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Show 1- THE AMERICAN FORK CITIZEN, Thursday, February 27, 1958 Five Myths and Fears Defeat Cancer Cure Heedless Horsepower by O. Soglow wasnt discovered and treated there Js no evidence that cancer Is hereditary in human beings. Cancer is not contagious; there isnt a single case on record which proves that the disease Is "catching." : Cancer Is not something some-thing to be ashamed of, -to be kept dark because "nice people don't get cancer," Cancer can early enough. But twice that number won the fight against cancer because they weren't afraid to give the' doctor a qhance. "The most dangerous cancer . ..... a. TT ' ', k l I . ft myth is the acceptance of doom. "No disease. Is more feared It is astonishing how many peo than cancer. Yet the thing most ft to fear when cancer strikes is ple still' believe that if you get cancer, there is nothing you can do about it. That's why we are trying to hammer home the fact that ONE of every TWO cancer cases can be cured. Only a few years ago one in every four can strike anyone: . r fear itself, for it can lead to procrastination which In turn can lead to death." . Before You Buy" Give ' ; i Harmon's a Try. Paul l. Harmon co. Mi This statement was made by at Dr. Delbert R. Hales, medical advisor of the American Cancer Society in North Utah County cer patients was cured. - Dr. Hales went on to explode other cancer myths: 1. Cancer is not an inherited sickness, t'rm I v ( V J. 7 Dimming wool kglilotttirwltli CnrMiaii H. A. Dixon (l-Ulah) art lw officials of tho National Wool Growers Awociatlon, Id Marth (loff), oiotutlvo Mcrttory, Sail Lako City, and Don Clydt (right), proildont, Hobor City. Thoy laollflad In support ' of a bill co-iponiord by lh Utah lolon which would txtond tho National Wool Ad. Sportsmen Spend Large Sums in Fishing-Hunting Pursuits The importance of hunting and fishing as both recreation and big business was again pointed up this week in a release re-lease made by a well known American business firm. According to figures released by the gravel and research department de-partment of the American Express Ex-press Company, participation by the American public in hunting and fishing activities is greater by" a ratio of 9 to 1 than is the activity of these same people on the golf courses of the nation. The figures show that nearly four million golfers actually crowd onto 5000 courses across the, United States while 32 million mil-lion rod and gun enthusiasts Wander the woodland paths and line stream banks from coast to coast and from bolder to border. Insofar as the aspect of big business is concerned, it was estimated at the end of 195T, that three billion dollars had. been Spent by portsmen on lodging, food, equipment, boat rentals and guides. Studies .by the U. S. Fish and Wildlife Service showed that 243 million dollars was spent on. sport fishing equipment during the year and hunters bought nearly 351 million dollars worth of equipment. . Characters do not change. Opinions alter, but characters are only developed. GREEN GROVE FRUIT MARKET LEMONS; 2 for 5c ... Doz. 29c BANANAS, U. S. No. 1 Lb. 15c TOMATOES, vine ripened ., Basket 39c AVOCADOS, extra large! .: . . . . . 2 for 25c FRESH APPLE CIDER . ; ......... Gal. 69c APPLES, good cooking Vi Bu. 98c VEGETABLES Large & Fresh Selection .GREEN ONIONS : 3 Bu. 10c LETTUCE, U. S. No. 1, large fresh 2 Heads 25c CELERY, crisp and tender, large stock . . 25c Watercress, Beet Greens, Spinach, . SPECIAL Bunch 8c . . .2 for 15c SPECIAL Parsnips & Turnips Lb. 10c ft I I TOZ LP BCD HAUV H H M V . . . . .'