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. '
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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.
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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.
"Everybody has been so won
derful," she smiled. "Every
body's sorta happy when you
can work your way out of some
thing." r
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