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LrtfOBlLE GIVEN STATE FOR RURAL SCHOOLS — State
Ri E Superintendent presented by Georgia M. D. Collins Home hands Demonstration keys to new Council. $2,800 book
- i “library on wheels’’ was added recently to the 30 similar
I , ca rrying books and cultural material to rural communities
F w enjoy no local libraries. It was sponsored by the farm
F “ tribute to the boys and girls from Georgia farms who
as a and in of those who died
Led in World War memory for their
Euntry.
[ Lt n., P ivine the gift is Miss Sara Jones, Librarian of the Depart
|e of Education. Witnessing the delivery is Mrs. J. L. Stephens,
(ton, president of the sponsoring organization.
e Q rOf Polio Is Worse Than
lie Disease, Doctors Declare
60 Per Cent Recover Completely;
Only One Case Reported In Grady
The fear and panic over polio
be worse than the disease
1 Riper,
jf/ Dr. Hart E. Van
fol Director of the National
nidation for Infantile Paraly
declared this week,
lis panic Isn't new. But it
f be getting worse, It comes
n fear, and from ignorance or
understanding of what is
jwn about the disase.
| [rom One In Grady County
time to time the rumor
been out that there were sev
|1 cases of nolio in Grady coun
I This is nothing more than
rumor. Nurses at the Grady
iinty Health Department said
ursday morning, that so far as
y knew there had been only
! case to-date, and that was
idy Jones who is now at Warm
tings.
feny parents break out with
! polio jitters each summer,
ey torment themselves with
try. Their homes and children
t upset.
)ften, children are forbidden
live or play normally. They
y be cooped up in the house,
p mother and child getting on
p other’s nerves. They may
forbidden to swim anywhere,
even to use their own wading j
Camps, movies or a trip
0 town are banned by some
tents. Frightened parents may
tose these taboos even when
ie has been only one or a few
ts of polio a few miles away,
™ Let is that such steps
m good The net result is
tonal harm to the children, 1
giving them the idea that some!
raown te-ror is abroad. j
10 one wants polio. And no ’
|“ e ■vants crossing to get the hit by a car j
street. The
-’ ou can do is to observe the i
•c safety rules. Even then |
toight be hit. But that slim
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chance doesn’t keep you glued
to the corner, afraid to go across,
“Parents and their children
would be far better off if they
took the same reasonable attitude
toward polio,” Dr. Van Riper
said.
Knowing the facts about polio
is the best way to banish fear.
Here are some fictions about polio,
and the facts as cited by Dr.
Harry M. Weaver, research di¬
rector of the foundation:
FICTION: That polio is the
worst of all childhood disases.
FACT: Polio- in any recogniz¬
able form is relatively rare.
Rheumatic fever is the worst by
far, both as a killer and crippler.
Even in a bad polio year, only
one in every 6,000 Americans gets
polio. And only one in every
15,000 is left slightly or badly
paralyzed, or dies.
FICTION - That crowds are
the most dangerous place for
picking up polio.
FACT: Polio is a communica¬
ble disease, apparently spread by
intimate personal contact, such
as occurs at home. It apparently
takes time and intimacy to con¬
tract it.
“Going through a polio ward is
not dangerous at all, unless you
sht on a patient’s bed, handle his
clothes and eating utinsils, and
spend time with him. Riding in
a bus is not harmful, unless you
hold hands share sandwiches or
the like.”
The home appears to be the
mo.st dangerous place. When one
member gets it, there’s a good
chance that others will. For
every person who develops polio,
five t 10 may,have the virus in
their intestinal tracts. They may
be carriers spreading it to others.
Why they don’t get sick them
selves is one of the mysteries,
FICTION: You shouldn’t swim
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during the polio season.
FACTS: Swimming in pullut
ed waters is foolish, for the virus
may be present there, and you
might get other disease bugs. But
there’s no evidence that anyone
ever got polio from swimming in
a clean pool or beach. Intimate
contact between children playing
together at the bea$h could be
dangerous, if the children haven’t
all been regular playmates.
Sudden chilling over-exertion
and fatigue may set you up for
virus already in your system to
go to work on the nerve cells.
