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Evening star., 1950-08-15

pm. Letter Carrier Wygal COM
pleted his round in the afternoon.
When he came home again. his
other child, 15-year-old Donald,
was sick. Donald was on his way
to Roanoke before supper. Both
are home again. Donald is ap-
parently all right. Roger has an
ominous stiffness in his right leg.
Experts Step Into Picture.
The Wytheville date line began
to appear in the press across the
Nation. Radio commentators be-
gan telling the story of the in
tense epidemic here. Gov. Battle
and Representative Stanley,
Democrat, of Virginia 5th District,
"Wytheville's adopted son." sent
letters offering to do anything they
could. DR.. j. L. Roper. Virginia. S
Health Commissioner. came to
Wytheville with DR.. j. c. Neale,
State director of local health serv-
ices. DR.. Albert McCown, head of
the State Health Department s
bureau of communicable diseases.
preceded them.
The National Foundation for
Infantile Paralysis sent a repre-
sentative from New York TO re-
port on the situation and arranged
for DR.. Alex Steigman of Louis
vile, KY. one of the foremost
students of the disease, to come to
Wytheville and start an epidem-
ological study.
DR.. B. A. Wagner. a retired
dentist, who is cWythe County
chairman of the National Foun-
dation for Infantile Paralysis, is
sued the following statement:
II have been authorized by the
National Foundation representa-
tive to assure the families of all
polio patients who desire and
need assistance that the founda-
ton will guarantee payment of all
polio treatment expense"
The County Health Board met
for the first time in years. When
one of the worried county officials
asked a physician-member about
possible control measures the
physician answered:
Answer is True.
1--WE have known about polio
for 100 years, but we do not know
any more about controlling 1t
than we did then"
Evening star., 1950-08-15
Elder DetwiIer Starts Ninth Year
As Adventist Conference Head

Elder Howard J. Detwiler today
began his ninth year as president
of the Potomac Conference, Sew
enth-day Adventists.
Elder Detwiler, who lives at 331
Flower avenue, Takoma Park. Md,
was reelected at a business meet
ing yesterday in Sligo Church,
Takoma Park, where the confer
ence is holding a Today meeting
Other officers reelected were
William H. Jones, Oil East Ridge
avenue, Takoma Park, secretary
treasurer; Elder Archa Dart, Hy-
attSville, educational and Sabbath
school secretary; Elder Warren N.
Wittenberg, Graham road, Ia
koma Park, youth and home mis-
Sionary secretary; C. H. Smith, All
Cedar street, Takoma Park, pub
fishing secretary, and E. S. Knecht.
Evening star., 1950-08-15

year old school, located on a six
acre tract, was far below the
estimated 81 million that it would
cost to duplicate the plant today.
Dean Hugh G.. Price said, 1--WE
want the college used as a COM
munity center. Already the
Montgomery County Symphony
Orchestra is using our dining hall
for practice sessions, as well as
a local bagpipe band. We will
invite the county civic fedora
ton to meet in our 250-seat lee
ture hall and our library will be
open to every one"
Evening star., 1950-08-15
Arlington Purchases
Warehouse 10 Boost
High School Space

The Arlington School Board
which last year saw more thar
half of Washington-Lee High
Schools vocational training ap.
plicants turned away for lack o1
room, yesterday bought an ad'
jacent warehouse for $299,750 tt
provide the needed space.
At a public auction, the board
purchased the three-story struc-
ture at 1926 North Quincy street
built three years ago by the Ar
lington Warehouse Corp. The
building, now occupied by -four
commercial enterprises, was sold
to satisfy trust against the prop
erty.
Besides "at least four" addi-
tional vocational training shops
for Washington-Lee, the 120x12O
foot building containing 14,4OO
square feet of floor space will be
used for county school central ad-
ministrative Offices, for a school
repair shop and central supply
storage, and eventually also for
a kitchen.
The school board, aiming at an
eventual county-w wide hot lunch
program, has decided that a CEN
tral kitchen from which lunches
can be dispatched in vacuum con-
tainers, is the most efficient meth
cd Of operating a lunch program.
The warehouse already has ex-
tenSive cold storage facilities.
Supt. William A. Early expressed
satisfaction at the needed admin
istrative Office space the new
building will provide. He said the
board now pays $3.50 month rent
for limited space in the house at
2732 Wilson boulevard where the
board offices are now located.
Evening star., 1950-08-15

