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Portland Obeerver, February 16, 1963 Page 6 James Warren addresses NAACP Tubman Middle School staff honored Bea An- daraon. a Tubman taachar, with a lunchaon: Joel Kimble. Annetta, Barnes, Kan Krause. Mra. Anderson. Principal Harman Washington. Bob Fisher. Mra. Anderson Is the recipient of Portland Association of Teachers' Georgs Wlnagar Award for Human Relations. (Photo: Richard Brown) Hazel O. Hays, President o f the Portland Branch o f the N A A C P announces that the guest speaker at the next meeting o f the Portland N A A P will be the Honorable James Warren, Chief of the Office of Con tract Compliance o f the U .S . D e partment o f Labor, Washington, DC. The Branch meeting will be held Sunday, February 20, at 4 p.m ., at the First A .M .E . Zion Church, ,09 North Skidmore. Mr Warren is very familiar with the Northwest area according to Mrs. Hays, as he was former Direc tor of Contract Compliance for the Regional Office of the Department o f Labor. Seattle, Region X . M r. Warren has many acquaintances in Portland. N A A C P meetings, which have been held on the third Thurs day o f the month for over thirty years. Hays points out, are always open to the public. The choice of speaker is in line with the NAACP's long-held interest in Labor and In dustry. 25%.,. all New & Used Vacuum Cleaners EUREKA ELECTRIC CO. 140 N .E. B ro a d w a y « 287*9420 Transit administrator speaks The nation's number one federal mass transit administrator, Arthur E. Teele, Jr., is scheduled to address a national-level conference on L a bor Relations and Transit at the H il ton H otel, Portland, on Tuesday, Feb. 22, 1983. at 12 noon. Teele, Administrator of the U.S. Department of Transportation's U r ban Mass Transportation Adminis tration (U M T A ) and himself a labor lawyer, will discuss current national trends in transit labor relations, and the Reagan administration's initia tives to improve labor-management negotiations in the transit industry. " L a b o r is on the fron t lin e ,” Teele noted recently, "and we must look to labor for leadership in our quest to define transit productivity, and to effect the changes necessary to improve it.” ARTHUR TEELE. JR. Teele's address is part of a special two-day conference being presented Feb. 22-23 as the first major o ffe r ing o f Portland State Unviersity's new Transit Research and Mange- ment Development Center, which is funded by an U M T A grant. The PSU transit labor conference also will deal with the changing legal and procedural aspects o f arbitra tion, as well as with contract prepar ation, negotiating, grievance proce dures and related subjects. A number of knowledgeable West Coast arbitrators and labor a tto r neys also will lead a series of work shop sessions on these topics. PSU is one o f eight universities recently selected by U M T A as sites for new Centers for Transit Re search and Management Develop ment. Organizations cooperating Io pre sent the PSU conference are: T ri- M et, P ortland: Seattle M etro; Pierce County T ra n s it, Tacom a. Wash.; the University o f Oregon’s Labor Education and Research Center; the Federal Mediation and C onciliation Service (F M C S ); the Amalgamated Transit Union D ivi sion 757, Portland; and the Wash ington State Transit Association. Mid-east teach-in peace focus Prospect for peace in the Middle East will be a subject discussed in M id-East For Beginners: A Teach- In on Israel and Palestine, to be held this Saturday, Feb. 19th. The teach-in will consist of an af ternoon o f presentations, w o rk shops and discussions focusing on the background behind the people and conflict in the region. The event will run from 1 to $ p.m. at Koino- nia House, 633 S.W . Montgomery St., on the Portland State University campus, followed by a showing of the film , We Are A ll Aral) Jews in Israel, at 7 p .m . in Room 53, Cram er H a ll, P .S .U . There is a charge for the teach-in (sliding scale) and film ($2). The United States plays an in fluen tial role in the A rab -Israeli conflict, yet the information avail able to Americans is usually biased a n d /o r incomplete. The teach-in w ill o ffe r the basic in fo rm atio n needed to understand the situation o f the Palestinians, the Palestine Liberation Organization, Zionism and the State of Israel, the occupa tion o f the West Bank, and Lebanon. Speakers and workshop leaders with divergent points of view will lead discussions on the issues, possibilities for peaceful resolution, and what can be done. The emphasis will be on dialogue, mu tual understanding, and a search for peace. The event is being sponsored by New Jewish Agenda, Democratic Socialists o f A m erica, and the P.S.U. Peace Research Group. New Jewish Agenda is a national organization of Jews from various religious and secular backgrounds committed to fostering a progressive voice in the Jewish C om m unity. Democratic Socialists of America is concerned with bringing economic democracy, fem