The Oneonta Star from Oneonta, New York • Page 3

Pare Two me Onconta Star, uneonu, Batrjroar, uctoocr 1918 I Am Your Ncwspapcrboy! History of Public Health U- S. From Early Times Proves Fascinating Story jll.r'i Iki UltrrH .1 piUta TW l.l«r ttUMUl Hril MMn J.MI. Wtllk I- Wlbl Iktl Ikll Robert Dreuer Star Carriers Arc Saluted On Newspaperboy Day Robert Dresser, 14, of 407 Main is one nf The Star carrier Ixiys who start out daily to make deliveries of your newspaper. They are a success story In the making. The majority of our csrrUrs students.

Robert attends the Oneonta Junior High School and before hos first class has delivered 173 newspapers In tht Main Street area. Ho Is tht son of Mr. and Mrs. Lei Dresser. Ths newspaper Job our carriers how to meet people, how to money, make collections and keep accurate hooks of all transactions.

From their for the tlmt and effort they devote to their business. The Star carrier boyt often have a fund for their future education. Many, as Robert plana to do, have bcenmt businessmen when they grow up. They have bad a head start on other boys who have not had the advantages that newspaper route provides In business training. There an 31 newspapcrtooys em The Star who each day deliver 3J81 of our more than regular edition.

It Is with real pride that we silute the American Ncwspaperboy, on this a i a Ncwspapcrboy Day, Oct. 2. 1813. Uriah Balcom, Harhvick, Dies nartwlck Uriah J. Balonm died yesterday afternoon at his home on Mala Street after a short Illness.

Funeral sen-Ices will be con ducted it ths Patterson Funeral Home Monday at 1:30 p. m. by ths Rev. George II. Kyrk.

pastor of the Congregational Christian Church. Burial will be In Hartwlck Cemetery. Mr. Balcom was bom In Bur- llnzton. May 8.

1870, son of Ly- min and Minerva (Dingtnan) Balcom. Hi married Emma Dlckenson Oct. 29, 1894. He was ft fanr.er had spent most ef his life In New Lisbon ind Hart- wlck. II? was member of Con- Ifres-itirmal Church.

Surviving betides hb wife, ion. Menro, ffouth Hart- wtek; daughter, Mrs. Mlerri Aldrlch, Oxford: one sister, Mrs. Louis Groat, Illnn, and one grandson ind several nieces ind nephews. Edmcston Man Is Found Dead rdmeitnn--Charley Alger wts found dead In bed it his home here early yesterday morning.

Fureral sen-Ires will held at p. m. Sunday In Houk Funeral Home here. The Rer. Ralph Vosburgh of Edmeiion Second lUptlit Church, wilt officiate.

Burinl will ht In Eitmes- lon Union Cemetery. Mr. Alter was hnrn Nor. 7, 1163. at Erimtstnn.

nf Levl E. and Marian (Kiviwles) Alger. He had lived here for five yean. He wn married Oct. 28.

1892. ta Belle Fargo nf Norwich. Alter died year. He survived by twe sons. Ray Alter of ninghamton and Ilnser Alffcr of CliyTllle: i daughter.

Klnley Gould ef Oritkany; one grandchild and two (reat-grindchlldren: eisttr, Mrs. Sara Campbell of nnrl brother, Ralph Alger Kdmeiton. Wall-oil Woman, 111 Week, Dies i The story of the development of public health administration in the United States from its becinning is a fascinating one, and tenches gome very practical lessons. It shows us why some of thef residual activities, now obsolete, are still carried on because of the momentum of tradition and precedent. We learn hour difficult It Is 0 give up established practices, and how Important to consider very carefully the Introduction new and untried meisures.

The eacer. Intelligent health officer who has met stupid and mrcasonlng "opposition to well- hought-out programs learns fore- x-arance, patience, and tolerance 1 hen lie i that his ueilcccssors had even greater lifficulty than he has had In spanning the chasm between new scientific dUnveries In preventive medicine and the actual appllca- of these principles In current public health procedure. A more fragmentary outline of major events will serve to pay Incomplete tribute to the "giants that walked the land" In those pioneer days, and Illustrate the fact that many practices, now well accepted and established, are a direct growth of seed planted long ago. Onr forefathers were much more Interested In the preservation of souls than human bodies. and the promotion of spiritual rather than physical welfare.

