Show Rubella Clinics Immunize Over 2100 Basin Kids A highly successful Rubella measles meas l los les s clinic was help Friday evening atthe at th the th Uintah County Courthouse with 1400 children immunized for the disease according according ac ac- cording to Alta Alia C C. Rust county nurse The rubella clinic was conducted by bt two doctors Dr Ray and Paul G G. G i five nurses Mrs Rust Helen Walker Mary Diary Merman Herman Virginia Virginia Vir Vir- ginia Hunting and Dixie Mobley and ten volunteer aides sides Carma Carina and Pearl Shaffer helped with the lations A FOLLOW FOLLOW UP UP rubella day in Vernal schools will be held Monday to allow students who were unable to attend Fridays Friday's Fridays Fridays Friday's Fri Fri- days day's clinic to receive their shots Mrs Rust reported that immunizations immunizations were administered on the westside west side ide of the county Thursday with the shots given at Todd School and Whiterocks Whiterocks White While rocks Elementary This included preschool pre pro school and Head Start children as well ASSISTING were Dr Stilson of Ft Duchesne Uintah County nurses Mrs Rust Bust Mrs Walker and Sirs Mrs and nurses Mary Diary Workman and Revs Reva Allred The basin immunizations were part of a state wide state wide project to stamp out the infant killer infant killer and crippling disease rubella or German measles Long lines formed throughout Utah last week for mass However the lines moved swiftly and over children children child child- ren received immunization EXPERTS ESTIMATE that almost 70 per cent of the states state's children between the ages of one and 12 received the shots to combat the common childhood disease The program was initiated to he help protect unborn babies from being born with disastrous birth defects by exposure t to German measles by the mothers Officials feel the successful statewide program will almost rid the state of the problem of rubella rubella born born blind deaf and crippled children |