Polio Hope And Community Help At Terpstra Home
Harris Terpstra, a polio survivor, cherishes a second pet bird and a photo wall from Blank Memorial Hospital. He endures monthly bicillin shots, awaits tendon surgery to straighten his left hand, and recalls Bellevue Hospital and nurse Joyce Sadler. His family thanks March of Dimes supporters and local Lions for aid and equipment aiding his lessons.
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Louie
Blank Memorial
Blank
New York City
Harris
Bellevue Hospital
National Foundation For
Bellevue
Joyce Sadler
Walker Sadler
Pella
Joyce
Empire State Building
United Lions
Vonk
Polio Insurance
Igelp
Harris Terpstra Doing Very Well as Sully High Student
Harris Terpstra, a Sully High School student paralyzed by bulbar polio since 1952, continues lessons from his wheelchair with an intercom and private radio. His family and neighbors support his schooling, aided by the Sully Telephone Company, as he studies English and science and listens to classes from home. He spends hours each day in view of the road, with pets at hand and a window to watch the world go by.
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Harris Terpstra
Harris Ia Brother
Len
Sully High
Harris
Sully High School
Blank Memorial Hospital
Tr Fox Hin
Sully Telephone Company
Road convention in Des Moines voices split on county engineer role
In March 1910 Carroll hosts a rousing road convention that voting 315 to 168 rejects a proposal to establish a county engineer. Lafayette Yount, chair, denounces rebels as declaring it will take farmers fifty years to fix roads. Farmers urged timely road planning and proper maturity for crops, noting soybean varieties and corn hybrid timing.
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Moines
Carroll
Lafayette Yount
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Lions Club
Sully
Terpstra
Dad
Mother
Morris
Brother Loren
Gornie
Logan
Chronicle Farm Photos
Mr. Terpstra
Loren
Osmundson OF
Perry
Farmers Union Coop Oil Station
Bernie Menning
Alee
John Deere
Peen
Harrow
DEAL
Honéies
Tes Labora
Rotary
John
Vandermeulen
Hoeksema
Pella, Iowa
Beall
John Deerp
Jorn Deere
Hylines
California
van Gorp Hatchery
New
Sharon Rosd
Ford
Ford Trucks
Ulrich Motor Coo
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