Disease, at first considered a visitation of Providence, was later believed to be propagated and spread by decomposing anlmsl and vegetable matter and other unfavorable envlron- a Influences. Public health organisation as inch was practically non-existent. The chief public health acts were measures relating to promotion nf municipal cleanliness at a means of protecting the publle health. Edward Ollaway Funeral Held Westrllle--Funeral services for Edward OtUway were held Wed- nesdsy at the Baptist Church. The Rev.

Walter Miller officiated. Burial In Westville Cemetery. Bearers were Seeber Bates, Ira Hubbsrd, Fred Denton and Cllf- and one assistant. These men concerned themselves with attempts at control of outbreaks of yellow fever and smallpox. Public health measures related chiefly to overcrowding, uncleanllness of streets, regulation of slaughter houses, public biths and pig sties.

The nation was half through the 19th century and no single state had. as yet, organized a state board of health. Twenty- one cities had more or less active health organizations. Some of the smaller due to serious emergencies, had been the first to organize boards of health. (Monday: Sanitary Progress.) Stamford Man Dies in Hospital Stamford--Man-In Gardner, B4, died Thursday at Bithgate Hos- iltal where he had been a patient two weeks.

Funeril sen-Ices will be held today at 2 p. m. at the Spoor Fu neral Home on South Delaware Street. The Rev. Mark A.

Smith will officiate. Burial will be In Charlottevllle. Born July 12, IBM. at Summit, he was a retired railroad man and had resided In Stamford for 48 years. For many years he was at Ihe home of Mrs.

Josephine Fuller and following her death had been cared for by Mrs. Grace Thome and brother, Clarence Fuller. He Is sun-lved by three nieces Miss Nellie Gardner of Worcester and Miss Edith Terk and Mrs Glenn Sullivan of Maryland. Lulubell Rohle- dsr, SJ, died Thursday after a week's Illness at Steven's Hospital. Funeral servlcei will held it 2:30 p.

m. Sunday In l.yon Brothers Chapel. Tht Rev. J. M.

Flndley Brown, pastor of tht Walton United Presbyterian Church, wilt officiate. Burial will In Walton. Mn. Rohleder was born May 19, 1893, la Sullivan County, daughter nf Charles and Cora Cornell. She lived In Shavertown before moving to Walton six years ago.

She was married to Charles Rohlcdrr. her second husband. In 1943. Besides 'her husband sht Is survived by four sons, Herbert of Unadllla, Leslie and Harold of Delhi and Clifford ef Pcpac- ton; four daughters. Mrs.

Eldred Stosser of Freemont, Mrs. Gus Smith of Jeffcrsonvllle, Mrs. Lloyd Edwards of Roscot and Mrs. Helen Estachln of Delhi; a brother, Fred Cornell of Unadllla: a sister, Mrs. Ross Medlcr of Roscoe, Sidney Woman Dies in Idaho Sidney --Mrs.

Edith V. Yarder, 68, died at the home of her son, Georgi Yarder, Namps, Idaho, Thursday. Her body Is ta bs sent here for funeral services At 2 p. m. Tuesday it Carr It Landers Funeral Chapel the Rev.

Russell E. Shive pastor of tht Baptist Church, officiating. Burial will in Prospect Hill Cemetery. Mrs. Yarder was bom at Smith's Basin Feb.

19, 1SSO. She li survived by three sons, Andrew, Sidney, Genrte and Robert; five grandchildren and ont greit-grandchlld. She had lived In Sidney for 33 years and was a member of the Baptist Church. In 1797, the act authorizing the first local "Boards of Health" was passed, and Boston, In 1799, by a special net nf Legislature, formed Board of Health with the ubiquitous a miny-talented Paul Revere as Its chairman The chief powers of these local boards of health related to abatement of nuisances. It Is worth noting that the organization, functions, and non-medical type of personnel of these local boards of health In Massachusetts have remained fundamentally unchanged up to the present day.

