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Show Cancer Drive Hits New 'High'; West Beaver Over the Top Mrs. Lola Banks, West Beaver County Cancer Drive Chairman, received the following fol-lowing telegram from Ira B. Sharp, Cancer Crusade chairman: chair-man: "Congratulations to you and your crusade workers for putting West Beaver County second county in state over the top. This is a remarkable remark-able achievement. Sincerest thanks and appreciation. Ira B. Sharp, Director, 1961 Cancer Crusade." The 1961 crusade against cancer will probably prove to be the most successful ever conducted according to early reports. In Salt Lake County the residential drive, held last April 20 aggregated $40,073.04, the highest total ever attained and as of this date 12 other county units have exceeded their quotas. The previous high year for the salt Lake residential drive was $35,109, attained in 1958. Walter M. Jones, president of the Utah Division, ACS, said the increase was due to several factors: vastly increased amount of average gift per contact, more complete coverage, cover-age, more call backs and more sincere effort on the part of the individual residential driver worker. "We asked the workers to seek a minimum gift per contact con-tact of $2," Mr. Jones noted, "and we found that that had a very far reaching effect. The largest single gift which came thru the residential drive was a check for $100. Moreover we found many, many more $5 bills and checks in the collection col-lection that we had ever found before. I guess people are beginning be-ginning to realize that continued con-tinued research can and will find the answer to the absolute ab-solute control of cancer." j Mr. Jones expressed his ' thanks to the volunteer workers work-ers headed in Salt Lake County by Mrs. Frank B. Creer and Mrs. D. Lennox and their district leaders in Salt Lake City, Mrs. Florence P. Anderson, Ander-son, Mrs. Ellis Pedersen, and Richard Winder. The 12 county-units which exceeded their quotas as of May 24 were: Daggett with 237 percent of quota; West Duchesne, 150 percent; West Juab, 145 percent; South Summit, Sum-mit, 122 percent; East Millard, 114 percent; Emery, 111 percent; per-cent; San Juan, 106 percent; West Beaver, 104 percent; West Wasatch, 102 percent; and Millard, 103 percent; Kane and Rich, 101 percent. Mr. Jones also said that the collection, while not completely com-pletely reported into the state office or completely tallied, was showing a trend which would make it the most successful suc-cessful ever in probably all categories on a state-wide I basis. "We were also notably more sucessful in distributing the life-saving educational message that many cancers, when detected de-tected early enough, can be cured or at least controlled," Mr. Jones added in conclusion. |