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arInjured InGeorge Coxllare (hen I lameillGeorge Cox, native-born Middletonian, deserves a better wav of living. And It looks as though he will getit.(/ox H Middletown’s only veteran paraplegic. That’sa medical term meaning complete paralysis from theChest down on both sides of his body.His physical handicap is permanent—it resulted fromWounds he received in France in 1944,His living condition is poor—it won’t get better unless his fellow citizens help him.Cox lives with his parents at 1728 Meadow' Avenue, but they are unable to provide adequate care, much le*ssthe can he deserves, because of financial circumstances,Hi« father had to quit work years ago because of illness.More recently his mother contracted a serious illness,# $ ♦fit T COX i* g»ung to have- a new home, vptc tallydesigned and constructed for hi* fwedf. Because Ml waking hour «i are spent »n a wheel chatr. his new* home willha\e extra-large roomy wide door wavs. ramps insteadof stair * ays. and special fixtures in bedroom, kitchen andb.i*Thai Is the aim of Middletown** AmericantafffcMt, Pott 218. Members of the local Legion’sCommunity service Committee have tackled ihe job. Already. Ihev are raisin* the money needed.i. .a. lrtgwerseo, chairman of the coflRmittoe, an-XUnciit the flm yesterday,‘Tb# Veterans Administration has agreed to pay halfthe tost of a dwelling such i* George C'ox need*.” he •xpla ned. * * But. his pension, even with full disability compensation out of which payment for a full-time attendant must be 'provided, isn’t nearly enough to carryth** other half of the c*»i♦ il #*\VF*Rf GOWfl to a-k the good people of our city to raise that money and build that house ter him. He •arned It; he deserves it,** Ingwerson said.He pointed out that the committee was confident public spirited cit /ens would rutty to the can** “If Cox’*plight had been generally known before title ft would have been taken ctft of long ago.” he said*The committee has already contacted local firms who will nuild and furnish the proposed home. They have agreed to supply the materials, equipment and services ptitoat profit.Since the project first became know, the local Legion office has received an IgipftMhi tnanbtr of contribution*, ev dence that Middletown folks ar# anxious to dotheir share in the house-building pioject. Ingwtrson •aid.’’There if nothing uffmoaf in this plat*,’* Ed Lanpehead of the Middletown Veterans Service Center stated.“Middletown is one of the very few comm unities in the United States which has failed to provide for Ihe care•nd comfort of its paraplegic veterans-f'ontributions. large or mall. should be sent toAmerican l egion Post 71 A. Middletown. Ohio, or toJohn A Inguersen. \ ire »*re*idr»il Vim. o McelI orporition,*’ he said. “Thrt should he made payable to The American Legion Paraplegic f und.’**TOTAL COST of the house, and its probably location. have not been made public by the Legion Committee. Construction costs ar# expected to run higher ter this specially-planned house than for the usual dwelling of the same size “We have to w'ork out some details connected with the plans before we will know how much money we are going to need,” Ingwersen said.Veteran Cox was born in Middletown in 1920. Heattended Middletown schools and before entering thearmed services was employed at Aeronea as a paint •prayer.He enlisted in February, 1942. An infantryman, Cox was seriously wounded in action in France in A ig «st, 1944 After prolonged period of hospitalization in Battle Creek, Michigan, and the Veterans Administration hospital m Dayton, he was brought to Middletown.Armco furnished him with a hospital bed and nursing servi-e, and with hi* father in constant attendance he Is able to ride in a wheel chair and to drive a car if it is provided with special attachments.Five of Cox'# brothers served in World Mar II Three of them were given disability disc’ft rge* and another us* a prisoner of war for eighteen month*In Germany.GEORGE COX• • . • new horns coming upF/6C*lt;
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Middletown Sunday News Journal
Middletown, Ohio, US
Sun, Feb 10, 1952
Page 33
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