The Canadian Record (Canadian, Tex.), Vol. 66, No. 11, Ed. 1 Thursday, March 17, 1955 Page: 2 of 10
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... Are Free, and Voluntary
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For many years, people of Canadian and Hemp-
hill county have been generously supporting the
National Polio Foundation . . . not only for its
work in aiding polio victims through treatment,
tut in the hope that continued research financed
•y March of Dimes contributions might someday
provide a means of wiping out the threat of
polio altogether.
Now, with Federal licensing of the new Salk
Folio Vaccine developed by the Foundation ap-
pearing a virtual certainty, the Polio Foundation
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THE CANADIAN RECORD
Canadian (Hemphill County) Texas
BEN urnTgr.T. Editor
TESS WILKINSON Society Editor
TED ROGERS - Foreman
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Entered as second class matter December 20,1945,
at the Postoffice at Canadian, Texas, under the
act of March 3, 1879. Published each Thursday
afternoon at Canadian, Texas, by the Lockhart
Publishing Company, a Texas corporation.
Rabies Is Preventable . . .
. . . But Cannot Be Cured
Rabies control measures currently in force in
Texas are ineffective, according to a statement
Just released by the State Department of
Health.
The department reports that a study recently
conducted by Bureau of Laboratory officials "re-
veals current control measures have proved in-
effectual in eliminating rabies from the state's
dog populations" but adds that morbidity sta-
tistics indicate that the controls "have been ef-
fective in preventing human cases of the dis-
ease."
Only 29 human deaths were recorded in Texas
during the period from 1944 to 1955, says the de-
partment.
These facts give point to the local control
measures put into effect last year by the City
of Canadian, and continued last week with the
anti-rabies inoculation of 118 dogs and cats at
City Hall under a city-sponsored program.
City ordinance now requires that all dogs and
cats in the city be inoculated . .and requires
licensing of the animals to insure compliance.
New city license tags will be due April 1. Cer-
tificates of inoculation must be presented before
licenses can be obtained.
For the convenience of local pet-owners . . .
and particularly for those who may have missed
an opportunity to visit the Vet last Saturday . . .
the City has arranged for a veterinary to be at
the City Hall again Saturday afternoon to give
the anti-rabies shots.
There has been some resentment <fortunately
not much) of the city ordinance requiring inocu-
laion of dogs and cats ... in spite of the fact
that the City has made compliance as convenient
as possible. There should be none at all.
Every dog and cat owner should welcome the
opportunity to protect his pets ... as well as
protecting himself and the public in general.
Rabies is a disease that can be prevented . . .
but cannot be cured.
Rabies control work in Texas should be in the
hands of local authorities, says the State Health
Department, adding significantly that "the effec-
tiveness of a control program in a given city is
limited without county-wide cooperation.
Cooperation by the owners of pets in this case
should be given willingly and completely.
The easy-going person often has a hard time
coming back.
* * *
Scandal is one thing that never gets shop
worn by being continually passed around.
is preparing to take the first step toward ac-
complishing just that.
If it is licensed by the Federal government, the
Salk vaccine will be offered without charge to
all first and second graders in the local school
systems next month.
The vaccinations will be free . . . but co-
operation with the program is on a strictly
voluntary basis. Both of these important facts
should be clearly understood by all parents of
youngsters in the age group selected for the
free vaccinations.
No youngster will receive the vaccinations un-
less his parents give written consent. No vaccin-
ations will be given at all unless the Federal
government licenses the vaccine, certifying to
the American public that it is absolutely safe to
use.
Vaccination is not compulsory.
The vaccination cannot be' guaranteed. Tests
so far indicate that the Salk vaccine does give
immunity to polio . . . but medical and National
Foundation leaders do not know as yet how far
the immunization will go or how long it will
last.
The first mass tests of the vaccine were made
only last year . . . more time will be required to
learn the duration of its effectiveness. But if the
vaccine is licensed by the government, parents
can reasonably assume that no harm can result
from its use . . . and there is every indication
that much good will result.
Cost of the mass vaccination program this
Spring is being paid by the National Foundation
. . . with money donated by generous Americans
to the Polio fund. First and second graders will
receive it free. It is also expected that the vaccine
will be placed on sale, through regular channels,
so that children of other ages may receive it
through their physicians if their parents want
them to have it.
