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Show Local Red Gross blood drawing is very successful Red Cross blood drawing held in Cedar City recently resulted re-sulted in 85 pints of blood being be-ing donated and was considered consider-ed very successful, according to James Chapman chairman of the Iron County Red Cross Chapter. Those in charge of the bloodmobile visit to the community com-munity expressed their thanks for those who contributed and also to those who helped in manning the unit and providing provid-ing the necessarv materiaLs and personnel for the drawing. draw-ing. As a result off the success of the drawing the chapter received re-ceived a letter of commend-tion commend-tion from Orrin B. Beckstrand, administrative director of the Intermountain Regional Blood Center. The letter reads as follows: "We are writing to express appreciation for the blood drawing conducted in Cedar City. We appreciate very much the upswing in participation from our last visit, as we sorely sore-ly needed good participation to help us meet the needs of your community. The number of deferrals were more than we generally expect, which cuts your total collection considerably. con-siderably. "On our behalf will you express ex-press our thanks to those who participated in recruitment, the volunteers who served at the drawing, and the people who presented themselves to donate. We are pleased to servo your local hospital in providing blood and making replacements elsewhere when the need ries." |