Ali Cedar street, Takoma Park
book and Bible house manager.
Members of the Conference
Committee, main committee o1
the conference, which includes
Virginia, parts of Maryland and
the District, are: Mr.. Detwiler. w
H. Jones, w. c. Hannah, j. P
Price, H. A. Morrison, E. F. Koch
G. S. Rapp, R. L. Boothby, L. r
Mansell, N. S. Ashton and c. H
Dougherty
Speaker for tonight's 8 O'Clock
session at the church will be Elder
R. L. Boothby, conference evan
gelist. Tomorrow's speakers in
clude Elder r. L. Kimble. mission
ary from India; Elder H. E. Kotz
missionary from Africa, and Elder
E. F. Koch, another conference
evangelist.
Evening star., 1950-08-15

ing to pay for all this and were
assured again that the National
Foundation for Infantile Paral-
ysis was taking care of all the
bills.
The hospital set up a coffee and
sandwich counter for the parents
at the entrance to the isolated
section. One parent at time
was allowed to look through the
door of a room full of children
The nurses would wheel the CO,
or the crib around so they coulc
see one another.
Surrounded by Kindness.
One mother waited for her lit.
tie son to go to sleep before shi
Ipeeked through the door at him
She was afraid that seeing he
would disturb him; that he woulc
want to go home with her.
Mrs. Trudy Whitman of thu
New York headquarters of thu
National Foundation, who wen
through the isolation section, in
Guiding the room where five chill
dren in iron lungs are lying in ;
row, was struck by the heart
breaking kindness of the over
worked doctors and nurses to tn,
parents"
In the respirator room, 9-year'
old Mary Archer was holding {
gladiola spray in a little hanc
sticking out of the iron lung. Hel
face broke into a big smile whe1
Mrs. Whitman told her that she
had seen her little sister, PATSY
Ann, who had returned home
from the hospital. The nurses
were delighted about Tommy
Smith, another respirator pa
tient. He had been able to hole
piece of toast in his hand TO,
the first time that morning. HI
felt so good about it that he ate
three pieces of toast.
Tomorrow: The plight OF
child Dictins returned home.
Evening star., 1950-08-15
Mrs. Murdoch to Speak
To Montgomery Society

Mrs. Myrtle Cheney Murdock
wife of Representative Murdock
Democrat, of Arizona, will address
a meeting of the Montgomery
County Historical Society at 8 pm
Friday at the home of Mrs. j. Her
bert Brown in Poolesville.
Mrs. Murdock will discuss he1
forthcoming book, Constantine
Brumidi, Michelaneglo of the
United States Capitol" The book
Is being published under the spon-
sorship of the National League Of
American Pen Women.
Evening star., 1950-08-15

And unfortunately. the answer
was the true one.
1t was agreed that the pro-
cedure about handling cases that
was instituted at the outbreak
of the disease should be con-
tinued. All suspected cases are
to be taken to the Moore-Chit-
wood clinic for the spinal test.
The clinic occupies few offices
on a second floor above a store
on Main street next to the Enter
prise Office. 1t is conducted by
DR.. Chimer Moore.
The towns five active doctors,
not all of whom had had much
experience in polio, made splen-
did record of diagnosing cases.
About SO per cent of the cases in
which the doctors reported a
positive" on the spinal test
turned out to be polio after OBJ
servation at the hospital. Some
of the negatives" returned home
for further observation turned
out to be polio cases later. 1t is
said that always happens in po-
lio outbreaks. One of them turned
out to be a bulbar case and died
after the child had been sent to
the hospital. The diagnostic
failure had nothing to do with
the death. Unfortunately no
treatment has been found to stay
the course of the virus.
All except the colored cases
were taken to the Memorial and
Crippled Children's hospital at
Roanoke, 80 miles away, to which
Wythe County citizens had just
contributed $4,000 in a wide
spread fund-raising campaign.
Wythe County has only about 5
per cent colored population, and
the incidence of the disease was
about proportionate. The colored
cases were taken to Richmond.
1t was brought home to Wythe
County citizens that there are
hardly any county-owned hospi-
tails in all Southwest Virginia. A
new hospital at Pearisburg is
being erected with the help of
Feceral funds, and there is hos
pital at Abingdon. 1t was not
known whether the latter was
prepared to handle contagious
Evening star., 1950-08-15
Fighting on Unseen Enemy
Polio Epidemic Strikes Some Wyheve Families for Second Time
By George Kennedy
Stor StoH CorreSpondent

