Walkerton Independent, Volume 76, Number 13, Walkerton, St. Joseph County, 5 July 1951 — Page 2

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Polio Prevalence Affected By Climate and Season

Infantile paralysis, or poliomyelitis, has the capacity to appear in all the inhabited areas of the -ginbc. Even though one often hears statements to the contrary, poiromyVlitiß occurs in both the tropics and the frigid zone. This is borne out by a “World Map of Poliomyelitis," recently piVpured hv Dr. Jaques May of the American Geographical Society, which charts tin 1 pres* nee of the disease in all four corners of th'e earth. Ihe s’udy making possible the map was supported in part by a grant of funds from the National Foundation for Infantile Paralysis. Varies in Different Zone® Before studying the map too closely one should realise, however, flat poliomyelitis is influenced by climate and* season, thus it acts d fferently in different zones, in the Cemperat’e zones its prevalence greatly increases during the summer. Consequently, when* the summer is short, the poliomyelitis season is apt to be short. Cases are crowded into a brief period of the year and this increases the chances of a spectacular epidemic. In the tropics, on the other hand, wh’ere warm weather is fairly aven through-out the year, the case’s may be spread from January to December. It is the sporadic or endemic disease that is wont to occu'r in the tropics, which usually h reives much less attention than does the epidemic disease. Consequently, although it is true that poliomyelitis does occur in tropical •zones, it also is true that epidemics h i\e not occurred there with the same frequency as in the temperate parts of the world. As a corollary to this revised view, it became abundantly clear during World War II that th'e virus of poliomyelitis was coin m o n enough in certain tropical or semitropical areas that were said to । have little or no poliomyelitis. In < hina, Burma, India, the Philip- 1 pine Islands and North Africa, Aim rican troops acquired th'e disease at a far higher rate than did our soldiers stationed within the United States. As for Arctic regions, first-hand information from such areas has be'en scanty until recently, but what has been learned in the last several years has changed our conception of poliomyelitis in frigid zom s too. Arctic natives, isolated as they are, as a rule are relatively free I om some of our common infectious diseases such as influenza,

- : T Public Sale We Hill sell the personal property of the late William Pentiger at his farm located 2 mills North of Lakeville on road 31 to Osborne Hoad aid 6 miles West; or 1 j mile North and 3 miles East of North Liberty, between Primrose and Redwood roads, on SATURDAY, JULY I 1951 Commencing at 1:00 P. M. 1950 John Deere Model M-T tractor with 2-16 inch bottom mounted plows and power lift cultivators, looks and runs like new; 6-ft tandem disc, almost new 2-aecSion steel frame drag, good factory built wagon on rubber with flat bottom hay* rack, almost new 6-ft. McCormick Deering with stub tongue and runs iu oil gears. International Pick-up truck, oP but runs exceptionally good, t-wheel small trailer with good stock rack, new gab. stock tank, hay loader, electric 500 chick brooder, corn planter, power lawn mower, — F E E I) — ~ 75 or SO bu. oats, 50 or more balew alfalfa hay, 50 or more bushels not the best corn in crib, 30 or more bales wheat straw. , All feed approximated. —LIVESTOCK—--16-mo.-old part Hercferd heifer bred, past yearling Holstein heifer, B-mo.-old Liu rnsey heifer, Chester White gilt should farrow hy day of sale, 3 shouts weight about 75-lbs. each. HOUSEHOLD GOODS Brand new gnj all word sectional, in frieze, with or without corner table, (~ h, Washing machine, 2-piece green frieze living ream suite, metal twin beds complete, 5 piece breakfast set, disk, canned fruit, odd chairs and dishes, etc. MISCELLANEOUS 10-ft. step ladder, galvanized hand corn sheller. 8-hole galvself feeder, 25-lb. capacity pressure grta.se gun new small hydraulic jack, oil burning tank heater ,pl<mty garage, carpenter and garden tools. TERMS:—6 months time to those making arrangements for security through the St. Joesph Bank and Trust Co. at Ukeville or South Bend, before day of sale; ail others, CASH. NNot Responsible for Accidents LUCY PENTIGER Admr. of William Pentiger Estate., Tom Huff Ply mouth Atty, for the estate. HAROLD STEINER, Auct, NELSON LEMAN, Clerk St. J Bank & Trust Co, I

