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Show Raise Funds For Cancer Society During April West Millard division of the A-merican A-merican Cancer Society will join the national fund campaign in the month of April according to Mrs. Biah Sjostrom, captain. The society sponsors a program of education and service to cancer patients, which saves lives. The funds that are raised across the nation each April are used by the American Cancer Society to help control cancer, can-cer, mainly by research. Four points in the Society's program pro-gram are 1. Cancer research. 2. Improvement and expansion of facilities fac-ilities for diagnosis and treatment. 3. Advancement of the knowledge of professiona lgroups. 4. Educat-; Educat-; ion of the public on the nature of cancer and ways to -control it. Among those who get cancer in a given year, 25 get treatment in time and recover; 25 delay treatment too long, and die needlessly; need-lessly; 50 die because research has not as yet discovered enough about the cause and cure of can-' can-' cer to save their lives. : Cancer is a public enemy, second only to heart disease. Notable ad-i ad-i vances have been made in the dia-, dia-, gnosis and treatment of cancer in E recent years. Since 1945 the ACS l has allocated about 6 million dol-s dol-s lars to research. West Millard's quota in the fund ; campaign for the American Cancer - Society, opening April 1, is $500, - same as in 1948. i . |
