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The Pictorial Newsletter: January 18, 1961, 18 Jan 1961, Page 9

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q' SEMI.MONTHLY PICTORIAL.NEWsLT I I T,IT pital structurc. A special tour of the ' building will be mad.e by those attending the association meeting. ,Contributore oJ $10.00 or more durirrg the fiscal year automatically become " members irnd comprise the electing body for t he hospital; membership has morc than double0 since L959. This group elccts a board. of directors who set hospital polieies and appoints memberg of t he med,ical staff . . , The folLoqing are currently serrring es mcmbers of the board.: Ralph Bennettt Joseph A Conertyl Jr., Mayor Seorge P. .tr'rerrnd, James "IkI. Leruron, Drg. George Alvary and Lee Glad.stonc. In additioa to election of hospital ttlctlttlfiU SC}|00L 0f BTRIJIU 0tllTtlfifi Pistakee Bay R.oad and Charles Slreet Open Near Old Bridge All - 6 6ays, ' Hair a Weeki DAY AND ,EVENING CLASSES Services WORK DONE EXCLUSIVELY BY STUDENTS board" members, reports rilt be made by board cornmittee chairman, Ben Underwood ACministrator, John van der Meulen - architect, Philip F,osenstrock aud itor, and Mrs. Eenry Tonyon, President of McHenry Eospitel auriliary. II,I.INOIS BEI,T PRESB{fS CHECK TO EOSPITAI, Robert ?"ehn) Manager of the local , telephone offlce, presented a check in behalf of Illinois Be1I Telcphone Comp- arry to James M. trennon, Presid.ent of the Boarrl of, Directors of McEenrXr Hospital. Mr. J..,ennon stated, that a contribution to' the hospital building fund gives support to the most inportant civic organization in any cornmi.rnity and nay be regarded as an investment in that comrmrnity. i He also seid. thet add.itional moncy is needed. to finish the hospital build.ing rloTv in progress and. that when constl:ue- i tlon is completed. in early spring, it I will be necessary to raise funds to nurchase furnishings and eo-uipment. _. PATRO}IIZE OllR AOffiNIffiRS BE{ENITS EECEIVED FNOM NATIO]qAI, trCI]NDAfION The state o f Illinois has been the princlpal beneficiary in the ellocation of March of Dimes funds raised in the state over the past 2J years, it was disclosed. today ia a financial sunmary prepared. by the National }-ounoation. More than 70 cents ,of every dollar from lllinoisr fiIarch of Dimes has been put to use in aiding the statets dlsease vlctims arrd i-n research and ed.ucation projects conducted by Itlinois Institu- tions. Of the remaining ,0 pcr cent accming to the national head.quarters, a conslderaole amount also has come back to illinois in shlpments of pollo vaccine and gamma glotiulin and in other nation- wid.e senrices 'cord.ucted. by the }trational For:ndition. [he summary covers the period. since the first March of Dimes r{as helC in January, L)J9, a rid. compares the net totai- of funos raised ln the state with amounts made available to f rLinois through Septemoer 10, L96A. Over and abii.re the 70 pel cent used. by institutions and c ounty chaptcrs ln the state, The llatlonal foundation has fin- anced. w,thin t he state projects such as the histo ric field. trials which proved. the effectiveness of the SaIk vac- cine, epidemiological studies aad scholarehip or fellowship grants to rllinois residents . Natlonal Headguar- tersr expenditures'for the vaccinc trialg in f f r:,nois amounted to $94r 7L5.46 . In add.ition, the national offiee. has sent into Iliinois $249ro47.95 worth of Salk vaccine and. 551rr94 ccf s of gamma globulin in support of its polio Prc- vention programs. Two years ago r the Sationa1 Eor.urdati for Irrfantile Parallrsis changed. its name to The l{ationaL For:ndation in expand-ing its areas of interest beyond polio to includ e birth d.ef ects and arthriti s, usiniT the scientific knowledge and ex- polio. Iltrc }ie's L{arch of Dimes takes place throughout the month of Janu&Tlr

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