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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. '
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