Vinalhaven High School - Exile Yearbook (Vinalhaven, ME)

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THE EXILE Pollo IS often called mfantlle para lx sxs because the dlsease was first studled 1n chlldren and onlv 1tS para lx tlC forms were knovsn Later It be gan to attack adults and teenagers as xx ell as chlldren It then became known as pollomy el1t1s About two thlrds of all the cases of pollo haxe been m chlldren fourteen x ears of age or under The group that IS most susceptlble to poho IS com posed of chxldren five to nlne years old In recent years adult populatlon susceptlblllty has become common Pregnant vsomen appear to have a greater susceptlbllltv to pollo than vxomen of the same age group who are not pregnant Some of the svmptoms of pollo are headache sore throat upset stomach sore muscles dlzzlness soreness of neck and back fever and occaslonally dlfflculty ln swallowmg or breathmg Fhese symptoms max occur 1n varlous comblnatlons The poho vaccme developed bv Dr Jonas Salk IS made of each of the three tvpes of v1rus treated w1th for maldehvde whlch weakens them bv removlng the ab1l1ty of the vlrus to cause dlsease but the VIFUS does re tam the property of belng able to stlmulate the human body lHtO pro ducmg antlbodles to fight pollomye l1t1s Pohomx el1t1s vaccme IS an aqueous preparatlon of kllled pol1omyel1t1s v1rus contammg approxlmately equal amounts of tvpes 1 CMahonevl 2 CMEF 11 and 3 CSaukettl The vlrus fo1 the vacclne comes from the kld nex t1ssues of the monkey It IS pre paled and standardlzed accordmg to the regulatlons of the Natlonal In stltute of Health of the U S Publlc Health Serv1ces Mass xacclnatlon or lmmunlzatlon takes t1me money and organlzatlon Nat1onallv the vaccme IS gxven to children between flve and fourteen xears of age However because of our locatlon lt IS glven to the age group between SIX months and twenty vears of age Because we re on an lsland we cannot get the shots for our chlldren everv vear At the present t1me the vaccme IS avallable on the open drug market for about 351 34 per shot We have been fortunate enough ln Vmalhaven to have enough vaccme paid for bv the state and federal gov ernments to g1ve two shots each to two hundred Hfteen school chlldren one hundred twelve pre school chlld but not gomg to school and seven pregnant women Plans 9XlSt for the th11d shot elght months after the second one P0110 1S not yet conquered We have to 1mprove the Salk VHCCIHG to find out how long lts effects last the best t1me for the shot to be given whether a booste1 shot IS necessary after a perlod of x ears and we have to find a more efectlve stra1n of v1rus for the vacclne so that one shot Wlll do the Job of the three now m use Xou can help m the fight agalnst poho by workmg as a volunteer help mg Wlth seruces to patlents and bv gn mg genelouslw to the March of Dlmes Freshman Edltor 8 9 ., ' I - , ' , ' - 7 . . . . . . 7 ' a 1 - vv I ' Y s n . 1 u - , . n. 7 A . a L u f V f . 1 ' . v v V - Q - ! 5 ' ' 7 s un a y 9 a , ,. ' - V , , - - ' ren, eleven under twenty years of age . . ' , K V v ' K . . ' Q V a . 1 I ' ' . , . '. . , . r - I i 1 ' 7 K . . . . - ' ,K - g, P . . . . y , . . -I I Y . - v . 9 9 . . . y. . ' 9 ' K 9 . . , . - . 7. 1 Y I . V. . - . H

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THE EXILE HAROLD I ANDERSON Beak Baseball 1 9 3 4 Capt Baseball 3 Basketball 1 Z 3 4 Co Capt 4 -Xthletxc -X soc 1 2 3 4 Sports Colrespondent to Couuu Cyalette 4 H1 Jmks 12 School Plas 4 Joke Etlll0l 2 Jumol EClllO1 3 SCHIOI Edxtol 4 Class VICC Ples 2 Class Pzes Class Tlcas 4 Student Councll SC3 Chor 234 Ban 12 XICQ Ples Band 3 Pxes 4 Latin 1 9 Flcnch 2 3 Intla muxal Coach 3 Populaxltx '7 It lk g.,lo1x s small change Class Xxce Plcs 1 Class Ples 2 4 Class Tlcasuxer 3 Band TIGRSUICI 1 2 3 4 Band 1 2 3 4 Student Councll 1 2 3 4 Studcnt Councll Sec 2 H1J1nks 1 2 Latm Club 2 3 Fxench Club 2 2 Band Couespondent to Courlel 4 Chorus 1 2 3 4 Class Edltol 1 2 Assoc Edlt01 3 Edlt0l mn Chlef 4 Softball 1 Student Txeas 3 Rcplesentatlve to Clxls Statc 3 lxothmg succeeds llke success SHIRI FX A DAY IS Shxrl Basketball 1 2 3 4 Honoxarv Capt 4 Softball 1 2 3 4 Softball Co Capt 3 C horus 1 2 3 4 Band 1 2 3 Cla s Sec-xetalx 1 2 3 4 Studcnt Councll 4 Chcellcadel 1 2 3 Repxesentatlvc to Lnl State 3 Hx Jmks 1 Z Is not llfe a hundxed tlmes too short fox Us to hole ourselves? . .. . .' S lv 17 -L- - 1 . -1 ' - 9 -, . 9. -. s. . -'- - 3 ' ' ' -' ' 2 3 - -'z K .' Q I . 1 ' . ' . ' - ' v ' . o 11 ' , Y ' 9 Y ' ' . .. -1 1. .S . 35 ' .,, 3 A , ' 1-2-3-4g Vice Pres. 7. tg us 1-'-.- 3 d - -3-43 7' . 1 . . 1 . , ' s . . , - 1 ' . 1, ... , t -.., 1 - , - 1 Y 1 4 I ,. u . .' . '. ,. ..v. . . . 'Y MARY E. CANDAGE 17 Mary ' 511 . .,.' Z 1. . I - Z ., . .3 . 1 .,. - H, . - - - . ' A , , --- - 5 .. f I . 'Q - - 3 - 1 ' 1 '-Us ' 9 ' . 4 ' I . 1 . ' Q a ' v f . - - - , - ' , . , ' S I - ' '- 12 x ' -1 r - . . .. ' .. .H Y V at ' 37 , . . . ' ' 1 . ' x ' ' ' ' s . , , - . .3 -. - - - 3 - - 3 s . -v - - - 3 2 ' 2 1 1 u - - 5 I 1 . A 5 .- . J. ll 1 ' s ' 1 s , , , X 77