From the desk of The Colonel: Current events recall Polio epidemic

Richard Heyman

When I was a young lad in the mid-1930s the national and the rest of the civilized world was involved in several occurrences that affected us all. One was the “Great Depression,” this had started in October of 1929 and we hadn’t recovered from that when in our area we had the “Dust Bowl.” 

Tremendous winds stirred up huge clouds of dust, sand and soil. It was so bad at times you couldn’t…