Show cancer me meeting eting held thursday at hotel vernal tho the county cancer committee headed by mrs grace cfall H all county chairman met at hotel vernal last thursday in a dinner meeting to discuss plans for the aduca lional ond and county iund fund raising programs for the ensuing year present at the meeting were Ws hall dr T 11 seager medical advisor alta rust hust service chairman yvonne Mille carn campaign chairman norma rich ai d son secretary ruth harvey of 0 ft duchesne program chairman wanda jacobson jacobsen education eha chah krman man an and d grace manwaring publicity chairman mrs hall and mrs rust reported on the state cancer institute held at hotel utah in salt lake city feb 11 12 and 13 this was a training school for volunteer workers and featured talks from several leading doctors from the state and leading scientists from the university of utah among the important messages at the institute was the use of cytology in the defection of early culpable cm able canca r in women also a great re of mortality of can of the stomach and lungs was proclaimed sen J frances fowles of ogden told of his spontaneous cure of cancer through the experience he had cancer scientists are hoping to find a sure cure for cancer doth both mrs hall and mrs rust came home from the in statute hopeful for a greater educational program through the year to acquaint the peo pie of the basin with the new progress being made in sav ing lives of cancer patients it was reported that americans died of cancer last year and thit th it americans and utahna would die this year if the present rates are not checked it was also stated that one cancer patient in three is now being saved as compared to one in tour four a few years ago out of every six deaths from all causes in the united states one is caused by cancer mrs rust rual again reminded basin residents dents of the te need for old sheets and rags that can be used for making bed pads for cancer patients anyone having either sheets or clean white rags they could donate should contact mrs rust at the county courthouse and slid she will be happy to call at your home it wax was also reported at the dinner meeting that plans were well underway for the opening of the fund campaign which will start the of april |