Ashland tidings. [volume] (Ashland, Or.) 1876-1919, 1913-02-17
CARING FOR THE TEETH
School Supervisors Give Prizes to
Pupils i'm Schools of Jack
son County.

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AS an incentive to induce children
to begin early to care for their teeth,
each child attending school in the
southern part of Jackson county was
presented with o tube of dental
cream and pledge card containing
instructions for brushing and clean
ing the teeth. Fifteen prizes, con-
sisting of dental cream and other
toilet preparations, were offered for
the best essays written on Care of
the Teeth" Children were request
ed to observe these rules:
1. Subject, Care of the Teeth
2. The essays must be written in
ink upon one side of paper only.
8. They must be original, not
more than 800 words in length, and
the one writing them shall write on
the back of his essay the following
information:
|. Care of the Teeth"
II. Name and grade of pupil writ
ing the essay.
III. Number of school he or she
attends.
4. Not more than two first prizes
shall go to any one school
5. In awarding prizes, the grade
of the pupil as well as the substance
of the composition, neatness, legi-
bility, etc, shall be taken into con-
sideration.
6. The essays from any one school
should be sent in one package, and
they must reach this office not later
than February /, 1918.
The prize winners are here given
with addresses and school districts
to which they belong:
Fourth grade-Lucy Davis, Ash
land, district co. Otto Meyer, Lake
Creek, 10.
Fifth grade-Laura F. Joy, Med
ford, 20; Arthur Lord, Eagle Point
-.
Sixth grade-Mildred Tucker
Brownsboro, 80; Marcus Kelts, Tai
eht, TO; Lillian Owens, Wellen, 90;
Paul Jennings, Buncom, 27.
Seventh grade-Anderson S. Joy
Medford, %; Pearl Watkins, Wat
kins, 6S; Jean Finlayson, Medford
10; Alice Mygren and Glen Terrill
Brownsboro, 65.
Eighth grade-Lucy Withrow, Tai
ent, 70; Hubert Smith, Jacksonville
80.
Many of the essays brought ou
the statement that the essentia
thing in caring for the teeth was {
good toothbrush and one or more o.
such materials as lukewarm water
soap, salt, glycothymoline, charcoal
peroxide of hydrogen, tooth powder
or paste, listerine, ETC., and tha
when one began the practice of us
ing them, the habit would do The
rest.
The essay given below was writer
by Laura F. Joy, fifth grade bir
in district 20, near Medford:
Care of the Teeth.
1t is very important that we should
know how to take care of the teeth
They help us in many ways al
through life, and that is why We
should know what nature has giver
them to us for. The teeth have work
to do as much as other parts of the
body. Their work is to grind up the
food fine so it can be easily di
gested.
We clean the teeth to keep then
from decaying. Clean teeth also add
to the appearance and make one look
much better.
When cleaning the teeth we must
be careful not to employ the tooth.
brush so vigorously as to cause the
gums to bleed, Because this does
harm. The toothbrush should bt
used at least twice a day-in the
morning directly after breakfast and
in the evening before going to bed
The teeth require very little tc
keep them clean. Lukewarm water
should be used. If salt water is used
it will be all the better. If good
powder cannot be secured, white cas-
tile soap will answer very well.
The teeth should be examined
twice year by q good dentist and
any cavities promptly filled.