a Hollywood heartbreak story to day with a successful nightclub return to moviet own that, she "con fessed was the result of a tele vision show and a book. Lillian nine years ago was C'jr I an alcoholic, I broke and in a pBBBBOeMeBeMSeaewBeiaBBl nUoriitr V-cy"i4- Aline Mo.br of movie stardom in the '30s forgotten. ... Five years ago, treated by Al coholics Anonymous, she started a painful road to recovery. She sang at clubs here and around the country "but there was a barrier around me. I was afraid of what people thought." TV Started Things It wasn't until Ralph Edwards dramatized her story on TV's "This Is Your Life," she said, that she was able to start on the happier life that brought her to the climax a star-studded open ing night at Mocambo 'nightclub last night. "The TV fan mail was so full of warmth and affection," she said. "Those people are all part of the Good Lord who has helped me. I realized people did not stare at me in condemnation." 7 illian had started a book be fov ; "but I put it away because I could not look at my life ob jectively. I still was confused." Afer her TV success she re wrote the book because "I could look back without sorrow and self-pity at last." The book, "I'll Cry Tomor row," a harrowing account of her tragic life, became a best- rllBBn Sail' "MMM seller, and Lillian Roth once more is famous with club offers rolling in every day. Susan Hay ward plans to portray Lillian in the movie version. . , ' People Cry "The book has had a tremen dous reaction," smiled Lillian as she autographed copies of the book at a department . store. "People come up to me after my shows and start to cry. "I get letters from rabbis, priests and ministers who want me to speak before groups. Doc tors write. And teen-agers who never understood the .problems their mothers and fathers have. "But I have no magic formu-! la, she said firmly. "It's embar rassing; to get credit when you don't rate it. Many Misconceptions "I wrote my book because there had been so many miscon ceptions about my life I wanted to get it straight. Then I thought an explanation would help oth ers in trouble. "But I also wanted to help myself. I was like talking to a psychiatrist to put everything down. It reminded myself of what I was." - Lillian gracefully pulled her mink cape around her shoulders and stepped toward her chauf fered imported car. 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