The Brantley enterprise. (Nahunta, Brantley County, Ga.) 1927-2014, September 29, 1955, Image 3

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Newspaper Page TextRodeo Starts At Waycross This Friday Georgia State Championship Rodeo Week has opened in Way cross with an official proclama tion from Governor Marvin Grif fin, who called on citizens to make proper observance of the week to point up the importance of the livestock industry to the economic prosperity of the state. In his proclamation, he pointed out that the “rapidly growing livestock industry in Georgia is of paramount importance to the farmers, business people and citi zens of the state.” At the same time, Mayor Mc- Gregor Mayo called on all citi zens to observe Georgia State Championship Rodeo Week as a “tribute to the livestock indus try.” Jack King, president of the Satilla Livestock Assn., sponsors of the 7th annual rodeo at Way cross Sept. 30 through Oct. 2, at Memorial Stadium, called on all businesses to display flags and urged all citizens to dress in ro deo attire. Meanwhile, Rodeo “Sheriff” Bill Hagin and deputies are on the job to “apprehend” persons not attired in rodeo apparel or wearing the official rodeo neck erchief. New King of the Forest ★ More Power * More Dependability McCulloch’s Model a? 7a% /Whi w The new McCulloch 73 is tops for horsepower—the fastest most powerful one-man chain saw that ever entered the tall timber! Here’s the saw with rugged stamina to match its tremen dous power, low maintenance to match its low weight (only 33 pounds), with all the qualities of strength, dependability and exclusive features found only in a McCulloch. You can own a McCulloch 73 at an amot ingly l° w price. When you once own a Model . Swsv^"xz\. 7 s' r ol ’’" y° ur wood production break* \ iiz 3 ,B 9 records. Joe McPine Sex: v ^ row More Trees! Prevent Forest Fires! $6® * ^**' e ® ,aver Tree Girdler —’ .. • Oregon Chain COPYRIGHT 1955 US _ » JOE H. brady • Axes—Gasoline Cans & ASSOCIATES For • McCulloch Chain Saw Oil Wilson's Garage Phone 2-2721 Nahunta, Ga. GEORGIA'S CHAMPIONSHIP w Se P K 30 WWro MEMORIAL STADIUM Waycross. Ga. j FRIDAY Q D M SATURDAY O * SUNDAY 3 P.M. 5 [VENTS 5 $1,500.00 PRIZE MONEY • Tickets oa Safe At Rodeo Hdq. 424 Plant Ave, Waycross, Ga. Advance Tickets At Gate Adults 1-35 1-50 Children 65 .75 Reserved Seats 2.00 Box Seats 2.50 -— THRILLS —CHILLS — SPILLS GIGANTIC STREET PARADE FRIDAY 4 P. M. STAGED BY SATILLA LIVESTOCK ASSOCIATION Polio Infects Almost All At One Time, Says Expert By Hart E. Van Riper, M.D., Medical Director National Foundation for Infantile Paralysis Almost all of us are infected by the polio virus at one time or another. Generally, we don’t even know we have the infection. We may feel perfectly well, or we may have a sore throat or an upset stomach. Sometimes, however, the polio virus does serious damage. It at tacks the central nervous system, destroying nerve cells and caus ing paralysis. If almost everyone is attacked by the virus, there must be an important reason why some peo ple succumb and some do not. There is. The critical battle in the fight against polio takes place, as it always has, in the bodies.of hu man beings. It is a battle between the polio virus and tiny particles, called antibodies, which can de stroy the virus in the blood stream. When an individual is infected by the polio virus, the virus en ters his system and begins to multiply. At the same time, the human system begins to produce defensive antibodies. A race ensues. If the human antibody factory works speedily enough, the antibodies destroy the polio virus in the blood and * More Stamina keep it from attacking the nerve cells. If the virus multiplies faster than antibodies can be produced to fight it, the virus overwhelms the body’s defenses, attacks the nervous system and .may cause paralysis. Research Paid Off For nearly all of recorded his tory men knew no way to in fluence the critical battle of polio within the human body. Then, in 1951 and 1952, research support ed by the March of Dimes re vealed that antibodies from other people’s blood — contained in gamma globulin — could be “loaned’’ to an individual by in jection and would give some pro tection against paralytic polio. But the loaned antibodies would last only a few weeks. And to be effective, they had to be in jected before or at most within a few days after a person was exposed to polio, and it is not generally possible to tell when this is. Obviously, gamma globulin, while of value in epidemic situa tions, was no final answer to the control of polio. Among other things, there could never be enough to go around (since it comes from human blood) and it is extremely expensive. Now —for the first time — we have an effective means for con trolling polio. The Salk vaccine, in the most extensive and careful field trial ever given a vaccine, was Shown to be 60 to 90 per cent effective in preventing par alytic