The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1932-11-29
seal SALE BENEFIT
TOSTATE OUTLINED
Dr.. Fannie Dunn, Guam Speaks
on Subject At Kiwanis
Club Meeting

Benefits which accrue to North Da-
kotans as the direct result Of Christ
mas seal sales were presented to
members Of the Kiwanis club Tues
day noon at the Grand Pacific hotel
by DR.. Fannie Dunn Quain, preS-
dent Of the North Dakota Tubercu-
losis association.
Outlining the purposes and history
OF the association and its enterprises,
Mrs. Guam said it has been largely
responsible for arousing the public
to the dangers of tuberculosis and to
the knowledge that it can success
fully be combatted.
One of its major activities, she
said. is the establishment and main
tenance, of Camp Grassick on Lake
Isabel, for the purpose of arresting
incipient cases of tuberculosis and
improving the health of children from
6 to Is years who might be subject
to 1t. The idea is to prevent the
disease rather than cure it, she said,
since prevention Is both easier and
less costly. Every year, she said,
children who come to Camp Grass
lex pale, anemic and in poor health
60 away brown, healthy and active
and in fit condition to pursue their
school work without interruption
during the winter. Plenty of fresh
air, proper food, play and rest and
regime calculated to build health
as followed at the camp were given
credit for the work done. Gains II;
weight last year, she said, ranged
from one pound to 40 pounds.
The number of children at the
camp was 1926 but the drop in re-
ceipts made it necessary to reduce
the camp period from 70 to so days.
An average of 10 quarts of milk and
Is quarts of cream were consumed
daily.
Water from the lake and from the
camp we'll is examined weekly to de-
termine it's healthfulness and the
milk supply, obtained from nearby
farmers, also is subject to stringent
examination.
Rapid improvement is noted In the
incidence of tuberculosis among chill
dren Of teen" and high school age
Mrs. Quain said, crediting a more
enlightened outlook with much of
the gains recorded.
More and better athletic equipment
and programs, an improved social at
titude and the development of &C
tivities which stimulate interest and
prevent undue fatigue were some OF
the things mentioned by the speaker
as contributing to this result. Despite
these facts, she said, the period i'm
mediately preceding adolescence still
is the dangerous age for tuberculosis
and the disease, if contracted at this
period of life, is more apt to be fatal
than If contracted at other ages.
Examination of work done here
and in other states. she said, shows
that the North Dakota dollar goes
farther in tuberculosis prevention
work than anywhere else in the coun-
try.
Rev. E. L. Jackson. chairman for
the day. outlined the Kiwanis Christ
mas cheer program whereby every
clubman agreed to take family and
see it had merry Christmas. Each
member took card indicating the
number of persons in the family as
signed to him, together with the sex
and ages of the children. Each
agreed to deliver a suitable box by
Dec. 20 to be turned over to the Red
Cross for delivery.
Ralph Truman, violinist. played
two solos, accompanied on the piano
by Miss Belle Menus. w. j. McDon-
aid led the club singing.
Judge John Burke reported on the
ladies night" party.
A guest was w. r. Glitschka, man.