The entire attention of sanitarians In the early days of the nation was concerned with control of the environment, and slight attention was paid to control of Ihe Individual as a means of protecting him from Infection, or, when he became Infected, preventing him from spreading disease. Publle health measures were not carried out by permanent bodies as a rule, but by temporary appointment of commissions and by grants of funds to meet emergencies. As an Index of public health opinion and practices it the turn of the loth century, we may select New York City, with a population of some 73,000. Vital statistics were compiled on the basis of sextons' returns for Interments. The public health committee appointed in 1806 was concerned One.

Pure water supplies. Two. Construction of common sewers. Three. of lowland marshes.

Fonr. Interment of the dead. Five. Construction of a masonry wall along the water front. Six.

Planting of and health vegetables. Seven. Habitation In damp cellars. The period from 1100 la USD was marked by rapid expansion of the country, but little growth In public health knowledge or administration. Epidemic after epidemic inept the land.

The overtones were smallpox, yellow fever and typhus fever. But In 1138 scarlet fever wu second In Ihe list of causes of death from "syrnotle" and tnberen- lo-ls caused the death of S.OOO people In Massachusetts In that year--a rate of over 304 per 100,000 population. By 1815 New York City had grown to nearly 100.000 population. A city Inspector system was In vogue. The division was a branch of the municipal police.

There was one chief Inspector ton Price. Those attending from away were: Mr. and Mrs. John OtU- way, Mr. and Mrs.

Dean Ottaway. Port Cralne; Ward Green. Oiwego; Mr. and Mrs. Percy Rosenthal ind Betty Anna, Cooperstown.

Mr. and Mrs. Henry Darling, Cobleskill; Mrs. Bert Dickcrson, Cooperstown: Clyde and Charles Ottaway, Mlddlefield Alden and Harold a a Mr. and Mrs.

Fields, Hartwlck Seminary. Mr. and Mrs. Arthur Eldred, Mr. and Mrs.

Stewart Eldred. Hartwick; Mr. and Mrs. Kenneth Webb, Stuart Halght. Milford; Mr.

and Mrs. Van Sherman. Unadllli; Mr. and Mrs. Webb Chambcrlin, Cobles- U1L Speaker at Sidney Club Sidney--The field of radio was discussed before Sidney Rotar- lans yesterday" by MUs Harrielte Dunbar, production manager of WDOS, Oneonta.

Miss Dunbar was Introduced by Ralph Wads- Miss Dunbar Otsego County Draft Board Classifies 45 Men as 1-A; Defers Naming Quota of 4 West Laurens Mrs. Elmer Gardner West Liurrni--Mr. and Mrs. E. Brodman, College Point, L.

were recent guests of Mrs. Brodman's sister, Mrs. Margaret Woehrle and nephew and niece, Mr. and Mrs. Keith Matteson.

Willis Carter left Tuesday to visit relatives in Blnghamton and Ohio. Mrs. Angelica Budlne Is visiting her sister In Rome. Births Fred Prindle Riles Conducted Funeral'services for Fred W. Prindle.

23 Gilbert SL, were conducted yesterday afternoon by the Rev. Richard II. Lloyd, pastor of the First Baptist Church. Bearers were Russell Wheeler, Henry Krlchbium, Harold Locke, Paul Alger. Samuel Slaw- ion and George Ostrander.

Interment was In Oneonta Plains Cemetery. Attending from out-of-town were: Mr. and Mrs. John Duffy, Mr. ind Mrs.

Fred Stypolske, Wisconsin; Webb Selley. Frank Seeley, Mr. and Mn. Ira Gregory ind Mr. ind Mrs.

Ralph Sidney Mr. and Mrs. Leon Hlnklcman, IB Depot Unadllla, a daughter, Nancy Gay, September 23. Mr. and Mrs.

John J. Cruise, Franklin. RD 2, a daughter, Janice Carol, September 24. Mr. and Mrs.

Albert Carlln. Dalnbrldge. RD 2, a son. Albert Seeley, Walton; Mrs. Elliott and Mrs Pearl Minnie Tooley, Mllford; Mrs.

William Loudon and niece. Cortland and Mrs. Frank Smith, Cooperstown. William. September 24.

Mr. and Mrs. Benedict 282 Bird Ave, Sidney, Scott, Thomas James, September 28. Ikhayler Lake Mr. and Mrs.