A meeting of all parents concerned will be
held at the high school auditorium next Thurs
day night (March 24) at which the entire pro
gram will be explained in detail. All parents of
first and second graders will receive notice of
the meeting ... all should make it a point to
attend.
But remember . . . the vaccination program
is free, and it is voluntary. If your child re-
ceives the vaccine, it is up to you.
• • •
Higher Wages May . . .
. . . Mean Less Employment
(From the Industrial News Review)
Various proposals have been made for increas-
ing the federal minimum wage. That of the Ad-
ministration would raise the minimum from the
present 75-cent-an-hour level to 90 cents. An-
other would boost it to $1.25. And, along with
this, a drive is on to extend the wage to certain
kinds of enterprises, of which retailing is one,
which are now exempt.
These may seem like reasonable and humani-
tarian plans—on first glance. But there are ser
ious dangers involved, affecting consumers, busi-
ness, and workers themselves. To take an exam-
ple, if the wage were raised to 90 cents, which is
the lowest figure proposed, the cost to major
retail operations might be increased by as much
as six cents for each dollar of sales. That is more
than the entire net profit earned by most re-
tailers.
How could this new and artificially-applied
expense be handled? Some of it, no doubt, would
be passed on to the consumer in the form of
higher prices. But retail competition is exceed-
ingly stiff today, and so it is inevitable that
every effort would be made to effect operating
economies — such as more self-service — which
would reduce the employment rolls. So, many
marginal workers, instead of receiving a new
and higher minimum, would have no jobs and
would receive no wage at all. And they wouldn't
be able to obtain the sklils and experience ne-
cessary to qualify them for better-paid tasks.
Thus, these wage proposals threaten higher
prices, decreased employment, or both. Nobody
really benefits when that happens.
* *
Waiting for a lucky break wouldn't be a bad
policy if pay days weren't so uncertain.
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Education means developing the mind, not
stuffing the memory.
Shop Early for Excuses
STRICTLY FRESH
XpIVE times as many voters
turned out in Freeport, 111.,
to approve a golf-course bond
issue as voted in a city primary
three weeks earlier. Guess who's
to blame if their city government
fails to suit them to a "tee?"
• • •
Some Republican women in
the nation's capital say that.their
menfolk "spend too much time
arguing about recipes and too
little time cooking," in referring
to the solons legislative activities
If the boys ever And out whose
wives made this highly anony-
mous statement, several gals'
geese will be cooked.
• * •
Ad writer who concocted the
fable that it's easy to paint your
living room in Just a few hours
ipevar tried it on a mild spring
afternoon.
Congratulations are in order
this week for Johnny Glenn,
the Panhandle's Spelling
Champion. Our congratulations
are even heartier, as a matter
of fact after glancing over a
sample list of the words which
the Spelling Bee entrants were
required to master!
♦ ♦ *
The English language is a
wonderfully flexible one and has
many features to recommend it
. . . but the spelling of its words
isn't one pf them. As the years
have broadened our acquaint-
ance with the language, our re-
spect has grown by leaps and
bounds for those rare creatures
who can spell any word at will
without recourse to Webster.
In our early school days, we
were taught phonetic spelling
(or "phonics," as it was called
then and may be still), and
we've been forever grateful for
it. But there are some words
"In the English language which
absolutely defy phonetic spell-
ing.
* * *
Who could guess from hearing
them pronounced, for example,
that words like "through" and
"enough" and "cough" would all
three end in exactly the same
combination of letters?
* *
The rules of English spell-
ing . . . like the rules of Eng-
lish grammar . . . are most
notable for their exceptions.'
But isn't it wonderful to be
able to speak and read and
write a language like this!
* * *
And isn't it even more won-
derful to be able to spell it- We
know lots of two-year-olds who
have learned to speak it, plenty
of six-year-olds who have learn-
ed to write it, and dozens of for
ty-year-olds who still haven't
learned to spell it! Hats off to
Johnny Glenn who has mastered
the science at the tender age of
13!
* * *
Last year in this column we
quoted a tongue-in-cheek re-
port from Harold Hudson of
Perryton to the effect that
Kansas farmers were scatter-
ing old auto tires around their
fields to keep the dust from
blowing. Editor Hudson didn't
believe it, and we had our
doubts, but . . .
. . . here's the proof. This pic-
ture turned up Monday in a
syndicated feature service
which we buy from the Na-
tional Editorial Association at
Cleveland, Ohio, and according
to the caption, was made on a
farm near Englewood, Kansas,
where the tires had been
"planted" to keep soil from
blowing.
