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Newspaper
Petal Paper
Location
Petal, Mississippi, United States of America
Date
Nov 15, 1956
Page
2
Rose Budd Stevens reflects on fate and self blame in life, urges personal responsibility, recalls a public reading and column excerpt, and shares homey, candid notes about aging, body image, and family, ending with pride in her writing and home.
John Holter, a Philadelphia model-maker, and his wife Mary watched their son Casey survive hydrocephalus after multiple surgeries. The father helped conceive a better brain tube design to drain excess spinal fluid, aiming to end the failed and recurrent treatments that plagued hydrocephalic babies nationwide.
Public notice states substitute trustee will sell on December 1 1956 at the Forrest County Courthouse in Hattiesburg to satisfy the indebtedness secured by a deed of trust on rural property in Forrest County The property includes the NW quarter of section 22 township 4 range 12 west with all improvements The notice names Wm Harrlson as substituted trustee and cites the recorded chain of title and prior assignments
East Side memories recall Miles Porter as a man with flaws yet a large heart. At his funeral a preacher noted he was not a churchgoer, but a story about his busy efforts to help a troubled flock underlines his generosity. He supported them with steady generosity, including regular checks.
Holter, determined to help Casey, researched valve designs to drain brain fluid into the bloodstream. John Heller created a compact dual valve in a tube to open with brain pressure and close to prevent backflow. Doctors at Lankenau Hospital welcomed the trial despite a sterilization heat challenge for the plastic valve material.
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