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National Foundation research and professional education programs constantly provide new knowledge and trained personnel, he explained. The eventual conquest of paralytic polio is the goal and much progress has been made, but polio still cripples, he said. More Getting Rehabilitation "New treatment techniques, involving physical therapy and orthopedic surgery, plus improved self-help devices can give mobility to inany paralyzed arms and legs," he declared. A survey of 34,377 polio patients admitted or re-admitted to hospitals in 1953 showed that 6,298 of them had come back for this purpose, he added. Reports of admissions and re-admissions to hospitals during the first nine months of 1954 list 5,577 patients in this category out of a total of 25,097 admissions-- more than one out of five. Parallel Efforts Describing the goals of the National Foundation, Dr. Van lUper said: "While the prevention of polio is our final objective, provision of the best available care and treatment must parallel our efforts to control it. "We must provide the kind of treatment that will allow |N>lio patients to return to their homes prepared and able to take an active part in the life of their community. You might say we must treat the whole person, not Just the disease." March of Dimes aid is essential, he declared. More dimes we vitally needed now to help thousands of polio patients realize their potentialities. The campaign will continue until Jan. 31. AVERAGE CASES PER YEAR 39,438 1 4iL Narrower Range For Cattle Prices by L. H. Shnerl Dept. of Agricultural Economics YEARS 1944-1948 1949-1953 1954 1958 TOTAL CASES FOR 5-YEAR, PERIOD ,96,904 197,190 9 . • McHenry County Through The Years by Marie Schaettgen Chapter 85 - Woodstock A. post office was established ln: Woodstock in 1844. Alvin Judd wias the first postmaster. He resigned in 1845 and Martin Thrall became postmaster. - The public square in Woodstock rated a mineral spring as one the city's most useful assets, was believed the spring water had medicinal , value. A spring &use was built in 1873 and it rine an ornamental feature, analysis of the water was thade in 1879 by the laboratory at Rush Medical college in Chicago and the water was found to contain calcium, potassium, lime, bicarbonate of soda, magnesium, Iron and other minerals. The curative powers attributed to this water were unbelievable. Kidney and stomach ailments were purportedly cured by the drinking of this water. Woodstock has always been noted for its enthusiasm in celelitating of special events. One of the best remembered . celebrations of those early times was that of July 4, 1876. A crowd of *6,000 to 8,000 people attended. To induce nearby towns to participate, Woodstock offered a beautiful banner to the town sending the largest delegation. • A parade opened the festivities in which the Woodstock band, Knights of Templar, Odd Fellows and the Fantastics and Horribles took part. There were thirty-eight ladies representing the states of the Union. A Boston Tea Party was staged. Mayor Donnelly spoke and then presented the prize banner to the town of Seneca. Woodstock was not always a quiet, orderly town. In 1854, an ordinance was passed which shows us a different facet of the town. A police force was established and the ordinance read in part --, "Whereas, confusion and turmoil seems to be the order of the day, and drinking and dissipation and street fights are practiced by many transients.. " Woodstock survived all this turmoil, however, and recently celebrated its centennial in a typical Woodstock manner. The early days were recreated for the thousands of people who travelled to Woodstock for this interesting pageant. Have your paper delivered by carrier, call 170 today. Permanently Washable Gabalaun rowers mrkton{ou The range in prices of Beef cattle will probably narrow considerably during the next few months. The range is rather wide at present, but it usually decreases during the winter. The steer market showed Strength in the Thanksgiving-to- Christmas period. The average for all grades at Chicago was around $26, up about $2 frofti the year before. The top for Prime steers was around the $32 level, highest since the big increase in cattle marketing sent prices tumbling two years ago. Prime Steers The good prices for top-grade cattle have been due to strong consumer demand rather than to short supplies, f Recent suplies of Prime cattle at Chicago have been about one-half larger than those of a year earlier. But brisk business activity is sending the "good spenders" to the more expensive dining places that buy and serve Prime steaks and roasts. The good demand for Prime cattle seems likely to continue through the winter. On the other hand, supplies of well-finished cattle may increase enough to take the peak off the 'market. Reports of cattle on feed and shipments of stockers and feeders into the Corn Belt point to moderately larger supplies of fed cattle this winter than we had a year ago.c ^ In most years since World War n, prices of top cattle have held up well during January, but '^February breaks" have been frequent. In the pre-war years top grades oten showed seasonal price weaknesses beginning in December. Choice Steers A little more than half of all steers on the Chicago market in recent weeks have graded Choice. Prices have averaged $26 or a little better, up about $2 from year-before figures. High-level employment is providing good consumer demand for beef ijrom these cattle. 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Range Conditions Drouthy conditions persist over much of the West ancUSouth. One large area in Illinois, to the south of Springfield and Decatur, has had very little precipitation since August. .The fall was unusually dry in KaAsas, Oklahoma, central and northern Texas, New Mexico, Colorado and Wyoming. In most areas of these states, pastures and ranges are poor and feed supplies are short. The wheat pastures are not good and are carrying only a few cattle. In most of these areas, excess cattle have been shipped out. Drouth has also continued in the Southeast, Mississippi, Georgia and South Carolina being hardest hit. In the northern Great Plains, weather favorable to livestock continued' through the fail. Cornstalks, cured range and wheat furnished much feed. Drouth in this area next summer would probably send many cattle to market. 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