Polio Emergency Aids North Carolina Epidemic Response
In 1944 North Carolina faced a severe polio outbreak. The National Foundation for Infantile Paralysis and local Red Cross units mobilized funds, supplies, and trained staff to Hickory and surrounding areas. An emergency hospital with 40 beds opened, and experts from Chicago and Georgia aided treatment. The effort showcased nationwide Foundation support, with 68 percent of 344 treated patients recovering.
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C. H. Crabtree
North Carolina
National Foundation For Infantile Paralysis
New York
Blue Ridge Mountains
Crabtree
Offal Foundation
Mecklenburg
Gastonia
Charlotte Memorial Hospital
Red Cross
National Foundation
Hickory
A. Gaither Hahn
Catawba County
H. C. Whims
Whims
Hahn
Robert L. Bennett
Georgia Warm Springs Foundation
Chicago
Edward A. Piszcrek
Cook County
Hickory Emergency Hospital
Gus Valdemar
Children’s Hospital
Denver
Colo
Franklin D. Roosevelt
Sister Kenny
Miss Kenny
Creamy Smooth Chocolate Pie for New Brides
Simple directions in the column guide making a creamy smooth chocolate pie. Whipped cream or meringue may top this chocolate delight.
Lynn Chambers' Menu Ideas and Dessert Recipes Revival
A recipe feature presents Creamed Potatoes Buttered Cabbage Cinnamon Rolls Green Salad and Butterscotch Tarts with detailed steps for sugars corn syrup and pie crusts. It includes Magic Chocolate Pie Banana Pudding and Refrigerator Cookies recipes plus guidance on using extra sweet corn syrup and ready mixes for easy home baking.
Keep Up the Fight Roosevelt Message at Warm Springs
The message recalls Mr Roosevelt who died at Warm Springs Georgia and praises his lifelong effort against infantile paralysis. It emphasizes his desire to aid humanity and urges others to continue the fight, invoking his famous smile and call to “keep up the fight.” The quotation is attributed to the President of the National Foundation for Infantile Paralysis.
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Red Foundation
Mr. Roosevelt
Warm Springs
Linville boy reappears after polio attack in 1944
Four year old Gar rett of Linville North Carolina survived a poliomyelitis outbreak that crippled his arms legs and neck. Struck July 7 he entered Hickory emergency polio hospital the same day and rapidly improved. By August 15 he reached the convalescent ward where physical therapy addressed a minor right shoulder weakness.
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Bunky” Garrett
Linville
N.C
North Carolina
Hickory
Lynn Says Prepare Foods In Advance To Save Time
The guide advises making meat loaves stews and soups ahead for refrigeration and later heating. It suggests pre-baking rolls chilling dry mixes for biscuits muffins and pastries and freezing homemade creams ices and sherbets. Gelatin puddings custards and chilled salads are quick to serve when prepared ahead.
Question prompts for a general quiz
Five quiz questions covering history geography and religion. 1 What was the original use of the Louvre 2 On what railroad is the famous horseshoe curve 3 The land area of continental United States is what 4 How many Americans are now church members 5 What Roman slave extracted a thorn from a lion s paw and later had his life saved by that same animal
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Continental
United States
It was a palace of the French kings
The item notes a historic royal residence described as a palace of the kings of France. It mentions a location near Altoona Pennsylvania and cites a vast area figure for the nation. It also includes a statistic about church membership rising to 72,492,660 with a 4 million increase since 1943. Androcles is referenced.
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Pennsylvania
Altoona
Androcles
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