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Editorially Speaking:
SO WE'RE DOGS!
Again, or perhaps it’s yet, newspapers, radio, tele-
vision and magazines are in the presidential dog-house.
In backing up the statement
the nation has a “one-party
of Governor Stevenson that
press,” the President in his
press conference declared that these institutions had be-
come big business, and that big business has always been
Republican.
To begin with, this classification of business as “big”
and “small,” is a Democratic idea, stemming from the :
late FDR’s credo of ‘‘divide
and rule.” But even if the
inventors were sure of where to draw the line between
“big” and “small,” which is obviously impossible, Mr.
Truman's charge is still a bit confusing. ;
Is big business bad because it's big, or because it’s
Republican?
Is small business holy because it can’t raise the price
of moral turpitude, or because our President has a notion
it is Democratic?
Governor Stevenson estimated that 90 percent of the
press is “just against Democrats . .
cats,” and that ten percent
. as dogs are against
is “enlightened.” We think
his figures are about right, whether his descriptions aré
or not. And it is highly significant that the thousands
of “grass-roots” weeklies throughout America are Re-
publican in similar proportions.
Does Mr. Truman think these country weeklies are
“big business?” We very personally wish that were the
case , .
our moral fibre.
. unless, of course, that would automatically shred
The simple fact is, President Truman, and Governor
Stevenson, you can not see yourselves — and the New
Deal-Fair Deal—as 11,818 American newspaper publish-
ers, big and small, wicked and virtuous, see you .
. and
the place to which your policies are leading us.
Ten thousand publishers
could be right.
* * *
FROM.
PILLAR TO POST
By MRS. T. M. B. HICKS
Speaking of birthdays, we just got a letter from Virginia, containing
priceless information about birthday presents. We quote: :
“I want to tell you about Clara’s birthday. Clara is old and grey,
must be at least a freshman in high school. She baby-sits for the chil-
dren while I teach dancing, and rides herd on Bill while I teach kinder-
garten.
“Clara was having a birthday
this past Monday, and the kids
wanted to get her a present. I
said a dime apiece would be about
right, so armed with their money
they trotted happily Lff to the dime
store. i had spread a rich layer of
propagatada around, because I
thought they ought to get some-
thing a big girl would want. T ex-
plained how pretty a hair ribbon is,
and how ‘you can buy pins for a
scarf and maybe ear-rings.
“Todd came back all smiles and
opened his mysterious brown par-
cel, flourishing a small American
flag. ‘Won't Clara be pleased?’
“Susie clutched her brown paper
bag to her and breathed, ‘Clara will
just love this’. Then she opened
it up and pulled out a little colored
dolly with a brief white ruffle for
a skirt.
“Chuckie got her a pair of red
plastic cowboy guns that go click,
because, Clara is always playing
cowboy with us and she hasn't got
any gun of her own. AND, I'm
going to use some black oilcloth if
you don’t mind and make her two
holsters with buttons on them for
decorations. ‘And he did indeed,
and a belt to go along with them.
“But Howie, Howie whom I had
told about ribbons, combs, cute
things for big girls, Howie came
«®™ whizzing into the
{
~ pets dearly, and who are kind to,
kitchen and
jerked out his present before I had
time even to guess. His delight at
his choice was more than he could
suppress, and he glowed all over.
‘Looky, Barbie,
SEED3, TEN CENTS.
“I'm sure this is the most unique
birthday Clara ever had. As my
own present I gave her this week's
tap lessons free.
“And while I'm about it, did I
tell you about our new cat? We
didn’t actually need him, but you
know how it is. A kid comes home
from . the postoffice and reports
that there is a poor little kitty in
a tree and he doesn’t know how to
get down.
“Zingo, a rescue mission of three
arrives with a white and tortoise-
shell job, very nondescript. ‘Dear
me’, sez I,’ you don’t have to bring
him to our house, he'll be so
lonely. Take him back where he
belongs.’
“Dutifully, but with dragging feet,
& the trio trudges back and deposits
him at the base of the tree, and
the kitten promptly follows them
home again.
“Susie keeps him in an orange
crate, or in the high chiar, or tucks
a doll blanket around his pink paws,
and brings him bites of crackers
and cookies to eat. He's just the
sort of kitty ‘you can’t live without,
even if he is sort of odd looking.
Because he PURRS and he PATTY-
PAWS,
“We call him Foundy, because he
isn’t lost amy more. He's the only
one of all our cats that has a real
name.”
