With the coming of October 1959, it appeared the Jersey Shore’s battle with sleeping sickness was about over. The Associated Press reported from Trenton on the first, saying, “No new suspected cases of the deadly Eastern equine encephalitis have been reported in the last 24 hours, the State Health Department announced today.
“Dr. Roscoe P. Kandle, state health commissioner, also said the department has no report of a case where the symptoms became apparent after September 27.”
The Tuckerton Beacon announced the war was now against mosquitoes, and everyone should follow the example of Stafford…
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