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Show ''V CLIFF MEMMOTT. Editor !i! A COMBINATION OF NEW AND OLD 1 SUPPORT THE SALE OF SEALS .... i- Many of us have come to think of the Christmas seals u' as the first harbinger of Christmas. iiv When these seals arrive in our mail around Thanks- X giving time, we realize that "Christmas is coming," that once more we shall relive all the beautiful traditions that make this the best time of the year. ''!, There is always a moment of pleasant anticipation be- fore we open our envelope and unfold the sheet of seals. This year's seal, we know, will be different from last year's. There will be a new design a new color combination to give our holiday packages and letters a "new look." c There is always something new about the seal. But : f there is also something old about it. And we are glad there ; is, for it is the old which has established the seal as a cherished tradition. Every year the Christmas seal proudly displays the red double -barred cross, emblem of the world-wide crusade against tuberculosis. This cross is the clue to another thing about the seal which does not change. For 43 years the seal has made possible the far-flung fight against tuberculosis waged by the 3,000 voluntary associations as-sociations affiliated with the National Tuberculosis Association. As-sociation. For 34 years Christmas seals have been sold in our own community to support the sound, constructive pro-j pro-j jects of the Utah Tuberculosis Association to eradicate this j I communicable disease which stands first among the com-1 com-1 municable diseases as the cause of death among young f adults from 15 to 35 years of age. -2 I The seal appears in a new dress each year, but its !p,,' spirit is always the same it is the spirit of the crusaders against a deadly foe, a spirit which is symbolized by the ' double-barred cross. We join the ranks of those who are crusaders when we are generous in our use of Christmas seals. r v E v |