polio. The vaccine now be ing manufactured is even more effective. “Tapering-Off Point” In most parts of the country we are now at the tapering-off part of the 1955 polio season. We have the fall and winter months and the early spring to prepare for 1956. There is no doubt that we have it in our power to great ly reduce polio incidence next year. How well we succeed will depend largely on how many children receive vaccine. First, of course, the vaccine must be manufactured and dis tributed. During the fall and winter large supplies will be made available for use. It is too much to hope that all of the 165,- 000,000 people in the United States can be vaccinated before next summer, but many millions of children will surely be inocu lated, including almost all in the highly susceptible five- through nine-year age group. Since polio attacks more chil dren than adults, it is by vaccin ating children that the greatest effect can be achieved, in terms of preventing cases of paralytic polio. Every parent naturally has questions about the vaccine. Fore most is the question: Is the vac cine safe? The answer to this is yes. Last spring, according to a U. S. Public Health Service re port, live virus was found in a small amount of vaccine that had been released. More stringent government safety standards were promptly established to prevent a recurrence of this inci dent. The difficulties of a single manufacturer do not, of course, reflect on the safety of all com mercially produced vaccine, any more than the existence of one contaminated source of water suggests that water itself is un safe. During the summer there have been suggestions that a single shot of the vaccine might give some protection against paralytic polio, and so parents may won der if such an injection is not enough. The answer is that it is not enough for full and lasting protection. How Vaccine Works Here is what happens when a child is given vaccine. Some sev en to 10 days after his first shot he begins to develop polio-fight ing antibodies. These help strengthen his defenses against paralytic polio. When he receives his second shot, the number of antibodies again rises. Then, ap proximately seven months later, when he receives his third shot, there is a further rise in anti bodies, and he then has the full protection of the vaccine. Thus, the child with one shot has some help in defending him self against paralytic polio. The child with two has even more help. The child with three, prop erly spaced, has the full protec tion of the vaccine. The body tries to defend itself against paralytic polio even with out vaccine. What the vaccine does is bolster natural defenses. Everyone would like to know how long the effect of vaccine lasts. And no one can give a hard and fast answer, because we have not had the vaccine very long. A number of children who have received it will be followed through the years until we know how long it protects. However, because the level of protection after the third shot is so high, there is reason to hope that it will last for many years. The third shot is in a sense the real key to the effectiveness of the vaccine. This is why we will look with growing interest to ward the 1956 polio season. By that time enough youngsters should have received their com plete series of injections to make a substantial difference in the nationwide polio rate. Then we will be able to look forward to final control of polio within a few years. Fair Program This fall the vaccine program of the National Foundation for Infantile paralysis will be con cluded in school clinics in all states. In these clinics youngsters from the first and second grades will receive their second shots of vaccine, and so will third and fourth graders in schools that participated in the 1954 field trials. No first shots will be giv en. The United States Congress has appropriated $30,000,000 for the purchase of polio vaccine during the coming few months. Supplies of vaccine are allocated to states on the basis of the number of un vaccinated children five through nine years of age. Each state is responsible for the distribution of the vaccine within its borders. Your local health officers or per sonal physician will be able to tell you what arrangements have been made in your state. The battle against polio in the summer of 1956, so far as pre vention is concerned, will be won or lost this fall and winter. Suc cess will depend on how many children are vaccinated. If we vaccinate every youngster for whom we have vaccine, next year should begin to show a signifi cant decrease in the number of paralyzed children. Congresswoman Invites Public To Visit Office In a statement this week, Con gresswoman Iris Blitch expressed her appreciation to the many friends who have visited her Dis trict Office. Mrs. Blitch stated, “My official congressional office is located at Waycross, which is centrally lo cated geographically in the dis trict. My office