Averill Perkins, September 26, son, at Bassett Hospital. worth. Miss Dunbar pointed out that nearly everyone Is Interested In radio. However, some people sometimes ask: "What good Is it?" During the course of her talk she demonstrated radio's vast Importance and magnitude of scope. First real discovery, which made possible, she said, was the detection of ether wave In 1867.

Dr. Lee DeForest In 1907 Invented a mlcrophont mnd transmitter which was used to broadcast a program from New York City to the Brooklyn Navy Yard. However, from 1907 through 1920 development of the new discovery lagged. At about the end of that time, Frank Conrad of Pittsburgh, an Cooperstown--The County Draft Board classified 4S men tentatively as 1-A at meeting Thursday night. Of these, however, many have claimed physical or mental defects that would place them in 4-F.

Tht present draft procedure varies from that of World War Two In that the local boards try to screen those with "obvious defects and manifest conditions" before sending them to Albany. For this reason, the final selection of tht four men ta be drafted from Otsego County October 19, has, been temporarily deferred, Mrs. Marie Bynack, clerk of the board, said Friday. Two members of the board. Fred Launsback, chairman, of Cherry Valley, and Lee Starr of Morris, sorted through 81 questionnaires returned by 25-year- olds and some 24.

23 and 22-year- olds. John Wllcox of Worcester, the third member of the board, was unable to attend. employe ged up of Westinghouse. rig- a transmitter and be can broadcasting. Miss Dunbar continued.

A local department store offered to lend him records to ust and soon nearly everyone In the city was attempting to pick up the programs. Finally Conrad'f equipment was purchased by Westlnghouse, which set up the first regular broadcasting station In the world, KDKA. In 1923, the company moved Into New York City to establish WEAF, which broadcast the first radio commercial. First church service and the first baseball game ever to be broadcast orl'lrated at KDKA. NBC was the first network, according to Miss Dunbar.

The Red Network handled all commercial programs and the Blue Network the sustaining programs. In 1823, CBS was organized and Mutual came on the In 1933. Ten years later the Blue Network was made Into ABC. To the casual persons, the speiker continued, radio station may mean Just a radio in- nouncer. This Is not so because there are many behind-the-scenes Jobs at a radio station.

Among the personnel are employes In I the departments of production. Those claiming physical or mental unfltness for service In the irmed forces will be Interviewed by Dr. Charles B. Kleler, this village, who li medical adviser for the county board. Mrs.

Dynack emphasized that statements from physicians enclosed with the returned questionnaires, even concerning "obvious defects or manifest conditions." cannot legally be used unless the statement has been certified. All of the questionnaires had not been returned when board met. and the others will be classified at another meeting to be called soon. Of the 81 questionnaires classified by the board. 27 were placed In 2-C as fanners; six were placed In the postponed group because they ire students; one.

a professor, was labeled 2-A; one, a minister, 4-D, and one. 3-A, because he had married since the day he registered. All of those tentatively classified 1-A are unmarried non- veterans. The final four will be chosen from those IS yean old. program, traffic, music and" personnel as well as a staff of commercial writers.

It takes minimum of 12,000 per week to keep a radio station functioning. Therefore, commercials and sponsors are necessary, she said. If possible, but If enough are not available, the board will go on down the a(e groups. Meridale Woman, III Year, Dies Meridale--Mrs. Martha Pixley died at the Delaware County yesterday where she had been patient for the past year.

Funeral services will be at 1 p. m. Sunday at the Hall Funeral Home. Delhi, followed by service at 3 p. m.

at Laurens Cemetery. The Rev. M. E. Douglass ol the Delhi Methodist Church will officiate.

Mrs. Flxley was born March 25, Otego. Her husband, Benjamin Pixley, died several years aeo. She spent most of hcj life in the town of Meredith. Rites Held For Mrs.

Julia Teed Sidney Center--Funeral services for Mrs. Julia Tccd were held at the i Church here. Bearers were Orrln Baldwin, Alford McLachlan, Eugene Terd and Raymond Butts, all nf Mrr- rlckville. Interment was in Highland Cemetery. Relatives and friends were present from Walton, Balnbridge, Merrlckvllle and BInghamton.

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