monsh’s and even the common cold. | They may go for u long period of . time, even many years, without] suffering from these ailments. I Arctic explorers have tVstified to this fact. However, increasing air travel has brought these remote areas more and mon 1 in contact with “civilization", which has lA?en bringing them our viruses. Little immunity Developed When these vi'ruses are introduced into Arctic populations that have not had the opportunity to develop much in the way of immunity, rather devastating results ensue. Thus influenza, a mild dis--1 ease in most parts of the world, may be highly fatal to the Eskimo. The same is true with poliomyVlitis, when it appears in Arctic regions. Consequently, we must revise our old ideas about the possible absence of disease in these two areas. Poliomyelitis is common in the tropics, but exists there as a sporadic and infantile disease and most of the cases do not seem to be officially reported. However, epidemics can occur within tropical areas: perhaps a dozen or more have been recorded within the last ten years. Poliomyelitis occasionally has penetrated into the frozen North, too, and has been respons-; ible for at least one devastating epidemic there. Realization of the fact that the disease encircles the globe may help us to understand the disease and the factors that make some persons susceptible to its paralytic form, while others apparently are resistant even when infected. This understanding is th’e object of the research of the National Foundation, which is dedicated to the quest for a method of eliminating the paralytic disease completely. zCifr b....vewe oOc6aznalO6 o bwso । Card of Thanks Thanks to Mr?. Fred Koppenhofer and all her able assistants for their splendid work in preparing and serving the supper given ( by tho Grovertown Community Conservation club on the evening of June 28th. Their efforts are greatly appreciated. The Grovertown Community Cons’ervation Club. A woman is usually responsible for a husband’s success because of the money she makes it necessary for him to make.

Here's the Pay-Off! Over $25,000 Saved! $2,407.78 EXTRA CASH AWARDS ^7^l \ 1 LeROYS I '* B ..<,4/^ K W tHl’cStM* o *- u - W OHICINArOM .1 *. WF I < 4. . J 9 11 I > LeROYS ra 1 j- W •• L i W nVaScx* o« . „ V. K. I f ' 1 If OMOMATOK ■ LIJLJL9 •»M », o»7 4 54/100 DOLLARS W' M a » a | f Fac-Simili w to »o _ _ * L Checks Hundreds of our thrifty customers for miles around have saved over $25,000.00 during the past year through purchases made on our “DSTP” or Direct-Sale-Thrift-Plan, while 76 others have earned an added cash saving of $2,507.78 on our Customer-Bonus-Plan. It didn’t take Regulation “W” to get our customers to pay cash, they have learned the wisdom of that long since. “Credit with a smile,” “No carrying charge,” and “No money down ’till September”, may sound good to some but our thrifty customers have learned that—“lt pays to pay cash.” We are pleased to list below those who earned Bonus checks in the amounts shown during 1950.

James Armour. S. Bend, Ind $ 8.13 Roger Armstrong. S. Bend, Ind. 7.07 Fred Awald, Walkerton, Ind 6.49 G. J. Banzhaf, Rolling Prairie .... 66.39 Fred Braford , S. Bend, Ind 16.24 Alice Barney. Walkerton. Ind. .. 36.48 Harold Bassey, I^keville, Ind 17.26 Alice Berkeypile, Plymouth, Ind. 6.60 Ray Bigler, Mishawaka, Ind. .... 9.99 Betty Bouse, Walkerton, Ind. .. 7.12 M. D. Brown, Niles, Mich 16.69 Dwight Burch, Hamlet, Ind 9.60 Larkin Burris, Niles, Mich 33.34 L. M. Chase, Walkerton, Ind 55.57 Neal Carlson, Wolcott, Ind 20.20 Russell Clabaugh, Walkerton 63.46 Joe Cripe, S. Bend, Ind. 17.74 Chester Deittert, North Judson . 17.93 Melvin Devine. Walkerton, Ind... 7.28 Chas. Dickerhoff. Elkhart, Ind. 21.88 Edward Dolph. Plymouth, Ind. 15.18 J. B. Estabrook. Niles. Mich. 133.23 Walter Fisher. S. Bend. Ind. 149.08 Ivan Fitzgerald, Walkerton 9.00 Howard Fox. S. Bend. Ind. 6.41 Fred Fultz. S. Bend. Ind. . . 20.25 W. H. Gardner, S. Bend, Ind. . . 33.48 Louise K. Goss, S. Bend, Ind. 17.57 B. C. Hagquist, S. Bend, Ind. ... 94.18 Ernest Hayter, Walkerton, Ind.. 7.84 I). R. Heckman, St. Joseph Mich. 21.83 Harlan Hogan, S. Bend, Ind 43.79 O. R. Hurley, S. Bend, Ind. 41.71 Joseph Jackson, N. Liberty, Ind. 9.88 Robert Kenyon, S. Bend, Ind 6.65 C. A. King, S. Bend. Ind. . 15.03 Irene Kopanski, N. Liberty, 20.83 Mrs. R. N. LaFeber, Walkerton . ^16.72

