Show Speaker Airs Respiratory Ills At Lions Club Dean J a member of the board of dir dir- directors ot of Utah Tuberculosis discussed respiratory diseases at Vernal Lions Club meeting Wednesday of last I week He urged takIng adVantage of flu vaccines as It was antI anti- anticipated there would be many cases this wInter HE SAID THAT public apathy was one of the big problems In combating the very contagious Tn TB New sur sur- surgery gery and drugs have reduced cases but Tn TB germs are hard to rid from the body TB germs may be present In the body of a healthy per son Mr said RD or respiratory disease Is the greatest killer In the world h he warned Out of patients inter viewed In Utah one halt of the TB cases were from Salt Lake City and 42 came from Uintah County Nine percent of the state TB total are IndIan patients which creates a very real problem the director said A total of 88 86 of the pat pat- patients lents were in the low income brackets A year 10 program has been underway In Utah for the vir vb elimination of Tn TB This includes a three point pro pro- program program gram I 1 Case finding 2 Ade- Ade Adequate Adequate quate treatment and 3 reo re search The sale of Christmas Seals j supports the program he poin ted out THE INDIANS have a high rate of at Tn TB and dont don't avail themselves of at the opportunity for treatment he disclosed but the Tribal Council Is at tacking the problem TIle The Spanish American groups also have a high rate of Incidence Some patients dont don't stay with the treatment until they are out ot of danger and become a hazard themselves by spreading the dIsease Mr said GUESTS AT THE club were the coaching staff of Uintah High School including Coaches Louis Mele Mee Richard Stoney and Bill BUl Caldwell Musical entertainment was provided by Michael Ashton I With Hh two piano solos Andrew R McConkie chairman of the education committee told ot of the fine spirit of Lions in service to their communities He refer red to the numerous projects sponsored by the Vernal Lions and said that the club offered an excellent opportunity to serve The latest Lions project tennis courts under construe tion at the high school was re- re reported reported ported POLES HAVE BEEN set setup up and paInted and wire will wUl willbe be hung Saturday morning to complete the project Russell Nixon an International Director from St St Louis Mo who spoke at Vernal Lions Lions Club birth birth- birthday day anniversary Sept 26 had sent a letter Jetter expressing his enjoyable visIt to the club |