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HistoryAugust 3, 2024

Marking March of Dimes effort

David Faris, a 6-year-old polio patient, receives a proclamation from Mayor Narvol Randol marking Aug. 6-30, 1954, as the emergency March of Dimes period in Cape Girardeau.

David Faris, 6, son of Mr. and Mrs. Fred Faris of Cape Girardeau, who was stricken with polio in August 1952, receives a copy of a proclamation from Mayor Narvol Randol setting aside the two weeks Aug. 6 to 30, 1954, as the emergency March of Dimes period in Cape Girardeau. The youngster is accompanied by Louise Steimle of the physical therapy department of the polio center, Saint Francis Hospital.
David Faris, 6, son of Mr. and Mrs. Fred Faris of Cape Girardeau, who was stricken with polio in August 1952, receives a copy of a proclamation from Mayor Narvol Randol setting aside the two weeks Aug. 6 to 30, 1954, as the emergency March of Dimes period in Cape Girardeau. The youngster is accompanied by Louise Steimle of the physical therapy department of the polio center, Saint Francis Hospital.G.D. Fronabarger ~ Southeast Missourian archive

David Faris, 6, son of Mr. and Mrs. Fred Faris of Cape Girardeau, who was stricken with polio in August 1952, receives a copy of a proclamation from Mayor Narvol Randol setting aside the two weeks Aug. 6 to 30, 1954, as the emergency March of Dimes period in Cape Girardeau. The youngster is accompanied by Louise Steimle of the physical therapy department of the polio center, Saint Francis Hospital.

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