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Index Number: 26967

[This is from the Amputee Conference]

Hi Bruce. Welcome !
A good source of information is Jack Northrup in Onley, Texas, area
817. He is Onley cioty manager and is co-chairman of the 1 arm Dove Hunt
Assn. I remember meeting two or three guys with aamputated fingers
there. If you are interested, prosthetists make a device for folks who
have lost a thumb. I met a teenAger from  Brownwood. His doctor moved a
big toe to give him a thumb. He seemed pleased, although he said he
sometimes gets into trouble by giving guyes the "wrong toe."
What kind of work do you do and where do you live ?  My right arm was
amputated aat the shoulder in October. Some depression is normal,
grieving is a way to adjust to changes & losses that are not desired.
Jack is willing to talk with folks & you can call him at work or home.
His ecretary is used to getting calls from new & other amputees, & makes
an effort to give you good service. You are elligible to join the 1 Arm
Dove Hunt Assn. We meet once a year in Olney on a Friday & Saturday
during Dove season. There is lotsa of informal visiting, a trap shoot
with new Winchester automatics as prizes, entertainment Friday night,
lots of good free brisket & homemade pies, field huntiung Saturday after
a Cow Chip thropwing contest. My home phone is 915, 691-0722 in
Abilene,Tx.

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