No, they didn’t actually need an-
other cat, but they come of a long
line of children who have been
permitted to have pets, who love
Py
WATERMELON !
pets.
It's a wonder to me they didn’t
give Clara the phenomenon for an
extra bonus on her birthday.
But probably they couldn’t spare
him.
Blood Donor Day
Nets 33 Pints
Back Mountain
Lumber Sends 10
Blood Donor Day at Dallas Bor-
ough School netted Wyoming Valley
Blood [Center fifty-three pints of
blood, ten of which are credited to
donors from Back Mountain Lum-
ber Company. Another company
which sent donors on company time
was that of L. L. Richardson, re-
sponsible for four pints, with a fifth
pint to come in two weeks.
Several potential donors were re-
fused, due to colds or lack of suf-
ficient iron.
Most donations were given by
repeaters, contributing to the sixth
Back Mountain Blood Donation, with
a minimum of new donors giving
for the first time.
A number of husband and wife
donations were noted.
Among the old reliables, random
sampling from the list, were Mr.
and Mrs. Dan Robinhold; Mr. and
Mrs. ‘Carlton Kocher; Joseph Lavelle,
Mrs. Hortense Shaver, Mrs. Gladys
Cooper, Fred Eck, W. E. McQuilkin,
Howard Isaacs, Mrs. O. L. Moore,
Grace Cave, Arlean, Bowman, Peter
D. ‘Clark, Mrs. Mary (Girvan, Stefan
i Hellersperk, Paul Goddard, Mr. and
Mrs. Norman Oney, Gertrude Wil-
son, Mrs. Helen Trimble, Mrs. ‘Arch
Brookes.
From Back Mountain Lumber
Company came [Granville Sowden,
and Senior; Carl Evans, Robert Mor-
gan, James Kibler, Roy King, Charles
Lamoreaux, C. Thomas, Floyd Op-
linger, and Herman Fisher, a custo-
mer. y
Delegation from L. L. Richardson
included William Rauch, John Ward
‘Carl Sherinsky, Robert Lewis, with
Vic Cross signing up for a donation
within two weeks.
Robert Bachman and Mrs. T. M.
B. Hicks represented the Dallas
Post.
Raymon Hedden, anxious to give
blood, arrived three minutes too
late, with operations completed at
5:45. Mr. and Mrs. Raymcad Kuh-
nert, also delayed, arrived just as
apparatus was being dismantled.
Class Entertained
Mr. and Mrs. Sherman Kunkle
| ewtettained the (Christian Comrade
Bible (Class of the ‘Church of Christ
at their home,
Present were Mrs. Harold Briggs,
‘Loralee and Loydean, Mr. and Mrs.
Harold Brit, Mr. and Mrs. Russell
Wandel, Donna and Leroy, Mr. and
Mrs. George Wesley, the host and
hostess and son Bobby.
ne Darras Post
"MORE THAN A NEWSPAPER, A COMMUNITY INSTITUTION
VOL. 62, No. 39
Family Of Three
Escapes Death By
Narrow Margin
Coal Gas Overcomes
Young Mother And
Children In Sleep
George Stofila, 2%, and his little
sister Mary Ann, thirteen months,
were discharged from Nesbitt Me-
morial Hospital Tuesday forenoon,
as out of danger. Their mother,
Mrs. Sophie Stofila, 22, in poorer
condition after being overcome by
coal gas, remained another day.
When Mrs. Stofila did not unlock:
her door Monday morning, her
sister - in - law, Elizabeth Stofila,
thought that she had gone to rela-
tives in Swoyerville to spend the
day. ' A neighbor, Mrs. Arthur
Shelley, knocking later in the day
on the door of the Poplar Street
residence in Fernbrook, thought
that she had gone out.
A telephone call to Swoyerville
established the fact that the little
family was not with their relatives,
panicked the George Stofila Sr. fam-
ily. Mary Pasa, a half-sister, rushed
to the house shortly after 6 p.m.
with a key, opened the door, and
found the house full of coal gas,
escaping from the kitchen range.
The family, still in bed, were un-
conscious. 3
She and another sister, Rose-
mary, picked up the two small
children and carried them to the
outdoors, throwing open the win-
dow to give Mrs. Stofila air. Dr.
Malcolm Borthwick was sum-
moned. Howard Woolbert and Rev.
