Evening Republican, Volume 21, Number 255, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 30 October 1918 — DR. RUE PARCELS MAKES BIG HIT [ARTICLE]

DR. RUE PARCELS MAKES BIG HIT

FORMER RENSSELAER YOUNG MAN ENTERTAINS FELLOW ROTARIANS. Dr. Rue Parcels, son oi Mr. and Mrs, E. M. Parcels, of this city, like other Rensselaer young men, is making good.- The following article appeared in the Amarillo, Texas, Wheels, the organ of the Rotary club, of that city: ' . „ . “Forward the Toothbrush BnSade,” was considerably more than a tugh when Rue Parcels got through with his most entertaining talk last week on what dentists used to do and what they are doing now. During these food campaigns we* have sometimes quoted Napoleon in saying that an army marches and fights on its stomach. But one of the things which Napoleon overlooked —there were several —was the fact that an army is no better than its teeth. Uncle Sam did not overlook that an army is no better than its teeth. Uncle Sam did not overlook that or anything else that we can think of just now. Therefore one of the first things the United States did wa sto increase its service

of dental surgery to an extent never before known in army history. And if you think that he planned for any of the dental recruits to have a soft snap, just remember that Rue Parcells told about helping the first dental officers at his camp examine 28,000 men with only two or three available sets of field dental equipment to utilize for the necessary repairs. Of course, plenty of the necessary equipintent -came on pretty soon and now American troops at homo or overseas, well or wounded, have quickly the skilled help of American x dentists, those surgical specialists who have made dentistry one of Americas greatest contributions to the well being of the world. Rue Parcells was one of the first volunteers for the dental service when

the war started, and he put aft a season’s effective work so r better fighters before the examining boards turned him back to Amarillo because they thought his heart might not stand shell shock or spme other such complaint. So if you want to get manhandled by a real tender-hearted dentist, go up some afternoon to that delicious looking white and silver operating room (or does he call it a studio?) which Rue maintains in the Smith building.