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About The Oregon statesman. (Salem, Or.) 1916-1980 | View Entire Issue (Jan. 13, 1950)
" : uooum -.. ' .... J MHHMMMMMlb:lMMMHHaM-i(v W UULJJjL Wil J Marl!1" " ;-- f ' - (- - ,-ir f,4MMHHHHHBImrf ' 4 successful 1950 March of Dimes drive weald mean new hope for the future for polio victim like 11-year-old Robert Fletcher of YVoodburn who Is receiving physio-therapy from Buena Stewart at Sa lem Memorial hospital. He U one of Marion county's SO polio victims of 1949. The drive officially opens Monday with a pre-eampalm rally, first of Its kind ever held here, scheduled at 11 o'clock Saturday morning on the Marion county courthouse lawn. T Lamps ngn Lftiincnea to uenuiiK 13 Superstitions NEW YORK, Jan. 12 The Na tional Foundation for Infantile Paralysis will join forces tomor row Friday the 13th with the "National Committee of 13 Against Superstition and Fear" in launching a nationwide education Campaign to debunk the 13 most prevalent superstitions, myths and misconceptions about infan tile paralysis. "This Friday the 13th is a very appropriate day for the double barreled offensive," said Hick Matsoukas, founder and execu tive of the National Committee of 13, "because it. falls on the eve of the most critical March! of Dimes campaign in the existence of ' the National Foundation 1 for Infantile Paralysis, January 16 31, as that organization starts its 13th year." j Matsoukas pointed out that the nation had suffered its worst po lio epidemics during the past year and that "if the National Found ation is to continue its threefold attack on polio by providing pa tient care, and financing research and education, funds must be pro vided immediately." - Matsoukas and his committee urge every American to send 13 dimes to his local National Found ation chapter one dime to de bunk each of the following 13 po lio superstitions: ":'..: L That polio occurs only la gammer, It Is true that In the United States the majority of cases oc cur in late summer and early fall, , but a considerable number of cas es occur on every day of the year. Outbreaks of the disease have oc curred in this country during the winter months, and a severe epi demic, ran from last, December through February among the Es kimos in northern Canada. 2. That if yon have had polio nee yea can't get tt again. There have been well authen ticated instances of two successive attacks of polio in the same indi vidual. Such cases are probably due to an attack by one of the po lio viruses different from the one that caused the disease in the -first Instance. We know now that at least three different viruses can ause human polio. X. That polio can't be so con tagious, because many people come Into contact with known cases without getting It The error here is in the as sumption that if you don't have paralytic polio you haven't been infected.- Nearly everyone be comes infected with the virus at some time during life, but most Infected persons develop no symp toms that can be recognized as polio. The infection Itself is as common as measles. 4. That if either of your par ents had polio before you were born, then you are immune. Not true. There are numerous Instances of polio attacking suc cessive generations in the same family. If the mother has a mea sure of resistance to the virus, a newborn child will temporarily have this same amount of resist miooieill's ssmm 171 S. Commercial Street Budget Wise-Penney Smart-Bayer Wise Never any over nigh! apodal or raffle bargain, wo pass (hat coat on to our many customers. So you can always do better at McDowell's Market i Beef Roast . . 37cBoiling Beef 28cGronnd Beef 38c jj AH our pork Is cut fronf nothing but the finest of top quality pigs all grain fed. Pare Pork Satis. . . 40 c J) Bacon Backs . . . V45c Sliced Bacon. . . . 35 c () Bacon Squares ...25c U fust a reminder McDowell Quality wBm Mm ;Bqy- Among Polio Victims ... . .v- ' ... V ''' 7 v.. 7 1 1 - TV 1 1 About Polio ance which Is lost during the first six months to two years of life. There is no evidence that a his tory of polio in the father has any bearing whatever on the sus ceptibility of a child. 