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Polio Strikes Halstead Family Twice In 1953
Audre y Kiffe reports that Halstead daughters contracted polio this fall with varying severity. Treva Jane spent eight weeks in iron lung treatment and now uses a wheelchair, while Betty and Sandra recovered. The family battle is part of a larger rise in infantile paralysis cases in 1952 and ongoing fundraising for the local Polio Foundation and treatment centers.
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Audrey Kiffe Halsteads
Paul Halstead
Milton Memorial Hospital
Miner
Route 1
Harper Road
Hale
Betty
Treva Jane
Jin
Methodist
Wayne Ransom
Beckley
Sandra
Treva
Jane
Public Health Service
Halstead
Marchillon
National Foundation For
Raeleigh County
Halsteads
Marmet Children’s Hospital
Pretty Treva Jane Halstead
Nate Hirsch