Fund raising

From left to right: Georgia Neese Clark; William G. Gilks; Hugh Duffield; and Secretary of the Interior Oscar Chapman at a Community Chest meeting in the Department of the Interior auditorium. From: Oscar Chapman Scrapbook

Left to right: Timothy J. Lenzmeir and Larry D. Grandia, members of the Teen-Age Club of the Fort Lewis, Washington, Youth Activities Center, and Ardis Burnett, President of the Club, sell the first ticket to the Youth Activities Play to Major General Louis W. Truman.

Making plans for the annual Mother's March of Dimes are (L-R) Major General Louis W. Truman; Major General Earl C. Bergquist (Retired), Armed Forces Consultant for the National Foundation of the March of Dimes; Mrs. Edward S. Berry, Fort Lewis and Pierce County March of Dimes Executive Board Member and Mrs. James Law, Pierce County March of Dimes Secretary.

Judge Beril Johnson (right) Pierce County, Washington, Superior Court and Juvenile Court judge, accepts a check for the Remann Hall children's fund from Major General Louis W. Truman (left), 4th Infantry Division and Fort Lewis commander. The check represents the proceeds of the Military Police sponsored International Golf Day tournament at Fort Lewis, Washington.

Major General Louis W. Truman (left) and Colonel George A. Traeger, Post Quartermaster, present a check for $1,400 to Army Emergency Relief Fund Custodian, Mrs. Raynola S. Blackshear. The donation was raised at the Frontier Night Party at the Fort Lewis, Washington, Officers Open Mess on July 4. Colonel Traeger was Frontier Night Chairman.

First Lady Bess W. Truman (center) accepts a certificate from an unidentified man during her meeting with Michael Danna of South Ozone Park, New York (left), the 1952-1953 Muscular Dystrophy Poster Boy. Danna's visit marked the official opening of the Muscular Dystrophy Appeal Campaign. Danna holds in his lap a cocker spaniel named Buttons, Jr., his gift to the Trumans.

First Lady Bess W. Truman (right) meets with Michael Danna of South Ozone Park, New York (left), the 1952-1953 Muscular Dystrophy Appeal Poster Boy. Danna holds a cocker spaniel named Buttons, Jr., his gift to the Truman family.

First Lady Bess W. Truman (right) visits with Michael Danna of South Ozone Park, New York (left), the 1952-1953 Muscular Dystrophy Appeal Campaign Poster Boy. Mrs. Truman pets a cocker spaniel named Buttons, Jr., Danna's gift to the Trumans.

Bess Truman attends a Salvation Army Auxiliary Benefit Garden Party at the Peruvian Embassy in Washington, D.C. Left to right are: Mrs. Bontree, Bess Truman, Mrs. Buckemeyer, and Mrs. Dougherty. From: Truman Home.

Bess Truman attends a Salvation Army Auxiliary Benefit Garden Party at the Peruvian Embassy in Washington, D.C. Left to right are Mrs. Bontree, unidentified woman, Bess Truman, Mrs. Buckemeyer, and Mrs. Dougherty. From: Truman Home.