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Thursday, April 30, 1953
Polio Vaccine Undergoes Test;
Medical History in the Making
NEW YORK—The biggest story
in medical history is in the making.
It may become a completed story
before the year is over.
The story is the new polio vac
cine which recently passed its first
human tests on 90 children and
adults. A creamy vaccine, homog
enized in mineral oil, gave all 90
persons protective antibodies
against all three types of virus that
can cause human polio.
However, Dr. Jonas E. Salks,
who has worked on the vaccine,
warns there will be no polio vac
cine for general use this summer
and that a great amount of work
remains before the vaccine is
ready for wide public use.
The vaccine is the result of the
work of hundreds of scientists and
$18,000,000 in March of Dimes
funds.
It is made out of all three types
of polio virus, grown in test tubes
and then killed or inactivated with
formaldehyde.
Disarmed this way, the viruses
cannot cause polio, but can still
stimulate the human body to pro
duce antibodies, the agents to fight
off invading live viruses.
Three weeks after the vaccine
was injected w into muscles, 90 per
sons all had antibodies against all
three types of virus that cause
Winds Derail Train
Salt Lake City—A strong wind,
siphoning down the deep, nar
row canyons of the Wasatch
Mountains blew 13 freight cars
from their track, shipped several
trailers from their towing units j
and did other widespread dam- I
age in northern Utah recently, i
"LEAVE IT TO GRANDMA!"
By Zelma Wilkes Smith
GRANDMA Watson sat alone in
her daughter’s living room. Bill
had just left relieved to have put
the sobbing five year old Tommy
into Grandma's arms. This had
been the first time Bill had tried
to keep the child over night.
Grandma had seen the jealous
light in Bill's eyes when she had
told him Sybil had gone out. She
had also heard Sybil crying herself
to sleep nights, during the month
she had been in this house with
Sybil.
“Stubborn kids!" she said In ex
asperation, “still in love, but too
proud to give in!
Something should be done about
this, but what?
Sybil slept late on Sunday morn
ing. When she came down to break
fast she found her mother on the
front porch, calling Tommy. "I
declare, I don’t know where that
boy could be,” she told her
daughter.
"Why Tommy went home with
Bill—remember?" Sybil said.
“No, Bill brought him home
about ten last night. He couldn't
get the child to sleep."
"Huh!" Sybil retorted, “he prob
ably brought Tommy home so he
could have a date with Carol!”
“That’s his secretary?" Grand
ma asked.
"Yes, and Bill began taking her
to conferences instead of me!”
Sybil's eyes were flashing through
sudden tears.
“Tommy had breakfast at seven,
and I've not seen him since.”
Grandma said frowning, "Sybil,
I'm worried."
"Oh, he’s probably playing with
the little boy down on the corner,”
Sybil said, "I’ll go after him."
It was half an hour later when
Sybil came home. “Hasn’t Tommy
come home yet?" she asked. “I've
been everywhere, and no one has
seen him. Do you suppose—oh, no
—not clear acroea town!" She ran
to the phone to eaU BUI.
SybU was crying when she came
beck to the kitchen. "BiU is com
ing right over." she sobbed, "he
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human polio. They developed as
many, or more, antibodies than if
they had actually been invaded by
live viruses.
Dr. Salk said many more careful
tests must be made first on hun
dreds or thousands of people be
fore the vaccine is ready for wide
use.
The pace of progress is fast, ne
said, but must continue step by
step to make sure of this vaccine.
It was first disclosed last January
Dr. Salk said scientists working
on the vaccine want to reach their
goal as quickly as they can, but
it cannot be done in one day. It
will be achieved, he said, if we
move cautiously and with under
standing step by step.
Certain things cannot be has
tened, since each new step cannot
be made without establishing first
the wisdom of the one before. We
are now faced with facts, and not
merely with theories. With this
new enlightenment we can move
forward more rapidly and with
more confidence, he added.
The tests were made on children
at the D. T. Watson Home for
Crippled Children, Leetsdale, Penn
sylvania, and on children and
adults at the Polk State School,
Polk, Pennsylvania, which treats
the mentally retarded.
