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DENTAL SOCIETIES Latest Activities of State D ental Societies Illinois. —
T h e Illinois State Dental So ciety will hold its eighty-second annual meeting at the Hotel Continental, Chi cago, September 16-19. L . W . M ichael Hughes, hotel chairman, is in charge of reservations. M aine. — A change in state laws to allow dental hygienists to take x-ray pictures, perform examinations and make local applications to the surfaces of the teeth and gingivae was recommended by the M aine Dental Society at its annual meet ing June 27-29 in Portland. T h e society also endorsed proposals for a mobile dental unit to provide den tal care in rural sectipns of the state. E. H artley Brown, Millinocket, was named president-elect, and Laurence G. Higgins, Ellsworth, advanced to the presi dency. O ther officers are George S. Nevens, Damariscotta, vice-president; Alonzo H. Garcelon, Augusta, secretary; Edward W . Peaslee, Augusta, treasurer; and Douglas M . M ilne, Portland, li•brarian-editor. Members of the executive committee are: Dr. Nevens, chairm an; Perley ,J. Lessard, Portland; Fred G. Noble, Bridgton; A lva S. Appleby, Skowhegan; and George T . Dyer, Rumford. A n honorary membership was awarded Giles G rant for his wartime services as chairman of the state procurement and assignment committee. Speakers included Harry Young, Stan ley D. Tylm an, Adolph Berger, William Carr, J. Ben Robinson, Paul Freyvogel, C. Reed Baker, Lloyd H. Blanchard, Gordon Peterson, Alfred J. Dion, J. W il son Harthorne, Franklin R . Smith, Ira W. Stockwell, Dorothy Bryant, Bernette M ichaud, Barbara Fillebrown, Joseph S. W hite, Paul C. M cGowan, Leverett D. Bristol and Irving R. Hardy.
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M assachusetts.— In response to requests from members for a society-sponsored hospital and surgical insurance plan, the insurance committee of the Massachu setts Dental Society has unanimously recommended adoption of a plan offered by John C. Paige & Company, Boston. T h e plan provides a $5 daily hospital benefit, maximum $30 special fee bene fit and maximum $150 surgical benefit at semi-annual costs ranging fro m , $8.80 for members only to $27.50 for member and family. O kla h om a — T o help meet an estimated annual need for 2,000 beginning dental students in the state, the Oklahom a State Dental Society has earmarked a $300 fund to contribute to the dental educa tion of a promising high school student. A committee on dental scholarship has been formed under the chairmanship of Fred C. Seids and is contacting high schools in an effort to select the scholar ship student. W isconsin.— A display entitled “ Tooth Development Before Birth,” presented by the Wisconsin State Dental Society, was one of the highlights of the “H all of H ealth” exhibit recently conducted at the M ilwaukee Auditorium to mark the cen tennial of the. M edical Society of M il waukee County. T h e display was one of a group fur nished by the dental society in an effort to advance oral health education. T h e dental display also included three proj ects prepared by dental students of M ar quette University, designed to illustrate how scientific exhibits can serve the undergraduate, the graduate dentist and the public.
Meetings and Other News O f Component Dental Societies Chicago. —
T h e Chicago Dental Society will hold its 1947 midwinter meeting February 10-13 at the Stevens Hotel, Robert J. Wells, secretary, has announced. O tto W. Silberhorn has been named
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(rig h t), alum nus of the C ollege of D entistry, U n iversity of Pittsburgh, presents to W alter H . W righ t, professor of prosthetic dentistry, w h o recently assumed the C ollege of D entistry, N ew Y o rk U niversity. T h e occasion was a testim onial the Pittsburgh a uxiliary of D e lta Sigm a D e lta den tal fratern ity June 20 at the in Pittsburgh.
