If the Red Cross is in Great Bend to collect blood, Milton, 77, and Merita, 75, Rice of Pawnee Rock will be there. This husband and wife team has given a total of 356 pints of blood, 188 for Milton and 168 for Merita, which equals 44 1/2 gallons. Together, their blood donations over the years may have helped save up to 1,068 lives.
Next Monday, Milton and Merita will do what they have done so many times before - they will roll up their sleeves and give a pint of blood at the Great Bend Community Blood Drive ...
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