Robin Ties Self Up
NIAGARA FALLS, Ont. — A
robin, in the midst of home
building, became helplessly en
tangled in strings while building
his nest on a tree limb 60 feet
above the ground. Fireman Frank
Armstrong went up a ladder and
set the bird free.
thinks Tommy tried to come back
to him today.”
Bill and Sybil were gone for sev
eral hours. The girl called back
every half hour to see if Grandma
had heard good news yet.
“We’ve been to the police sta
tion," she said over the phone,
“and Bill Is calling the hospital—
oh. Mom—where can he be?”
"Don’t forget, darling,” Grand
ma said gently, "no harm will
come to him.”
In the late afternoon, Bill led
Sybil into the house and put her
to rest upon the divan. “Mom,
you’d better bring her a sedative,
she’s all in. I’m going out again
soon, but I want her to rest.”
When Grandma brought in the
pills with a glass of water, she
found Bill upon his knees beside
the divan, Sybil resting in his
arms.
“We've been such fools,” he was
saying. “As soon as Tommy is
found. I’m moving my things back
in here. I belong here with you and
Tommy.”
“I've been so miserable without
you. darling," SybU confessed.
“You were silly, being jealous of
Carol.” he went on, "I could never
love any woman but you. You
should know that!”
Grandma watched SybU rwaUow
the piUs, then she went back to
the kitchen, and upstairs by the
back way. In the bedroom she
dialed a number on the phone.
"HeUo, Mrs. Barett," she said,
“you can send Tommy home now.
Yes, it worked like a charm. Thank
you for keeping him."
Grandma was crying softly, as
she clicked the receiver back into
its cradle. It had torn her heart
to see them tortured, but aurely it
had been no ain, ainee it had
brought them to their aenaea. From
the corner window, ahe eould aee
Tommy rounding the corner and
trotting down the afreet. She lifted
the phone and asked for long dis
tance.
“Hello, Sarah," ahe said joy
fully, TU be home tomorrow,
dear. Yea. to atayl"
LYERLY NEWS
Mrs. Gordon Tallent and chil
dren, of Broomtown,*Ala., spent
j Friday with Mrs. H. M. Smith
and Betty.
Mr. and Mrs. Roy Fitch and
girls spent the week-end in
Lebannon, Tenn.
Rev. Bantham was dinner
guest of Mr. and Mrs. H. M
' Smith Sunday.
Mrs. J. F. Busbin was carried
to the Trion Hospital Monday
and Mr. Will Woods entered
j Chattooga County Hospital Sun-
I day.
The Seniors returned Saturday
from Miami and Daytona Beach,
। Florida, all blistered, freckled
and burned. All reported a won
; derful time.
Mr. and Mrs. Spud Borders
and son of Clinton, Oklahoma,
i are visiting relatives and friends
here.
Mr. and Mrs. L. B.' CQok and ।
baby, Mr. and Mrs. Andrew
Montgomery, Jr. and children
spent Sunday with Mr. and Mrs.
j Guy Peppers.
Miss Margaret Grimes spent
the week-end with Miss Ava
Rogers in the Bill Bryant home.
Mr. and Mrs. Oatha Powell and
Patsy visited Mr. and Mrs. Jim
| Anderson Sunday.
Mrs. Charles Echols, Charlotte ;
and Mrs. Lassie Edwards spent
i Monday in Rome visiting Mr.
and Mrs. Jack Gilliland.
Mrs. Jenny Wilder, of Missis
sippi, is visiting her sister, Mrs.
Will Jones.
Mr. and Mrs. J. H. Borders and
Jerry, of Cedartown, visited Mrs.
A. D. Borders Sunday.
Mr. Hiles Bradley, Cile Vaughn '
and Mrs. A. D. Borders visited
Mr. and Mrs. Brownie Borders in
Gadsden Sunday. Brownie’s
friends here will be glad to know!
he is home from the hospital.
Jimmy Borders came home with
them for a wek.
Mr. and Mrs. Ben Gardner and
children visited Mr. and Mrs.