general chairman of the meeting; M il ton Cruse, chairman, and Paul Salisbury, vice chairman, program committee; Rus sell G. Booth, chairman, essay division; and Paul Kanchier, chairman, limited attendance clinic division. Robert G. Kesel has resigned as editor c î the Fortnightly Review of the C h i cago Dental Society, a post which he held for five years. Succeeding him is James H. Keith, since 1941 conductor of a column entitled “ Here and There,” in the Illinois Dental Journal. Netv Y o r k — For his work in furthering the society and his contributions to den tal literature and research, Ashley E. Howes has been presented the medal of
honor by the Ninth District Dental Soci ety of N ew York. T h e award was made by Franklin A. Squires, representing the medal committee at a dinner in connec tion with the society’s recent annual meeting. Colorado Dentists Endorse Fluorination o f W ater Supplies A resolution approving fluorination of public water supplies “ in the proper amount to inhibit dental decay” has been passed by the Colorado State D en tal Association. T h e action was taken, the resolution said, because of “ the overwhelming
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H . P. Lew is (fourth from le ft), M ilw aukee dentist, conducts visitin g students through scientific and health displays of the W isconsin State D en tal Society a t a recen t exhibit in the M ilw aukee A ud itoriu m , held in con jun ction w ith the cen ten nial celebration of the M ed ical S ociety o f M ilw aukee C ou n ty. A t th e fa r righ t are H enry F.- H ahn , coordin ator of the exhibits, and J. P. Justin, head of the D ep artm en t of H istology, D e n tal School, M arq u ette U niversity.
weight of evidence” that a proper con centration of fluorine inhibits dental caries and has produced “ no untoward effects.” T h e association pointed out, however, that its approval was conditioned on adequate dental, medical, engineering and public health control of such fluorination.
G O VERNM ENT A G E N C IE S Children’s Bureau in F S A A s Trum an Plan Takes Effect T h e Children’s Bureau was transferred to the Federal Security Agency July 16, as President Trum an’s plan for reor ganizing government agencies took auto matic effect.
U nder the plan, all functions of the bureau, with the exception of those em bracing child labor, were transferred to the Federal Security Agency, together with vital statistics functions, the U .S. Employees’ Compensation Commission and the Social Security Board. Commenting on the relationship of the Children’s Bureau to the other serv ices now grouped under the Federal Se curity Agency, Watson B. M iller, Federal Security Administrator, said: F o r adm inistrative purposes, the C h ild ren ’s B ureau, w ith its program s for m aternal and child health, child w elfare, and crippled c h il dren ’s services, has been p la ced in the Social Security A dm inistration. B u t its relationships w ith both health and education are fu lly recognized, and effective coordination in this field w ill be one of our
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DENTAL SOCIETIES Latest Activities of State D ental Societies Illinois. —
T h e Illinois State Dental So ciety will hold its eighty-second annual meeting at the Hotel Continental, Chi cago, September 16-19. L . W . M ichael Hughes, hotel chairman, is in charge of reservations. M aine. — A change in state laws to allow dental hygienists to take x-ray pictures, perform examinations and make local applications to the surfaces of the teeth and gingivae was recommended by the M aine Dental Society at its annual meet ing June 27-29 in Portland. T h e society also endorsed proposals for a mobile dental unit to provide den tal care in rural sectipns of the state. E. H artley Brown, Millinocket, was named president-elect, and Laurence G. Higgins, Ellsworth, advanced to the presi dency. O ther officers are George S. Nevens, Damariscotta, vice-president; Alonzo H. Garcelon, Augusta, secretary; Edward W . Peaslee, Augusta, treasurer; and Douglas M . M ilne, Portland, li•brarian-editor. Members of the executive committee are: Dr. Nevens, chairm an; Perley ,J. Lessard, Portland; Fred G. Noble, Bridgton; A lva S. Appleby, Skowhegan; and George T . Dyer, Rumford. A n honorary membership was awarded Giles G rant for his wartime services as chairman of the state procurement and assignment committee. Speakers included Harry Young, Stan ley D. Tylm an, Adolph Berger, William Carr, J. Ben Robinson, Paul Freyvogel, C. Reed Baker, Lloyd H. Blanchard, Gordon Peterson, Alfred J. Dion, J. W il son Harthorne, Franklin R . Smith, Ira W. Stockwell, Dorothy Bryant, Bernette M ichaud, Barbara Fillebrown, Joseph S. W hite, Paul C. M cGowan, Leverett D. Bristol and Irving R. Hardy.
