Montgomery County sentinel., 1944-05-25
Girl And Uncle
OF Ounce Orchard
Bitten By Dog
County Farm Bureau Urges
ALI Dog Owners To Have
Pets Vaccinated

The pet dog of Marian Adelaide
Cornwell, daughter of Mr.. and
Mrs. Harry Cornwell, of Ounce
Orchard, bit her right hand Mon
day, 4s hours after biting her
uncle, Robert Cornwell. Both
victims are undergoing Pasteur
treatments from DIR. Upton d.
Nourse, at Jacksonville.
The dog broke it's leash and made
the attack on the girl who was
standing on a porch, it then ran
"at great speed" and was killed
short time later five miles away
in Travilah, by "Buck" Thrift, Jr.,
who heard the police warning Of a
mad dog at large. According to
authorities the dog was undoubt-
edly mad. The family reported
that it had acted strangely. It's
head has been sent to the Univer.
sity of Maryland for a definite re-
port.
Dog Vaccination Program
Meanwhile the Montgomery
County Farm Bureau, which is
sponsoring countrywide vacci-
nation program to control rabies,
has announced the project which
was approved by the County Com
missiorers on Tuesday.
Under the plan 81 places in the
county have been designated for
the vaccinations to be performed.
Until all the approximately 10000
dogs in the county are immunized
they viii be placed under a 90 day
quarantine. At the end Of the
vaccination program immunized
dogs will be quarantined for a 80
day period, then released, James
d. King, chairman Of the special
committee appointed by the Farm
Bureau and approved by the Com
missioners, explained.
Other members Of the committee
are ]. J. Hutton, Major Phil d.
Poston, 1t. Col. Stanford Chester,
and three members Of the Board Of
County Commissioners, r. H.
Lansdale, H. ]. White and Walter
Johnson. In a statement made on
Wednesday, o. w. Anderson, who
has been made secretary, said, 1--WE
wish it generally understood that
vaccination is not required by law.
Instead, owners voluntarily present
their dogs for treatment as a pro-
tective measure and to avoid con-
tinuing the animal in quarantine
for long period Of time with con-
siderable inconvenience to them
selves and to avoid the possible
destruction of the dog should it ac-
cidentally break quarantine.
Each dog vaccinated will bc
identified with a tag fastened Sc
curely to a collar which the owner
must supply. Any dog seen rum
ming at large must be identified as
a vaccinated dog or the owner
will be subject to the penalties for
violation of quarantine regulations.
They are; ~ summons of the
owner to appear in court where he
will be subject to 50 to $25 fine
with the amount increasing IL
violations are repeated. (2) The
impounding of the dog violating
quarantine regulations IL it can be
caught and the owner given three
days TO pay the impounding fee
or the animal will be destroyed.
(3) Destruction Of the dog If its
owner makes no effort to cooper
ate or repeatedly allows the ami
NAL to break quarantine.
The clinics will be held begin
ming on Monday, May 20 and will
continue through June 10. Letters
with full information will be mail
ed to each registered dog owner.
The vaccination will be free and
the vaccine is being provided by
the State. Cost Of administering
the program will be absorbed by
the county.