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,v,v * • "**'* 1 THE M'HMTEY PLAINDEALBR THUBSDAY, FHB. 3, 1M7 traritew1 1 Pencil Lead* The -anmwnt of clay used determine* I tke hardness of Jthe lead pencil* : A gpeciai kind milled in Oermany IB j «»ed. For the soft lend little rlay is : used, while for the hard |>enclls the j p r o p o r t i o n I s g r e a t e r . v _ . - if •RE DISCOVERING ILLINOIS" By LESTER B. COLBY, (llinok Chamber of Commerce •m IN Odd Specie* of 'Monkey Therv i> ;i >nurll tropiest! American tooiiktn tli sr is known as the "squirrel nioitk»'\®" U *s so called because Of Its Minii'ret-like activity bushy tall and generis! appearance. Farm Loans 5%, 5^4% <or 5lA%, depending value of land peraere f; Prompt Service SAVINGS BANK Of KEWANEE Kewanee, Illinois C. W. KLONTZ, M. D. Physician and Surgeon (Also treating all diseases of the Eye, Eirf Noae and Throat «)d doing Refraction) j Here is a story for parents. " It is j a story of how parental ignorance and ! nejrlect is costing the state of Illinois millions of dollars every year. To me it* seems a rather amazing story and of vital importance. The storv begins in Lake county. That is the most northeasterly county in the state. Farms in Lake county, are selling for from $330 to $1,000 an acre. The county has many towns and some cities. Suburban to Chicago, it is thick with wealthy people; many of them millionaires. Much of tfte county is strictly residential. Here it would seem that ignorance, and neglect ought to be banished for this is one of the best and most enlightened sections of the best state in the union. Yet I find a story that it Will both surprise and shock you. This is how it develops:. Dr. Elizabeth B. Ball, Slate pediatrician, division of child hygiene, department of public health, Springfield, in 1923 made a statement which is' approximately this-- "Let me give any child in your school a careful physical examination and when I am done I can tell you how that child will grade in its school Office Hours--8 to 9 a. m.. 2 to 4 artd work." 7 io 8 D. m. Sundays by Appointment i The statement was made at a meet- Pfflce at Residence--Kent Home--! ing in Lake county. Dr. E. H. Smith, South of City Hall, Waukegan St. of Libertyville, a dentist, heard the remark and pondered. Then he set to work with vigor. If this was true he would find out about it and why. Ever since that year he has been busy. Here is something he told me the other night:1 Wherever a child in school fails to advance a grade when he should that failure costs money. He must be carried through that grade another term or another year. In other words he has to be re-educated. Through j the ro-operation and assistance of T. j A. Simpson, county superintendent of 1 schools in Lake county, we selected j eleven scattered rural schools and j ! began compiling statistics. "We found that in one year in Lake I county 1,215 pupils were retained or . one to every 9.33 children. We have | figured on a basis of known costs, j that their re-education costs £he counj ty $77,310.00 a year. i; On top of that we come to an if. | "If these children are retained in j school one extra year and if they j might have earned $5 a week for the I forty weeks of the lost yea? then we I find we have an additional loss of $243,000. Add that to your $77,310 and you have a loss to Lake county Phone 181 McHenry, III WM. M. CARROLL Lawyer Office with Kent & Company Every Wednesday Phone 34, McHenry, 111. Telephone No. 108-R. j i S toff el & Reihansperger Insurance agents for all classes of property in the best companies. WEST McHENRY, ILLINOIS J. W. WORTH PUBLIC ACCOUNTANT "" Audits Systems Income awl Inheritance Tax Matters Member of Public Accountants Association .'of. Illinois Pbone 206-J McHenry, «HL From the above it will be seen that 89 per cent of the children needed dental attention and 20 per cent had dirty teeth. The average was 4.6 teeth per child needing attention. Forty-five per cent used tooth brushes only occasionally and seven per cent not at all. And here is something else appalling-- forty-five of these 404 children or about eleven per cent had lost permanent teeth. \ Appalling, I say, because loss of /permanent teeth is a direct threat of pyorreha which ultimately means the loss of all teeth unless a never-ending battle is