Oscar Reece Sunday.
। Mrs. J. T. Ragland visited her
mother, Mrs. Lee Powell, Sun-
! day.
Mrs. Ola Penny’s son and fam
| ily, of Rome, were visiting her
' last week.
We extend our sympathy to
the family of Hubert Jones, who
passed away Saturday at Chat
i tooga County Hospital.
Mr. and Mrs. George Hubler
j and Pam, of Holland, visited Mr.
and Mrs. Willard Jackson Sun-
I day.
Mr. and Mrs. Oscar Reece en
joyed a fish super with their son,
Frank Reece, and Mrs. Reece
I Tuesday.
i Mrs. Lizzie Cannon, of Broom
i town, Ala., spent Saturday night
, with Mr. and Mrs. Marvin
| Pickle.
Mr. and Mrs. Roy Cook visited
Mr. and Mrs. Bill Woods Sunday.
' Lynn Woods was sick.
Mrs. Hollis Stanfield and chil
dren, of Trion, visited Mr. and
Mrs. J. P. Heard Sunday.
Mr. and Mrs. Frank Oliver, of
LaFayette, visited their mother,
Mrs. A. J. Gaylor and Lucile Sat
{ urday.
Miss Virginia Gaylor and Mr.
and Mrs. Branson Gaylor, of
Rome, spent the week-end with
Mrs. Margie Gaylor, Betty Ann
and Max.
Mr. and Mrs. Ralph Ferry and
son, of Daisy, Tenn., spent the
week-end with Mr. and Mrs.
Hamp Brewery.
Mr. and Mrs. George Sitton’s
j guests Sunday were: Mr. and
Mrs. S. M. Stephens, Mr. and
; Mrs. Harper Edwards and Steve,
Mr. and Mrs. Jake Williams, Mr.
and Mrs. John W. Rome, of La-
I Fayette, J. H. Borders, of Cedar
; town, Mr. and Mrs. Lee Borders,
of Atlanta, and Spud Borders, of
| Clinton, Okla.
Mr. and Mrs. Herman Hall vls-
I Ited Mr. and Mrs. Cecil Hall
, Sunday.
Miss Betty Snodgrass, a mem
ber of the local faculty, Is spend
ing spring holidays in Spring
! City, Tenn., her home town,
j Miss Jesse Rose is teaching in
. her place while she is away.
Swallows Teeth
ATLANTA. Oa—While asleep.
L. M. Curbow. 28. swallowed a
five-tooth denture. He didn't re
alize what had happened when
he awoke with a pain in his
' chest Missing the denture, a
search through the house failed
; to produce the molars. X-rays at
’ a hospital showed the missing
i teeth lodged In his esophagus. A
I surgeon removed them.
A Repetition
KNOXVILLE, Tenn. — A lone
gunman stopped a cigar company
' clerk en route to a bank with his
firm’s dally deposit and made off
with $0,200 In cash and checks.
It was almost 20 years to the day
| that the clerk. James Dalton, was
robbed by three gunmen when he
i was working for a grocery store
। in a similar holdup.
O. I s in Korea pursue corre
' spondence courses.
THE SUMMERVILLE NEWS
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By LYN CONNELLY
HOLLYWOOD has the uneasy
feeling that television is in
trouble . . . Reports persist that
“I Love Lucy” will be seeking a
new sponsor at the end of the
year, despite the fact that the show
is No. 1 in the country and has had
a fantastic amount of publicity . . •
Sponsors of other big time shows
also are rumored to be pulling out
of TV and the story is the same
. . . video costs have gone up;
sales have not . . . Advertisers
know millions of people are watch
ing their shows and their sales
messages but they also know their
products are not moving off shelves
in ratio to the money being spent
on television.
The TV webs are going to have
to prove they can boost sales or
the country soon will have to go to
“pay-as-you-watch” television . . .
We still feel, however, that appre
ciative viewers will back a good
product and should the sponsor of
“I Love Lucy” actually drop this
fine show, they will soop see how
fast their sales will drop also . . .
Undoubtedly there won’t be any
trouble getting Lucy a new sponsor
for if this program is allowed to
die then television itself might just
as well fold up.