5. That If either of your par ents had polio before you were born, then you are especially sus ceptible. As already stated, there are nu merous instances of 'polio recur ring in the same family. There have been enough of these to sug gest some slight influence of he redity, but not enough to estab lish as a fact On present evidence no one would be warranted in considering this as a serious threat to his own health or in letting it Influence his matrimon ial plans. Your doctor can very easily put your mind at rest I. That you can prevent polio by spraying the community with DDT. This idea seems to be based on the known facts that poliomye litis virus has been found in flies and that flies may be killed with DDT. But there is no evidence whatever that flies are a major factor in spreading the disease. Outbreaks of polio have occurred at times and places where flies could not have been active. In) tterun, in ivti, mere was 1 Hea vy epidemic. It affected not only the Russian zone, where no DDT had been used, but also the west ern zone which has been heavily and repeatedly sprayed. All attempts to stop an epidem ic of polio by spraying the com munity with DDT or other insec ticides have been total failures. 7. That nobody has Identified the germ of polio, because it has n't been seen under the micro cope., f Polio is one of a large, group of diseases caused by viruses.! The group includes rabies, yellow fe ver, mumps, measles, smallpox and several others. The different viruses responsible for those are all particles too small to be seen clearly through the microscope. Some of them have been seen nu der the electron microscope, but all of them have been Identified by other means. Particles which may have been poliomyelitis virus have been seen under the electron microscope, but visualization is not necessary for demonstrating the presence of the virus. The pre sence of virus can be positively shown by functional tests that do not depend upon seeing the virus particle. ft. That all victims of polio are left permanently crippled if they survive at alL Actually, the infection is usu ally so mild that it is not recog nized as polio. Even when! there is illness severe enough to be di agnosed as polio, more than half of all cases recover with no after effects that can be detected. The overall fatality rate is less; than ten per cent of diagnosed cases. Approximately 20 per cent! sur vive with more or less serious INSPECTED MEATS Young, Lean. Tender The One and Only Open Kettle Rendered Does Not Use Oil Grade Pork paralysis persisting. Discuss this question with your doctor. 9. That polio did not appear un til recent times. The disease was not distinguish ed from others causing .paralysis until about 1833. From earlier re cords, however, it seems clear that it existed in ancient times. Sir Walter Scott, born in 1771, was lame from childhood. From the account in his- biography of his early illness, it seems obvious ly to have been polio. 10. That polio can be prevented by improving sanitation. This idea is based on the fact that the virus is excreted by in fected persons and that it has been found in sewage, for exam ple. Therefore infection from such sources is theoretically possible. Actually, however, there is no ev idence that improved sanitation in any country has led to reduc tion in the incidence of polio. Epi demics are most frequent and se vere in those countries where standards of sanitation are high est. 11. That polio Is caused by eat ing or not eating some particular kind of food. There is no evidence that the diet is of any importance in deter mining individual resistance or susceptibility. In animal .experi ments, diets deficient in vitamin Bl andor calories have been cor related with some increased re sistance to the experimental dis ease. However, the resistance not ed is very slight and becomes ev ident only after the animal has become seriously ill from partak ing of the abnormal diet. 12. That polio1 Is due to some kind of chemical poison, taken In food or water. There are very few poisons known that will produce symp toms characteristic of polio and a similar pattern of damage in the brain and spinal cord. Moreover, poliomyelitis can be transmitted by innoculatlon from an infected human to an animal, and there after to other animals in series by innaculation from one to the next. This means that the respon sible agent multiplies in each in fected individual. Chemical poi sons do not behave in this manner. 