put up. The loss of dne tooth thus may lead to all manner of diseases and a ruined life. It is rather startling that out of these 404 rural children • 178 were underweight, or 44 per cent of them; 103 are school repeaters or 25 per cent of them. And the average rural school in the state, it is agreed, will show results worse than that! Parents, get busy! I asked Mr. Simpson to make comment. He has been county suerintendent of schools in Lake county for more than 20 years and is recognized as one of the best balanced and most progressive superintendents in the state. He said: "Here is a sample of what we are doing. We found two little girls, sisters, who were underweight, wiz- Tom Young attended the funeral of Mrs. Heimick at DesPlaines* Saturday. Fannie Troyer of Libertyville was a caller at Floyd Renehan's recently. R. C. Piersort, Carl Bailey and Howard Converse were business callers in Waukegan, Friday. Mr. antf Mrs. Harold Stroker jand family of Wauconda spent Sunday at the D. V. Wait home. Raymond Lusk spent Sunday in Chicago. Mr. and Mrs. 'Andrew Eddy and son of McHenry spent Friday night with their son, Lloyd, and all attended the dance at Wauconda. Mr. and Mrs. Jay Vasey and family spent Sunday afternoon at the Harry. Passfield home. The schools of this vicinity were closed Thursday afternoon while the teacher and some of the pupils attended the teachers' meeting at Wauconda. Mrs. Levi Wait and children spent the week-end in Chicago with her mother, who is seripualy ill. Joe Vogt trucked a load of hogs to Chicago, Friday. Miss Reather is suffering with a sprained wrist, received while trying to cr^ik her car Thursday morning. Bobbie Townsend spent the weekend with his grandmother, Mrs. Harvey, at Grayslake. John Rosing's two children are sick with tonsilitis. The Simon Davis farm has been rented by John Redman of Chicago. Mr. and Mrs. Lee Benwell and family spent Sunday with Waukegan relatives. , Mr. and Mrs. Dell Townsend attended the funeral of a relative in Waukegan, Saturday. Mrs. Tom Vasey spent Saturday st ened, pale unhealthy. They were GravslakG and Gurnee aonnfal^leprrtt. OOuurr imnvvelsTt.'e aft.ofn ff.Tna'l*ly,"le;d,' !, Olive Vasey spent th* mk-end .t her hon]e j Mc„ to the,, d,et W« found that their j 0n t o( t£„ bad we.ther were "*"-1 frank V„Kt ha. been staying in Curnee the past two weeks. Warren Pierce of- Richmond transacted business here Saturday afternoon. Mrs. Stevenson returned to her home Tuesday in Michigan after spending the past two months with her daughters, Mrs. Joseph Brown and Mrs. Arthur Oxtoby and families. Miss Dorothy Behrnes enjoyed a day spent with "the Misses Eshes, Saturday. Mrs. Howard Peacock of Wisconsin spent the week-end with her husband in the home of his father, Ernest Peacock. Jacob Justen of McHenry transacted busines here Monday. Mr. and Mrs. Frank Sanders and family were Sunday guests at Ernesb Peacock's. Martin May and George Esh of Watertown motored here Sunday afternoon, returning Monday morning. Better coffe for the same money. Erickson Dept. Store. Miss Bertha Roepke of Waukegan spent the first of the week with her father. Ladies' dainty rayon and silk un derwear, delightful and soft as a tropical breeze. Erickson Dept. Store Grant to Science The government of IVru set aside one of Its strictest regulations in permitting an American scientist. Dr. Alfred L. Kroher. to hria.e to this country some of the relics of the ancient tribe of Ipca civilisation, by a special decree. Ancimt ffuift A potato ring was about eight Inches In diameter In which whole potatoes were served. The ring was set either on a china or a silver plate. They were used in the early Eight-, eenth century. Phone 126-W. Reasonable Rates alone of $320,310 a year. | "We are confident, as a result of A. H. SCHAEFflK - I research here and in other parts of . j the country, that 65 per cent of this Draying • | lost time in schools is due to bad ' - McHENRY, ILLINOIS t ] eeth" We have ample proof. Children with bad teeth avoid certain normal foods. Result? An unbalanced ration. "Come then many things not taken into account in the above costs. These other results are disease. Diptheria, scarlet fever, measles, mumps, tuberculosis and dozens of other diseases causing incapacity or death, can be traced to neglect of the teeth. Heart