FIGHT 1956 POLIO EPIDEMICS NOW ] By HART K. VAN RIPER, M.l>. Medical Director National Foundation for Infantile Paralysis ——-—. Almost all of us arc infected l»y I the polio virus at one time or an-! i other. Generally, we don’t even I know we have the infection. Weji jriay fell perfectly well, or we may i Aiv P a sore throat or an upset sto mach. Sometimes, however, the polio < virus does serious damage. It at tacks the central nervous system, ! destroying nerve cells and causing paralysis. ' If almost everyone is attacked by the virus, there must he an im portant reason why some people succumb and some do not, There is The critical battle in the fight against polio takes place, as it al ways has, in the bodies of human beings. It is a battle between the polio virus and tiny particles, call ed antibodies, which can destroy the virus in the Mobd stream: When an individual is infected by the polio virus, the virus enters his system and begins to multiply. At the same time, the human sys tem begins to produce defensive an. tibodies. A race ensues. If the human tin- j tibody factory works speedily I enough ,the antibodies destroy tilt polio virus in the blood and keep it from attacking nerve cells. If the virus multiplies faster than antibodies can lip produced to fight it, the virus overwhelms the body's defenses, attacks the nerv ous system and may cause palaly- I sis. For nearly ail of recorded his-! tory men knew no way to influ ence the critical battle of polio within the human body. Then, in | 1951 and 1952, research supported I by the March of Dimes revealed j that antibodies from other people’s J blood—contained in gammo globu-1 tin—could be ‘‘loaned” to an imli- j vidual by injection and would give some protection against paralytic] polio. But the loaned antibodies wool', last only a few Weeks. Arid to tie effective, they had to be injected COMPLETE PEST CONTROL FREE INSPECTION & \ • °52. WORLD'S LARGEST PEST CONTROL CO. 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Water and Commerce Streets Edenton US I before or at most within a few j days after a person was exposed i to polio, and it is not generally | possible to tell when this is, I Obviously, gamma globulin, 1 while of value in epidemic situa- 1 tiona, was no final answer to the control of polio. Among other things, they could never be enough > to go around (since it comes from j human blood and it is extremely . expensive). Now—for the first time—we have an effective means for eon trolling polio. The Salk vaccine, in thu most extensive and careful field trial ever given a vaccine, was Shown to be (JO to 90 per cent ef fective' in preventing paralytic po lio. The vaccine now being manu factured is even more effective. In most parts of the country we are now at the tapering-off part of till’ 1955 polio season. We have the fall and winter months and the early spring to prepare for 1956. There i.s no doubt that wc have it in our power greatly to reduce po lio incidence next year. How well we succeed will depend largely on bpw many children receive vaccine, ] First, rtf course, the vaccine must be manufactured and dis tributed. During the fall and win ter large supplies will lie made available for use. It is too much to hope that all of .t he I(ifi,(100,000 people ill the lTilted States can be vaccinated !>e- I fore next summer, but many mil lions of children will surely be ! inoculated, including almost all in the highly susceptible five-through, nine-year age group. I Since polio attacks more children I than adults; it is by vaccinating j eliildix n that the greatest effect j can be achieved, in terms of pre j venting eases of paralytic polio. | livery parent naturally has que.s , tions about, the vaccine. Foremost !is the question: Is the vaccine (safe? The answer.to this is yes. hast spring, according to a l’. S. Public Health Service report, live Virus was found in a small amount <> *^ A(* polio season. By (hat time , enough youngsti rs 'should ha\y re cei\(*d their complete series’.of in jections to make a substantial dif ference in the nationwide poli** rate. Then \ve will he'able to 1 look forward to final control of pulio within a few years. This fall the vaccine program of the National Foundation for In fantile I’araly -is will be concluded in school clinics in all states. In ' these clinics youngsters from the first and second grades will r» reive their second shots of vaccine, and so will third and fourth graders in schools that participated in the 1951 field trials. No first shots will be given. The United States UongrCss has FIRST LOW-PRICE CAR WITH MAGIC PUSH-BUTTON DRIVING mr w V ith a finger-tip touch on a button, you M-lect your driving range. Easy as flick- B| inp a light switch! I lion Plymouth s IVwcrUite world’s mo-t adranced t ran-mission - take® 83jflflH95Qju| .n\rr. ir.