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![JUNIOR RED CROSS: The Junior Red Cross pose for a photo for the 1951 Madrono. Every week that year, the Junior Red Cross visited the hospital to see two Paly students who had contracted polio, including the classmate of Carol Clifford Mitchell, who chaired the JRC in 1952. “I remember she [my classmate] had to use crutches,” Mitchell said. “I think it’s phenomenal that she lived for quite a long time.”](https://verdemagazine.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/09/Screen-Shot-2022-09-13-at-6.39.34-PM.png)
