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AURORA
By
Fred
Schmits
Community
Correspondent
[email protected]
HI NEIGHBORS!!!
The satisfaction of writing
this article each month comes
from the research and discus-
sions about Aurora and its resi-
dents. The first item this month
is a “pathway” in Aurora, and
the second is a Aurora resident
who is a “Pathfinder.”
Many of our residents drive
in different cities and towns.
They come upon a “round-
about” in their travels and are
sometimes bewildered by the
necessary navigation for such
a circular intersection. Well,
now such a “pathway” has
been placed in Aurora! The
Christmas tree at the inter-
section of Second and Main
Streets can be considered a
“roundabout” of our own. We
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take second to no one!
Our resident “Pathfinder” is
scientist David Huxsoll who
found a new path of knowl-
edge about disease.
After graduating from
Aurora High School in 1954,
David attended Purdue Uni-
versity to study medicine and
animals. However, since the
state of Indiana did not have
a school with a veterinary
science curriculum at that
time, he transferred to the
University of Illinois. After a
short time in private practice,
Dr. Huxsoll joined the Army
in 1961. He was a busy man
but not too busy to marry
Beverly Baker of Aurora.
Together they have a son and
a daughter. Many readers may
know that Mrs. Huxsoll’s
family had the Baker grocery
in the Cochran area of Aurora.
David and Beverly are proud
of their five grandchildren.
But I digress. Following ba-
sic training, Dr. Huxsoll was
assigned to Walter Reed Hos-
pital in Virginia. His principal
responsibility was researching
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diseases affecting dogs who
were an important aid to men
in the army; they served as
sentries, sniffing out explo-
sives in and around buildings
and roads, tracking, and being
close companions to the men.
The animals would get sick
for unknown reasons, often
with fatal results.
Dr. Huxsoll discovered the
cause for the dogs’ illnesses
was called “rickettsia.” The
carriers of the disease are
ticks. He has published many
articles about this in the
American Veterinarian Asso-
ciation Journal. He stated that
the way to treat the disease is
to completely submerge the
animal in a solution to protect
the skin against tick infesta-
tion.
Dr. Huxsoll is very proud
of discovering EHRLICHIA
CANNIS as the causation
agent of canine diseases af-
fecting most breeds of dogs
but especially German Shep-
herds. This breed was very
useful in the Army.
Dr. Huxsoll and Beverly
returned to Dearborn County
and have a small farm where
they raise animals and contin-
ue to study diseases affecting
animals.
Let me hear from you.
MANCHESTER
By
Leona
Houchens
Community
Correspondent
[email protected]
A new year offers to all the
opportunity to imagine what
we would like to see in the fu-
ture. I asked some of Manches-
ter’s young citizens what they
would like to see happen in
2018. Second, third, and fourth
graders shared these thoughts.
Fourth graders Tyeler and
Nathan would like to see,
“Manchester Township get a
post office.” Several fourth
graders would like to be world
travelers. McKenzie would like
to see the Eiffel Tower; Jessica
would like to see the Northern
lights; Mia would like to see
China’s food; and Kamden
would like to see Vietnam’s
president. Rozalee would like
to go to Bluebell, Alabama
after seeing the Netflix series,
“Hart of Dixie.” I don’t have
the heart to tell her that “Blue-
bell” is a fictional place.
Many third graders are con-
scientious humanitarians. Zach
said he would like to see less
homeless people