Daily Kennebec journal., 1922-09-30

business basis, and keep costs
within reasonable limits. He must
work for the community and not
primarily for himself. Presence. pre-
vention and control Of disease should
be made public, though not in
judiciously. He must be q good or
ganizer, and should take advantage
of his working force and their friends
in eleeting new and qualified en-
ployes. He should try to create a
personal interest and initiative among
the workers. Pleasant relations be-
tween his department and the medi-
cal profession should be secured and
maintained. Neither must infringe
, upon the other but the dividing line
is hard to determine. 1t is suggested
that the province of the health officer
is to prevent, and that of the physi-
clan, to treat disease, though 1t is
often necessary to treat in order to
prevent. Mr.. Streeter stated that
further discussion Of that particular
subject belongs elsewhere.
In closing, Mr.. Streeter said, 1.-THE
trend of the times Is away from
political interference with public
health administration, and If the
health officer wishes to share in its
rewards, he must do his part. The
millennium has not arrived, but it is
on the way"
Group Meetings
A meeting of the cancer division of
the Maine Public Health Association
was held with the county cancer chair
men in the Public Utilities room at the
Capitol at p. M. DR.. E. H. Risley
acted as chairman and matters of i'm
port to the division were threshed out
at the gathering.
Statewide health officers, secretaries
| of Statewide volunteer health agcn-
cies and secretaries of State medical
| societies left the city late in the aft
crnoon for the Augusta Country Club,
where a supper conference was held
with Or. Clarence +. Kendell of All
gusta. Maine State commissioner of
health, acting as POSTMASTER.
Barn Dance
! Country schools. corn huskinEs.
square dances and real country fare.
| varied the program Friday night for
the members Of the tuberculosis con-
vention, and the change was welcome
as was shown by the manner in which
all forgot dignity and Joined in the
games and amuscments.
! The party started shortly after S
with rural school" which for half
an hour kept the spectators in roars
| of laughter. The school was observing
! health day with appropriate verses
and "sich like" which took off various
| we'll known members of the convention
| The girls of the State department
! of education and of the Maine Public
Health Association staged the little
| skit and. although they had rchcarsed
but once, everything went off to the
queens taste. The members of the
two departments who took part in this
playlette were: Member of the school
| board. Josiah Taylor; teacher. Mrs
Grace Drysdalc; Mrs. Crepehanger
who Is visiting school, Florence Hale;
students. Miss Catherine Holway. Miss
Evelyn Wilson. Miss Marjorie Lee
| Miss Marion Stone. Mrs. Fay Hovey
Miss Dorothy Hcwins. Miss Flora
Brann, all of the State department OF
education; and Miss Lulu Davis, Miss
Frances Ell;nwood end Miss Mildred
Brown from this Maine Public Health
! Association.
/ Immediately after the play was
over, a corn husking was held with
| eight ladies and gentlemen taking
part. Each was given a certain
| amount Of corn to husk and the one
, finishing first was declared the win
nor and received an appropriate prize
Mrs. ldclla NJ. Stanley of Concord,
n. H., was the winner and she re-
| cciVed as q prize two real old fash
Toned pumpkin pics. Second prize
went to DR.. Osborne who received q
| dozen doughnuts as his reward.
The rest of the evening was de-
voted to dancing, beginning with a
| grand march which wound in and out
OF the many corridors in the Capitol,
up one flight of stars down another,
around the rotunda ard then off in
another direction until those who
/ were watching knew not where to
expect them to appear again.
A Virginia Reel was next on the
| program and it furnished plenty of
amusement and exercise for those
I taking part. Following the Virsina
Keel refreshments were served for
| the balance of the evening by the
following committee from the Au-
| gusta Current Events Club and the
Study Club:
Mrs. S. c. Webster, chairman:
| Mrs. LlcWellyn Edwards, Mrs. Frank
u. Southland. Mrs. H. J. Turner. Mrs.
Charles Alctcalf, Mrs Frank 2.
Washhurn. Mrs. John A. Hadlcy,
Mrs. Samuel 7. Dana. Mrs. George
E. EllinCWcod, Mrs Dennis Dof1o, y n.
| Mrs. William r. PattarEall, and Mrs.
d. l.. Weeks
The refreshments which consisted
Of pumpkin pic. douShnuts and milk
! in individual bottles with straws
/ were very popular and much praise
was heard about the quantity and
quality Of the various articles men,
/ toned.
| The music for the dance was fur
nished ly Douglass orchestra and
/ this fine music and the good spirits
, of the crowd made the occasion one
| to be remembered
| The Rotunda of the Capitol was
| decorated with cornstalks and pump-
ilnS, the large columns being COM
plotoly surrounded by the large
shocks of corn. The whole appear
ence Of the state house and the ma
ture of tho entertainment was UNIQUE