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Show fflicui WDHKSQUGHT Women's Organizations tc Assist in Campaign for i Finances. Medical and Surgical Attention Atten-tion Provided Needy of City and County. j A f t -r -ix jimhiMi.s of actual operation in wlii.-1 1 the s.-.j-'-i'T-s of the ( oininiiuity , Mitii- iiii'l IjL. primary lias -liMiioustrat- J ; n ii;, 10 t h.j people of tin; city ' .iin county ait rnerctie campaign ;is h iinch.'-'l yeM.cniay to secure additional addition-al financial hr-Ip for tho f urtherunce of ; 'lie work of tho organization. At a luncheon held yesuer-'lay at tho ; ('ivic Center on Recent street trus tees of tho r.lini'" fseurcd tho coopora-: coopora-: lion of tho women's organizations of 1 Salt Lake in carrying out the nirna of f t clinic. Today and for the next few ! days groups of women will visit busi- j iiess and professional men of tho city to enlist them as members of tho clinic and to et their pledges for sub3crip-j sub3crip-j tioiiH. j Launched six mouthy ago in response to offers mado by physicians and sur- I gL'ons of t!i county to contribute their j services gratuit iously if other interests j could support tho plan financially, the ! clinic was opened on liegeut street in tho building occupied by the Civic cen- tor and has bcn'ti ministering daily to those in need of. its services ever since. Medical Aid Given. It has beeu t hu aim of the clinic to provide medical and surgical atteution and advice to those, memlvs of the j community who would otherwise not bo financially able to get it. A majority of the cases handled thus far have been those of children. Ono instance, typical of hundreds, was mentioned yesterday. A mother of seven children brought, a youngster of eight; years to the clinic. The father is working, but the demands of his family fam-ily precluded sending the boy to a doctor. doc-tor. The buy was not sick, but ho had I for some time shown a listlesshcss in I his school work. ! A few moment's examination at the i clinic showed that the lad's eves ticod- j ed glasses. These were secured and tho boy saved for usefulness as a citizen. tf. B. Cri tc.h low, president of the clinic, in speaking of tho work that ; lias been done and which the clinic j wants to continue and enlarge, said: "There are calamities in families l which mean as much to that group as j do national calamities to the country. It is the aim and function of tlw clinic .! to meet these calamities of tho iudi- -I vidual and to ward them off." j Services Extensive. It v as pointed out, that the clinic j iu no way conflicts with tho work of ;j the county hospital in caring for pau- i yevs, nor of the Emergency hospital of ; the city in earing for sudden calls and j emergencies, i In a brief resume of the work handled thus far M iss Hazel Rock, nursu of the clinic, told of the -00 children chil-dren who have been helped; of seveu-,! seveu-,! ty-five operations which have been per- j formed by the doctors who have voluu- ; leered their services to tho clime, and of twenty cases winch have beeu seut 1 1o hospitals for treatment. There hove been i-"0 eases a month in the clinic '; and more are expected, Miss Rock aid. i The various women's organizations of tho Civic center and the charitable i organivations uf the city have been oo- i - operating with the clinic since it began its ministrations. They have supplied social worh-Ts to help with the cases and have taken care of other than med-1 med-1 j cal needs which have been discovered iu many intaiuvs bv the workers of the clinic. The;- have pledged their assist-! assist-! a nee to com imie this cooperation to the fullest extent. Increased Membership Sought. Tho problem at present is one of iu-,! iu-,! ereasiug The membership of the clinic amocg I ho biis'meto and professional iu- T crests of Suit Lake. The teams of wo- ; men who will go our. today in This mem bership campaign will be captained by Mrs. Clara VT. Beebe, representing the vivic center, and Mrs. C. W. Buehholz, representing tho Homo and School league. In tho articles of incorporation -f ; ibe Clinic provision is made for four j classes of membership as follows: En- i dowing members, who contribute $1000 or more to a permanent fund, only the income of which can be used in the maintenance of the clinic; life members, mem-bers, who contribute $100 or more; pro-) pro-) fessiov.nl members, or physicians and 1 surgeons who contribute their services to the clinic without charge, and associate asso-ciate annual members, who contribute not less than two dollars. Officers of the c 1 ; n i c are E . B . Criiohlow, president; David A. Smith, vice president; YY. V. Armstrong, secretary; sec-retary; .lames J. Burke, treasurer, and TV. A. J. llosmer. maiuiLMug trustee, j Trustees are Ernest Kamberser, chairman chair-man of the present membership campaign; cam-paign; Henry X. Byrne. H. Cole Evaus, Milton. E. Eipmau, Kiehard A. Lyman, ! B. Palmer, Dr. Samuel 0. Paul, Sre- i piien L. Richards. David A. Smith, John ! Wells and Thomas Williams. ! |