Show soldier victim of spotted fever receives blood donation saturday a call for help for a soldini slowly dying d ving or rocky mountain spot cd fever at fort douglas was answered by a summit county man leonard dark clark of upton A bleoo transfusion was necessary to save lie he soldiers life and the blood had to be from one who had recovered rom this dreaded fever army personnel through records at the state capitol cap liol found that mr dark clark had recovered from tile the 1 spring and placed a call for iii hi through red cr cross oss channels the came to the local red C cross ross chalsma i mrs airs C V brastow br astow she immediate immediata got clot in touch with mr air clarl clark I 1 dropped his work and m made ade tracks I 1 salt lake city reporting at I 1 douglas dougla sails his blood waa typed it wa found to be of the right variety quickly the blood was taken berh perhaps aps a pint and a half mr dark clark suffered no ill III effects from the giving of his blood lie enjoyed a hearty supper and a picture show then drove home now both he and the local red cross are both awaiting word of his donation sincerely hoping that his blood containing the or ol spotted fever bever will kill the fever and save a brave soldiers life we like this spirit of aid and cooperation shown by mr dark clark men alen of his caliber are an assetto any community men like he are in fact the backbone and the strength of our democracy all hall hail to leonard clark our good friend leonard clark of 0 f upton yesterday received word from fort douglas to the effect that the soldier to whom he had donated blood to offset the ravages of tick fever was now ic le covering rapidly the letter which bore this information also expressed the sincere appreciation of the soldier the commanding officer and the american red cross for mr darks clarks prompt and unselfish response to the ardys call for aid summit county bee |