The Lucknow Sentinel, 1944-02-17, Page 750.
TI1URS, FEBRUARY 17th, 1944
The Lucknowr Sentinel, Luow, Ontario .
LAC. Bill Treleaven of Crum-
lin spent the week' -end here with
his parents;, Mr. and Mrs. Har-
old Treleaven. m 1 •
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Pte. F. M. Cranston of the Wo-
men's Army Corps, has been pot-•
ed from Toronto to 'Glebe. Bar-
racks at Ottawa. ,
Sgt., George, Wraith.:
At who has been visiting with' rela-
tives and friends in Lucknow and
vicinity, left Friday• morning to
resume his; duties at No. 1 "Y"
Depot, Lachine, Quebec.
WO. Norman Welwood,'who is
a prisoner -of -war' in Germany is
interned in a camp in Prussia,
according to word recently re-
• ceived by his . parents, Mr. and
Mrs. Ezra Welwood . of . White-
church. :.. .
Believe Secret di Tooth Decay
Cure Lies in Ripley District
By Ralph Hyman
This sleepy village' of 375souls.
stands ' an excellent chance of
achieving international fame as
the source ' ,of a discovery which
will ,revolutionize methods of
controlling dental decay.
.:Whatever the reason -and no
one seems toknow what' factors
'are responsible --- decay o'f. the
teeth: is' less prevalent in this
area than in any .other part of
the Dorriix-ikon,. Or. anywhere. on
the North American •continent,
for, that matter. Investigators
from' the Provincial • pepartment
of Health and the Faculty . of
Dentistry, University of Toronto,
are ' at present engaged in,re-
search which may lead. to dental
decay becoming , •a. thing of the
'Past
No Claims Yet
But; with the caution 'Which
marks all authentic scientific re-
search, no claims are being made
at this stage, although; the ;data.,
already :accumulated points to
arnazing discoveries. '
It may bethe presence of cer-
taro, elements in the water arid -
soil of. this section of Huron
Township, but, whateirer the
basic` factors, it has. 'been proved
conclusively. that more than 75
per cent of theschool` children
attending the public and . high
schools in. Ripley-.: have perfect
teeth.'
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AP
Guelph Pe
n item in the Guel h a . r
says that`,Captain R. B. Hunger-
• ford, barrister of that .city, passed
thi'ough North Africa enroute to
Italy. He was accompanied by
Captain Robert .W: Andrew of
Listowel. son of Mr; and Mrs. W.
G. Andrew of Lucknow: Both
men are cl:aimf officers with ;the
• Canadian Army.
,,Cigarettes Reached Him
Harold _Humph.rey.._ ho_ -is _ -see_
ing action in, Italy with the Perth
Regiment, advises: his parents. ,
Mr.. and Mrs. Wm: Humphrey of
St. Helens. that a' Carton . of cig-
arettes sent' him by The • Legion
last. fall, has finally caught up
to him and was much appreciat-
ed. Harold has been in Italy
since October, I
Presentation' At Bervie
'Ross Hildred, •a . grandson of
Mrs: Frank Cole of. 'tb`cvn. ivas
recently ,.honored .at a .reception
at Bernie, when, he . was present
' ed with a liberal purse of money.
Ross enlisted over a year .ago
at Kirkland Lake where he• and
his wife were residing. He ha,; .
recently 'been Stationed at Camp
Borden. and. was honored by Ber-
vie friends'' while .visiting. there',
with his: parents. •
Ross'• younger brother Max has
been overseas for almost four
years.
•
"What do ,the. three balls in ,
front of a pawnshop mean?" •
. "Two to one you don't get • it.
back". •
Fathers • .Johnny.,. don't- you
know that it's ''Wrong for little
boy to fight? . • .
8Johnny: Yes.. • Dad; but Billie
aoesn't know it and I'm provin'
it to him.. -
•
'\When. you asked her to dance,
did she accept quickly?"
"Did she? WH't•, she was on try
feet in an instant". .
The girl friend thought he N}•as
'very magnetic because eve.y-
']] thing he were. was . charged.
/.
The moving picture usherette
was in the dentist's chair.
"Now, miss-", asked the dentist,
"which tooth is giving you aI1 `tile
trouble'".
