Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1914-11-26
AN INTEREST.
inc MEETING
Meat, Milk and School inspection

: most delightful and highly in
suuctiYe meeting of the Ladies Fed
Grafton of clubs was held at the home
OF Mrs. Geo. W. Mead on Saturday
afternoon, Nov. 21st The meeting
was largely attended and the pro-
gram Tor the afternoon was in charge
Of the Health Committee.
Mc0 / WItter delighted the au--
dience with charming instrumental
selection, THE Wedding Day"
Mrs Mead, chairman of the Health
Committee explained the disappoint--
ment II tbs committee in not being
allie 20 Ca5ry out the plansAs at first
arranged by,not, having. Miss, ,Kappel OF
Waukesha, State Health Secretary,
with them, to give her, talk on school
Hygiene However, three other
numbers had been arranged. to take
The place of Miss Kappel's talk and
.he afternoon was giyep over to the
following speakers, the President, Mrs
z. NJ. Pease, presenting them:
Prof. w. w. Clark, of the Wood
County Normal Agricultural School,
Who spoke on Milk Inspection Dr..
f. X PomainvilIe, City Health Off
Ger, on School Inspection and Dr.
kickbush, Government Meat Inspecto
Of The ReiIand Packing Plant, on
Meat Inspection"
Prof. CIark's talk gave the ladies
a general idea of the existing condi--
lions unaer which some of the milk
5 brought into the market and dis
-ributed among the consumers
He said much could be ne-along
the line of milk sanitation He urg--
eu The necessity Of an inspector to
,ake this work in hand and give it
as closest attention. Prof Clark an
swered many questions asked him, an
every ole present received much
-nlight eLment ON this subject.
Dr Pomainyille, in his talk, show
ID the good that has been, and is be
ng accomplished, through school in
spectfOn in keeping down contagious
diseases. His talk, though brief, was
interesting and impressed all that
school inspection was an important
factor in preserving Grand Rapids,
md vicinity as a healthful conlmun--
-ty. Dr. Pomainville further urged
the necessity of the inspection of
milk, and said conditions of which he
nsoI personal ,lAIfU.,,, =, Ieuse, were, such as
would Warrant an inspector closest
attention to the conditions existing
among some of the distributors of
milk
Following DR.. Pomainville's talk,
Miss Macbeth, muiscal instructor in
the Lincoln High School, pleased the
audience with a vocal selection, ac--
companied on the piano by Mrs. l.
P. Witter.
In his talk on Meat Inspection, DR..
Kickbush gave many interesting facts
connected with his work, proving to
he audience that the only way to
be sure of getting clean, wholesome
meat, was to have the assurance OF
that meat having been first inspect
ed and passed on by an authority, ,hav
f,,n Of pNyifCtir1or
ditions. DR.. Kickbush was very fair
in speaking of the meat men or but
chers of our own city, and said he
truly believed them to be a lot CT
honest and fair minded men, whose
desire, he believed, was to conduct
their markets in a manner that
would give to their customers clean,
wholesome meats. Said further, that
the true conditions however, are not
always known to them, as it requir--
ed skilled knowledge in determining
these conditions.
1t may truly be said that DR.
Kickbush's talk made a profound i'm
preston on his audience and Great
ed a desire in every one present to
do their share in bringing about, meat
inspection in the city of Grand Rap
ids.
Our city was one of the first in
the State to adopt school inspection,
and that was done as soon as it's
need was discovered and just as
certainly as is shown to our people
the need of improved conditions in
the handling Of milk, improved con-
dtions in the handling and killing
OF our meat, just so surely is it the
duty of every one interested III the
welfare and health of the people of
Grand Rapids to take a step in the
right direction to bring about the
inspection of meat and milk.
We believe the Ladies of the Fed
| Grafton will have the support Of ever!
earnest and dutiful citizen in this
| city in their undertaking to bring
about meat and milk inspection.
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