PLATTER CHATTER
COLUMBIA: — Frankie Laine’s
finest effort to date, and he has
had some excellent waxings, is the
beautiful and inspirational “I Be
lieve” . . . This should be a big
seller and Frankie’s rendition is
tops . . . The flip side has a swift
change of pace in “Your Cheatin’
Heart,” which would be a hit itself
if not backed by “I Believe” . . .
Rosemary Clooney’s latest is
“What Would You Do” backed by
“I Laughed Until I Cried,” a
torchy ballad that this gal does so
well.
Sarah Vaughan’s best record in
recent years is the beautiful “A
Lover's Quarrel,” a very unique
song that has hit possibilities . .
Reverse has “I Confess”
Champ Butler’s latest is “Kaw-
Liga,” written by the late Hank
Williams who also penned “Cold,
Cold Heart,” "Jambalaya,” and
“Your Cheatin’ Heart” . . Flip
has “Fit As a Fiddle.”
OAK HILL NEWS
Mr. and Mrs. James Elpps and
Mrs. Troy Carr were visiting Mrs.
Carr’s sister, Mrs. J. N. Rodgers,
Monday.
Mr. and Mrs. Billy Rodgers, of
Hixson, Tenn., were visiting his
parents, Mr. and Mrs. J. N. Rod
gers, Monday.
Mrs. J. L. Massey, Mrs. Charlie
Massey, Mr. and Mrs. Joe Ware,
Mr. and Mrs. Hermon Harrison
visited E. L. Harrison Monday.
Mr. and Mrs. John Echols and
children visited Mr. and Mrs. J.
E. Hawkins Sunday.
Mr. and Mrs. O. A. Robinson,
of Lupton City, were visiting her
parents, Mr. and Mrs. J. N.
Rodgers, Saturday.
Bill Busbin and Dan, little
Buddy Robinson, of Summer
ville, were visiting the Rodgers
Saturday.
Mrs. J. N. Rodgers spent the
week-end visiting her children,
Mr. and Mrs. O. A. Robinson.
Mr. and Mrs. Fay Bynum and
children, Mr. and Mrs. Billy
Rodgers, all of Lupton City,
Tenn.; Mr. and Mrs. Bynum and
children came down and brought
Mrs. Rodgers home Sunday aft
ernoon and visited her father,
Mr. J. N. Rodgers, Jessie, Wayne
and Bobby.
Mr. Don Rodgers and son, of
LaFayette, were visiting his fa
ther Sunday.
Mrs. W. E. Holt and son were
the week-end guests of Mr. and
Mrs. Walter Gardner and David.
Mr. and Mrs. Hermon Harri
son, Mrs Paul Holt, Mrs. Mattie
Young visited Mr. and Mrs. E L.
Harrison Sunday.
The Oak Hill community was
shocked Saturday to hear of the
death of Mr. H. C. Jones. His
family has our deepest sympa
thy.
Mr. and Mrs. G. W. Brooks
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have moved out of the com
munity to Summerville.
Mrs. Tommie Williams and
baby visited Mrs. Ruth Rickett
Sunday.
Mr. and Mrs. John E. Purser
and Edna visited Mr. and Mrs.
Hamby in Summerville Monday.
Father-Trained Boy Kills 2
NEWARK, N. J.—Michael Mon
ahan, a hard-faced chain-smok
ing 15-year-old boy, confessed to
the fatal shooting of a bartender
and a patron in March in a $53
holdup in Elizabeth, N. J. The ad
mission followed stories of how
he committed about 150 robberies
on order of his ex-convict father,
Eugene Monahan, 44. He testified
he was beaten by his father if
he did not comply with his fath
er’s orders.
A school for offending young
drivers has been set up in Ohio.
Ben-Gurion reports 500,000 in
the U.S. own Israeli bonds.
The Loop Furniture Co.
Moving to New Location
FRIDAY, MAY IST, 1953
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many customers and friends will be If you are not now one of our cus-
our guests. This will be a great day tomers, we know if you will pay us
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