Show CITIZENS WIZENS HEAR VITAL TALK ON fluoridation N BY dentist DE NT today roday there are more than communities in thi united states that are fluoridating their water supply another have approved tor for their W water oter supply in the near future gid dr K 11 C dalgleish director of utah state health ing before vernal citizens friday ada night he pointed out wo no community in utah la is fluoridating their water supply at this time vernal could be the first arst city in tha tho state to install a system the meeting sponsored by the vernal junior chamber of commerce art erce under the direction ot of health committee chairman dr dan Q price was tor for the purpose of familiarizing the citizens of vernal with fluoridation and its values in an effort to set vernl drinking water fluorinated fath although 0 agh fluiro dahon systems a are re la in oper operation now in cities citi esIn in 44 ot of our 48 ariates es none have ve been installed without great t opposition said dr ir dalgleish gl eish and i yet yel every claim for arthe the benefits of using fluorine have kave been thoroughly grounded intimation I 1 among the most common complaints taints against fluoridation to Is tat ahat it li is poison and dr dale eish said it itis Is true that fluor bleish els polson poison but only in large concentrations which physically could not possibly be introduced into chef the water without the knowledge of officials he pouted pointed out that one part fluorine to 6 one million parts water is necessary to obtain the improved dental health estimated at 63 65 per cent less dental decay this would be bo about avi pounds ds of fluorine compound to gallons of water in order to produce nausea to those drinking the water it would take four tons of compound gund in the gallons of water limit of the compound beld held in iq the fluoridating machine chine makes it impossible to get the wrong amount into the water XU supply rr dr dalgleish said many many peo plezant plew ant to biow why fluorine Is not added to other foods such as salt the way iodine is added to prevent goiter the value e of using water comes from the fact that it has universal usage and that fluorine is more readily and economically utilized from wafer by the teeth during a special que question silon and answering period following the doctor doctors talk i member odthe of the audience asked the cost of installing such a system for vernal A state engineer according to dr dalgleish lelch has estimated the cost at 2500 forr thet fluorine adding machine which i would be hous housed edwith with the present chlor mating tha apt install i atlon of storage space for the I 1 fluorine additional expense would be from 14 to 17 cents per capita per year depending on the consumption of water and the type of compound used y A second question was what effect does fluorine intake have over a period e r iod of years on an individual which was answered by the doctor by saying disease rates in cities where natural fluorine Is found in la the water at much higher concentrations that one part to one million have shown that fluorine has no effect except to discolor the teeth which is eliminated with the reduced amount of compound it Is isa important to remember that nutrition has no effect on teeth after primary structures are formed up to the age of about 12 it will benefit only our children he pointed out but this we owe to our children and the coming generations whitney hammond president of the vernal junior chamber of commerce tol told d the group meet meeting irig at the uintah stake center the ja jaycees will ill contribute as a agg beginning for the installation of the fluoridation system A local doctor will speak to the bonanza group croup supplement ed by flIn films ison on cancer chairman louise S hatch batch this week announced several changes in county precinct officers ficen of three new chairmen were appointed I jaura aura gardin er hayden francis cs bowen bennett and mae sprouse lapoint it was necessary for margaret nic k olson the east E ast side ch chair air man and eva gusher chairman to resign th they ey have not yet been replaced rosalie dejourno t boswell has been bee n appoint 9 43 west westside side ch chairman airman other committee chairmen chaft aen are am alta stewart jensen lynn hamilton bonanza martha knight naples revina caldwell ashley reva merkley maeser mrs paul gunes Gl jnes doris morrill Tr idell norma johnson ballard ballar mrs larue pickup randlett mrs austin wardle ouray mra alm harold dudley leota marguerite curtis north vernal mrs onel barnett south vernal and mrs while amas ang this unprecedented de nw safety record the dome tic scheduled lines ailt m 1931 1951 car ried equal to the combined 1 tion of od 22 states milne new vermont rhode I 1 Is land connecticut north dakota south dakota nebraska kansas Dela delaware wet west virginia Xi arkansas kansas oklahoma colorado new now maco arizona montana idaho wyoming neva nevada da and oreg owa t I 1 constant improvement i the recent record letting setting sale safe I 1 ty auric mark follow follows i a trend t towards i WIT increased abety alch has rha s con linued for the past 20 years poi voi the five yeara years 1932 1936 1938 the do bestic scheduled airlines bad had 15 fatalities per million pa kenger miles tin jn tha the next rv alv vo yean years the rate came down dow ato to 61 15 1 por for the period 1942 1940 cut to 24 per million passenger miles and in the afa part five beares a still till further reduction WM was accompli ched shed toa rate of IT 17 culminating in the figura for the tho past 12 month months |