Show Uintah County Responds to Blood Appeal Meets Quota The Bloodmobiles Bloodmobile's visit here herein herein in Vernal Monday Mon ay was termed s a complete success suc ess by Uin tah County Red Cross Chair man Francis Lenox In response to the mounting need for blood both in Viet Nam Namand Namand and here at home Uintah Coun- Coun County County ty residents donated a total of units 6 units over the quota established for the county by bythe bythe the National Iced Cross organization organization THIS RELIEVED local of of- of officials who were concerned with the drop In number of do do- donors nors during the campaign last July Conceivably if a 1 county consistently falls short of its quota It could be bc dropped from the National Blood Program which guarantees free blood replacement to all residents of participating counties Mrs Gloria Gardiner head nurse of the Salt Lake City mo mo- mobile bile unit said Ule th people of your county arc certainly to be congratulated for lor their fine turnout Mrs Ruth Piper act act- acting ing blood chairman and Jim Fazio publicity chairman also stated it is very gratifying to see people from all walks of life and front many parts of the county respond to this wry very ur- ur urgent ur gent need THE were still serving refreshments to the thelast thelast last of the donors at eight thir ty and the mood that seemed to prevail the entire five hours of the clinic was that both I workers and donors were n en themselves while at the same time serving I a vital cause Mr Lenox noted that for II a large number of the donors it was their thir first visit to the Bloodmobile and that several young people in their late teens were a among mong the donors Other teenagers who ho assisted as re- re receptionists receptionists included high school students Paulette Bradshaw Lilly Ann Cook Susan Cook and Jolyn Smith SEVERAL Hed fed Cross pins were awarded to donors having contributed a total of oC one or more gallons over the past sev sev- sev several eral years Dolores Rolfe and Cecil ma made e the two gallon honor roll and receiving their one gallon pins were wele IU Ri- Ri Richard chard Merrell l Walter Busch Carolyn McConkie I Dr n It l K Morn Ken McLean Elmer cs and William I I Sim- Sim Simper per In addition to thanking the blood donors who made the drawing a success for Uintah County the iced Hed Cross officers expressed their appreciation to the County Medical Association Nurses Association flea nes National Guard local Hed Cross nurses aides Jo Cas Cas- Cas ads ada Mary Cook and Belva Cal Cal- Calder I del der the Vernal Express radio station and the many other volunteers who gave of their time and talents to keep Uintah County In the National Blood Program |