From the July 12, 1962 edition of The Wayne Herald
Nearly 6,000 help stamp out polio in Wayne County
Nearly 6,000 residents of Wayne and surrounding counties received Sabin polio vaccine Sunday.
The Kiwanis sponsored mass inoculation was the first of three such events scheduled. Types III and II vaccine will be administered Sept. 9 and Oct. 14 again at the Wayne Elementary School.
Kiwanian Cal Comstock, chairman of the SOS project, said Monday that the event could not have been run more smoothly.
"It would be impossible to name everyone concerned with the success," Constock said. "The auto traffic outside was handled by the Wayne Explorer Scouts with the cooperation of the Wayne police department and went off without a hitch. Inside the building, the girl Scouts directed traffic. Wayne's hospital auxiliary handled registrations and assisted in many other ways. The organization ran so smoothly that we handled 1,000 people in the first 40 minutes. All in all, we feel this first inoculation was a huge success."
