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By ANNFOREB
' Meet Martin Mim Mack,
1970 National March of
Himes Poster Boy! Marty is
a cheerful, healthy eight
year-old with all the zest
of a typical Aiherican boy
for sports, games, ham
burgers, camping trips, and
not taking baths. He is a
bright lad and does well in
school, thanks to parents
who make sure he studies
hard, and a well-developed
ability to concentrate.
Marty sounds like a normal
kid and in most ways he is.
Once you’ve spent a few hours
with him, you get used to the
things that much him differ
ent. But you never really for
get them, for every time you
look at Marty the differences
are obvious. Once you get past
the big brown eyes and the
Huck Finn gyin, you are look
ing at a little boy who has no
arms;
He has artificial arms that
-he wears all day at school.
With them, Marty can feed
himself, paint pictures, type on
a regular electric typewriter,
and even play the recorder.
Three days a week of physical
and occupational therapy have
done that for Marty.
Or you could say Marty has
done it for himself. He is dead
set on being self-sufficient. ,
Struggle To Walk
Being born, without arms
Isn’t Marty’s only problem. He
was also bom with a hip de
lect that makes his left leg
three inches shorter than his
light. As a baby, he couldn’t
crawl around the house break
ing things and driving his
mother nuts. He couldn't, be
cause his legs were in casts
Hist and later in braces. Other
uncomfortable gadgetry was
also tried to help him walk
some day—maybe.
Over the years, that “may
be’’ has become a yes. Today
Marty walks. In fact he runs.
With some coaching from his
five healthy older brothers, he
Stas become a pretty good soc
cer player. In 1967 he had a
bone graft operation on his
left foot, which straightened
and strengthened it And he
no longer wears his leg braces
"QUEEN ELIZABETH" HAD
FOUR HUGE PROPELLERS. 35
TONS EACH AMD 20 FEET W
DIAMETER... SO DELICATELY
BALANCED THEY COULD BE
TURNED BY THE TOUCH OF
^Kgu A HAND.'
during the day. He will al
ways have to wear a built-up
shoe, however, just as he’ll al
ways have to use prosthetic
“stiil, Marty Mim Mach is
doing all right, compared with
many other kids in this coun
try. A quarter of a million
babies are bom with signifi
cant birth defects each year
in the United States. Mahy of
them are in worse shape than
Mfcrty. Some die within the
first few years of life because
their defects are so over
whelming that doctors can’t
save them.
Others are mentally retarded
and don’t have Marty’s brain
power to help Stem fight for
a productive, happy life. Some
are blind or deaf, or both.
Some are paralyzed. An Amer
ican baby with one or more
defects is bom every two min
utes*
Knowing the facts about
birth defects, Marty and his
family believe that, tilings
could be much worse. So, they
support the fight to prevent
birth defects from striking
other families. Today they
work with The National Foun
dation-March of Dimes, the
voluntary health organization
which, following its smashing
victory over polio, has been in
the forefront of the birth de
fects struggle.
This year, Marty has been
named the 1970 National Poster
Child for the March of Dimes:
He and his mother will tour
the country during January ,
on behalf of the voluntary
health organization.
The March of Dimes sup
ports year-round programs for
patient and community ser
vices, education, research, and
111 March of Dimes Birth De
fects Centers which provide
diagnosis and treatment! for
children like Marty.
Goal Is Prevention
Then there are the Scien
tists whose work is supported
by National Foundation grants.
These investigators are study
ing hereditary and environ
mental factors and their effects
on the developing embryo.
They are finding out how to
diagnose birth defects earlier
and how to treat them more
effectively, and ultimately how
to prevent them from happen
ing in the first place.
All this isn’t going to grow
Marty a pair of arms. %t
Marty isn’t complaining. He
just thinks it would be a real
good idea to prevent birth de
fects. And so does the March
of Dimes.
There were 2.7 million motor
vehicles revered in North
Cafotydia in 1967.
52,712
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Mias Karan happa of Patalumo. Calif.
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Paterson. Mifflin. Pa. (Sath Muaa Phot
WASHINGTON, D. C.~ It war
"...an historic night" in the 61
the National Pres*
Glnb October 9 when National
441 Week was observed with a
l«f«B representation of nation
al 4-H leadership from busi
ness and government.
Jack Linkletter, famed young
TV star and aen of Ait Link
letter-they are- National 441
Foundation ' .Co-Chairmen for
the Vest Coast—received rapt
attention and a standing ova
tion, a tarn - occurence with
Press Club audiences, as Pres
ident John D. He iTeman ob
served at the Conclusion.
• "It is Not. the Generation
Gap-It’e the Communication
Gap" waa Linkletter’s topic,
previously selected by his fa
ther, who wad unable to attend
because of a death in the fami
ly, Young Mr. Linkletter gene
rally praised today’s younger
generation, and declared that
much of their demonstrated re
sentment reflected their feel
ings toward hypocrisies in an
adult society that dictated!
strict codes of behavior ftr
youngsters, not necessarily
practiced by their elders. i
Linkletter cited the need tor
4-H principles among today’s
youth, and said that be and nia
father were' committed to the
current $8 million capital firm!
campaign to expand the Ha
tional 4-H Center, located is
suburban Washington.
The expansion of 4-H mem
bership, end emphasis into ur
ban and suburban areas by the
traditionally rural organization,
was outlined by Chris Peter
son and his colleagues on the
4-H Report to the Nation Team,
representing the Nation’s 3H
million 4-H members. The
poise With which these youngs,
sters communicated 4-H goals
.and the great strides in're ach
ing city youngsters earned re
peated applause from the
audience.
_A_ special tribute was paid
J. C. Penney in the andienee,
the 94-yearold founder of a
department store empire who,
with Mrs. Richard M. Nixon, is
Honorary Co-Chairman of the
Advisory Council. Hie 60-odd
years of philanthropy and work
with young people, notably mitt
4-H, was cited, and he receiv
ed a respectfully affectionate
response from the large atten
dance.
The . Club President
duced. several
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intro
National 4-H Foundation Board
Chairman and Associate Di
rector of Extension at the Uni
versity of Connecticut; Edwii
L. Kirby, Deputy Administra
tor, Federal Extension Service,
U. S. Dept, of Agriculture;
Norman C. Mindrum of (
Director, National 4-H !
Council lei
sm, .
James 11. McKee, Jr., Presi
dent, CPC International, Inc.,
2*° >"*• geo representing
Howard C. Haider, CPC ana
Adviaory . Connell Chairman;
Herbert M. Cleaves, Settlor
Vice President, General Foods
arssrssaS-TSc
Chalmers Manufacturing Co.
Sttd Milwaukee Area Chairman
fodthe capital And campaign;
Merritt D. HOI, Chairman,
Hill Associates, and .Detroit
Area Chairman tot the capital
campaign; William T. Brady of
Loa Angeles, Calif., Honorary
Chainwm, Execrtrve Cormnitj
w6t vri> internationalt ana
Russell B. Robins of Detroit,
Executive Vice President, The
Jaqt Handy Organisation, and
Chairman of the Foundation’s
Public. Relatione Advisory
Committee.
Young Chris Peterson, yn
sented a beautiful.Plaqaorf
appreciation to the Pleas Club
on behalf of the nation’s 4-H
members; President HMtattaa
Said it would hang is s place
Of honor so long an thers mss
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