Polio Pioneer

When our first child started to school, he had to ride a bus and go into regular Shawnee and attend Flint School, which is now a museum for children. He had to teach us how to be parents. Kansas was having an experiment with Polio vaccine. They asked the parents at Flint School if we would allow our kindergarten children to try out their new vaccine. We attended meetings and decided our student could participate. I went to help. They had huge needles I thought. When the vaccine was available our family would be eligible to receive the vaccine thanks to Steve. Some children got the vaccine and some got just a shot. It proved successful. Later we got a letter to say it worked and if we would go to Shawnee Mission East on a Sunday the whole family including Steve would be vaccinated. After church on the date they gave us we went to the high school and got our shots. Steve got a little pin saying he was a polio pioneer, which I gave him for his 40th birthday. I'm surprised I found it.