disease and rheumatism often originate in nothing else than neglected teeth. "Since we began this work in Lake county we have compared our findings with similar data in other plaecs^ We found in Cook county one startling ; case. It is in. the record of a boy j criminal. Cook county had spent^more McHenry, HI. ; than $30,000 to catch him and prosecute him'. Finally it was discovered that his teeth were in bad condition. The cost of repairing them in the beginning would have been $17. They Insure -In Sure--Insnrance -- WITH -- Wm. G. Schreiner Auctioneering OFFiG£ AT RESIDENCE Phone »3-R McHENRY, ILL ' KUNZ BROTHERS Local and Long DistaiK* Hauling Phone 91-R f-4 •, r |N"*' •. •• Old Fashioned Buckwheat or Self-Rising Buckwheat We Have Them Both This is the time of year when buckwheat cakes are mighty good. Order today. Manufactured by NcHein floor Kills McHenry, ill. cakes and coffee. "We got them on a good diet, got them cleaned up and cared for; got their parents" to put them to bed early. Today they are to all effects normal children. Perhaps our greatest discovery was that a good mamy farmers are feeding their hogs good milk and flesh-making cereals while letting their children eat pancakes and coffee." I have tried to picture the cost of parental neglect in idollars and cents and in misery and Heath due to lack of health. But there is anothe'r phase of it. Judge Mary Barthelme, after many years of experience in the juvenile court in Chicago, once remarked. "Of all these thousands of children that have come through this court I have never yet seen one perfect physical specimen." The organization I represent, the Illinois Chamber of Comemree, is primarily a business organization. Business men make it possible. Our chief work is in the interest of development and protection of business. You ask me why I take up this matter of children's teeth ? It is because right here is a leak costing the business men of the state millions of dollars every year. It's the practical, business thing to plug leaks. I write from the box office viewpoint. Sentiment does not enter. How to stop i|t I nterest any available local organization in the fight. Interest school teachers. Get to your county superintendent if you wish. Or communicate with your state legislators. And above all else look into your own children's mouths, their habits and their diets. Start at home. Mrs. Earl Townsend spent last Thursday with Mrs. Leve Wait.5# I Mr. and Mrs. Lloyd Eddy spent Sunday at the home of Andrew Eddy in McHenry. Mrs. Joe Vogt, Bernard and Miss' Reather spent Sunday at the Clifford Benwell home. Many from this vicinity attended the old-time dance at Wauconda, on Friday night. The store of golden opportunities. Erickson Dept. Store. Try a can of Old Hickory Smoked Salt- at the McHenry Co. Farmers Co-op. Ass'n. Question--Why do we sell such great quantities of groceries? Answer --Better quality and lower prices at Ertekson Dept. Store. SPRING GROVE VOLO Mr. awl Mrs. Frank Hironimus are the proud parents of a baby daughter, Ellen Lovina, arriving on Jan. 29. Mrs. Molidor is caring for the mother and baby daughter. Mr. and Mrs. Joe Rossdutcher and were repaired at public expense and j family spent Sunday with the John the boy has never been in the courts \ ~' since. 'Why? Perhaps because good teeth pave him health, vitality, a changed outlook on life, rebirth of pride as a result of these, better appearance and earning ability. At any rate when*1, his teeth were repaired his crimminal! visiting his sister, Mrs. Pete Wagner tendencies vanished. j Beatrice and Clifford Wilson have "From the results of our investiga- I heen home from school the past week tion we estimate that 114,964 children i being sick with influenza. in the schools of Illinois fail to ad-j Arthur and Charles Martin have vance each year and that re-educat- been absent from school on account of inp them each year costs the state i measles. .