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1 SIX MECFOHD (OHESOOT MAIL TRIltJHE Tuesday, January IS. 18S7 Doctors Puzzled by Youngster's Apparent Leukemia Recovery Madison, Wis. ij.ffi Admit-1 tedly puzzled medical men met here today to review the case history of 5-year-old Tommy Eithun who may have broken through one-in-10-million odds I by recovering from leukemia. Eighteen months ago' physi cians diagnosed Tommy as a vic tim of leukemia cancer of the blood for which there is no known cure.. Monday, his blood count was nomal. Tommy's doctor, however, cautioned that "it would b cruel to parents of other chil dren with leukemia to believe that we have cured the disease." The doctor, who asked that his name not be revealed, said to day's meeting is merely to hear a review of the case and not necessarily to arrive at any con clusion. Undisclosed Treatment He said ethical reasons pro bihit him from making known the treatment used for the exact diagnoses except to other doc tors. He said, however, that it it possible Tommy never had leu kemia. . The doctor said there were three possibilities as to Tommy'! condition. One was that he could have had a disease that "looked like" leukemia but really wasn't and he recovered. Anoth er was that he could now have leukemia but has had a "re mission" so that the disease could flare up again. Finally he said, Tommy could have had leu kemia and recovered, despite his having only "one chance in 10 million." Today's meeting, a regularly Grange Notes Butt Falls Grange Butte Falls Grange held its first meeting of the year last week with the new Master Elga Abbott in the chair. Seven officers who had not at tended the installation cere monies elsewhere were Installed by Ted Fredenburg. New Grange officers are: master, El ga Abbott; overseer, Brittain Ash; secretary, Mrs. Floyd Mat tern; treasurer, Ted Fredenburg; lecturer, Mrs. H. J. Arnold; chaplin, Mrs. Ben Edmundson; ceres, Mrs. Ernest Smith; porno na, Mrs. Ross Arent; flora, Miss Edna Burg; steward, Everett Moore; assistant steward. Earl Deen; door keeper, Robert El som; executive committee, Les lie Casey, Mrs. Elga Abbott, and Roy Green; lady assistant stew ard, Mrs. Roy Green and H.E.C. chairman, Mrs. Everett Moore. Mrs. Roy Green, retiring HEC chairman presented the Grange with $50 earned by the club. The Grange voted to sponsor an old time dance at the grade school gym, Saturday, Jan. 19. There will be live music and a variety of dances. (Ladies are asked to bring sandwiches or cake. Proceeds from the dance will go to the March of Dimes. The HEC will meet at the home of Mrs. Leslie Casey Wednesday, Jan. 16, at 1 p.m. Grange Council Jackson County Grange eoun- cil meet at Live Oak Grange Jan. 12. rew olficers elected are president. Dee Hendrickson of Phoenix Grange; vice president, Moffitt, of Roxie Ann; and sec retary, Ralph James of Sams Valley. It was voted to hold floor In- struction on Feb. 9, at Central Point at 8 p.m. All Grange offi cers of the county are requested to be present for a good demon' stration of floor work. R. A. James, Secretary. Griffin Creek Grange The Griffin Creek Grange met Jan. 10 with most of the new officers present and a good attendance of members. A donation was made to the March of Dimes during the meeting. Mr. and Mrs. William Darby, just back from an extended visit in the mid-western states, were among those in attendance as well as Orval Kelley, who has been recuperating from surgery, Announcement was made of a meeting of officers to be held at the hall Monday night, Jan. 21. The HEC will meet at the home of Gertrude Tolle Thurs day, Jan. 17. This will be dessert luncheon with Isabel Le- vander as co-hostess. Mr. and Mrs. Hockersmith of Phoenix were guests. Mr. and Mrs. George Merros and Mr. and Mrs. Lloyd Hamlin served refreshments. A short program was given by lecturer Lulu Sturgill. SEEING-EYE TV WATCHER Bellaire, Mich. (U.PJ Ray Olney complains that the seeing eye, which opens his garage door when a button is pushed in hi automobile, insists on watching his television set. Whenever he turns on the set. the aeeing-eye device opens his door. scheduled gathering of the State Medical Society, will hear other case histories of various diseases in addition to Tommy's, the doc tor said. But U was expected that the medical riddle of the boy's