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.
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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
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