> The pot-luck dinner given Wednesday at the Lotus club rooms was a big success, and netted fifteen dollars. In the afternoon a few of the gentlemen and ladie§ enjoyed five hundred and bunco games. Arnold Raven, Vincent Feltes, Leo Layland, and Clair Furlong all of Chicago, were home over Sunday. Mr. and Mrs. Charles Behrnes attended the funeral of the latter's father, Mr. Steinke at Chicago at Chicago, who passed away very suddenly, Wednesday at 1:30 o'clock at his home in the city. Mrs. Kenneth Lopeman enjoyed the week-end with friends in the-city and with her mother at Elgin. Mrs. Leslie Pierce spent one day the past week with Mrs. Arthur Franzen at Fox Lake. Mrs. Alice Wagner was a Chicago passenger Thursday. Mrs. James Foulke was a Chicago pasenger Monday. . Miss Mabel Siegler of Maywood spent the week-end at home. Miss Katie May is assisting Mrs. McGinis in the store for a few weeks. Little Eugene May recovered from his attack of pneumonia and is fast recovering. Miss Clara Raven returned home Friday evening after s}x weeks spent on a motor trip to California. She Meyer family at Ivanhoe. Mrs. Rossdeutcher is on thfe sick list. Her daughter Adeline is home from Long Lake caring for her. Mr. and Mrs. Tony Wegner attended a wedding at Dixon the past week, i was in company with her brother and Mr. Fitzgerald of DeKalb has been | sister, Mr. and Mrs. William Justen of Ringwood and friends from Grayslake. Mrs. Jennie Oxtoby and Mrs. Charles were shopping in the city the past week. x C. Parfrey motored to McHenry on I Wednesday. - ^ y Mr. and Mrs. Bert Vasey and fam-! were here transacting business or ily spent Sunday at the Dunker home j Saturday. at Crystal Lake. j Mr. and Mrs. J. J. Freund were Fri Art Peterson spent Sunday at the | day pasesngers to the city. home of his parents in Marengo, j Henry Sweet spent Monday at Rich- Grace Young is visiting her father, mond. Tom Yoiing, at Lew Lusk's for a few ' Clyde Parfrey 'and Mrs. Davy I motored to McHenry, Monday. 1 v':. DENTISTS McCHESNEY & BROWN (incorporated) Dr. L W.Brown % 'fii'Z:'Dr. R. M. Walker Established over 50 years and still doing business at the old stand . Plfiiiirg in First Class Dentistry at I' Moderate Prices Ask your neighbors and Friends about us. 8. E. Cor. Clark and Randolph St. - 145 N. Clark St., Chicago Daily 8 to 5, Sundays 9 to 11, Phone Central 2047 66* Is a prescription fjNr'r; Colds, Grippe, Flu, Bilious Fever and *. .iHrfBstke v- .. Dengue BCalaria $10.03<,502. Extending it to the: * Mrs. Earl Townsend and sons at- j. Clinton Sanders motored" to. Fox nation fimire the, cost of re-edu- tended the home talent play at Grays- j Lake, Saturday. I eating the pupils who^ail to advance j lake, Saturday evening. j M. Yanmickel and son of Fox Lake from the first grade alone each year -- to be $69,920,000. "Sixty-five percent of this we blame to teeth, bad teeth must be charged | to the ignorance and neglect of the parents. I've put ;n dollars because some people will pay attention to dollars who wouldn't etoo to think i days. . i' you put it in any other term*.' : This may sound brutal but it's a fact. It might be well to say right here , that the work Dr. Smith and Mr. Simpscn is attracting nationwide atj tention. They have both compiled rej ports recently for the 111 i now State Dental Society which has participated in the research work. The National League bf Compulsory Education Officials is another organization which is watching the work with care. I asked Dr. Smith for some detailed figures so that specific findings might be illustrated. Here are some of them: School A, an average rural school-- Pupils examined, 62; overweight, 4; underweight, 19; normal, 39; vaccinated, 20. Defects noted--vision, 7; tonsils, 20; adenoids, 15; teeth, 56 glands, 4; normal, 3. Underweight children averaged 6.73 defective teeth per child. School B, one of the best schools-- Pupils examined, 42; overweight, 1; underweight, 15; normal, 26; vaccinated 18, Defects noted--vision, 2; tonsils, 4; adenoids, 5; glands, 15- teeth, 35. (Seven had perfect teeth.) Of those underweight 13 had dental defects averaging 2.06 defective per chili. Here's te result of an investigation of a batch of 404 children: Pupils having necessary dental attention, 45; pupils needing dental at-^ .intention. 359; number having clean*®7- teeth, 108; number with fairly clean teeth, 214; number with dirty teeth, m . ' • Mr REPLACING WINDOWS IN AUTO CURTAINS HOLLOW GRINDING OF ICE SKATES Also repairing and overhauling; of Sewing Machines and Victrolas done perfectly. No matter how bacflv your rugs are worn, we weave them into new ones. We also weave Bag Ruga.,- B. 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