inism , and equal rights into the American scene. The Peace Research Group is a student organization at P.S.U. The teach-in is the first collaboration for the groups. For more information call 249-1957 or 236-5853. FIRST VISIT TOTHE DENTIST Y Joey Johnson and Heidi Koerfer appear In Antigone. U. of P. stages Antigone A 1940s version o f Sophocles' classic play Antigone will be staged at the University of Portland Mago Hunt Center theater Feb. 25-27 and March 4-6, at # p.m. Antigone is a resistance play, says director Tom Lasswell. It deals with the abstract conflict between ‘divine’ law and man-made law and the tragic consequences that result from stubbornness and an unyield ing spirit. " It is one of the plays that Ghandi said motivated h im ," Lass- well added. This adaptation was written in oc- cupied France during World War II. The university’ s production w ill change the setting to Latin America. A dictatorship that uses terrorism is the central focus. O rig in al refer ences to a king w ill be changed to ruler, dictator or leader, Lasswell said. Heid Koerfer o f Fairbanks, Alas ka, plays the lead of Antigone. Joey Johnson of Portland, is the dicta tor, Creon. Tickets are $3 general admission; S2 students and senior citizens. Call the box office, 283-7287, for tickets and reservations. visit to the dentist's office can determine life long attitudes toward dental care. The American Dental Association advises parents to arrange an appointment with the family dentisi around the child's second birthday, even before all the primary (baby) teeth have come in. This early visit is an important one; it will introduce your child to the dentist and may allow detection ol dental problems at an early stage, when they are easier to manage and less coally to treat It's a sad fact, but studies show that between IK and «4 percent of all Is o year olds have one or more decayed teeth If your child first meets the dentist under emergence conditions, with an injured tooth or toothache, that initial pam assixiated visit may instill fearful altitudes that last a lifetime And if parents themselves arc anxious aboul denial treatment, they should conceal this Irom (he child, the A D A advises. They should try to avoid statements that imply the visit may be unpleasant, such as " It won’t h u rl." Children lake their behavioral cues Irom these verbal hints. Besides introducing you child to the dental office, the first visit will he an educational one. The dental staff will teach your child proper brushing techniques and will stress the good oral habits that can prevent most denial disease leading Io pain or tooth loss Children should hase regular checkups, usually every sis months Your dentist may recommend more frequent visits, depending on the condition o f your child's teeth, effectiveness or home hygiene and diet Hut the best way to encourage children to optimum oral health is through the parents' example By taking care of your own teeth, you can help your children establish good dental habile Everyone adults and children alike should follow the rules for good dental care • Brush and floss at least once a day; • l imit sweet snacks; • Use fluorides to strengthen tooth enamel against decay. • Visit a dentist regularly Dinner benefits Venceremos Brigade A Caribbean dinner at M t. Olivet Church on Saturday, February 26th, will benefit the civil rights case of Lucien Loisean and the Vencere mos Brigade. Loisean is charging the State De partment of Human Resources with discrimination. He has been attempt ing since 1976 to achieve a promo tion in the Albina office, where only one black person has served as a supervisor. Loisean needs both mor al and financial support for his case. The dinner w ill also benefit the Venceremos Brigade which will send 200 U.S. citizens to Cuba this spring to live and work with Cuban people and build a hospital. Since the Cuban Revolution the Venceremos Brigade has broken the travel bar riers to learn about the accomplish ments of the Cuban Revolution and to offer friendship. The dinner w ill be held from 11:30 a m. to 2:30 p.m. at 116 N.E. Schuyler and is sponsored by the M iria m C ircle o f the M t. O livet Church. In addition to the dinner there will be a speaker, slide show and music. Donation is S3.50. O U R C H IL D 'S first George Washington's toothaches Dentist in the Old West S«H only d>J (icsHgr Wach.ngton h«cr to light the Resolui*-*nary W at with a halt stars««! bu< he had to put up with toothachre as well O u tin g a am paign at ( am p MisJcJkhnvok N ew let yes be had »us h a p ain fu l ab . css that a Io« al Mask smith bad in forge a pair o l pfeer» and remove the to m b ««using ibe ttoubtr I bat wasn't the tost time W achington had needed a to«Hb removed I torn about <be age ol 21, be k n t about one l«»orh ea*h seat M r must ha«e found his dental problems embarrassing •ecause he never dtv*u«ved them directly m hrs letters, even when an tin g bis dentist When he n ee d ed dental treatment he u sualls