w ne v LILLE, NeN''
In the middle of July, the polio
outbreak in Wytheville seemed to
have run it's course.
No new cases were reported on
Wednesday, July IL; none showed
I'D on Thursday. There were none
on Friday up to press time, and
the Enterprise, Wytheville's semi
weekly newspaper, h "a dim e d
Polio apparently on decline"
Then the disease really struck,
not only in a scattered pattern
about the town but in remote
places in the county. Over the
week end and up to Tuesday morn
ing, there were 16 new cases. The
incidence of the disease had more
than doubled. The number OF
cases had increased from Is to 81.
There were three deaths. The epi-
demic still is spreading hereabouts.
AS of today, there have been
1852 cases and 16 deaths in Wythe
County, since July l, according to
the State Health Department.
Wytheville had 80 cases and the
county 65 and the deaths were
evenly divided. The total for the
State now stands at 404 cases,
compared with 235 at the same
time in 1914. the previous high.
The county had Is cases in 1914.
1t apparently started on June
30. when 18-month-old Johnny
Seccafico, son of the second base
man of Wytheville's professional
baseball team, was found to have
the disease. The Seccaf1cos had
come to Wytheville from Jersey
City, N. j., in April. Whether he
caught the disease in Wytheville
or the family brought it with them
will always be a mystery.
The disease struck the same
families again and again. On
the 18th, Patsy Lucille Kincer,
baby of IA months who had
been taken from her home near
Crockett in the county, died in the
Memorial and Crippled Children's
hospital in Roanoke. Ten days
later her father, Cecil Newman
Kincer, 20, who had helped care
for the infant in her initial ILL
ness, died at the same hospital.
He left a wife and little boy.
Polio had visited the Taylor
family in West Main street,
Wytheville. in 1914. The TaylorS
were in more comfortable cir
cun1stances compared to the many
families in the county who exist
through a combination of sub
sistence gardening and occasional
work. Howard G. Taylor, the
father, was employed by the
Wytheville laundry. The TaylorS
live in a white clapboard cottage.
Five Children Stricken.
The Taylors had four children
at the time Of the 1914 epidemic.
Jo-Ann, the oldest, was then
seven. Bonnie, the second child,
was five. Their two little brothers
were named Howard Ray and
Dannie.
This year. when the polio re-
turned, the Taylors had six chill
dren. The 1850 epidemic struck the
two children who were not living
at the time of the previous out
break, and two of the older chill
dren. Bonnie, the child stricken
in 1914 and the Oldest girl, Jo-
Ann, were the only ones to eS-
cape the disease this year. OF the
six children in the family, Jo-Ann
is the only one who has not had
polio.
And the disease struck the TaY-
lor children hard. Two of the
cases were of the bulbar type.
(Bulbar poliomyelitiS is caused by
the same virus as other types of
the disease. The bulbar is the
soft part of the spinal column
within the skull where the lines of
Evening star., 1950-08-15
Representative Smith
Files Candidacy Notice
BY me .Asseeiated Press

RICHMOND. Va, Aug. Is -
Representative Smith, Democrat
Of Alexandria, formally filed today
his notice of candidacy in the No.
vember 7 general election with
the State board of elections.
Representative Smith, ranking
member of the Virginia delega-
tion, was renominated in the
August primary.
The Eighth District congress-
man also filed his expense account
showing disbursements aggregat-
ing $1,838 in the primary con-
test. He was opposed by Arthur
Souther, Arlington.
Evening star., 1950-08-15

3N'' DA"N"' IlClC WCl
indications that the new manager
may be on the job for only a
month. He told the Council he
moved here to accept position
with the Atomic Energy Commis-
sion. Mayor Albert M. Orme said
he believes, however, that Mr..
Braden may decide to stay.
Mr.. Braden, a native of Penn
sylvania, was community and city
manager at Greenbelt, Md. from
1886 to 1943. He was Arlington
manager from 1882 to 1886 and
has also served at Hopewell, Va,
and High Point, N. c. He is a
graduate of Slippery Rock State
College, Pa.
Dunn Ousted IL Days Ago.
The appointment climaxed a
tumultuouS 12-day period begin
ming with the ousting of Roy F.
Dunn, manager of the munich
pality for three years. The coun-
Gil declined to appoint Mr.. Dunn
to the strong city manager" posi-
ton Setup in the new charter.
To replace Mr.. Dunn the coun-
Gil named Harry E. Wells, the city
clerk. Within six hours Mr.. Wells
was restricted by court order from
carrying out any of the managers
duties. The suit charged that Mr.
Wells was improperly appointed
and that he is not qualified for the
position. ..,-.l
Wells Resigns.
At the time of MFR. Wells ap-
pointment, the council agreed
that he would hold the job only
while other applicants were being
considered. 49,,
Mr.. Wells submitted his reSigna-
ton as manager last night. He
will continue to be city clerk.
Mr.. Braden was introduced to
the council by Mr.. Dunn. The
former manager was greeted by
warm applause from the audience
of 60 persons when he entered the
council chamber.
Councilman Karl L. Anderson
made the motion nominating Mr.
Braden. Mr.. Anderson was head
Of a committee appointed to re-
ceive applications for the posi-
tions.
Two councilmen who had sup
ported Mr.. Dunn against Mr.
Wells went along with the ma
jority last night to make the vote
unanimous. They were Samue
E. McCrary and James e. Durant
Reads Prepared Speech.
The new manager read a pre-
pared speech in which he Sc
forth his idea on the relationship
between council and manager.
"As long as I am here" he said
"I am going to be city manager
No one, members of council. OF
others, will make up my mind fol
me-"
Il understand definitely that as
city manager I am responsible
only to the legislative body-the
city council. This responsibility
however, runs to the council as a
body and not to any member or
group of members"
Severance Pay Granted.
The Council voted three months
severance pay to Mr.. Dunn, based
on his annual salary of $4,000 per
year.
Mayor Orme expressed appreci-
alton to Mr.. Dunn "for the hard
work you have done for the city
The Mayor told Mr.. Dunn, "I hope
you won't feel that because Of
certain official things we have hac
to do, that we have any less regarc
for you personally"
Appointment of the new man.
ager is expected to permit imme.
diate signing of 100000 worth Of
school ponds. Under the cour
order Mr.. Wells had been re-
strained from signing the docu'
mentS
Evening star., 1950-08-15

