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Show Presidents President's ' ' Ball BallSaturday BallSaturday BallSaturday Saturday Night NightMoab NightI NightMoab I - I IMoab Moab Will Aid in ID NatIonwIde NatIonwIdeFIght NationwideFight NationwidFight * FIght A Against alDst Infan InfantIle Infantile Infantile tIle Paralysis ParalysisThe The annual Birthday Blrthday Ball BalI for the thePlesldent thePresident thePiesident Plesldent President to raise funds to aid m in mthe inthe inthe the nationwide natlOnwlde fight against infan infantile infanthe infantile tile the paral paraly paralysis < IS will be stagpd tagpd staged Satur SaturI Saturday Saturday Saturday I day night January Jannary 29 at the G C Cballroom Cballroom 1 baIlroom ballroom in m Moab The affair111 affair \\111 111 will willbe \ willbe 111'be 'be be ' be under the direction dlrectIon of Mayor DE D DE DE E Baldwin Bald\\in Bald in Baldinho \ vv \ who \\ho ho ho has been becn appomted appointed appomtedchairman appointedchairman appointedchairman chairman for Grand county It IS IShoped ishoped ishoped hoped that there . will v.111 v111 be a huge at attendance attendance tendance from over the county to tothe tothe tothe the end that a substantial sum can canbe canbe canbe be raised raisedMillions Millions of Americans Amerlcans . will v.lII vlII par- par participate par participate participate - ticipate in 111 the activities Saturday Saturdaymght Saturdaynight Saturdaynight mght night to aid in m the great fight fightagainst fightagainst fightagainst against the maiming ma1mlng deathin death -in in - - infantiJe infantile Infantlle fantiJe fantile paralY paralysis < ; ls It is expected e'Cpected eCpected ' that thatover thatover thatover over 12 12000 000 celebrations11I celebrations \ will \\11I 11I be held heldthroughout heldthroughout heldthroughout throughout the nation The fight fightthis fightthis fightthis this year is lS being supported by everyclass everyclass every class Quoting from the Bulletin Bulletm a anespaper anewspaper anewspaper ne\\spaper ne spaper newspaper \ published pubhshed bv by the National Na NatlOnal National tlOnal tional Foundation for Infant11e Infantile Infant11eParalysls InfantileParalysis InfantileParalysis Paralysls Paralysis it is stated thatThe thatThe that thatThe The paradoxical phases of mfan infan mfantile infantile infantile tile paralysis aie ale are quit quite numelous numerous numelousIn numerousIn nmneiousIn In the first place designating the thedlsease thedisease thedisease dlsease disease as Infantile paral "paralysis paralysis " sls is a amisnomer amisnomer amisnomer misnomer It is not limited to in infants infants infants fants only Many cases have beenrecorded been beenrecorded recorded where the victims V1ctims were werebet werebetween bet\\ bet between beteen \ een the ages of 20 to 70 3 sears ears earsAlso earsAlso Also the word paralysis is applied appliedto to the disease dlsease in 111 an erroneous man manner manner manner ner for there have been many cases casesI caseswhere caseswhere caseswhere where the patients have recoveredcompletely recoveredcompletely recovered I completely without w1thout any sign Slgn of ofparalysis ofparalysis ofparalysisIn ofparalysis paralysis paralysisIn In the majority of instances instancessevere instancessevere Instancessevere severe epidemics of infantile mfantIle paral paral151S paralysis ysis 151S have occurred between the themonths themonths themonths months of June and October One Onewould Onewould Onewould would think thInh . , the epidemics epldemlcs would wouldOCCUl wouldoceui wouldoccur OCCUl occur OCCUlVhen \ when \Vhen Vhen children are in school schoolrather schoolrather schoolrather rather than at the time tlme when they theyare theyare theyare are enjoying enjoymg their thelr summer vacationIt vacation It has been discovered that epi demies demlcs demics epidemies epidemlcs epidemics are more numerous andmore andmore and more severe In the temperate zone zonethan zonethan zonethan than In the tropical and subtropical subtropicalclimates subtropicalclimates climates Theie Thele There have hae , been no severeepidemics severeepidemics severe epidemics in the southern part orthe ofthe ot or of the United States but there have havebeen . been several major epidemics epldemlcs in 111 thenortheastern thenortheastern the northeastern and north central centralstates centralstates centralstates states and these thpse occurred in thesummer thesummer the summer months when the temper temper- temperature temperature temperature - ature In the northern states wason was wason wason on a par with Wlth that of the southern southernclimate southernclimate southernclimate climate In a of three or four chil- chil children children children - dren dren , , , most contagious diseases that thataffect thaaffect thataffect affect one onewill -will will - affect them all alI In- In InI Infantile Infantlle - I fantIle paralysis paralysls paralyses a contagious contaglous dl di dl'sease disease disease 'sease sease ' sease usually usuaUy only affects one ch11d child ch11dm childin chiliin m in a family and the others seem to tobecome tobecome tibecome become immunized There are e\ e ex eceptions exceptions exceptions ' \ : ceptions to this principle prmciple but they theyare theyare the ; are rather rareThere rareThere rare rareThere There is a lack of periodicity in ininfantIle ininfantile iiinfantile infantIle paralysis A certain area areamay areamay areimay may be swept by an epidemic one oneyear oneyear on'year onyear ' year and then the disease will wlIl not notreappear notreappear noreappear reappear again for many yearsApparently yearsApparently years yearsApparently Apparently healthy adults can be becarriers becarriers bcarriers carriers of the disease as \ well ell as aschiJdren aschildren a ; children chiJdren " who "ho ho are sick slck from It It has hasbeen hasbeen ha : been said that it can be communi communicted communicited communicited c\ted c ted cited ' \ by direct contact through throughsneezing throughsneezing througlsneezing sneezing coughing coughmg kissing and andeven andeven ameven even loud speakingWe speakingWe speaking speakingWe We gain gam protection from the dl- dl di- di dlsease disease di disease - sease by not living too shut in a alife alife alife life Accordln According to Dr J P Leake Leakesurgeon Leakesurgeon Leakesurgeon surgeon United States PublicPublic Publc Public PublcPublc PublicPublic ! Publc Public ! Health service The more morecrowded morecrowded morecrowded crowded and cosmopolitan the com com- community community corn- corn cornmunity - munity in which the child grows growsup growsup growsup up the sooner apparently he heacqulres heacquires heacquires acqulres acquires protection against the di di'sease disease dlsease 'sease sease ' though thougjh he may get a frank frankattack frankattack frankattack attack In obtaining such protec protec- protectIOn protection protection - tion I / |