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54th Year i Medford Price 10 Cents Tribune Fluoridation of Coquille Water Cuts Tooth Decay 2nd SECTION MEDFORD, OREGON, THURSDAY, MAY 21, 1959 Pages 1-6 ILLINOIS VALLEY Boys Attend Scoutennial By RUTH RAUSCH Cave Junction - Bill Burcfi, Scoutmaster of Troops 85 and 123, assisted by Jim-Hoi ten, Don Gibbs, Bill Box and George Yarbrough, accom panied 36 boys from the two troops to attend the Scouten nial in Medford last Saturday night. Troop 123 took part in the general parade. Russians Develop Heated Wallpaper Moscow -flJPD-Soviet scien tists say they have developed a wallpaper that can heat a house. The wallpaper, already in use at the Institute of Chem ical Technology in Moscow where it was developed, is composed of three layers of rubber-like synthetic material- The middle layer is a con ductor and when current is passed through it can heat the fabric to 104 degrees, accord ing to the Industrial Econ omic Gazette. The Gazette said the cover ing also may eventually be used to heat railway cars, au tomobiles and planes. . TrooD 85. the Troop for handicapped boys, staged the final clean-up night on the drive-in theater grounds last week, followed by the last cook-out jamboree for the season at the Burch Scout ranch. As school closes at the James home for boys, the youngsters will be going to their homes and will not meet as a troop again until the fall session. The troop is sponsored by the Illinois Valley Lions club. Troop 123, sponsored by the Illinois Valley Jubilee associ ation will act as ushers for the benefit boxing show planned for this coming Sat urday night, May 23, in the high school gymnasium. The troop with the Wonder Scout Troop will benefit from the proceeds of the smoker, nois Valley High school. Donald is the son of Mr. and Mrs. Dean Warren of Selma. The wedding is set for June. - Leland Rosenberg, newly elected president of the high school student body has been appointed district representa tive to the National Student Council convention to be held in Pittsburgh, Pa., in June. There are some 47 schools in the district. U.S. Marine Russell Berk ner and his wife, Shirley, are home from San Diego on a two week's vacation. Miss Jeanne Tycer, daugh ter of Mr. and Mrs. Ronald Tycer, was honored with a wedding shower given . for her by Mrs. Clarence Lewis Jr., Mrs. Melvin Jones and Mrs. Grant Carothers at the Cave Junction Community church last Thursday evening. The bride-elect and her fi ance, Donald Warren, now serving in the Air. Force, are both former graduates of Illi- Mr. and Mrs. Elton Mann of Des Moines, Iowa, were valley guests this week, establishing headquarters in the Holiday motel, where they received their many friends and rela tives. A potluck family reunion was held at the home of Mr. and Mrs. Earl Boyd last Sun- i day with 32 members of the family present. Mann, a ne- ! phew of Mr. and Mrs. E. J Wilber, had not seen some of the family for 40 yearS. The Manns, who have been visiting relatives in Los An geles, San Francisco and Ari zona, left here on Tuesday for Vancouver, Wash., before making the trip back to Iowa. Danny Denning was home- for the weekend from Hum boldt State college. Dan, son (Reprinted from the Coos Bay World.) Coquille Fluoridation of Coquille's drinking water has achieved a dramatic decline in tooth decay of children here since it was adopted nearly five years ago, it was indi cated this week at the City Council meeting in a report from the state board of health. Dr. David W. Witter, head of the board's dental division, cited data showing that decay has been reduced by about 20 per cent at the six-year-old level. The optimum effect two thirds less decay takes about 10 years to achieve, he said. But the dentist added that de sired results are becoming ap parent faster than expected, often after two years of fluor idation. The dentist's report was based on a survey of Coquille elementary children made in January. of the Rev. and Mrs. Gene Denning, will marry Miss Marilyn Walker, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Lewis Walker, of Long Beach, Calif., on June 20. The bride-elect will gradu ate next month from the Long Beach City college. Dr. and Mrs. Kenneth Smith of Sacramento are guests at the home of the doctor's par ents, Mr. and Mrs. A. K. Smith of the West Side road this week. On Sunday, the family will attend the gradu ation of Dr. Smith's oldest son, Arthur, from Milo Academy. "The survey shows that something happened that makes Coquille children dif ferent from, say, Bandon children or the average child living in a community having a fluoride-deficient water sup ply," he -declared. (Five Coos county commun ities add fluorides to their Mitchell Raps Hoffa's Threat LosAngeles -flJPD- Secretary of Labor James T. Mitchell said Wednesday that teamster President James R. Hoffa's threat of a nationwide strike "is one of the most arrogant and brazen statements I've ever heard." Mitchell commented at a press conference on Hoffa's threat to combat a union anti trust proposal with the strike. "In effect, Hoffa is threat ening the Congress of the United States - that if Con gress doesn't do what he wants he will call a nation wide strike," Mitchell said. "I think George Meany's approach is the correct one," Mitchell said. "Mr. Meany says that if Congress passes legislation which the AFL CIO does not agree with, then the AFL-CIO will try through legal means to correct the legislation. Hoffa's method is ( the method of a revolutionary." drinking supply - Coos Bay, North Bend, Charleston, Em pire, and Coquille.) Dr. Witter made these state ments: - C6mpared to children in fluoride-deficient areas, Co quille's children have less tooth decay, have more of their total dental problems i cared for. An average of three teeth have been saved so far at the 16-year-old level. - By the time six-year-old-ers are 16, they will show about a 50 per cent decline in decayed, missing, and filled teeth. - Fluoridation apparently helps adults, too. , No harmful effects have been observed from proper fluoridation. A Coquille dentist in the audience said he has observed a marked decline in tooth de cay since introduction of fluor ides in Coquille. The city engineer said the cost of fluoridation was about eight cents per capita a year, lower than most cities. " We Give GREEN STAMPS CENTRAL REXALL DRUG Main and Central Fresh from Hawaii I wimimm IV NOW! Pinpnnnlp. hii.rp. rr, , 5Slr and passwnfruit juice . . . the sunshine of Hawaii in a glass of golden punch. Pure refreshment for children. 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