Indianapolis Times, Indianapolis, Marion County, 8 May 1949 — Page 36

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Johnny Plays Unaware of His Fate

50-50 Chance

Awaits Operation in June

Neighbors of Kewanna Family Raise Funds To Pay Hospital Cost of 13-Month-Old Infant

Times State Service KEWANNA, May 7—Johnny Gibbons coos and chuckles just like any 13-month-old baby. He looks as healthy as he acts. The despair in the eyes of his parents, Mr, and Mrs. Francis Gibbons, who live two miles northeast of here, is the only clue to the fact that Johnny is a “blue baby” who is given only a 50-50 chance

to live. Dr, Stanley Gibson, a Chicago specialist on Johnny's condition, is going to operate on him in June, But he has bluntly warned Mr. and Mrs. Gibbons of the possibilities. : Suffers Heart Attack - Johnny was born in Woodlawn Hospital at Rochester Mar. 17,

1048. When he was four days old, |

he had a heart attack. Malformed blood vessels prevent all of the oxygen he breathes from reaching: his blood stream, Only an operation can save his life. And even that's a gamble.

"Look at my duck!" . . . Little Johnny Gibbons, 13-month-old Kewanna "blue baby,” isn't aware that he has only a 50-50 chance to live, even after a delicate operation he'll have in June.

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Lunchroom Owner Honored by Firemen By GEGRGE RYDER '

If “Burgoo Bill” ever found! fo run for public office, he:

11d bank on 711 votes at least.

That 711 is the number of persons In the Indianapolis Fire Department, and’ practically every last one of them either knows “Burgoo Bill” personally or has listened to another member of the department tell of his kindness. 3 ‘Burgoo Bill” is really William Oberting, 46, who runs a onestory, white-painted, lunchroom at the intersection of Prospect Bt, and Madison Ave. right across from Fire House 17. In fact, “Burgoo Bill” and Fire House 17 would go into the same car: Thermos jugs for coffee and

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volume of a history of the city’s fire department. Bill took over the “Burgoo Lunch” in August, 1941, just a couple of months before the city built the one-story, modernistic brick and concrete {Fire House 17 that's just about ithe last word in-places to park fire trucks. ee » . . “BURGOO BILL” is an honorary fire chief—badge and all— of the 1FD. But his greatest con tribution to the boys in boots and helmets is the ham sandwich and coffee. Lots of same. And at the time the boys need ‘em most —when they're dog fired and still have to keep on battling a blaze. Actually, when Bill goes to a gecond alarm fire, he packs virtually a portable restaurant in his

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portable electric generator with partment when a car struc

nate a burning building at night. Saves the boys groping in the English sheep dog. dark, 2 i: ; “Bobo” and Bill. nave-a lot of ” »

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just about sums tire and police radios, so that he Dillain and Bobe Lowery, gave up Bill's contribution to Indian- ing Bill, they always knows when the boys are blood for when he needediapolis’ rire tighters is a letter mould.” out thefe SRNINg BiSE Aon i for an operation. [num tne city's local of the In-| a diana Firemen’s Association. It’s President of ‘Parade dated Nov. 24, 1947. Part of * To Address Executives

| Arthur H. (Red) Motley, presi. dent and publisher of Parade, Sunday newspaper picture magas | will address the Indianape

of made Bill a friend of the firemen yws. Others are longer and little] of Indianapolis. they ap- 3 it, too. By more than Ore flowery.

“Until this occasion, no person,

’ has 5 } socks for tne boys. He has a his boots, but “Bobo” left the de-|{Other than retired firemen, has n k him been awarded 5 HOROPATY =. a a system of floodlights to fllumi- chased across Pros- ever, we fee at you | ’ . Bh es 3 eat Bill's shaggy [Rot an “outsider,” but “one ofjolis Sales Executives Council in the boys.” : ! “Although, this honorary card letters of thanks tucked away in|ls a very modest and simple] THINGS LIKE that, as well as Bill's office across the parking award, we know that you will ap- serve little, personal favors that are/lot behind the lunchroom. Some preciate it, and see in it a genuine try Club prior to the speech.

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‘affection for one to whom we owe so much.” 3 OE As Harry (Red) Kinney, oves

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‘Blue Baby’

the hospital with double pneumonia. Neighbors of the Gibbons have taken the boy to their hearts, When they learned that the operation next June would cost about $1000, they gave a dance in the Kewanna High School gymnasium to earn money for hospital expenses. The dance brought about $525 into the Johnny Gibbons Fund, and Individual contributions since have raised the total to $718—a lot of money for an 18-pound,

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