Polio

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Polio

Grinnell Stories blog by Dan Kaiser
PRIMARY TOPIC
Polio
OTHER SUBJECTS or BRIEF SUMMARY
Pandemics

Post title: Another Time When Polio Came to Grinnell

Date published: May 8, 2020

Link to blog post: https://grinnellstories.blogspot.com/2020/05/another-time-when-polio-came-to-grinnell.html

Drake Library Archive Digital File Name: Grinnell Stories/2020-05-08 Another Time Polio Came to Grinnell

Summary: Grinnell’s polio outbreak in 1940 led to the deaths of two children--David Peck and Raffety Greenwald--and three other cases--Ruth Jean Liggett, Jack Knowles, and Richard Evans. Kaiser details the lives of all five individuals and the reaction of the town and wider community.

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Cranny, Timothy T.
Dresser, Debby
Evans, Richard
Evans, Russell P.
Evans, William
Greenwald, Lois Raffety
Greenwald, Raffety
Greenwald, Ruth
Greenwald, Stan
Greenwald, William G.
Hawk, Rupert
Knowles, Edwin
Knowles, Elmer
Knowles, Evelyn
Knowles, Faith
Knowles, John (Jack)
Knowles, Lois
Knowles, Lulu
Knowles, Marian
Knowles, Norma
Knowles, Paul
Knowles, Richard
Liggett, Ruth Jean
Liggit, Alma Stancell
Liggit, Marlene Jo
Liggit, Ted
Newcomer, Imogene
Parish, John
Parish, Ora Frank
Peck, David Ellis
Peck, David Hanley
Peck, Kathleen
Peck, Laura Jenkins
Peck, Mary Jane
Peck, Ruth
Raffety, LaVerne
Seagraves, Joe

See also 3.4 - Grinnell - History - Epidemics