The Kiowa Valley Independent (Darrouzett, Tex.), Vol. 1, No. 26, Ed. 1 Tuesday, March 26, 1963 Page: 2 of 8
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rh« Valley independent
Marth 26, 1963 ♦
LIPSCOMB CO CANCER CHAIRMAN
CITES PUBLIC EDUCATION NEED
-The American Cancer
Society is made up of over
two million volunteer Ameri-
can workers with a single
purpose (and a single goal.
Their purpose is to. save
lives, their goal—to defeat
Cancer.
Why do these people give
their time, efforts„ money?
Because cancer will strike
one out of every four Ameri-
cans living today, it will
afflict two out of every three
families in our Country, can-
cer will kill 280,000 people
this year, 770 a day — one
every two minutes. Of every
six deaths from all causes
in our country one is a can-
cer death.
How do these people pro
pose to do something about
this mass murderer?
In the long run, their hope
is that Research will find
the answer, but that is not
enough. This year 88,000
people will die needlessly,
not because they couldn't
be cured, but because they
did not know or ignored The
Danger signals of Cancer.
This public education pro-
gram .of the American cancer
Society; thru films, speakers
F B MEMBERSHIP
DRIVE PLANNED
A Farm Bureau Board of
Directors Meeting was held
in Darrouzett Thursday
night. March 14.
Those attending' were
Bill Schoenhals, Ed Kliewer,
Otis Ives, Leo Miller, Sam
Scheer, Lloyd Fry, victor
Miller, August Neiden, Clyde
Pugh, Leo. Meier, Henry
Meier and Bill Chase.
Glen Williams, Booker
FFA Advisor and Albert R.
Hodges of SCS were guests.
Various Farm Bureau
'meetings were planned in
this county, with dates and
places to be announced
later, a membership; drive
will be launched as soon as
the directors choose sides—
with the winners enjoying a
*eak supper from the losers.
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literature and personal con-
tact; coupled with a Profes-
sional education program to
help our Medical people
detect Cancer earlier is
designed to save these lives,
What oi tnose who already
have Cancer? The service
program of the> American
Cancer Society provides
comfort items, beds, wheel
chairs, dressings, etc., for
the Cancer patient at no cost
All that is required is a per-
mission card from an m.D.
Why doesn't the American
Cancer Society just get its’
funds from United Fund or
Community Chest and not
spend money and bother the
public with a seperate fund
drive? Because this method
was tried and found inade-
quate- Yes, the money was
raised but the American
Cancer society is not just
a fund raising Organization
or j ust a Research Organi-
zation. They want to save
lives and they are in a
hurry! without the publicity
and public interest created
by the crusade; public and
professional education and
service programs fall by
the wayside; The crusade
is as much a public educa-
tion instrument as a fund
raising attempt. Speaking
strictly of money-sharing a
drive with no less worthy
but far less urgent commu-
nity causes certainly dulled
the needed emphasis on
the dangers of this killer.
Think about it; this
nation knit itself together
to combat a common enemy
during world war II. Yet
Cancer will kill many times
more of our Husbands,
Fathers, children— will
leave more widows and
orphans than all the horrors
of that war! Where is the
difference? Cancer is the
silent killer— lets bring
it out in the open— expose
it— defeat it.
Mavis M. Altmiller
Lipscomb County Chairman
of the American Cancer
Society,
If the fellow behind won’t DIM his lights—
maybe he is. DRIVE SAFELY?!! •
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Ehrlich, Dorothy. The Kiowa Valley Independent (Darrouzett, Tex.), Vol. 1, No. 26, Ed. 1 Tuesday, March 26, 1963, newspaper, March 26, 1963; Darrouzett, Texas. (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth835456/m1/2/: accessed April 19, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu; crediting Higgins Public Library.