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Polio cases and community notes from Hopkinton area
Dr Paul Ferguson 33 of Lake City formerly Hopkinton resident is a polio patient at Des Moines Lutheran hospital after transfer from a local hospital. His wife and two children wait at home. The report notes other polio cases and numerous local visits, travels, and hospital stays of area residents, with small town social updates and community milestones.
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Hopkinton
Paul Ferguson
Lake City
Lutheran
Des Moines
Des Moines Hospital
Marshall Neil
Leonard Bacon
Ray Bacon
Mora
Minn
Elizabeth Kenny
AI Ketchen
Manchester
Bert Bacon
Hemet
Calif
Harry Miller
Long Beach
Ed Bacon
John Loop
Harry Chase
Center Junction
Lutheran Hospital
Chase
Ferguson
Arlo Blanchard
St. Luke’s Hospital
Cedar Rapids
Detroit
Russell Kirkwood
Curtis Moncrief
Monticello
Milton Hale
Nina Otten
Fairmont
Robert Burns
University Hospital
Iowa City
C. B. Johnson
Ada Gearhart
Trish
Vena Himebaugh
Gearhart
Chicago
Pat Flannagan
Pat
Lowa
Flannagan
Letha Rizer
Leo Hoover
Marengo
Marian Taylor
Mercy Hospital
Elizabeth McAllister
Verna Neil
Mae Dunlap
Grand Rapids
Mich
Ione Reid
Minneapolis
Maud Lyons Northrop
California
Alice Nelson
Clarence Robinson
Mabel
Pittsville
Wis
A. J. House
Elizbeth Brownell
T. Lyle Joseph
F. E. Allen
Marjorie Sanderson
William Edgar
Grand Junction
H. Blackwood
Bloomington
Ind
Andy Patton
Glindbrook
Maud Joseph Smith
R. P. Joseph
Michael Loeffelholtz
Cuba City
George Loeffelholtz
D. W. McDonald
AL Melchert
Claire Supple
Johnson
Prater Mfg. Company
Betty Bacon
Louis Slauson
Roy Slauson
Ben Williamson
John Williamson
Gary Air Force Base
San Marcus
Texas
Fort Meade
Maryland