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Show Drive for Funds to Spur Cancer Research Carried Out by Workers I Drive for funds for the 1957 Cancer Crusade was initiated init-iated in Iron County Monday, April 22 and will continue until all businesses and homes in the county have been contacted, according to Klien Rollo, county fund drive chairman. In Cedar City Tone Hunter has orRanized the city for a door to door campaign which, in addition to asking for contributions, will leave a Cancer Can-cer message at the home to be studied by residents. Theme of the educational pamphlet pam-phlet being distributed is "Fight Cancer with a Checkup and a Check." It was pointed out, how-ever, how-ever, that residents have been asked to contribute what they want to contribute and no more. Other city chairmen who have been assigned throughout the county include: Paragonah, Mrs. Terry Lund. Summit, Mrs. Albert Mathe-son. Mathe-son. Enoch, Mrs. George Grlmshaw. Escalante Valley and Newcastle. Newcas-tle. Otto Fife.- Kanarravllle Mrs. Virgil Davis. Hamilton's Fort, Mrs. Thorley Cox. All workers have volunteered and are offering their service In the campaign. Lt was pointed out by Mrs. Parson U. Webster, Iron County chapter chairman, that 28 of the money collected Is put into a fund to be used in the organization's organiza-tion's service work. In Iron Coun-y Coun-y In 1956 more than 28 collected col-lected was returned to be used in the county work, she explain-d. explain-d. A total of 32 of the funds are used for educational purposes; pur-poses; 25 for research; a small nine per cent for administration ind five per cent Is used to solicit soli-cit funds. Mrs. Webster pointed out that "There are 40,000.000 Americans now living, whom cancer will strike if present rates continue. contin-ue. This is is why the search for an ultimate cure Is so urgent. With the aid of every citizen scientists are pressing the search for a cure for cancer." She also noted that encourag. ing developments have been uncovered Including now surgical technique, radiation with atomic atom-ic chemicals and supervoltage machines, promising drugs, data on the relationship between cancer can-cer and hormones, cancer and viruses, better understanding of both the normal and the cancerous cancer-ous human cell. |