* • •
All we can say now is that we
hope these tires are really blow-
out proof . . , and that the man-
ufacturer's guarantee holds good.
But if a rash of flying saucer
reports break out now when
those Kansas dust storms start
moving our way this Spring,
we're going to have a strong
suspicion that the "saucers"
were made in Akron.
* * *
We see by the papers where
some enterprising Chicago
packers are selling french-
fried grasshoppers as a rare
delicacy on the Eastern mar-
ket. Now here la cm Industry
that's made to order for West
Texas.
• • •
If New Englanders are really
m
[on
Palm Sunday Foreshadows
Easter Glory
Palm Sunday, with its cele-
bration of Jesus' triumphal en-
try into Jerusalem, its picture of
the people thronged along Jesus'
way, shouting their hosannas, is
followed in our church calendar
by Easter Sunday, again a day
of rejoicing; this time in the
Resurrection. The tragedy of the
betrayal and the Cross falls in
the days between. Glory and
tragedy; doubt, suffering and
sadness; then triumph and glory
again. All this in the space of
one short week.
With the triumph of Jesus in
His Resurrection, the events of
this week are the most import-
ant in all the history and re-
ligious life of man.
The supreme importance of
these events is as fact. Yet they
also symbolize something that
has continuously been in the
history of mankind, and is par-
ticularly emphasized at the pres-
ent time. Incredible as such a
contrast seems in the few days
between the hosannas of enthus-
iasm and the acts of violence, it
is the way in which glory and
tragedy have so often been in-
termingled in the affairs of men,
but always lacking the complete
fulfillment of the Resurrection.
One thinks of the great Cru-
sades, with their pomp and zeal;
the rallying of kings, the band-
ing together of children.
Yet they were quickly followed
by jealousies, betrayals, the sac-
rifice of the children and the
tragedy of defeat. These episodes
contained the tragedy we find
between Palm Sunday and Cal-
vary's Friday—without the glory
of the Resurrection.
Our hope and dream is that
there will be, for mankind, a
final Resurrection beyond all the
glory and tragedy of the world;
our faith is that from the palms
and the Cross will come a Res-
urrection of triumphant glory,
transcending all things earthly.
Give and Redeem
CANADIAN PRIDE STAMPS
Canadian Laundry &
Dry Cleaners
The Canadian Record
City Drug
The Fair
Jerry's Magnolia Service
Station
Norman Magill Furniture Co.
Miller Food Market
Modern Lumber Company
Monarch Cleaners
Nolen Hardware
Reid Chevrolet Co.
Tipps Electric
Yoakley's Jewelry
When you buy insurance e • •
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• • • buy from an agent
• • e
shelling out good money for fried
grasshoppers from Chicago, they
ought to pay a premium for the
Texas variety. We could ship
'em whole in a "family-size"
package, or carve 'em up into
individual portions for the deli-
catessen trade . . . maybe pack-1
ing the drumsticks separately, i
♦ *
Some of our enterprising
grashopper ranchers ought to
rent some helicopters this sum-
mer and drive a few herds
north. They could save trans-
portation costs that way, and
let the little beasties fatten up
on Iowa corn en route.
... who is not only experienced, but who
keeps up with every change in the insur-
ance business to try to save you money or
give you added protection.
This agency believes in knowing everything that goes
on in the insurance business. When rates are lowered,
we tell you at once. When protection is Increased,
we tell you at once. We never did—and never will
—believe in "sell 'em and forget "em."
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MALOUF ABRAHAM
PHONE 47
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in Sales!
e Ford tales to customer during 1954
outnumbered those of ony other moke by
thousands . . . according to net registration
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Net registrations are registrations made in
Ihe names of actual car buyers.
The people have put FORD FIRST in sales' because ...
FORD is first in modern beauty. Ford
now offers 16 beautiful new '55 models,
styled to mirror the beauty of the Thun-
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has won the nation's warmest favor.
FORD is first in V-8 power. For '55, Ford
offers two brilliant Ford V-8 engines: the
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Come in and Test Drive a beautiful new '55 FORD
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Ezzell, Ben. The Canadian Record (Canadian, Tex.), Vol. 66, No. 11, Ed. 1 Thursday, March 17, 1955, newspaper, March 17, 1955; Canadian, Texas. (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth183742/m1/2/?q=%22~1%22~1: accessed July 16, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu.; crediting Hemphill County Library.