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M assachusetts.— In response to requests from members for a society-sponsored hospital and surgical insurance plan, the insurance committee of the Massachu setts Dental Society has unanimously recommended adoption of a plan offered by John C. Paige & Company, Boston. T h e plan provides a $5 daily hospital benefit, maximum $30 special fee bene fit and maximum $150 surgical benefit at semi-annual costs ranging fro m , $8.80 for members only to $27.50 for member and family. O kla h om a — T o help meet an estimated annual need for 2,000 beginning dental students in the state, the Oklahom a State Dental Society has earmarked a $300 fund to contribute to the dental educa tion of a promising high school student. A committee on dental scholarship has been formed under the chairmanship of Fred C. Seids and is contacting high schools in an effort to select the scholar ship student. W isconsin.— A display entitled “ Tooth Development Before Birth,” presented by the Wisconsin State Dental Society, was one of the highlights of the “H all of H ealth” exhibit recently conducted at the M ilwaukee Auditorium to mark the cen tennial of the. M edical Society of M il waukee County. T h e display was one of a group fur nished by the dental society in an effort to advance oral health education. T h e dental display also included three proj ects prepared by dental students of M ar quette University, designed to illustrate how scientific exhibits can serve the undergraduate, the graduate dentist and the public.
Meetings and Other News O f Component Dental Societies Chicago. —
T h e Chicago Dental Society will hold its 1947 midwinter meeting February 10-13 at the Stevens Hotel, Robert J. Wells, secretary, has announced. O tto W. Silberhorn has been named
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P h o to b y H o w ard A . H artm an
P ittsb u r g h D e n t a l F ra tern ity H o n o rs D r . W rig h t
A . S. Law son a rem em brance the deanship of dinner given by U n iversity C lu b
(rig h t), alum nus of the C ollege of D entistry, U n iversity of Pittsburgh, presents to W alter H . W righ t, professor of prosthetic dentistry, w h o recently assumed the C ollege of D entistry, N ew Y o rk U niversity. T h e occasion was a testim onial the Pittsburgh a uxiliary of D e lta Sigm a D e lta den tal fratern ity June 20 at the in Pittsburgh.
general chairman of the meeting; M il ton Cruse, chairman, and Paul Salisbury, vice chairman, program committee; Rus sell G. Booth, chairman, essay division; and Paul Kanchier, chairman, limited attendance clinic division. Robert G. Kesel has resigned as editor c î the Fortnightly Review of the C h i cago Dental Society, a post which he held for five years. Succeeding him is James H. Keith, since 1941 conductor of a column entitled “ Here and There,” in the Illinois Dental Journal. Netv Y o r k — For his work in furthering the society and his contributions to den tal literature and research, Ashley E. Howes has been presented the medal of
honor by the Ninth District Dental Soci ety of N ew York. T h e award was made by Franklin A. Squires, representing the medal committee at a dinner in connec tion with the society’s recent annual meeting. Colorado Dentists Endorse Fluorination o f W ater Supplies A resolution approving fluorination of public water supplies “ in the proper amount to inhibit dental decay” has been passed by the Colorado State D en tal Association. T h e action was taken, the resolution said, because of “ the overwhelming
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H . P. Lew is (fourth from le ft), M ilw aukee dentist, conducts visitin g students through scientific and health displays of the W isconsin State D en tal Society a t a recen t exhibit in the M ilw aukee A ud itoriu m , held in con jun ction w ith the cen ten nial celebration of the M ed ical S ociety o f M ilw aukee C ou n ty. A t th e fa r righ t are H enry F.- H ahn , coordin ator of the exhibits, and J. P. Justin, head of the D ep artm en t of H istology, D e n tal School, M arq u ette U niversity.
weight of evidence” that a proper con centration of fluorine inhibits dental caries and has produced “ no untoward effects.” T h e association pointed out, however, that its approval was conditioned on adequate dental, medical, engineering and public health control of such fluorination.
G O VERNM ENT A G E N C IE S Children’s Bureau in F S A A s Trum an Plan Takes Effect T h e Children’s Bureau was transferred to the Federal Security Agency July 16, as President Trum an’s plan for reor ganizing government agencies took auto matic effect.
U nder the plan, all functions of the bureau, with the exception of those em bracing child labor, were transferred to the Federal Security Agency, together with vital statistics functions, the U .S. Employees’ Compensation Commission and the Social Security Board. Commenting on the relationship of the Children’s Bureau to the other serv ices now grouped under the Federal Se curity Agency, Watson B. M iller, Federal Security Administrator, said: F o r adm inistrative purposes, the C h ild ren ’s B ureau, w ith its program s for m aternal and child health, child w elfare, and crippled c h il dren ’s services, has been p la ced in the Social Security A dm inistration. B u t its relationships w ith both health and education are fu lly recognized, and effective coordination in this field w ill be one of our