An attack of poliomylitis;or as it is more familiarly known;infantile paralysis;proved fatal to Odessa Elaine Zollars;eight year old daughter of Mr.and Mrs.Fred Zollars;of Belle Vernon;R.D.1;who succumbed in the Children’s Hospital;Pittsburgh;last night September 15;1937 at 5:30 o’clock. Harold R.Toner;Belle Vernon mortician;was called at once and was permitted to arrange the body for burial at the hospital. The casket was immediately sealed and arrangements made for a private burial. Short funeral services were held at the Belle Vernon Cemetery this morning;Thursday;September 16;1937;in charge of Rev.Edwin G.Sloan;pastor of the First Presbyterian Church of Belle Vernon;who read the service. Funeral was strictly private;no one but the immeduiate family being present. The young girl was taken to the hospital seven days ago;stricken with the dread disease. She was the first patient to receive artificial respiration in Pittsburgh’s second iron lung and was given an even chance for recovery. But death claimed her shortly after pneumonia set in. Elaine who passed her eighth birthday on August 24th last was in the second grade of the LaGrange school in Rostraver township. Besides her parents;she is survived by three sisters;Hilda;Vera and Lois;and one brother;Harry. The county health officer of Westmoreland County;who resides at Mt.Pleasant;has been notified of the death and will make an immediate investigation. It is reported that three additional cases have been recieved at the Children’s Hospital;each of the children being between the ages of seven and nine.