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Large Scale Testing: Os Polio Vaccine Be: Tried On Children! Plana are now being made by the National Foundation for Infantile Paralysis for large scale testing of a polio vaccine to determine how effec tive it is in protecting against the di sease under natural conditions of ex posure, local county chapter officials have been advised. According to Basil O’Connor, head of the National Foundation, it is hop ed the study can get under way this winter. Such a validity test would entail the vaccination of hundreds of thousands of children during a non epidemic period and then observing what protection results when out breaks of polio occur, he said. As soon as plans are complete the details of the vaccine validity study will be made known. O’Connor made the announcement of the proposed study following the report on polio vaccine studies pre sented by Dr. Jonas E. Salk of the University of Pittsburgh at the an nual meeting in Miami last week of the American Academy of Pediatrics. The Pittsburgh scientist’s investiga tions are being supported with March of Dime funds. “On the basis of Dr. Salk’s recent finds, as well as on the studies of oth er scientists, the Foundation is now formulating definitive plans for an evaluation of the effectiveness of po lio vaccine,” O’Connor said, pointing out that since 1949 remarkable pro gress has taken place in polio re search. In 1949, he said, a major obstacle which was blocking the efforts of scientists in developing a means of preventing polio was removed. An other scientist supported by the Nat ional Foundation—Dr. John F. En ders of Harvard and the Children’s Hospital in Boston—accomplished this with the discovery of a method for growing polio virus in test-tube cul tures of non-nervous tissue, O’Connor explained. In less than two years this was fol lowed by another achievement—the identification of three types of polio virus capable of causing the human disease. “That knowledge resulted from the cooperative efforts of teams of scientists from the universities of Southern California, Utah. Kansas, and Pittsburgh,” he said. “These two major discoveries—both of which were made possible by the American pub lic’s support are fundamentally re sponsible for the recent rapid ad vances in the fight against infantile paralysis.” SWETS WILL AGAIN PREACH AT PRESBYTERIAN CHURCH During the absence of the Rev. James MacKenzie, pastor of the Eden ton Presbyterian Church, Chaplain Swets is conducting the regular 11 A. M., worship service. Everyone is invited to this and all services at the Presbyterian Church. Sunday School at 10 o’clock. The only way to have a friend is to be one. —Emerson. FOR SUE 160 ACRE FARM LOCATED IN PARADISE SECTION 110 Acres Cleared 5 Dwellings 3 Barns CAMPEfTsMIIH REAL ESTATE Phones 141 or 8 twfftOOfiMUiff 4-i ■ . . : * I VS'ii&VL&i - ■ imm.tmWmi i lnlHii Vlf <~l|fTlTtflllt < ilMl a Over Quarter Million' See Outdoor Dramas \ “Unto These Hills” at c Cherokee Draws Larg- < est Attendance s Paid attendance at North Carolina’s ] four summer season outdoor dramas was 255,107 in 1953, exceeding the | quarter million mark for the second successive- year. i The pioneer in this field, Paul Green’s “Lost Colony” on Roanoke Island, counted 52,150 paid admissions 1 to exceed last year’s gate by 5,884 de- t spite two rainouts and a hurricane this year. “The Lost Colony” began i in 1937 and, except for the coastal a blackout years during World War 11, i has shown annually in its waterside i amphitheatre on the actual site of the 1 first English colony in America. It t completed its 652nd performance at 1 the end of its 13th season this year. 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The largest attended outdoor drama both in North Carolina and the na tion was “Unto These Hills” at Chero kee, on the Cherokee Indian Reserva tion near the entrance to the Great Smoky Mountains National Park. “Unto These Hills” played to 137,- 760 paying customers in its 4th sea son, which was marked by the only rainout in its history. “Horn In The West” at Boone, near the Blue Ridge Parkway, played to 43,384 in its second season. Unique among'' the dramas in that it has no narrator, “Horn In The West” is the work of Kermit Hunter, also author of the drama at Cherokee. Also in its second season, “Thun derland” at Asheville played tc 21,- 823 persons. All dramas plan to open their 1954 seasons the third week in June and play until or through Labor Day. GI Term Insurance Now Automatically Renewed Veterans with GI term insurance no longer have to worry about renewing their policies before they expire. Veterans Administration said that in accordance with legislation which went into effect on July 23, it will renew expiring term policies auto matically, if the old policies are not lapsed but in force at the end of the term period, with the final premium having been paid on time. The new procedure covers only GI SLIDE Mo 9m wide, oomfortiMe Mat Booms on it to test the ” super-cushk>«*nc of Fetd*s seat term insurance policies expiring on or after July 23, 1953. In the year from July 1, 1953 to June 30, 1954, approximately 270,000 World War I and World War II term policies are expected to be renewed automatically under the provisions of this law, according to VA estimates. Although the law also provides for automatic renewal for the more re cent post-Korea term policies, none of these is scheduled to expire in the twelve-month period, because they have not been in force long enough. Aside from the advantage to vet erans, it is estimated that the new procedure will save around $600,000 per year in the costs of administer ing the GI insurance operations. Once the automatic renewal is ef fected, VA said, the veteran has a new 5-year term policy on which he must pay the increased premiums on time if he wishes to be covered against death. If he misses any prem ium payments, including the first re newal premium, he may reinstate the policy at any time before the end of the term period under the usual rein statement procedures. When a term policy is renewed, the holder has a higher premium rate to pay than on the original policy, since the premium is based on the age of the holder at the time the renewed policy becomes effective. 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