Askov American. [volume] (Askov, Pine County, Minn.) 1914-current, 1927-12-01
SEALS SOLD
SINCE 1907
DR.. M. NaSta From Rouma-
MIA, and DR.. HI. L. Taylor,
President National T. B.
Association, Spoke at
Pine City Meeting.

Local workers for the sale of Red
Cross Christmas seals, medical men,
officers of the state and national
health associations, school men,
newspaper men, and others who at
tended the annual meeting of the
Pine County Public Health Associa-
ton held at the Agnes hotel in Pine
City Tuesday evening, heard several
interesting talks on health topics,
what is done with the funds derived
from the sale of Red Cross Christmas
seals, and how the plan originated
The securing of public health nurse
for Pine county to visit schools and
do other work was also discussed.
After the dinner Mrs. E. B. Linsley
of Willow River, chairman of the Pine
County Public Health Association,
opened the meeting and spoke in part
as follows:
''The object of calling different
health groups together is to try and
work out plan for better health
program for our county for the COM
ing year. We have representatives
from the national, state and county
associations, including the different
local directors, members of the Chi
sago-Pine Medical Society, county
superintendent of the rural schools,
and the newspaper men of the county
here this evening, all of whom will
take part in the program.
EARLY in the summer the score
tary of the medical society wrote and
asked me if the medical society
could not be of some benefit to our
already efficient health organization
I'm the county and in replying l stated
that I thought the physicians ought
to be the captains of the volunteer
health workers in their respective
localities, and we would be more than
glad to take suggestions from them.
There is a paper in the program and
their plan will be discussed by men,
bers of their society.
1.-The editors of the county who
have always helped with free pub
licity in boosting all public doings
and have been very liberal with
space in advancing public health
work, are our guests tonight. Miss
Marguerite Breen, educational di-
rector of the state association, is here
and will later have the opportunity
to tell them how they can continue
in their generous work. The county
superintendent of schools, who plays
very large part in encouraging
health work in rural districts, will
be on the program.
1.-THE school superintendent of the
10 village schools of the county held
a meeting at Sandstone recently. One
of the topics discussed was the need
of county nurse. l talked to a few
Guilty in putting over such a program
was the age old problem of finance.
They thought they might get some
help from the various school boards
and wanted to know if the Pine
County Public Health Association
would consent to give the amount
that had been formerly used for
clinics to promote this work."
After the chairman's talk Mrs. EN-
ma G. Perkins of Pine City, secretary
of the county organization, gave a
good report of the sale of Christ
mas seals in the county for the past
two years, showing that in most COM
munities the sales were increased
in 1926 over those of 1925.
DR.. Taylor Introduced.
DR.. C. G. Kelsey of Hinckley, secre-
tary of the Chisago-Pine Medical So
ciety, introduced DR.. H. Longstreet
Taylor of st. Paul, president of the
National tuberculosis Association, as
the next speaker, stating that Mime
sofa is famous for much-it has the
bread and butter, the dairy interests,
its famous football team, is promi-
nent in anti-tuberculosis work, and
has also some famous medical men
the Mayo brothers at Rochester, DR..
Larson at the University, and others.
And it has the president of the Ma
tional tuberculosis Association who
spoke at England some time ago and
who is known far and wide-a man
who is pioneer in this work.
DR.. Taylor thanked DR.. Kelsey for
stretching things little. He said
he hoped that every county in the
state will have it's health officers
look after the children in the schools
for the schools should be thoroughly
looked after. He explained that nine
teen-twentieths of the income from
Red Cross Christmas seals is spent
in the state where the seals are sold
and that a very small portion goes
for the national work-also a small
portion for publications.
Frank p. Gottry of Pine City, gave