ion a ! City
Managers AS
Sociation.
The Cit y
Council made
the appoint
ment last night
by unanimous
vote. Mr.. Bra
den, 81, who re-
Gently resigned
as ClCy mama
ger in Raleigh
N. c., will be
paid $4,000 a
year.
Evening star., 1950-08-15
Braden Chosen
AsCity Manager
OF Falls Church
Third Man to Fill Job
In II Days May
Stoy Only Month

The new city manager of Falls
Church is Roy S. Braden, Arling-
ton County's first manager and a
past president of the Interna-
Evening star., 1950-07-09
AUTOMOBILES FOR SALE.

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STUDEBAKER Al Commander 4-dr :.
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lFord): 5335 Wis. ave, OR. so93.
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STUDEBAKER '37 Sedan. a good car
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STUDEBAKER 1850 4-dr. sedan
Regal de luxe, with overdrive has
less than 5000 miles. Going over
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sTUDEBAKER 1949 Commander.
Regal de luxe. Starlight club cpe.
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WOLFE MOTORS, 18th and x sts.
STUDEBAKER 194S Commander
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STUDEBAKER 1947 Commander, q
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STUDEBAKER 1949 Regal de luxe
Commander convertible. 10000 ac-
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WiLLYS 1919 station wagon: 8-cyl..
overdrive. heater, white-wall tires,
dark blue finish. Sl.l97; 2-day
trial, money-back guar; 4-mo. writ
ten guar. HILL & T1BBITTS, INC,
1114 Vermont ave. NV, Ma. $3.50.
WILLYS AT station wagon; cd, r.
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WILLYS 1y41 American 4-door; $3.50
WILLYS 1910 de luxe coupe: good
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sonable, JOSEPH SMITH g. SON.
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BITS, INC, 1114 VT. ave. NV Ma.
Montana farmer-stockman., 1950-12-15
Wool Contracted
At $1.O3 a Pound

Wool (1951 clip) is now being
contracted at more than 81 pound
in central Montana, according to re-
ports by the First National bank of
Great Falls.
A woolgrower in the Cascade area
obtained $1.03 per pound on 1000
fleeces of the 1851 wool clip. Clean
basis sales of wool hit $2.32 per
pound for 10000 fleeces from the
Helena area and $220 a pound for
1850 fleeces from the Augusta area
(the latter are fob. Boston,.
Other sales all at 81 per pound in
cluded: Arlington area, 1900
whitefaced yearling eve flecces; Au-
gusta area, 4,500 fleeces; Cascade
area, 1900 fleeces; Chinook area,
1900 fleeces; Dupuyer area, $3.50
fleeces; Bynum area, 1,200 fleeces;
Cascade area, 1900 fleeces. Early in
this reporting period 4,100 black
faced yearling eve fleeces went for
80 cents per pound in the Great Falls
area but all sales reported since
Nov. "a have been above 81.
Montana farmer-stockman., 1950-12-15
Livestock Sales Dates

