Volume 11 , Issue 10

1935 - Scarlet Fever At Alva Bans Crowds

This next old 1935 news article appeared in The Oklahoman, dated January 4, 1935, page 1, with headlines reading: "Scarlet Fever At Alva Bans Crowds."

Alva, Jan. 3, 1935 -- AP -- "A ban upon all public gatherings in Alva was ordered Thursday because of many cases of scarlet fever. More than 100 cases, none fatal as yet, have been reported.

"Northwestern State Teachers' college, all public schools, churches, theaters and recreation centers were ordered closed until Dr. O. E. Templin, Woods County health officer, decides the danger is past. Dr. G. N. Bilby, state health commissioner, arrived here Thursday from Oklahoma City."
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