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From the Middle Ages up until the end of the 19th century, barbers per-
formed a number of medical duties including bloodletting, wound treat-
ment, dentistry, minor operations and bone-setting. The barber's striped
red pole originated in the Middle Ages, when it was a staff the patient
would grip while the barber bled the patient.
Mt. Pulaski Times
Peter Embalabala
Guest Speaker at
Mt. Pulaski Rotary
Professor of Mathematics,
Peter Embalabala of Lincoln
Land Community College,
was the guest speaker at Mt.
Pulaski Rotary recently.
He grew up in Kenya,
one of the youngest of sev-
enteen children born to his.
father. He related how his
first years of schooling took
place under the shade of
trees or large bushes, scrawl-
ing answers to mathematics
problems with a stick in the
dirt,
He remarked that he grad-
uated to a slate tablet upon
finishing the third grade.
When he saw the slate tablet
at the Mt. Pulaski Court-
house, it brought back his
early education.
Education is a prestige in
Kenya: Opportunities for
higher education are rare•
One day, his parents asked
if he would be willing to
pursue higher education
overseas. He went to Nai-
r0bi to look at maps and
cities in search for colleges
in the world. Peter said he
choose to go to the United
States since American tour-
ists to his region were always
more friendly than those
from other countries. He
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university
at Spring Arbor, Michigan,
since he thought it would
be in a nice (spring) climate
with lots of water, which is a
problem in Kenya.
His parents held a party
for his departure, to which
the tribal families brought
envelopes of money to help
finance his flight tickets.
While there, he received a
small scholarship from a
nearby Rotary club in the
Spring Arbor area• His first
winter coat was secretly left
for him on his doorknob
February 19, 2011
someone saw
shivering at a late-October
soccer game.
He and his wife (Julie) live
on 5 acres in the Athens area,
raising and home-schooled
their seven children. Peter
raises some cattle, chickens
and is a beekeeper. Last
year his family in Kenya
reported, in excitement, that
they got electriciw in their
home.
Submitted by
Phil Bertoni President."
Mt. Pulaski Rotary
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