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D79973-10
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- 1953-12-22 (Creation)
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Crippled Childrens School, ordered by the National Foundation for Infantile Paralysis. Diane Cashion plays on a piece of physical therapy equipment in front of a board covered with chalked names. Diane, the daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Thomas Cashion of 4302 So. Asotin St., is a March of Dimes success story. She was stricken with polio five years ago. Her illness was so severe that she was in Pierce County Hospital for nearly a year. Since her release, treatment and physical therapy at the Crippled Childrens School have enabled her to shed her leg brace. Her treatment was funded by the March of Dimes. The Crippled Childrens School was located at East 50th in Salishan from 1953 till approximately 1963 when they were moved to specially constructed classrooms in the new Birney, Seward and Truman Schools. (TNT 1/12/1954, pg. 2)
National Foundation for Infantile Paralysis (Tacoma); March of Dimes (Tacoma); Cashion, Diane; Crippled Childrens School (Tacoma);