The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1923-02-15
MOST TEACHERS
BACK AT WORK
All Except Three Affected
by Strange Illness Have
Recovered.
BLAME IT ON CHICKEN
General Belief is that Chicken
Served at the Banquet
Caused the Illness.

The Kenosha schools, which were
badly disrupted on Tuesday when more
than a score of teachers were taken
with strange illness, believed to have
been caused by food served at a teach
ers' banquet on Monday evening, were
almost back to normal today. At noon
school officials reported that of the
number of teachers who had been at
ficted with the illness all but three
had recovered and were able to be back
in the schoolrooms today. The three
who are still i'll are Miss Frances Kali
tenbach from the Frank school, and
the Misses Marie Grant and Irene Hall
from the Balm school. None of these
is seriously i'll and all three will prob
ably be back at their places at the
schools on Thursday.
On Tuesday "a teachers were absent
on account of illness and reports from
the schools were to the effect that later
in the afternoon more than a dozen
other teachers were slightly affected
by the illness. All of the substitutes
were called out and calls for volunteers
were also made and answered. The
Balm school was most seriously hit by
the illness as there were ten teachers
there affected by the illness.
Probably the Chicken.
Physicians who attended several of
the teachers expressed belief that the
chicken served at the dinner may have
caused the illness. Investigation re-
vealed that all Of the chickens were
absolutely fresh, having been secured
from farmers near Kenosha. The ut
most care was used in the preparation
of the food, according to reports and
no blame can be laid on anyone for
the misfortune.
The dinner consisted of chicken, q
creamed cabbage salad, mashed pota-
toes, ice cream, cake and coffee. Many
of those who attended the dinner and
ate heartily escaped entirely from the
illness.
The list of teachers who were so
seriously affected by this illness IS to
be forced to remain from school on
Tuesday was given out as follows:
Frank school-Miss Kaltenbach and
Miss McGrath; Balm school-Misses
Nondas Lane, Myrtle Fossmer, Anna
belle Schubert, Alice Lopez, Marie
Grant, Irene Hall and Margaret Hou-
wers and Mrs. Sutherland; Columbus
school-Misses Helen Neidl and Harm
den; Washington school-Mlsses VIII
helmy and Breckenfeld; Lincoln school
Miss Mazle; Mckinley school-Mlss
Berg; High school-Miss Doherty, Miss
Farley and Mr. Bayler; Opportunity
scnool-Miss Coleman; Durkee school
Mrs. Wallis.
There were more than dozen other
absentees from other forms OF illness.
'Nobody to Blame
Officials of the teachers organization
who were in charge of the banquet de-
clared today that they had made a
thorough stigation into the affair
and that they desired to give out
statement which would exonerate from
blame any Of those who were connected
with the serving of the dinner.
at was just an unfortunate affair,
they declared. "We have not been able
to say Just what was the cause of the
illness, but we do know that every rea-
sonable precaution was taken in secur-
ing the food and preparing the meal"
The schools faced a new danger to-
day when the cold wave struck Keno
sha. Several of the portable buildings
were unable to be heated because of
the fact that the cold wind interfered
with the fires and plans were made to
dismiss several of he schools at noon
today unless conditions could be rem
edied. School officials declared that
parents could rest assured that the
nupils would be we'll cared for at the
schools or that they would be sent to
their homes