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Newspaper
San Antonio Light
Location
San Antonio, Texas, United States of America
Date
Dec 15, 1946
Page
7
The hospital has not charged for treating crippled children in 24 years with over 14,000 admissions. Admissions are not based on parental religion or fraternal ties. The endowment fund is small, and operating needs rely on donations rather than patient fees.
Trustees and officers listed with positions and city designations including Nathan Adams in Dallas as President and multiple vice presidents and officers across Dallas Fort Worth Houston Galveston and other Texas cities such as San Antonio Austin and El Paso. The document catalogs individuals by role and locale.
One third of children admitted to the Texas hospital for crippled children have been crippled by infantile paralysis. In the polio epidemic year 89 cases were treated from across Texas. The hospital outlines its polio treatment, urges Texas generosity to fund next year’s operations, and emphasizes gifts large or small help crippled youths become self supporting citizens.
Regular contributions sustain daily hospital operations while memorial gifts honor loved ones. Donors can use life insurance, living trusts, or bequests to create endowment funds. A five thousand dollar endowment could fund seven children for five years. a million-dollar gift would secure the hospital’s future and expand facilities.
Since 1922 the Texas Scottish Rite Hospital for Crippled Children has admitted over 14 000 children and provided more than 48 000 outpatient treatments. Fewer than 600 patients came from Mason homes. Hundreds of children await admission, to be aided by Texas donors.
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