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THURSDAY. OCTOBER 21. 1954 CENTRAL POINT AMERICAN. CENTRAL POINT. OREGON Teeth of Local School Children Said 'Seriously Defective and Neglected' Teeth of school children in Jackson and Josephine counties are defective to a serious degree and are being gravely neglected, a survey completed by the Un iversity of Oregon Dental school reveals. Almost half of the teeth of native bom and reared young sters ages 14 to 16 are decayed, filled or missing—and nearly half of these defective teeth have not received dental care. Dean Harold J. Noyes of the state school reported this week. Two County Check Checkups in 10 Jackson and three Josephine communities last spring found tooth decay was slightly worse in Josephine than in Jackson. The latters average for the 285 pupils examined was 13.4 defective teeth each, includ ing 7.7 filled, 0.9 missing and 5.6 with open caries. Results were not announced by schools or districts. Real purpose of the suivey was to determine if southern Oregon is much different from the parts of the state in rate of tooth decay, and to explore causes if variations were found. Little Different Field work and analyses by Dr. D. M. Hadjimarkos, assist ant professor of public health at the dental school in Portland, re vealed this area’s conditions, serious as they are, were little different from those found earl ier in coast and Williamette Val ley counties. Josephine’s rate of defective teeth was the same as in Clatsop county, and Jackson’s was slight ly higher than in Benton. Sunny and high-altitude Klamath and Deschutes showed best conditio ns noted thus far, with 9 and 11.3 defective teeth per child, respectively. “The southern Oregon survey furnishes new data on the mag nitude of the dental decay prob lem in this state, and the dis parity between needs and serv ices actutally received,” Dr. Had jimarkos remarked. Sunshine and Altitude “Sunshine together with alti tude seems to favor development of sound teeth,” he said. “The Rogue river valley has more sunny days that the Coast and Willamette counties, but a haze contributed to by its many saw mills may reduce ultraviolet rad iation from the sun.” Previous studies also sugest- ed the trace element selenium may be a villian in making teeth more sucepitible to decay, after less of it was found in Klamath than in Clatsop. Amounts of selenium will be checked in southern Oregon soon, he said. No Fluorides Public water supplies in Jack- son and Josephine were found to contain no appreciable amounts fluorides. Oregon is the first state to undertake such a detailed study of the prevalence of dental de cay among its children. The small ratio of children ex amined was due mostly to a re quirement that they had been born in one of the two counties and had spent not more than one month in any year outside the area. Auto - Fire Liability - Bonds Health • Accident m a m AGENCY INSURANCE REAL ESTATE Your Aetna Casualty <S Surety Agent Margaret Naplee, Broker Telephone 22 CENTRAL POINT A. Bohnert Chosen For Committee Arnold Bohnert of Central Point has been named to the Jackson county “Farmers for Cordon" committee, acording to a press release this week. Bohnert was named to the committee by W. M. Tate, Sub limity rancher and chairman the state-wide “Farmers for Cordon” committee. Other Jackson county men named to the committee include: E. W. Beeson, Talent; Charles Hoover, Eagle Point; Robert Nor ris, Medford; Robert Root, Med ford; Paul Culbertson, Jackson ville; John Billings, Ashland; Stephen Nye, Talent; Ralph Cook, Medford; David Lowry, Phoenix, and Charles Barnes, Talent. Ghelardi, secretary; Mary Lou Savage, refreshment chairman; Patty Barber, game chairman, and Margaret Taylor, reporter. Along with this meeting, there was a organizational meeting on beginning sewing. Margaret Taylor, reporter. Over 200 Attend Eagle Point P-TA (Too late for last week) By Mrs Ada Bonebrake EAGLE POINT—Eagle Point P-TA met the fourth Tuesday in September for a potluck dinner held in the school gymnasium. Over 200 parents and teachers were in attendance. Thursday, October 7, the Eagle Point Lions Auxiliary' met at the Teen-age club with Presid ent Tena Olsen conducting a lovely evening for the state presi dent and third vice president. It was most enteraining and ed ucational. Mr. and Mrs. James Clarke have moved into the recently converted store. This was known as Sparkies, is a lovely home now. Mr. and Mrs Art Hotho moved into the resident previously oc cupied by Mr. and Mrs. Clarke. Everyone regretted seeing Mr. and Mrs. Kettlewell leave the community’ this past week. Due to his health, he could no longer live here. Mr. and Mrs. Ralph Keasler bought the Kettlewell home and are now’ getting set tled. Mr. and Mrs. James Wallis moved into a larger house this week. A huge success this week was a rummage sale at the Teen age club Saturday, October 9. S. Coffman Elected To Lead Kandy Kids Sharon Coffman was elected president of the Kandy Kids 4-H Cooking club at the organiza tional meeting of the group held October 5. The meeting was held at the home of Mary Lou Savage. Other officers chosen to serve with Miss Coffman are: Deana Russell, vice president; Sandra PAGE SEVEN E D E E Dotcrlptl»« Booklet FREE Write er Call THE DEAN CLINIC Open 10 until 5 Monday thravah Friday. Until B ».in. Monday, Wadnatday end Friday. Cklioaractlc Ftiytlclana ... In aur 4)rd year. 303* NOBTHIAST SANDY lOUllVAID TeleFhene IA»t »»IS Farflattd 13, Ora. Support your hometown mer chants. Buy in Central Point. For a Better Picture CALL Authorized TV Service • Genuine Factory Parts • Guaranteed Work Our Founder 1BBS-1HB In conjunction with thia, the Camp Fire girls held a baked food sale. The Colleen Hope dancing classes started Monday, October 11. 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