Russell Edmondson, answering the
call for an ambulance, rushed the
unconscious mother and children to
Nesbitt Memorial, where Mrs. Sto-
fila spent the night under an oxy-
gen tent. :
Tuesday morning Mrs. Stofila was
pronounced out of danger, but too
weak from fumes to be discharged.
Mrs. Stofila Sr. took the children
home with her.
‘Shavertown Pack 233
Graduates, Inducts Three
Cub troop 233 met at Shaver-
town Fire Hall Monday evening to
accept three new cubs into the or-
ganization, graduate three to Boy
Scouts, promote two boys. to higher
grades, and award ten service
stars.
Idea Committee for November
consists of Mrs. Charles Eberle, Mrs.
George Jacobs, and Mrs. D. Howell.
Inducted into the pack are
Charles Eberle, John Curtis, and
Harry Misson.
Graduated into Boy Scouts are
Jim Parry, Laing Coolbaugh, and
Ray Malkemes.
Promoted to wolf status are Pete
Weaver and Tom Jenkins; to bear,
Fred Eck.
Stars for service were awarded
to Laing Coolbaugh, Ray Malkemes,
Jim Parry, Roy Hall, Dick Thomas,
Jim Morgan, Fred Eck, Charles
Woolbert, Jim Eckerd, and Dick
Powell.
Back Mountain Volunteer Fire-
men’s Association will meet at
Trucksville Fire House, Carverton
Road, Trucksville, Friday, October
3, 8 p.m., Joseph Schuler presiding.
The date has been arranged in ad-
vance of National Fire Prevention
Week, October 5-12. >
Guest experts who will attend
are Edwin McLaughlin, Arson In-
vestigator, National Board of Fire
Underwriters; Al Wilson, Fire Mar-
shal, State Police; Elmer Eggert,
chairman Wyoming Valley Joint
Council for Fire Prevention; Cap-
tain Lee Weir and Captain Sheldon
Wintermute, Kingston Fire Depart-
ment.
Films issued by National Board
of Fire Underwriters on fire pre-
vention will be shown.
All volunteer firemen of the re-
gion are cordially invited. Refresh-
ments will be served.
Dave Schooley, secretary, lists
fifteen rules for fire prevention:
1. Inspect and clean chimneys,
stoves and furnaces periodically.
2. Install spark arresters
chimneys.
3. Use a metal and asbestos stop-
per in the stove-pipe hole.
4. Have screens in front of open
fireplaces.
5. Put ashes in metal containers.
6. Thoroughly field-cure hay be-
fore storing.
7. Equip farm buildings with
lightning rods properly installed
and grounded.
8. Do not smoke in the barn.
9. Do not use kerosene or gaso-
line in starting fires.
10. Store gasoline 75 feet from
other buildings.
11. Use spark arresters on the
tractor when using it near the barn.
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FRIDAY, SEPTEMBER 26, 1952
Services Of Visiting Nurses
Explained To Back Mountain
By MRS. CHARLES L. SHAFER
Wyoming Valley Visiting Nurse
Association depends upon services
of many Back Mountain Area vol-
unteers, both individuals and or-
ganizations, to help the staff of two
nurses provide our region with
skilled nursing services, according
to Miss Hannah Dutter, R.N. Ex-
ecutive Director of the Association.
For over 19 years, Mr. and Mrs.
Edward Hall of Hall's Pharmacy,
have been real neighbors to the
community and outstanding volun-
teers to the Association. They have
given office space and allowed re-
quests for calls to be left at the
pharmacy for delivery during the
dayto the nurses. From 8 to 8:30
a.m. messages to the Kirby Health
Center office reach the nurses, but
after 9 a.m. they are relayed
through the cooperation of Mr. and
Mrs. Hall, as a year round service.
The Shavertown Volunteer Fire
Company has provided quarters
Thursday afternoons for the Well
Baby Clinic. Members of the Fire
Company have kept the equipment
painted and in repair, and recently
purchased new linoleum to improve
the appearance of the room.
The Junior Woman's Club of Dal-
las, Mrs. Charles Mahler president,
provided volunteers to assist at the
baby clinics, and so far this year
have given 55 hours of volunteer
service. They also assure motor
corps transportation to mothers re-
questing it and have financed sup-
plies and new equipment to make
the clinic one of the most efficient
in the Valley.
The late Doctor Sherman Schoo-
ley was for many years the physi-
cian in charge. The last few years
Doctor A. A. Mascali has given his
services in the triple-shot campaign
against diphtheria tetanus and
whooping cough, attending the
clinic at intervals to give advice.
