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Newspaper
Amarillo Globe
Location
Amarillo, Texas, United States of America
Date
Dec 19, 1940
Page
5
A bronze plaque memorializing Vara Davis Shinn, originator of the One Thousand Dimes movement, was presented at Amarillo High School during the Christmas pageant. The event included a repeat performance that evening at 7 30 in the high school auditorium.
The piece stresses the need for the annual Christmas Seal Sale as lives depend on its success. It notes tuberculosis deaths last year near 64,000 nationwide, about 175 daily or one every eight minutes, urging continued effort to finish the fight.
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