Dental Expert Suggests Care
One of the best New Year's re
solutions parents can make any
■year is to “safeguard their child-
ten’s teeth,” an Oregon State col
lege dental expert believes.
And Dr Gertrude Tank has a
six-point program to follow in
doing it.
The six points are a well-baiaa-
ced diet, restricted uses of sweets,
proper use of the toothbrush after
eating, early and frequent visits
to the dentist, talks with the den
tist about decay-control treat
ments such as sodium fluoride,
and prevention and corrections of
irregularities of teeth.
Dr. Tank, who has specialized
in children's dentistry for nearly
40 years, recommends regular
dental service for children from
the age of two. The feeling that
“baby teeth are unimportant be
cause they will drop out eventu
completely
ally
anyway"
is
wrong, she says.
A child, just like an adult, needs
a complete set of teeth if he is to
chew his food properly and the
roots of the baby teeth hold the
developing permanent teeth in
their proper position, she ev-
plains.
Dr. Tank also points out that
severe tooth problems can influ
ence the shape of the child’s
mouth and face and influence his
Drivers Warned of Danger
Of Carbon Monoxide Leaks
Winter driving provides drivers
physical and emotional well be
with at least one unseen hazard
ing.
. At 5*s, the child has more teeth —carbon monoxide, Secretary of
State Earl T Newbry warned to
—48—showing and forming in his
day.
jaws than he ever had before or
Accidents stemming from car
will have afterwards, according to
Dr. Tank
Twenty-four teeth— bon monoxide poisoning increase
six of them permanent—begin to each winter when many drivers
develop before birth After birth, keep cars tightly closed. If ex
the buds of additional permanent haust systems are defective, the
teeth begin to form one by one colorless, tasteless and odorless
and continue to do so until the gas created by the car’s motor is
capable of, in a short time, re
child is eight.
ducing a driver's mental func
Recommended “toothbrush tech
tions to a point that coordination
nique" is to brush upper teeth
of his muscles and his ability to
down, lower teeth up, the inside
react quickly is below minimum
out with a sweeping motion, and
safety requirements.
biting surfaces with a scrubbing j
Surest way to prevent this
motion.
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from happening is to have cais
checked to insure there is no
Christmas Cards and Gifts possibility of the gas seeping into
the car
Have Ancient Origins
Under normal conditions, a car
There is some controversy as to window should be partially open.
when the custom of sending In heavy traffic recent tests have
Christmas cards and letters of shown that use of the car's ven
greetings began. Examples from tilating system may add to the
as far back as 1450 have been danger by drawing in the fumes
produced, but the practice started from other cars.
to become general about a cen
tury ago.
The practice of gift giving is
said to go back to the ancient
Romans, who exchanged gifts
at a mid-winter festival denot
ing the return of longer days.
Community committeemen
elected for the Agricultural Sta
bilization and Conservation Com
mittee for the Nehalem Valley
in the election held recently are
as follows:
Joe Banzer, Chairman; Fiank
Schmidlin, vice-chairman; E T
Johnston, regular member; Cha.-:
L. Waddell, first alternate and J
C. Moran, second alternate.
These committeemen will as
sist the Columbia county commit
tee in administering the 1955 pro
gram and also will help formu
late the 1956 program. The com
mitteemen of your community
play a big part in presenting the
conservation needs of your com
munity.
The delegates to the county
convention will meet at the ASC
office in St. Helens on December
27, to elect the county committee
for the program year. This com
mittee has the responsibility of
administering the ASC as directed
by the State Committee.
Preliminary sign-ups will be
taken at the ASC office in St.
Helens until January 4 A farmer
wishing to participate in the 1955
program may sign up any time
during the year. If the farmer
will wait until he is sure of doing
the work and then about two
weeks in advance come in and
sign up, this will enable the com
mittee to give firm approval to
those who need assistance and en
able the farmer to go ahead with
his practice.
Local Men Get
Agriculture Jobs
THE
Christmas Tree
Is Fire Hazard
EAGLE.
VERNONIA
ORE. THURSDAY. DEC
Thailand Teachers Study
At Oregon State College
Five staff members from Kaset-
sart university in Thailand will
Guard your Christmas plea
start a year's study at Oregon
sures by taking adequate safety
State college m the winter quar
measures to prevent fire hazards
ter.
to your home and loved ones,
Their training here is part of
urges Don Coin Walrod, County
the OSC technical assistance pro
Extension AgeaL
The traditional Christmas tree gram to the South Asia institu
is, unfortunately, a rather serious tion. Four members of a plan
fire hazard unless certain pre ned six-man team lof scientists
cautions are taken It is not prac from OSC are now at Kasetsatt
tical to make the tree completely university helping m the develop
fireproof, but it can be made ment of an expanded program of
much more fire resistant.
A teaching and research
The five staff members from
freshly cut tree does not normally
burn very readily because it is Thailand include Pairoj Bougsu-
green and contains a lather high wan, plant pathology; Sukuni As- I
percentage of moisture. This per savzsna, botany; Seree Trairut,
centage of moisture in the tree I chemistry; Sutharm Areekul,
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can be maintained, along with the t zoology, and Songtat Bukkavesa,
fire resistance, by keeping the poultry.
tree in water. Some commercial
Seven other Thai teachers are
tree holders have this feature, but scheduled to come to this coun
other methods can be used. Plac try for training under the con
ing the tree with its stand in a tract between the two insitu-
large bucket of wet sand works tions.
well.
The water supply will
Wilbur Cooney, assistant dean
need to be replenished quite fre of agriculture, is campus coordi
quently.
nator of the program and will
Using chemicals to make a work closely with the Thai staff
Christmas tree fire resistant
members in the development of
a still better method of playing their programs.
Ammonium sulfate — the
safe
Dr. Ira S. Allison, chairman of
same as is used in fertilizing gar the geology department, is chief
dens and fields — is about the adviser of the OSC team in Thai
best material, and it is cheap and land.
easily obtained.
To determine the amount of
ammonium sulfate to use, weigh
your Christmas tree and use one
fourth as many pounds of the
chemicals. Each pound of the
chemical is dissolved in one and
one-half pints of water, Make
a fresh cut, preferably at an angle
and put the stem in the solution.
A fresh cut Lee will take up most
of the solution and then will be
very fire resistant.
23. 1954
Busy Bee Club
Plans Party
The members of Th ■ Busy Beo
4-H club met at the home of Dar
lene Tucker on November 18. A
letter was received from Mr.
Black in reply to ones sent him
by the girls.
The girl’s all went to Millei s
store m Vernonia where Mrs Su.
livan showed them different ma
terials and explained the diffei
ent threads and weaves to then
After this meeting, refresh
ments were served to the girls
by Mrs Wilson
On December 8, the club met
again at the home of Connie Bur
ness. Connie, the only Just So
girl present, finished her p.n
cushion and the Sew It's Fur
girls started on pot holders.
Plans were made for a Chris’ ■
mas party to be held on Decen.
ber 16 at the home of Mrs Ash
ley, club leader.
Refreshments were served t,
the girls by Mrs. Bui ness.
To keep your Christmas merry,
be sure your tree is safe froi '
fire
Put it in a container of
water or wet sand. Discard it
when the needles dry and start t
fall.
Use of Christmas Trees
Originated in Germany
It is the general belief that
use of evergreen trees in relation
to Christmas started in the 8th
century in
Germany.
Martin
Luther is said to have be ’n one
of the first to light candles on a
tree
Today the Pacific North
west is the source of a great
number of the Christmas trees
used in this country.
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And the season's greetings
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AND MISS FAYE MILLIS
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this holiday season.
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