The globe-independent. (Hagerstown, Md.) 1943-19??, 1954-01-21

Have you made your donation yet
to "The March of Dimes?" If not, /
urge you to do it right away, as this
will be one of the most crucial years
in the long fight to whip this dread
disease.
AS you know, a vaccine has been
found that may be the means of
conquering polio. 1t is only fair to
state, however, that it will take
many, many hundreds of dollars to
finance the research work that is
still going on, before it will be def
nitely known whether or not the
vaccine will be the preventive every
one is looking for.
So please remember, when you
give your donation to ''The March of
Dimes" this year, you will not only
be giving money to be used here in
Washington County in helping those
who are suffering from polio, but
that part of your money will also
be used to perfect the vaccine that
is now being developed.
So won't you open up your poe
textbook and give as literally as you
can?
In looking over the report of the
Washington County Chapter of the
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to find that Washington County Hos
pital, which supplies blood absolute
ly free of charge to all patients need
ing it, used nearly 100 more pints of
blood in 1858 than was donated dur
ing the year.
The figures show that while 1866
pints of blood were donated through
the Bloodmobile and other scources,
total of 1864 pints were actually
used in the hospital.
I am told that the hospital ex-
poets to need 2100 pints in 1854 and
am sure that the people of Hagers-
town and Washington County will
see to it that this blood, so vital
in its life-saving possibilities, will
be forthcoming.
In this connection, l was very glad
to note that the first visit of the
Bloodmobile here in 1854, on Mon
day, produced a record breaking re-
suit. During the afternoon and eve
ming, the Bloodmobile collected 175
pints of blood from 100 donors and
then had to close down for the day
because all collection facilities had
been exhausted.
In addition to this, forty other
people offered their blood, but be-
cause no further facilities were
available, they had to be asked to
come back at a later date.
It is interesting to note, also, that
of the IT'S pints of blood donated,
81 pints were given as requirements
for blood which had been used in
transfusions for either relatives or
friends of the donors.
l am informed that the Bloodmo-
bile will make total of 16 visits to
Hagerstown and Washington County
in 1854 and that, in order to meet
the quota of 210O pints, it is neces-
sary for IT'S donors to volunteer their
blood at each visit of the Bloodmo-
bile
AS stated above, on the first of
the 16 visits on Monday, total of
230 persons volunteered and if this
average is kept up, Washington
County will be able to continue its
remarkable record of never having
failed to go over the top in any
worthwhile undertaking.
The Board of County Commission
ers, at their regular weekly meeting
on Tuesday, signed contracts for
$875,00000 of insurance on county
property covering five-year period.
The insurance will be divided
amongst 26 local insurance agents
In making the announcement,
Lester Mobley, president of the
Board, stated that by signing five
year contract instead of the usual
three-year contract, the county will
save one years premium. Mr.. Mob
ley also stated that allocating the
insurance among 26 local agents is
the only way to be fair to all the
insurance agents, as well as the tax
payers.
I was certainly sorry to hear that
my good friend Amos E. Reeder, well
known Boonsboro agriculturalist, is
confined to the Baltimore hospital,
suffering from heart attack, and l
sincerely hope that he will soon
make a complete recovery
Congratulations to Colonel Paul
Fonda, assistant manager of Gus
toners Relations for the Fairchild
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