ms .ted tbe dentist in spend the weekend at Mivunt Vernon. b n bssme th e next M -mdev he t r .o r d e d h i »a mush he had paid tbe dentist m htv «•counts book and made a note m hi« dtars Home all das alone W ashington « last tnoth * a * »em«ssed «bisrtls before he became President Mi« dentist lb i »bn Greenwood had tbr« totwh placed m a gok! c a«e a h u h he wore on bis watch ..bam tbe text of bis life as a sign of re»pe« t for W «shmgtim Because W ash in g to n was a w c jltb c man as w ell as a toothless o n e, h r got the best dentures mones could bus But in u iin m g l A m erica even the best dentures weren't very • •wsd T n o id bis upper dentures and four of bis k»wer dentures ha»e survived ( omrgry to f be men a h ., went to < a lifo rm a in the (o d d Ruch of l«4M d>dn t spend time w orrying ab<»ui then teeth fives went about their business un til they had a tosuhache and then had someone take <be laoth out I hat »omeone couk! b< a blacksmith « barber a druggist a doctor or t the miner were lucks a traveling dentist I ew tow n« m the ( Hd W es ' had enough pal cents that a dentist , <>uU stay put all year Most dentists set up a home o ffice m irne o f the larger «om m untiies and traveled to those who reded ’ h r" «rcicec kef ore ants .ng in a strange tow n the ' umbleweetl or «agebrush demist a.cwk! advertise m the i«»wn new «paper or ha«e handbills put up. announcing his arri sal W ben he got to town tbe dent.st u«waits rented tw o rooms m a hotel one for an office and another for «keeping and started work I f be planned >o stay around kmg. be might go to the Rival barber »hop and rent a chan that couk! be tilted backward so that be could see in side the patient « m outh more easily O ffn e hour« were arranged to vutt the patients During the < H«td Rush dentists worked e»enmg» by the light of kerosene lamp«, when looking for gi«td was impossible Traveling dentists earned fheir supplie» along with them in a saddle bag or suite ate be ■ ause getting supplies by rail was slow and un certain A m ong his possessions the early d em ist cern es’ forceps and other d en tal in stru m en ts fo r « «tractio n s, d en tal allo y and mercury for lilting«, and plaster of pan« hard rubber and artificial teeth for bndgework Around the turn o f the century cune demist« equipped buck board« with foot powered den tai engine« lathes and other devices so that they could proswde a wider « artery o f services The gobi needed for «towns and budges could safely he left out o f the dentist's saddle bag f •»« and <en dollar gok! pieces were reasonably pure and always a*ailab(e. so pieni» o f them were hammered in to bndgework on a blacksmith s anvil Also, to show o ff then stKcess. miners sometimes asked ihe dentists to fashion gold nuggets they ’d found im o (to w n s fo r iberr teeth, whether they needed c towns «*« mu I ife wasn t easy in frontier das« not for demists and not fur their pa nenie I f you ve ever wished you lived back then -magme that you ve got a «wollen jaw and are silttng in a bar ber « chair, having a tooth taken out with whiskey your only anesthetic And be glad that you live in IBB 1 a t m * short on bullets and htwtts '•dkkvee W ashington s denture base« wete not made of wood I not even fro m the mythical terry tree!, but o f le ad gold, and ivory I be teeth were carved from ivory or were taken font hippopotamuses .a ttle and people perhaps a few fro m W asbm gton him self Al ’•«»ugh these dentures mas have looked good when be (test got them , they probably dtdn i ■ok good for long Some o f these materials are oam ed easily by tea. coffee and port wine all of which be enfnsed Although he went to tbe best dentists of bis day. W ashington never got a set of dentures hot fit well > ears ago dentures were mask by trial and erriw Dentist« did not have tbe ma ertafs to make accurate impressions of their pat<ents gum ridge« or gta«d casting technique-« •<W fashioning the dentures tbemcetse« To make matters worse. * ashmgton bad a dtffiswJi mouth to fit Those who hg*e studied ■»is dentures say that his gum ridges got «mailer and smaller through the years Thai is why Jem is ltd today think be must b a *r suffered from periodontal or gum disease whtxh pro Juses bone loss V» this February, when yotg see a picture of am first President looking solemn and dull, his hps d am p ed to g e th e r ha*e sympathy Remember that bis m outh hurt Poor («eoege W ashmgton Me left everyime with a good impression escept his dentist I Ftbrutry w National Chtfdran • Dental Health M onth D d a maaawpe ta brosrpbt m you by tbw A m a rta m Owntaf AnawaM aev Msdyrvoosoft Couory Owrssnt tortwey and ewur »went Dwrotese bukww Dr. Edward E. Ward D M D Id e n t lo l Open M on Sat Parking iK k r a vakdalad 610 S . W Aider 228-3009 Dr. Booker T. Lewis, D D .S IDantwti Open! M on X unable to keep appoeitmant kindly give 24 hr notice Dr. Samuel J. Brown, Fri. 0 0 S (Dentimi Open Mon -Fri. 3 4 N .E . KiMingeworth 2 209 N E Killingew orth 281 3010 282 7543
