PTA Makes Arrangements For Summer Child Round Up
CHICAGO Ill special SoSS being completed by tional Con gress of Parents and Teachers for its twenty fourth annual Summer of the Children project to provide medical and as examinations for children about to enter school this fall. Mrs. L. W. Hughes of Arlington Tenn president of the congress says thousands of local units will participate and registrations are continuing. The plan enlists medical dental and nursing professionals for health checkups and guides parents to consult family physicians and dentists for needed treatment. Since its start the Round-Up has examined over 2 056 000 children including 164 708 in 1947. In last year 45 415 were referred for medical care and 40 124 for dental care. 93 331 lacked smallpox protection and 82 143 lacked diphtheria protection. Most were vaccinated or treated. This year marks Child Health day per President Truman emphasis. G F Moench of Oak Rides Tenn chairs the national committee on health and Summer Round-Up.
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Tional Congress of Parents and Teachers
L. W. Hughes
Arlington, Tenn
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Truman
National Congress
Hughes
G. F. Moench
Oak Rides
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National Committee On Health
Girl Scout Troops Plan Events and Activities
A compilation of troop notes from Troops 2 11 18 19 24 and 28 records April meetings at local churches and schools. Activities include Mother's Day tea drives for badges and crafts bird cages bird houses and a scrapbook for a hospital. Taps closed each meeting with noted scribe names and guest Barbara Herrick. One Family city notes intermarriage in early St Louis 1804 per Britannica.
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Scribe
Joyce McKillip
Longfellow School
Joan Huston
Bonnie Powell
Cecelie French
Holy Trinity Church
Patsy Er
Holy Cross School
Joan Lyden
Joan Bagneski
Joan Kowalis
Hamilton
North Pressian Church
St. Louis
Britannica
Monotonous School Sends Girl Janet Jones on Flight
Eleven year old Janet Jones escapes the dull school routine with a bold plan for a long flight. The story notes her desire to break from daily classroom monotony and try travel by air as a form of adventure.
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Chicago
Janet Jones
Woman Returns From New York Flight After Short Trip
A woman boarded a morning plane to New York and was sent back to Chicago on the first flight, arriving home about ten hours after departing. The report notes that roughly one in five people bitten by venomous snakes had been handling the reptiles on purpose.
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New York
Janet
Chicago
Cost Of Wisconsin Public Education Rises 22 Percent
The Wisconsin Taxpayers Alliance reports total public education expenditures at over 110 million dollars for 1946 47, up 22 percent from the prior year. Elementary and secondary costs reached 77 million dollars, up about 10 million and 15 percent, fueling calls for more state aid and systemic improvements. The alliance cites state commission and county efforts as progress toward better administration and efficiency with the aim of delivering real value for each education dollar.
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Wisconsin
Wisconsin Taxpayers Alliance
Alliance
State Commission
U.S. Consumer Spending Rises From 1940 to 1941
American consumers increased their expenditures for goods and services from 66 billion dollars in 1940 to 105 billion dollars in the following year, reflecting rising household consumption.
Chip Off Old Basket
Miss Charlotte Naismith granddaughter of Dr James A Naismith inventer of basketball tutors 30 kilted co eds called the Scotch Lassies who entertain during intermission at Geneva varsity cage games in New York.
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New York
Charlotte Naismith
James A. Naismith
Geneva College
Geneva
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