MrsSOULA: TOP Cut" Hereford sale ban.
90. 1851.
KALISPELL: Northwestern Montana Hereford
Assn. spring sale, Feb. II.
SHELBY: Marias Hereford Assn. sale, March g.
LIVINGSTON: Annual spring hereford SALE
March 13.
spring sale, March 15
BOHEMIAN: Montana Winter fair, livestock
sales to be announced, March 17-24
GLENDTvE: East Montana Purebred Livestock
Assn. spring sale. April 10.
GREAT FALLS: North Montana Hereford Assn.
fall sale. Oct. H.
HAvRE: Bear Paw Hereford Assn. sale, Oct. "A.
SIDNEY: East Montana Hereford Assn. fall
sale, Nov. 10.
December IS, lo5O-25
Montana farmer-stockman., 1950-12-15

feeding of pellets for the lambs is
available. At about 25 days of age
the lambs are with their mothers in
groups of around 800. These groups
are trucked to spring range, 120
miles away. Earlier trucking is
avoided to reduce possible loss of
lambs. At the spring range the
groups are not thrown together but
allowed to work together gradually
within a few days. This prevents
mother-lamb mixups after hauling.
Summer Range
From spring range the sheep are
gradually worked from low foot
hills to higher range, until by mid
summer they are high on the conti-
mental divide on the Idaho-Montana
border.
Ewes with singles range in bands
of 800, while ewes with twins are in
bands of 500. Herders are given a
substantial bonus for staying all
season and bringing in heavy lambs
with light losses and top finish rel
ative to feed supplies.
Keynote of the grazing program
is to come as close to individual
grazing for each eve as possible.
Hagenbarth stresses full exercise
and tries to keep as far from artifi-
cial and foreign handling of the flock
as possible.
Marketing
Seventy-five percent of the lambs
are sold off summer range to the
packer about Sept l. (This is in con-
trast to probably about 98 percent
Montana farmer-stockman., 1950-12-15
BY LARRY GILL

After her lamb or lambs are
dropped the eve starts through a
system of jugs as well prepared and
as uniform as an assembly line. First
she and her lamb are numbered, the
navel of the lamb is dipped in 10
dine, then to a jug by themselves for
"a hours. Ewes with one lamb go
into larger jug with four other
ewes for a couple of days, then on
into large jugs each day until they
are in groups of 100. With twin
lambs, the grouping is in threes, on
up to approximately IS ewes with
lambs.
Docking
Docking plans call for daily op-
Grafton at 12:45 p. m. All members
of the crew, with the exception of
one shed and one drop man, help.
Within 25 minutes the entire 24-hour
drop is docked. Hagenbarth insists
that this should be done daily to
avoid setbacks on over aged lambs.
In general the docking operation
catches up with a lamb on his fifth
or sixth day. A docking machine
Chot shears) is used. 1t is in the dock
ing and lambing operation that the
heavy flushing and alienation of
the bucks in the breeding pasture
pays off, for the lambs are dropped
at 9. maximum rate per day for a
minimum number of days.
Lamb Care
After docking. ewes with lambs
are thrown into groups of rs to 100,
and at about the 18th day, creep
Montana farmer-stockman., 1950-12-15

of all Montana lambs that go iraee
the feed lot for up to 100 days be
fore reaching the packer)
The remaining Is percent of the
lambs stay ON pasture and at least
half of these go TO the packer in
mid November, the rest to the feed
Lot.
Hagenbarth plans on about lis
pounds of lamb sold per year per
eve. From 4,270 ewes last year he
sold 5,54O (136 percent plus) lambs
on ewes aging 2 to years old.
Policy
From the outline of management
above, you will note that the policy
at the Hagenbarth ranch is:
1. Heavy flushing for high rate of
conception and subsequent lamb
crop.
2. Substantial winter feeding with
pellets and hay for fleece weight
and strong lambs.
8. Assembly line lambing to save
every possible lamb and eve.
4. Maximum freedom all year
around for fast lamb gain and eff
cient producing ewes.
Hagenbarth stresses again and
again, the necessity of heavy flush
ing, which can best be done on al
falfa pasture or beet tops, but if
these are not available, then grain
or pellets Cup to II 1b) are fed Is
days prior to breeding. After breed
ing let down to Us pound or lower
if the weather or range conditions
permit.
Hagenbarth prefers ewes to 5
years old for heavy lamb produc-
ton. Beginning this year, more en-
phasis will be placed on heavier
lambs with more uniform WOO
grade. To do this through breeding
1900 head of selected ewes will bt
cut into two fleece grades. One
group bred will be bred to high hal
blood bucks; the other (those will
fine wooD will be bred to buck
with low half blood fleece.
The bucks used will be of Targhe
type. The lamb crop from this eros
will be selected for type and quail
ity of both body and fleece and th'
best will become replacement fe
males in the eve bands.