Show Blue pross ross National I g Day Observance I Observance ce of ot National Blue Cross Day today toda t oday February y 21 21 which wh wb h will be celebrated In 43 states by more than members has Increased signi f In Utah with the addition of ot i tour four f our more hospitals as member hospi- hospi hospitals als t in the mountain Inter-mountain Blue Cross states J. J J H. H f Jenkins president of ot the mountain Inter I Board of ot Directors The Thene Thenet ne net V member hospitals are the Salt Lake County Hospital the American Fork Community Hospital the Park City Miners' Miners Hospital and the tho Price City Hospital I Starting operations on January 1 1945 1045 tho the Cross in Utah had only six six hospitals to guarantee Its contracts with members of ot the plan They were the Holy Cross Dr Groves Grove's L L. D. D S. S St. St Marks Mark's all in Salt Lake City the Utah Valley Hospital f in Provo the Budge Hospital In Logan and the tho Thomas Thomal D. D Memorial Hospital In Ogden I During During e year other hospitals made mado application for membership and signed inter agency Inter Inter- gency agreement whereby they individually guaranteed to Blue Cross members In lD the respective respect e hospitals under the terms of o the con- con tract Four of ot these additional hospitals aru arts In m Idaho Falls and Pocatello Idaho and one Is In Jackson Wyoming The Tho Theother Theother other 20 are In Utah In addition to those named the Cache Valley General in Logan the Tremonton Valley Hospi- Hospi Hospital tal the Heber Hospital the Bingham Canyon anyon Hospital the tho Sevier S-evier Valley in the Roosevelt Roosevell Hospital the theIron Iron County Hospital in Cedar City the Uintah County Hospital in Vernal and I the Cooley Memorial hospital in Brig Brig- Brigham Brigham ham City I Applications aro now DOW pending from various other hospitals In Utah Idaho I and Wyoming Since Blue Cross opens I the doors ol oi the hospitals to all Its members on a a. prepaid basis the hospi hospi- hospitals hospitals hospitals i have no financial risk in connection connection tion with such members and charity cases need not Dot exist m in any county or community if 1 enrollment in Blue Cross I is undertaken by the people explains Mr Jenkins II it is expected that before the close of ot additional hospitals hospital will become member hospitals hospitals' enough to make II Blue Cross j available to at least citizens troug out the areas served which includes western Wyom Wyom- Wyoming Wyoming I ing mg and eastern Nevada as well as all of Utah arid the southeastern part of or Idaho A general meeting of ot the various committe committees s from the civic and fraternal organizations will meet tonight Thurs Thurs- Thursday Thursday Thursday day at the Memorial building at p. p m m. to make final arrangements for forthe forthe forthe the Miners' Miners hospital to become a mem- mem member member member ber of ot the Blue Cross organization A state representative will be present at atthe atthe atthe the meeting |