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Show BLOOD DRAWING DATE CHANGED TOAUGUST 18 , Just another reminder about the blood procurement program to be held at Bingham Canyon on 'Monday, August 18th at the Civic Center from 3 to 7 p.m. . This program which is under the direction of Mayor C. A. Morley," Mrs. Carl A. Curtis and Mrs. J. Lynn Booth and is being carried on by organizations of Bingham, Copperton, Copperfield and Highland High-land Boy, is far from the quota assigned this district. The Intermountain Regional Blood Center is dealing in a product pro-duct considered to be one of the greatest modern medicines. Blood and its derivatives are true wonder won-der drugs. They have saved innumerable in-numerable lives both on the" battlefield bat-tlefield and on the home front. Blood can't be manufactured like many of the other wonder drugs. It must be obtained from living human beings. The blood collected' is used tot four main purposes: 1. To provide pro-vide whole blood for Americans fighting in Korea. 2. To provide blood plasma for department of defence. 3. To make whole blood available to patients in local civilian civ-ilian and military hospitals, free of charge except for cost of administration. ad-ministration. 4. To provide a stockpile of plasma for civil defense. de-fense. Since "lives depend on our efforts" ef-forts" we all have a responsibility responsibil-ity in giving and procuring blood to save these lives. Please help and cooperate to make this program pro-gram a success. Local chairmen of fhe program wish to thank all those who have 'already signed pledge cards and all those who are diligently working in the worthy cause. , |