Salk Vaccine Marks Milestone Yet Polio Risk Remains
Three years after the Salk vaccine was declared safe and licensed polio cases dropped from 57,319 in 1952 to 5,894 last year. Vaccination has reached 65 million people, but Basil O'Connor warns 46 million remain unvaccinated and future epidemics possible. The vaccine is now available for all ages, painless and inexpensive.
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Greensboro News Notes From Mrs Thornton Area Activities
Greensboro reports move of Rev David Russell to Sunset Avenue serving as Interim Pastor at the Baptist Church. Local visits include Hammond Killen and Diana Felton guests of Florence Thornton. Warren Butler heads to Germany with the 3rd Infantry Division from Fort Benning. Greensboro High Girls Chorus to sing sacred songs at St Pauls Methodist and Baptist churches. Choir supported by Patsy Edwards and director Paul Hilbrich. Several Greensboro Baptist Church members attended Missionary Quarterly Group Meeting at Cordova Church. Clinton Edwards hosted thirty guests for his birthday. Mrs John Wright hosted a Stork Shower on April 18 at Preston home with pink blue theme and gifts. Mrs Pearl Schrieber a Memorial Hospital patient. Ruth Porter had eye operation in Memorial Hospital. Thomas Draper listed as quite ill. James and John Hubbard had tonsil operations in Kent General Hospital. Intercultural Workshop attendees included Mrs Bilbrough, Mrs Paswaters, Mrs Smith at St Mark Church. Lt Col and Mrs Simmons and daughter Jan from Bethlehem visited O P Simmons. Out-of-town visitors to Alfred Blackburn included Ella Walls, Anna Edwards, Norman Collins and Eleanor Ann, plus Robert Edge and sons from Frederica. Oscar Spence of Greenwood spent Friday with sister Mary Dorman. Mary Welch visited Milford with Dana McClung.
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John Hubbard
Kent General Hospital
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Dana McClung
Milford
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Local visitors and family gatherings noted in Ridgely
Sunday guests included Mrs. Harry Draper and granddaughter Mary Lou with Mr and Mrs John Hayden of Henderson. Various relatives from Dover Goldsboro Yeadon Pa Wilmington and Union N J visited area residents and returned home after weekend stays. A patient at Wilmington Veterans Hospital has returned home.
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Skipton
Marley Pinder
Margaret Dabson
Alan Dabson
Connie
Penny
Dover
Charles Cohee
Goldsboro
Robert Gibson
Earl Harris
Fenderson
Noble Harris
Harrington
Willie Starris
William Voss
Addie Starkey
Yeadon
William Pinder
Veterans Hospital
Wilmington
Lacey Wilson
Sadie Ash
Mary Lou
John Hayden
Henderson
William Moore
Milford
Melvin Carroll
Ola Walls
Mary Eddingfield
Mary Dorman
Josephine Sharp
Ethel Thornton
Adams Cross Roads Socials Report
Mr and Mrs Horace Adams were Thursday supper guests of Mrs Edna Adams. Mrs Bessie Todd of Denton was a dinner guest of Mrs Edna Adams on Thursday. The Joe Bailey family visited Shirley on Sunday. Mr C H Parker of Bridgeville visited the Johnson sisters on Saturday evening. Marian Robinson and Edna Adams attended a Saturday afternoon tea hosted by Mary Loeckerman and then visited the Dennis family of Seaford on Sunday.
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Edna Adams
Bessie Todd
Denton
Joe Bailey
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Shirley
C. H. Parker
Bridgevile
Johnson Sisters
Marian Robinson
Mary Loeckerman
Dennis Family
Seaford
Weekend Visits Highlight Quiet Social Notes
Ulisses Sadie Jevore and Blanche Stetler visited relatives in Philadelphia over the weekend. Mrs Esther Johnson visited Mary Adams on Monday. An educator suggests that the average American has forgotten how to read. People who know a great deal seldom make positive statements.
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