13. That only the poor can get financial help from the National Foundation for Infantile Paraly sis. False. Each case is decided up on individual medical and finan cial needs. Assistance is given re gardless of age, race, creed or color. The help is a gift not a loan. Families that can aford to are expected to share in the cost, but no one family is expected to impoverish itself to meet medical expenses for polio. More than 150,000 polio patients have been assisted in whole or in part by the National Foundation since its establishment in 1938. Income Tax Returns Made Out by J. W. Co burn Consultant 1570 Market St Ph. 2-6569 Don't Wait ... Come now! Phone 3-8757 .lb. lbs. Nothing But Th. Finest I s irom Aumsville Visit In Seattle Statimaa Newt Service AUMSVILLE Mr. and Mrs. Jack La Ron t and Mr. and Mrs. Elmer Gunther spent the ' week end in Seattle visiting Mr. and Mrs. Don Gentzler and Mr. and Mrs. Clyde. Johnson, former Aumsville residents. Mrs. Guy Shields was hostess to the Aumsville Women's club at her home. Guests' were Mrs. Elmer Klein, Mrs. Roy Hough, Mrs. Ed Holmquest, Miss Minnie Peterson of Aumsville and Mrs. James Mil ler of Salem. Mrs. John Smith was a guest and renewed her membership. Mrs. Mac Lamb of Salem will be hostess January 20. Illness detained Mrs. Ivan Put nam, Mrs. Bland Speer, Mrs. Era Towle, Mrs. Mac Lamb and Mrs. Mary Hein from attending this meeting. Irvin Holmquist and Bonnie, Glenn Klein have returned to their college studies after spending the Christmas vacation at their homes. Harold Youngsberg of Carlton was a New Years guest at the Elmer Klein home. Mr. and Mrs. Sam Wright re turned home from a trip to Cali fornia. Legion, Auxiliary Induct Members In Aumsville; Meet DUtttnui Ntwf Service ' AUMSVILLE The Aumsville Turner Legion met at the Turner fire hall, Wednesday, the auxiliary met at the Archie Rankin home. The auxiliary inducted Mrs. Loupie Making greater sales gains than all other trutks combined, and nor vAiLSS.. OVER timtt r i tkna. UMavCLv.e.l4ki.ki ttun r 1 mil UN as. ...-inia, Come in and lok 'em over - delivery Mary Ball, Mrs. Hugh Wehb and. Mrs. Archie Rankin as members, which filled the quota. Present also were Mesdames Bob Ball, Mrs. William Ball, and Hugh Webb, Mr. and Mrs. Robert Mick ey, Mr. and Mrs. Jack Sphoon, Mr. and Mrs. Frank Per low Jr, Mr. and Mrs. Myron Nicholson, Mrs. Robert Valencourt, Mr. and Mrs. Warren Killinger and Mr. and Mrs. Vernon Roberts. The groups will meet at the Aumsville city hall February 1. Lincoln Area Residents Confined in Hospitals Statesman Newt Service LINCOLN Several residents of Lincoln, Zena and Spring Valley have been hospitalized recently. Mrs. Chris Yungen, Mrs. Tracy Walling and Jeannie Smith are : still in hospitals. Mrs. J. P. Smart j of Zena and Mrs. Frank Windsor j of Spring Valley have returned ; home following operations. Mrs. Henry J. Neiger of Lincoln was taken to the hospital after break ing her hip in a fall a week ago. J. S. MischeL owner and opera tor of the old Alderman Farm at Spring Valley was taken to the hospital for observation. Confin ed in bed with a heart ailment is Roy W. Hammer of Lincoln. RELIEF AT LAST ForYour COUGH Creomulsioa relieves prompdy because it goes right to the seat of the trouble to help loosen and expel germ ladea phlegm and aid nature to soothe and heal raw, tender, inflamed bronchial mucous membranes. Tell your druggist to sell you a bottle of Creomulsioa with the understanding you must like the way it quickly alleys the cough or you are to hare your mooey back. CREOr.lULSION for Coughs,ChestColds.BrpnchitU cost w.:'. for ' new P0""'". . "onCWTouV ot. JV8 voW. Tn. -? 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Salem Thsi Statesman; 'Salens 'Oregon; Trlday; January '13.' 1950 3 ing date for the arts and crafts clasi to be conducted for those interested. John Medcalf, art in structor in the local high school, will teach. Block printing will be the', first subject taken up. Com plete plans were announced at the Tuesday night meeting of the Sil verton Recreation association, sponsors. Moe has also announced ' that (i n otost Grc fho rd Truck fo stiturieettWM tot. IUM kt. ml IUH at. U.a. nuts r i i - girls 'play night under sponsor shin of the association, will be , held each Wednesday night, and t boys basketball league will meet on Monday bights. Six teams will participate in the latter witU games at 7, 8 and 9 o'clock. A class in construction of bird houses will also be sponsored with $10 alio ted for prizes in the wind up showing of the houses. . Dial 3-SS15 nn n Mo.U Us. ISA lU-V"- 7 in Vino History t 1 m itit-n m tn. rum as. aiV lAtsiMi: A W, m, lit mt M It. Ph. 3-3147 .t t t $ r ('r . 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