Members of Wyoming Valley Vis-
iting Nurse Association Board of
Directors from this area include
Murs. “Sherman. Schooley and Mrs.
Edgar Brace, who have served over
20 years each; Mrs. Floyd Sanders,
a past president, and Mrs. William
Evans. E
To the volunteers who help make
nursing services possible, should be
added all citizens who contribute
their money and time to the Com-
munity Chest Campaign, for over
60% of current expenses of Visiting
Nurse Association are met from
funds received through the Red
Feather Campaign.
During the summer months, the
present staff nurses, Miss Hope
Sampsel, R.N., and Mrs. William
Papanoski, R.N., made 901 home
visits to families in this area, cared
for 150 babies at the clinic sessions,
and drove 5,155 miles in Associa-
tion cars to provide nursing care in
the homes of acutely and chroni-
cally ill patients. By the combina-
tion of volunteers and professional
services, the spirit of helpfulness
and neighborliness still exists in the
Back Mountain.
Volunteer Firemen To Gather
For Joint Session October 3
Local Schools
Close For Fair
High School Bands
Scheduled To Play
Dallas-Franklin Township, West-
moreland, Lehman-Jackson, and
Lake-Noxen schools will send bands
to Bloomsburg Fair today in special
busses, with auxiliary busses for
high school students.
Westmoreland, with the greatest
mumber of band members and cheer
leaders scheduled to go, 85, is aug-
menting the two busses allocated
for band members by a truck and
a car for band instruments, lent by
members of the Band Association,
William Strauser and James Dick.
Students, 108 already signed up, will
go in two extra busses, all leaving
at 8:30. Bamd will take part in after-
noon and evening performances at
the Fair, leaving
10 PM. Lester Lewis, Florence Sher-
wood and Dorothy Mattes will ac-
company. -
Dallas-Franklin will send five
busses, two for band members,
for studnets. Cheer leaders will mot
be included in band reservations.
Both band and student busses will
return early in the evening, omit-
ting the night performance. Reese
Peltcn, band leader, will chaperone
the 55 band members. They are
expected back at the school ground
between 8:30 and 9 PM. ;
Lehman-Jackson is arranging for
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B'oomsburg at,
Be Relocated
Department Approves
Dallas Dairy Building
Dallas Post Office will shortly be
housed in a new location in the
Dallas Dairy Building on Lake
Street according to an announce-
ment made this week by Walter
Myers, Assistant Postmaster Gen-
eral.
This building which was built
originally for a snack bar and has
never been occupied, has 2,016 feet
of floor space, a little more than
double that of the present building
which has housed the Post Office
for the past forty-five years.
News that the Post Office De-
partment is considering a 10-year
lease on the property, owned by A.
N. Garinger, and that it will take
final action within the next ten
days was contained in a letter from
Mr. Myers to Congressman Daniel
Flood. :
Mr. Myers said the building has
met the approval of a post office
inspector and that “it will be com-
pleted according to post office spe-
cifications with a good driveway,
loading platform; and room of sat-
isfactory shape. The building has
good light, is located adjacent to
business center and has ample area
for patrons.” Mr. Myers added that
there are “no disadvantages indi-
cated.”
The Dallas Dairy building was
one of two buildings being consid-
ered by the Post Office Department.
The other was the Dixon store
property owned by Mrs, Harold Tit-
man. The latter building with a
floor space of 4,800 square feet was
offered at a rental of $225 per
month with heat furnished.
For the past two years the Post
Office. Department has rented its
present quarters for $60 per Lonth.
Prior to ‘that time the rental ‘was
$40. According to Mrs. Titman, who
owns the present building, rental
has been on a month to month
basis and there has been no lease
for forty-five years.
Questioned about the new loca-
tion, Postmaster Joseph Polacky
said it will probably be some
months before the transfer can be
made - since there is considerable
work to be done to the interior and
new fixtures will have to be in-
stalled.
He added that city delivery of
mail will probably come about
shortly after the transfer is made.
He also said that a survey has been
made in the new Goss Manor sec-
tion of Dallas Township and that
rural delivery of mail will be made
there in the near future.
