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Show 47th BIRTHDAY OBSERVED OBSERV-ED BY AMERICAN LEGION The 47th birthday of The American Legion was observed in Duchesne Saturday night, with a party held at the Legion Hall. Fifty persons were in attendance. The dinner was planned and served by the Auxiliary members, mem-bers, headed by Mrs. Phyllis W. Day and Mrs. Mildred Smith. Commander Orson Mott was in charge of the program. Elden R. Wilcken emceed the program pro-gram which included a song and dance pantomine by Mrs. Shirley B. Bancroft; instrumental and vocal numbers by Carolyn, Doris and Herman Freeman; instrumental and vocal selections select-ions by the String Ties dance band, which is comprised of Bert Ames, Carl Ivie, Dan Workman and Tyke Kargis. This band played the dance music for the party also. LJAllllllln iiiiiiiiiiciM"Wy.wyjjw:. ii hiiiih 1 "A r 4. j s s 4 t : ' ; 4 h ' v! 1 Mi'- . s Commander ORSON MOTT, Post 22, The American Legion, and MRS. PHYLLIS W. DAY, Unit No. 22 Auxiliary president, share honors in cutting the 47th birthday cake of The American Legion. The party was held Saturday night, March 26, at the Legion Hall, in Duchesne. Fifty persons were in attendance. The American Legion was organized March 17, 1919. The Duchesne Unit No. 22, The American Legion Auxiliary, "dialed" Larry 40 times Saturday night. These Auxiliary member! each brought one or more bars of detergent germicidal soap to contribute to Larry M. Young in Vietnam, to help the people there to control skin diseases and skin infections. Larry, who is a Logan youth,, wrote the Utah Department of the American Legion Le-gion Auxiliary to send him this hand soap to help the Vietnamese people in the jungle area where he is stationed. Larry wrote, "Just washing their hands with soap would help the Vietnamese people from re -infecting themselves. " Mrs. Phyllis W. Day, Duchesne Unit president of the Auxiliary mailed this soap to the San Francisco APO address given for Larry, a seaman first class, a son of Mrs. Ruby Young, Logan -the seventh of seven sons to serve his county, Larry's father was a veteran of World War I and three sons are in the armed services at the present time. Three generations of the Young family are enrolled in the Logan Auxiliary Unit of The American Legion - Mrs Young, two daughters, two daughters-in-law and five junior members granddaughters. "There would be no need for our job as Chairmen if we did not have a vigorously fighting fight-ing army of volunteers. Volun teers are the dedicated workers who often make the difference between success and failure in the Society's struggle to save " lives from cancer. " The Society's immediate program is based on the fact that cancers of the uterus, colon co-lon and rectum, breast, oral cavity, lung and skin account for over 60 percent of all cancer can-cer cases diagnosed and almost 48 percent of all cancer deaths "The present cure rate, " the Chairmen said, "could be changed radically by application applica-tion of present medical know-lege know-lege in detection and treatmerjt in these six sites. That knowledge know-ledge could save thousands more lives in the United States and could help prevent the develop ment of cancer in hundreds more. " They said the Society woulj concentrate on these six sites of cancer ..where much can be done now, but will not overlook over-look other sites. Population in the United States will increase by 15, 360, 000 by 1970. If present rates continue, those under treatment for cancer will jump from 870, 000 to about 950, 000 in tjiat time. The Chairmen said that there is a place for any person willing to serve in the American Ameri-can Cancer Society's rewarding humanitarian effort. People willing to serve as volunteers in. the 1966 Crusade should contact con-tact Mrs. Elma Clark, Tabiona. Mrs. Bernice Atwood, Bluebell, or Mrs. Donna Wilkerson, Duchesne, Du-chesne, the unit chairman for West Duchesne County. |