. . Good vision is essential to stffe driving. Have your eyes examined regularly. When you're driving, if first glance, you may chance. Play safe." Let t E. . JEWELER & OPTOMETRIST Talented Musician Coming To Brigham Young Concert America's Gary Graff man, one of the most superbly gifted of the major young pianists, will be presented in recital as the next number of the Brigham Young University-Community Concert series March 6 at 8:15 p.m. in the Joseph Smith Auditorium. Born in New York City In 1928, Graff man studied on, a ten-year Curtis Institute scholarship with Mme. . Isabelle Vengerova. Three appearapces with the Philadelphia Philadel-phia Orchestra under Eugene Ormandy In 1947 brilliantly launched his career. The fol lowing year, as the Rachmanin off Fund Special Award winner, he was presented in a Carnegie Hall recital, and was immediate ly hailed as "a virtuoso who can give a representative perform ance before any audience in the world." In 1949 Graffman won the coveted Leventritt Award and played as soloist with the New York Philharmonic-Symphony, the Chicago Symphony, the Cleveland Orchestra and . the Buffalo Philharmonic. Since then he has toured annually from coast to coast. His initial Seuth American engagements in 1S55 were followed by a tour during the summer of 1956. In Europe he scored most recently in London, Zurich, Amsterdam and Stockholm, and will return there again following his current American tour. SEE YOUR WAY TO SAFETY.,. you don't see right at never have a second us check your vision. WEB Br Speed qnd carelessness killed 40,000 persons in 1956. Gus P. Backman Named A Director of Denver & Rio Grande RR Gus P. Backman, Salt Lake City civic leader, was today elected a director of the Denver and Rio Grande Western Railroad. Rail-road. He replaces the late Adam S. Bennion, who died February 11. Mr. Backman, who has been executive secretary of the Salt Lake City Chamber of Commerce Com-merce since 1930, is also chairman chair-man of the Utah Tourist and Publicity Council, and president of the Bonneville Speedway Association. As-sociation. He is secretary and general manager of- the Utah Legislative Legisla-tive Conference, a state organization organi-zation of all chambers of commerce, com-merce, trade and, professional associations, and one of the organizers and a past president of both the Western States Council Coun-cil of Chambers of Commerce, and the Mountain States Association Assoc-iation of Chambers of Commerce. Com-merce. Mr. Backman is also a director of the Zions First National Bank of Salt Lake City,- the Zions Benefit Building Society, and the Newspaper Agency Corporation, Corpora-tion, which prints both of Salt Lake City's daily newspapers. Other civic positions he currently cur-rently holds include: Chairman of the National Forest Research Advisory Committee, chairman of the Utah Council of Defense, director of the Utah 'Industrial and Employment Planning Commission, Com-mission, employer representative representa-tive of the Regional Labor Management Man-agement Committee, and a member mem-ber of. the Advisory Committee of the Utah Water Users As sociation. Mr. Backman is a native of Salt Lake City, his grandfather having arrived in Salt Lake Valley Val-ley in 1856 with one of the early groups of handcart pioneers. He and his wife reside at 145 South Fifth East in Salt Lake City, and are the parents of three sons, Roy, vice president of the Pacific Airmotlve Corporation Corpo-ration Burbank, Calif.; Dr. Paul Backman, In dental practice at Tarzana, Calif.; and William D., Salt Lake City attorney. Mr. Backman's club member ships in Salt Lake City include: Rotary, Elks, University, Avia tion, Ambassador, Country, New State Gun and Utahida Rod and Gun 'Club. YOU'LL LIKE SPAFFORD L1ILK i i It's so FRESH and delicious Call Us Today for HOME DELIVERY i - Spaf ford Dairy J.'THAT-GOOD..MILK,i. Th Travelers Safety Service Clubs and Socials Neighborhood Club Mrs. Leo H. Wootton reviewed the book "Oh, Rugged Land" at the February meeting of the Neighborhood Club Monday evening. eve-ning. The meeting was held at the home of Mrs. Robert J. Cook, with Mrs. Richard Webb, presi dent, in charge. At the close of the meeting refreshments were served by the hostess to Mrs. Wootton, Mrs Webb, Mrs. Evan Brady, Mrs. Carl Chipman, Mrs. Leland Smith, Mrs. George Hackford, Mrs. Walter