Post Office To
Services Sunday At
Famous Old Church
Services Sunday afternoon at
2:30 will mark the 118th annivers-
ary of the first baptism in the re-
cently restored Old River (Susque-
hanna) Church of Wapwallopen
The church has been cited by the
Department of Interior as one wor-
thy of preservation. 7
Rev. Raymond D. Kehler, pasto:
of Wapwallopen Evangelical anc
Reformed Church, will be in charge
There will be special music by thc
choir of St. John’s Evangelical anc
Reformed Church.
Rev. Thomas D. Jones, Danville,
will preach the sermon, and Rev.
Clark W. Heller will give an ac
count of the Rev. John Nichola:
Zeiser, first regular pastor, who or-
ganized the congregation in 1820.
The old church was built in 183°
and has been restored to its forme:
quaint charm by the local historica’
society.
The service will mark the bep
tism of Lucinda, the infant daugh-
ter of Rev. John Nicholas Zeiser Jr.,
and his wife, Catharina.
The public is cordially invited.
The church may be reached by
crossing the river at Shickshinny
and following the river road to =
point some distance north of Wap:
wallopen.
During the past year youth
groups from churches of Wyomin-
Valley and other points in north-
eastern Pennsylvania have held
services in the old church which ix
open by arrangement with Wap-
wallopen Historical Society.
Rev. John Nicholas Zeiser was
the great, great grandfather of
Myra Risley, of Dallas.
Bowman's Creek Track
The fourth stock car race on the
new Bowman's Creek Speedway is
slated to start at 2 Sunday after-
noon. 3
The speedway is located just off
Route 309 on the Sugar Hollow
8 Cents per Copy—Twelve Pages
Road.
Bible Dedication
DR. EVALD B. LAWSON
Dr. Evald B. Lawson, President
of Upsala College, East Orange,
N. J., will speak at the union serv-
ice of all Protestant Churches of
the Back Mountain, Tuesday eve-
ning, September 30th at 8 o’clock
in Shavertown Methodist Church.
The service will mark the 'dedica-
tion of the new Revised Standard
Edition of the Bible.
Dr. Lawson was born in Brock-
ton, Mass., and educated in public
schools. He was graduated from
Upsala College in 1925 and from
Augustana Theological Seminary in
1928 and ordained as pastor of the
Lutheran Church in 1928. Dr. Law-
son was pastor of Trini ty Church,
White Plains, 1928-1938. He re-
ceived the Doctor of Theology de-
gree at the Biblical Seminary in
New York in 1937. He pursued
graduate study at Columbia Uni-
versity and Union Theological Semi-
nary.
. King Gustaf V of Sweden made
him a Knight of the Royal Order
of Vasa in 1943.
He is a contributor to literary
and theological periodicals with
numerous writings in the field of
Church History.
He became president of Upsala
Colleye in December of 1938.
Dr. Lawson is past president: of
the New Jersey Association of Col-
leges and Universities.
Polacky Gives
Instruction On
Military Mail
November 15 Is
Final Date For
Christmas Mail
Postmaster Joseph Polacky has
announced that Christmas mail for
members of the Armed Forces over-
seas must be mailed between Octo-
ber 15 and November 15. Food-
stuffs subject to spoilage and break-
age should not be sent overseas
since military personnel are well
supplied with food by the Armed
Services.
Air Parcel Post—Should not be
mailed later than November 25. Air
parcel post; other than official mail,
is limited in size to 30 inches length
and girth combined and 2 pounds
in weight,
Parcels being mailed to Japan
and Korea, and the Islands in the
Pacific should be mailed as early
as possible and not later than No-
vember 1., A limit not to exceed
50 pounds has been established for
parcels addressed for delivery
through APO’s 22, 120, 124, 125,
125-B, 147, 179, 190, 121, 192, 193,
194, and 755 c/o Postmaster, New
York, N. Y. Parcels must be packed
well and can be sealed, if they carry
the printed inscription “Contents
merchandise—Postmaster: This par-
cel may be opened for postal in-
spection if necessary.”
Prohibited Articles:
In addition to the usual articles
normally prohibited in the mails,
matches of all kinds and lighter
fluid may not be mailed to over-
seas military address. Cigarettes
and other tobacco products are pro-
hibited to certain APQ’s along with
coffee. :
Custom Declarations—Form 2966
and 2976-A, must be completed by
senders for parcels addressed to
certain APO's, such information can
be obtained at the pest office
window.
