Armstrong-Westmoreland County PA Archives Obituaries.....BEATTY, Pearl Estella September 22, 1937
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Vandergrift News, Sep 22., 1937
"GIRL, 19, DIES OF PARALYSIS, DAYTON CLOSES ALL SCHOOLS Public Meetings
Banned; Victim is Relative of Valley Residents SERVICES PRIVATE The
infantile paralysis death of Pearl Beatty, aged 19, today had closed Dayton
schools and churches and produced a ban on all public meetings.
Miss Beatty, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. S. M. Beatty, contracted the
disease slightly more than a week ago. She weakened rapidly and this week
became Armstrong county's first victim of the disease.
Private funeral services were held a few hours after her death, in the
yard of the Beatty home, with the Rev. G. W. McIntyre officiating. Only adult
members of the family were permitted to attend the services and burial in
Glade Run cemetery, Dayton.
C. Nicely Hammer, Dayton high school principal, immediately ordered all
public schools closed for a week, or longer if the board of health desires.
Young people under 18 years of age are to be kept from the streets during the
week-long shutdown.
No other cases of infantile paralysis have struck Dayton or other
sections of Armstrong county, but members of Miss Beatty's family and two
homes of relatives have been quarantined.
Surviving Miss Beatty are her parents; twin brothers, Oscar Beatty of
Vandergrift and Roscoe of Mansfield, Ohio; one sister Mrs. Ralph Houser of
Knox, and three brothers, Dale Beatty of Oklahoma [ a section of Vandergrift,
Pa.], Dwight Beatty of Apollo and Clair Beatty of Mansfield, Ohio."
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Obituary, newspaper unknown: "Miss Pearl Beatty, a daughter of Mr. and Mrs.
S. M. Beatty, was stricken last Thursday with Infantile Paralysis and passed
away on Sunday evening about 5 o'clock. Miss Beatty had been a visitor in
Vandergrift and had come home on September 9 to attend the Fair in Dayton.
She complained of not feeling well on Thursday but the following Thursday her
case was diagnosed as Paralysis. Miss Beatty was a graduate of D.V.S in the
class of 1937. She was a good Christian girl and our hearts go out to her
parents. Interment was made in Glade Run Cemetery on Monday with short
services at the grave."
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Article in unknown newspaper: "QUARANTINE NEAR END IN DAYTON, PA.
Infantile Paralysis Held To Two Cases. Two cases of infantile paralysis,
one fatal, in Dayton, Armstrong County, Pa., and vicinity recently resulted in
a general quarantine as a precaution against a possible epidemic of the
disease. Barring further appearance of the malady, the quarantine, which was
ordered September 13, will be lifted tomorrow night, according to S. P.
Butler, secretary of the Dayton board of health.
A 19-year-old Dayton girl was stricken with infantile paralysis and died in
her home last Sunday while officials sought an 'iron lung' to aid her
breathing. A school teacher at nearby Hawthorn is now fighting the disease in
a Punxsutawney hospital.
The quarantine closed schools, churches, theaters, and prohibited all public
gatherings, while confining children to their homes."
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Article in unknown newspaper: DAYTON SCHOOLS REOPEN TODAY Dayton school
children entered class rooms this morning for the first time in ten days,
resulting of passing of the infantile paralysis scare.
The school was closed all day Friday, the 17th, in observance of Constitution
Day, and in view of the fatal illness of a high school graduate there, was
closed all last week.
Church services, which had been banned under quarantine the previous week,
resumed yesterday morning."
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"One less at home! The charmed circle broken - a dear face Missed day by day
from its usual place, But cleansed, saved, perfected by grace, One more in
Heaven! One less on earth! It's pain, it's sorrow and it's toil to share,
One less the pilgrim's daily cross to bear, One more the crown of the blest to
wear, At home in Heaven.
Whereas, it has pleased Almighty God to remove from our midst our beloved
sister, Pearl Beatty, who was Secretary of our Guild and who companionship
will be missed by our members; therefore, be it Resolved, That we the members
of the Circle of the Westminster Guild, bow in humble submission to the will
of God Who knoweth and doeth all things well, and extend to the bereaved
parents and family our heartfelt sympathy, And be it further Resolved, That we
send these resolutions to the bereaved parents and family and publish them in
the Rural Valley Advance. President - Arlene Mulberger Vice-
President - Frank Good Treasurer - Mildred Beers"
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