Brooks, Mrs. J. W. Cranmer, Mrs. Leon Smith, Mrs Fred Healey- and Mrs. G. Watson Eatough. Utacen Literary Utaceh Literary held its Feb ruary meeting Monday evening at the home of Mrs. H. G. Cle ments. Co-hostesses were Mrs. Warren T. "Anderson and Mrs. Harry Beighley. . Guest speaker was O. DeVere Wootton who chose as his sub ject-i'Is Your House in Order." Mrs. Dazel Pulley read the litany and the thought or the day "Serenity" was given by Mrs, Jay Anderson. Mrs. Wilbur Harding, president, presided and refreshments were served by the hostesses. Literary League Mrs. E. Ross Buckwalter was hostess to members of the Literary Lit-erary League at her home Monday Mon-day evening. Assisting as . co-hostesses co-hostesses were Mrs. George C Scott and Mrs. Frank Green wood. Mrs. Elden Miller, presi dent, was in charge and an nouhced that Monday, March. 10, would be club day at the hos pital. Mrs. Scott Introduced Mrs. Lei la Sykes, house mother of Knight-Mangum Hall on the Brigham Young University cam pus. Mrs. Sykes in turn Intro duced her guests which she had brought from BYU. Miss Gwen Klienman, a BYU student, gave two vocal solos, "Your Land and My Land" and "Without a Song." Mrs. Harold Ramsay read the poem, "I Am the Nation." Dr. and Mrs. Eldon Beck were then introduced, after which Mrs. Beck introduced two Chinese Chi-nese girls, Linda Yong and Grace Tung, students atBYU. The girls were dressed in their native Chi- (American Fork), who today exploded ex-ploded a number of dangerous myths about cancer and urged annual checkups as the remedy for fear. "Fight cancer with a checkup and a check" is the slogan of the Cancer Society's educational and fund-raising Crusade which begins on April 1. "There Is every reason to have a healthy respect for a disease that killed 250,000 Americans last year,", declared Dr. Hales. "But we don't want people to become be-come cancerphobes. We want to explode superstitions about cancer, can-cer, the unreasoning fears and fatalism that make people shy away from their doctors, because one of the greatest hazards of cancer is belated diagnolsls. "Of those who had cancer last year about 75,000 died unnecessarily unneces-sarily because the disease U. S. Steel Official Announces Promotions PITTSBURGH, Pa., C. H. Wlllaims, administrative vice-president vice-president - engineering of United Unit-ed States, Steel Corporation, today to-day announced the appointment of three vice presidents who will be responsible for 'the Corporation's Corpora-tion's major engineering activities. activi-ties. J. L. Young was named vice president - appropriations; J. D. Rollins, vice president - facilities planning; and E. L. Tindall, vice president design and construction. construc-tion. Mf. Young Joined U. S. Steel In 1945 as vice president in charge of engineering and construction con-struction for National Tube Division. Di-vision. His last post was vice president - engineering for U. S. Steel. . Mr. Rollins began his career with U. S. Steel in 1934 and, prior to this last appointment, held the post of vice president-engineering president-engineering for American Bridge Division. Mr. Tindall began his U. S. Steel service in 1935 at South Works in Chicago. He became chief engineer - steel In 1953, and was appointed assistant vice president - engineering for U. S. Steel in 1955. nese costumes and sang two Chinese Chi-nese songs. Mrs. Beck told of the ten months which she spent with her family in Taiwan, China, and Dr. Beck spoke and showed slides of the two years he spent in China and Japan on a World Health assignment. IETTEI LIVING fri IETTEI WORLD Automobile Service oxeco 77 WEST MAIN AMERICAN FORK Qordon Q'rdncom ' Operator Utoco Gasoline, Quaker State and Permalube Oils AGAINST UNFAIR COMPETITION Effective Thursday, February 27 Hamburgers GARY FREEZE Pleasant" Grove , o 0 rr?v n an n CUT THE COST OF FIRE INSURANCE Our policyholders are happy! Why? 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