Rev. Williams, Guest
At Farewell Party
Rev. William Williams will be
guest of honor at a farewell dinner
given by members of the vestry at
Irem Temple Country Club this
evening at 6:30. Present will be
Charles W. Lee, Paul Goddard, Don-
ald J. Evans, Clarence Woodruff,
Joseph MacVeigh, Ralph Davis, Cal-
vin C. Hall, John F. Sheehan, Ar-
lean T. Bowman, Thomas Andrews,
William Wright and Floyd Sanders.
is
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Cancer Center
Will Open At
Library Annex
Volunteers Will
Furnish Information
And Make Dressings
Cancer Information Center, spon-
sored by the American Cancer So-
ciety, will open at the Back Moun-
tain Library Annex on- October 7.
This was announced yesterday at a
meeting of local volunteer chairmen
who met with Miss Gwen James,
executive director of the Informa-
tion Center at Kirby Health Center.
Headed by Mrs. Harry L. Ohlman,
area chairman, the Center will be
open Tuesdays and: Fridays, from
10 to 3, serviced by volunteers in
charge of Mrs. ‘William W. Thomas,
chairman, and Mrs. Clyde Cooper,
vice chairman, of the local Center.
Other officers and chairmen are:
Secretary, Mrs. David Hall;treasur-
er, Mrs. Herman C. Thomas; serv-
ice, Mrs. David Hall; dressings, Mrs.
J. Houston Day; transportation,
Mrs. Ralph Dixon; loan closet, Mrs.
Robert Evans; education, Mrs. Rob-
ert Maturi; volunteers, Mrs. John
Robinson Jr.; publicity, Mrs. Gerald
Stout, Mrs. D. T. Scott Jr.
Outlining the duties of the chair-
men, Miss James explained that at
a Cancer Information Center infor-
mation is offered concerning the
cancer control program of the
County, but stressed that it does
not give medical advice. However,
upon request, patients will be re-
ferred to cancer clinics or detection
centers, and all patients are urged
to see their own family physician.
Among other literature available is
a list of 93 physicians and surgeons
in Luzerne County who are partici-
pating in the. 5-point program
which makes ‘‘every doctor’s office
a cancer detection center.”
«Mrs. Day, aided by a large group
of volunteers from Back Mountain
members of the Junior League, Dal
las Woman's Club, and others, wi
make dressings at the Annex
Center” days and arrange for
er groups to meet in hon
evenings.
Mrs. Dixon will arrange transp
tation for local eancer patients wh
need transportation to and from
to be taken to Kirby Health Center
for sterilization.
Mrs. Evans is planning a well-
equipped Loan Closet, articles from
which will be furnished to all local
cancer patients in need of them.
The work of these three chair-
men will be coordinated by the
Service chairman, Mrs. Hall.
On request of elubs, church
groups, service organizations, and
high schools, Mrs, Maturi will se-
cure speakers and films on cancer
education.
Approximately 5,000 “flyers” an-
nouncing the opening of the Center
will be distributed within the next
week to schools and stores. Church
bulletins throughout the Back
Mountain, will announce the open-
ing date.
“One of the most valuable fea-
gram,” Miss James stated, “is a
permanent information headquar-
ters to answer questions from per-
sons seeking adviee about cancer
problems.”
* “Information Centers have grown
in the program since 1936. In 1947
the first Luzerne County Center
was started ‘in the Kirby Health
Center with members of the Junior
League serving as volunteers. The
Pittston Information Center was
opened on December 4, 1951, with
a group of volunteers in the head-
quarters office of the VNA.
“Opening a Cancer Information
Center for the Back Mountain is an-
other step forward in the fight
against cancer and another signifi-
cant example of the serious public
spirit which prevails among Back
Mountain citizens,” Miss James de-
clared.
Mrs. Thomas, chairman, urged
Back Mountain residents to assist
with this worthwhile job. “The vol-
unteer list can never be too long,”
Mrs. Thomas asserted.
All members of the cancer infor-
mation committees will share in the
duty to acquaint self, family, clubs
and organizations with the 7 danger
signals; encourage regular physical
examinations, promote the films,
give talks to clubs; interview, soli-
cit material and equipment, and in-
form the community of all its
services.
In concluding yesterday's meet-
ing, Miss James reminded the group
that although cancer isn’t a happy
subject, . awareness of it is vital to
all of us.
Burgess In Hospital
Burgess H. A. Smith who is a
patient at General Hospital where
he underwent a serious eye opera-
tion is expected home this week-
end.
Clinics, and for dressings made here
tures of a local Cancer Society pro- .