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c o o Vitamin D Overdone Monday, Deeembe 16, 1957 MEDFOID (OREGON) MAIL TRIBUNE FIVE In Much Baby Food G c o o o o o o o T DELOI SMITH O United Press Science Editor New York IP) The business of putting the anti-rickets vita min D into just about every item of infant food is being overdone, according to three baby doctors who reported on a rather new and quite puzzling disease of babies "hypercal cemia with failure to thrive." Hypercalcemia simply is too much calcium. Rickets results when too little calcium is uti lized by the infant's body for the processes of growing. Vita min D sees to it chemically that the body retains and utilizes calcium. The question being rais ed is whether too much vitamin D causes some infant bodies to retain too much and choke growth. Race in U.S. Drs. Alfred M. Bongiovanni, Walter E. Eberlein, and Irish T. Jones of the University of Penn sylvania suspected this was the case with three babies, and they wanted to put those infants on diets which contained no vitamin Od. Thi proved extremely diffi cult because it "was almost im possible to obtain milk free of vitamin D." "The fortification of milk, bread, virtually all infant cereals fane! artificially prepared com mercial formulas in the United S t a t e f enthusiastically prac- A? the Grange XJvvmr &otlei Grange Good timber management prac tices and tree farms as an im portant and valuable adjunct to other forms of agriculture in this area were discussed by Brother Clem Ault, Conserva tionist for the Medford office of the-U.S. Soil Conservation Serv ice when Upper Applegate Grange held an open program on Friday evening, Dec. 13. Timber is probably the most valuable crop that can be pro duced on hill lands, the speaker pointed out, and in addition to their actual monetary value, trees are most important in proper watershed management and flood control. "Just as floods are composed of individual raindrops, so every acre of land properly managed, every tree, every blade of grass plays Its part in the control of floods and of erosion" Brother Ault stated. Hec also outlined the (progress of the small watershed management program now being developed in Jackson county for Bear creek and its tributaries. Green Harvest, a sound film in color concerning timber man agement, was presented in con junction with his discusrion, since the slides he had hoped to show depicting soil conserva tion practices in the Applegate district, were lost in transit from the state office. Brother Harlan Cantrall, Su pervisor of the Applegate Soil Conservation district, who pre sided as chairman, described the Gfralues of soil conservation prac tices as he has experienced them In the operation of a diversified farm. The program was arranged by legislative chairman Anna Scott, and was preceded by a potluck birthday dinner attended by more than 30 Grangers and guests. A birthday cake baked and decorated by Sister Cyrena Davis, honoring the 1957 birth day anniversaries of all Upper Applegate Grange members, was cut and served as a part of the dessert course. Durieg the .regular business meeting following the program, Brother Bert Harr, who repre sented Upper Applegate Grange at recent sessions of the Water Resources committee, headed by William Jess of Eagle Point, gave a report of the delibera tions of this group. Brother Ault urged all Grangers to give care ful consideration to water re sources and to decide now what they want regarding them in order to be able to act intelli gently when opportunities for action present themselves. Recent illness of Sister Flor ence Lance and of Brother Val Haskins was reported by chap lain Kathleen Scovell and chap lain-elect Mildred Redhead, rep resenting the relief committee. Brother Glenn Williams is con valescine from soinal surgery in Sacred Heart hospital, it was stated. Otis Buck, who under went eye surgery in Portland recently, is recovering at his Parker Pens Parker 61 Pen only $20.00 to 25.00 Parker T. Ball Jotter Pen 1.95 Parker T Ball Jotter set with pencil 3.75 Parker Super 21 Set, pen and pencil 8.95 Parker 41 Set, pen and liquid lead pencil ..12.75 Parker 61 Set, the capillary fill pen 30.00 ALL COMPLETE PARKER DEPARTMENT Central Drug Your Charge Plate Drug Store Main & Central ticed." they commented. "The practice seems to have got out of hand, and the quantities of added vitamins are frequently the focus of competitive adver tisement." The disease is rare in the United States, which they found puzzling because in Britain where infants are fed and cared for similarly, it is increasingly common. But in Britain, they pointed out, milk is fortified with 1,400 units of vitamin D per quart while in the United States the fortification is 400 units per quart. Not Always Recognized In their Children's Hospital in Philadelphia, there were only three cases in a two-year period. However, "It is possible it is not always recognized in North America," they said in reporting their studies to the New England Journal of Medicine. Obviously excessive vitamin D is not the only cause. If it were, more infants would have it. They suggested that some thing special in a particular baby's chemical make-up might, when combined with vitamin D intake, trigger "hypercalcemia with failure to thrive." The cause of the disease re mains unknown, they said, "al though it appears highly prob able that vitamin D has an im portant role." home and Mrs. Cleo Shannon is seriously ill in a Medford hos pital. Both are former Grange members. A successful luncheon and Christmas party were held by the Home Economics club in con junction with their December meeting at the home of Sister Viola Finley. Old toys will be exhibited on the display table Dec. 18 meeting of the Grange, according to Home Economics chairman Edna Sawyer, and an award will be given the member displaying the oldest toy-. As an assistance to late Christmas shoppers among the member ship, bazaar items will be of fered for sale at this meeting, she stated. Worthy Master Menno Bach- mann announced receipt of a Certificate of Achievement to gether with a check for $40 from the National Grange in acknowl edgement of the Upper Apple gate Grange entry in the 1957 National Community Service contest. About 4,600 Granges throughout the United States participated in the contest, he said. An officers' meeting is be ing planned for early January, at which time consideration will be given the possibility of enter ing the contest again in 1958. Meanwhile, members having suitable community service proj ects in mind are requested to submit them to the Worthy Master. Balloting for State Grange of ficers was held and plans were completed for conferring the third and fourth degrees of the order on a group of candidates at the final Grange meeting of the year scheduled for Wednes day, Dec. 18, at 8 p.m. Guests at the meeting includ ed Brother and Sister Ault of Central Point Grange. Grace N. Pearson, Publicity Chairman U.S. Aid Prepared For Quake Victims Tehran, Iran (IP) The United States prepared Saturday to give aid to homeless, freezing victims of Friday's major earthquake. 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