The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1916-04-06

Dr.. J. J. McShane Is Called to Akron
by Long Distance Telephone to Be-
come Chief Adviser Of Health Board
Of City of 10000 People Friday.

Kenosha may lose the services of its
efficient health commissioner, DR.. John
j. McShane, as kilograms from Akron,
Ohio, today indicate that that city is
flirting with the Kenosha commissioner
and he may be selected to take the lead
in the recognizing of the health de-
partment of Akron. This is a city of
$4,000 people and regarded as one OF
the most progressive cities in Ohio.
Friday afternoon long distance
telephone call came to DR.. McShane
asking that he act as adviser for that
city in the reorganizing of its health
department DR.. McShane left for
Akron on Friday evening but before
he left he declined to discuss the posi-
bility of his leaving Kenosha.
DR.. McShane declared that he had
been courteously asked to come to
Akron and advise with the officials Of
that city in regard to the recognizing
Of the health department. and that he
had no further information to give out
in regard to the matter.
kilograms from Akron declare that
the Kenosha health chief is being very
strongly considered as the head of the
department at Akron. IF such is the
case, it is pretty certain that Kenosha
will be forced to seek a new commits
sioner, as Akron is a city that does
big things and when it wants man it
usually gets him.
It is interesting to Kenosha to know
that when Akron started out to seek
the best man it could hope to get in
the country to advise as to the reor-
ganization Of its health board that it
came to Kenosha. It is declared that
the health experts of Ohio, Indiana and
Illinois were asked to make study and
suggest an expert to deal with the
problem at Akron and that these men
picked the Kenosha commissioner of
health.
The accomplishment of DR.. McShane
at Kenosha has brought him into the
national limelight IS the man in charge
of the department which has brought
the lowest death rate Of any city Of
$4,000 in the country. DR.. w. A.
Evans Of Chicago has repeatedly de-
clared that the accomplishment of DR..
McShane in Kenosha gave him the
right to rank as one of the leading
health experts of the country.
It was gloomy at the city hall today,
for everywhere there was feeling of
regret at the possibility that DR.. Nc
Shane might be called to leave Keno
sha. Men who have been in close touch
with DIR. McShane feel that his depar-
ture from Kenosha would be one Of the
greatest losses that the city could be
forced to meet His work in Kenosha
has been carried on without any fric-
ton, but it has brought results
Many prominent men connected with
the battle for health in Wisconsin have
strongly advocated the work of DR.. Nc
Shane in Kenosha as a model for health
officials of the entire nation and it was
the statements Of these men that caused
the officials Of Akron to call DR.. Nc
Shane as the chief adviser in the reor-
ganization of the board in that city.
Akron is going to have non-parti-
san board of health, similar to the
board in Kenosha.
Members of the, Kenosha board Of
health, without exception, today de-
clared that they were hopeful that DIR.
McShane would not be called upon to
leave Kenosha for broader field of
work in the Ohio city, but they also
declared that they would not interfere
with his advancement if he should re-
ceive the offer to head the new board
in the Ohio city.