- the ultimate in driving case. Symbol of SIO,OOO Colonial Williamsburg Award > ’ § " ' Colonial Williamsburg silversmith puts final touches on the hand forged Town Crier’s Bell which will be presented to Sir Winston Churchill, first recipient of the newly established Williamsburg Award. Sir Winston will receive the bell, replica of an 18th century Town Crier’s Bell used in Williamsburg, Virginia, and the award’s SIO,OOO honorarium at a ceremony in London. The distinguished award will be made hy the trustees of Colonial Williamsburg “as the occasion war rants, to a person who has made an outstanding contribution to the his toric struggle of men to live free and self-respecting in a just society.” ' VWWWWWWVWVWN/WVV ' A/V ' /WvV 1 appropriated $80,0(10,001! for the j purchase of vaccine during ; the coining few months. Supplies of vaccine are allocated to .states , on the basis of the number of un vaccinated children five through j nine years of age. Kach state is i ! respoMSihlo for the distribution of] the- vaccine within its borders. . Vour local Ilealtli officer or person- 1 HnTM your home to have ■BpPi^y<, v -Jmoc/ern super-cleon eat? * * then get ■PjikGULr r ■ PERFORMANCE more than a million homes COASTLANI) OIL COMPANT he ‘ ,tin ® oil IMIOXE 099 EDENTON, N. C. Distributors of GULF OIL PRODUCTS [ al physicial will lie able to tell j you what arrangements have been made in your state. The battle against polio in the summer of 1956, so far as preven tion is concerned, will he won or (lost this fall and winter. Success ] will depend on how many children i are vaccinated. If wo vaccinate ev. ery youngster for whom we have i vaccine, next year should begin to , show a significant decrease in the j number of parallyzed children. John J. Bond Reenlists In United States Army M-Sgt. Sherman D. Owen, Army recruiter for the Albemarle area, has announced that John J. Bond of Edenton, has reenlisted for six years in the-Infantry, U. S. Army. Bond was discharged from the Army October 27th and was reen listed on November 2 V<*- ■ lie was sent to i trf •>;, ... ... . : ■. . oiwu * iii aaotiiTi ——— Good . ■ J News g*#- *MComing\ w*. -v 'H Watch This Paper For The Grand Opening Os The New Store Os The Edenton Furniture Co. - MAIL YOUR rurrn/ How much time and effort do you spend in calling to pay bills in cash? Let the postman do your bill-paying er rands. Mail your check. It is safer and more convenient than paying in cash, and your can celled check is evidence of payment. If you have no checking account, open one now at The Bank of Edenton. Your personal account will be welcome. # Buy U. S. Savings Bonds THE BANK OF EDEN TOfti ( EDENTON. NORTH CAROLINA SAFETY FOR SAVINGS SINCE 1894 MEMBER FEDERAL RESERVE SYSTEM MEMBER FEDERAL DEPDSIT INSURANCE CORPORATION for processing and assignment. M-Sgt. Owen also announced that under a new program any appli cant enlisting or reenlisting during the period December 16 to Decem ber 31 may request leave at the time of enlistment so as to enable them to be at home for Christmas. For example, a man enlists on De cember 18. He can get 15 days leave and report to the reception center on January 3. For more in formation about this program con tact M-Sgt. Owen at the Edenton .. ... no, .... .1. .. 1 PAGE ONE SECTION TWO- OLDEST BUILDING IN WORLD The oldest building in the world still in use is the Hagia Soph* o museum in Istanbul, Turkey. The 1400-year old edifice was built aa a church, was later converted into a mosque and is now a muaeum of Byzantine art It is considered the supreme masterpiece of Byzantine architecture. I - 1 Ahem! “Man car. do no wrong.” “Right -f tW"V -