Anna Louise Tittman Memoir - University of Illinois Springfield

Anna Tittman
!then the board of education moved into what became the new building
between the Leland Hotel and the Methodist Church. It wa$ called
the Leland Building, I think. They were on an upper floor, and the
was an elevator, but there was also a stairway. There wa$ a door
tween the main offices of the Board of Fducation and
laan all by itself. And that became the dental
the board of education was so sold to the idea
with what we started in the spring. They
equipmnt. And the dentists saw to what they needed, but they still
brought their own instmnts because that; was inportant, t and of course,
useful to them, too, to have that method because they'd
[tools that] they wanted. Then the children waited out
the stahway and had their books and so on. They didn't et in misaief
at all. And that was successful, really successflil. I $ntt know what
they re doing now about that, whether they have a free digpensary . One
reason why this dispensary was established was that they didn't want this
ragtag, bcbtail group of children coming ot their offices1 axing wi'qh all
their own patients, you see. Well, it would be ldnd of dfsturbing, you
haw, too.
Q. How rmny dentists participated?
A. Well, akmst the whole dental society. A few didn't
was because they had other patients, I think. They had t
tim themselves. But their turn didn't core too often.
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Q. You were telling me about Dr. John Donelan.
A. Yes, Dr. John Donelan was the dentist who, I think mi&t have b
pointed by the dental society to be the dentist with whoa I commmi
in regard to supplying the personnel, seeing that the de@sts got
the dental dispensary [clinic]. They only had to corn abut rmybe
twice a year and if they dihqt cone, he'd corn himelf. He had a
who was a dentist, too, an older brother. I thhk they md their
together as I recall.
Q. How many days a week was the clinic open? i
A. I can't really remrrj3er. I think that we started we st&ed
in the spring and we didn't have mchtime mtil
went every ni@t after school. Then $n the fall
other day, m three days a week or so~thing like that.
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Q. Did you have any problems getting the children to co to the clinic?
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A. No, the parents had to handle that.
Q. Tne parents brou&t them?
A. Well, they weren't there, no. I don't bow don't rewwJ3er just how