• "Second from the left in the
. balcony", was the answer. •
This is a conservative estimate:
There are • those who say it is
much higher; but; even if there
was no more than 50 per cent of
the children free from dertal--de-
cay it Would; be. startling. In 'Tor-
onto schools the figure is some-
where around. 90, per lent of the
children with dental trouble. '
Within a five -mile radius of
Ripley' — north,, east, south and.
west youngsters who .come. to
Ripley : for their schooling have
teeth that a , movie star might
well enyy. They .eat the same
kinds of foods as rural children
elsewhere,! and the amount of
candy • is about average."
It vjas not until last April that
Ripley 'discovered ' it had some-
thing which": set it apart from
other communities. At that time
Dr. D. D: Carpeneto, young and
energetic health officer, and Dr.
J. • A. MacDonald, Ripley's
equally • young and alert dentist,
succeeded in ,;arranging for. med-
ical. and • dental' 'tests of school
children. The medical check-up
produced nothing out of the -ord-
inary, but when . the teeth came
under scrutiny there was a vast-
ly different story to tell.
Results Astonish
Scr astonishing were- the -•exam•
inations that the Ontario .Depart-
ment of -Health was, broughtinto
the picture, and later the Faculty
of Dentistry, .University, of. Tor,
onto. 'Farther examinations were
made, figures were checked and
rechecked. assays of minerals,
and analysis of water' were..car-
ried out. andit was then that
the. investigators ; ere shaken
cut of their professional calm.
tier e 'iri Ontario was: likely to
be the hnswer, to a health prob-
lem' which'• had defiedcenturies
of attempts to solve. But until all
data had. been collected, nothing
%Sas ssid:..1.n some way, however,
the story leaked out, and finally
the Provincial health authorities
;ssue;i a formal statement giving
the •bn!.e facts. and nothing. More.
• 1pple;t•citizens ere mostly of
• Mrs. Tiinkin: "I .suppose you'vet
•hatkiots of••new dishes since your
• chef arrived", .. ' •
Mrs. Simkins ' "Yes, almost
0+•.®eye, Beat
ry
S ottIsh ancestand are no
• -ted. for their loquaciousness;
*' • \tac17ona1ds and the Mae -
eA .iE SEVEN
-hi the Globe & MalI •
clined to talk much about them-
selves. The prospect of being the
centre of a tremendous discovery
has not caused them to, throw
out their chests with civic pride.
Time •en.ough, they .say, when the
research is finished. . •
• . "We can't say much about it at•.
\the, moment", 'said Dr. Carpeneto.
"The • investigation •is far fr°om
conclusive, • but••'if it, works out
the way we ,hope, `1t wil), • then
there Will. be a very big 'story.. It
will be told". •
Dr. MacDonald was just as un-
communicative. Sworn to secrecy
he politely but -firmly declined to
"give detailed results of the denr
tal :examinations which he con-
ducted :last April.
Little Molar Lass
"They were surprising", he ad-
mitted. "More than half the chil-
dren were • fotrtid to be , free of
dental decay.. Some needed work
done . on . their . teeth, but no
Mouths were in bad .condition"..
The presence of phosphorous
and fluorine in. the ' water and
soil' is thought to be a contribut-'
fetor to. to • the . apparent im-
munity developed in the. Ripley
district. .Artesian wells supply
what is flown as shard :water"
to the. residents. Baby teeth have
been sent ' to . Toronto .for • 'study,
arid it is hoped that this *will'
produce a --clue' to what -protects'
Ripley 'children . from , dental, de-
city. • . .
"There is "a:. very low index -.of.
recurrent dental decay Dr..
MacDonald. explained, "and ,vire
found there was very ,little loss;
of six-year-old molars":
• . The village. dentist explain.ed"l
what he meant .by "recurrent
dental decay". It was discovered
that cavities onee filled gave' no
more .trouble,. ,a condition not.
generally found. -
Walter Eifert, principal of Rip-
ley. High School, said he had not
noticed anything but of the 'or=
dinary in the teeth of his, pupils
until there examination..took place.
