Folder: S.F. Associations-March of Dimes.
Newscopy: "AN 'HONORARY MOTHER' is the title being bestowed on Deputy Police Chief Thomas Cahill by Mrs. Armand Haurat (left), area chairman, and Mrs. Harry Valdespino, chairman of the Mother's March on Polio."
Newscopy: "MARCHING MOTHERS--FIREMEN, COPS LEND HAND FOR MARCH OF DIMES DRIVE-Firemen and police will aid 'marching mothers' Thursday night in their annual porchlight drive for the March of Dimes. Firehouses will be collection centers, and special police protection for the mothers has been ordered by Chief Frank Ahern. SOME 10,000 women, recruited through the P-TA, Catholic parent-teachers groups and the school department, will be guided by Mrs. Harry C. Valdespino, mother of two small children, whose husband was stricken with polio in 1952. 'Many people think the fight against polio is over', Mrs. Valdespino said, 'but it won't be until there is no longer a need for polio wards in our hospitals and until every child and young adult in the country is vaccinated.' She said that more than 80,000 polio victims, 214 in San Francisco alone, depending on the March of Dimes. THIS YEAR'S drive, which has been lagging, more than ever needs the mothers' march for its success, J.W. Mailliard III, campaign chairman, said. 'Even if you have given before, please, if you possibly can, give again', Mailliard appealed. San Franciscans are asked to turn on porch lights at 7 p.m. when the march starts."
