ALAN HALL and ERIKA GRUBBS
POLIO IMMUNIZATION AT MINGO JUNCTION Pictured are the first of 502 Mingo Junction boys and girls who received their first polio immunization shots Feb. 28, 1957, during a special clinic at the school administration office. Diana Caranda receives her shot from Dr. J.W. Albaugh, rear left. Mary Ann Anderson received her shot from Dr. Fred H. Birney, lower right. Assisting the doctors were, from left, Mrs. Eleanor Smith; registered nurses Mrs. Thomas Banbridge, Mrs. Emory V. Hendon and Miss Bertha Kendrach; and Mrs. John West, with her back to the camera. Also assisting were Drs. J.P. Cava and Paul Ruksha; registered nurses Mrs. Joseph Connors and Miss Marian Sinclair; and Mrs. Gale McGee, Mrs. Trevor Jones, Mrs. William Wilson, Mrs. William Morris, Mrs. Merrill M. Dennis, Mrs. Willian McGough, Mrs. Earl Knight and Mrs. William Dawson. The clinic was planned and directed by Miss Martha E. Rex, the Mingo school nurse. (Contributed photo)