recovery, which has father Norbert, of nearby De Forest, Wis., called "miraculous," would be near the top of the agenda. The doctor said he would con tinue to work on Tommy's case. He said he has used the same treatment for other children and 'they are all dead." He said that, he would make testa on the boy "for years to come" and that each month that passes without a recurrence of the symptoms "is in Tommy's favor." Answers Provided To Questions Raised on Anti-Polio Vaccine Several questions have been raised regarding Salk anti-polio vaccine now being given free in schools of the county. Dr. Flo rian J. Shasky, public relations director of the Jackson County Medical Society, has prepared answers to the questions most often asked of doctors regard ing the vaccine. The questions and answers follow: Can I be sure the vaccination is safe? Yes. There is every assurance that the vaccine is safe. Since re vised federal safety standards were adopted in the spring of 1955, some 10,000,000 children have received vaccine with a perfect safety record. How effective is the vaccine? Apparently more effective than it appeared to be in the tests of 1954. The U.S. Public Health Service has reported that in 1955 paralytic polio was cut at least 76 per cent in vaccinated children, as compared with those who had received no vaccine. How many shots of vaccine ara needed? Three. The first shot should be given now; the second shot two to four weeks after the first: the third, seven months to a year after the second. If my child's second shot has been delayed, will it be effective now? Yes. The effect of the first Navy Divers Seek Body in Antarctic McMurdo Sound, Antarctica (U.R) U. S. Navy divers attempt ed today to recover the body of Seabee Ollie Barnett Bartley of Slaughters, Ky., who drowned Monday when a huge snow ve hicle plunged through an ice shelf into 30 feet of freezing water. Five other men in the "Wea sel" ice tractor escaped through the hatches and struggled back onto the ice, while a sixth jumped clear when the thin ice began to crack. The accident happened just below Hut Point within sight of a cairn erected in memory of Seabee Richard T. Williams, who died when the tractor he was driving crashed through the ice a little more than a year ago.- Bartley, 22, was the eighth man to die so far in the Opera tion Deepfreeze Antarctic expe dition. Two divers located his body Monday night but were unable to bring it to the surface immed iately because it was entangled in electrical cord. shot is not lost, even if the sec ond cannot be given for several months afterward. With two in oculations, your child should have protection against paralytic polio for the coming polio sea son. But don't stop with only two shots ot vaccine. Why is the third shot neces sary? To give better and longer-lasting protection. See that your child has his third shot as soon as he is ready for it and vaccine is available to him. How long does protection last after the third dose? This cannot be answered be cause the Vaccine has not been in existence long enough. How ever, Dr. Salk's studies " show that a group of children inocu lated three years ago still have protective antibodies. It is ex pected that protection will last for some years. Should a child who has had polio be raecinattd? Yes. Usually the child it im mune to the one type of virus Lloyd Retained as Foreign Secretary London (U.R) Prime Minister Harold MacMillan, in retaining Selwyn Lloyd as for eign secretary, served . notice Britain has no intention of back ing down from its firm Middle East policy, political observers said today. The appointment of Lloyd to the cabinet post he held under Sir Anthony Eden came as a surprise. There had been de mands for a new team to repair the Anglo-American relations damaged by the British Suez venture. that caused his diseast, but not to the other two. The Salk vac cine protects against all three types of polio virus. Can the vaccine cause ema one to become a poll earrlar? No. Killed virus, such a U used in the Salk vaccina, cannot multiply in the body and be ex creted, which is how polio Tirul is spread. ' PICTURE TUBES REJUVENATED It yeur picture take aH tmt weak? Mart picture tukaa caa a MftorW r riainal briafctaae at' ah a fraction af th cast el npiaaaaraat. 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