"There are some of the Young-
sters now he said, nodding in
the direction of a band: of .child-
,ren playing outside. "Most cf
them have Perfect, teeth with:not
a sign 9f decay" ••
There was .14 -year-old Helen
MacDonald,' a pretty blonde child
whose even rows of teeth were
worthy of a dentrifi a advertise-
ment. Margaret • MaDonald, 13,
no relation, had teeth just as
sound.- Both live outside Ripley
but within the five mile radius..
Lois Gossell, ' 14, and ' Bernice
Martyr, about the same age, had
never suffered a singletwingeof
pain --in a -dentist's chair. There
was Doug Liddle,.16, who has yet
to, • feel–a' drill biting into the
enamel of his teeth. There were
many others. .
Only Two ;'Have' Poor Teeth
"We have two boys, brothers,
who come from a certain district,
.and their.' teeth are not in good
condition",' said Principal Eifert.
"They are the only children we'
have corning here from that .par-
ticular district'`'.. ' •
Sound teeth belong to -the old-
sters of the community as well
as fo the, children. There: are
native-born residents .in their 60's
and 70's who have all their own
teeth, Gord Stanley, a farm im-
plement dealer, nearly 60, is the
possessor • of all • his bicuspids and i
molars. There are many more 1
,dike him here.
'Gideon Ruttle, 67, is town '•
clerk, treasurer, tax collector
anda f''w other things. 'His teeth ' ..
' ;:^,l •the MacLeans'• are a were fine nr'til a . f 'w years ago
tai . they 'not.. in .. wnm, ,... ,t' +h ,nraned.,–Artr1 o• .
STUDIO CONCERT
' Seated before the two keyboards of her .harpsichord,. the in=
ternationally-known .artist,;'Greta Kraus;, 'plays • for distinguished
guests. following .,a. recent. broadcast. • Healey 'Willan,' eminent
Canadian composer, and the brilliant young 'pianist, Agnes But-
cher, are . her appreciative. lister ers. Broadcasting from her studio
in Torontp, , Miss Kraus is featured in the current series, "Harpsi-
•chord' at Home", heard every Sunday over. the Trans -Canada -net
work of the CBC at 10.45 '0,m. EDT, 11.45 pari. ADT.
it is his opinion` that the dentist!
(not Dr. MacDonald) scraped
them too much., Since that time
he has had a little trouble.
If the investigation is able to
determine the exact nature of the
elements • or minerals in Ripley
water and . home-grown vege-
tables . that creates immunity.
from' dental decay, it is believed
that the.. far-reaching ' benefits
could easily be brought , within l•
reach of all citizens.
News- in Spring ' •
,• Phosphorus and fluorine could
beadded to the diet, to bring Silk' vas manufactured in
about the ` control feature if these China over 4,000. years' ago
are responsible. By. spring it is.
hoped 'to make public in detail JACK McCRACKEN. well `known
-just what has been discovered, 'Listowel horseman and judge,
and how its benefits may be has been named, president of the
brought into general use: Hackney, 'Horse•
k Breeders' As
In the.meantime, Ripley is go-sociation.
•
ing about its business without •
being unduly excited: Havink.
possessed. pretty 'Sound teeth ':for
a long time, most citizens" cannot •
understand what all the foss is,
about. '
"Maybe you city chaps. ought
to move out here," suggested . one
of the MacLeod clan. •
0.
THERE WERE • 124. donors : of ,
.Walkeiaon's..8th -Mood Clinic, 50
of whom motored over • from
Paisley. •
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ROOM FOR EVERYBODY....'
PRODUCTION MEN—keening in
constant touch . with
sogrces of raw 'materi-
als, 'suppliers of parts: 't
government and -mili-
tary authorities.
THE ARMED FORCES --with re•
aponeibility for training
dad Supply, for troop
• , movements, for 'opera
tions on Land, air and
ocean battlefronts.
GOVERNMENT OFFICIALS . -in
touch wish every'phas4
of our production • an
military programwish
foreign governments'— "'
with national anl.international war
agencies.
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YOU—depending on your telephone
for quick, essential com-
municatiotYi at work and
at home.
BGG telephone litie a can
carry this wartime load'only if we all use
existing. facilities sparingly,' and keep our
calls just as Short and ,business -like as we
can.
Additional equipment is severely limited by
• material .shortages, _co-operation, .mt,tft..take ....'
the place of co�struction'if essential calls
are to go through promptly. -.
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