There’s no proof yet that fatigue
is bad when you have the virus
in your system. But there’s ample
evidence that fatigue when you
have a little fever, nausea, head
ache or other sign of possible
polio will increase you- chances
of coming down with the paraly
tic form of polio.
FICTION: Every person get
ting polio will be crippled or die.
FACT. Fifty to 60 per cent
completely. About 20 I
cent are left with minor i
handicaps. Fifteen to 20 per
cent may be badly handicapped,
and five to 10 per cent may die. j
FICTION: The cause of polio
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is not known, and prevention is
hopeless,
FACT: It is caused by a virus,
1 one of the t niest disease organ
isms. There is not yet any vac
j cine to prevent it, but one pro
bably will be developed soon,
Your best protection is good
■ health rules, especially in keep
' getting rest, and avoid
ing clean,
ing fatigue
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North Carolinian
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^**yS Georgians
Learned LOSSOII
The following letter written by
a citizen of North Carolina, and
P ublished in the Letters To xhe
Editor ’ column of the Atlanta
Journal Augus * 24th “ represer \ te
the * hin k j" g .°. ,0 “ many peo P le
outsl<ie lhe . state °'Georgia.
people of Georgia have learned a
lesson, the letter says, and will I
not elect thei rnext governor on a !
race issue.
The letter follows:
Editor, The Journal: I have
just finished reading a letter
from Robert Preston, of Cleve¬
land, Tenn. I also am a travel
ing man, my beat taking me
through seven Southern states.
While Georgia definitely is
backward state, things are not as
black as Mr. Preston painted
them.
Yes, North Carolina is 50 years
ahead of Georgia, but Georgia
progress is steady and increasing
in tempo. Georgia people are the
most friendly in the South.
Friendliness is the rule in Geor¬
gia—not the exception, as in Ten¬
nessee.
Georgia auto driving is very
bad, but they don’t have that
cute trick, as in Tennessee: When
you blow your horn to pass, the
hillbillies step on the gas, pull to
the left and blow their horns at
you. Georgia roads are the worst
I drive over, but Tennesseee roads
are only a notch above them.
I don’t think Georgia will elect
its next governor on a race issue.
I believe they have learned their
lesson and that the next administ
ration will be a sound, progress
ive, business like one. . .
Atlanta is the nicest place in
the South for a stranger to spend
the week end and is the crown
jewel of the South, the hub of
commercial and cultural activi
ity. For some time I have been
I considering opening a branch of
fice in Atlanta but hesitate for
! several reasons: (1) youitonsis
, tence on taxing merchandise that
j 1 would like to ship to other states
is unfair and uneconomical, as
only 20 % of my volume is with
Georgia merchants; (2)
school standards are too low to
insure children a proper educa
tion; (3) in the event of sickness,
I would be affraid to be a resident
of Georgia. Your hospital and
medical facilities leave much to be
desired.
A decent state administration,
which Georgia will have in the
near future, can do much toward
cleaning up these sore spots. . . .
WM. KING SKINNER.
Fayetteville, N. C.
Travelling Shows
Must- Get License
From Fire Board
Zack tD. Cravey, State Fire
Commissioner, called attention
this week to the provision in
Georgia’s Safety Fire Law which
requires all traveling motion pic
ture shows, circuses and carni
vals to secure a license from the
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State Fire Office before they can
legally operate in Georgia.
Cravey said that this regula¬
tion of the State Fire Board was
se t U p under the law passed by
the 1949 session of the General
Assembly and has been in effect
since August 10.
Records in the Commissioner’s
office show that noly one such
traveling show has complied with
the law and secured a license.
The fee is $100 for each calendar
year or part thereof.
Before a license will be issued,
Cravey said, the State Fire Office
must toe assured that the show
will toe presented in flame-proof
tents or safe buildings and con¬
form to other safety regulations.
He called on the local authori¬
ties to help enforce the law and
appraise the State Fire Office
of any traveling shows which do
not have a license and conform
to regulations.
Failure to comply with the
law is a misdemeanor.
The National flower of the
United States is thd goldenrod.
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