is on the second floor of the Post Office Building in Waycross, Room 206. “My office staff, including my executive secretary, will be there daily to meet constituents and friends who may come into the office for a personal call or on some problem of an official na ture,” Mrs. Blitch continued. “We are always ready and willing to be of every possible service and assistance to citizens of the dis trict who may have matters to take up with the Federal Gov ernment. My Washington, D. C., office remains open and the ad dress there is 1605 New House Office Building. Office hours at both places are from 8:30 A.M. to 5:30 PM. “I will be at the office in Way cross part of the time, but for the most part I will be traveling throughout the district attending to official duties, talking to indi viduals and speaking to groups wherever possible. In the event I am not in the office at the time of your call, discuss the problem with a member of my staff. The matter will be brought to my at i tention upon my return to the ! office and will receive my im mediate consideration. . “I shall visit every county in the Eighth District as many times during this congressional recess as possible. In many cases, peo ple write to me about their prob lems. Each letter receives my personal attention and a prompt reply.’’ Employment of The Handicapped Urged by Huiet Georgia employers came in for a special word of praise today from Commissioner of Labor Ben T. Huiet when he urged full co operation of everyone in the ob servance of National Employ the Physically Handicapped Week, October 2-8. “Employment policies have en abled Georgia to become one of the leading states in placing phy sically handicapped persons, vet erans and non-veterans. It is ap parent that employers are realiz ing as never before that the phy sically handicapped, if given an opportunity are not job handi capped and do their jobs well,” Huiet said. He also paid tribute io the fine work of local com mittees, press, radio, TV, public spirited citizens and various or ganized groups. “All have con tributed substantially to greater public understanding of the job problems of our physically han dicapped citizens. “It has been proven beyond a reasonable doubt that our econ omy is materially strengthened by. the employment of physically handicapped men and women. It improves our society and welds our entire social structure into a stronger unit. Handicapped per sons are not to be refused equal opportunity on the basis of a handicap. These persons are to be considered on the basis of their ability to do the job. It is my sincere belief that every citizen is morally obligated to aid our physically handicapped workers in securing employment. “During the past two years Georgia employers filled 262,000 jobs through the State Employ ment Service Offices of the De partment of Labor. Nearly 7,000 of these job openings were filled with physically handicapped per sons. Hundreds of other handi capped workers are seeking em ployment. CITY OF NAHUNTA FINANCIAL STATEMENT Receipts and Expenditures for August, 1955 WATER FUND RECEIPTS: Water collections $1,149.60 Deposits 1 9.00 Total $1,158.60 Less Exchange on Checks .35 $1,158.25 On Hand in Bank August 1, 1955 * 840.22 $1,998.47 EXPENDITURES Salaries: R. E. Johns SIOO.OO Electricity water pump - x 55.98 Supplies 30.60 Sinking Fund 840.22 Total Expenditures $1,026.80 On hand in Bank August 31, 1955 971.67 $1,998.47 GENERAL FUND RECEIPTS: Taxes, 1955 $22.00 Business License 5.00 Alcohol Stamps $250.00 Fines and Forfeitures $747.00 Pound Fee . : $5.00 Total $1,029.00 Less Exchange on Checks .10 $1,028.90 On Hand in Bank August 1, 1955 $3,705.40 $4,734.30 EXPENDITURES Mayor’s Court, Sheriff $ 54.50 P. O. Fund 164.00 - 218.50 Salaries: N. Moseley 260.00 C. T. Stephens 210.00 Clerk 160.00 Mayor 70.00 700.00 Office: Brantley Tel. Co. 14.56 Supplies 1.40 15.96 Truck and Police Car: Indian Swamp Service Station 116.80 Gulf Oil Corp. 4.37 Standard Oil Co. 57.59 Wayne’s Pure Oil Station _ 9.92 188.68 Repairs: J. F. Jacobs 14.00 King Bros. Motor Co. 3.00 Biscayne Truck Stop „ 12.35 Nahunta Parts and Service 28.37 Gulf Oil Corp 14.42 72.14 Streets: Labor 473.50 Supplies 84.67 Electricity 91.10 649.27 Miscellaneous 21.35 Total Expenditures 1 $1,865.90 On Hand in Bank August 31, 1955 2,868.40 $4,734.30 Brantley Enterprise, Nahunta, Ga., Thursday, Sept. 29, 1955 Waycross Chiropractic Center All New Modern Equipment Ultrasonic - Diathermy Galvonic - Sinusoidal Colon Irrigation X-ray DR. DELLA HICKOX DIRECTOR 604 Hicks St. Office Hours 10 to 12 2 to 5 Wed. & Sat. 10 to 12 PHONE 3345 Con-Lyn Drive-In Curb Service—Short Orders Sandwiches, Cold Drinks ROUND AND SQUARE DANCING ON HIGHWAY 301 Three Miles North of Nahunta CONNIE GODWIN and LYNDA LANIER. Proprietors Visit Us For Refreshments and Recreation. HtafniM t STOKE KNIGHT-VICKERS DRUG STORE Ernest Knight, Carey Jones and Luke Stewart, Pharmacists Phone 2254 Jesup, Ga.