For the benefit of those who haven’t heard, the bonus check is computed on a percentage basis over the year as shown by the following schedule. $ 300 pays 2% or $ 6.00 u ” 3% or 15.00 KOO ” 4% or 32.00 1100 ” 5^ or 55.00 1500 and over pays 6'7 or 90.00 Each succeeding year finds more and more local people taking advantage of oui plan, so if you haven’t yet experienced the saving it affords, don’t delay any longer. REMEMBER for your purse or checkbook HfciHUITlUfcR “WE SELL MOST EVERYTHING” ITS SMART TO BE THRIFTY IT PAYS TO PAY CASH. And if you DO remember these things your name will be in the Bonus column next yetw —and that’s a promise! LeROYS 413 Illinois St. , since 1919 Phone 92 Walkerton, Indiana . ' , , i M

Dave ktwrence. Walkerton 33.58 Louis Ludwig. Mishawaka 8.88 Robert McClure. S. Bend, Ind 8.35 Wm. McClure, S. Bend, Ind 153.16 Olen Mclntosh. Baroda, Mich 35.24 Harold L. McKinney, Elkhart .... 15.70 Paul Miller. S. Bend, Ind 23.63 Robert K. Milner, Knox, Ind 42.29 Jack Milner, Knox, Ind 15.80 Gene A. Minnick, S. Bend, Ind. .. 19.22 William MorteH, S. Bend, Ind. .. 8.33 C. G. Newbeck. S. Bend, Ind 8.86 Robert Nugent. S. Bend, Ind 6.01 Mike Oktak, S. Bend, Ind. 8.49 Henry Oliverius, Knox, Ind 15.33 L. H. Pieratt, S. Bend. Ind 16.33 Clarence Richards, S. Bend Ind... 15.32 (Jen Rowe, N. Liberty, Ind. ... 98.50 John Schaffer. Bridgman, Mich . 99.2 F Carl Shaffer, S. Bend, Ind 36.12 Gale Sherland, Walkerton 6.80 Reid H. Shirrell, Niles, Mich. 23.44 W. F. Siegler, St. Joseph. Mich... 32.96 Gordon Smith. Warsaw, Ind. . 98.71 Chas. Springman, N. Liberty .... 8.11 L. Stelter, Bridgman, Mich 19.24 Gene Summers, Walkerton, Ind... 32.02 Haney Stump, Walkerton, Ind.. 15.24 R. E. Sy son, S. Bend, Ind. ... 7.41 11. Swisher, Mishawaka, Ind. 7.06 Ira I^e Thomas, Walkerton, .... 6.38 Dr. M. E. Tom. Union Mills, Ind. 6.00 Charles Vorm, N. Judson, Ind. .. 57.12 Mike Voynovieh, S. Bend, Ind. .. 8.22 Vern Mallace, Walkerton, Ind. .. 15.88 Mrs. W. Wisenbaugh, Walkerton 36.11 Walter Youngquist. S. Bend .... 57.17 Stanley White, S. Bend, Ind 55.48

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